IN the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
		 -- Genesis 1:1
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And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face
of the deep.  And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
		 -- Genesis 1:2
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And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
		 -- Genesis 1:3
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And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from
the darkness.
		 -- Genesis 1:4
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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.  And the
evening and the morning were the first day.
		 -- Genesis 1:5
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And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters,
and let it divide the waters from the waters.
		 -- Genesis 1:6
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And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the
firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
		 -- Genesis 1:7
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And God called the firmament Heaven.  And the evening and the morning
were the second day.
		 -- Genesis 1:8
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And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto
one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
		 -- Genesis 1:9
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And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the
waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
		 -- Genesis 1:10
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And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed,
and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself,
upon the earth: and it was so.
		 -- Genesis 1:11
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And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind,
and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind:
and God saw that it was good.
		 -- Genesis 1:12
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And the evening and the morning were the third day.
		 -- Genesis 1:13
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And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to
divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons,
and for days, and years:
		 -- Genesis 1:14
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And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light
upon the earth: and it was so.
		 -- Genesis 1:15
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And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and
the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
		 -- Genesis 1:16
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And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon
the earth,
		 -- Genesis 1:17
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And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light
from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
		 -- Genesis 1:18
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And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
		 -- Genesis 1:19
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And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature
that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open
firmament of heaven.
		 -- Genesis 1:20
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And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth,
which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every
winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
		 -- Genesis 1:21
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And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the
waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
		 -- Genesis 1:22
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And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
		 -- Genesis 1:23
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And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his
kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind:
and it was so.
		 -- Genesis 1:24
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And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after
their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind:
and God saw that it was good.
		 -- Genesis 1:25
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And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and
let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of
the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every
creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
		 -- Genesis 1:26
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So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him;
male and female created he them.
		 -- Genesis 1:27
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And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply,
and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish
of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing
that moveth upon the earth.
		 -- Genesis 1:28
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And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which
is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the
fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
		 -- Genesis 1:29
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And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to
every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have
given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
		 -- Genesis 1:30
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And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.
And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
		 -- Genesis 1:31
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THUS the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
		 -- Genesis 2:1
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And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he
rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
		 -- Genesis 2:2
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And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it
he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
		 -- Genesis 2:3
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These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were
created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
		 -- Genesis 2:4
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And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb
of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain
upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
		 -- Genesis 2:5
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But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of
the ground.
		 -- Genesis 2:6
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And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into
his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
		 -- Genesis 2:7
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And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put
the man whom he had formed.
		 -- Genesis 2:8
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And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is
pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the
midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
		 -- Genesis 2:9
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And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it
was parted, and became into four heads.
		 -- Genesis 2:10
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The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole
land of Havilah, where there is gold;
		 -- Genesis 2:11
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And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
		 -- Genesis 2:12
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And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth
the whole land of Ethiopia.
		 -- Genesis 2:13
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And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth
toward the east of Assyria.  And the fourth river is Euphrates.
		 -- Genesis 2:14
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And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to
dress it and to keep it.
		 -- Genesis 2:15
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And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden
thou mayest freely eat:
		 -- Genesis 2:16
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But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat
of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
		 -- Genesis 2:17
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And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone;
I will make him an help meet for him.
		 -- Genesis 2:18
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And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field,
and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he
would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature,
that was the name thereof.
		 -- Genesis 2:19
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And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to
every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet
for him.
		 -- Genesis 2:20
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And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept:
and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
		 -- Genesis 2:21
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And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman,
and brought her unto the man.
		 -- Genesis 2:22
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And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh:
she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
		 -- Genesis 2:23
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Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave
unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
		 -- Genesis 2:24
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And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
		 -- Genesis 2:25
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NOW the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the
LORD God had made.  And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said,
Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
		 -- Genesis 3:1
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And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the
trees of the garden:
		 -- Genesis 3:2
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But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God
hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
		 -- Genesis 3:3
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And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
		 -- Genesis 3:4
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For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall
be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
		 -- Genesis 3:5
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And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was
pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she
took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband
with her; and he did eat.
		 -- Genesis 3:6
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And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked;
and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
		 -- Genesis 3:7
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And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the
cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence
of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
		 -- Genesis 3:8
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And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
		 -- Genesis 3:9
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And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because
I was naked; and I hid myself.
		 -- Genesis 3:10
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And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked?  Hast thou eaten of
the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
		 -- Genesis 3:11
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And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me
of the tree, and I did eat.
		 -- Genesis 3:12
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And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done?
And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
		 -- Genesis 3:13
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And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou
art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon
thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
		 -- Genesis 3:14
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And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed
and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
		 -- Genesis 3:15
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Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy
conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire
shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
		 -- Genesis 3:16
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And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of
thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying,
Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow
shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
		 -- Genesis 3:17
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Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt
eat the herb of the field;
		 -- Genesis 3:18
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In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the
ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust
shalt thou return.
		 -- Genesis 3:19
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And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of
all living.
		 -- Genesis 3:20
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Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins,
and clothed them.
		 -- Genesis 3:21
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And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know
good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of
the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
		 -- Genesis 3:22
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Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till
the ground from whence he was taken.
		 -- Genesis 3:23
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So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden
Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way
of the tree of life.
		 -- Genesis 3:24
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AND Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said,
I have gotten a man from the LORD.
		 -- Genesis 4:1
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And she again bare his brother Abel.  And Abel was a keeper of sheep,
but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
		 -- Genesis 4:2
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And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit
of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
		 -- Genesis 4:3
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And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the
fat thereof.  And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
		 -- Genesis 4:4
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But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.  And Cain was very
wroth, and his countenance fell.
		 -- Genesis 4:5
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And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth?  and why is thy
countenance fallen?
		 -- Genesis 4:6
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If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted?  and if thou doest
not well, sin lieth at the door.  And unto thee shall be his desire,
and thou shalt rule over him.
		 -- Genesis 4:7
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And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were
in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
		 -- Genesis 4:8
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And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother?  And he said,
I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
		 -- Genesis 4:9
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And he said, What hast thou done?  the voice of thy brother's blood
crieth unto me from the ground.
		 -- Genesis 4:10
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And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to
receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
		 -- Genesis 4:11
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When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee
her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
		 -- Genesis 4:12
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And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
		 -- Genesis 4:13
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Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and
from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond
in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me
shall slay me.
		 -- Genesis 4:14
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And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance
shall be taken on him sevenfold.  And the LORD set a mark upon Cain,
lest any finding him should kill him.
		 -- Genesis 4:15
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And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land
of Nod, on the east of Eden.
		 -- Genesis 4:16
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And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded
a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
		 -- Genesis 4:17
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And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael
begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
		 -- Genesis 4:18
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And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and
the name of the other Zillah.
		 -- Genesis 4:19
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And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and
of such as have cattle.
		 -- Genesis 4:20
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And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle
the harp and organ.
		 -- Genesis 4:21
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And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer
in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
		 -- Genesis 4:22
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And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives
of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding,
and a young man to my hurt.
		 -- Genesis 4:23
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If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
		 -- Genesis 4:24
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And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name
Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel,
whom Cain slew.
		 -- Genesis 4:25
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And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name
Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
		 -- Genesis 4:26
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THIS is the book of the generations of Adam.  In the day that God created
man, in the likeness of God made he him;
		 -- Genesis 5:1
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Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name
Adam, in the day when they were created.
		 -- Genesis 5:2
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And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own
likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
		 -- Genesis 5:3
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And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years:
and he begat sons and daughters:
		 -- Genesis 5:4
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And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years:
and he died.
		 -- Genesis 5:5
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And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
		 -- Genesis 5:6
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And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and
begat sons and daughters:
		 -- Genesis 5:7
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And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
		 -- Genesis 5:8
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And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
		 -- Genesis 5:9
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And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years,
and begat sons and daughters:
		 -- Genesis 5:10
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And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
		 -- Genesis 5:11
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And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
		 -- Genesis 5:12
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And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years,
and begat sons and daughters:
		 -- Genesis 5:13
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And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
		 -- Genesis 5:14
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And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
		 -- Genesis 5:15
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And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years,
and begat sons and daughters:
		 -- Genesis 5:16
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And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred and ninety and five
years: and he died.
		 -- Genesis 5:17
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And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
		 -- Genesis 5:18
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And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons
and daughters:
		 -- Genesis 5:19
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And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and
he died.
		 -- Genesis 5:20
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And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
		 -- Genesis 5:21
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And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years,
and begat sons and daughters:
		 -- Genesis 5:22
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And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
		 -- Genesis 5:23
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And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
		 -- Genesis 5:24
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And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
		 -- Genesis 5:25
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And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two
years, and begat sons and daughters:
		 -- Genesis 5:26
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And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years:
and he died.
		 -- Genesis 5:27
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And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
		 -- Genesis 5:28
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And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning
our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD
hath cursed.
		 -- Genesis 5:29
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And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years,
and begat sons and daughters:
		 -- Genesis 5:30
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And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years:
and he died.
		 -- Genesis 5:31
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And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and
Japheth.
		 -- Genesis 5:32
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AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth,
and daughters were born unto them,
		 -- Genesis 6:1
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That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair;
and they took them wives of all which they chose.
		 -- Genesis 6:2
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And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that
he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
		 -- Genesis 6:3
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There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when
the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children
to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
		 -- Genesis 6:4
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And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that
every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
		 -- Genesis 6:5
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And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it
grieved him at his heart.
		 -- Genesis 6:6
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And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face
of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls
of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
		 -- Genesis 6:7
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But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
		 -- Genesis 6:8
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These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in
his generations, and Noah walked with God.
		 -- Genesis 6:9
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And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
		 -- Genesis 6:10
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The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with
violence.
		 -- Genesis 6:11
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And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all
flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
		 -- Genesis 6:12
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And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the
earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy
them with the earth.
		 -- Genesis 6:13
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Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark,
and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
		 -- Genesis 6:14
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And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of
the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits,
and the height of it thirty cubits.
		 -- Genesis 6:15
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A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish
it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof;
with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
		 -- Genesis 6:16
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And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to
destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven;
and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
		 -- Genesis 6:17
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But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into
the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
		 -- Genesis 6:18
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And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring
into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
		 -- Genesis 6:19
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Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every
creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come
unto thee, to keep them alive.
		 -- Genesis 6:20
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And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather
it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
		 -- Genesis 6:21
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Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
		 -- Genesis 6:22
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AND the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark;
for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
		 -- Genesis 7:1
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Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his
female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
		 -- Genesis 7:2
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Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep
seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
		 -- Genesis 7:3
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For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty
days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will
I destroy from off the face of the earth.
		 -- Genesis 7:4
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And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
		 -- Genesis 7:5
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And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon
the earth.
		 -- Genesis 7:6
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And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with
him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
		 -- Genesis 7:7
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Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of
every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
		 -- Genesis 7:8
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There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female,
as God had commanded Noah.
		 -- Genesis 7:9
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And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were
upon the earth.
		 -- Genesis 7:10
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In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the
seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of
the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
		 -- Genesis 7:11
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And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
		 -- Genesis 7:12
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In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the
sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them,
into the ark;
		 -- Genesis 7:13
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They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind,
and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind,
and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
		 -- Genesis 7:14
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And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh,
wherein is the breath of life.
		 -- Genesis 7:15
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And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had
commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
		 -- Genesis 7:16
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And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased,
and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
		 -- Genesis 7:17
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And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth;
and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
		 -- Genesis 7:18
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And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high
hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
		 -- Genesis 7:19
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Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were
covered.
		 -- Genesis 7:20
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And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle,
and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth,
and every man:
		 -- Genesis 7:21
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All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the
dry land, died.
		 -- Genesis 7:22
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And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the
ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl
of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only
remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
		 -- Genesis 7:23
%
And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
		 -- Genesis 7:24
%
AND God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that
was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth,
and the waters asswaged;
		 -- Genesis 8:1
%
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped,
and the rain from heaven was restrained;
		 -- Genesis 8:2
%
And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the
end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
		 -- Genesis 8:3
%
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the
month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
		 -- Genesis 8:4
%
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth
month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
		 -- Genesis 8:5
%
And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window
of the ark which he had made:
		 -- Genesis 8:6
%
And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters
were dried up from off the earth.
		 -- Genesis 8:7
%
Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated
from off the face of the ground;
		 -- Genesis 8:8
%
But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto
him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth:
then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him
into the ark.
		 -- Genesis 8:9
%
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove
out of the ark;
		 -- Genesis 8:10
%
And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was
an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from
off the earth.
		 -- Genesis 8:11
%
And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which
returned not again unto him any more.
		 -- Genesis 8:12
%
And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first
month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off
the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and,
behold, the face of the ground was dry.
		 -- Genesis 8:13
%
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month,
was the earth dried.
		 -- Genesis 8:14
%
And God spake unto Noah, saying,
		 -- Genesis 8:15
%
Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons'
wives with thee.
		 -- Genesis 8:16
%
Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all
flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth,
and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
		 -- Genesis 8:17
%
And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives
with him:
		 -- Genesis 8:18
%
Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth
upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
		 -- Genesis 8:19
%
And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast,
and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
		 -- Genesis 8:20
%
And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart,
I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the
imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again
smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
		 -- Genesis 8:21
%
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat,
and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
		 -- Genesis 8:22
%
AND God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful,
and multiply, and replenish the earth.
		 -- Genesis 9:1
%
And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of
the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon
the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they
delivered.
		 -- Genesis 9:2
%
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green
herb have I given you all things.
		 -- Genesis 9:3
%
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye
not eat.
		 -- Genesis 9:4
%
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every
beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every
man's brother will I require the life of man.
		 -- Genesis 9:5
%
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the
image of God made he man.
		 -- Genesis 9:6
%
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the
earth, and multiply therein.
		 -- Genesis 9:7
%
And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
		 -- Genesis 9:8
%
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed
after you;
		 -- Genesis 9:9
%
And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the
cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out
of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
		 -- Genesis 9:10
%
And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be
cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more
be a flood to destroy the earth.
		 -- Genesis 9:11
%
And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between
me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual
generations:
		 -- Genesis 9:12
%
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant
between me and the earth.
		 -- Genesis 9:13
%
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that
the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
		 -- Genesis 9:14
%
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every
living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a
flood to destroy all flesh.
		 -- Genesis 9:15
%
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may
remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature
of all flesh that is upon the earth.
		 -- Genesis 9:16
%
And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have
established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
		 -- Genesis 9:17
%
And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham,
and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
		 -- Genesis 9:18
%
These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth
overspread.
		 -- Genesis 9:19
%
And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
		 -- Genesis 9:20
%
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within
his tent.
		 -- Genesis 9:21
%
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told
his two brethren without.
		 -- Genesis 9:22
%
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their
shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father;
and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
		 -- Genesis 9:23
%
And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done
unto him.
		 -- Genesis 9:24
%
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto
his brethren.
		 -- Genesis 9:25
%
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his
servant.
		 -- Genesis 9:26
%
God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem;
and Canaan shall be his servant.
		 -- Genesis 9:27
%
And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
		 -- Genesis 9:28
%
And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
		 -- Genesis 9:29
%
NOW these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth:
and unto them were sons born after the flood.
		 -- Genesis 10:1
%
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal,
and Meshech, and Tiras.
		 -- Genesis 10:2
%
And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
		 -- Genesis 10:3
%
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
		 -- Genesis 10:4
%
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every
one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
		 -- Genesis 10:5
%
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
		 -- Genesis 10:6
%
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and
Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
		 -- Genesis 10:7
%
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
		 -- Genesis 10:8
%
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as
Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
		 -- Genesis 10:9
%
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and
Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
		 -- Genesis 10:10
%
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city
Rehoboth, and Calah,
		 -- Genesis 10:11
%
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
		 -- Genesis 10:12
%
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
		 -- Genesis 10:13
%
And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
		 -- Genesis 10:14
%
And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
		 -- Genesis 10:15
%
And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
		 -- Genesis 10:16
%
And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
		 -- Genesis 10:17
%
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward
were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
		 -- Genesis 10:18
%
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar,
unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim,
even unto Lasha.
		 -- Genesis 10:19
%
These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues,
in their countries, and in their nations.
		 -- Genesis 10:20
%
Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of
Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
		 -- Genesis 10:21
%
The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
		 -- Genesis 10:22
%
And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
		 -- Genesis 10:23
%
And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
		 -- Genesis 10:24
%
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his
days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
		 -- Genesis 10:25
%
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
		 -- Genesis 10:26
%
And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
		 -- Genesis 10:27
%
And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
		 -- Genesis 10:28
%
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
		 -- Genesis 10:29
%
And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of
the east.
		 -- Genesis 10:30
%
These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues,
in their lands, after their nations.
		 -- Genesis 10:31
%
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations,
in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth
after the flood.
		 -- Genesis 10:32
%
AND the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
		 -- Genesis 11:1
%
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found
a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
		 -- Genesis 11:2
%
And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them
throughly.  And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
		 -- Genesis 11:3
%
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may
reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad
upon the face of the whole earth.
		 -- Genesis 11:4
%
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children
of men builded.
		 -- Genesis 11:5
%
And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one
language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained
from them, which they have imagined to do.
		 -- Genesis 11:6
%
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may
not understand one another's speech.
		 -- Genesis 11:7
%
So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the
earth: and they left off to build the city.
		 -- Genesis 11:8
%
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there
confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD
scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
		 -- Genesis 11:9
%
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and
begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
		 -- Genesis 11:10
%
And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat
sons and daughters.
		 -- Genesis 11:11
%
And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
		 -- Genesis 11:12
%
And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years,
and begat sons and daughters.
		 -- Genesis 11:13
%
And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
		 -- Genesis 11:14
%
And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and
begat sons and daughters.
		 -- Genesis 11:15
%
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
		 -- Genesis 11:16
%
And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years,
and begat sons and daughters.
		 -- Genesis 11:17
%
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
		 -- Genesis 11:18
%
And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat
sons and daughters.
		 -- Genesis 11:19
%
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
		 -- Genesis 11:20
%
And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and
begat sons and daughters.
		 -- Genesis 11:21
%
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
		 -- Genesis 11:22
%
And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons
and daughters.
		 -- Genesis 11:23
%
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
		 -- Genesis 11:24
%
And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years,
and begat sons and daughters.
		 -- Genesis 11:25
%
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
		 -- Genesis 11:26
%
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and
Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
		 -- Genesis 11:27
%
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity,
in Ur of the Chaldees.
		 -- Genesis 11:28
%
And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai;
and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father
of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
		 -- Genesis 11:29
%
But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
		 -- Genesis 11:30
%
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son,
and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth
with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and
they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
		 -- Genesis 11:31
%
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died
in Haran.
		 -- Genesis 11:32
%
NOW the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and
from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will
shew thee:
		 -- Genesis 12:1
%
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make
thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
		 -- Genesis 12:2
%
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee:
and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
		 -- Genesis 12:3
%
So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him:
and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
		 -- Genesis 12:4
%
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their
substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in
Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the
land of Canaan they came.
		 -- Genesis 12:5
%
And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the
plain of Moreh.  And the Canaanite was then in the land.
		 -- Genesis 12:6
%
And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this
land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
		 -- Genesis 12:7
%
And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el,
and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east:
and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name
of the LORD.
		 -- Genesis 12:8
%
And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
		 -- Genesis 12:9
%
And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to
sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
		 -- Genesis 12:10
%
And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he
said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman
to look upon:
		 -- Genesis 12:11
%
Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee,
that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they
will save thee alive.
		 -- Genesis 12:12
%
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for
thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
		 -- Genesis 12:13
%
And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians
beheld the woman that she was very fair.
		 -- Genesis 12:14
%
The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh:
and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
		 -- Genesis 12:15
%
And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and
he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
		 -- Genesis 12:16
%
And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because
of Sarai Abram's wife.
		 -- Genesis 12:17
%
And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done
unto me?  why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
		 -- Genesis 12:18
%
Why saidst thou, She is my sister?  so I might have taken her to me to
wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
		 -- Genesis 12:19
%
And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away,
and his wife, and all that he had.
		 -- Genesis 12:20
%
AND Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had,
and Lot with him, into the south.
		 -- Genesis 13:1
%
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
		 -- Genesis 13:2
%
And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth-el, unto the
place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Hai;
		 -- Genesis 13:3
%
Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first:
and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
		 -- Genesis 13:4
%
And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
		 -- Genesis 13:5
%
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together:
for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
		 -- Genesis 13:6
%
And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the
herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled
then in the land.
		 -- Genesis 13:7
%
And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between
me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
		 -- Genesis 13:8
%
Is not the whole land before thee?  separate thyself, I pray thee,
from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right;
or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
		 -- Genesis 13:9
%
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that
it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and
Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as
thou comest unto Zoar.
		 -- Genesis 13:10
%
Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east:
and they separated themselves the one from the other.
		 -- Genesis 13:11
%
Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of
the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
		 -- Genesis 13:12
%
But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
		 -- Genesis 13:13
%
And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him,
Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward,
and southward, and eastward, and westward:
		 -- Genesis 13:14
%
For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy
seed for ever.
		 -- Genesis 13:15
%
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can
number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
		 -- Genesis 13:16
%
Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of
it; for I will give it unto thee.
		 -- Genesis 13:17
%
Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre,
which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
		 -- Genesis 13:18
%
AND it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king
of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;
		 -- Genesis 14:1
%
That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of
Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the
king of Bela, which is Zoar.
		 -- Genesis 14:2
%
All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the
salt sea.
		 -- Genesis 14:3
%
Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they
rebelled.
		 -- Genesis 14:4
%
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were
with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims
in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
		 -- Genesis 14:5
%
And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the
wilderness.
		 -- Genesis 14:6
%
And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote
all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt
in Hazezon-tamar.
		 -- Genesis 14:7
%
And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the
king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same
is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
		 -- Genesis 14:8
%
With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and
Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
		 -- Genesis 14:9
%
And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom
and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the
mountain.
		 -- Genesis 14:10
%
And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals,
and went their way.
		 -- Genesis 14:11
%
And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his
goods, and departed.
		 -- Genesis 14:12
%
And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he
dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eschol, and brother
of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
		 -- Genesis 14:13
%
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his
trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen,
and pursued them unto Dan.
		 -- Genesis 14:14
%
And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night,
and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand
of Damascus.
		 -- Genesis 14:15
%
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot,
and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
		 -- Genesis 14:16
%
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the
slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the
valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.
		 -- Genesis 14:17
%
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was
the priest of the most high God.
		 -- Genesis 14:18
%
And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God,
possessor of heaven and earth:
		 -- Genesis 14:19
%
And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies
into thy hand.	And he gave him tithes of all.
		 -- Genesis 14:20
%
And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take
the goods to thyself.
		 -- Genesis 14:21
%
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the
LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
		 -- Genesis 14:22
%
That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I
will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have
made Abram rich:
		 -- Genesis 14:23
%
Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men
which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
		 -- Genesis 14:24
%
AFTER these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision,
saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
		 -- Genesis 15:1
%
And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless,
and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
		 -- Genesis 15:2
%
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born
in my house is mine heir.
		 -- Genesis 15:3
%
And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall
not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels
shall be thine heir.
		 -- Genesis 15:4
%
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and
tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him,
So shall thy seed be.
		 -- Genesis 15:5
%
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
		 -- Genesis 15:6
%
And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the
Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
		 -- Genesis 15:7
%
And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
		 -- Genesis 15:8
%
And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she
goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove,
and a young pigeon.
		 -- Genesis 15:9
%
And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid
each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
		 -- Genesis 15:10
%
And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
		 -- Genesis 15:11
%
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo,
an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
		 -- Genesis 15:12
%
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a
stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they
shall afflict them four hundred years;
		 -- Genesis 15:13
%
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward
shall they come out with great substance.
		 -- Genesis 15:14
%
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a
good old age.
		 -- Genesis 15:15
%
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the
iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
		 -- Genesis 15:16
%
And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold
a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
		 -- Genesis 15:17
%
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy
seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river,
the river Euphrates:
		 -- Genesis 15:18
%
The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
		 -- Genesis 15:19
%
And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
		 -- Genesis 15:20
%
And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the
Jebusites.
		 -- Genesis 15:21
%
NOW Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid,
an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
		 -- Genesis 16:1
%
And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from
bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain
children by her.  And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
		 -- Genesis 16:2
%
And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram
had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband
Abram to be his wife.
		 -- Genesis 16:3
%
And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she
had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
		 -- Genesis 16:4
%
And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid
into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised
in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
		 -- Genesis 16:5
%
But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her
as it pleaseth thee.  And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled
from her face.
		 -- Genesis 16:6
%
And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the
wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
		 -- Genesis 16:7
%
And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou?  and whither wilt
thou go?  And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
		 -- Genesis 16:8
%
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and
submit thyself under her hands.
		 -- Genesis 16:9
%
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed
exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
		 -- Genesis 16:10
%
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child,
and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD
hath heard thy affliction.
		 -- Genesis 16:11
%
And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and
every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all
his brethren.
		 -- Genesis 16:12
%
And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest
me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
		 -- Genesis 16:13
%
Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between
Kadesh and Bered.
		 -- Genesis 16:14
%
And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar
bare, Ishmael.
		 -- Genesis 16:15
%
And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael
to Abram.
		 -- Genesis 16:16
%
AND when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram,
and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou
perfect.
		 -- Genesis 17:1
%
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply
thee exceedingly.
		 -- Genesis 17:2
%
And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
		 -- Genesis 17:3
%
As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father
of many nations.
		 -- Genesis 17:4
%
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be
Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
		 -- Genesis 17:5
%
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee,
and kings shall come out of thee.
		 -- Genesis 17:6
%
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after
thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto
thee, and to thy seed after thee.
		 -- Genesis 17:7
%
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land
wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting
possession; and I will be their God.
		 -- Genesis 17:8
%
And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou,
and thy seed after thee in their generations.
		 -- Genesis 17:9
%
This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy
seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
		 -- Genesis 17:10
%
And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a
token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
		 -- Genesis 17:11
%
And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man
child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with
money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
		 -- Genesis 17:12
%
He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money,
must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for
an everlasting covenant.
		 -- Genesis 17:13
%
And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not
circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken
my covenant.
		 -- Genesis 17:14
%
And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call
her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
		 -- Genesis 17:15
%
And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will
bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall
be of her.
		 -- Genesis 17:16
%
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart,
Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old?  and shall
Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
		 -- Genesis 17:17
%
And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
		 -- Genesis 17:18
%
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou
shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him
for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
		 -- Genesis 17:19
%
And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him,
and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve
princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
		 -- Genesis 17:20
%
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto
thee at this set time in the next year.
		 -- Genesis 17:21
%
And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
		 -- Genesis 17:22
%
And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house,
and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of
Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the
selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
		 -- Genesis 17:23
%
And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in
the flesh of his foreskin.
		 -- Genesis 17:24
%
And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in
the flesh of his foreskin.
		 -- Genesis 17:25
%
In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
		 -- Genesis 17:26
%
And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money
of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
		 -- Genesis 17:27
%
AND the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in
the tent door in the heat of the day;
		 -- Genesis 18:1
%
And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him:
and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed
himself toward the ground,
		 -- Genesis 18:2
%
And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away,
I pray thee, from thy servant:
		 -- Genesis 18:3
%
Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest
yourselves under the tree:
		 -- Genesis 18:4
%
And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after
that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant.
And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
		 -- Genesis 18:5
%
And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready
quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon
the hearth.
		 -- Genesis 18:6
%
And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and
gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
		 -- Genesis 18:7
%
And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and
set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
		 -- Genesis 18:8
%
And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife?  And he said, Behold,
in the tent.
		 -- Genesis 18:9
%
And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of
life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son.  And Sarah heard it in
the tent door, which was behind him.
		 -- Genesis 18:10
%
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased
to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
		 -- Genesis 18:11
%
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old
shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
		 -- Genesis 18:12
%
And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying,
Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
		 -- Genesis 18:13
%
Is any thing too hard for the LORD?  At the time appointed I will return
unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
		 -- Genesis 18:14
%
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid.  And he
said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
		 -- Genesis 18:15
%
And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham
went with them to bring them on the way.
		 -- Genesis 18:16
%
And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
		 -- Genesis 18:17
%
Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation,
and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
		 -- Genesis 18:18
%
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after
him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment;
that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
		 -- Genesis 18:19
%
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great,
and because their sin is very grievous;
		 -- Genesis 18:20
%
I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according
to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
		 -- Genesis 18:21
%
And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom:
but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
		 -- Genesis 18:22
%
And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous
with the wicked?
		 -- Genesis 18:23
%
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also
destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
		 -- Genesis 18:24
%
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous
with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that
be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
		 -- Genesis 18:25
%
And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city,
then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
		 -- Genesis 18:26
%
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak
unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
		 -- Genesis 18:27
%
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou
destroy all the city for lack of five?	And he said, If I find there
forty and five, I will not destroy it.
		 -- Genesis 18:28
%
And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be
forty found there.  And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.
		 -- Genesis 18:29
%
And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak:
Peradventure there shall thirty be found there.  And he said, I will
not do it, if I find thirty there.
		 -- Genesis 18:30
%
And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord:
Peradventure there shall be twenty found there.  And he said, I will
not destroy it for twenty's sake.
		 -- Genesis 18:31
%
And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this
once: Peradventure ten shall be found there.  And he said, I will not
destroy it for ten's sake.
		 -- Genesis 18:32
%
And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham:
and Abraham returned unto his place.
		 -- Genesis 18:33
%
AND there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of
Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself
with his face toward the ground;
		 -- Genesis 19:1
%
And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your
servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall
rise up early, and go on your ways.  And they said, Nay; but we will
abide in the street all night.
		 -- Genesis 19:2
%
And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered
into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread,
and they did eat.
		 -- Genesis 19:3
%
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom,
compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from
every quarter:
		 -- Genesis 19:4
%
And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came
in to thee this night?	bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
		 -- Genesis 19:5
%
And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
		 -- Genesis 19:6
%
And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
		 -- Genesis 19:7
%
Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray
you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes:
only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow
of my roof.
		 -- Genesis 19:8
%
And they said, Stand back.  And they said again, This one fellow came in
to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with
thee, than with them.  And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot,
and came near to break the door.
		 -- Genesis 19:9
%
But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them,
and shut to the door.
		 -- Genesis 19:10
%
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness,
both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
		 -- Genesis 19:11
%
And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides?	son in law,
and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city,
bring them out of this place:
		 -- Genesis 19:12
%
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great
before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
		 -- Genesis 19:13
%
And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his
daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will
destroy this city.  But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
		 -- Genesis 19:14
%
And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying,
Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou
be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
		 -- Genesis 19:15
%
And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the
hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD
being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without
the city.
		 -- Genesis 19:16
%
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he
said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in
all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
		 -- Genesis 19:17
%
And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
		 -- Genesis 19:18
%
Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast
magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life;
and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
		 -- Genesis 19:19
%
Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh,
let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
		 -- Genesis 19:20
%
And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing
also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
		 -- Genesis 19:21
%
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be
come thither.  Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
		 -- Genesis 19:22
%
The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
		 -- Genesis 19:23
%
Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire
from the LORD out of heaven;
		 -- Genesis 19:24
%
And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants
of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
		 -- Genesis 19:25
%
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
		 -- Genesis 19:26
%
And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood
before the LORD:
		 -- Genesis 19:27
%
And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of
the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the
smoke of a furnace.
		 -- Genesis 19:28
%
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that
God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow,
when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
		 -- Genesis 19:29
%
And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two
daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a
cave, he and his two daughters.
		 -- Genesis 19:30
%
And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there
is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all
the earth:
		 -- Genesis 19:31
%
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him,
that we may preserve seed of our father.
		 -- Genesis 19:32
%
And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went
in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down,
nor when she arose.
		 -- Genesis 19:33
%
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the
younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him
drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we
may preserve seed of our father.
		 -- Genesis 19:34
%
And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger
arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor
when she arose.
		 -- Genesis 19:35
%
Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
		 -- Genesis 19:36
%
And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the
father of the Moabites unto this day.
		 -- Genesis 19:37
%
And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi:
the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
		 -- Genesis 19:38
%
AND Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled
between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
		 -- Genesis 20:1
%
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king
of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
		 -- Genesis 20:2
%
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold,
thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she
is a man's wife.
		 -- Genesis 20:3
%
But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay
also a righteous nation?
		 -- Genesis 20:4
%
Said he not unto me, She is my sister?	and she, even she herself said,
He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands
have I done this.
		 -- Genesis 20:5
%
And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the
integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me:
therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
		 -- Genesis 20:6
%
Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he
shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not,
know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
		 -- Genesis 20:7
%
Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his
servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were
sore afraid.
		 -- Genesis 20:8
%
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done
unto us?  and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me
and on my kingdom a great sin?	thou hast done deeds unto me that ought
not to be done.
		 -- Genesis 20:9
%
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done
this thing?
		 -- Genesis 20:10
%
And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in
this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
		 -- Genesis 20:11
%
And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father,
but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
		 -- Genesis 20:12
%
And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house,
that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me;
at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
		 -- Genesis 20:13
%
And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants,
and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
		 -- Genesis 20:14
%
And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it
pleaseth thee.
		 -- Genesis 20:15
%
And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand
pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto
all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.
		 -- Genesis 20:16
%
So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife,
and his maidservants; and they bare children.
		 -- Genesis 20:17
%
For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech,
because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
		 -- Genesis 20:18
%
AND the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah
as he had spoken.
		 -- Genesis 21:1
%
For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set
time of which God had spoken to him.
		 -- Genesis 21:2
%
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom
Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
		 -- Genesis 21:3
%
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had
commanded him.
		 -- Genesis 21:4
%
And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born
unto him.
		 -- Genesis 21:5
%
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will
laugh with me.
		 -- Genesis 21:6
%
And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have
given children suck?  for I have born him a son in his old age.
		 -- Genesis 21:7
%
And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the
same day that Isaac was weaned.
		 -- Genesis 21:8
%
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto
Abraham, mocking.
		 -- Genesis 21:9
%
Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for
the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
		 -- Genesis 21:10
%
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.
		 -- Genesis 21:11
%
And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because
of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said
unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
		 -- Genesis 21:12
%
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he
is thy seed.
		 -- Genesis 21:13
%
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of
water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child,
and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness
of Beer-sheba.
		 -- Genesis 21:14
%
And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one
of the shrubs.
		 -- Genesis 21:15
%
And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it
were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child.
And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
		 -- Genesis 21:16
%
And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar
out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar?  fear not;
for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
		 -- Genesis 21:17
%
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him
a great nation.
		 -- Genesis 21:18
%
And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went,
and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
		 -- Genesis 21:19
%
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness,
and became an archer.
		 -- Genesis 21:20
%
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife
out of the land of Egypt.
		 -- Genesis 21:21
%
And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief
captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all
that thou doest:
		 -- Genesis 21:22
%
Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely
with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the
kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the
land wherein thou hast sojourned.
		 -- Genesis 21:23
%
And Abraham said, I will swear.
		 -- Genesis 21:24
%
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which
Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
		 -- Genesis 21:25
%
And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst
thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
		 -- Genesis 21:26
%
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both
of them made a covenant.
		 -- Genesis 21:27
%
And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
		 -- Genesis 21:28
%
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which
thou hast set by themselves?
		 -- Genesis 21:29
%
And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand,
that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
		 -- Genesis 21:30
%
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both
of them.
		 -- Genesis 21:31
%
Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and
Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land
of the Philistines.
		 -- Genesis 21:32
%
And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name
of the LORD, the everlasting God.
		 -- Genesis 21:33
%
And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
		 -- Genesis 21:34
%
AND it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham,
and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
		 -- Genesis 22:1
%
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest,
and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt
offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
		 -- Genesis 22:2
%
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took
two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood
for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which
God had told him.
		 -- Genesis 22:3
%
Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place
afar off.
		 -- Genesis 22:4
%
And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I
and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
		 -- Genesis 22:5
%
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac
his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went
both of them together.
		 -- Genesis 22:6
%
And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he
said, Here am I, my son.  And he said, Behold the fire and the wood:
but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
		 -- Genesis 22:7
%
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt
offering: so they went both of them together.
		 -- Genesis 22:8
%
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built
an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son,
and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
		 -- Genesis 22:9
%
And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
		 -- Genesis 22:10
%
And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said,
Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
		 -- Genesis 22:11
%
And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing
unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not
withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
		 -- Genesis 22:12
%
And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram
caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram,
and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
		 -- Genesis 22:13
%
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said
to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
		 -- Genesis 22:14
%
And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second
time,
		 -- Genesis 22:15
%
And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast
done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
		 -- Genesis 22:16
%
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply
thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the
sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
		 -- Genesis 22:17
%
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because
thou hast obeyed my voice.
		 -- Genesis 22:18
%
So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together
to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
		 -- Genesis 22:19
%
And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying,
Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
		 -- Genesis 22:20
%
Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
		 -- Genesis 22:21
%
And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
		 -- Genesis 22:22
%
And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor,
Abraham's brother.
		 -- Genesis 22:23
%
And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham,
and Thahash, and Maachah.
		 -- Genesis 22:24
%
AND Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the
years of the life of Sarah.
		 -- Genesis 23:1
%
And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan:
and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
		 -- Genesis 23:2
%
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of
Heth, saying,
		 -- Genesis 23:3
%
I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a
buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
		 -- Genesis 23:4
%
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
		 -- Genesis 23:5
%
Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of
our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his
sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
		 -- Genesis 23:6
%
And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land,
even to the children of Heth.
		 -- Genesis 23:7
%
And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury
my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son
of Zohar,
		 -- Genesis 23:8
%
That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in
the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it
me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
		 -- Genesis 23:9
%
And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite
answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all
that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
		 -- Genesis 23:10
%
Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is
therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give
I it thee: bury thy dead.
		 -- Genesis 23:11
%
And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
		 -- Genesis 23:12
%
And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land,
saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee
money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
		 -- Genesis 23:13
%
And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
		 -- Genesis 23:14
%
My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of
silver; what is that betwixt me and thee?  bury therefore thy dead.
		 -- Genesis 23:15
%
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the
silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four
hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
		 -- Genesis 23:16
%
And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre,
the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were
in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
		 -- Genesis 23:17
%
Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth,
before all that went in at the gate of his city.
		 -- Genesis 23:18
%
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field
of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
		 -- Genesis 23:19
%
And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham
for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
		 -- Genesis 23:20
%
AND Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed
Abraham in all things.
		 -- Genesis 24:1
%
And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over
all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
		 -- Genesis 24:2
%
And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of
the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters
of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
		 -- Genesis 24:3
%
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife
unto my son Isaac.
		 -- Genesis 24:4
%
And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing
to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the
land from whence thou camest?
		 -- Genesis 24:5
%
And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son
thither again.
		 -- Genesis 24:6
%
The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from
the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me,
saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel
before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
		 -- Genesis 24:7
%
And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be
clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
		 -- Genesis 24:8
%
And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master,
and sware to him concerning that matter.
		 -- Genesis 24:9
%
And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed;
for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went
to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
		 -- Genesis 24:10
%
And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water
at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
		 -- Genesis 24:11
%
And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good
speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.
		 -- Genesis 24:12
%
Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men
of the city come out to draw water:
		 -- Genesis 24:13
%
And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down
thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink,
and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast
appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast
shewed kindness unto my master.
		 -- Genesis 24:14
%
And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah
came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor,
Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
		 -- Genesis 24:15
%
And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any
man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher,
and came up.
		 -- Genesis 24:16
%
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink
a little water of thy pitcher.
		 -- Genesis 24:17
%
And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher
upon her hand, and gave him drink.
		 -- Genesis 24:18
%
And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for
thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
		 -- Genesis 24:19
%
And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again
unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
		 -- Genesis 24:20
%
And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD
had made his journey prosperous or not.
		 -- Genesis 24:21
%
And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a
golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands
of ten shekels weight of gold;
		 -- Genesis 24:22
%
And said, Whose daughter art thou?  tell me, I pray thee: is there room
in thy father's house for us to lodge in?
		 -- Genesis 24:23
%
And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah,
which she bare unto Nahor.
		 -- Genesis 24:24
%
She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough,
and room to lodge in.
		 -- Genesis 24:25
%
And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
		 -- Genesis 24:26
%
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not
left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way,
the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.
		 -- Genesis 24:27
%
And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.
		 -- Genesis 24:28
%
And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out
unto the man, unto the well.
		 -- Genesis 24:29
%
And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his
sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister,
saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and,
behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
		 -- Genesis 24:30
%
And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest
thou without?  for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
		 -- Genesis 24:31
%
And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave
straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the
men's feet that were with him.
		 -- Genesis 24:32
%
And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat,
until I have told mine errand.	And he said, Speak on.
		 -- Genesis 24:33
%
And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
		 -- Genesis 24:34
%
And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great:
and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and
menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
		 -- Genesis 24:35
%
And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old:
and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
		 -- Genesis 24:36
%
And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my
son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
		 -- Genesis 24:37
%
But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take
a wife unto my son.
		 -- Genesis 24:38
%
And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
		 -- Genesis 24:39
%
And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel
with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son
of my kindred, and of my father's house:
		 -- Genesis 24:40
%
Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my
kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
		 -- Genesis 24:41
%
And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master
Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
		 -- Genesis 24:42
%
Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that
when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me,
I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
		 -- Genesis 24:43
%
And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels:
let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my
master's son.
		 -- Genesis 24:44
%
And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came
forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well,
and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
		 -- Genesis 24:45
%
And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said,
Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made
the camels drink also.
		 -- Genesis 24:46
%
And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou?  And she said, The
daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put
the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
		 -- Genesis 24:47
%
And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD
God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my
master's brother's daughter unto his son.
		 -- Genesis 24:48
%
And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and
if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
		 -- Genesis 24:49
%
Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the
LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
		 -- Genesis 24:50
%
Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy
master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.
		 -- Genesis 24:51
%
And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words,
he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
		 -- Genesis 24:52
%
And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold,
and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and
to her mother precious things.
		 -- Genesis 24:53
%
And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and
tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send
me away unto my master.
		 -- Genesis 24:54
%
And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few
days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
		 -- Genesis 24:55
%
And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my
way; send me away that I may go to my master.
		 -- Genesis 24:56
%
And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.
		 -- Genesis 24:57
%
And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man?
And she said, I will go.
		 -- Genesis 24:58
%
And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's
servant, and his men.
		 -- Genesis 24:59
%
And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be
thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the
gate of those which hate them.
		 -- Genesis 24:60
%
And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels,
and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
		 -- Genesis 24:61
%
And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the
south country.
		 -- Genesis 24:62
%
And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he
lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
		 -- Genesis 24:63
%
And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off
the camel.
		 -- Genesis 24:64
%
For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the
field to meet us?  And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore
she took a vail, and covered herself.
		 -- Genesis 24:65
%
And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
		 -- Genesis 24:66
%
And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah,
and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after
his mother's death.
		 -- Genesis 24:67
%
THEN again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
		 -- Genesis 25:1
%
And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak,
and Shuah.
		 -- Genesis 25:2
%
And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan.  And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim,
and Letushim, and Leummim.
		 -- Genesis 25:3
%
And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida,
and Eldaah.  All these were the children of Keturah.
		 -- Genesis 25:4
%
And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
		 -- Genesis 25:5
%
But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave
gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived,
eastward, unto the east country.
		 -- Genesis 25:6
%
And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived,
an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
		 -- Genesis 25:7
%
Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man,
and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
		 -- Genesis 25:8
%
And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in
the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
		 -- Genesis 25:9
%
The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham
buried, and Sarah his wife.
		 -- Genesis 25:10
%
And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his
son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi.
		 -- Genesis 25:11
%
Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the
Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
		 -- Genesis 25:12
%
And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according
to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar,
and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
		 -- Genesis 25:13
%
And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
		 -- Genesis 25:14
%
Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
		 -- Genesis 25:15
%
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns,
and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
		 -- Genesis 25:16
%
And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty
and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered
unto his people.
		 -- Genesis 25:17
%
And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou
goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
		 -- Genesis 25:18
%
And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat
Isaac:
		 -- Genesis 25:19
%
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter
of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
		 -- Genesis 25:20
%
And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren:
and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
		 -- Genesis 25:21
%
And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be
so, why am I thus?  And she went to enquire of the LORD.
		 -- Genesis 25:22
%
And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner
of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall
be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
		 -- Genesis 25:23
%
And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were
twins in her womb.
		 -- Genesis 25:24
%
And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they
called his name Esau.
		 -- Genesis 25:25
%
And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's
heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old
when she bare them.
		 -- Genesis 25:26
%
And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field;
and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
		 -- Genesis 25:27
%
And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah
loved Jacob.
		 -- Genesis 25:28
%
And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
		 -- Genesis 25:29
%
And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage;
for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
		 -- Genesis 25:30
%
And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
		 -- Genesis 25:31
%
And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall
this birthright do to me?
		 -- Genesis 25:32
%
And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold
his birthright unto Jacob.
		 -- Genesis 25:33
%
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and
drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
		 -- Genesis 25:34
%
AND there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was
in the days of Abraham.  And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the
Philistines unto Gerar.
		 -- Genesis 26:1
%
And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell
in the land which I shall tell thee of:
		 -- Genesis 26:2
%
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee;
for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries,
and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
		 -- Genesis 26:3
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And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will
give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the
nations of the earth be blessed;
		 -- Genesis 26:4
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Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments,
my statutes, and my laws.
		 -- Genesis 26:5
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And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
		 -- Genesis 26:6
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And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my
sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of
the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
		 -- Genesis 26:7
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And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech
king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold,
Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
		 -- Genesis 26:8
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And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy
wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister?  And Isaac said unto him,
Because I said, Lest I die for her.
		 -- Genesis 26:9
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And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the
people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have
brought guiltiness upon us.
		 -- Genesis 26:10
%
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man
or his wife shall surely be put to death.
		 -- Genesis 26:11
%
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an
hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
		 -- Genesis 26:12
%
And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became
very great:
		 -- Genesis 26:13
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For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great
store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
		 -- Genesis 26:14
%
For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of
Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them
with earth.
		 -- Genesis 26:15
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And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier
than we.
		 -- Genesis 26:16
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And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar,
and dwelt there.
		 -- Genesis 26:17
%
And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the
days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after
the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which
his father had called them.
		 -- Genesis 26:18
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And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of
springing water.
		 -- Genesis 26:19
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And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The
water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they
strove with him.
		 -- Genesis 26:20
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And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called
the name of it Sitnah.
		 -- Genesis 26:21
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And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they
strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now
the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
		 -- Genesis 26:22
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And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
		 -- Genesis 26:23
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And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of
Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee,
and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
		 -- Genesis 26:24
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And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD and
pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
		 -- Genesis 26:25
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Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends,
and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
		 -- Genesis 26:26
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And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me,
and have sent me away from you?
		 -- Genesis 26:27
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And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we
said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee,
and let us make a covenant with thee;
		 -- Genesis 26:28
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That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we
have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace:
thou art now the blessed of the LORD.
		 -- Genesis 26:29
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And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
		 -- Genesis 26:30
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And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another:
and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
		 -- Genesis 26:31
%
And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told
him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We
have found water.
		 -- Genesis 26:32
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And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba
unto this day.
		 -- Genesis 26:33
%
And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter
of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
		 -- Genesis 26:34
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Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
		 -- Genesis 26:35
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AND it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so
that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him,
My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
		 -- Genesis 27:1
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And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
		 -- Genesis 27:2
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Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow,
and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
		 -- Genesis 27:3
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And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I
may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
		 -- Genesis 27:4
%
And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son.  And Esau went to
the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
		 -- Genesis 27:5
%
And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father
speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
		 -- Genesis 27:6
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Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless
thee before the LORD before my death.
		 -- Genesis 27:7
%
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command
thee.
		 -- Genesis 27:8
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Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats;
and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
		 -- Genesis 27:9
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And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may
bless thee before his death.
		 -- Genesis 27:10
%
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy
man, and I am a smooth man:
		 -- Genesis 27:11
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My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a
deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
		 -- Genesis 27:12
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And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey
my voice, and go fetch me them.
		 -- Genesis 27:13
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And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother
made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
		 -- Genesis 27:14
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And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with
her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
		 -- Genesis 27:15
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And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon
the smooth of his neck:
		 -- Genesis 27:16
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And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared,
into the hand of her son Jacob.
		 -- Genesis 27:17
%
And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I;
who art thou, my son?
		 -- Genesis 27:18
%
And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy 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.
		 -- Genesis 27:19
%
And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly,
my son?  And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.
		 -- Genesis 27:20
%
And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee,
my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
		 -- Genesis 27:21
%
And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said,
The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
		 -- Genesis 27:22
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And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother
Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
		 -- Genesis 27:23
%
And he said, Art thou my very son Esau?  And he said, I am.
		 -- Genesis 27:24
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And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison,
that my soul may bless thee.  And he brought it near to him, and he did
eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.
		 -- Genesis 27:25
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And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
		 -- Genesis 27:26
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And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment,
and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of
a field which the LORD hath blessed:
		 -- Genesis 27:27
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Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the
earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
		 -- Genesis 27:28
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Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy
brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every
one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
		 -- Genesis 27:29
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And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob,
and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father,
that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
		 -- Genesis 27:30
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And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and
said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison,
that thy soul may bless me.
		 -- Genesis 27:31
%
And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou?  And he said, I am
thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
		 -- Genesis 27:32
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And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who?  where is he that
hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before
thou camest, and have blessed him?  yea, and he shall be blessed.
		 -- Genesis 27:33
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And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and
exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also,
O my father.
		 -- Genesis 27:34
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And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy
blessing.
		 -- Genesis 27:35
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And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob?  for he hath supplanted me
these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath
taken away my blessing.  And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing
for me?
		 -- Genesis 27:36
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And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord,
and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn
and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
		 -- Genesis 27:37
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And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father?
bless me, even me also, O my father.  And Esau lifted up his voice,
and wept.
		 -- Genesis 27:38
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And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling
shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
		 -- Genesis 27:39
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And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it
shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt
break his yoke from off thy neck.
		 -- Genesis 27:40
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And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed
him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are
at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
		 -- Genesis 27:41
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And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent
and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother
Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
		 -- Genesis 27:42
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Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my
brother to Haran;
		 -- Genesis 27:43
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And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;
		 -- Genesis 27:44
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Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which
thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence:
why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
		 -- Genesis 27:45
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And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters
of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these
which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
		 -- Genesis 27:46
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AND Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto
him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
		 -- Genesis 28:1
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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.
		 -- Genesis 28:2
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And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee,
that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
		 -- Genesis 28:3
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And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with
thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger,
which God gave unto Abraham.
		 -- Genesis 28:4
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And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of
Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
		 -- Genesis 28:5
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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;
		 -- Genesis 28:6
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And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to
Padan-aram;
		 -- Genesis 28:7
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And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
		 -- Genesis 28:8
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Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had
Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth,
to be his wife.
		 -- Genesis 28:9
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And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
		 -- Genesis 28:10
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And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because
the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them
for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
		 -- Genesis 28:11
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And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top
of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and
descending on it.
		 -- Genesis 28:12
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And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of
Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest,
to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
		 -- Genesis 28:13
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And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread
abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the
south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth
be blessed.
		 -- Genesis 28:14
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And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither
thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not
leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
		 -- Genesis 28:15
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And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in
this place; and I knew it not.
		 -- Genesis 28:16
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And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none
other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
		 -- Genesis 28:17
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And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had
put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon
the top of it.
		 -- Genesis 28:18
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And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city
was called Luz at the first.
		 -- Genesis 28:19
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And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in
this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
		 -- Genesis 28:20
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So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD
be my God:
		 -- Genesis 28:21
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And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house:
and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
		 -- Genesis 28:22
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THEN Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of
the east.
		 -- Genesis 29:1
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And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three
flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks:
and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.
		 -- Genesis 29:2
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And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from
the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon
the well's mouth in his place.
		 -- Genesis 29:3
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And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye?  And they said,
Of Haran are we.
		 -- Genesis 29:4
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And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor?	And they said,
We know him.
		 -- Genesis 29:5
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And he said unto them, Is he well?  And they said, He is well: and,
behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
		 -- Genesis 29:6
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And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle
should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
		 -- Genesis 29:7
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And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and
till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.
		 -- Genesis 29:8
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And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep:
for she kept them.
		 -- Genesis 29:9
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And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his
mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob
went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the
flock of Laban his mother's brother.
		 -- Genesis 29:10
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And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
		 -- Genesis 29:11
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And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was
Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.
		 -- Genesis 29:12
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And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's
son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and
brought him to his house.  And he told Laban all these things.
		 -- Genesis 29:13
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And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh.  And he
abode with him the space of a month.
		 -- Genesis 29:14
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And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou
therefore serve me for nought?	tell me, what shall thy wages be?
		 -- Genesis 29:15
%
And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the
name of the younger was Rachel.
		 -- Genesis 29:16
%
Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
		 -- Genesis 29:17
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And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for
Rachel thy younger daughter.
		 -- Genesis 29:18
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And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should
give her to another man: abide with me.
		 -- Genesis 29:19
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And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but
a few days, for the love he had to her.
		 -- Genesis 29:20
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And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled,
that I may go in unto her.
		 -- Genesis 29:21
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And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
		 -- Genesis 29:22
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And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter,
and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
		 -- Genesis 29:23
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And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
		 -- Genesis 29:24
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And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he
said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with
thee for Rachel?  wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
		 -- Genesis 29:25
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And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the
younger before the firstborn.
		 -- Genesis 29:26
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Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which
thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
		 -- Genesis 29:27
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And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his
daughter to wife also.
		 -- Genesis 29:28
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And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
		 -- Genesis 29:29
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And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah,
and served with him yet seven other years.
		 -- Genesis 29:30
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And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel
was barren.
		 -- Genesis 29:31
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And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for
she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore
my husband will love me.
		 -- Genesis 29:32
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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.
		 -- Genesis 29:33
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And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my
husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore
was his name called Levi.
		 -- Genesis 29:34
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And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise
the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
		 -- Genesis 29:35
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AND when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her
sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
		 -- Genesis 30:1
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And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's
stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
		 -- Genesis 30:2
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And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear
upon my knees that I may also have children by her.
		 -- Genesis 30:3
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And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
		 -- Genesis 30:4
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And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
		 -- Genesis 30:5
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And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice,
and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
		 -- Genesis 30:6
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And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
		 -- Genesis 30:7
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And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister,
and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
		 -- Genesis 30:8
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When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid,
and gave her Jacob to wife.
		 -- Genesis 30:9
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And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
		 -- Genesis 30:10
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And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
		 -- Genesis 30:11
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And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
		 -- Genesis 30:12
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And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed:
and she called his name Asher.
		 -- Genesis 30:13
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And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the
field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah,
Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
		 -- Genesis 30:14
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And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my
husband?  and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also?	And Rachel
said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
		 -- Genesis 30:15
%
And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to
meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired
thee with my son's mandrakes.  And he lay with her that night.
		 -- Genesis 30:16
%
And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the
fifth son.
		 -- Genesis 30:17
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And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden
to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
		 -- Genesis 30:18
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And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
		 -- Genesis 30:19
%
And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband
dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his
name Zebulun.
		 -- Genesis 30:20
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And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
		 -- Genesis 30:21
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And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
		 -- Genesis 30:22
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And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my
reproach:
		 -- Genesis 30:23
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And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me
another son.
		 -- Genesis 30:24
%
And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto
Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.
		 -- Genesis 30:25
%
Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let
me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.
		 -- Genesis 30:26
%
And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine
eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed
me for thy sake.
		 -- Genesis 30:27
%
And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
		 -- Genesis 30:28
%
And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy
cattle was with me.
		 -- Genesis 30:29
%
For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased
unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and
now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
		 -- Genesis 30:30
%
And he said, What shall I give thee?  And Jacob said, Thou shalt not
give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed
and keep thy flock.
		 -- Genesis 30:31
%
I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the
speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and
the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
		 -- Genesis 30:32
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So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall
come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and
spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted
stolen with me.
		 -- Genesis 30:33
%
And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
		 -- Genesis 30:34
%
And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted,
and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that
had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them
into the hand of his sons.
		 -- Genesis 30:35
%
And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed
the rest of Laban's flocks.
		 -- Genesis 30:36
%
And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut
tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which
was in the rods.
		 -- Genesis 30:37
%
And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters
in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should
conceive when they came to drink.
		 -- Genesis 30:38
%
And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle
ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
		 -- Genesis 30:39
%
And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward
the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put
his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.
		 -- Genesis 30:40
%
And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that
Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that
they might conceive among the rods.
		 -- Genesis 30:41
%
But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were
Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
		 -- Genesis 30:42
%
And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants,
and menservants, and camels, and asses.
		 -- Genesis 30:43
%
AND he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away
all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he
gotten all this glory.
		 -- Genesis 31:1
%
And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward
him as before.
		 -- Genesis 31:2
%
And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers,
and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
		 -- Genesis 31:3
%
And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
		 -- Genesis 31:4
%
And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not
toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
		 -- Genesis 31:5
%
And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
		 -- Genesis 31:6
%
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but
God suffered him not to hurt me.
		 -- Genesis 31:7
%
If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle
bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire;
then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
		 -- Genesis 31:8
%
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
		 -- Genesis 31:9
%
And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted
up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped
upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
		 -- Genesis 31:10
%
And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said,
Here am I.
		 -- Genesis 31:11
%
And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap
upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen
all that Laban doeth unto thee.
		 -- Genesis 31:12
%
I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where
thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land,
and return unto the land of thy kindred.
		 -- Genesis 31:13
%
And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion
or inheritance for us in our father's house?
		 -- Genesis 31:14
%
Are we not counted of him strangers?  for he hath sold us, and hath
quite devoured also our money.
		 -- Genesis 31:15
%
For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours,
and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
		 -- Genesis 31:16
%
Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
		 -- Genesis 31:17
%
And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had
gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan-aram,
for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
		 -- Genesis 31:18
%
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that
were her father's.
		 -- Genesis 31:19
%
And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him
not that he fled.
		 -- Genesis 31:20
%
So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the
river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
		 -- Genesis 31:21
%
And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
		 -- Genesis 31:22
%
And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days'
journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
		 -- Genesis 31:23
%
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him,
Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
		 -- Genesis 31:24
%
Then Laban overtook Jacob.  Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount:
and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
		 -- Genesis 31:25
%
And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away
unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with
the sword?
		 -- Genesis 31:26
%
Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst
not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs,
with tabret, and with harp?
		 -- Genesis 31:27
%
And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast
now done foolishly in so doing.
		 -- Genesis 31:28
%
It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father
spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not
to Jacob either good or bad.
		 -- Genesis 31:29
%
And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst
after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
		 -- Genesis 31:30
%
And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said,
Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
		 -- Genesis 31:31
%
With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our
brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee.
For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
		 -- Genesis 31:32
%
And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two
maidservants' tents; but he found them not.  Then went he out of Leah's
tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
		 -- Genesis 31:33
%
Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture,
and sat upon them.  And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
		 -- Genesis 31:34
%
And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot
rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me.  And he searched,
but found not the images.
		 -- Genesis 31:35
%
And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said
to Laban, What is my trespass?	what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly
pursued after me?
		 -- Genesis 31:36
%
Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all
thy household stuff?  set it here before my brethren and thy brethren,
that they may judge betwixt us both.
		 -- Genesis 31:37
%
This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have
not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
		 -- Genesis 31:38
%
That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss
of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen
by night.
		 -- Genesis 31:39
%
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night;
and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
		 -- Genesis 31:40
%
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen
years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast
changed my wages ten times.
		 -- Genesis 31:41
%
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac,
had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty.  God hath seen
mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
		 -- Genesis 31:42
%
And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters,
and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle,
and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these
my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
		 -- Genesis 31:43
%
Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it
be for a witness between me and thee.
		 -- Genesis 31:44
%
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
		 -- Genesis 31:45
%
And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones,
and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
		 -- Genesis 31:46
%
And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
		 -- Genesis 31:47
%
And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this
day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
		 -- Genesis 31:48
%
And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we
are absent one from another.
		 -- Genesis 31:49
%
If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives
beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me
and thee.
		 -- Genesis 31:50
%
And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar,
which I have cast betwixt me and thee;
		 -- Genesis 31:51
%
This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass
over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and
this pillar unto me, for harm.
		 -- Genesis 31:52
%
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father,
judge betwixt us.  And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
		 -- Genesis 31:53
%
Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to
eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
		 -- Genesis 31:54
%
And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his
daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto
his place.
		 -- Genesis 31:55
%
AND Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
		 -- Genesis 32:1
%
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the
name of that place Mahanaim.
		 -- Genesis 32:2
%
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land
of Seir, the country of Edom.
		 -- Genesis 32:3
%
And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau;
Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed
there until now:
		 -- Genesis 32:4
%
And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants:
and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
		 -- Genesis 32:5
%
And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau,
and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
		 -- Genesis 32:6
%
Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people
that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into
two bands;
		 -- Genesis 32:7
%
And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other
company which is left shall escape.
		 -- Genesis 32:8
%
And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac,
the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy
kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
		 -- Genesis 32:9
%
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth,
which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over
this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
		 -- Genesis 32:10
%
Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of
Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother
with the children.
		 -- Genesis 32:11
%
And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the
sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
		 -- Genesis 32:12
%
And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his
hand a present for Esau his brother;
		 -- Genesis 32:13
%
Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and
twenty rams,
		 -- Genesis 32:14
%
Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty
she asses, and ten foals.
		 -- Genesis 32:15
%
And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by
themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a
space betwixt drove and drove.
		 -- Genesis 32:16
%
And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth
thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou?	and whither goest thou?
and whose are these before thee?
		 -- Genesis 32:17
%
Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent
unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
		 -- Genesis 32:18
%
And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the
droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
		 -- Genesis 32:19
%
And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said,
I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward
I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
		 -- Genesis 32:20
%
So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in
the company.
		 -- Genesis 32:21
%
And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two
womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
		 -- Genesis 32:22
%
And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
		 -- Genesis 32:23
%
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the
breaking of the day.
		 -- Genesis 32:24
%
And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow
of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he
wrestled with him.
		 -- Genesis 32:25
%
And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh.  And he said, I will not
let thee go, except thou bless me.
		 -- Genesis 32:26
%
And he said unto him, What is thy name?  And he said, Jacob.
		 -- Genesis 32:27
%
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as
a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
		 -- Genesis 32:28
%
And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name.	And he
said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name?  And he blessed
him there.
		 -- Genesis 32:29
%
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face
to face, and my life is preserved.
		 -- Genesis 32:30
%
And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon
his thigh.
		 -- Genesis 32:31
%
Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank,
which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched
the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
		 -- Genesis 32:32
%
AND Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came,
and with him four hundred men.	And he divided the children unto Leah,
and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
		 -- Genesis 33:1
%
And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her
children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
		 -- Genesis 33:2
%
And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven
times, until he came near to his brother.
		 -- Genesis 33:3
%
And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and
kissed him: and they wept.
		 -- Genesis 33:4
%
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said,
Who are those with thee?  And he said, The children which God hath
graciously given thy servant.
		 -- Genesis 33:5
%
Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed
themselves.
		 -- Genesis 33:6
%
And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and
after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
		 -- Genesis 33:7
%
And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met?  And he
said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
		 -- Genesis 33:8
%
And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto
thyself.
		 -- Genesis 33:9
%
And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight,
then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face,
as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
		 -- Genesis 33:10
%
Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath
dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.  And he urged him,
and he took it.
		 -- Genesis 33:11
%
And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go
before thee.
		 -- Genesis 33:12
%
And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and
the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive
them one day, all the flock will die.
		 -- Genesis 33:13
%
Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead
on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children
be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
		 -- Genesis 33:14
%
And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are
with me.  And he said, What needeth it?  let me find grace in the sight
of my lord.
		 -- Genesis 33:15
%
So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
		 -- Genesis 33:16
%
And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths
for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
		 -- Genesis 33:17
%
And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land
of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before
the city.
		 -- Genesis 33:18
%
And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the
hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces
of money.
		 -- Genesis 33:19
%
And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.
		 -- Genesis 33:20
%
AND Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to
see the daughters of the land.
		 -- Genesis 34:1
%
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country,
saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
		 -- Genesis 34:2
%
And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the
damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
		 -- Genesis 34:3
%
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel
to wife.
		 -- Genesis 34:4
%
And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons
were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they
were come.
		 -- Genesis 34:5
%
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
		 -- Genesis 34:6
%
And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and
the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought
folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not
to be done.
		 -- Genesis 34:7
%
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth
for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
		 -- Genesis 34:8
%
And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take
our daughters unto you.
		 -- Genesis 34:9
%
And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and
trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
		 -- Genesis 34:10
%
And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find
grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
		 -- Genesis 34:11
%
Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye
shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
		 -- Genesis 34:12
%
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully,
and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
		 -- Genesis 34:13
%
And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to
one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
		 -- Genesis 34:14
%
But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every
male of you be circumcised;
		 -- Genesis 34:15
%
Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters
to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
		 -- Genesis 34:16
%
But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take
our daughter, and we will be gone.
		 -- Genesis 34:17
%
And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
		 -- Genesis 34:18
%
And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight
in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of
his father.
		 -- Genesis 34:19
%
And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and
communed with the men of their city, saying,
		 -- Genesis 34:20
%
These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and
trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us
take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
		 -- Genesis 34:21
%
Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one
people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
		 -- Genesis 34:22
%
Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs
be ours?  only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
		 -- Genesis 34:23
%
And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of
the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out
of the gate of his city.
		 -- Genesis 34:24
%
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of
the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his
sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
		 -- Genesis 34:25
%
And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword,
and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
		 -- Genesis 34:26
%
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because
they had defiled their sister.
		 -- Genesis 34:27
%
They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which
was in the city, and that which was in the field,
		 -- Genesis 34:28
%
And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took
they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
		 -- Genesis 34:29
%
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to
stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the
Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves
together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and
my house.
		 -- Genesis 34:30
%
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
		 -- Genesis 34:31
%
AND God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and
make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest
from the face of Esau thy brother.
		 -- Genesis 35:1
%
Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him,
Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change
your garments:
		 -- Genesis 35:2
%
And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar
unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in
the way which I went.
		 -- Genesis 35:3
%
And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand,
and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them
under the oak which was by Shechem.
		 -- Genesis 35:4
%
And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were
round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
		 -- Genesis 35:5
%
So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el,
he and all the people that were with him.
		 -- Genesis 35:6
%
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.
		 -- Genesis 35:7
%
But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el
under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.
		 -- Genesis 35:8
%
And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram,
and blessed him.
		 -- Genesis 35:9
%
And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any
more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
		 -- Genesis 35:10
%
And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a
nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come
out of thy loins;
		 -- Genesis 35:11
%
And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it,
and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
		 -- Genesis 35:12
%
And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
		 -- Genesis 35:13
%
And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a
pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured
oil thereon.
		 -- Genesis 35:14
%
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.
		 -- Genesis 35:15
%
And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come
to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
		 -- Genesis 35:16
%
And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said
unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
		 -- Genesis 35:17
%
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that
she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.
		 -- Genesis 35:18
%
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is
Beth-lehem.
		 -- Genesis 35:19
%
And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's
grave unto this day.
		 -- Genesis 35:20
%
And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
		 -- Genesis 35:21
%
And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went
and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it.  Now the
sons of Jacob were twelve:
		 -- Genesis 35:22
%
The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi,
and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
		 -- Genesis 35:23
%
The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
		 -- Genesis 35:24
%
And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
		 -- Genesis 35:25
%
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the
sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
		 -- Genesis 35:26
%
And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah,
which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
		 -- Genesis 35:27
%
And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
		 -- Genesis 35:28
%
And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people,
being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
		 -- Genesis 35:29
%
NOW these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
		 -- Genesis 36:1
%
Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of
Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of
Zibeon the Hivite;
		 -- Genesis 36:2
%
And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
		 -- Genesis 36:3
%
And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
		 -- Genesis 36:4
%
And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of
Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.
		 -- Genesis 36:5
%
And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the
persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his
substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the
country from the face of his brother Jacob.
		 -- Genesis 36:6
%
For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and
the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of
their cattle.
		 -- Genesis 36:7
%
Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
		 -- Genesis 36:8
%
And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in
mount Seir:
		 -- Genesis 36:9
%
These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of
Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
		 -- Genesis 36:10
%
And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
		 -- Genesis 36:11
%
And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz
Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
		 -- Genesis 36:12
%
And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah:
these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
		 -- Genesis 36:13
%
And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter
of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
		 -- Genesis 36:14
%
These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn
son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
		 -- Genesis 36:15
%
Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came
of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
		 -- Genesis 36:16
%
And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah,
duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in
the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
		 -- Genesis 36:17
%
And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam,
duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter
of Anah, Esau's wife.
		 -- Genesis 36:18
%
These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes.
		 -- Genesis 36:19
%
These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan,
and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
		 -- Genesis 36:20
%
And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites,
the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
		 -- Genesis 36:21
%
And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister
was Timna.
		 -- Genesis 36:22
%
And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal,
Shepho, and Onam.
		 -- Genesis 36:23
%
And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was
that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses
of Zibeon his father.
		 -- Genesis 36:24
%
And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter
of Anah.
		 -- Genesis 36:25
%
And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran,
and Cheran.
		 -- Genesis 36:26
%
The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
		 -- Genesis 36:27
%
The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.
		 -- Genesis 36:28
%
These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal,
duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
		 -- Genesis 36:29
%
Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of
Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.
		 -- Genesis 36:30
%
And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there
reigned any king over the children of Israel.
		 -- Genesis 36:31
%
And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city
was Dinhabah.
		 -- Genesis 36:32
%
And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
		 -- Genesis 36:33
%
And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.
		 -- Genesis 36:34
%
And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the
field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
		 -- Genesis 36:35
%
And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
		 -- Genesis 36:36
%
And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
		 -- Genesis 36:37
%
And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
		 -- Genesis 36:38
%
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.
		 -- Genesis 36:39
%
And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to
their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke
Alvah, duke Jetheth,
		 -- Genesis 36:40
%
Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
		 -- Genesis 36:41
%
Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
		 -- Genesis 36:42
%
Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their
habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of
the Edomites.
		 -- Genesis 36:43
%
AND Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the
land of Canaan.
		 -- Genesis 37:1
%
These are the generations of Jacob.  Joseph, being seventeen years old,
was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons
of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph
brought unto his father their evil report.
		 -- Genesis 37:2
%
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the
son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
		 -- Genesis 37:3
%
And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his
brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
		 -- Genesis 37:4
%
And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated
him yet the more.
		 -- Genesis 37:5
%
And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
		 -- Genesis 37:6
%
For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf
arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round
about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
		 -- Genesis 37:7
%
And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us?	or shalt
thou indeed have dominion over us?  And they hated him yet the more for
his dreams, and for his words.
		 -- Genesis 37:8
%
And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said,
Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon
and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
		 -- Genesis 37:9
%
And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked
him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed?
Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves
to thee to the earth?
		 -- Genesis 37:10
%
And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
		 -- Genesis 37:11
%
And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
		 -- Genesis 37:12
%
And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in
Shechem?  come, and I will send thee unto them.  And he said to him,
Here am I.
		 -- Genesis 37:13
%
And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy
brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again.  So he sent
him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
		 -- Genesis 37:14
%
And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field:
and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
		 -- Genesis 37:15
%
And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed
their flocks.
		 -- Genesis 37:16
%
And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go
to Dothan.  And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
		 -- Genesis 37:17
%
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them,
they conspired against him to slay him.
		 -- Genesis 37:18
%
And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
		 -- Genesis 37:19
%
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit,
and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see
what will become of his dreams.
		 -- Genesis 37:20
%
And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said,
Let us not kill him.
		 -- Genesis 37:21
%
And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit
that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid
him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
		 -- Genesis 37:22
%
And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they
stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
		 -- Genesis 37:23
%
And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty,
there was no water in it.
		 -- Genesis 37:24
%
And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked,
and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels
bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
		 -- Genesis 37:25
%
And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our
brother, and conceal his blood?
		 -- Genesis 37:26
%
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon
him; for he is our brother and our flesh.  And his brethren were content.
		 -- Genesis 37:27
%
Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted
up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty
pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
		 -- Genesis 37:28
%
And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit;
and he rent his clothes.
		 -- Genesis 37:29
%
And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I,
whither shall I go?
		 -- Genesis 37:30
%
And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped
the coat in the blood;
		 -- Genesis 37:31
%
And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their
father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's
coat or no.
		 -- Genesis 37:32
%
And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured
him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
		 -- Genesis 37:33
%
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned
for his son many days.
		 -- Genesis 37:34
%
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he
refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave
unto my son mourning.  Thus his father wept for him.
		 -- Genesis 37:35
%
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of
Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
		 -- Genesis 37:36
%
AND it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren,
and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
		 -- Genesis 38:1
%
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was
Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
		 -- Genesis 38:2
%
And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
		 -- Genesis 38:3
%
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
		 -- Genesis 38:4
%
And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah:
and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
		 -- Genesis 38:5
%
And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
		 -- Genesis 38:6
%
And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the
LORD slew him.
		 -- Genesis 38:7
%
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her,
and raise up seed to thy brother.
		 -- Genesis 38:8
%
And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when
he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground,
lest that he should give seed to his brother.
		 -- Genesis 38:9
%
And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew
him also.
		 -- Genesis 38:10
%
Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at
thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest
peradventure he die also, as his brethren did.	And Tamar went and dwelt
in her father's house.
		 -- Genesis 38:11
%
And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and
Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath,
he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
		 -- Genesis 38:12
%
And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to
Timnath to shear his sheep.
		 -- Genesis 38:13
%
And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a
vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the
way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given
unto him to wife.
		 -- Genesis 38:14
%
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had
covered her face.
		 -- Genesis 38:15
%
And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me
come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And
she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
		 -- Genesis 38:16
%
And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock.  And she said,
Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?
		 -- Genesis 38:17
%
And he said, What pledge shall I give thee?  And she said, Thy signet,
and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand.  And he gave it
her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
		 -- Genesis 38:18
%
And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on
the garments of her widowhood.
		 -- Genesis 38:19
%
And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to
receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.
		 -- Genesis 38:20
%
Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was
openly by the way side?  And they said, There was no harlot in this place.
		 -- Genesis 38:21
%
And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men
of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.
		 -- Genesis 38:22
%
And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold,
I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
		 -- Genesis 38:23
%
And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah,
saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also,
behold, she is with child by whoredom.	And Judah said, Bring her forth,
and let her be burnt.
		 -- Genesis 38:24
%
When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying,
By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern,
I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
		 -- Genesis 38:25
%
And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than
I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son.  And he knew her again
no more.
		 -- Genesis 38:26
%
And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were
in her womb.
		 -- Genesis 38:27
%
And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand:
and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying,
This came out first.
		 -- Genesis 38:28
%
And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother
came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon
thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
		 -- Genesis 38:29
%
And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon
his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
		 -- Genesis 38:30
%
AND Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of
Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of
the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
		 -- Genesis 39:1
%
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was
in the house of his master the Egyptian.
		 -- Genesis 39:2
%
And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made
all that he did to prosper in his hand.
		 -- Genesis 39:3
%
And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him
overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
		 -- Genesis 39:4
%
And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his
house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's
house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that
he had in the house, and in the field.
		 -- Genesis 39:5
%
And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he
had, save the bread which he did eat.  And Joseph was a goodly person,
and well favoured.
		 -- Genesis 39:6
%
And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her
eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
		 -- Genesis 39:7
%
But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth
not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath
to my hand;
		 -- Genesis 39:8
%
There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back
any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I
do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
		 -- Genesis 39:9
%
And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened
not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
		 -- Genesis 39:10
%
And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to
do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
		 -- Genesis 39:11
%
And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his
garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
		 -- Genesis 39:12
%
And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her
hand, and was fled forth,
		 -- Genesis 39:13
%
That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying,
See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto
me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
		 -- Genesis 39:14
%
And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried,
that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
		 -- Genesis 39:15
%
And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
		 -- Genesis 39:16
%
And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew
servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
		 -- Genesis 39:17
%
And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left
his garment with me, and fled out.
		 -- Genesis 39:18
%
And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which
she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me;
that his wrath was kindled.
		 -- Genesis 39:19
%
And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where
the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
		 -- Genesis 39:20
%
But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour
in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
		 -- Genesis 39:21
%
And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners
that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer
of it.
		 -- Genesis 39:22
%
The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand;
because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it
to prosper.
		 -- Genesis 39:23
%
AND it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of
Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
		 -- Genesis 40:1
%
And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of
the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
		 -- Genesis 40:2
%
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into
the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
		 -- Genesis 40:3
%
And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them:
and they continued a season in ward.
		 -- Genesis 40:4
%
And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night,
each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and
the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
		 -- Genesis 40:5
%
And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and,
behold, they were sad.
		 -- Genesis 40:6
%
And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his
lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
		 -- Genesis 40:7
%
And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no
interpreter of it.  And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations
belong to God?	tell me them, I pray you.
		 -- Genesis 40:8
%
And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my
dream, behold, a vine was before me;
		 -- Genesis 40:9
%
And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded,
and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth
ripe grapes:
		 -- Genesis 40:10
%
And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed
them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
		 -- Genesis 40:11
%
And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three
branches are three days:
		 -- Genesis 40:12
%
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore
thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand,
after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
		 -- Genesis 40:13
%
But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness,
I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me
out of this house:
		 -- Genesis 40:14
%
For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here
also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
		 -- Genesis 40:15
%
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto
Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets
on my head:
		 -- Genesis 40:16
%
And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for
Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
		 -- Genesis 40:17
%
And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The
three baskets are three days:
		 -- Genesis 40:18
%
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee,
and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from
off thee.
		 -- Genesis 40:19
%
And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that
he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the
chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
		 -- Genesis 40:20
%
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave
the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
		 -- Genesis 40:21
%
But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
		 -- Genesis 40:22
%
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
		 -- Genesis 40:23
%
AND it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed:
and, behold, he stood by the river.
		 -- Genesis 41:1
%
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine
and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
		 -- Genesis 41:2
%
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill
favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of
the river.
		 -- Genesis 41:3
%
And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well
favoured and fat kine.	So Pharaoh awoke.
		 -- Genesis 41:4
%
And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of
corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
		 -- Genesis 41:5
%
And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up
after them.
		 -- Genesis 41:6
%
And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears.
And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
		 -- Genesis 41:7
%
And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and
he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men
thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could
interpret them unto Pharaoh.
		 -- Genesis 41:8
%
Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults
this day:
		 -- Genesis 41:9
%
Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain
of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:
		 -- Genesis 41:10
%
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man
according to the interpretation of his dream.
		 -- Genesis 41:11
%
And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the
captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our
dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
		 -- Genesis 41:12
%
And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored
unto mine office, and him he hanged.
		 -- Genesis 41:13
%
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out
of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came
in unto Pharaoh.
		 -- Genesis 41:14
%
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none
that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst
understand a dream to interpret it.
		 -- Genesis 41:15
%
And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give
Pharaoh an answer of peace.
		 -- Genesis 41:16
%
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank
of the river:
		 -- Genesis 41:17
%
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and
well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
		 -- Genesis 41:18
%
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill
favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt
for badness:
		 -- Genesis 41:19
%
And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven
fat kine:
		 -- Genesis 41:20
%
And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten
them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning.  So I awoke.
		 -- Genesis 41:21
%
And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk,
full and good:
		 -- Genesis 41:22
%
And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind,
sprung up after them:
		 -- Genesis 41:23
%
And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto
the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
		 -- Genesis 41:24
%
And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath
shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
		 -- Genesis 41:25
%
The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven
years: the dream is one.
		 -- Genesis 41:26
%
And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are
seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall
be seven years of famine.
		 -- Genesis 41:27
%
This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about
to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
		 -- Genesis 41:28
%
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land
of Egypt:
		 -- Genesis 41:29
%
And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the
plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall
consume the land;
		 -- Genesis 41:30
%
And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine
following; for it shall be very grievous.
		 -- Genesis 41:31
%
And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because
the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
		 -- Genesis 41:32
%
Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him
over the land of Egypt.
		 -- Genesis 41:33
%
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and
take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
		 -- Genesis 41:34
%
And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay
up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
		 -- Genesis 41:35
%
And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of
famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not
through the famine.
		 -- Genesis 41:36
%
And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all
his servants.
		 -- Genesis 41:37
%
And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is,
a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
		 -- Genesis 41:38
%
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this,
there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
		 -- Genesis 41:39
%
Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my
people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
		 -- Genesis 41:40
%
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land
of Egypt.
		 -- Genesis 41:41
%
And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's
hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain
about his neck;
		 -- Genesis 41:42
%
And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they
cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land
of Egypt.
		 -- Genesis 41:43
%
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no
man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
		 -- Genesis 41:44
%
And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to
wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On.  And Joseph went
out over all the land of Egypt.
		 -- Genesis 41:45
%
And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king
of Egypt.  And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went
throughout all the land of Egypt.
		 -- Genesis 41:46
%
And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
		 -- Genesis 41:47
%
And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the
land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field,
which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
		 -- Genesis 41:48
%
And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he
left numbering; for it was without number.
		 -- Genesis 41:49
%
And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came,
which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
		 -- Genesis 41:50
%
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he,
hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
		 -- Genesis 41:51
%
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to
be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
		 -- Genesis 41:52
%
And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt,
were ended.
		 -- Genesis 41:53
%
And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had
said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt
there was bread.
		 -- Genesis 41:54
%
And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh
for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph;
what he saith to you, do.
		 -- Genesis 41:55
%
And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all
the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore
in the land of Egypt.
		 -- Genesis 41:56
%
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because
that the famine was so sore in all lands.
		 -- Genesis 41:57
%
NOW when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons,
Why do ye look one upon another?
		 -- Genesis 42:1
%
And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you
down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
		 -- Genesis 42:2
%
And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
		 -- Genesis 42:3
%
But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for
he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
		 -- Genesis 42:4
%
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the
famine was in the land of Canaan.
		 -- Genesis 42:5
%
And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to
all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down
themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
		 -- Genesis 42:6
%
And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange
unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence
come ye?  And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
		 -- Genesis 42:7
%
And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
		 -- Genesis 42:8
%
And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto
them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
		 -- Genesis 42:9
%
And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants
come.
		 -- Genesis 42:10
%
We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
		 -- Genesis 42:11
%
And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye
are come.
		 -- Genesis 42:12
%
And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man
in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our
father, and one is not.
		 -- Genesis 42:13
%
And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying,
Ye are spies:
		 -- Genesis 42:14
%
Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth
hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
		 -- Genesis 42:15
%
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in
prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you:
or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
		 -- Genesis 42:16
%
And he put them all together into ward three days.
		 -- Genesis 42:17
%
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I
fear God:
		 -- Genesis 42:18
%
If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of
your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
		 -- Genesis 42:19
%
But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified,
and ye shall not die.  And they did so.
		 -- Genesis 42:20
%
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our
brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us,
and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
		 -- Genesis 42:21
%
And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not
sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also
his blood is required.
		 -- Genesis 42:22
%
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them
by an interpreter.
		 -- Genesis 42:23
%
And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them
again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him
before their eyes.
		 -- Genesis 42:24
%
Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore
every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way:
and thus did he unto them.
		 -- Genesis 42:25
%
And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
		 -- Genesis 42:26
%
And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn,
he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.
		 -- Genesis 42:27
%
And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is
even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid,
saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
		 -- Genesis 42:28
%
And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told
him all that befell unto them; saying,
		 -- Genesis 42:29
%
The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us
for spies of the country.
		 -- Genesis 42:30
%
And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
		 -- Genesis 42:31
%
We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest
is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
		 -- Genesis 42:32
%
And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know
that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take
food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
		 -- Genesis 42:33
%
And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are
no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother,
and ye shall traffick in the land.
		 -- Genesis 42:34
%
And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every
man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their
father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
		 -- Genesis 42:35
%
And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children:
Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all
these things are against me.
		 -- Genesis 42:36
%
And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him
not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
		 -- Genesis 42:37
%
And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead,
and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye
go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
		 -- Genesis 42:38
%
AND the famine was sore in the land.
		 -- Genesis 43:1
%
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had
brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a
little food.
		 -- Genesis 43:2
%
And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us,
saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
		 -- Genesis 43:3
%
If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
		 -- Genesis 43:4
%
But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said
unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
		 -- Genesis 43:5
%
And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man
whether ye had yet a brother?
		 -- Genesis 43:6
%
And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred,
saying, Is your father yet alive?  have ye another brother?  and we told
him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that
he would say, Bring your brother down?
		 -- Genesis 43:7
%
And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we
will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou,
and also our little ones.
		 -- Genesis 43:8
%
I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring
him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame
for ever:
		 -- Genesis 43:9
%
For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
		 -- Genesis 43:10
%
And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this;
take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the
man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh,
nuts, and almonds:
		 -- Genesis 43:11
%
And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again
in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure
it was an oversight:
		 -- Genesis 43:12
%
Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
		 -- Genesis 43:13
%
And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away
your other brother, and Benjamin.  If I be bereaved of my children,
I am bereaved.
		 -- Genesis 43:14
%
And the men took that present, and they took double money in their
hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood
before Joseph.
		 -- Genesis 43:15
%
And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house,
Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine
with me at noon.
		 -- Genesis 43:16
%
And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into
Joseph's house.
		 -- Genesis 43:17
%
And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house;
and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at
the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us,
and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.
		 -- Genesis 43:18
%
And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed
with him at the door of the house,
		 -- Genesis 43:19
%
And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
		 -- Genesis 43:20
%
And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks,
and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money
in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.
		 -- Genesis 43:21
%
And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot
tell who put our money in our sacks.
		 -- Genesis 43:22
%
And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your
father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money.  And he
brought Simeon out unto them.
		 -- Genesis 43:23
%
And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water,
and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.
		 -- Genesis 43:24
%
And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they
heard that they should eat bread there.
		 -- Genesis 43:25
%
And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in
their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
		 -- Genesis 43:26
%
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well,
the old man of whom ye spake?  Is he yet alive?
		 -- Genesis 43:27
%
And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is
yet alive.  And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
		 -- Genesis 43:28
%
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's
son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me?
And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
		 -- Genesis 43:29
%
And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and
he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
		 -- Genesis 43:30
%
And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said,
Set on bread.
		 -- Genesis 43:31
%
And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and
for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the
Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination
unto the Egyptians.
		 -- Genesis 43:32
%
And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and
the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
		 -- Genesis 43:33
%
And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's
mess was five times so much as any of theirs.  And they drank, and were
merry with him.
		 -- Genesis 43:34
%
AND he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks
with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his
sack's mouth.
		 -- Genesis 44:1
%
And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and
his corn money.  And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
		 -- Genesis 44:2
%
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and
their asses.
		 -- Genesis 44:3
%
And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said
unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake
them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
		 -- Genesis 44:4
%
Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth?
ye have done evil in so doing.
		 -- Genesis 44:5
%
And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
		 -- Genesis 44:6
%
And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words?  God forbid
that thy servants should do according to this thing:
		 -- Genesis 44:7
%
Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again
unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of
thy lord's house silver or gold?
		 -- Genesis 44:8
%
With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we
also will be my lord's bondmen.
		 -- Genesis 44:9
%
And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom
it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
		 -- Genesis 44:10
%
Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened
every man his sack.
		 -- Genesis 44:11
%
And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest:
and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
		 -- Genesis 44:12
%
Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned
to the city.
		 -- Genesis 44:13
%
And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there:
and they fell before him on the ground.
		 -- Genesis 44:14
%
And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done?  wot ye
not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
		 -- Genesis 44:15
%
And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord?  what shall we speak? or
how shall we clear ourselves?  God hath found out the iniquity of thy
servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with
whom the cup is found.
		 -- Genesis 44:16
%
And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand
the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in
peace unto your father.
		 -- Genesis 44:17
%
Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant,
I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger
burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.
		 -- Genesis 44:18
%
My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
		 -- Genesis 44:19
%
And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of
his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left
of his mother, and his father loveth him.
		 -- Genesis 44:20
%
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may
set mine eyes upon him.
		 -- Genesis 44:21
%
And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he
should leave his father, his father would die.
		 -- Genesis 44:22
%
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come
down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
		 -- Genesis 44:23
%
And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told
him the words of my lord.
		 -- Genesis 44:24
%
And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
		 -- Genesis 44:25
%
And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us,
then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our
youngest brother be with us.
		 -- Genesis 44:26
%
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me
two sons:
		 -- Genesis 44:27
%
And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces;
and I saw him not since:
		 -- Genesis 44:28
%
And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall
bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
		 -- Genesis 44:29
%
Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not
with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
		 -- Genesis 44:30
%
It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that
he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy
servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
		 -- Genesis 44:31
%
For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If
I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father
for ever.
		 -- Genesis 44:32
%
Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a
bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
		 -- Genesis 44:33
%
For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me?
lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
		 -- Genesis 44:34
%
THEN Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him;
and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me.  And there stood no
man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
		 -- Genesis 45:1
%
And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
		 -- Genesis 45:2
%
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live?
And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his
presence.
		 -- Genesis 45:3
%
And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you.  And they
came near.  And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into
Egypt.
		 -- Genesis 45:4
%
Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold
me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
		 -- Genesis 45:5
%
For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are
five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
		 -- Genesis 45:6
%
And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth,
and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
		 -- Genesis 45:7
%
So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me
a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout
all the land of Egypt.
		 -- Genesis 45:8
%
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son
Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
		 -- Genesis 45:9
%
And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto
me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks,
and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
		 -- Genesis 45:10
%
And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine;
lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
		 -- Genesis 45:11
%
And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that
it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
		 -- Genesis 45:12
%
And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that
ye have seen: and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
		 -- Genesis 45:13
%
And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin
wept upon his neck.
		 -- Genesis 45:14
%
Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that
his brethren talked with him.
		 -- Genesis 45:15
%
And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's
brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
		 -- Genesis 45:16
%
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade
your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
		 -- Genesis 45:17
%
And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will
give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of
the land.
		 -- Genesis 45:18
%
Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of
Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father,
and come.
		 -- Genesis 45:19
%
Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt
is yours.
		 -- Genesis 45:20
%
And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according
to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
		 -- Genesis 45:21
%
To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he
gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
		 -- Genesis 45:22
%
And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the
good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and
meat for his father by the way.
		 -- Genesis 45:23
%
So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them,
See that ye fall not out by the way.
		 -- Genesis 45:24
%
And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto
Jacob their father,
		 -- Genesis 45:25
%
And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all
the land of Egypt.  And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
		 -- Genesis 45:26
%
And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them:
and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit
of Jacob their father revived:
		 -- Genesis 45:27
%
And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go
and see him before I die.
		 -- Genesis 45:28
%
AND Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba,
and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
		 -- Genesis 46:1
%
And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob,
Jacob.	And he said, Here am I.
		 -- Genesis 46:2
%
And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into
Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
		 -- Genesis 46:3
%
I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee
up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
		 -- Genesis 46:4
%
And Jacob rose up from 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.
		 -- Genesis 46:5
%
And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in
the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
		 -- Genesis 46:6
%
His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons'
daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
		 -- Genesis 46:7
%
And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt,
Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
		 -- Genesis 46:8
%
And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
		 -- Genesis 46:9
%
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and
Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
		 -- Genesis 46:10
%
And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
		 -- Genesis 46:11
%
And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah:
but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.  And the sons of Pharez were
Hezron and Hamul.
		 -- Genesis 46:12
%
And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
		 -- Genesis 46:13
%
And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
		 -- Genesis 46:14
%
These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram,
with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters
were thirty and three.
		 -- Genesis 46:15
%
And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi,
and Areli.
		 -- Genesis 46:16
%
And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and
Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
		 -- Genesis 46:17
%
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter,
and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
		 -- Genesis 46:18
%
The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
		 -- Genesis 46:19
%
And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim,
which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.
		 -- Genesis 46:20
%
And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera,
and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
		 -- Genesis 46:21
%
These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls
were fourteen.
		 -- Genesis 46:22
%
And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
		 -- Genesis 46:23
%
And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
		 -- Genesis 46:24
%
These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter,
and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
		 -- Genesis 46:25
%
All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his
loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
		 -- Genesis 46:26
%
And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all
the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore
and ten.
		 -- Genesis 46:27
%
And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen;
and they came into the land of Goshen.
		 -- Genesis 46:28
%
And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father,
to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck,
and wept on his neck a good while.
		 -- Genesis 46:29
%
And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face,
because thou art yet alive.
		 -- Genesis 46:30
%
And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will
go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's
house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
		 -- Genesis 46:31
%
And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and
they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
		 -- Genesis 46:32
%
And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say,
What is your occupation?
		 -- Genesis 46:33
%
That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from
our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may
dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto
the Egyptians.
		 -- Genesis 46:34
%
THEN Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren,
and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out
of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
		 -- Genesis 47:1
%
And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them
unto Pharaoh.
		 -- Genesis 47:2
%
And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation?  And they
said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our
fathers.
		 -- Genesis 47:3
%
They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come;
for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is
sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants
dwell in the land of Goshen.
		 -- Genesis 47:4
%
And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are
come unto thee:
		 -- Genesis 47:5
%
The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy
father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and
if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers
over my cattle.
		 -- Genesis 47:6
%
And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh:
and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
		 -- Genesis 47:7
%
And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
		 -- Genesis 47:8
%
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are
an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of
my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the
life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
		 -- Genesis 47:9
%
And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
		 -- Genesis 47:10
%
And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession
in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses,
as Pharaoh had commanded.
		 -- Genesis 47:11
%
And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's
household, with bread, according to their families.
		 -- Genesis 47:12
%
And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore,
so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason
of the famine.
		 -- Genesis 47:13
%
And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt,
and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph
brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
		 -- Genesis 47:14
%
And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan,
all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why
should we die in thy presence?	for the money faileth.
		 -- Genesis 47:15
%
And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle,
if money fail.
		 -- Genesis 47:16
%
And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in
exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds,
and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for
that year.
		 -- Genesis 47:17
%
When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said
unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent;
my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the
sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
		 -- Genesis 47:18
%
Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land?  buy us
and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh:
and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not
desolate.
		 -- Genesis 47:19
%
And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians
sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so
the land became Pharaoh's.
		 -- Genesis 47:20
%
And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the
borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
		 -- Genesis 47:21
%
Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion
assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave
them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
		 -- Genesis 47:22
%
Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day
and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow
the land.
		 -- Genesis 47:23
%
And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth
part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the
field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food
for your little ones.
		 -- Genesis 47:24
%
And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight
of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
		 -- Genesis 47:25
%
And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that
Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only,
which became not Pharaoh's.
		 -- Genesis 47:26
%
And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and
they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
		 -- Genesis 47:27
%
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age
of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
		 -- Genesis 47:28
%
And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son
Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put,
I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me;
bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
		 -- Genesis 47:29
%
But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and
bury me in their buryingplace.	And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
		 -- Genesis 47:30
%
And he said, Swear unto me.  And he sware unto him.  And Israel bowed
himself upon the bed's head.
		 -- Genesis 47:31
%
AND it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy
father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
		 -- Genesis 48:1
%
And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee:
and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
		 -- Genesis 48:2
%
And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the
land of Canaan, and blessed me,
		 -- Genesis 48:3
%
And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee,
and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land
to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
		 -- Genesis 48:4
%
And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee
in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine;
as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
		 -- Genesis 48:5
%
And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and
shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
		 -- Genesis 48:6
%
And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land
of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come
unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same
is Beth-lehem.
		 -- Genesis 48:7
%
And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?
		 -- Genesis 48:8
%
And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given
me in this place.  And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and
I will bless them.
		 -- Genesis 48:9
%
Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see.
And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
		 -- Genesis 48:10
%
And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and,
lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
		 -- Genesis 48:11
%
And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself
with his face to the earth.
		 -- Genesis 48:12
%
And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's
left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand,
and brought them near unto him.
		 -- Genesis 48:13
%
And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's
head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head,
guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
		 -- Genesis 48:14
%
And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham
and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day.
		 -- Genesis 48:15
%
The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my
name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;
and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
		 -- Genesis 48:16
%
And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of
Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove
it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
		 -- Genesis 48:17
%
And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the
firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
		 -- Genesis 48:18
%
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also
shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger
brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude
of nations.
		 -- Genesis 48:19
%
And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless,
saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim
before Manasseh.
		 -- Genesis 48:20
%
And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you,
and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
		 -- Genesis 48:21
%
Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I
took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
		 -- Genesis 48:22
%
AND Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together,
that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
		 -- Genesis 49:1
%
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto
Israel your father.
		 -- Genesis 49:2
%
Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength,
the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
		 -- Genesis 49:3
%
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy
father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
		 -- Genesis 49:4
%
Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their
habitations.
		 -- Genesis 49:5
%
O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine
honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in
their selfwill they digged down a wall.
		 -- Genesis 49:6
%
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was
cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
		 -- Genesis 49:7
%
Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be
in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down
before thee.
		 -- Genesis 49:8
%
Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he
stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse
him up?
		 -- Genesis 49:9
%
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between
his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the
people be.
		 -- Genesis 49:10
%
Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine;
he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
		 -- Genesis 49:11
%
His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
		 -- Genesis 49:12
%
Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an
haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
		 -- Genesis 49:13
%
Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
		 -- Genesis 49:14
%
And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and
bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
		 -- Genesis 49:15
%
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
		 -- Genesis 49:16
%
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth
the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
		 -- Genesis 49:17
%
I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
		 -- Genesis 49:18
%
Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
		 -- Genesis 49:19
%
Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
		 -- Genesis 49:20
%
Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
		 -- Genesis 49:21
%
Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose
branches run over the wall:
		 -- Genesis 49:22
%
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
		 -- Genesis 49:23
%
But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong
by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd,
the stone of Israel:)
		 -- Genesis 49:24
%
Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty,
who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the
deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
		 -- Genesis 49:25
%
The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my
progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall
be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was
separate from his brethren.
		 -- Genesis 49:26
%
Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey,
and at night he shall divide the spoil.
		 -- Genesis 49:27
%
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their
father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his
blessing he blessed them.
		 -- Genesis 49:28
%
And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my
people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of
Ephron the Hittite,
		 -- Genesis 49:29
%
In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre,
in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron
the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
		 -- Genesis 49:30
%
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac
and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
		 -- Genesis 49:31
%
The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the
children of Heth.
		 -- Genesis 49:32
%
And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up
his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto
his people.
		 -- Genesis 49:33
%
AND Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
		 -- Genesis 50:1
%
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father:
and the physicians embalmed Israel.
		 -- Genesis 50:2
%
And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of
those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore
and ten days.
		 -- Genesis 50:3
%
And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the
house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak,
I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
		 -- Genesis 50:4
%
My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I
have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me.
Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will
come again.
		 -- Genesis 50:5
%
And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made
thee swear.
		 -- Genesis 50:6
%
And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the
servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the
land of Egypt,
		 -- Genesis 50:7
%
And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house:
only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in
the land of Goshen.
		 -- Genesis 50:8
%
And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very
great company.
		 -- Genesis 50:9
%
And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan,
and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he
made a mourning for his father seven days.
		 -- Genesis 50:10
%
And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning
in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the
Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is
beyond Jordan.
		 -- Genesis 50:11
%
And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
		 -- Genesis 50:12
%
For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the
cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for
a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
		 -- Genesis 50:13
%
And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went
up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
		 -- Genesis 50:14
%
And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said,
Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the
evil which we did unto him.
		 -- Genesis 50:15
%
And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command
before he died, saying,
		 -- Genesis 50:16
%
So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of
thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we
pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father.
And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
		 -- Genesis 50:17
%
And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said,
Behold, we be thy servants.
		 -- Genesis 50:18
%
And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
		 -- Genesis 50:19
%
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good,
to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
		 -- Genesis 50:20
%
Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones.
And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
		 -- Genesis 50:21
%
And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived
an hundred and ten years.
		 -- Genesis 50:22
%
And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children
also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.
		 -- Genesis 50:23
%
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you,
and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham,
to Isaac, and to Jacob.
		 -- Genesis 50:24
%
And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will
surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
		 -- Genesis 50:25
%
So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him,
and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
		 -- Genesis 50:26
%
NOW these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt;
every man and his household came with Jacob.
		 -- Exodus 1:1
%
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
		 -- Exodus 1:2
%
Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
		 -- Exodus 1:3
%
Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
		 -- Exodus 1:4
%
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls:
for Joseph was in Egypt already.
		 -- Exodus 1:5
%
And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
		 -- Exodus 1:6
%
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and
multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
		 -- Exodus 1:7
%
Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
		 -- Exodus 1:8
%
And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel
are more and mightier than we:
		 -- Exodus 1:9
%
Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come
to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our
enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
		 -- Exodus 1:10
%
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their
burdens.  And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
		 -- Exodus 1:11
%
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew.
And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
		 -- Exodus 1:12
%
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
		 -- Exodus 1:13
%
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in
brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service,
wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
		 -- Exodus 1:14
%
And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name
of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
		 -- Exodus 1:15
%
And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women,
and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him:
but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
		 -- Exodus 1:16
%
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded
them, but saved the men children alive.
		 -- Exodus 1:17
%
And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them,
Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
		 -- Exodus 1:18
%
And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not
as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the
midwives come in unto them.
		 -- Exodus 1:19
%
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied,
and waxed very mighty.
		 -- Exodus 1:20
%
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made
them houses.
		 -- Exodus 1:21
%
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye
shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
		 -- Exodus 1:22
%
AND there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter
of Levi.
		 -- Exodus 2:1
%
And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he
was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
		 -- Exodus 2:2
%
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of
bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child
therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
		 -- Exodus 2:3
%
And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
		 -- Exodus 2:4
%
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river;
and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the
ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
		 -- Exodus 2:5
%
And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept.
And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews'
children.
		 -- Exodus 2:6
%
Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee
a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
		 -- Exodus 2:7
%
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go.  And the maid went and called
the child's mother.
		 -- Exodus 2:8
%
And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it
for me, and I will give thee thy wages.  And the woman took the child,
and nursed it.
		 -- Exodus 2:9
%
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he
became her son.  And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because
I drew him out of the water.
		 -- Exodus 2:10
%
And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went
out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an
Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
		 -- Exodus 2:11
%
And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no
man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
		 -- Exodus 2:12
%
And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove
together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou
thy fellow?
		 -- Exodus 2:13
%
And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou
to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian?  And Moses feared, and said,
Surely this thing is known.
		 -- Exodus 2:14
%
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses.  But Moses
fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he
sat down by a well.
		 -- Exodus 2:15
%
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew
water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
		 -- Exodus 2:16
%
And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped
them, and watered their flock.
		 -- Exodus 2:17
%
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye
are come so soon to day?
		 -- Exodus 2:18
%
And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds,
and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.
		 -- Exodus 2:19
%
And he said unto his daughters, And where is he?  why is it that ye have
left the man?  call him, that he may eat bread.
		 -- Exodus 2:20
%
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah
his daughter.
		 -- Exodus 2:21
%
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said,
I have been a stranger in a strange land.
		 -- Exodus 2:22
%
And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and
the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried,
and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
		 -- Exodus 2:23
%
And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with
Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
		 -- Exodus 2:24
%
And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
		 -- Exodus 2:25
%
NOW Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of
Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to
the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
		 -- Exodus 3:1
%
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the
midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire,
and the bush was not consumed.
		 -- Exodus 3:2
%
And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why
the bush is not burnt.
		 -- Exodus 3:3
%
And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out
of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses.  And he said, Here am I.
		 -- Exodus 3:4
%
And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet,
for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
		 -- Exodus 3:5
%
Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the
God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.  And Moses hid his face; for he was
afraid to look upon God.
		 -- Exodus 3:6
%
And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which
are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters;
for I know their sorrows;
		 -- Exodus 3:7
%
And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians,
and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto
a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites,
and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites,
and the Jebusites.
		 -- Exodus 3:8
%
Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me:
and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
		 -- Exodus 3:9
%
Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest
bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 3:10
%
And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and
that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
		 -- Exodus 3:11
%
And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token
unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people
out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
		 -- Exodus 3:12
%
And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel,
and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you;
and they shall say to me, What is his name?  what shall I say unto them?
		 -- Exodus 3:13
%
And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou
say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
		 -- Exodus 3:14
%
And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children
of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of
Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for
ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
		 -- Exodus 3:15
%
Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The
LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob,
appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which
is done to you in Egypt:
		 -- Exodus 3:16
%
And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt
unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites,
and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land
flowing with milk and honey.
		 -- Exodus 3:17
%
And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the
elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The
LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech
thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to
the LORD our God.
		 -- Exodus 3:18
%
And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a
mighty hand.
		 -- Exodus 3:19
%
And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders
which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.
		 -- Exodus 3:20
%
And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and
it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:
		 -- Exodus 3:21
%
But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth
in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and
ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall
spoil the Egyptians.
		 -- Exodus 3:22
%
AND Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me,
nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared
unto thee.
		 -- Exodus 4:1
%
And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand?  And he said,
A rod.
		 -- Exodus 4:2
%
And he said, Cast it on the ground.  And he cast it on the ground,
and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
		 -- Exodus 4:3
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by
the tail.  And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a
rod in his hand:
		 -- Exodus 4:4
%
That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
		 -- Exodus 4:5
%
And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom.
And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold,
his hand was leprous as snow.
		 -- Exodus 4:6
%
And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again.  And he put his hand
into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold,
it was turned again as his other flesh.
		 -- Exodus 4:7
%
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken
to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the
latter sign.
		 -- Exodus 4:8
%
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs,
neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the
river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest
out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
		 -- Exodus 4:9
%
And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither
heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow
of speech, and of a slow tongue.
		 -- Exodus 4:10
%
And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth?	or who maketh
the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind?  have not I the LORD?
		 -- Exodus 4:11
%
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou
shalt say.
		 -- Exodus 4:12
%
And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou
wilt send.
		 -- Exodus 4:13
%
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said,
Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother?  I know that he can speak well.
And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee,
he will be glad in his heart.
		 -- Exodus 4:14
%
And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be
with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
		 -- Exodus 4:15
%
And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he
shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead
of God.
		 -- Exodus 4:16
%
And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
		 -- Exodus 4:17
%
And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto
him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in
Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive.  And Jethro said to Moses,
Go in peace.
		 -- Exodus 4:18
%
And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all
the men are dead which sought thy life.
		 -- Exodus 4:19
%
And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he
returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
		 -- Exodus 4:20
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see
that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine
hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
		 -- Exodus 4:21
%
And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son,
even my firstborn:
		 -- Exodus 4:22
%
And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou
refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
		 -- Exodus 4:23
%
And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and
sought to kill him.
		 -- Exodus 4:24
%
Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son,
and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
		 -- Exodus 4:25
%
So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of
the circumcision.
		 -- Exodus 4:26
%
And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.
And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
		 -- Exodus 4:27
%
And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and
all the signs which he had commanded him.
		 -- Exodus 4:28
%
And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the
children of Israel:
		 -- Exodus 4:29
%
And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses,
and did the signs in the sight of the people.
		 -- Exodus 4:30
%
And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited
the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction,
then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
		 -- Exodus 4:31
%
AND afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the
LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto
me in the wilderness.
		 -- Exodus 5:1
%
And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let
Israel go?  I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
		 -- Exodus 5:2
%
And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we
pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the
LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
		 -- Exodus 5:3
%
And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron,
let the people from their works?  get you unto your burdens.
		 -- Exodus 5:4
%
And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye
make them rest from their burdens.
		 -- Exodus 5:5
%
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and
their officers, saying,
		 -- Exodus 5:6
%
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore:
let them go and gather straw for themselves.
		 -- Exodus 5:7
%
And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall
lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle;
therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
		 -- Exodus 5:8
%
Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein;
and let them not regard vain words.
		 -- Exodus 5:9
%
And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and
they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give
you straw.
		 -- Exodus 5:10
%
Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work
shall be diminished.
		 -- Exodus 5:11
%
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to
gather stubble instead of straw.
		 -- Exodus 5:12
%
And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily
tasks, as when there was straw.
		 -- Exodus 5:13
%
And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters
had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not
fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as
heretofore?
		 -- Exodus 5:14
%
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh,
saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
		 -- Exodus 5:15
%
There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make
brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine
own people.
		 -- Exodus 5:16
%
But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and
do sacrifice to the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 5:17
%
Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you,
yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
		 -- Exodus 5:18
%
And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil
case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of
your daily task.
		 -- Exodus 5:19
%
And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth
from Pharaoh:
		 -- Exodus 5:20
%
And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye
have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the
eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
		 -- Exodus 5:21
%
And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou
so evil entreated this people?	why is it that thou hast sent me?
		 -- Exodus 5:22
%
For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to
this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.
		 -- Exodus 5:23
%
THEN the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to
Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong
hand shall he drive them out of his land.
		 -- Exodus 6:1
%
And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:
		 -- Exodus 6:2
%
And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of
God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
		 -- Exodus 6:3
%
And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land
of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.
		 -- Exodus 6:4
%
And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the
Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
		 -- Exodus 6:5
%
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will
bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid
you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm,
and with great judgments:
		 -- Exodus 6:6
%
And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God:
and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out
from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
		 -- Exodus 6:7
%
And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear
to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you
for an heritage: I am the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 6:8
%
And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not
unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
		 -- Exodus 6:9
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Exodus 6:10
%
Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of
Israel go out of his land.
		 -- Exodus 6:11
%
And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel
have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of
uncircumcised lips?
		 -- Exodus 6:12
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge
unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring
the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 6:13
%
These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the
firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the
families of Reuben.
		 -- Exodus 6:14
%
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and
Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families
of Simeon.
		 -- Exodus 6:15
%
And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their
generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life
of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.
		 -- Exodus 6:16
%
The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
		 -- Exodus 6:17
%
And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and
the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.
		 -- Exodus 6:18
%
And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi
according to their generations.
		 -- Exodus 6:19
%
And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare
him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred
and thirty and seven years.
		 -- Exodus 6:20
%
And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
		 -- Exodus 6:21
%
And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
		 -- Exodus 6:22
%
And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon,
to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
		 -- Exodus 6:23
%
And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the
families of the Korhites.
		 -- Exodus 6:24
%
And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife;
and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the
Levites according to their families.
		 -- Exodus 6:25
%
These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the
children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.
		 -- Exodus 6:26
%
These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the
children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.
		 -- Exodus 6:27
%
And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses in the
land of Egypt,
		 -- Exodus 6:28
%
That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak thou unto
Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.
		 -- Exodus 6:29
%
And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips,
and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
		 -- Exodus 6:30
%
AND the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh:
and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
		 -- Exodus 7:1
%
Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall
speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.
		 -- Exodus 7:2
%
And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders
in the land of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 7:3
%
But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon
Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel,
out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
		 -- Exodus 7:4
%
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine
hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
		 -- Exodus 7:5
%
And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they.
		 -- Exodus 7:6
%
And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years
old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
		 -- Exodus 7:7
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
		 -- Exodus 7:8
%
When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then
thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh,
and it shall become a serpent.
		 -- Exodus 7:9
%
And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD
had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before
his servants, and it became a serpent.
		 -- Exodus 7:10
%
Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians
of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
		 -- Exodus 7:11
%
For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but
Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
		 -- Exodus 7:12
%
And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as
the LORD had said.
		 -- Exodus 7:13
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuseth
to let the people go.
		 -- Exodus 7:14
%
Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water;
and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod
which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
		 -- Exodus 7:15
%
And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto
thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness:
and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.
		 -- Exodus 7:16
%
Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: behold,
I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which
are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
		 -- Exodus 7:17
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And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink;
and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.
		 -- Exodus 7:18
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch
out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their
rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that
they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the
land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.
		 -- Exodus 7:19
%
And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up
the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of
Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were
in the river were turned to blood.
		 -- Exodus 7:20
%
And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the
Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood
throughout all the land of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 7:21
%
And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's
heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD
had said.
		 -- Exodus 7:22
%
And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart
to this also.
		 -- Exodus 7:23
%
And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink;
for they could not drink of the water of the river.
		 -- Exodus 7:24
%
And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river.
		 -- Exodus 7:25
%
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus
saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
		 -- Exodus 8:1
%
And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders
with frogs:
		 -- Exodus 8:2
%
And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up
and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed,
and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine
ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:
		 -- Exodus 8:3
%
And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon
all thy servants.
		 -- Exodus 8:4
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand
with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds,
and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 8:5
%
And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs
came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 8:6
%
And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs
upon the land of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 8:7
%
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD,
that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will
let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 8:8
%
And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee,
and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee
and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?
		 -- Exodus 8:9
%
And he said, To morrow.  And he said, Be it according to thy word:
that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.
		 -- Exodus 8:10
%
And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy
servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.
		 -- Exodus 8:11
%
And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD
because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.
		 -- Exodus 8:12
%
And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out
of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.
		 -- Exodus 8:13
%
And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
		 -- Exodus 8:14
%
But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart,
and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
		 -- Exodus 8:15
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and
smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the
land of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 8:16
%
And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and
smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast;
all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 8:17
%
And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice,
but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
		 -- Exodus 8:18
%
Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and
Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the
LORD had said.
		 -- Exodus 8:19
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand
before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him,
Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
		 -- Exodus 8:20
%
Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of
flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into
thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of
flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
		 -- Exodus 8:21
%
And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell,
that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that
I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.
		 -- Exodus 8:22
%
And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow
shall this sign be.
		 -- Exodus 8:23
%
And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the
house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land
of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
		 -- Exodus 8:24
%
And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice
to your God in the land.
		 -- Exodus 8:25
%
And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the
abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice
the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not
stone us?
		 -- Exodus 8:26
%
We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to
the LORD our God, as he shall command us.
		 -- Exodus 8:27
%
And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD
your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat
for me.
		 -- Exodus 8:28
%
And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD
that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants,
and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully
any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 8:29
%
And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 8:30
%
And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the
swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people;
there remained not one.
		 -- Exodus 8:31
%
And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let
the people go.
		 -- Exodus 8:32
%
THEN the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus
saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may
serve me.
		 -- Exodus 9:1
%
For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
		 -- Exodus 9:2
%
Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field,
upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and
upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
		 -- Exodus 9:3
%
And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle
of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's
of Israel.
		 -- Exodus 9:4
%
And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do
this thing in the land.
		 -- Exodus 9:5
%
And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt
died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.
		 -- Exodus 9:6
%
And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the
Israelites dead.  And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not
let the people go.
		 -- Exodus 9:7
%
And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of
ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in
the sight of Pharaoh.
		 -- Exodus 9:8
%
And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be
a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout
all the land of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 9:9
%
And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses
sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with
blains upon man, and upon beast.
		 -- Exodus 9:10
%
And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils;
for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
		 -- Exodus 9:11
%
And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto
them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.
		 -- Exodus 9:12
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand
before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews,
Let my people go, that they may serve me.
		 -- Exodus 9:13
%
For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon
thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is
none like me in all the earth.
		 -- Exodus 9:14
%
For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people
with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
		 -- Exodus 9:15
%
And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in
thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
		 -- Exodus 9:16
%
As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let
them go?
		 -- Exodus 9:17
%
Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous
hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even
until now.
		 -- Exodus 9:18
%
Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the
field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field,
and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them,
and they shall die.
		 -- Exodus 9:19
%
He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made
his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:
		 -- Exodus 9:20
%
And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his
cattle in the field.
		 -- Exodus 9:21
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven,
that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast,
and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 9:22
%
And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent
thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD
rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 9:23
%
So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as
there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
		 -- Exodus 9:24
%
And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the
field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field,
and brake every tree of the field.
		 -- Exodus 9:25
%
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there
no hail.
		 -- Exodus 9:26
%
And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them,
I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people
are wicked.
		 -- Exodus 9:27
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Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty
thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.
		 -- Exodus 9:28
%
And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will
spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease,
neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that
the earth is the LORD's.
		 -- Exodus 9:29
%
But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the
LORD God.
		 -- Exodus 9:30
%
And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear,
and the flax was bolled.
		 -- Exodus 9:31
%
But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up.
		 -- Exodus 9:32
%
And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands
unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not
poured upon the earth.
		 -- Exodus 9:33
%
And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were
ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
		 -- Exodus 9:34
%
And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children
of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.
		 -- Exodus 9:35
%
AND the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened
his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my
signs before him:
		 -- Exodus 10:1
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And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son,
what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done
among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 10:2
%
And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith
the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself
before me?  let my people go, that they may serve me.
		 -- Exodus 10:3
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Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring
the locusts into thy coast:
		 -- Exodus 10:4
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And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to
see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped,
which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which
groweth for you out of the field:
		 -- Exodus 10:5
%
And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants,
and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy
fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth
unto this day.	And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.
		 -- Exodus 10:6
%
And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a
snare unto us?	let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God:
knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
		 -- Exodus 10:7
%
And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto
them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go?
		 -- Exodus 10:8
%
And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons
and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go;
for we must hold a feast unto the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 10:9
%
And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go,
and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.
		 -- Exodus 10:10
%
Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did
desire.  And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
		 -- Exodus 10:11
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of
Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt,
and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.
		 -- Exodus 10:12
%
And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD
brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night;
and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
		 -- Exodus 10:13
%
And the 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.
		 -- Exodus 10:14
%
For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was
darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of
the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing
in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 10:15
%
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have
sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.
		 -- Exodus 10:16
%
Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat
the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
		 -- Exodus 10:17
%
And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 10:18
%
And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the
locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust
in all the coasts of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 10:19
%
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the
children of Israel go.
		 -- Exodus 10:20
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven,
that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which
may be felt.
		 -- Exodus 10:21
%
And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick
darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
		 -- Exodus 10:22
%
They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days:
but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
		 -- Exodus 10:23
%
And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only
let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go
with you.
		 -- Exodus 10:24
%
And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings,
that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God.
		 -- Exodus 10:25
%
Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind;
for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with
what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.
		 -- Exodus 10:26
%
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.
		 -- Exodus 10:27
%
And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself,
see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.
		 -- Exodus 10:28
%
And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.
		 -- Exodus 10:29
%
AND the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon
Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he
shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.
		 -- Exodus 11:1
%
Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his
neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels
of gold.
		 -- Exodus 11:2
%
And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians.
Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight
of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.
		 -- Exodus 11:3
%
And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into
the midst of Egypt:
		 -- Exodus 11:4
%
And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the 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.
		 -- Exodus 11:5
%
And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such
as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.
		 -- Exodus 11:6
%
But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his
tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth
put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
		 -- Exodus 11:7
%
And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down
themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow
thee: and after that I will go out.  And he went out from Pharaoh in a
great anger.
		 -- Exodus 11:8
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that
my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 11:9
%
And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD
hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel
go out of his land.
		 -- Exodus 11:10
%
AND the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
		 -- Exodus 12:1
%
This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the
first month of the year to you.
		 -- Exodus 12:2
%
Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day
of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to
the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
		 -- Exodus 12:3
%
And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour
next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every
man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
		 -- Exodus 12:4
%
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall
take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
		 -- Exodus 12:5
%
And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month:
and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in
the evening.
		 -- Exodus 12:6
%
And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts
and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
		 -- Exodus 12:7
%
And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and
unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
		 -- Exodus 12:8
%
Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire;
his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
		 -- Exodus 12:9
%
And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which
remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
		 -- Exodus 12:10
%
And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your
feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is
the LORD's passover.
		 -- Exodus 12:11
%
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all
the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all
the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 12:12
%
And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are:
and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall
not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 12:13
%
And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a
feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast
by an ordinance for ever.
		 -- Exodus 12:14
%
Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall
put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread
from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off
from Israel.
		 -- Exodus 12:15
%
And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the
seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of
work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that
only may be done of you.
		 -- Exodus 12:16
%
And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame
day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall
ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
		 -- Exodus 12:17
%
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye
shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month
at even.
		 -- Exodus 12:18
%
Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever
eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the
congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
		 -- Exodus 12:19
%
Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat
unleavened bread.
		 -- Exodus 12:20
%
Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw
out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.
		 -- Exodus 12:21
%
And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in
the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood
that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his
house until the morning.
		 -- Exodus 12:22
%
For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth
the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass
over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your
houses to smite you.
		 -- Exodus 12:23
%
And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons
for ever.
		 -- Exodus 12:24
%
And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will
give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
		 -- Exodus 12:25
%
And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What
mean ye by this service?
		 -- Exodus 12:26
%
That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD's passover, who passed
over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the
Egyptians, and delivered our houses.  And the people bowed the head
and worshipped.
		 -- Exodus 12:27
%
And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded
Moses and Aaron, so did they.
		 -- Exodus 12:28
%
And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in
the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne
unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the
firstborn of cattle.
		 -- Exodus 12:29
%
And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the
Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house
where there was not one dead.
		 -- Exodus 12:30
%
And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get
you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel;
and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.
		 -- Exodus 12:31
%
Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone;
and bless me also.
		 -- Exodus 12:32
%
And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them
out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.
		 -- Exodus 12:33
%
And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their
kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
		 -- Exodus 12:34
%
And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and
they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold,
and raiment:
		 -- Exodus 12:35
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And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians,
so that they lent unto them such things as they required.  And they
spoiled the Egyptians.
		 -- Exodus 12:36
%
And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six
hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
		 -- Exodus 12:37
%
And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds,
even very much cattle.
		 -- Exodus 12:38
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And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out
of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt,
and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.
		 -- Exodus 12:39
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Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was
four hundred and thirty years.
		 -- Exodus 12:40
%
And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years,
even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD
went out from the land of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 12:41
%
It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out
from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed
of all the children of Israel in their generations.
		 -- Exodus 12:42
%
And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the
passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
		 -- Exodus 12:43
%
But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast
circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
		 -- Exodus 12:44
%
A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
		 -- Exodus 12:45
%
In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the
flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
		 -- Exodus 12:46
%
All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
		 -- Exodus 12:47
%
And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover
to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come
near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land:
for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
		 -- Exodus 12:48
%
One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that
sojourneth among you.
		 -- Exodus 12:49
%
Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and
Aaron, so did they.
		 -- Exodus 12:50
%
And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children
of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
		 -- Exodus 12:51
%
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Exodus 13:1
%
Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among
the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
		 -- Exodus 13:2
%
And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out
from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD
brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
		 -- Exodus 13:3
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This day came ye out in the month Abib.
		 -- Exodus 13:4
%
And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the
Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing
with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
		 -- Exodus 13:5
%
Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall
be a feast to the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 13:6
%
Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened
bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee
in all thy quarters.
		 -- Exodus 13:7
%
And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because
of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 13:8
%
And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial
between thine eyes, that the LORD's law may be in thy mouth: for with
a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 13:9
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Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.
		 -- Exodus 13:10
%
And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the
Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give
it thee,
		 -- Exodus 13:11
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That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix,
and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males
shall be the LORD's.
		 -- Exodus 13:12
%
And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if
thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the
firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.
		 -- Exodus 13:13
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And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What
is this?  that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD
brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
		 -- Exodus 13:14
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And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD
slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man,
and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that
openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children
I redeem.
		 -- Exodus 13:15
%
And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between
thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out
of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 13:16
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And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led
them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that
was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they
see war, and they return to Egypt:
		 -- Exodus 13:17
%
But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the
Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land
of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 13:18
%
And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn
the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall
carry up my bones away hence with you.
		 -- Exodus 13:19
%
And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the
edge of the wilderness.
		 -- Exodus 13:20
%
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead
them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light;
to go by day and night:
		 -- Exodus 13:21
%
He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire
by night, from before the people.
		 -- Exodus 13:22
%
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Exodus 14:1
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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.
		 -- Exodus 14:2
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For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in
the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
		 -- Exodus 14:3
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And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them;
and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the
Egyptians may know that I am the LORD.	And they did so.
		 -- Exodus 14:4
%
And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of
Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said,
Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?
		 -- Exodus 14:5
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And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:
		 -- Exodus 14:6
%
And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt,
and captains over every one of them.
		 -- Exodus 14:7
%
And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued
after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with
an high hand.
		 -- Exodus 14:8
%
But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of
Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by
the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
		 -- Exodus 14:9
%
And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes,
and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid:
and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 14:10
%
And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast
thou taken us away to die in the wilderness?  wherefore hast thou dealt
thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
		 -- Exodus 14:11
%
Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone,
that we may serve the Egyptians?  For it had been better for us to serve
the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
		 -- Exodus 14:12
%
And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the
salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians
whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
		 -- Exodus 14:13
%
The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
		 -- Exodus 14:14
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto
the children of Israel, that they go forward:
		 -- Exodus 14:15
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But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and
divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through
the midst of the sea.
		 -- Exodus 14:16
%
And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall
follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host,
upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
		 -- Exodus 14:17
%
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me
honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
		 -- Exodus 14:18
%
And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and
went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face,
and stood behind them:
		 -- Exodus 14:19
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And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel;
and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to
these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
		 -- Exodus 14:20
%
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the
sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea
dry land, and the waters were divided.
		 -- Exodus 14:21
%
And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry
ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and
on their left.
		 -- Exodus 14:22
%
And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea,
even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
		 -- Exodus 14:23
%
And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto
the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud,
and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
		 -- Exodus 14:24
%
And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that
the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD
fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
		 -- Exodus 14:25
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea,
that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots,
and upon their horsemen.
		 -- Exodus 14:26
%
And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to
his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against
it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
		 -- Exodus 14:27
%
And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen,
and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there
remained not so much as one of them.
		 -- Exodus 14:28
%
But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the
sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on
their left.
		 -- Exodus 14:29
%
Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians;
and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
		 -- Exodus 14:30
%
And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and
the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.
		 -- Exodus 14:31
%
THEN sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD,
and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed
gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
		 -- Exodus 15:1
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The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is
my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I
will exalt him.
		 -- Exodus 15:2
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The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.
		 -- Exodus 15:3
%
Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen
captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
		 -- Exodus 15:4
%
The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.
		 -- Exodus 15:5
%
Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand,
O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
		 -- Exodus 15:6
%
And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that
rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them
as stubble.
		 -- Exodus 15:7
%
And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together,
the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in
the heart of the sea.
		 -- Exodus 15:8
%
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil;
my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand
shall destroy them.
		 -- Exodus 15:9
%
Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead
in the mighty waters.
		 -- Exodus 15:10
%
Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods?	who is like thee,
glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
		 -- Exodus 15:11
%
Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.
		 -- Exodus 15:12
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Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed:
thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
		 -- Exodus 15:13
%
The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the
inhabitants of Palestina.
		 -- Exodus 15:14
%
Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling
shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
		 -- Exodus 15:15
%
Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they
shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till
the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
		 -- Exodus 15:16
%
Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine
inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to
dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
		 -- Exodus 15:17
%
The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.
		 -- Exodus 15:18
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For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen
into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them;
but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
		 -- Exodus 15:19
%
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her
hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
		 -- Exodus 15:20
%
And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed
gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
		 -- Exodus 15:21
%
So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the
wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and
found no water.
		 -- Exodus 15:22
%
And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah,
for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
		 -- Exodus 15:23
%
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
		 -- Exodus 15:24
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And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when
he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made
for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
		 -- Exodus 15:25
%
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy
God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to
his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these
diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am
the LORD that healeth thee.
		 -- Exodus 15:26
%
And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore
and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
		 -- Exodus 15:27
%
AND they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the
children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between
Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their
departing out of the land of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 16:1
%
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against
Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
		 -- Exodus 16:2
%
And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots,
and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into
this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
		 -- Exodus 16:3
%
Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for
you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day,
that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
		 -- Exodus 16:4
%
And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that
which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.
		 -- Exodus 16:5
%
And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then
ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:
		 -- Exodus 16:6
%
And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that
he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye
murmur against us?
		 -- Exodus 16:7
%
And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening
flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD
heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we?
your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 16:8
%
And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children
of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings.
		 -- Exodus 16:9
%
And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the
children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold,
the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
		 -- Exodus 16:10
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Exodus 16:11
%
I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them,
saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled
with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.
		 -- Exodus 16:12
%
And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the
camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
		 -- Exodus 16:13
%
And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the
wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on
the ground.
		 -- Exodus 16:14
%
And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It
is manna: for they wist not what it was.  And Moses said unto them,
This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
		 -- Exodus 16:15
%
This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man
according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number
of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.
		 -- Exodus 16:16
%
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
		 -- Exodus 16:17
%
And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing
over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man
according to his eating.
		 -- Exodus 16:18
%
And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
		 -- Exodus 16:19
%
Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of
it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth
with them.
		 -- Exodus 16:20
%
And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating:
and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
		 -- Exodus 16:21
%
And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much
bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation
came and told Moses.
		 -- Exodus 16:22
%
And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow
is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will
bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth
over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
		 -- Exodus 16:23
%
And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink,
neither was there any worm therein.
		 -- Exodus 16:24
%
And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD:
to day ye shall not find it in the field.
		 -- Exodus 16:25
%
Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath,
in it there shall be none.
		 -- Exodus 16:26
%
And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the
seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
		 -- Exodus 16:27
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments
and my laws?
		 -- Exodus 16:28
%
See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth
you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his
place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
		 -- Exodus 16:29
%
So the people rested on the seventh day.
		 -- Exodus 16:30
%
And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was
like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made
with honey.
		 -- Exodus 16:31
%
And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an
omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread
wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth
from the land of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 16:32
%
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna
therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.
		 -- Exodus 16:33
%
As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony,
to be kept.
		 -- Exodus 16:34
%
And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to
a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders
of the land of Canaan.
		 -- Exodus 16:35
%
Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
		 -- Exodus 16:36
%
AND all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the
wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment
of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the
people to drink.
		 -- Exodus 17:1
%
Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water
that we may drink.  And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me?
wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
		 -- Exodus 17:2
%
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against
Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of
Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
		 -- Exodus 17:3
%
And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people?
they be almost ready to stone me.
		 -- Exodus 17:4
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee
of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river,
take in thine hand, and go.
		 -- Exodus 17:5
%
Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou
shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the
people may drink.  And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
		 -- Exodus 17:6
%
And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the
chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD,
saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
		 -- Exodus 17:7
%
Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
		 -- Exodus 17:8
%
And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with
Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of
God in mine hand.
		 -- Exodus 17:9
%
So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses,
Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
		 -- Exodus 17:10
%
And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed:
and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
		 -- Exodus 17:11
%
But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him,
and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on
the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady
until the going down of the sun.
		 -- Exodus 17:12
%
And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
		 -- Exodus 17:13
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book,
and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the
remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
		 -- Exodus 17:14
%
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi:
		 -- Exodus 17:15
%
For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war
with Amalek from generation to generation.
		 -- Exodus 17:16
%
WHEN Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all
that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the
LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;
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Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he
had sent her back,
		 -- Exodus 18:2
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And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said,
I have been an alien in a strange land:
		 -- Exodus 18:3
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And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he,
was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
		 -- Exodus 18:4
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And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto
Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
		 -- Exodus 18:5
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And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee,
and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
		 -- Exodus 18:6
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And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and
kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came
into the tent.
		 -- Exodus 18:7
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And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh
and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had
come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
		 -- Exodus 18:8
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And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to
Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
		 -- Exodus 18:9
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And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the
hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered
the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
		 -- Exodus 18:10
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Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing
wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
		 -- Exodus 18:11
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And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices
for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with
Moses' father in law before God.
		 -- Exodus 18:12
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And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people:
and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.
		 -- Exodus 18:13
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And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said,
What is this thing that thou doest to the people?  why sittest thou
thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?
		 -- Exodus 18:14
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And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me
to enquire of God:
		 -- Exodus 18:15
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When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and
another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
		 -- Exodus 18:16
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And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is
not good.
		 -- Exodus 18:17
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Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee:
for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it
thyself alone.
		 -- Exodus 18:18
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Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be
with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring
the causes unto God:
		 -- Exodus 18:19
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And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the
way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
		 -- Exodus 18:20
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Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as
fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them,
to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties,
and rulers of tens:
		 -- Exodus 18:21
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And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that
every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter
they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear
the burden with thee.
		 -- Exodus 18:22
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If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be
able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
		 -- Exodus 18:23
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So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that
he had said.
		 -- Exodus 18:24
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And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over
the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties,
and rulers of tens.
		 -- Exodus 18:25
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And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought
unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
		 -- Exodus 18:26
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And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his
own land.
		 -- Exodus 18:27
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IN the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of
the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
		 -- Exodus 19:1
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For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of
Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before
the mount.
		 -- Exodus 19:2
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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;
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Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles'
wings, and brought you unto myself.
		 -- Exodus 19:4
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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:
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And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
		 -- Exodus 19:6
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And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before
their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
		 -- Exodus 19:7
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And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath
spoken we will do.  And Moses returned the words of the people unto
the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 19:8
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that
the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever.
And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 19:9
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to
day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
		 -- Exodus 19:10
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And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come
down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
		 -- Exodus 19:11
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And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed
to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of
it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
		 -- Exodus 19:12
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There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot
through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet
soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
		 -- Exodus 19:13
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And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the
people; and they washed their clothes.
		 -- Exodus 19:14
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And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not
at your wives.
		 -- Exodus 19:15
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And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were
thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice
of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the
camp trembled.
		 -- Exodus 19:16
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And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God;
and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
		 -- Exodus 19:17
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And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended
upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace,
and the whole mount quaked greatly.
		 -- Exodus 19:18
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And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and
louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
		 -- Exodus 19:19
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And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and
the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
		 -- Exodus 19:20
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they
break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
		 -- Exodus 19:21
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And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify
themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
		 -- Exodus 19:22
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And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai:
for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify
it.
		 -- Exodus 19:23
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And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up,
thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break
through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
		 -- Exodus 19:24
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So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.
		 -- Exodus 19:25
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AND God spake all these words, saying,
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I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt,
out of the house of bondage.
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Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
		 -- Exodus 20:3
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Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any
thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that
is in the water under the earth:
		 -- Exodus 20:4
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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;
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And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my
commandments.
		 -- Exodus 20:6
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Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD
will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
		 -- Exodus 20:7
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Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
		 -- Exodus 20:8
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Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
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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:
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For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that
in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the
sabbath day, and hallowed it.
		 -- Exodus 20:11
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Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the
land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
		 -- Exodus 20:12
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Thou shalt not kill.
		 -- Exodus 20:13
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Thou shalt not commit adultery.
		 -- Exodus 20:14
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Thou shalt not steal.
		 -- Exodus 20:15
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Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
		 -- Exodus 20:16
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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy
neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox,
nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
		 -- Exodus 20:17
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And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise
of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it,
they removed, and stood afar off.
		 -- Exodus 20:18
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And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let
not God speak with us, lest we die.
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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.
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And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness
where God was.
		 -- Exodus 20:21
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of
Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
		 -- Exodus 20:22
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Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto
you gods of gold.
		 -- Exodus 20:23
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An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon
thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen:
in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will
bless thee.
		 -- Exodus 20:24
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And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of
hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
		 -- Exodus 20:25
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Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness
be not discovered thereon.
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NOW these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
		 -- Exodus 21:1
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If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the
seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
		 -- Exodus 21:2
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If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married,
then his wife shall go out with him.
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If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or
daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall
go out by himself.
		 -- Exodus 21:4
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And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my
children; I will not go out free:
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Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring
him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his
ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
		 -- Exodus 21:6
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And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go
out as the menservants do.
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If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then
shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall
have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
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And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after
the manner of daughters.
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If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of
marriage, shall he not diminish.
		 -- Exodus 21:10
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And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free
without money.
		 -- Exodus 21:11
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He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
		 -- Exodus 21:12
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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.
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But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with
guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
		 -- Exodus 21:14
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And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put
to death.
		 -- Exodus 21:15
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And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his
hand, he shall surely be put to death.
		 -- Exodus 21:16
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And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put
to death.
		 -- Exodus 21:17
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And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with
his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
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If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that
smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall
cause him to be thoroughly healed.
		 -- Exodus 21:19
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And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die
under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
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Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished:
for he is his money.
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If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart
from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished,
according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as
the judges determine.
		 -- Exodus 21:22
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And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
		 -- Exodus 21:23
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Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
		 -- Exodus 21:24
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Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
		 -- Exodus 21:25
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And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid,
that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
		 -- Exodus 21:26
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And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth;
he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
		 -- Exodus 21:27
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If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be
surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the
ox shall be quit.
		 -- Exodus 21:28
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But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath
been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he
hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also
shall be put to death.
		 -- Exodus 21:29
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If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom
of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
		 -- Exodus 21:30
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Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this
judgment shall it be done unto him.
		 -- Exodus 21:31
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If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto
their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
		 -- Exodus 21:32
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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;
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The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner
of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
		 -- Exodus 21:34
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And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell
the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they
shall divide.
		 -- Exodus 21:35
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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.
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IF a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he
shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
		 -- Exodus 22:1
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If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall
no blood be shed for him.
		 -- Exodus 22:2
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If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he
should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold
for his theft.
		 -- Exodus 22:3
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If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox,
or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
		 -- Exodus 22:4
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If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in
his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his
own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
		 -- Exodus 22:5
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If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or
the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled
the fire shall surely make restitution.
		 -- Exodus 22:6
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If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and
it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him
pay double.
		 -- Exodus 22:7
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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 neighbour's
goods.
		 -- Exodus 22:8
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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 neighbour.
		 -- Exodus 22:9
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If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any
beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
		 -- Exodus 22:10
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Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not
put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept
thereof, and he shall not make it good.
		 -- Exodus 22:11
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And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner
thereof.
		 -- Exodus 22:12
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If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall
not make good that which was torn.
		 -- Exodus 22:13
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And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die,
the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
		 -- Exodus 22:14
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But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it
be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
		 -- Exodus 22:15
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And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her,
he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
		 -- Exodus 22:16
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If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money
according to the dowry of virgins.
		 -- Exodus 22:17
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Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
		 -- Exodus 22:18
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Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
		 -- Exodus 22:19
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He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be
utterly destroyed.
		 -- Exodus 22:20
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Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers
in the land of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 22:21
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Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
		 -- Exodus 22:22
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If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will
surely hear their cry;
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And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your
wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
		 -- Exodus 22:24
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If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt
not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
		 -- Exodus 22:25
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If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver
it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
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For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein
shall he sleep?  and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me,
that I will hear; for I am gracious.
		 -- Exodus 22:27
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Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
		 -- Exodus 22:28
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Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy
liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
		 -- Exodus 22:29
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Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days
it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
		 -- Exodus 22:30
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And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that
is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.
		 -- Exodus 22:31
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THOU shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked
to be an unrighteous witness.
		 -- Exodus 23:1
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Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak
in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
		 -- Exodus 23:2
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Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
		 -- Exodus 23:3
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If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely
bring it back to him again.
		 -- Exodus 23:4
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If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden,
and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
		 -- Exodus 23:5
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Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
		 -- Exodus 23:6
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Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay
thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
		 -- Exodus 23:7
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And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and
perverteth the words of the righteous.
		 -- Exodus 23:8
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Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a
stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 23:9
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And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits
thereof:
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But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the
poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field
shall eat.  In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with
thy oliveyard.
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Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest:
that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid,
and the stranger, may be refreshed.
		 -- Exodus 23:12
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And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make
no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of
thy mouth.
		 -- Exodus 23:13
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Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
		 -- Exodus 23:14
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Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened
bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month
Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before
me empty:)
		 -- Exodus 23:15
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And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, 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 labours out of the field.
		 -- Exodus 23:16
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Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.
		 -- Exodus 23:17
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Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread;
neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
		 -- Exodus 23:18
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The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house
of the LORD thy God.  Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
		 -- Exodus 23:19
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Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to
bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
		 -- Exodus 23:20
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Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not
pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
		 -- Exodus 23:21
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But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then
I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine
adversaries.
		 -- Exodus 23:22
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For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites,
and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hivites,
and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
		 -- Exodus 23:23
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Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after
their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down
their images.
		 -- Exodus 23:24
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And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread,
and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
		 -- Exodus 23:25
%
There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the
number of thy days I will fulfil.
		 -- Exodus 23:26
%
I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to
whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs
unto thee.
		 -- Exodus 23:27
%
And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite,
the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
		 -- Exodus 23:28
%
I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land
become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
		 -- Exodus 23:29
%
By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou
be increased, and inherit the land.
		 -- Exodus 23:30
%
And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the
Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the
inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out
before thee.
		 -- Exodus 23:31
%
Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
		 -- Exodus 23:32
%
They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me:
for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
		 -- Exodus 23:33
%
AND he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab,
and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
		 -- Exodus 24:1
%
And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh;
neither shall the people go up with him.
		 -- Exodus 24:2
%
And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all
the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said,
All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.
		 -- Exodus 24:3
%
And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the
morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars,
according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
		 -- Exodus 24:4
%
And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt
offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 24:5
%
And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the
blood he sprinkled on the altar.
		 -- Exodus 24:6
%
And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the
people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and
be obedient.
		 -- Exodus 24:7
%
And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said,
Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you
concerning all these words.
		 -- Exodus 24:8
%
Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the
elders of Israel:
		 -- Exodus 24:9
%
And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were
a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in
his clearness.
		 -- Exodus 24:10
%
And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand:
also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
		 -- Exodus 24:11
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there:
and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which
I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
		 -- Exodus 24:12
%
And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the
mount of God.
		 -- Exodus 24:13
%
And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again
unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any
matters to do, let him come unto them.
		 -- Exodus 24:14
%
And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
		 -- Exodus 24:15
%
And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered
it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst
of the cloud.
		 -- Exodus 24:16
%
And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the
top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
		 -- Exodus 24:17
%
And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount:
and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
		 -- Exodus 24:18
%
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Exodus 25:1
%
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering:
of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take
my offering.
		 -- Exodus 25:2
%
And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver,
and brass,
		 -- Exodus 25:3
%
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
		 -- Exodus 25:4
%
And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
		 -- Exodus 25:5
%
Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
		 -- Exodus 25:6
%
Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
		 -- Exodus 25:7
%
And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
		 -- Exodus 25:8
%
According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle,
and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
		 -- Exodus 25:9
%
And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall
be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof,
and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
		 -- Exodus 25:10
%
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou
overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
		 -- Exodus 25:11
%
And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four
corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two
rings in the other side of it.
		 -- Exodus 25:12
%
And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
		 -- Exodus 25:13
%
And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark,
that the ark may be borne with them.
		 -- Exodus 25:14
%
The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken
from it.
		 -- Exodus 25:15
%
And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
		 -- Exodus 25:16
%
And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half
shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
		 -- Exodus 25:17
%
And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou
make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
		 -- Exodus 25:18
%
And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other
end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two
ends thereof.
		 -- Exodus 25:19
%
And the cherubims 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 cherubims be.
		 -- Exodus 25:20
%
And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark
thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
		 -- Exodus 25:21
%
And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above
the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark
of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment
unto the children of Israel.
		 -- Exodus 25:22
%
Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the
length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half
the height thereof.
		 -- Exodus 25:23
%
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of
gold round about.
		 -- Exodus 25:24
%
And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about,
and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
		 -- Exodus 25:25
%
And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the
four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
		 -- Exodus 25:26
%
Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to
bear the table.
		 -- Exodus 25:27
%
And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with
gold, that the table may be borne with them.
		 -- Exodus 25:28
%
And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers
thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou
make them.
		 -- Exodus 25:29
%
And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
		 -- Exodus 25:30
%
And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the
candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops,
and his flowers, shall be of the same.
		 -- Exodus 25:31
%
And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the
candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick
out of the other side:
		 -- Exodus 25:32
%
Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one
branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop
and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
		 -- Exodus 25:33
%
And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds,
with their knops and their flowers.
		 -- Exodus 25:34
%
And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop
under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same,
according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
		 -- Exodus 25:35
%
Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be
one beaten work of pure gold.
		 -- Exodus 25:36
%
And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the
lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
		 -- Exodus 25:37
%
And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.
		 -- Exodus 25:38
%
Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
		 -- Exodus 25:39
%
And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee
in the mount.
		 -- Exodus 25:40
%
MOREOVER thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined
linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work
shalt thou make them.
		 -- Exodus 26:1
%
The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the
breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall
have one measure.
		 -- Exodus 26:2
%
The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other
five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
		 -- Exodus 26:3
%
And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain
from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the
uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
		 -- Exodus 26:4
%
Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou
make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second;
that the loops may take hold one of another.
		 -- Exodus 26:5
%
And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together
with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.
		 -- Exodus 26:6
%
And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the
tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.
		 -- Exodus 26:7
%
The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one
curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.
		 -- Exodus 26:8
%
And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains
by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of
the tabernacle.
		 -- Exodus 26:9
%
And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that
is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain
which coupleth the second.
		 -- Exodus 26:10
%
And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the
loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
		 -- Exodus 26:11
%
And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half
curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.
		 -- Exodus 26:12
%
And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which
remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over
the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
		 -- Exodus 26:13
%
And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red,
and a covering above of badgers' skins.
		 -- Exodus 26:14
%
And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up.
		 -- Exodus 26:15
%
Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall
be the breadth of one board.
		 -- Exodus 26:16
%
Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another:
thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
		 -- Exodus 26:17
%
And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the
south side southward.
		 -- Exodus 26:18
%
And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards;
two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under
another board for his two tenons.
		 -- Exodus 26:19
%
And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall
be twenty boards:
		 -- Exodus 26:20
%
And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two
sockets under another board.
		 -- Exodus 26:21
%
And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.
		 -- Exodus 26:22
%
And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the
two sides.
		 -- Exodus 26:23
%
And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled
together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them
both; they shall be for the two corners.
		 -- Exodus 26:24
%
And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen
sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
		 -- Exodus 26:25
%
And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the
one side of the tabernacle,
		 -- Exodus 26:26
%
And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and
five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two
sides westward.
		 -- Exodus 26:27
%
And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.
		 -- Exodus 26:28
%
And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of
gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.
		 -- Exodus 26:29
%
And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof
which was shewed thee in the mount.
		 -- Exodus 26:30
%
And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
		 -- Exodus 26:31
%
And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with
gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
		 -- Exodus 26:32
%
And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring
in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall
divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
		 -- Exodus 26:33
%
And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the
most holy place.
		 -- Exodus 26:34
%
And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over
against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and
thou shalt put the table on the north side.
		 -- Exodus 26:35
%
And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
		 -- Exodus 26:36
%
And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and
overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt
cast five sockets of brass for them.
		 -- Exodus 26:37
%
AND thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and
five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof
shall be three cubits.
		 -- Exodus 27:1
%
And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof:
his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
		 -- Exodus 27:2
%
And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels,
and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels
thereof thou shalt make of brass.
		 -- Exodus 27:3
%
And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the
net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.
		 -- Exodus 27:4
%
And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the
net may be even to the midst of the altar.
		 -- Exodus 27:5
%
And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and
overlay them with brass.
		 -- Exodus 27:6
%
And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon
the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
		 -- Exodus 27:7
%
Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount,
so shall they make it.
		 -- Exodus 27:8
%
And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side
southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of
an hundred cubits long for one side:
		 -- Exodus 27:9
%
And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass;
the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
		 -- Exodus 27:10
%
And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an
hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of
brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
		 -- Exodus 27:11
%
And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of
fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
		 -- Exodus 27:12
%
And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty
cubits.
		 -- Exodus 27:13
%
The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their
pillars three, and their sockets three.
		 -- Exodus 27:14
%
And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars
three, and their sockets three.
		 -- Exodus 27:15
%
And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits,
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with
needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
		 -- Exodus 27:16
%
All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver;
their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.
		 -- Exodus 27:17
%
The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth
fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen,
and their sockets of brass.
		 -- Exodus 27:18
%
All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all
the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
		 -- Exodus 27:19
%
And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure
oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
		 -- Exodus 27:20
%
In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before
the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning
before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations
on the behalf of the children of Israel.
		 -- Exodus 27:21
%
AND take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from
among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's
office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
		 -- Exodus 28:1
%
And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and
for beauty.
		 -- Exodus 28:2
%
And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled
with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to
consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
		 -- Exodus 28:3
%
And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and
an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle:
and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons,
that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
		 -- Exodus 28:4
%
And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
linen.
		 -- Exodus 28:5
%
And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet,
and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
		 -- Exodus 28:6
%
It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges
thereof; and so it shall be joined together.
		 -- Exodus 28:7
%
And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the
same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple,
and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
		 -- Exodus 28:8
%
And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the
children of Israel:
		 -- Exodus 28:9
%
Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on
the other stone, according to their birth.
		 -- Exodus 28:10
%
With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet,
shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of
Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
		 -- Exodus 28:11
%
And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for
stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear
their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
		 -- Exodus 28:12
%
And thou shalt make ouches of gold;
		 -- Exodus 28:13
%
And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou
make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
		 -- Exodus 28:14
%
And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work;
after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and
of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
		 -- Exodus 28:15
%
Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof,
and a span shall be the breadth thereof.
		 -- Exodus 28:16
%
And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones:
the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall
be the first row.
		 -- Exodus 28:17
%
And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
		 -- Exodus 28:18
%
And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
		 -- Exodus 28:19
%
And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be
set in gold in their inclosings.
		 -- Exodus 28:20
%
And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel,
twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet;
every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
		 -- Exodus 28:21
%
And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen
work of pure gold.
		 -- Exodus 28:22
%
And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt
put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
		 -- Exodus 28:23
%
And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings
which are on the ends of the breastplate.
		 -- Exodus 28:24
%
And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in
the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.
		 -- Exodus 28:25
%
And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the
two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side
of the ephod inward.
		 -- Exodus 28:26
%
And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the
two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over
against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
		 -- Exodus 28:27
%
And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings
of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle
of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.
		 -- Exodus 28:28
%
And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the
breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy
place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.
		 -- Exodus 28:29
%
And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the
Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before
the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel
upon his heart before the LORD continually.
		 -- Exodus 28:30
%
And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
		 -- Exodus 28:31
%
And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it
shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it
were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.
		 -- Exodus 28:32
%
And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue,
and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells
of gold between them round about:
		 -- Exodus 28:33
%
A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon
the hem of the robe round about.
		 -- Exodus 28:34
%
And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when
he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out,
that he die not.
		 -- Exodus 28:35
%
And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the
engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
		 -- Exodus 28:36
%
And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre;
upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
		 -- Exodus 28:37
%
And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity
of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all
their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they
may be accepted before the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 28:38
%
And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make
the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.
		 -- Exodus 28:39
%
And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them
girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.
		 -- Exodus 28:40
%
And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him;
and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they
may minister unto me in the priest's office.
		 -- Exodus 28:41
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And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from
the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
		 -- Exodus 28:42
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And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in
unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto
the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity,
and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.
		 -- Exodus 28:43
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AND this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them,
to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock,
and two rams without blemish,
		 -- Exodus 29:1
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And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers
unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.
		 -- Exodus 29:2
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And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket,
with the bullock and the two rams.
		 -- Exodus 29:3
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And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.
		 -- Exodus 29:4
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And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the
robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with
the curious girdle of the ephod:
		 -- Exodus 29:5
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And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon
the mitre.
		 -- Exodus 29:6
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Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head,
and anoint him.
		 -- Exodus 29:7
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And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.
		 -- Exodus 29:8
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And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the
bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual
statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
		 -- Exodus 29:9
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And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of
the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the
head of the bullock.
		 -- Exodus 29:10
%
And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
		 -- Exodus 29:11
%
And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the
horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the
bottom of the altar.
		 -- Exodus 29:12
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And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul
that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon
them, and burn them upon the altar.
		 -- Exodus 29:13
%
But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou
burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.
		 -- Exodus 29:14
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Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their
hands upon the head of the ram.
		 -- Exodus 29:15
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And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle
it round about upon the altar.
		 -- Exodus 29:16
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And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him,
and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.
		 -- Exodus 29:17
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And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering
unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto
the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 29:18
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And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put
their hands upon the head of the ram.
		 -- Exodus 29:19
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Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the
tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his
sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of
their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
		 -- Exodus 29:20
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And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the
anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and
upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be
hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
		 -- Exodus 29:21
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Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that
covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys,
and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram
of consecration:
		 -- Exodus 29:22
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And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out
of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD:
		 -- Exodus 29:23
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And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his
sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 29:24
%
And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the
altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it is
an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 29:25
%
And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration,
and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part.
		 -- Exodus 29:26
%
And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder
of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the
ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that
which is for his sons:
		 -- Exodus 29:27
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And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from the
children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an
heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their
peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 29:28
%
And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be
anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.
		 -- Exodus 29:29
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And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days,
when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in
the holy place.
		 -- Exodus 29:30
%
And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh
in the holy place.
		 -- Exodus 29:31
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And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread
that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
		 -- Exodus 29:32
%
And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to
consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof,
because they are holy.
		 -- Exodus 29:33
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And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain
unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall
not be eaten, because it is holy.
		 -- Exodus 29:34
%
And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all
things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them.
		 -- Exodus 29:35
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And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement:
and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for
it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.
		 -- Exodus 29:36
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Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it;
and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall
be holy.
		 -- Exodus 29:37
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Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of
the first year day by day continually.
		 -- Exodus 29:38
%
The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou
shalt offer at even:
		 -- Exodus 29:39
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And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part
of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a
drink offering.
		 -- Exodus 29:40
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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 savour, an offering made by fire
unto the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 29:41
%
This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at
the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where
I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.
		 -- Exodus 29:42
%
And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle
shall be sanctified by my glory.
		 -- Exodus 29:43
%
And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar:
I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the
priest's office.
		 -- Exodus 29:44
%
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
		 -- Exodus 29:45
%
And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them
forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the
LORD their God.
		 -- Exodus 29:46
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AND thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt
thou make it.
		 -- Exodus 30:1
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A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof;
foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof:
the horns thereof shall be of the same.
		 -- Exodus 30:2
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And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides
thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it
a crown of gold round about.
		 -- Exodus 30:3
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And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by
the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it;
and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.
		 -- Exodus 30:4
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And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with
gold.
		 -- Exodus 30:5
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And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony,
before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet
with thee.
		 -- Exodus 30:6
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And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth
the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
		 -- Exodus 30:7
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And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it,
a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
		 -- Exodus 30:8
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Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat
offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
		 -- Exodus 30:9
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And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year
with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall
he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy
unto the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 30:10
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Exodus 30:11
%
When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number,
then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD,
when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou
numberest them.
		 -- Exodus 30:12
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This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered,
half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty
gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 30:13
%
Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years
old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 30:14
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The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half
a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement
for your souls.
		 -- Exodus 30:15
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And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and
shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation;
that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD,
to make an atonement for your souls.
		 -- Exodus 30:16
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Exodus 30:17
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Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass,
to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the
congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
		 -- Exodus 30:18
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For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
		 -- Exodus 30:19
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When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash
with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to
minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:
		 -- Exodus 30:20
%
So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and
it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed
throughout their generations.
		 -- Exodus 30:21
%
Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Exodus 30:22
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Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred
shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty
shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
		 -- Exodus 30:23
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And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary,
and of oil olive an hin:
		 -- Exodus 30:24
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And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound
after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
		 -- Exodus 30:25
%
And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith,
and the ark of the testimony,
		 -- Exodus 30:26
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And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels,
and the altar of incense,
		 -- Exodus 30:27
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And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and
his foot.
		 -- Exodus 30:28
%
And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever
toucheth them shall be holy.
		 -- Exodus 30:29
%
And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they
may minister unto me in the priest's office.
		 -- Exodus 30:30
%
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be
an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
		 -- Exodus 30:31
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Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other
like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy
unto you.
		 -- Exodus 30:32
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Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon
a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
		 -- Exodus 30:33
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte,
and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense:
of each shall there be a like weight:
		 -- Exodus 30:34
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And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the
apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
		 -- Exodus 30:35
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And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the
testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with
thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
		 -- Exodus 30:36
%
And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to
yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee
holy for the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 30:37
%
Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be
cut off from his people.
		 -- Exodus 30:38
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AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Exodus 31:1
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See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah:
		 -- Exodus 31:2
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And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in
understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
		 -- Exodus 31:3
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To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
		 -- Exodus 31:4
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And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work
in all manner of workmanship.
		 -- Exodus 31:5
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And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach,
of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I
have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;
		 -- Exodus 31:6
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The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and
the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,
		 -- Exodus 31:7
%
And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his
furniture, and the altar of incense,
		 -- Exodus 31:8
%
And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver
and his foot,
		 -- Exodus 31:9
%
And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest,
and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office,
		 -- Exodus 31:10
%
And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according
to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.
		 -- Exodus 31:11
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Exodus 31:12
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Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths
ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your
generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
		 -- Exodus 31:13
%
Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one
that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any
work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
		 -- Exodus 31:14
%
Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest,
holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall
surely be put to death.
		 -- Exodus 31:15
%
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the
sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
		 -- Exodus 31:16
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It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six
days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested,
and was refreshed.
		 -- Exodus 31:17
%
And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him
upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with
the finger of God.
		 -- Exodus 31:18
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AND when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount,
the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him,
Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses,
the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is
become of him.
		 -- Exodus 32:1
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And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in
the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring
them unto me.
		 -- Exodus 32:2
%
And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears,
and brought them unto Aaron.
		 -- Exodus 32:3
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And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool,
after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods,
O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 32:4
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And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made
proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 32:5
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And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and
brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink,
and rose up to play.
		 -- Exodus 32:6
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which
thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
		 -- Exodus 32:7
%
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them:
they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have
sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have
brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 32:8
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold,
it is a stiffnecked people:
		 -- Exodus 32:9
%
Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them,
and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
		 -- Exodus 32:10
%
And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath
wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the
land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
		 -- Exodus 32:11
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Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring
them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the
face of the earth?  Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil
against thy people.
		 -- Exodus 32:12
%
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest
by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as
the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give
unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
		 -- Exodus 32:13
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And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
		 -- Exodus 32:14
%
And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the
testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides;
on the one side and on the other were they written.
		 -- Exodus 32:15
%
And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of
God, graven upon the tables.
		 -- Exodus 32:16
%
And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said
unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
		 -- Exodus 32:17
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And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither
is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of
them that sing do I hear.
		 -- Exodus 32:18
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And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw
the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the
tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
		 -- Exodus 32:19
%
And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire,
and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink of it.
		 -- Exodus 32:20
%
And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou
hast brought so great a sin upon them?
		 -- Exodus 32:21
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And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the
people, that they are set on mischief.
		 -- Exodus 32:22
%
For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as
for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt,
we wot not what is become of him.
		 -- Exodus 32:23
%
And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off.
So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out
this calf.
		 -- Exodus 32:24
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And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them
naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
		 -- Exodus 32:25
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Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the
LORD's side?  let him come unto me.  And all the sons of Levi gathered
themselves together unto him.
		 -- Exodus 32:26
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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 neighbour.
		 -- Exodus 32:27
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And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there
fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
		 -- Exodus 32:28
%
For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every
man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a
blessing this day.
		 -- Exodus 32:29
%
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye
have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure
I shall make an atonement for your sin.
		 -- Exodus 32:30
%
And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned
a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
		 -- Exodus 32:31
%
Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray
thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
		 -- Exodus 32:32
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will
I blot out of my book.
		 -- Exodus 32:33
%
Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken
unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the
day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
		 -- Exodus 32:34
%
And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which
Aaron made.
		 -- Exodus 32:35
%
AND the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the
people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the
land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto
thy seed will I give it:
		 -- Exodus 33:1
%
And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite,
the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the
Jebusite:
		 -- Exodus 33:2
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Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the
midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee
in the way.
		 -- Exodus 33:3
%
And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man
did put on him his ornaments.
		 -- Exodus 33:4
%
For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye
are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a
moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee,
that I may know what to do unto thee.
		 -- Exodus 33:5
%
And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by
the mount Horeb.
		 -- Exodus 33:6
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And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar
off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation.
And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto
the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.
		 -- Exodus 33:7
%
And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all
the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked
after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.
		 -- Exodus 33:8
%
And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy
pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD
talked with Moses.
		 -- Exodus 33:9
%
And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door:
and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.
		 -- Exodus 33:10
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto
his friend.  And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua,
the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
		 -- Exodus 33:11
%
And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this
people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me.
Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace
in my sight.
		 -- Exodus 33:12
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Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me
now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight:
and consider that this nation is thy people.
		 -- Exodus 33:13
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And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
		 -- Exodus 33:14
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And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not
up hence.
		 -- Exodus 33:15
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For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found
grace in thy sight?  is it not in that thou goest with us?  so shall we
be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the
face of the earth.
		 -- Exodus 33:16
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And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast
spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.
		 -- Exodus 33:17
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And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
		 -- Exodus 33:18
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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 shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
		 -- Exodus 33:19
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And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me,
and live.
		 -- Exodus 33:20
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And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand
upon a rock:
		 -- Exodus 33:21
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And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee
in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
		 -- Exodus 33:22
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And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but
my face shall not be seen.
		 -- Exodus 33:23
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AND the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto
the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in
the first tables, which thou brakest.
		 -- Exodus 34:1
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And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai,
and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.
		 -- Exodus 34:2
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And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout
all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.
		 -- Exodus 34:3
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And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose
up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had
commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
		 -- Exodus 34:4
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And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and
proclaimed the name of the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 34:5
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And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God,
merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
		 -- Exodus 34:6
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Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and
sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity
of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children,
unto the third and to the fourth generation.
		 -- Exodus 34:7
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And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
		 -- Exodus 34:8
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And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord,
I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon
our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
		 -- Exodus 34:9
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And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do
marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation:
and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD:
for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.
		 -- Exodus 34:10
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Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out
before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the
Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
		 -- Exodus 34:11
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Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of
the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
		 -- Exodus 34:12
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But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down
their groves:
		 -- Exodus 34:13
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For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous,
is a jealous God:
		 -- Exodus 34:14
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Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go
a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one
call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
		 -- Exodus 34:15
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And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a
whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.
		 -- Exodus 34:16
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Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
		 -- Exodus 34:17
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The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep.	Seven days thou shalt
eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib:
for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
		 -- Exodus 34:18
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All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle,
whether ox or sheep, that is male.
		 -- Exodus 34:19
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But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou
redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck.  All the firstborn of
thy sons thou shalt redeem.  And none shall appear before me empty.
		 -- Exodus 34:20
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Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in
earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
		 -- Exodus 34:21
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And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat
harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.
		 -- Exodus 34:22
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Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD,
the God of Israel.
		 -- Exodus 34:23
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For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders:
neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear
before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.
		 -- Exodus 34:24
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Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither
shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.
		 -- Exodus 34:25
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The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house
of the LORD thy God.  Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
		 -- Exodus 34:26
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the
tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.
		 -- Exodus 34:27
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And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did
neither eat bread, nor drink water.  And he wrote upon the tables the
words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
		 -- Exodus 34:28
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And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two
tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that
Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.
		 -- Exodus 34:29
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And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the
skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.
		 -- Exodus 34:30
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And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the
congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.
		 -- Exodus 34:31
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And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in
commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai.
		 -- Exodus 34:32
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And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face.
		 -- Exodus 34:33
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But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the
vail off, until he came out.  And he came out, and spake unto the children
of Israel that which he was commanded.
		 -- Exodus 34:34
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And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses'
face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went
in to speak with him.
		 -- Exodus 34:35
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AND Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel
together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath
commanded, that ye should do them.
		 -- Exodus 35:1
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Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to
you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work
therein shall be put to death.
		 -- Exodus 35:2
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Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
		 -- Exodus 35:3
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And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel,
saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,
		 -- Exodus 35:4
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Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a
willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and
silver, and brass,
		 -- Exodus 35:5
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And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
		 -- Exodus 35:6
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And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
		 -- Exodus 35:7
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And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet
incense,
		 -- Exodus 35:8
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And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the
breastplate.
		 -- Exodus 35:9
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And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD
hath commanded;
		 -- Exodus 35:10
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The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards,
his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,
		 -- Exodus 35:11
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The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of
the covering,
		 -- Exodus 35:12
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The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread,
		 -- Exodus 35:13
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The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps,
with the oil for the light,
		 -- Exodus 35:14
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And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the
sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the
tabernacle,
		 -- Exodus 35:15
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The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all
his vessels, the laver and his foot,
		 -- Exodus 35:16
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The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the
hanging for the door of the court,
		 -- Exodus 35:17
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The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords,
		 -- Exodus 35:18
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The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments
for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the
priest's office.
		 -- Exodus 35:19
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And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the
presence of Moses.
		 -- Exodus 35:20
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And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom
his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD's offering to the
work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service,
and for the holy garments.
		 -- Exodus 35:21
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And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted,
and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels
of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto
the LORD.
		 -- Exodus 35:22
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And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and
fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins,
brought them.
		 -- Exodus 35:23
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Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the
LORD's offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for
any work of the service, brought it.
		 -- Exodus 35:24
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And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands,
and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple,
and of scarlet, and of fine linen.
		 -- Exodus 35:25
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And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' hair.
		 -- Exodus 35:26
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And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod,
and for the breastplate;
		 -- Exodus 35:27
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And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for
the sweet incense.
		 -- Exodus 35:28
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The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every
man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of
work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.
		 -- Exodus 35:29
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And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called
by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
		 -- Exodus 35:30
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And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;
		 -- Exodus 35:31
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And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
		 -- Exodus 35:32
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And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood,
to make any manner of cunning work.
		 -- Exodus 35:33
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And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab,
the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
		 -- Exodus 35:34
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Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work,
of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in
blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver,
even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.
		 -- Exodus 35:35
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THEN wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom
the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of
work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD
had commanded.
		 -- Exodus 36:1
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And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in
whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred
him up to come unto the work to do it:
		 -- Exodus 36:2
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And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of
Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make
it withal.  And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.
		 -- Exodus 36:3
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And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came
every man from his work which they made;
		 -- Exodus 36:4
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And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough
for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.
		 -- Exodus 36:5
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And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout
the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the
offering of the sanctuary.  So the people were restrained from bringing.
		 -- Exodus 36:6
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For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it,
and too much.
		 -- Exodus 36:7
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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 cherubims of cunning work made he them.
		 -- Exodus 36:8
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The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth
of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size.
		 -- Exodus 36:9
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And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five
curtains he coupled one unto another.
		 -- Exodus 36:10
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And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in
the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain,
in the coupling of the second.
		 -- Exodus 36:11
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Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge
of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held
one curtain to another.
		 -- Exodus 36:12
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And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto
another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.
		 -- Exodus 36:13
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And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle:
eleven curtains he made them.
		 -- Exodus 36:14
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The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the
breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.
		 -- Exodus 36:15
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And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by
themselves.
		 -- Exodus 36:16
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And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the
coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which
coupleth the second.
		 -- Exodus 36:17
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And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it
might be one.
		 -- Exodus 36:18
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And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a
covering of badgers' skins above that.
		 -- Exodus 36:19
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And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.
		 -- Exodus 36:20
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The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one
cubit and a half.
		 -- Exodus 36:21
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One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he
make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
		 -- Exodus 36:22
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And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south
side southward:
		 -- Exodus 36:23
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And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets
under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board
for his two tenons.
		 -- Exodus 36:24
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And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north
corner, he made twenty boards,
		 -- Exodus 36:25
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And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two
sockets under another board.
		 -- Exodus 36:26
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And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
		 -- Exodus 36:27
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And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
		 -- Exodus 36:28
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And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof,
to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.
		 -- Exodus 36:29
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And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of
silver, under every board two sockets.
		 -- Exodus 36:30
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And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side
of the tabernacle,
		 -- Exodus 36:31
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And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and
five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.
		 -- Exodus 36:32
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And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end
to the other.
		 -- Exodus 36:33
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And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to
be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
		 -- Exodus 36:34
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And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined
linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.
		 -- Exodus 36:35
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And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them
with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets
of silver.
		 -- Exodus 36:36
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And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple,
and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
		 -- Exodus 36:37
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And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their
chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were
of brass.
		 -- Exodus 36:38
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AND Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the
length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and
a half the height of it:
		 -- Exodus 37:1
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And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown
of gold to it round about.
		 -- Exodus 37:2
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And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners
of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the
other side of it.
		 -- Exodus 37:3
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And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
		 -- Exodus 37:4
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And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear
the ark.
		 -- Exodus 37:5
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And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the
length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
		 -- Exodus 37:6
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And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them,
on the two ends of the mercy seat;
		 -- Exodus 37:7
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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 cherubims on the two
ends thereof.
		 -- Exodus 37:8
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And the cherubims 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 cherubims.
		 -- Exodus 37:9
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And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length
thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the
height thereof:
		 -- Exodus 37:10
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And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold
round about.
		 -- Exodus 37:11
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Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made
a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.
		 -- Exodus 37:12
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And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four
corners that were in the four feet thereof.
		 -- Exodus 37:13
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Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to
bear the table.
		 -- Exodus 37:14
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And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold,
to bear the table.
		 -- Exodus 37:15
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And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his
spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold.
		 -- Exodus 37:16
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And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the
candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his
flowers, were of the same:
		 -- Exodus 37:17
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And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of
the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the
candlestick out of the other side thereof:
		 -- Exodus 37:18
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Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and
a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop
and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
		 -- Exodus 37:19
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And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops,
and his flowers:
		 -- Exodus 37:20
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And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches
of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to
the six branches going out of it.
		 -- Exodus 37:21
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Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten
work of pure gold.
		 -- Exodus 37:22
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And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes,
of pure gold.
		 -- Exodus 37:23
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Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.
		 -- Exodus 37:24
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And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a
cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits
was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.
		 -- Exodus 37:25
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And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides
thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown
of gold round about.
		 -- Exodus 37:26
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And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two
corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves
to bear it withal.
		 -- Exodus 37:27
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And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
		 -- Exodus 37:28
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And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices,
according to the work of the apothecary.
		 -- Exodus 37:29
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AND he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits
was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was
foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.
		 -- Exodus 38:1
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And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns
thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.
		 -- Exodus 38:2
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And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels,
and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels
thereof made he of brass.
		 -- Exodus 38:3
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And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass
thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
		 -- Exodus 38:4
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And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be
places for the staves.
		 -- Exodus 38:5
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And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.
		 -- Exodus 38:6
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And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear
it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
		 -- Exodus 38:7
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And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the
lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation.
		 -- Exodus 38:8
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And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the
court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
		 -- Exodus 38:9
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Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks
of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
		 -- Exodus 38:10
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And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars
were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars
and their fillets of silver.
		 -- Exodus 38:11
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And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars
ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets
of silver.
		 -- Exodus 38:12
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And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.
		 -- Exodus 38:13
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The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their
pillars three, and their sockets three.
		 -- Exodus 38:14
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And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were
hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
		 -- Exodus 38:15
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All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
		 -- Exodus 38:16
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And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars
and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of
silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
		 -- Exodus 38:17
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And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the
length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to
the hangings of the court.
		 -- Exodus 38:18
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And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their
hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets
of silver.
		 -- Exodus 38:19
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And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were
of brass.
		 -- Exodus 38:20
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This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony,
as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service
of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.
		 -- Exodus 38:21
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And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,
made all that the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Exodus 38:22
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And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an
engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in
purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
		 -- Exodus 38:23
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All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the
holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents,
and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
		 -- Exodus 38:24
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And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an
hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
		 -- Exodus 38:25
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A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the
sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years
old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five
hundred and fifty men.
		 -- Exodus 38:26
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And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the
sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred
talents, a talent for a socket.
		 -- Exodus 38:27
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And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks
for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.
		 -- Exodus 38:28
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And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and
four hundred shekels.
		 -- Exodus 38:29
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And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it,
and all the vessels of the altar,
		 -- Exodus 38:30
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And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court
gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court
round about.
		 -- Exodus 38:31
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AND of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service,
to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron;
as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Exodus 39:1
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And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linen.
		 -- Exodus 39:2
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And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires,
to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in
the fine linen, with cunning work.
		 -- Exodus 39:3
%
They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges
was it coupled together.
		 -- Exodus 39:4
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And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same,
according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet,
and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Exodus 39:5
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And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as
signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
		 -- Exodus 39:6
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And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones
for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Exodus 39:7
%
And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod;
of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
		 -- Exodus 39:8
%
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the
length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
		 -- Exodus 39:9
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And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius,
a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.
		 -- Exodus 39:10
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And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
		 -- Exodus 39:11
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And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
		 -- Exodus 39:12
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And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed
in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
		 -- Exodus 39:13
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And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel,
twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet,
every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.
		 -- Exodus 39:14
%
And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work
of pure gold.
		 -- Exodus 39:15
%
And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two
rings in the two ends of the breastplate.
		 -- Exodus 39:16
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And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the
ends of the breastplate.
		 -- Exodus 39:17
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And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two
ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.
		 -- Exodus 39:18
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And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the
breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod
inward.
		 -- Exodus 39:19
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And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of
the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other
coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
		 -- Exodus 39:20
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And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the
ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of
the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod;
as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Exodus 39:21
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And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
		 -- Exodus 39:22
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And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an
habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.
		 -- Exodus 39:23
%
And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple,
and scarlet, and twined linen.
		 -- Exodus 39:24
%
And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the
pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the
pomegranates;
		 -- Exodus 39:25
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A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem
of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Exodus 39:26
%
And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for
his sons,
		 -- Exodus 39:27
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And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen
breeches of fine twined linen,
		 -- Exodus 39:28
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And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet,
of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Exodus 39:29
%
And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon
it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
		 -- Exodus 39:30
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And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre;
as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Exodus 39:31
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Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation
finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD
commanded Moses, so did they.
		 -- Exodus 39:32
%
And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his
furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his
sockets,
		 -- Exodus 39:33
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And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers'
skins, and the vail of the covering,
		 -- Exodus 39:34
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The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,
		 -- Exodus 39:35
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The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread,
		 -- Exodus 39:36
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The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be
set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,
		 -- Exodus 39:37
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And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense,
and the hanging for the tabernacle door,
		 -- Exodus 39:38
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The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels,
the laver and his foot,
		 -- Exodus 39:39
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The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging
for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the
service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,
		 -- Exodus 39:40
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The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy
garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in
the priest's office.
		 -- Exodus 39:41
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According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel
made all the work.
		 -- Exodus 39:42
%
And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as
the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.
		 -- Exodus 39:43
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AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Exodus 40:1
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On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of
the tent of the congregation.
		 -- Exodus 40:2
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And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark
with the vail.
		 -- Exodus 40:3
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And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are
to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick,
and light the lamps thereof.
		 -- Exodus 40:4
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And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of
the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.
		 -- Exodus 40:5
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And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of
the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
		 -- Exodus 40:6
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And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and
the altar, and shalt put water therein.
		 -- Exodus 40:7
%
And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at
the court gate.
		 -- Exodus 40:8
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And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and
all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof:
and it shall be holy.
		 -- Exodus 40:9
%
And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his
vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.
		 -- Exodus 40:10
%
And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.
		 -- Exodus 40:11
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And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation, and wash them with water.
		 -- Exodus 40:12
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And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and
sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
		 -- Exodus 40:13
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And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:
		 -- Exodus 40:14
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And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they
may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall
surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
		 -- Exodus 40:15
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Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.
		 -- Exodus 40:16
%
And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first
day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.
		 -- Exodus 40:17
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And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set
up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his
pillars.
		 -- Exodus 40:18
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And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering
of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Exodus 40:19
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And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on
the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:
		 -- Exodus 40:20
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And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the
covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded
Moses.
		 -- Exodus 40:21
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And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of
the tabernacle northward, without the vail.
		 -- Exodus 40:22
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And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had
commanded Moses.
		 -- Exodus 40:23
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And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against
the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
		 -- Exodus 40:24
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And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Exodus 40:25
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And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before
the vail:
		 -- Exodus 40:26
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And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Exodus 40:27
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And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.
		 -- Exodus 40:28
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And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle
of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering
and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Exodus 40:29
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And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar,
and put water there, to wash withal.
		 -- Exodus 40:30
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And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet
thereat:
		 -- Exodus 40:31
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When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came
near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Exodus 40:32
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And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar,
and set up the hanging of the court gate.  So Moses finished the work.
		 -- Exodus 40:33
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Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the
LORD filled the tabernacle.
		 -- Exodus 40:34
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And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because
the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
		 -- Exodus 40:35
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And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children
of Israel went onward in all their journeys:
		 -- Exodus 40:36
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But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the
day that it was taken up.
		 -- Exodus 40:37
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For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was
on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all
their journeys.
		 -- Exodus 40:38
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AND the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle
of the congregation, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 1:1
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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you
bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the
cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.
		 -- Leviticus 1:2
%
If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male
without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 1:3
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And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it
shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
		 -- Leviticus 1:4
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And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's
sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon
the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
		 -- Leviticus 1:5
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And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.
		 -- Leviticus 1:6
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And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay
the wood in order upon the fire:
		 -- Leviticus 1:7
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And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat,
in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:
		 -- Leviticus 1:8
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But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall
burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire,
of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 1:9
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And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the
goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.
		 -- Leviticus 1:10
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And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD:
and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon
the altar.
		 -- Leviticus 1:11
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And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the
priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is
upon the altar:
		 -- Leviticus 1:12
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But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest
shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice,
an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 1:13
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And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls,
then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.
		 -- Leviticus 1:14
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And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head,
and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at
the side of the altar:
		 -- Leviticus 1:15
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And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside
the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:
		 -- Leviticus 1:16
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And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it
asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that
is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire,
of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 1:17
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AND when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall
be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense
thereon:
		 -- Leviticus 2:1
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And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take
thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with
all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial
of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour
unto the LORD:
		 -- Leviticus 2:2
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And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons':
it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
		 -- Leviticus 2:3
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And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, it
shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened
wafers anointed with oil.
		 -- Leviticus 2:4
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And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be of
fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.
		 -- Leviticus 2:5
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Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering.
		 -- Leviticus 2:6
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And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it shall
be made of fine flour with oil.
		 -- Leviticus 2:7
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And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto
the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it
unto the altar.
		 -- Leviticus 2:8
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And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof,
and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a
sweet savour unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 2:9
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And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his
sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
		 -- Leviticus 2:10
%
No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made with
leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of
the LORD made by fire.
		 -- Leviticus 2:11
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As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD:
but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.
		 -- Leviticus 2:12
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And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt;
neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be
lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt
offer salt.
		 -- Leviticus 2:13
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And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD,
thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of
corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.
		 -- Leviticus 2:14
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And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a
meat offering.
		 -- Leviticus 2:15
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And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn
thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof:
it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 2:16
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AND if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it
of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without
blemish before the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 3:1
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And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it
at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons the
priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
		 -- Leviticus 3:2
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And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering
made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all
the fat that is upon the inwards,
		 -- Leviticus 3:3
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And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks,
and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
		 -- Leviticus 3:4
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And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice,
which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by
fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 3:5
%
And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD be
of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
		 -- Leviticus 3:6
%
If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before
the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 3:7
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And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill
it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall
sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.
		 -- Leviticus 3:8
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And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering
made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall
he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards,
and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
		 -- Leviticus 3:9
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And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the
flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he
take away.
		 -- Leviticus 3:10
%
And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the
offering made by fire unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 3:11
%
And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 3:12
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And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the
tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle
the blood thereof upon the altar round about.
		 -- Leviticus 3:13
%
And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire
unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that
is upon the inwards,
		 -- Leviticus 3:14
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And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the
flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he
take away.
		 -- Leviticus 3:15
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And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the
offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD's.
		 -- Leviticus 3:16
%
It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your
dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
		 -- Leviticus 3:17
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AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 4:1
%
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through
ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things
which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:
		 -- Leviticus 4:2
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If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people;
then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock
without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.
		 -- Leviticus 4:3
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And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's
head, and kill the bullock before the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 4:4
%
And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood,
and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:
		 -- Leviticus 4:5
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And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the
blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.
		 -- Leviticus 4:6
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And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar
of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the
congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom
of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation.
		 -- Leviticus 4:7
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And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin
offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is
upon the inwards,
		 -- Leviticus 4:8
%
And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the
flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he
take away,
		 -- Leviticus 4:9
%
As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings:
and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering.
		 -- Leviticus 4:10
%
And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with
his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,
		 -- Leviticus 4:11
%
Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean
place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire:
where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.
		 -- Leviticus 4:12
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And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the
thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat
against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which
should not be done, and are guilty;
		 -- Leviticus 4:13
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When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the
congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him
before the tabernacle of the congregation.
		 -- Leviticus 4:14
%
And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head
of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before
the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 4:15
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And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood to
the tabernacle of the congregation:
		 -- Leviticus 4:16
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And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle
it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail.
		 -- Leviticus 4:17
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And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is
before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall
pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering,
which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
		 -- Leviticus 4:18
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And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar.
		 -- Leviticus 4:19
%
And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin
offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement
for them, and it shall be forgiven them.
		 -- Leviticus 4:20
%
And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as
he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation.
		 -- Leviticus 4:21
%
When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against
any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which
should not be done, and is guilty;
		 -- Leviticus 4:22
%
Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall
bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:
		 -- Leviticus 4:23
%
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in
the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a
sin offering.
		 -- Leviticus 4:24
%
And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his
finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and
shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering.
		 -- Leviticus 4:25
%
And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice
of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as
concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
		 -- Leviticus 4:26
%
And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he
doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning
things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;
		 -- Leviticus 4:27
%
Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he
shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish,
for his sin which he hath sinned.
		 -- Leviticus 4:28
%
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay
the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.
		 -- Leviticus 4:29
%
And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put
it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out
all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.
		 -- Leviticus 4:30
%
And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away
from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it
upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall
make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
		 -- Leviticus 4:31
%
And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female
without blemish.
		 -- Leviticus 4:32
%
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay
it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.
		 -- Leviticus 4:33
%
And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his
finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and
shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar:
		 -- Leviticus 4:34
%
And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is
taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest
shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire
unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that
he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
		 -- Leviticus 4:35
%
AND if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness,
whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he
shall bear his iniquity.
		 -- Leviticus 5:1
%
Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an
unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean
creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean,
and guilty.
		 -- Leviticus 5:2
%
Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that
a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth
of it, then he shall be guilty.
		 -- Leviticus 5:3
%
Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good,
whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid
from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
		 -- Leviticus 5:4
%
And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that
he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:
		 -- Leviticus 5:5
%
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which
he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats,
for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him
concerning his sin.
		 -- Leviticus 5:6
%
And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his
trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons,
unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.
		 -- Leviticus 5:7
%
And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which
is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck,
but shall not divide it asunder:
		 -- Leviticus 5:8
%
And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of
the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom
of the altar: it is a sin offering.
		 -- Leviticus 5:9
%
And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the
manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which
he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.
		 -- Leviticus 5:10
%
But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons,
then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an
ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it,
neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering.
		 -- Leviticus 5:11
%
Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his
handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar,
according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin
offering.
		 -- Leviticus 5:12
%
And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that
he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the
remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat offering.
		 -- Leviticus 5:13
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 5:14
%
If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy
things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD
a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels
of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:
		 -- Leviticus 5:15
%
And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing,
and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and
the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass
offering, and it shall be forgiven him.
		 -- Leviticus 5:16
%
And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden
to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not,
yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
		 -- Leviticus 5:17
%
And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy
estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest
shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he
erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him.
		 -- Leviticus 5:18
%
It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 5:19
%
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 6:1
%
If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his
neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship,
or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;
		 -- Leviticus 6:2
%
Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth
falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
		 -- Leviticus 6:3
%
Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall
restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath
deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost
thing which he found,
		 -- Leviticus 6:4
%
Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it
in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give
it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.
		 -- Leviticus 6:5
%
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without
blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering,
unto the priest:
		 -- Leviticus 6:6
%
And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and
it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in
trespassing therein.
		 -- Leviticus 6:7
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 6:8
%
Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering:
It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all
night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.
		 -- Leviticus 6:9
%
And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches
shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath
consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them
beside the altar.
		 -- Leviticus 6:10
%
And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry
forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
		 -- Leviticus 6:11
%
And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put
out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the
burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of
the peace offerings.
		 -- Leviticus 6:12
%
The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
		 -- Leviticus 6:13
%
And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer
it before the LORD, before the altar.
		 -- Leviticus 6:14
%
And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering,
and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat
offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the
memorial of it, unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 6:15
%
And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened
bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle
of the congregation they shall eat it.
		 -- Leviticus 6:16
%
It shall not be baken with leaven.  I have given it unto them for their
portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin
offering, and as the trespass offering.
		 -- Leviticus 6:17
%
All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it.  It shall be
a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the
LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
		 -- Leviticus 6:18
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 6:19
%
This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer
unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah
of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning,
and half thereof at night.
		 -- Leviticus 6:20
%
In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt
bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer
for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 6:21
%
And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it:
it is a statute for ever unto the LORD, it shall be wholly burnt.
		 -- Leviticus 6:22
%
For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall
not be eaten.
		 -- Leviticus 6:23
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 6:24
%
Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin
offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin
offering be killed before the LORD: it is most holy.
		 -- Leviticus 6:25
%
The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place
shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.
		 -- Leviticus 6:26
%
Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there
is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that
whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.
		 -- Leviticus 6:27
%
But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it
be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.
		 -- Leviticus 6:28
%
All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.
		 -- Leviticus 6:29
%
And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the
tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place,
shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.
		 -- Leviticus 6:30
%
LIKEWISE this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy.
		 -- Leviticus 7:1
%
In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the
trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about
upon the altar.
		 -- Leviticus 7:2
%
And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that
covereth the inwards,
		 -- Leviticus 7:3
%
And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks,
and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he
take away:
		 -- Leviticus 7:4
%
And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by
fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering.
		 -- Leviticus 7:5
%
Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in
the holy place: it is most holy.
		 -- Leviticus 7:6
%
As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law
for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it.
		 -- Leviticus 7:7
%
And the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, even the priest
shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath
offered.
		 -- Leviticus 7:8
%
And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is
dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's that
offereth it.
		 -- Leviticus 7:9
%
And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons
of Aaron have, one as much as another.
		 -- Leviticus 7:10
%
And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall
offer unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 7:11
%
If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice
of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers
anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.
		 -- Leviticus 7:12
%
Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with
the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.
		 -- Leviticus 7:13
%
And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave
offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth
the blood of the peace offerings.
		 -- Leviticus 7:14
%
And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving
shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any
of it until the morning.
		 -- Leviticus 7:15
%
But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering,
it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on
the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:
		 -- Leviticus 7:16
%
But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall
be burnt with fire.
		 -- Leviticus 7:17
%
And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten
at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be
imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the
soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
		 -- Leviticus 7:18
%
And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it
shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall
eat thereof.
		 -- Leviticus 7:19
%
But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings,
that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even that
soul shall be cut off from his people.
		 -- Leviticus 7:20
%
Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness
of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat
of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto
the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
		 -- Leviticus 7:21
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 7:22
%
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat,
of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.
		 -- Leviticus 7:23
%
And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which
is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no
wise eat of it.
		 -- Leviticus 7:24
%
For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering
made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut
off from his people.
		 -- Leviticus 7:25
%
Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of
beast, in any of your dwellings.
		 -- Leviticus 7:26
%
Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul
shall be cut off from his people.
		 -- Leviticus 7:27
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 7:28
%
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice
of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the
LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.
		 -- Leviticus 7:29
%
His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the
fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved
for a wave offering before the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 7:30
%
And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall
be Aaron's and his sons'.
		 -- Leviticus 7:31
%
And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering
of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
		 -- Leviticus 7:32
%
He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace
offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part.
		 -- Leviticus 7:33
%
For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children
of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have
given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever
from among the children of Israel.
		 -- Leviticus 7:34
%
This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of
his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when
he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest's office;
		 -- Leviticus 7:35
%
Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel,
in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout
their generations.
		 -- Leviticus 7:36
%
This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the
sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations,
and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;
		 -- Leviticus 7:37
%
Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he
commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD,
in the wilderness of Sinai.
		 -- Leviticus 7:38
%
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 8:1
%
Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing
oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of
unleavened bread;
		 -- Leviticus 8:2
%
And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
		 -- Leviticus 8:3
%
And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was gathered
together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
		 -- Leviticus 8:4
%
And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the LORD
commanded to be done.
		 -- Leviticus 8:5
%
And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.
		 -- Leviticus 8:6
%
And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed
him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with
the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.
		 -- Leviticus 8:7
%
And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the
Urim and the Thummim.
		 -- Leviticus 8:8
%
And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his
forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD
commanded Moses.
		 -- Leviticus 8:9
%
And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all
that was therein, and sanctified them.
		 -- Leviticus 8:10
%
And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the
altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.
		 -- Leviticus 8:11
%
And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him,
to sanctify him.
		 -- Leviticus 8:12
%
And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats upon them, and girded them
with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Leviticus 8:13
%
And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons
laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.
		 -- Leviticus 8:14
%
And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns
of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar,
and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it,
to make reconciliation upon it.
		 -- Leviticus 8:15
%
And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above
the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon
the altar.
		 -- Leviticus 8:16
%
But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with
fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Leviticus 8:17
%
And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons
laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
		 -- Leviticus 8:18
%
And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round
about.
		 -- Leviticus 8:19
%
And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces,
and the fat.
		 -- Leviticus 8:20
%
And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the
whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour,
and an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Leviticus 8:21
%
And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and
his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
		 -- Leviticus 8:22
%
And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the
tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon
the great toe of his right foot.
		 -- Leviticus 8:23
%
And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of
their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the
great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the
altar round about.
		 -- Leviticus 8:24
%
And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon the
inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat,
and the right shoulder:
		 -- Leviticus 8:25
%
And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the LORD,
he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer,
and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder:
		 -- Leviticus 8:26
%
And he put all upon Aaron's hands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved
them for a wave offering before the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 8:27
%
And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar
upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour:
it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 8:28
%
And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the
LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; as the LORD
commanded Moses.
		 -- Leviticus 8:29
%
And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon
the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon
his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him; and sanctified Aaron,
and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
		 -- Leviticus 8:30
%
And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread
that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron
and his sons shall eat it.
		 -- Leviticus 8:31
%
And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn
with fire.
		 -- Leviticus 8:32
%
And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation
in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for
seven days shall he consecrate you.
		 -- Leviticus 8:33
%
As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to make an
atonement for you.
		 -- Leviticus 8:34
%
Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation
day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die
not: for so I am commanded.
		 -- Leviticus 8:35
%
So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the
hand of Moses.
		 -- Leviticus 8:36
%
AND it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his
sons, and the elders of Israel;
		 -- Leviticus 9:1
%
And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a
ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 9:2
%
And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a
kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the
first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering;
		 -- Leviticus 9:3
%
Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the
LORD; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the LORD will
appear unto you.
		 -- Leviticus 9:4
%
And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of
the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before
the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 9:5
%
And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that ye should
do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you.
		 -- Leviticus 9:6
%
And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering,
and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the
people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for
them; as the LORD commanded.
		 -- Leviticus 9:7
%
Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin
offering, which was for himself.
		 -- Leviticus 9:8
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And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his
finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured
out the blood at the bottom of the altar:
		 -- Leviticus 9:9
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But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin
offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Leviticus 9:10
%
And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp.
		 -- Leviticus 9:11
%
And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the
blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar.
		 -- Leviticus 9:12
%
And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof,
and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.
		 -- Leviticus 9:13
%
And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt
offering on the altar.
		 -- Leviticus 9:14
%
And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which was
the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin,
as the first.
		 -- Leviticus 9:15
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And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the manner.
		 -- Leviticus 9:16
%
And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt
it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.
		 -- Leviticus 9:17
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He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings,
which was for the people: and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood,
which he sprinkled upon the altar round about,
		 -- Leviticus 9:18
%
And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which
covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver:
		 -- Leviticus 9:19
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And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the
altar:
		 -- Leviticus 9:20
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And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering
before the LORD; as Moses commanded.
		 -- Leviticus 9:21
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And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and
came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering,
and peace offerings.
		 -- Leviticus 9:22
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And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and
came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared
unto all the people.
		 -- Leviticus 9:23
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And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the
altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw,
they shouted, and fell on their faces.
		 -- Leviticus 9:24
%
AND Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer,
and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire
before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
		 -- Leviticus 10:1
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And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died
before the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 10:2
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Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I
will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people
I will be glorified.  And Aaron held his peace.
		 -- Leviticus 10:3
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And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of
Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before
the sanctuary out of the camp.
		 -- Leviticus 10:4
%
So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp;
as Moses had said.
		 -- Leviticus 10:5
%
And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons,
Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest
wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house
of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.
		 -- Leviticus 10:6
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And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you.
And they did according to the word of Moses.
		 -- Leviticus 10:7
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And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 10:8
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Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when
ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be
a statute for ever throughout your generations:
		 -- Leviticus 10:9
%
And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between
unclean and clean;
		 -- Leviticus 10:10
%
And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the
LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
		 -- Leviticus 10:11
%
And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons
that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings
of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar:
for it is most holy:
		 -- Leviticus 10:12
%
And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and
thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I
am commanded.
		 -- Leviticus 10:13
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And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place;
thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and
thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings
of the children of Israel.
		 -- Leviticus 10:14
%
The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings
made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD;
and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever;
as the LORD hath commanded.
		 -- Leviticus 10:15
%
And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold,
it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of
Aaron which were left alive, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 10:16
%
Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing
it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the
congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?
		 -- Leviticus 10:17
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Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye
should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.
		 -- Leviticus 10:18
%
And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin
offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have
befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have
been accepted in the sight of the LORD?
		 -- Leviticus 10:19
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And when Moses heard that, he was content.
		 -- Leviticus 10:20
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AND the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
		 -- Leviticus 11:1
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Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which
ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
		 -- Leviticus 11:2
%
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud,
among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
		 -- Leviticus 11:3
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Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of
them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud,
but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
		 -- Leviticus 11:4
%
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof;
he is unclean unto you.
		 -- Leviticus 11:5
%
And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof;
he is unclean unto you.
		 -- Leviticus 11:6
%
And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he
cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
		 -- Leviticus 11:7
%
Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch;
they are unclean to you.
		 -- Leviticus 11:8
%
These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and
scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
		 -- Leviticus 11:9
%
And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers,
of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the
waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
		 -- Leviticus 11:10
%
They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their
flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
		 -- Leviticus 11:11
%
Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an
abomination unto you.
		 -- Leviticus 11:12
%
And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls;
they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the
ossifrage, and the ospray,
		 -- Leviticus 11:13
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And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;
		 -- Leviticus 11:14
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Every raven after his kind;
		 -- Leviticus 11:15
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And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after
his kind,
		 -- Leviticus 11:16
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And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
		 -- Leviticus 11:17
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And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
		 -- Leviticus 11:18
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And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
		 -- Leviticus 11:19
%
All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination
unto you.
		 -- Leviticus 11:20
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Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all
four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
		 -- Leviticus 11:21
%
Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald
locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper
after his kind.
		 -- Leviticus 11:22
%
But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an
abomination unto you.
		 -- Leviticus 11:23
%
And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of
them shall be unclean until the even.
		 -- Leviticus 11:24
%
And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes,
and be unclean until the even.
		 -- Leviticus 11:25
%
The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not
clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that
toucheth them shall be unclean.
		 -- Leviticus 11:26
%
And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go
on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase
shall be unclean until the even.
		 -- Leviticus 11:27
%
And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be
unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
		 -- Leviticus 11:28
%
These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that
creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after
his kind,
		 -- Leviticus 11:29
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And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and
the mole.
		 -- Leviticus 11:30
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These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them,
when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
		 -- Leviticus 11:31
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And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall,
it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment,
or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done,
it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even;
so it shall be cleansed.
		 -- Leviticus 11:32
%
And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is
in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.
		 -- Leviticus 11:33
%
Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall
be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall
be unclean.
		 -- Leviticus 11:34
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And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be
unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken
down: for they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
		 -- Leviticus 11:35
%
Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall
be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
		 -- Leviticus 11:36
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And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to
be sown, it shall be clean.
		 -- Leviticus 11:37
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But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase
fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.
		 -- Leviticus 11:38
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And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase
thereof shall be unclean until the even.
		 -- Leviticus 11:39
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And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be
unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall
wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
		 -- Leviticus 11:40
%
And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an
abomination; it shall not be eaten.
		 -- Leviticus 11:41
%
Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four,
or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon
the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
		 -- Leviticus 11:42
%
Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that
creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye
should be defiled thereby.
		 -- Leviticus 11:43
%
For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves,
and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves
with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
		 -- Leviticus 11:44
%
For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be
your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
		 -- Leviticus 11:45
%
This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living
creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth
upon the earth:
		 -- Leviticus 11:46
%
To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the
beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.
		 -- Leviticus 11:47
%
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 12:1
%
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed,
and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according
to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
		 -- Leviticus 12:2
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And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
		 -- Leviticus 12:3
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And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty
days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary,
until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.
		 -- Leviticus 12:4
%
But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as
in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying
threescore and six days.
		 -- Leviticus 12:5
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And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a
daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering,
and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:
		 -- Leviticus 12:6
%
Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and
she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood.  This is the law for
her that hath born a male or a female.
		 -- Leviticus 12:7
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And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles,
or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other
for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her,
and she shall be clean.
		 -- Leviticus 12:8
%
AND the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 13:1
%
When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright
spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy;
then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons
the priests:
		 -- Leviticus 13:2
%
And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and
when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be
deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the
priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
		 -- Leviticus 13:3
%
If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be
not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white;
then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:
		 -- Leviticus 13:4
%
And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the
plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin;
then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:
		 -- Leviticus 13:5
%
And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold,
if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin,
the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall
wash his clothes, and be clean.
		 -- Leviticus 13:6
%
But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath
been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the
priest again:
		 -- Leviticus 13:7
%
And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin,
then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.
		 -- Leviticus 13:8
%
When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto
the priest;
		 -- Leviticus 13:9
%
And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the
skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh
in the rising;
		 -- Leviticus 13:10
%
It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall
pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean.
		 -- Leviticus 13:11
%
And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover
all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot,
wheresoever the priest looketh;
		 -- Leviticus 13:12
%
Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered
all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is
all turned white: he is clean.
		 -- Leviticus 13:13
%
But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.
		 -- Leviticus 13:14
%
And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean:
for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.
		 -- Leviticus 13:15
%
Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come
unto the priest;
		 -- Leviticus 13:16
%
And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into
white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague:
he is clean.
		 -- Leviticus 13:17
%
The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and
is healed,
		 -- Leviticus 13:18
%
And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot,
white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest;
		 -- Leviticus 13:19
%
And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the
skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce
him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.
		 -- Leviticus 13:20
%
But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs
therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark;
then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
		 -- Leviticus 13:21
%
And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce
him unclean: it is a plague.
		 -- Leviticus 13:22
%
But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning
boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
		 -- Leviticus 13:23
%
Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning,
and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat
reddish, or white;
		 -- Leviticus 13:24
%
Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the
bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin;
it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall
pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
		 -- Leviticus 13:25
%
But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the
bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark;
then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
		 -- Leviticus 13:26
%
And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be spread
much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean:
it is the plague of leprosy.
		 -- Leviticus 13:27
%
And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin,
but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest
shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.
		 -- Leviticus 13:28
%
If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;
		 -- Leviticus 13:29
%
Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight
deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the
priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy
upon the head or beard.
		 -- Leviticus 13:30
%
And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not
in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then
the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days:
		 -- Leviticus 13:31
%
And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold,
if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the
scall be not in sight deeper than the skin;
		 -- Leviticus 13:32
%
He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest
shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:
		 -- Leviticus 13:33
%
And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold,
if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the
skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his
clothes, and be clean.
		 -- Leviticus 13:34
%
But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing;
		 -- Leviticus 13:35
%
Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread
in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.
		 -- Leviticus 13:36
%
But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair
grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall
pronounce him clean.
		 -- Leviticus 13:37
%
If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots,
even white bright spots;
		 -- Leviticus 13:38
%
Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin
of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in
the skin; he is clean.
		 -- Leviticus 13:39
%
And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is
he clean.
		 -- Leviticus 13:40
%
And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward
his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.
		 -- Leviticus 13:41
%
And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore;
it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead.
		 -- Leviticus 13:42
%
Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the
sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the
leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;
		 -- Leviticus 13:43
%
He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him
utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.
		 -- Leviticus 13:44
%
And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his
head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry,
Unclean, unclean.
		 -- Leviticus 13:45
%
All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is
unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.
		 -- Leviticus 13:46
%
The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a
woollen garment, or a linen garment;
		 -- Leviticus 13:47
%
Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in
a skin, or in any thing made of skin;
		 -- Leviticus 13:48
%
And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin,
either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a
plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:
		 -- Leviticus 13:49
%
And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the
plague seven days:
		 -- Leviticus 13:50
%
And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be
spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin,
or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy;
it is unclean.
		 -- Leviticus 13:51
%
He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen
or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a
fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.
		 -- Leviticus 13:52
%
And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in
the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin;
		 -- Leviticus 13:53
%
Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague
is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:
		 -- Leviticus 13:54
%
And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and,
behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not
spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward,
whether it be bare within or without.
		 -- Leviticus 13:55
%
And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after
the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of
the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
		 -- Leviticus 13:56
%
And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof,
or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn that
wherein the plague is with fire.
		 -- Leviticus 13:57
%
And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it
be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it
shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.
		 -- Leviticus 13:58
%
This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen,
either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean,
or to pronounce it unclean.
		 -- Leviticus 13:59
%
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 14:1
%
This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall
be brought unto the priest:
		 -- Leviticus 14:2
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And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look,
and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;
		 -- Leviticus 14:3
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Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed
two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
		 -- Leviticus 14:4
%
And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an
earthen vessel over running water:
		 -- Leviticus 14:5
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As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the
scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the
blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:
		 -- Leviticus 14:6
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And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy
seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living
bird loose into the open field.
		 -- Leviticus 14:7
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And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all
his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after
that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent
seven days.
		 -- Leviticus 14:8
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But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair
off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall
shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh
in water, and he shall be clean.
		 -- Leviticus 14:9
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And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and
one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals
of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.
		 -- Leviticus 14:10
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And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to
be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation:
		 -- Leviticus 14:11
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And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass
offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before
the LORD:
		 -- Leviticus 14:12
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And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin
offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin
offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy:
		 -- Leviticus 14:13
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And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering,
and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that
is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the
great toe of his right foot:
		 -- Leviticus 14:14
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And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the
palm of his own left hand:
		 -- Leviticus 14:15
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And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left
hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before
the LORD:
		 -- Leviticus 14:16
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And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put
upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon
the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot,
upon the blood of the trespass offering:
		 -- Leviticus 14:17
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And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pour
upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make
an atonement for him before the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 14:18
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And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for
him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall
kill the burnt offering:
		 -- Leviticus 14:19
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And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon
the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall
be clean.
		 -- Leviticus 14:20
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And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb
for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him,
and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering,
and a log of oil;
		 -- Leviticus 14:21
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And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get;
and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.
		 -- Leviticus 14:22
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And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the
priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before
the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 14:23
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And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the
log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before
the LORD:
		 -- Leviticus 14:24
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And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest
shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon
the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the
thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:
		 -- Leviticus 14:25
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And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand:
		 -- Leviticus 14:26
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And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that
is in his left hand seven times before the LORD:
		 -- Leviticus 14:27
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And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of
the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his
right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of
the blood of the trespass offering:
		 -- Leviticus 14:28
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And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon
the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him
before the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 14:29
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And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons,
such as he can get;
		 -- Leviticus 14:30
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Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other
for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make
an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 14:31
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This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is
not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.
		 -- Leviticus 14:32
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And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 14:33
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When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a
possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of
your possession;
		 -- Leviticus 14:34
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And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying,
It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house:
		 -- Leviticus 14:35
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Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the
priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be
not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:
		 -- Leviticus 14:36
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And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the
walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in
sight are lower than the wall;
		 -- Leviticus 14:37
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Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house,
and shut up the house seven days:
		 -- Leviticus 14:38
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And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and,
behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;
		 -- Leviticus 14:39
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Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which
the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without
the city:
		 -- Leviticus 14:40
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And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they
shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an
unclean place:
		 -- Leviticus 14:41
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And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those
stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house.
		 -- Leviticus 14:42
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And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that
he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house,
and after it is plaistered;
		 -- Leviticus 14:43
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Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread
in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean.
		 -- Leviticus 14:44
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And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber
thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth
out of the city into an unclean place.
		 -- Leviticus 14:45
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Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up
shall be unclean until the even.
		 -- Leviticus 14:46
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And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth
in the house shall wash his clothes.
		 -- Leviticus 14:47
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And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the plague
hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the
priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.
		 -- Leviticus 14:48
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And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and
scarlet, and hyssop:
		 -- Leviticus 14:49
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And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running
water:
		 -- Leviticus 14:50
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And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet,
and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and
in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:
		 -- Leviticus 14:51
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And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with
the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood,
and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:
		 -- Leviticus 14:52
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But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields,
and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.
		 -- Leviticus 14:53
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This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,
		 -- Leviticus 14:54
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And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,
		 -- Leviticus 14:55
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And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot:
		 -- Leviticus 14:56
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To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law
of leprosy.
		 -- Leviticus 14:57
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AND the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 15:1
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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath
a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.
		 -- Leviticus 15:2
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And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with
his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.
		 -- Leviticus 15:3
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Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every
thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.
		 -- Leviticus 15:4
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And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself
in water, and be unclean until the even.
		 -- Leviticus 15:5
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And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue
shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until
the even.
		 -- Leviticus 15:6
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And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash
his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
		 -- Leviticus 15:7
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And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he
shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until
the even.
		 -- Leviticus 15:8
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And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be
unclean.
		 -- Leviticus 15:9
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And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean
until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
		 -- Leviticus 15:10
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And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his
hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water,
and be unclean until the even.
		 -- Leviticus 15:11
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And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall
be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
		 -- Leviticus 15:12
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And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall
number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes,
and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
		 -- Leviticus 15:13
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And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young
pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation, and give them unto the priest:
		 -- Leviticus 15:14
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And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the
other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for
him before the LORD for his issue.
		 -- Leviticus 15:15
%
And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash
all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.
		 -- Leviticus 15:16
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And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation,
shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.
		 -- Leviticus 15:17
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The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they
shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.
		 -- Leviticus 15:18
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And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood,
she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be
unclean until the even.
		 -- Leviticus 15:19
%
And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean:
every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
		 -- Leviticus 15:20
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And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself
in water, and be unclean until the even.
		 -- Leviticus 15:21
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And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes,
and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
		 -- Leviticus 15:22
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And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he
toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.
		 -- Leviticus 15:23
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And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall
be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.
		 -- Leviticus 15:24
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And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her
separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days
of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation:
she shall be unclean.
		 -- Leviticus 15:25
%
Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her
as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be
unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation.
		 -- Leviticus 15:26
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And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash
his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
		 -- Leviticus 15:27
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But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself
seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
		 -- Leviticus 15:28
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And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young
pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation.
		 -- Leviticus 15:29
%
And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for
a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before
the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness.
		 -- Leviticus 15:30
%
Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness;
that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle
that is among them.
		 -- Leviticus 15:31
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This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth
from him, and is defiled therewith;
		 -- Leviticus 15:32
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And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of
the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.
		 -- Leviticus 15:33
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AND the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron,
when they offered before the LORD, and died;
		 -- Leviticus 16:1
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come
not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy
seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the
cloud upon the mercy seat.
		 -- Leviticus 16:2
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Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a
sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.
		 -- Leviticus 16:3
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He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches
upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the
linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore
shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
		 -- Leviticus 16:4
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And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids
of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
		 -- Leviticus 16:5
%
And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for
himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.
		 -- Leviticus 16:6
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And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at
the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
		 -- Leviticus 16:7
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And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD,
and the other lot for the scapegoat.
		 -- Leviticus 16:8
%
And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD's lot fell, and offer
him for a sin offering.
		 -- Leviticus 16:9
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But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be
presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to
let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.
		 -- Leviticus 16:10
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And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for
himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house,
and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself:
		 -- Leviticus 16:11
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And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the
altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small,
and bring it within the vail:
		 -- Leviticus 16:12
%
And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the
cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not:
		 -- Leviticus 16:13
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And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his
finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he
sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.
		 -- Leviticus 16:14
%
Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people,
and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did
with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat,
and before the mercy seat:
		 -- Leviticus 16:15
%
And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the
uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions
in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the
congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
		 -- Leviticus 16:16
%
And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when
he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out,
and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for
all the congregation of Israel.
		 -- Leviticus 16:17
%
And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make
an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of
the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.
		 -- Leviticus 16:18
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And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times,
and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.
		 -- Leviticus 16:19
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And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the
tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the
live goat:
		 -- Leviticus 16:20
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And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat,
and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel,
and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into
the wilderness:
		 -- Leviticus 16:21
%
And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not
inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
		 -- Leviticus 16:22
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And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall
put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy
place, and shall leave them there:
		 -- Leviticus 16:23
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And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on
his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the
burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and
for the people.
		 -- Leviticus 16:24
%
And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar.
		 -- Leviticus 16:25
%
And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes,
and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.
		 -- Leviticus 16:26
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And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering,
whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall
one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their
skins, and their flesh, and their dung.
		 -- Leviticus 16:27
%
And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in
water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
		 -- Leviticus 16:28
%
And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month,
on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no
work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that
sojourneth among you:
		 -- Leviticus 16:29
%
For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse
you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 16:30
%
It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls,
by a statute for ever.
		 -- Leviticus 16:31
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And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to
minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the
atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:
		 -- Leviticus 16:32
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And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make
an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar,
and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.
		 -- Leviticus 16:33
%
And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement
for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year.  And he did
as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Leviticus 16:34
%
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 17:1
%
Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel,
and say unto them; This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded,
saying,
		 -- Leviticus 17:2
%
What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox,
or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp,
		 -- Leviticus 17:3
%
And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD;
blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man
shall be cut off from among his people:
		 -- Leviticus 17:4
%
To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which
they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD,
unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest,
and offer them for peace offerings unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 17:5
%
And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the LORD at
the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a
sweet savour unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 17:6
%
And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom
they have gone a whoring.  This shall be a statute for ever unto them
throughout their generations.
		 -- Leviticus 17:7
%
And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of
Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a
burnt offering or sacrifice,
		 -- Leviticus 17:8
%
And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
to offer it unto the LORD; even that man shall be cut off from among
his people.
		 -- Leviticus 17:9
%
And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers
that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even
set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off
from among his people.
		 -- Leviticus 17:10
%
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you
upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood
that maketh an atonement for the soul.
		 -- Leviticus 17:11
%
Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat
blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.
		 -- Leviticus 17:12
%
And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers
that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl
that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover
it with dust.
		 -- Leviticus 17:13
%
For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof:
therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood
of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof:
whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.
		 -- Leviticus 17:14
%
And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was
torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger,
he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be
unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.
		 -- Leviticus 17:15
%
But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his
iniquity.
		 -- Leviticus 17:16
%
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 18:1
%
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD
your God.
		 -- Leviticus 18:2
%
After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not
do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you,
shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
		 -- Leviticus 18:3
%
Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein:
I am the LORD your God.
		 -- Leviticus 18:4
%
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do,
he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 18:5
%
None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover
their nakedness: I am the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 18:6
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The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou
not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
		 -- Leviticus 18:7
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The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy
father's nakedness.
		 -- Leviticus 18:8
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The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter
of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their
nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
		 -- Leviticus 18:9
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The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even
their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.
		 -- Leviticus 18:10
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The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father,
she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
		 -- Leviticus 18:11
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Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy
father's near kinswoman.
		 -- Leviticus 18:12
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Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is
thy mother's near kinswoman.
		 -- Leviticus 18:13
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Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt
not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
		 -- Leviticus 18:14
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Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy
son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
		 -- Leviticus 18:15
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Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy
brother's nakedness.
		 -- Leviticus 18:16
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Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither
shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to
uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
		 -- Leviticus 18:17
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Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover
her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
		 -- Leviticus 18:18
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Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness,
as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
		 -- Leviticus 18:19
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Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile
thyself with her.
		 -- Leviticus 18:20
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And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech,
neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 18:21
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Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
		 -- Leviticus 18:22
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Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither
shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
		 -- Leviticus 18:23
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Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the
nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
		 -- Leviticus 18:24
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And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon
it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
		 -- Leviticus 18:25
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Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not
commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor
any stranger that sojourneth among you:
		 -- Leviticus 18:26
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(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were
before you, and the land is defiled;)
		 -- Leviticus 18:27
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That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out
the nations that were before you.
		 -- Leviticus 18:28
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For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls
that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
		 -- Leviticus 18:29
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Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of
these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye
defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.
		 -- Leviticus 18:30
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AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 19:1
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Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto
them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
		 -- Leviticus 19:2
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Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths:
I am the LORD your God.
		 -- Leviticus 19:3
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Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the
LORD your God.
		 -- Leviticus 19:4
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And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall
offer it at your own will.
		 -- Leviticus 19:5
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It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if
ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.
		 -- Leviticus 19:6
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And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall
not be accepted.
		 -- Leviticus 19:7
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Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he
hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be
cut off from among his people.
		 -- Leviticus 19:8
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And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap
the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of
thy harvest.
		 -- Leviticus 19:9
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And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every
grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger:
I am the LORD your God.
		 -- Leviticus 19:10
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Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
		 -- Leviticus 19:11
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And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane
the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 19:12
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Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him
that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
		 -- Leviticus 19:13
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Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind,
but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 19:14
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Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect
the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in
righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
		 -- Leviticus 19:15
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Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither
shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 19:16
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Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise
rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
		 -- Leviticus 19:17
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Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy
people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 19:18
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Ye shall keep my statutes.  Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with
a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither
shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
		 -- Leviticus 19:19
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And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed
to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall
be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
		 -- Leviticus 19:20
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And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.
		 -- Leviticus 19:21
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And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the
trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: and
the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.
		 -- Leviticus 19:22
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And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of
trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised:
three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be
eaten of.
		 -- Leviticus 19:23
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But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise
the LORD withal.
		 -- Leviticus 19:24
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And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may
yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.
		 -- Leviticus 19:25
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Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use
enchantment, nor observe times.
		 -- Leviticus 19:26
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Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar
the corners of thy beard.
		 -- Leviticus 19:27
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Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print
any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 19:28
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Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the
land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
		 -- Leviticus 19:29
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Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 19:30
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Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards,
to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
		 -- Leviticus 19:31
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Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the
old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 19:32
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And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
		 -- Leviticus 19:33
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But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born
among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in
the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
		 -- Leviticus 19:34
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Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight,
or in measure.
		 -- Leviticus 19:35
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Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have:
I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
		 -- Leviticus 19:36
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Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and
do them: I am the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 19:37
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AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 20:1
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Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the
children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that
giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death:
the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
		 -- Leviticus 20:2
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And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among
his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my
sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
		 -- Leviticus 20:3
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And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man,
when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:
		 -- Leviticus 20:4
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Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family,
and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit
whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
		 -- Leviticus 20:5
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And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after
wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against
that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
		 -- Leviticus 20:6
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Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
		 -- Leviticus 20:7
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And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify
you.
		 -- Leviticus 20:8
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For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put
to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be
upon him.
		 -- Leviticus 20:9
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And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he
that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and
the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
		 -- Leviticus 20:10
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And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's
nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall
be upon them.
		 -- Leviticus 20:11
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And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be
put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
		 -- Leviticus 20:12
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If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them
have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their
blood shall be upon them.
		 -- Leviticus 20:13
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And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be
burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
		 -- Leviticus 20:14
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And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye
shall slay the beast.
		 -- Leviticus 20:15
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And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt
kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their
blood shall be upon them.
		 -- Leviticus 20:16
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And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's
daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a
wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people:
he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
		 -- Leviticus 20:17
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And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall
uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath
uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off
from among their people.
		 -- Leviticus 20:18
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And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor
of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear
their iniquity.
		 -- Leviticus 20:19
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And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his
uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
		 -- Leviticus 20:20
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And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing:
he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
		 -- Leviticus 20:21
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Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do
them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you
not out.
		 -- Leviticus 20:22
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And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast
out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I
abhorred them.
		 -- Leviticus 20:23
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But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give
it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey:
I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.
		 -- Leviticus 20:24
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Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean,
and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls
abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that
creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
		 -- Leviticus 20:25
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And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed
you from other people, that ye should be mine.
		 -- Leviticus 20:26
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A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard,
shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their
blood shall be upon them.
		 -- Leviticus 20:27
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AND the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron,
and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among
his people:
		 -- Leviticus 21:1
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But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for
his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,
		 -- Leviticus 21:2
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And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no
husband; for her may he be defiled.
		 -- Leviticus 21:3
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But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people,
to profane himself.
		 -- Leviticus 21:4
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They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave
off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
		 -- Leviticus 21:5
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They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God:
for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God,
they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
		 -- Leviticus 21:6
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They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall
they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
		 -- Leviticus 21:7
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Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God:
he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
		 -- Leviticus 21:8
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And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the
whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
		 -- Leviticus 21:9
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And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the
anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments,
shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
		 -- Leviticus 21:10
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Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his
father, or for his mother;
		 -- Leviticus 21:11
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Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary
of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him:
I am the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 21:12
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And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
		 -- Leviticus 21:13
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A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he
not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
		 -- Leviticus 21:14
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Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do
sanctify him.
		 -- Leviticus 21:15
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 21:16
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Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations
that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.
		 -- Leviticus 21:17
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For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach:
a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing
superfluous,
		 -- Leviticus 21:18
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Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,
		 -- Leviticus 21:19
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Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be
scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;
		 -- Leviticus 21:20
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No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come
nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish;
he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.
		 -- Leviticus 21:21
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He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
		 -- Leviticus 21:22
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Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar,
because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I
the LORD do sanctify them.
		 -- Leviticus 21:23
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And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children
of Israel.
		 -- Leviticus 21:24
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AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 22:1
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Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the
holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy
name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 22:2
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Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations,
that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow
unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut
off from my presence: I am the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 22:3
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What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue;
he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean.  And whoso
toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed
goeth from him;
		 -- Leviticus 22:4
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Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean,
or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;
		 -- Leviticus 22:5
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The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and
shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.
		 -- Leviticus 22:6
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And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of
the holy things; because it is his food.
		 -- Leviticus 22:7
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That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to
defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 22:8
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They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it,
and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.
		 -- Leviticus 22:9
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There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest,
or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
		 -- Leviticus 22:10
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But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it,
and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.
		 -- Leviticus 22:11
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If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not
eat of an offering of the holy things.
		 -- Leviticus 22:12
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But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child,
and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat
of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
		 -- Leviticus 22:13
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And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the
fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the
holy thing.
		 -- Leviticus 22:14
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And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel,
which they offer unto the LORD;
		 -- Leviticus 22:15
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Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their
holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
		 -- Leviticus 22:16
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 22:17
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Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel,
and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the
strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows,
and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD
for a burnt offering;
		 -- Leviticus 22:18
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Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves,
of the sheep, or of the goats.
		 -- Leviticus 22:19
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But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall
not be acceptable for you.
		 -- Leviticus 22:20
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And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to
accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall
be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
		 -- Leviticus 22:21
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Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed,
ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of
them upon the altar unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 22:22
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Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking
in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for
a vow it shall not be accepted.
		 -- Leviticus 22:23
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Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or
broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.
		 -- Leviticus 22:24
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Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of
any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in
them: they shall not be accepted for you.
		 -- Leviticus 22:25
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 22:26
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When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall
be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it
shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 22:27
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And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both
in one day.
		 -- Leviticus 22:28
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And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer
it at your own will.
		 -- Leviticus 22:29
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On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until
the morrow: I am the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 22:30
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Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 22:31
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Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the
children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,
		 -- Leviticus 22:32
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That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 22:33
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AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 23:1
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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the
feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations,
even these are my feasts.
		 -- Leviticus 23:2
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Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest,
an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of
the LORD in all your dwellings.
		 -- Leviticus 23:3
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These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall
proclaim in their seasons.
		 -- Leviticus 23:4
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In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover.
		 -- Leviticus 23:5
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And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened
bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
		 -- Leviticus 23:6
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In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no
servile work therein.
		 -- Leviticus 23:7
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But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days:
in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work
therein.
		 -- Leviticus 23:8
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 23:9
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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into
the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then
ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
		 -- Leviticus 23:10
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And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you:
on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
		 -- Leviticus 23:11
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And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without
blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 23:12
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And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour
mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet
savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part
of an hin.
		 -- Leviticus 23:13
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And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until
the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall
be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
		 -- Leviticus 23:14
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And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the
day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall
be complete:
		 -- Leviticus 23:15
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Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days;
and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 23:16
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Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth
deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven;
they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 23:17
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And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the
first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a
burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink
offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 23:18
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Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and
two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
		 -- Leviticus 23:19
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And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a
wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy
to the LORD for the priest.
		 -- Leviticus 23:20
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And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy
convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be
a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
		 -- Leviticus 23:21
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And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean
riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt
thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the
poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
		 -- Leviticus 23:22
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 23:23
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Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the
first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing
of trumpets, an holy convocation.
		 -- Leviticus 23:24
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Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made
by fire unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 23:25
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 23:26
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Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of
atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict
your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 23:27
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And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement,
to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.
		 -- Leviticus 23:28
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For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day,
he shall be cut off from among his people.
		 -- Leviticus 23:29
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And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same
soul will I destroy from among his people.
		 -- Leviticus 23:30
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Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout
your generations in all your dwellings.
		 -- Leviticus 23:31
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It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls:
in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye
celebrate your sabbath.
		 -- Leviticus 23:32
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 23:33
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Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this
seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto
the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 23:34
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On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile
work therein.
		 -- Leviticus 23:35
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Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD:
on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall
offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly;
and ye shall do no servile work therein.
		 -- Leviticus 23:36
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These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy
convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt
offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every
thing upon his day:
		 -- Leviticus 23:37
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Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all
your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto
the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 23:38
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Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in
the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days:
on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be
a sabbath.
		 -- Leviticus 23:39
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And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees,
branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of
the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
		 -- Leviticus 23:40
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And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year.
It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate
it in the seventh month.
		 -- Leviticus 23:41
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Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall
dwell in booths:
		 -- Leviticus 23:42
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That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to
dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the
LORD your God.
		 -- Leviticus 23:43
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And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 23:44
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AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 24:1
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Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive
beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
		 -- Leviticus 24:2
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Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation,
shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD
continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations.
		 -- Leviticus 24:3
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He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD
continually.
		 -- Leviticus 24:4
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And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth
deals shall be in one cake.
		 -- Leviticus 24:5
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And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table
before the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 24:6
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And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on
the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 24:7
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Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually,
being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
		 -- Leviticus 24:8
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And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it in the holy
place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made
by fire by a perpetual statute.
		 -- Leviticus 24:9
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And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went
out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman
and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;
		 -- Leviticus 24:10
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And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the LORD,
and cursed.  And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name
was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)
		 -- Leviticus 24:11
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And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them.
		 -- Leviticus 24:12
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 24:13
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Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard
him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
		 -- Leviticus 24:14
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And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever
curseth his God shall bear his sin.
		 -- Leviticus 24:15
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And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to
death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the
stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name
of the LORD, shall be put to death.
		 -- Leviticus 24:16
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And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
		 -- Leviticus 24:17
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And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
		 -- Leviticus 24:18
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And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall
it be done to him;
		 -- Leviticus 24:19
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Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a
blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
		 -- Leviticus 24:20
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And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth
a man, he shall be put to death.
		 -- Leviticus 24:21
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Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one
of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.
		 -- Leviticus 24:22
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And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth
him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones.  And the
children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Leviticus 24:23
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AND the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 25:1
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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come
into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto
the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 25:2
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Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy
vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
		 -- Leviticus 25:3
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But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land,
a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune
thy vineyard.
		 -- Leviticus 25:4
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That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap,
neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of
rest unto the land.
		 -- Leviticus 25:5
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And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for
thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy
stranger that sojourneth with thee,
		 -- Leviticus 25:6
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And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all
the increase thereof be meat.
		 -- Leviticus 25:7
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And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times
seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto
thee forty and nine years.
		 -- Leviticus 25:8
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Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth
day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the
trumpet sound throughout all your land.
		 -- Leviticus 25:9
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And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all
the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you;
and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return
every man unto his family.
		 -- Leviticus 25:10
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A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither
reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of
thy vine undressed.
		 -- Leviticus 25:11
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For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase
thereof out of the field.
		 -- Leviticus 25:12
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In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.
		 -- Leviticus 25:13
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And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy
neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
		 -- Leviticus 25:14
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According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy
neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall
sell unto thee:
		 -- Leviticus 25:15
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According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof,
and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of
it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell
unto thee.
		 -- Leviticus 25:16
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Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God:
for I am the LORD your God.
		 -- Leviticus 25:17
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Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
		 -- Leviticus 25:18
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And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and
dwell therein in safety.
		 -- Leviticus 25:19
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And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we
shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
		 -- Leviticus 25:20
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Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall
bring forth fruit for three years.
		 -- Leviticus 25:21
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And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the
ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.
		 -- Leviticus 25:22
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The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are
strangers and sojourners with me.
		 -- Leviticus 25:23
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And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for
the land.
		 -- Leviticus 25:24
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If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession,
and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which
his brother sold.
		 -- Leviticus 25:25
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And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;
		 -- Leviticus 25:26
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Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus
unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.
		 -- Leviticus 25:27
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But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold
shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of
jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto
his possession.
		 -- Leviticus 25:28
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And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it
within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.
		 -- Leviticus 25:29
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And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house
that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that
bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.
		 -- Leviticus 25:30
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But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall
be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they
shall go out in the jubile.
		 -- Leviticus 25:31
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Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities
of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
		 -- Leviticus 25:32
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And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold,
and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile:
for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among
the children of Israel.
		 -- Leviticus 25:33
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But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is
their perpetual possession.
		 -- Leviticus 25:34
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And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then
thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner;
that he may live with thee.
		 -- Leviticus 25:35
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Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy
brother may live with thee.
		 -- Leviticus 25:36
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Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals
for increase.
		 -- Leviticus 25:37
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I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt,
to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
		 -- Leviticus 25:38
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And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto
thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
		 -- Leviticus 25:39
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But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee,
and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
		 -- Leviticus 25:40
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And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him,
and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his
fathers shall he return.
		 -- Leviticus 25:41
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For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt:
they shall not be sold as bondmen.
		 -- Leviticus 25:42
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Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
		 -- Leviticus 25:43
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Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be
of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen
and bondmaids.
		 -- Leviticus 25:44
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Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you,
of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which
they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
		 -- Leviticus 25:45
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And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you,
to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever:
but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one
over another with rigour.
		 -- Leviticus 25:46
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And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that
dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner
by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:
		 -- Leviticus 25:47
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After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may
redeem him:
		 -- Leviticus 25:48
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Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is
nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able,
he may redeem himself.
		 -- Leviticus 25:49
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And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was
sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be
according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired
servant shall it be with him.
		 -- Leviticus 25:50
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If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give
again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
		 -- Leviticus 25:51
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And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall
count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again
the price of his redemption.
		 -- Leviticus 25:52
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And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall
not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
		 -- Leviticus 25:53
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And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the
year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.
		 -- Leviticus 25:54
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For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants
whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
		 -- Leviticus 25:55
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YE shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a
standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land,
to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
		 -- Leviticus 26:1
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Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 26:2
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If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
		 -- Leviticus 26:3
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Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her
increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
		 -- Leviticus 26:4
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And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall
reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full,
and dwell in your land safely.
		 -- Leviticus 26:5
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And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none
shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land,
neither shall the sword go through your land.
		 -- Leviticus 26:6
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And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by
the sword.
		 -- Leviticus 26:7
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And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall
put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by
the sword.
		 -- Leviticus 26:8
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For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you,
and establish my covenant with you.
		 -- Leviticus 26:9
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And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.
		 -- Leviticus 26:10
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And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
		 -- Leviticus 26:11
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And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my
people.
		 -- Leviticus 26:12
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I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt,
that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your
yoke, and made you go upright.
		 -- Leviticus 26:13
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But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these
commandments;
		 -- Leviticus 26:14
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And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments,
so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
		 -- Leviticus 26:15
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I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror,
consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and
cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your
enemies shall eat it.
		 -- Leviticus 26:16
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And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your
enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when
none pursueth you.
		 -- Leviticus 26:17
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And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish
you seven times more for your sins.
		 -- Leviticus 26:18
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And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven
as iron, and your earth as brass:
		 -- Leviticus 26:19
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And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield
her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
		 -- Leviticus 26:20
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And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will
bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
		 -- Leviticus 26:21
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I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your
children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your
high ways shall be desolate.
		 -- Leviticus 26:22
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And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk
contrary unto me;
		 -- Leviticus 26:23
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Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven
times for your sins.
		 -- Leviticus 26:24
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And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my
covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will
send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand
of the enemy.
		 -- Leviticus 26:25
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And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your
bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight:
and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
		 -- Leviticus 26:26
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And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary
unto me;
		 -- Leviticus 26:27
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Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will
chastise you seven times for your sins.
		 -- Leviticus 26:28
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And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters
shall ye eat.
		 -- Leviticus 26:29
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And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and
cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall
abhor you.
		 -- Leviticus 26:30
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And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto
desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
		 -- Leviticus 26:31
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And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell
therein shall be astonished at it.
		 -- Leviticus 26:32
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And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword
after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
		 -- Leviticus 26:33
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Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate,
and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and
enjoy her sabbaths.
		 -- Leviticus 26:34
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As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in
your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
		 -- Leviticus 26:35
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And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into
their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken
leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword;
and they shall fall when none pursueth.
		 -- Leviticus 26:36
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And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when
none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
		 -- Leviticus 26:37
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And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies
shall eat you up.
		 -- Leviticus 26:38
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And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your
enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they
pine away with them.
		 -- Leviticus 26:39
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If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers,
with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they
have walked contrary unto me;
		 -- Leviticus 26:40
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And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them
into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be
humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
		 -- Leviticus 26:41
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Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with
Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will
remember the land.
		 -- Leviticus 26:42
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The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while
she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment
of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments,
and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
		 -- Leviticus 26:43
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And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will
not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly,
and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.
		 -- Leviticus 26:44
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But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom
I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen,
that I might be their God: I am the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 26:45
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These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between
him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
		 -- Leviticus 26:46
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AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Leviticus 27:1
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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall
make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation.
		 -- Leviticus 27:2
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And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto
sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver,
after the shekel of the sanctuary.
		 -- Leviticus 27:3
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And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
		 -- Leviticus 27:4
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And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy
estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female
ten shekels.
		 -- Leviticus 27:5
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And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy
estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the
female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.
		 -- Leviticus 27:6
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And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy
estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
		 -- Leviticus 27:7
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But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself
before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his
ability that vowed shall the priest value him.
		 -- Leviticus 27:8
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And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD,
all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.
		 -- Leviticus 27:9
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He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for
a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the
exchange thereof shall be holy.
		 -- Leviticus 27:10
%
And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice
unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest:
		 -- Leviticus 27:11
%
And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest
it, who art the priest, so shall it be.
		 -- Leviticus 27:12
%
But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof
unto thy estimation.
		 -- Leviticus 27:13
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And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then
the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest
shall estimate it, so shall it stand.
		 -- Leviticus 27:14
%
And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the
fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.
		 -- Leviticus 27:15
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And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of his
possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof:
an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
		 -- Leviticus 27:16
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If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy
estimation it shall stand.
		 -- Leviticus 27:17
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But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall
reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto
the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.
		 -- Leviticus 27:18
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And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then
he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it,
and it shall be assured to him.
		 -- Leviticus 27:19
%
And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to
another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.
		 -- Leviticus 27:20
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But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the
LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.
		 -- Leviticus 27:21
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And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which
is not of the fields of his possession;
		 -- Leviticus 27:22
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Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even
unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that
day, as a holy thing unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 27:23
%
In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it
was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.
		 -- Leviticus 27:24
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And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary:
twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
		 -- Leviticus 27:25
%
Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD's firstling,
no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD's.
		 -- Leviticus 27:26
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And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to
thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be
not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.
		 -- Leviticus 27:27
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Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD
of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his
possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy
unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 27:28
%
None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but
shall surely be put to death.
		 -- Leviticus 27:29
%
And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of
the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 27:30
%
And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto
the fifth part thereof.
		 -- Leviticus 27:31
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And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever
passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.
		 -- Leviticus 27:32
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He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change
it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof
shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
		 -- Leviticus 27:33
%
These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the
children of Israel in mount Sinai.
		 -- Leviticus 27:34
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AND the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the
tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month,
in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
		 -- Numbers 1:1
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Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after
their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their
names, every male by their polls;
		 -- Numbers 1:2
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From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war
in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
		 -- Numbers 1:3
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And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the
house of his fathers.
		 -- Numbers 1:4
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And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the
tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
		 -- Numbers 1:5
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Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
		 -- Numbers 1:6
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Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
		 -- Numbers 1:7
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Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
		 -- Numbers 1:8
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Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.
		 -- Numbers 1:9
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Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud:
of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
		 -- Numbers 1:10
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Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
		 -- Numbers 1:11
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Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
		 -- Numbers 1:12
%
Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.
		 -- Numbers 1:13
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Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
		 -- Numbers 1:14
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Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.
		 -- Numbers 1:15
%
These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of
their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
		 -- Numbers 1:16
%
And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:
		 -- Numbers 1:17
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And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the
second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
		 -- Numbers 1:18
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As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness
of Sinai.
		 -- Numbers 1:19
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And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations,
after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the
number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old
and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
		 -- Numbers 1:20
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were
forty and six thousand and five hundred.
		 -- Numbers 1:21
%
Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according
to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years
old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
		 -- Numbers 1:22
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were
fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
		 -- Numbers 1:23
%
Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
		 -- Numbers 1:24
%
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty
and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
		 -- Numbers 1:25
%
Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
		 -- Numbers 1:26
%
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were
threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
		 -- Numbers 1:27
%
Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
		 -- Numbers 1:28
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were
fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
		 -- Numbers 1:29
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Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
		 -- Numbers 1:30
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were
fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
		 -- Numbers 1:31
%
Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by
their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward,
all that were able to go forth to war;
		 -- Numbers 1:32
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were
forty thousand and five hundred.
		 -- Numbers 1:33
%
Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
		 -- Numbers 1:34
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were
thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
		 -- Numbers 1:35
%
Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
		 -- Numbers 1:36
%
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were
thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
		 -- Numbers 1:37
%
Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
		 -- Numbers 1:38
%
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were
threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
		 -- Numbers 1:39
%
Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
		 -- Numbers 1:40
%
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty
and one thousand and five hundred.
		 -- Numbers 1:41
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Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth
to war;
		 -- Numbers 1:42
%
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were
fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
		 -- Numbers 1:43
%
These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and
the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of
his fathers.
		 -- Numbers 1:44
%
So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the
house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were
able to go forth to war in Israel;
		 -- Numbers 1:45
%
Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three
thousand and five hundred and fifty.
		 -- Numbers 1:46
%
But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered
among them.
		 -- Numbers 1:47
%
For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 1:48
%
Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of
them among the children of Israel:
		 -- Numbers 1:49
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But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony,
and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it:
they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they
shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
		 -- Numbers 1:50
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And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down:
and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up:
and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
		 -- Numbers 1:51
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And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his
own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
		 -- Numbers 1:52
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But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony,
that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel:
and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
		 -- Numbers 1:53
%
And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded
Moses, so did they.
		 -- Numbers 1:54
%
AND the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
		 -- Numbers 2:1
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Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard,
with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle
of the congregation shall they pitch.
		 -- Numbers 2:2
%
And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the
standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon
the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.
		 -- Numbers 2:3
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And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and
fourteen thousand and six hundred.
		 -- Numbers 2:4
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And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and
Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar.
		 -- Numbers 2:5
%
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four
thousand and four hundred.
		 -- Numbers 2:6
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Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain
of the children of Zebulun.
		 -- Numbers 2:7
%
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven
thousand and four hundred.
		 -- Numbers 2:8
%
All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand
and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout
their armies.  These shall first set forth.
		 -- Numbers 2:9
%
On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according
to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be
Elizur the son of Shedeur.
		 -- Numbers 2:10
%
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six
thousand and five hundred.
		 -- Numbers 2:11
%
And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain
of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
		 -- Numbers 2:12
%
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine
thousand and three hundred.
		 -- Numbers 2:13
%
Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be
Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
		 -- Numbers 2:14
%
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five
thousand and six hundred and fifty.
		 -- Numbers 2:15
%
All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand
and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout
their armies.  And they shall set forth in the second rank.
		 -- Numbers 2:16
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Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp
of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they
set forward, every man in his place by their standards.
		 -- Numbers 2:17
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On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according
to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama
the son of Ammihud.
		 -- Numbers 2:18
%
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand
and five hundred.
		 -- Numbers 2:19
%
And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children
of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
		 -- Numbers 2:20
%
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two
thousand and two hundred.
		 -- Numbers 2:21
%
Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin
shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
		 -- Numbers 2:22
%
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five
thousand and four hundred.
		 -- Numbers 2:23
%
All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand
and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies.  And they
shall go forward in the third rank.
		 -- Numbers 2:24
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The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their
armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son
of Ammishaddai.
		 -- Numbers 2:25
%
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and
two thousand and seven hundred.
		 -- Numbers 2:26
%
And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain
of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.
		 -- Numbers 2:27
%
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one
thousand and five hundred.
		 -- Numbers 2:28
%
Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali
shall be Ahira the son of Enan.
		 -- Numbers 2:29
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And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three
thousand and four hundred.
		 -- Numbers 2:30
%
All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand
and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost
with their standards.
		 -- Numbers 2:31
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These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house
of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout
their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred
and fifty.
		 -- Numbers 2:32
%
But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the
LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Numbers 2:33
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And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded
Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward,
every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.
		 -- Numbers 2:34
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THESE also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the
LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
		 -- Numbers 3:1
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And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn,
and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
		 -- Numbers 3:2
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These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed,
whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
		 -- Numbers 3:3
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And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire
before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children:
and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight
of Aaron their father.
		 -- Numbers 3:4
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 3:5
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Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest,
that they may minister unto him.
		 -- Numbers 3:6
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And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation
before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the
tabernacle.
		 -- Numbers 3:7
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And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service
of the tabernacle.
		 -- Numbers 3:8
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And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are
wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
		 -- Numbers 3:9
%
And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their
priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
		 -- Numbers 3:10
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 3:11
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And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel
instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children
of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
		 -- Numbers 3:12
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Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the
firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in
Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 3:13
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And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
		 -- Numbers 3:14
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Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their
families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
		 -- Numbers 3:15
%
And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was
commanded.
		 -- Numbers 3:16
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And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath,
and Merari.
		 -- Numbers 3:17
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And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni,
and Shimei.
		 -- Numbers 3:18
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And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron,
and Uzziel.
		 -- Numbers 3:19
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And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are
the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
		 -- Numbers 3:20
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Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites:
these are the families of the Gershonites.
		 -- Numbers 3:21
%
Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the
males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of
them were seven thousand and five hundred.
		 -- Numbers 3:22
%
The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle
westward.
		 -- Numbers 3:23
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And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be
Eliasaph the son of Lael.
		 -- Numbers 3:24
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And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the
congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof,
and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
		 -- Numbers 3:25
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And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court,
which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords
of it for all the service thereof.
		 -- Numbers 3:26
%
And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the
Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the
Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
		 -- Numbers 3:27
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In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight
thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
		 -- Numbers 3:28
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The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the
tabernacle southward.
		 -- Numbers 3:29
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And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites
shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
		 -- Numbers 3:30
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And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick,
and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister,
and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
		 -- Numbers 3:31
%
And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief
of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of
the sanctuary.
		 -- Numbers 3:32
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Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites:
these are the families of Merari.
		 -- Numbers 3:33
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And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all
the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.
		 -- Numbers 3:34
%
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari
was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the
tabernacle northward.
		 -- Numbers 3:35
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And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the
boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof,
and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that
serveth thereto,
		 -- Numbers 3:36
%
And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their
pins, and their cords.
		 -- Numbers 3:37
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But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before
the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron
and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of
the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put
to death.
		 -- Numbers 3:38
%
All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered
at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males
from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
		 -- Numbers 3:39
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of
the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number
of their names.
		 -- Numbers 3:40
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And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all
the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites
instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
		 -- Numbers 3:41
%
And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among
the children of Israel.
		 -- Numbers 3:42
%
And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old
and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two
thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
		 -- Numbers 3:43
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 3:44
%
Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of
Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the
Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 3:45
%
And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore
and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more
than the Levites;
		 -- Numbers 3:46
%
Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel
of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)
		 -- Numbers 3:47
%
And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to
be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
		 -- Numbers 3:48
%
And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above
them that were redeemed by the Levites:
		 -- Numbers 3:49
%
Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand
three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of
the sanctuary:
		 -- Numbers 3:50
%
And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to
his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Numbers 3:51
%
AND the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
		 -- Numbers 4:1
%
Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after
their families, by the house of their fathers,
		 -- Numbers 4:2
%
From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that
enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
		 -- Numbers 4:3
%
This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of
the congregation, about the most holy things:
		 -- Numbers 4:4
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And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and
they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony
with it:
		 -- Numbers 4:5
%
And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread
over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
		 -- Numbers 4:6
%
And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue,
and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers
to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
		 -- Numbers 4:7
%
And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same
with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.
		 -- Numbers 4:8
%
And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the
light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the
oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
		 -- Numbers 4:9
%
And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of
badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar.
		 -- Numbers 4:10
%
And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover
it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:
		 -- Numbers 4:11
%
And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they
minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover
them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar:
		 -- Numbers 4:12
%
And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple
cloth thereon:
		 -- Numbers 4:13
%
And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they
minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels,
and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon
it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.
		 -- Numbers 4:14
%
And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary,
and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward;
after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not
touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the
sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.
		 -- Numbers 4:15
%
And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the
oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering,
and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of
all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.
		 -- Numbers 4:16
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
		 -- Numbers 4:17
%
Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among
the Levites:
		 -- Numbers 4:18
%
But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they
approach unto the most holy things.  Aaron and his sons shall go in,
and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:
		 -- Numbers 4:19
%
But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest
they die.
		 -- Numbers 4:20
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 4:21
%
Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their
fathers, by their families;
		 -- Numbers 4:22
%
From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number
them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the
tabernacle of the congregation.
		 -- Numbers 4:23
%
This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and
for burdens:
		 -- Numbers 4:24
%
And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of
the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins
that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation,
		 -- Numbers 4:25
%
And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate
of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about,
and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that
is made for them: so shall they serve.
		 -- Numbers 4:26
%
At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the
sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service:
and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.
		 -- Numbers 4:27
%
This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the
tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand
of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
		 -- Numbers 4:28
%
As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families,
by the house of their fathers;
		 -- Numbers 4:29
%
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou
number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work
of the tabernacle of the congregation.
		 -- Numbers 4:30
%
And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service
in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle,
and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,
		 -- Numbers 4:31
%
And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their
pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their
service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of
their burden.
		 -- Numbers 4:32
%
This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to
all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand
of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
		 -- Numbers 4:33
%
And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of
the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
		 -- Numbers 4:34
%
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one
that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the
congregation:
		 -- Numbers 4:35
%
And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand
seven hundred and fifty.
		 -- Numbers 4:36
%
These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites,
all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which
Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by
the hand of Moses.
		 -- Numbers 4:37
%
And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their
families, and by the house of their fathers,
		 -- Numbers 4:38
%
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one
that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the
congregation,
		 -- Numbers 4:39
%
Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by
the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
		 -- Numbers 4:40
%
These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon,
of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation,
whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 4:41
%
And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari,
throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
		 -- Numbers 4:42
%
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one
that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the
congregation,
		 -- Numbers 4:43
%
Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three
thousand and two hundred.
		 -- Numbers 4:44
%
These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari,
whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the
hand of Moses.
		 -- Numbers 4:45
%
All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and
the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house
of their fathers,
		 -- Numbers 4:46
%
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one
that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the
burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,
		 -- Numbers 4:47
%
Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five
hundred and fourscore.
		 -- Numbers 4:48
%
According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand
of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden:
thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Numbers 4:49
%
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 5:1
%
Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper,
and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:
		 -- Numbers 5:2
%
Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them;
that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.
		 -- Numbers 5:3
%
And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp:
as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.
		 -- Numbers 5:4
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 5:5
%
Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any
sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person
be guilty;
		 -- Numbers 5:6
%
Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall
recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the
fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.
		 -- Numbers 5:7
%
But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the
trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; beside the
ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.
		 -- Numbers 5:8
%
And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel,
which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
		 -- Numbers 5:9
%
And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth
the priest, it shall be his.
		 -- Numbers 5:10
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 5:11
%
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife
go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
		 -- Numbers 5:12
%
And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her
husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness
against her, neither she be taken with the manner;
		 -- Numbers 5:13
%
And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife,
and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he
be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:
		 -- Numbers 5:14
%
Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring
her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall
pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering
of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
		 -- Numbers 5:15
%
And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:
		 -- Numbers 5:16
%
And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the
dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take,
and put it into the water:
		 -- Numbers 5:17
%
And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the
woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is
the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter
water that causeth the curse:
		 -- Numbers 5:18
%
And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no
man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness
with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water
that causeth the curse:
		 -- Numbers 5:19
%
But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if
thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:
		 -- Numbers 5:20
%
Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and
the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and
an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot,
and thy belly to swell;
		 -- Numbers 5:21
%
And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to
make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say,
Amen, amen.
		 -- Numbers 5:22
%
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot
them out with the bitter water:
		 -- Numbers 5:23
%
And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth
the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her,
and become bitter.
		 -- Numbers 5:24
%
Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand,
and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar:
		 -- Numbers 5:25
%
And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial
thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman
to drink the water.
		 -- Numbers 5:26
%
And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass,
that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband,
that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become
bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the
woman shall be a curse among her people.
		 -- Numbers 5:27
%
And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free,
and shall conceive seed.
		 -- Numbers 5:28
%
This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead
of her husband, and is defiled;
		 -- Numbers 5:29
%
Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over
his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall
execute upon her all this law.
		 -- Numbers 5:30
%
Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear
her iniquity.
		 -- Numbers 5:31
%
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 6:1
%
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or
woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate
themselves unto the LORD:
		 -- Numbers 6:2
%
He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink
no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink
any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
		 -- Numbers 6:3
%
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the
vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.
		 -- Numbers 6:4
%
All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come
upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth
himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the
hair of his head grow.
		 -- Numbers 6:5
%
All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at
no dead body.
		 -- Numbers 6:6
%
He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for
his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration
of his God is upon his head.
		 -- Numbers 6:7
%
All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 6:8
%
And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head
of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his
cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
		 -- Numbers 6:9
%
And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons,
to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
		 -- Numbers 6:10
%
And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for
a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by
the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.
		 -- Numbers 6:11
%
And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and
shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the
days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.
		 -- Numbers 6:12
%
And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation
are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation:
		 -- Numbers 6:13
%
And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first
year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first
year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish
for peace offerings,
		 -- Numbers 6:14
%
And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil,
and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering,
and their drink offerings.
		 -- Numbers 6:15
%
And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his
sin offering, and his burnt offering:
		 -- Numbers 6:16
%
And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the
LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also
his meat offering, and his drink offering.
		 -- Numbers 6:17
%
And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head
of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice
of the peace offerings.
		 -- Numbers 6:18
%
And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one
unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall
put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation
is shaven:
		 -- Numbers 6:19
%
And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD:
this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder:
and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.
		 -- Numbers 6:20
%
This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering
unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get:
according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of
his separation.
		 -- Numbers 6:21
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 6:22
%
Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless
the children of Israel, saying unto them,
		 -- Numbers 6:23
%
The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:
		 -- Numbers 6:24
%
The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
		 -- Numbers 6:25
%
The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
		 -- Numbers 6:26
%
And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will
bless them.
		 -- Numbers 6:27
%
AND it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle,
and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof,
both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them,
and sanctified them;
		 -- Numbers 7:1
%
That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were
the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered:
		 -- Numbers 7:2
%
And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons,
and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox:
and they brought them before the tabernacle.
		 -- Numbers 7:3
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 7:4
%
Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle
of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every
man according to his service.
		 -- Numbers 7:5
%
And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites.
		 -- Numbers 7:6
%
Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to
their service:
		 -- Numbers 7:7
%
And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according
unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
		 -- Numbers 7:8
%
But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the
sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their
shoulders.
		 -- Numbers 7:9
%
And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it
was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.
		 -- Numbers 7:10
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each
prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.
		 -- Numbers 7:11
%
And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of
Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:
		 -- Numbers 7:12
%
And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred
and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil
for a meat offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:13
%
One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:
		 -- Numbers 7:14
%
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:15
%
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:16
%
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon
the son of Amminadab.
		 -- Numbers 7:17
%
On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar,
did offer:
		 -- Numbers 7:18
%
He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled
with oil for a meat offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:19
%
One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense:
		 -- Numbers 7:20
%
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:21
%
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:22
%
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nethaneel
the son of Zuar.
		 -- Numbers 7:23
%
On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of
Zebulun, did offer:
		 -- Numbers 7:24
%
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred
and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for
a meat offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:25
%
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
		 -- Numbers 7:26
%
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:27
%
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:28
%
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab the
son of Helon.
		 -- Numbers 7:29
%
On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of
Reuben, did offer:
		 -- Numbers 7:30
%
His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of
the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meat offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:31
%
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
		 -- Numbers 7:32
%
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:33
%
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:34
%
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elizur
the son of Shedeur.
		 -- Numbers 7:35
%
On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children
of Simeon, did offer:
		 -- Numbers 7:36
%
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred
and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for
a meat offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:37
%
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
		 -- Numbers 7:38
%
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:39
%
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:40
%
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Shelumiel
the son of Zurishaddai.
		 -- Numbers 7:41
%
On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of
Gad, offered:
		 -- Numbers 7:42
%
His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and
thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of
the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meat offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:43
%
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
		 -- Numbers 7:44
%
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:45
%
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:46
%
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliasaph
the son of Deuel.
		 -- Numbers 7:47
%
On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children
of Ephraim, offered:
		 -- Numbers 7:48
%
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred
and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for
a meat offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:49
%
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
		 -- Numbers 7:50
%
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:51
%
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:52
%
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elishama
the son of Ammihud.
		 -- Numbers 7:53
%
On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the
children of Manasseh:
		 -- Numbers 7:54
%
His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of
the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meat offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:55
%
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
		 -- Numbers 7:56
%
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:57
%
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:58
%
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Gamaliel
the son of Pedahzur.
		 -- Numbers 7:59
%
On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of
Benjamin, offered:
		 -- Numbers 7:60
%
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred
and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for
a meat offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:61
%
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
		 -- Numbers 7:62
%
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:63
%
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:64
%
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Abidan
the son of Gideoni.
		 -- Numbers 7:65
%
On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children
of Dan, offered:
		 -- Numbers 7:66
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His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred
and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for
a meat offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:67
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One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
		 -- Numbers 7:68
%
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:69
%
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:70
%
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahiezer
the son of Ammishaddai.
		 -- Numbers 7:71
%
On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of
Asher, offered:
		 -- Numbers 7:72
%
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred
and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for
a meat offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:73
%
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
		 -- Numbers 7:74
%
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:75
%
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:76
%
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pagiel
the son of Ocran.
		 -- Numbers 7:77
%
On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of
Naphtali, offered:
		 -- Numbers 7:78
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His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred
and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for
a meat offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:79
%
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
		 -- Numbers 7:80
%
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:81
%
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
		 -- Numbers 7:82
%
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahira the
son of Enan.
		 -- Numbers 7:83
%
This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed,
by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls,
twelve spoons of gold:
		 -- Numbers 7:84
%
Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl
seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
		 -- Numbers 7:85
%
The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels
apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons
was an hundred and twenty shekels.
		 -- Numbers 7:86
%
All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams
twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering:
and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.
		 -- Numbers 7:87
%
And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty
and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the
first year sixty.  This was the dedication of the altar, after that it
was anointed.
		 -- Numbers 7:88
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And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to
speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from
off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the
two cherubims: and he spake unto him.
		 -- Numbers 7:89
%
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 8:1
%
Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the
seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
		 -- Numbers 8:2
%
And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the
candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Numbers 8:3
%
And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft
thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the
pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
		 -- Numbers 8:4
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 8:5
%
Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
		 -- Numbers 8:6
%
And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of
purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them
wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
		 -- Numbers 8:7
%
Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine
flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for
a sin offering.
		 -- Numbers 8:8
%
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the
congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children
of Israel together:
		 -- Numbers 8:9
%
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of
Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
		 -- Numbers 8:10
%
And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of
the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 8:11
%
And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks:
and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a
burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites.
		 -- Numbers 8:12
%
And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and
offer them for an offering unto the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 8:13
%
Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel:
and the Levites shall be mine.
		 -- Numbers 8:14
%
And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle
of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for
an offering.
		 -- Numbers 8:15
%
For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel;
instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of
all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
		 -- Numbers 8:16
%
For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and
beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I
sanctified them for myself.
		 -- Numbers 8:17
%
And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children
of Israel.
		 -- Numbers 8:18
%
And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from
among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel
in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the
children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel,
when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
		 -- Numbers 8:19
%
And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel,
did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses
concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.
		 -- Numbers 8:20
%
And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron
offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement
for them to cleanse them.
		 -- Numbers 8:21
%
And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle
of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had
commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.
		 -- Numbers 8:22
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 8:23
%
This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years
old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle
of the congregation:
		 -- Numbers 8:24
%
And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service
thereof, and shall serve no more:
		 -- Numbers 8:25
%
But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the
congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt
thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.
		 -- Numbers 8:26
%
AND the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first
month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt,
saying,
		 -- Numbers 9:1
%
Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
		 -- Numbers 9:2
%
In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his
appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to
all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.
		 -- Numbers 9:3
%
And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep
the passover.
		 -- Numbers 9:4
%
And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at
even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded
Moses, so did the children of Israel.
		 -- Numbers 9:5
%
And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man,
that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before
Moses and before Aaron on that day:
		 -- Numbers 9:6
%
And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man:
wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the
LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?
		 -- Numbers 9:7
%
And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD
will command concerning you.
		 -- Numbers 9:8
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 9:9
%
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your
posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey
afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 9:10
%
The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it,
and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
		 -- Numbers 9:11
%
They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it:
according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.
		 -- Numbers 9:12
%
But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep
the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people:
because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season,
that man shall bear his sin.
		 -- Numbers 9:13
%
And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover
unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according
to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance,
both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.
		 -- Numbers 9:14
%
And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the
tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was
upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
		 -- Numbers 9:15
%
So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire
by night.
		 -- Numbers 9:16
%
And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the
children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode,
there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
		 -- Numbers 9:17
%
At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and
at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode
upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.
		 -- Numbers 9:18
%
And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the
children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
		 -- Numbers 9:19
%
And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle;
according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents,
and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.
		 -- Numbers 9:20
%
And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that
the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it
was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.
		 -- Numbers 9:21
%
Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried
upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in
their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
		 -- Numbers 9:22
%
At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the
commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD,
at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
		 -- Numbers 9:23
%
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 10:1
%
Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them:
that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the
journeying of the camps.
		 -- Numbers 10:2
%
And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble
themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
		 -- Numbers 10:3
%
And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads
of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
		 -- Numbers 10:4
%
When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall
go forward.
		 -- Numbers 10:5
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When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the
south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their
journeys.
		 -- Numbers 10:6
%
But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow,
but ye shall not sound an alarm.
		 -- Numbers 10:7
%
And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they
shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.
		 -- Numbers 10:8
%
And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you,
then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered
before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
		 -- Numbers 10:9
%
Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the
beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your
burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that
they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.
		 -- Numbers 10:10
%
And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the
second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of
the testimony.
		 -- Numbers 10:11
%
And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of
Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
		 -- Numbers 10:12
%
And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the
LORD by the hand of Moses.
		 -- Numbers 10:13
%
In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of
Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son
of Amminadab.
		 -- Numbers 10:14
%
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel
the son of Zuar.
		 -- Numbers 10:15
%
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the
son of Helon.
		 -- Numbers 10:16
%
And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons
of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.
		 -- Numbers 10:17
%
And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their
armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
		 -- Numbers 10:18
%
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel
the son of Zurishaddai.
		 -- Numbers 10:19
%
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the
son of Deuel.
		 -- Numbers 10:20
%
And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other
did set up the tabernacle against they came.
		 -- Numbers 10:21
%
And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward
according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son
of Ammihud.
		 -- Numbers 10:22
%
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel
the son of Pedahzur.
		 -- Numbers 10:23
%
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan
the son of Gideoni.
		 -- Numbers 10:24
%
And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which
was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his
host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
		 -- Numbers 10:25
%
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the
son of Ocran.
		 -- Numbers 10:26
%
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira
the son of Enan.
		 -- Numbers 10:27
%
Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their
armies, when they set forward.
		 -- Numbers 10:28
%
And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses'
father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said,
I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for
the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.
		 -- Numbers 10:29
%
And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land,
and to my kindred.
		 -- Numbers 10:30
%
And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we
are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.
		 -- Numbers 10:31
%
And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness
the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.
		 -- Numbers 10:32
%
And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and
the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days'
journey, to search out a resting place for them.
		 -- Numbers 10:33
%
And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of
the camp.
		 -- Numbers 10:34
%
And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up,
LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee
flee before thee.
		 -- Numbers 10:35
%
And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands
of Israel.
		 -- Numbers 10:36
%
AND when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard
it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them,
and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
		 -- Numbers 11:1
%
And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD,
the fire was quenched.
		 -- Numbers 11:2
%
And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the
LORD burnt among them.
		 -- Numbers 11:3
%
And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the
children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh
to eat?
		 -- Numbers 11:4
%
We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers,
and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
		 -- Numbers 11:5
%
But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this
manna, before our eyes.
		 -- Numbers 11:6
%
And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour
of bdellium.
		 -- Numbers 11:7
%
And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills,
or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it:
and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
		 -- Numbers 11:8
%
And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
		 -- Numbers 11:9
%
Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man
in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly;
Moses also was displeased.
		 -- Numbers 11:10
%
And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant?
and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest
the burden of all this people upon me?
		 -- Numbers 11:11
%
Have I conceived all this people?  have I begotten them, that thou
shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father
beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their
fathers?
		 -- Numbers 11:12
%
Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep
unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
		 -- Numbers 11:13
%
I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy
for me.
		 -- Numbers 11:14
%
And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I
have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
		 -- Numbers 11:15
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of
Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers
over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation,
that they may stand there with thee.
		 -- Numbers 11:16
%
And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the
spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear
the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
		 -- Numbers 11:17
%
And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and
ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying,
Who shall give us flesh to eat?  for it was well with us in Egypt:
therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
		 -- Numbers 11:18
%
Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days,
nor twenty days;
		 -- Numbers 11:19
%
But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be
loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among
you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
		 -- Numbers 11:20
%
And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand
footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat
a whole month.
		 -- Numbers 11:21
%
Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them?
or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to
suffice them?
		 -- Numbers 11:22
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD's hand waxed short?  thou shalt
see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
		 -- Numbers 11:23
%
And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and
gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round
about the tabernacle.
		 -- Numbers 11:24
%
And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the
spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it
came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied,
and did not cease.
		 -- Numbers 11:25
%
But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one
was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon
them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto
the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.
		 -- Numbers 11:26
%
And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do
prophesy in the camp.
		 -- Numbers 11:27
%
And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men,
answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
		 -- Numbers 11:28
%
And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake?  would God that all
the LORD's people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit
upon them!
		 -- Numbers 11:29
%
And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
		 -- Numbers 11:30
%
And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the
sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this
side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the
camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
		 -- Numbers 11:31
%
And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the
next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered
ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about
the camp.
		 -- Numbers 11:32
%
And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed,
the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote
the people with a very great plague.
		 -- Numbers 11:33
%
And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there
they buried the people that lusted.
		 -- Numbers 11:34
%
And the people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode
at Hazeroth.
		 -- Numbers 11:35
%
AND Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman
whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
		 -- Numbers 12:1
%
And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not
spoken also by us?  And the LORD heard it.
		 -- Numbers 12:2
%
(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the
face of the earth.)
		 -- Numbers 12:3
%
And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam,
Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation.  And they
three came out.
		 -- Numbers 12:4
%
And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door
of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
		 -- Numbers 12:5
%
And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the
LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto
him in a dream.
		 -- Numbers 12:6
%
My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
		 -- Numbers 12:7
%
With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark
speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then
were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
		 -- Numbers 12:8
%
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed.
		 -- Numbers 12:9
%
And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam
became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold,
she was leprous.
		 -- Numbers 12:10
%
And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the
sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.
		 -- Numbers 12:11
%
Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he
cometh out of his mother's womb.
		 -- Numbers 12:12
%
And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech
thee.
		 -- Numbers 12:13
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face,
should she not be ashamed seven days?  let her be shut out from the camp
seven days, and after that let her be received in again.
		 -- Numbers 12:14
%
And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed
not till Miriam was brought in again.
		 -- Numbers 12:15
%
And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the
wilderness of Paran.
		 -- Numbers 12:16
%
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 13:1
%
Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give
unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye
send a man, every one a ruler among them.
		 -- Numbers 13:2
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And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness
of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
		 -- Numbers 13:3
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And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son
of Zaccur.
		 -- Numbers 13:4
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Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
		 -- Numbers 13:5
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Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
		 -- Numbers 13:6
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Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
		 -- Numbers 13:7
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Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
		 -- Numbers 13:8
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Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
		 -- Numbers 13:9
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Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
		 -- Numbers 13:10
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Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son
of Susi.
		 -- Numbers 13:11
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Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
		 -- Numbers 13:12
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Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
		 -- Numbers 13:13
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Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
		 -- Numbers 13:14
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Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
		 -- Numbers 13:15
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These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land.
And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
		 -- Numbers 13:16
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And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them,
Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:
		 -- Numbers 13:17
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And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein,
whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
		 -- Numbers 13:18
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And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad;
and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in
strong holds;
		 -- Numbers 13:19
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And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood
therein, or not.  And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of
the land.  Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.
		 -- Numbers 13:20
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So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto
Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
		 -- Numbers 13:21
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And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman,
Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were.  (Now Hebron was built
seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
		 -- Numbers 13:22
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And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch
with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff;
and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
		 -- Numbers 13:23
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The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes
which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
		 -- Numbers 13:24
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And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
		 -- Numbers 13:25
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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 shewed
them the fruit of the land.
		 -- Numbers 13:26
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And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest
us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit
of it.
		 -- Numbers 13:27
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Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the
cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of
Anak there.
		 -- Numbers 13:28
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The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the
Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites
dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
		 -- Numbers 13:29
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And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once,
and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
		 -- Numbers 13:30
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But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against
the people; for they are stronger than we.
		 -- Numbers 13:31
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And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched
unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have
gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof;
and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
		 -- Numbers 13:32
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And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants:
and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their
sight.
		 -- Numbers 13:33
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AND all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people
wept that night.
		 -- Numbers 14:1
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And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron:
and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died
in the land of Egypt!  or would God we had died in this wilderness!
		 -- Numbers 14:2
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And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the
sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey?  were it not
better for us to return into Egypt?
		 -- Numbers 14:3
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And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return
into Egypt.
		 -- Numbers 14:4
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Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the
congregation of the children of Israel.
		 -- Numbers 14:5
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And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were
of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
		 -- Numbers 14:6
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And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying,
The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
		 -- Numbers 14:7
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If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and
give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
		 -- Numbers 14:8
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Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the
land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them,
and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
		 -- Numbers 14:9
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But all the congregation bade stone them with stones.  And the glory of
the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the
children of Israel.
		 -- Numbers 14:10
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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 shewed among them?
		 -- Numbers 14:11
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I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will
make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
		 -- Numbers 14:12
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And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for
thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)
		 -- Numbers 14:13
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And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have
heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen
face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest
before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire
by night.
		 -- Numbers 14:14
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Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations
which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
		 -- Numbers 14:15
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Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which
he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
		 -- Numbers 14:16
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And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my LORD be great, according
as thou hast spoken, saying,
		 -- Numbers 14:17
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The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and
transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity
of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
		 -- Numbers 14:18
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Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the
greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from
Egypt even until now.
		 -- Numbers 14:19
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And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
		 -- Numbers 14:20
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But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of
the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 14:21
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Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which
I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten
times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
		 -- Numbers 14:22
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Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers,
neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
		 -- Numbers 14:23
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But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath
followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went;
and his seed shall possess it.
		 -- Numbers 14:24
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(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow
turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
		 -- Numbers 14:25
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And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
		 -- Numbers 14:26
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How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against
me?  I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they
murmur against me.
		 -- Numbers 14:27
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Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in
mine ears, so will I do to you:
		 -- Numbers 14:28
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Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered
of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward,
which have murmured against me,
		 -- Numbers 14:29
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Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to
make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the
son of Nun.
		 -- Numbers 14:30
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But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring
in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
		 -- Numbers 14:31
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But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.
		 -- Numbers 14:32
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And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear
your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
		 -- Numbers 14:33
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After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty
days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty
years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
		 -- Numbers 14:34
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I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation,
that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be
consumed, and there they shall die.
		 -- Numbers 14:35
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And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made
all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander
upon the land,
		 -- Numbers 14:36
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Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by
the plague before the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 14:37
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But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were
of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
		 -- Numbers 14:38
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And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the
people mourned greatly.
		 -- Numbers 14:39
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And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top
of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place
which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.
		 -- Numbers 14:40
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And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of
the LORD?  but it shall not prosper.
		 -- Numbers 14:41
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Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before
your enemies.
		 -- Numbers 14:42
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For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall
fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore
the LORD will not be with you.
		 -- Numbers 14:43
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But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of
the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.
		 -- Numbers 14:44
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Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that
hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
		 -- Numbers 14:45
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AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 15:1
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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come
into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,
		 -- Numbers 15:2
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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 savour unto the LORD, of the herd,
or of the flock:
		 -- Numbers 15:3
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Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat
offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an
hin of oil.
		 -- Numbers 15:4
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And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou
prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.
		 -- Numbers 15:5
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Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of
flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil.
		 -- Numbers 15:6
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And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of
wine, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 15:7
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And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice
in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the LORD:
		 -- Numbers 15:8
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Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals
of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.
		 -- Numbers 15:9
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And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an
offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 15:10
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Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb,
or a kid.
		 -- Numbers 15:11
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According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every
one according to their number.
		 -- Numbers 15:12
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All that are born of the country shall do these things after this manner,
in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 15:13
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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 savour
unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.
		 -- Numbers 15:14
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One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for
the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your
generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 15:15
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One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that
sojourneth with you.
		 -- Numbers 15:16
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 15:17
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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into
the land whither I bring you,
		 -- Numbers 15:18
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Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall
offer up an heave offering unto the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 15:19
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Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering:
as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.
		 -- Numbers 15:20
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Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering
in your generations.
		 -- Numbers 15:21
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And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which
the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,
		 -- Numbers 15:22
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Even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from
the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and henceforward among your
generations;
		 -- Numbers 15:23
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Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge
of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young
bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, with
his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner,
and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
		 -- Numbers 15:24
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And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the
children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance:
and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the
LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance:
		 -- Numbers 15:25
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And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel,
and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were
in ignorance.
		 -- Numbers 15:26
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And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat
of the first year for a sin offering.
		 -- Numbers 15:27
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And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth
ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an
atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
		 -- Numbers 15:28
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Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for
him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that
sojourneth among them.
		 -- Numbers 15:29
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But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the
land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall
be cut off from among his people.
		 -- Numbers 15:30
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Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his
commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be
upon him.
		 -- Numbers 15:31
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And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a
man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
		 -- Numbers 15:32
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And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron,
and unto all the congregation.
		 -- Numbers 15:33
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And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be
done to him.
		 -- Numbers 15:34
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And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death:
all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
		 -- Numbers 15:35
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And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him
with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Numbers 15:36
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 15:37
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Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them
fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations,
and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
		 -- Numbers 15:38
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And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and
remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye
seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to
go a whoring:
		 -- Numbers 15:39
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That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto
your God.
		 -- Numbers 15:40
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I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt,
to be your God: I am the LORD your God.
		 -- Numbers 15:41
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NOW Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and
Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons
of Reuben, took men:
		 -- Numbers 16:1
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And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel,
two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation,
men of renown:
		 -- Numbers 16:2
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And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron,
and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation
are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then
lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
		 -- Numbers 16:3
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And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:
		 -- Numbers 16:4
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And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow
the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to
come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come
near unto him.
		 -- Numbers 16:5
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This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
		 -- Numbers 16:6
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And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow:
and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be holy:
ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
		 -- Numbers 16:7
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And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
		 -- Numbers 16:8
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Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath
separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to
himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand
before the congregation to minister unto them?
		 -- Numbers 16:9
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And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of
Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?
		 -- Numbers 16:10
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For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together
against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
		 -- Numbers 16:11
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And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said,
We will not come up:
		 -- Numbers 16:12
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Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that
floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou
make thyself altogether a prince over us?
		 -- Numbers 16:13
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Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk
and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou
put out the eyes of these men?	we will not come up.
		 -- Numbers 16:14
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And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their
offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one
of them.
		 -- Numbers 16:15
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And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the LORD,
thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow:
		 -- Numbers 16:16
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And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye
before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers;
thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer.
		 -- Numbers 16:17
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And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense
thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation
with Moses and Aaron.
		 -- Numbers 16:18
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And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared
unto all the congregation.
		 -- Numbers 16:19
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And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
		 -- Numbers 16:20
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Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume
them in a moment.
		 -- Numbers 16:21
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And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits
of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the
congregation?
		 -- Numbers 16:22
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 16:23
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Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle
of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
		 -- Numbers 16:24
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And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of
Israel followed him.
		 -- Numbers 16:25
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And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from
the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be
consumed in all their sins.
		 -- Numbers 16:26
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So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on
every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of
their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.
		 -- Numbers 16:27
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And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do
all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.
		 -- Numbers 16:28
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If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited
after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me.
		 -- Numbers 16:29
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But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and
swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down
quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked
the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 16:30
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And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words,
that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
		 -- Numbers 16:31
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And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses,
and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
		 -- Numbers 16:32
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They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and
the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
		 -- Numbers 16:33
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And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them:
for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
		 -- Numbers 16:34
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And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred
and fifty men that offered incense.
		 -- Numbers 16:35
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 16:36
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Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the
censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they
are hallowed.
		 -- Numbers 16:37
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The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them
broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before
the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto
the children of Israel.
		 -- Numbers 16:38
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And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that
were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering
of the altar:
		 -- Numbers 16:39
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To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which
is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD;
that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by
the hand of Moses.
		 -- Numbers 16:40
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But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured
against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of
the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 16:41
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And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and
against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation:
and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.
		 -- Numbers 16:42
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And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.
		 -- Numbers 16:43
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 16:44
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Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in
a moment.  And they fell upon their faces.
		 -- Numbers 16:45
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And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off
the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and
make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD;
the plague is begun.
		 -- Numbers 16:46
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And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the
congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and
he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
		 -- Numbers 16:47
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And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
		 -- Numbers 16:48
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Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred,
beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
		 -- Numbers 16:49
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And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation: and the plague was stayed.
		 -- Numbers 16:50
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AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 17:1
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Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod
according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according
to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name
upon his rod.
		 -- Numbers 17:2
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And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod
shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
		 -- Numbers 17:3
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And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before
the testimony, where I will meet with you.
		 -- Numbers 17:4
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And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose,
shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the
children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
		 -- Numbers 17:5
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And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their
princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their
fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among
their rods.
		 -- Numbers 17:6
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And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
		 -- Numbers 17:7
%
And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of
witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded,
and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
		 -- Numbers 17:8
%
And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the
children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
		 -- Numbers 17:9
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the
testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt
quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
		 -- Numbers 17:10
%
And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.
		 -- Numbers 17:11
%
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die,
we perish, we all perish.
		 -- Numbers 17:12
%
Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die:
shall we be consumed with dying?
		 -- Numbers 17:13
%
AND the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house
with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy
sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
		 -- Numbers 18:1
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And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father,
bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister
unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the
tabernacle of witness.
		 -- Numbers 18:2
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And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle:
only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar,
that neither they, nor ye also, die.
		 -- Numbers 18:3
%
And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle
of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger
shall not come nigh unto you.
		 -- Numbers 18:4
%
And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the
altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.
		 -- Numbers 18:5
%
And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the
children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do
the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
		 -- Numbers 18:6
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Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office
for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve:
I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and
the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
		 -- Numbers 18:7
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And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge
of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of
Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to
thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.
		 -- Numbers 18:8
%
This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire:
every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin
offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they
shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.
		 -- Numbers 18:9
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In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it:
it shall be holy unto thee.
		 -- Numbers 18:10
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And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the
wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee,
and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever:
every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
		 -- Numbers 18:11
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All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat,
the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have
I given thee.
		 -- Numbers 18:12
%
And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto
the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall
eat of it.
		 -- Numbers 18:13
%
Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.
		 -- Numbers 18:14
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Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto
the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless
the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of
unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
		 -- Numbers 18:15
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And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem,
according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
		 -- Numbers 18:16
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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 savour unto the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 18:17
%
And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the
right shoulder are thine.
		 -- Numbers 18:18
%
All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel
offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters
with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever
before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
		 -- Numbers 18:19
%
And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their
land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and
thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
		 -- Numbers 18:20
%
And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel
for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service
of the tabernacle of the congregation.
		 -- Numbers 18:21
%
Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle
of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
		 -- Numbers 18:22
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But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute
for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel
they have no inheritance.
		 -- Numbers 18:23
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But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave
offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore
I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have
no inheritance.
		 -- Numbers 18:24
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 18:25
%
Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the
children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your
inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD,
even a tenth part of the tithe.
		 -- Numbers 18:26
%
And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it
were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
		 -- Numbers 18:27
%
Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your
tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give
thereof the LORD's heave offering to Aaron the priest.
		 -- Numbers 18:28
%
Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD,
of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.
		 -- Numbers 18:29
%
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof
from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of
the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.
		 -- Numbers 18:30
%
And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is
your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
		 -- Numbers 18:31
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And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it
the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children
of Israel, lest ye die.
		 -- Numbers 18:32
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AND the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
		 -- Numbers 19:1
%
This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer
without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:
		 -- Numbers 19:2
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And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her
forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:
		 -- Numbers 19:3
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And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and
sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation
seven times:
		 -- Numbers 19:4
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And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh,
and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
		 -- Numbers 19:5
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And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast
it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
		 -- Numbers 19:6
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Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in
water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall
be unclean until the even.
		 -- Numbers 19:7
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And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his
flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
		 -- Numbers 19:8
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And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and
lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for
the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation:
it is a purification for sin.
		 -- Numbers 19:9
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And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and
be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel,
and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.
		 -- Numbers 19:10
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He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
		 -- Numbers 19:11
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He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day
he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the
seventh day he shall not be clean.
		 -- Numbers 19:12
%
Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth
not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be
cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled
upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
		 -- Numbers 19:13
%
This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent,
and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
		 -- Numbers 19:14
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And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.
		 -- Numbers 19:15
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And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields,
or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven
days.
		 -- Numbers 19:16
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And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt
heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto
in a vessel:
		 -- Numbers 19:17
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And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and
sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons
that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one
dead, or a grave:
		 -- Numbers 19:18
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And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and
on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and
wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.
		 -- Numbers 19:19
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But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul
shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the
sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled
upon him; he is unclean.
		 -- Numbers 19:20
%
And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth
the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth
the water of separation shall be unclean until even.
		 -- Numbers 19:21
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And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the
soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.
		 -- Numbers 19:22
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THEN came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into
the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh;
and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
		 -- Numbers 20:1
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And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves
together against Moses and against Aaron.
		 -- Numbers 20:2
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And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we
had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
		 -- Numbers 20:3
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And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this
wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
		 -- Numbers 20:4
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And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in
unto this evil place?  it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines,
or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
		 -- Numbers 20:5
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And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces:
and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.
		 -- Numbers 20:6
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 20:7
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Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy
brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give
forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock:
so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
		 -- Numbers 20:8
%
And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.
		 -- Numbers 20:9
%
And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock,
and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out
of this rock?
		 -- Numbers 20:10
%
And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice:
and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their
beasts also.
		 -- Numbers 20:11
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not,
to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall
not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
		 -- Numbers 20:12
%
This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with
the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
		 -- Numbers 20:13
%
And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith
thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
		 -- Numbers 20:14
%
How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long
time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
		 -- Numbers 20:15
%
And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel,
and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh,
a city in the uttermost of thy border:
		 -- Numbers 20:16
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Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through
the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water
of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to
the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
		 -- Numbers 20:17
%
And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out
against thee with the sword.
		 -- Numbers 20:18
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And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way:
and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it:
I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.
		 -- Numbers 20:19
%
And he said, Thou shalt not go through.  And Edom came out against him
with much people, and with a strong hand.
		 -- Numbers 20:20
%
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore
Israel turned away from him.
		 -- Numbers 20:21
%
And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from
Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
		 -- Numbers 20:22
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of
the land of Edom, saying,
		 -- Numbers 20:23
%
Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the
land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled
against my word at the water of Meribah.
		 -- Numbers 20:24
%
Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:
		 -- Numbers 20:25
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And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son:
and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there.
		 -- Numbers 20:26
%
And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in
the sight of all the congregation.
		 -- Numbers 20:27
%
And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his
son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar
came down from the mount.
		 -- Numbers 20:28
%
And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for
Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
		 -- Numbers 20:29
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AND when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell
that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel,
and took some of them prisoners.
		 -- Numbers 21:1
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And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed
deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their
cities.
		 -- Numbers 21:2
%
And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the
Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he
called the name of the place Hormah.
		 -- Numbers 21:3
%
And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass
the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because
of the way.
		 -- Numbers 21:4
%
And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye
brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness?  for there is no
bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
		 -- Numbers 21:5
%
And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the
people; and much people of Israel died.
		 -- Numbers 21:6
%
Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD,
that he take away the serpents from us.  And Moses prayed for the people.
		 -- Numbers 21:7
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it
upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten,
when he looketh upon it, shall live.
		 -- Numbers 21:8
%
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came
to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent
of brass, he lived.
		 -- Numbers 21:9
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And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
		 -- Numbers 21:10
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And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the
wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
		 -- Numbers 21:11
%
From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
		 -- Numbers 21:12
%
From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which
is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites:
for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
		 -- Numbers 21:13
%
Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did
in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
		 -- Numbers 21:14
%
And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar,
and lieth upon the border of Moab.
		 -- Numbers 21:15
%
And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD
spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
		 -- Numbers 21:16
%
Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
		 -- Numbers 21:17
%
The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the
direction of the lawgiver, with their staves.  And from the wilderness
they went to Mattanah:
		 -- Numbers 21:18
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And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
		 -- Numbers 21:19
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And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the
top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
		 -- Numbers 21:20
%
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
		 -- Numbers 21:21
%
Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into
the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will
go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders.
		 -- Numbers 21:22
%
And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon
gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the
wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
		 -- Numbers 21:23
%
And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land
from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border
of the children of Ammon was strong.
		 -- Numbers 21:24
%
And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of
the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
		 -- Numbers 21:25
%
For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought
against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand,
even unto Arnon.
		 -- Numbers 21:26
%
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the
city of Sihon be built and prepared:
		 -- Numbers 21:27
%
For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon:
it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
		 -- Numbers 21:28
%
Woe to thee, Moab!  thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given
his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king
of the Amorites.
		 -- Numbers 21:29
%
We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have
laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
		 -- Numbers 21:30
%
Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
		 -- Numbers 21:31
%
And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof,
and drove out the Amorites that were there.
		 -- Numbers 21:32
%
And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of
Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle
at Edrei.
		 -- Numbers 21:33
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him
into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to
him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
		 -- Numbers 21:34
%
So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was
none left him alive: and they possessed his land.
		 -- Numbers 21:35
%
AND the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of
Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
		 -- Numbers 22:1
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And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
		 -- Numbers 22:2
%
And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab
was distressed because of the children of Israel.
		 -- Numbers 22:3
%
And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up
all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field.
And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.
		 -- Numbers 22:4
%
He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor,
which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to
call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold,
they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:
		 -- Numbers 22:5
%
Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too
mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them,
and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou
blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
		 -- Numbers 22:6
%
And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards
of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto
him the words of Balak.
		 -- Numbers 22:7
%
And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word
again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode
with Balaam.
		 -- Numbers 22:8
%
And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?
		 -- Numbers 22:9
%
And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath
sent unto me, saying,
		 -- Numbers 22:10
%
Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face
of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to
overcome them, and drive them out.
		 -- Numbers 22:11
%
And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not
curse the people: for they are blessed.
		 -- Numbers 22:12
%
And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get
you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.
		 -- Numbers 22:13
%
And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said,
Balaam refuseth to come with us.
		 -- Numbers 22:14
%
And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.
		 -- Numbers 22:15
%
And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of
Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:
		 -- Numbers 22:16
%
For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever
thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
		 -- Numbers 22:17
%
And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would
give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word
of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
		 -- Numbers 22:18
%
Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may
know what the LORD will say unto me more.
		 -- Numbers 22:19
%
And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come
to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall
say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
		 -- Numbers 22:20
%
And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with
the princes of Moab.
		 -- Numbers 22:21
%
And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD
stood in the way for an adversary against him.	Now he was riding upon
his ass, and his two servants were with him.
		 -- Numbers 22:22
%
And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword
drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went
into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.
		 -- Numbers 22:23
%
But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being
on this side, and a wall on that side.
		 -- Numbers 22:24
%
And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the
wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again.
		 -- Numbers 22:25
%
And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place,
where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
		 -- Numbers 22:26
%
And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam:
and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.
		 -- Numbers 22:27
%
And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam,
What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
		 -- Numbers 22:28
%
And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there
were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
		 -- Numbers 22:29
%
And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast
ridden ever since I was thine unto this day?  was I ever wont to do so
unto thee?  And he said, Nay.
		 -- Numbers 22:30
%
Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the
LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed
down his head, and fell flat on his face.
		 -- Numbers 22:31
%
And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten
thine ass these three times?  behold, I went out to withstand thee,
because thy way is perverse before me:
		 -- Numbers 22:32
%
And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she
had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.
		 -- Numbers 22:33
%
And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not
that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease
thee, I will get me back again.
		 -- Numbers 22:34
%
And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only
the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak.  So Balaam
went with the princes of Balak.
		 -- Numbers 22:35
%
And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him
unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the
utmost coast.
		 -- Numbers 22:36
%
And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to
call thee?  wherefore camest thou not unto me?	am I not able indeed to
promote thee to honour?
		 -- Numbers 22:37
%
And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any
power at all to say any thing?	the word that God putteth in my mouth,
that shall I speak.
		 -- Numbers 22:38
%
And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath-huzoth.
		 -- Numbers 22:39
%
And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes
that were with him.
		 -- Numbers 22:40
%
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought
him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost
part of the people.
		 -- Numbers 22:41
%
AND Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me
here seven oxen and seven rams.
		 -- Numbers 23:1
%
And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on
every altar a bullock and a ram.
		 -- Numbers 23:2
%
And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go:
peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth
me I will tell thee.  And he went to an high place.
		 -- Numbers 23:3
%
And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars,
and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.
		 -- Numbers 23:4
%
And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak,
and thus thou shalt speak.
		 -- Numbers 23:5
%
And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he,
and all the princes of Moab.
		 -- Numbers 23:6
%
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought
me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me
Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
		 -- Numbers 23:7
%
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed?  or how shall I defy,
whom the LORD hath not defied?
		 -- Numbers 23:8
%
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold
him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among
the nations.
		 -- Numbers 23:9
%
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part
of Israel?  Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end
be like his!
		 -- Numbers 23:10
%
And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me?  I took thee
to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
		 -- Numbers 23:11
%
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the
LORD hath put in my mouth?
		 -- Numbers 23:12
%
And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place,
from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of
them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
		 -- Numbers 23:13
%
And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah,
and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
		 -- Numbers 23:14
%
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet
the LORD yonder.
		 -- Numbers 23:15
%
And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again
unto Balak, and say thus.
		 -- Numbers 23:16
%
And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and
the princes of Moab with him.  And Balak said unto him, What hath the
LORD spoken?
		 -- Numbers 23:17
%
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken
unto me, thou son of Zippor:
		 -- Numbers 23:18
%
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he
should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken,
and shall he not make it good?
		 -- Numbers 23:19
%
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed;
and I cannot reverse it.
		 -- Numbers 23:20
%
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness
in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is
among them.
		 -- Numbers 23:21
%
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of
an unicorn.
		 -- Numbers 23:22
%
Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any
divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of
Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
		 -- Numbers 23:23
%
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself
as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and
drink the blood of the slain.
		 -- Numbers 23:24
%
And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them
at all.
		 -- Numbers 23:25
%
But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All
that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
		 -- Numbers 23:26
%
And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto
another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse
me them from thence.
		 -- Numbers 23:27
%
And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward
Jeshimon.
		 -- Numbers 23:28
%
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me
here seven bullocks and seven rams.
		 -- Numbers 23:29
%
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on
every altar.
		 -- Numbers 23:30
%
AND when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went
not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face
toward the wilderness.
		 -- Numbers 24:1
%
And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents
according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.
		 -- Numbers 24:2
%
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said,
and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
		 -- Numbers 24:3
%
He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the
Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
		 -- Numbers 24:4
%
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
		 -- Numbers 24:5
%
As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side,
as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar
trees beside the waters.
		 -- Numbers 24:6
%
He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in
many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom
shall be exalted.
		 -- Numbers 24:7
%
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of
an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break
their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
		 -- Numbers 24:8
%
He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him
up?  Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
		 -- Numbers 24:9
%
And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands
together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies,
and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.
		 -- Numbers 24:10
%
Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto
great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.
		 -- Numbers 24:11
%
And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which
thou sentest unto me, saying,
		 -- Numbers 24:12
%
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go
beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine
own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
		 -- Numbers 24:13
%
And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise
thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
		 -- Numbers 24:14
%
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said,
and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
		 -- Numbers 24:15
%
He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the
most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance,
but having his eyes open:
		 -- Numbers 24:16
%
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there
shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel,
and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children
of Sheth.
		 -- Numbers 24:17
%
And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his
enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
		 -- Numbers 24:18
%
Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy
him that remaineth of the city.
		 -- Numbers 24:19
%
And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek
was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish
for ever.
		 -- Numbers 24:20
%
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong
is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
		 -- Numbers 24:21
%
Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee
away captive.
		 -- Numbers 24:22
%
And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God
doeth this!
		 -- Numbers 24:23
%
And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur,
and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
		 -- Numbers 24:24
%
And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also
went his way.
		 -- Numbers 24:25
%
AND Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom
with the daughters of Moab.
		 -- Numbers 25:1
%
And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the
people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
		 -- Numbers 25:2
%
And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the LORD was
kindled against Israel.
		 -- Numbers 25:3
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang
them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the
LORD may be turned away from Israel.
		 -- Numbers 25:4
%
And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that
were joined unto Baal-peor.
		 -- Numbers 25:5
%
And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his
brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of
all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before
the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
		 -- Numbers 25:6
%
And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest,
saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in
his hand;
		 -- Numbers 25:7
%
And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both
of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly.
So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
		 -- Numbers 25:8
%
And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
		 -- Numbers 25:9
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 25:10
%
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my
wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake
among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
		 -- Numbers 25:11
%
Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
		 -- Numbers 25:12
%
And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an
everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an
atonement for the children of Israel.
		 -- Numbers 25:13
%
Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with
the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief
house among the Simeonites.
		 -- Numbers 25:14
%
And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the
daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in
Midian.
		 -- Numbers 25:15
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 25:16
%
Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
		 -- Numbers 25:17
%
For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in
the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince
of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for
Peor's sake.
		 -- Numbers 25:18
%
AND it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses
and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
		 -- Numbers 26:1
%
Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from
twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that
are able to go to war in Israel.
		 -- Numbers 26:2
%
And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab
by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
		 -- Numbers 26:3
%
Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the
LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out
of the land of Egypt.
		 -- Numbers 26:4
%
Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch,
of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of
the Palluites:
		 -- Numbers 26:5
%
Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the
Carmites.
		 -- Numbers 26:6
%
These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered
of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
		 -- Numbers 26:7
%
And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.
		 -- Numbers 26:8
%
And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram.	This is that
Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove
against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove
against the LORD:
		 -- Numbers 26:9
%
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with
Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred
and fifty men: and they became a sign.
		 -- Numbers 26:10
%
Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
		 -- Numbers 26:11
%
The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the
Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family
of the Jachinites:
		 -- Numbers 26:12
%
Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the
Shaulites.
		 -- Numbers 26:13
%
These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and
two hundred.
		 -- Numbers 26:14
%
The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the
Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family
of the Shunites:
		 -- Numbers 26:15
%
Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:
		 -- Numbers 26:16
%
Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
		 -- Numbers 26:17
%
These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that
were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
		 -- Numbers 26:18
%
The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land
of Canaan.
		 -- Numbers 26:19
%
And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family
of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah,
the family of the Zarhites.
		 -- Numbers 26:20
%
And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites:
of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
		 -- Numbers 26:21
%
These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered
of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.
		 -- Numbers 26:22
%
Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of
the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:
		 -- Numbers 26:23
%
Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of
the Shimronites.
		 -- Numbers 26:24
%
These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered
of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.
		 -- Numbers 26:25
%
Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the
Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family
of the Jahleelites.
		 -- Numbers 26:26
%
These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were
numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
		 -- Numbers 26:27
%
The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.
		 -- Numbers 26:28
%
Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and
Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
		 -- Numbers 26:29
%
These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites:
of Helek, the family of the Helekites:
		 -- Numbers 26:30
%
And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family
of the Shechemites:
		 -- Numbers 26:31
%
And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family
of the Hepherites.
		 -- Numbers 26:32
%
And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the
names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah,
Milcah, and Tirzah.
		 -- Numbers 26:33
%
These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them,
fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.
		 -- Numbers 26:34
%
These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the
family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites:
of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
		 -- Numbers 26:35
%
And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
		 -- Numbers 26:36
%
These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were
numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred.  These are
the sons of Joseph after their families.
		 -- Numbers 26:37
%
The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the
Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family
of the Ahiramites:
		 -- Numbers 26:38
%
Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of
the Huphamites.
		 -- Numbers 26:39
%
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the
Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
		 -- Numbers 26:40
%
These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were
numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.
		 -- Numbers 26:41
%
These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family
of the Shuhamites.  These are the families of Dan after their families.
		 -- Numbers 26:42
%
All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered
of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.
		 -- Numbers 26:43
%
Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family
of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the
family of the Beriites.
		 -- Numbers 26:44
%
Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel,
the family of the Malchielites.
		 -- Numbers 26:45
%
And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.
		 -- Numbers 26:46
%
These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were
numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
		 -- Numbers 26:47
%
Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of
the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:
		 -- Numbers 26:48
%
Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the
Shillemites.
		 -- Numbers 26:49
%
These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they
that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.
		 -- Numbers 26:50
%
These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand
and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.
		 -- Numbers 26:51
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 26:52
%
Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to
the number of names.
		 -- Numbers 26:53
%
To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt
give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given
according to those that were numbered of him.
		 -- Numbers 26:54
%
Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names
of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
		 -- Numbers 26:55
%
According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between
many and few.
		 -- Numbers 26:56
%
And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families:
of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the
Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
		 -- Numbers 26:57
%
These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the
family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the
Mushites, the family of the Korathites.  And Kohath begat Amram.
		 -- Numbers 26:58
%
And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her
mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses,
and Miriam their sister.
		 -- Numbers 26:59
%
And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
		 -- Numbers 26:60
%
And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 26:61
%
And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all
males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the
children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among
the children of Israel.
		 -- Numbers 26:62
%
These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest,
who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan
near Jericho.
		 -- Numbers 26:63
%
But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the
priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the
wilderness of Sinai.
		 -- Numbers 26:64
%
For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness.
And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
and Joshua the son of Nun.
		 -- Numbers 26:65
%
THEN came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of
Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of
Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters;
Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
		 -- Numbers 27:1
%
And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before
the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation, saying,
		 -- Numbers 27:2
%
Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of
them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company
of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.
		 -- Numbers 27:3
%
Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family,
because he hath no son?  Give unto us therefore a possession among the
brethren of our father.
		 -- Numbers 27:4
%
And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 27:5
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 27:6
%
The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them
a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou
shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
		 -- Numbers 27:7
%
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die,
and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his
daughter.
		 -- Numbers 27:8
%
And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto
his brethren.
		 -- Numbers 27:9
%
And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his
father's brethren.
		 -- Numbers 27:10
%
And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance
unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess
it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment,
as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Numbers 27:11
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and
see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
		 -- Numbers 27:12
%
And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people,
as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
		 -- Numbers 27:13
%
For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the
strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes:
that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
		 -- Numbers 27:14
%
And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,
		 -- Numbers 27:15
%
Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the
congregation,
		 -- Numbers 27:16
%
Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which
may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation
of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
		 -- Numbers 27:17
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in
whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
		 -- Numbers 27:18
%
And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation;
and give him a charge in their sight.
		 -- Numbers 27:19
%
And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the
congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
		 -- Numbers 27:20
%
And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel
for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall
they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the
children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
		 -- Numbers 27:21
%
And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set
him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:
		 -- Numbers 27:22
%
And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD
commanded by the hand of Moses.
		 -- Numbers 27:23
%
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 28:1
%
Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and
my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me,
shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.
		 -- Numbers 28:2
%
And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which
ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year without spot
day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
		 -- Numbers 28:3
%
The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt
thou offer at even;
		 -- Numbers 28:4
%
And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled with
the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil.
		 -- Numbers 28:5
%
It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for
a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 28:6
%
And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for
the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be
poured unto the LORD for a drink offering.
		 -- Numbers 28:7
%
And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of
the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it,
a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 28:8
%
And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and
two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the
drink offering thereof:
		 -- Numbers 28:9
%
This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt
offering, and his drink offering.
		 -- Numbers 28:10
%
And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto
the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year
without spot;
		 -- Numbers 28:11
%
And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil,
for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering,
mingled with oil, for one ram;
		 -- Numbers 28:12
%
And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat offering
unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made
by fire unto the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 28:13
%
And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock,
and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin
unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the
months of the year.
		 -- Numbers 28:14
%
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall be
offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
		 -- Numbers 28:15
%
And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 28:16
%
And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall
unleavened bread be eaten.
		 -- Numbers 28:17
%
In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of
servile work therein:
		 -- Numbers 28:18
%
But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the
LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year:
they shall be unto you without blemish:
		 -- Numbers 28:19
%
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth
deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram;
		 -- Numbers 28:20
%
A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the
seven lambs:
		 -- Numbers 28:21
%
And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you.
		 -- Numbers 28:22
%
Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is
for a continual burnt offering.
		 -- Numbers 28:23
%
After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the
meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:
it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink
offering.
		 -- Numbers 28:24
%
And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do
no servile work.
		 -- Numbers 28:25
%
Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering
unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation;
ye shall do no servile work:
		 -- Numbers 28:26
%
But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD;
two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year;
		 -- Numbers 28:27
%
And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals
unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram,
		 -- Numbers 28:28
%
A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs;
		 -- Numbers 28:29
%
And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you.
		 -- Numbers 28:30
%
Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat
offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their drink
offerings.
		 -- Numbers 28:31
%
AND in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have
an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing
the trumpets unto you.
		 -- Numbers 29:1
%
And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; one
young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish:
		 -- Numbers 29:2
%
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth
deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram,
		 -- Numbers 29:3
%
And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
		 -- Numbers 29:4
%
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you:
		 -- Numbers 29:5
%
Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the
daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings,
according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by
fire unto the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 29:6
%
And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy
convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work
therein:
		 -- Numbers 29:7
%
But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a sweet savour;
one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they
shall be unto you without blemish:
		 -- Numbers 29:8
%
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth
deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram,
		 -- Numbers 29:9
%
A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
		 -- Numbers 29:10
%
One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of
atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it,
and their drink offerings.
		 -- Numbers 29:11
%
And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy
convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto
the LORD seven days:
		 -- Numbers 29:12
%
And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet
savour unto the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen
lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish:
		 -- Numbers 29:13
%
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth
deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to
each ram of the two rams,
		 -- Numbers 29:14
%
And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs:
		 -- Numbers 29:15
%
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt
offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
		 -- Numbers 29:16
%
And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams,
fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:
		 -- Numbers 29:17
%
And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number,
after the manner:
		 -- Numbers 29:18
%
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt
offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings.
		 -- Numbers 29:19
%
And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the
first year without blemish;
		 -- Numbers 29:20
%
And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number,
after the manner:
		 -- Numbers 29:21
%
And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering,
and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
		 -- Numbers 29:22
%
And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the
first year without blemish:
		 -- Numbers 29:23
%
Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for
the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after
the manner:
		 -- Numbers 29:24
%
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt
offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
		 -- Numbers 29:25
%
And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the
first year without spot:
		 -- Numbers 29:26
%
And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number,
after the manner:
		 -- Numbers 29:27
%
And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering,
and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
		 -- Numbers 29:28
%
And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of
the first year without blemish:
		 -- Numbers 29:29
%
And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number,
after the manner:
		 -- Numbers 29:30
%
And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering,
his meat offering, and his drink offering.
		 -- Numbers 29:31
%
And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of
the first year without blemish:
		 -- Numbers 29:32
%
And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number,
after the manner:
		 -- Numbers 29:33
%
And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering,
his meat offering, and his drink offering.
		 -- Numbers 29:34
%
On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile
work therein:
		 -- Numbers 29:35
%
But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a
sweet savour unto the LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the
first year without blemish:
		 -- Numbers 29:36
%
Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for
the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after
the manner:
		 -- Numbers 29:37
%
And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering,
and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
		 -- Numbers 29:38
%
These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside your
vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for
your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace
offerings.
		 -- Numbers 29:39
%
And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD
commanded Moses.
		 -- Numbers 29:40
%
AND Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of
Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded.
		 -- Numbers 30:1
%
If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with
a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that
proceedeth out of his mouth.
		 -- Numbers 30:2
%
If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond,
being in her father's house in her youth;
		 -- Numbers 30:3
%
And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her
soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows
shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
		 -- Numbers 30:4
%
But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of
her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand:
and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
		 -- Numbers 30:5
%
And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out
of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;
		 -- Numbers 30:6
%
And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he
heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound
her soul shall stand.
		 -- Numbers 30:7
%
But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he
shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her
lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall
forgive her.
		 -- Numbers 30:8
%
But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they
have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
		 -- Numbers 30:9
%
And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond
with an oath;
		 -- Numbers 30:10
%
And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her
not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound
her soul shall stand.
		 -- Numbers 30:11
%
But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard
them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows,
or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath
made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.
		 -- Numbers 30:12
%
Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may
establish it, or her husband may make it void.
		 -- Numbers 30:13
%
But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day;
then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her:
he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he
heard them.
		 -- Numbers 30:14
%
But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them;
then he shall bear her iniquity.
		 -- Numbers 30:15
%
These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man
and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her
youth in her father's house.
		 -- Numbers 30:16
%
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 31:1
%
Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou
be gathered unto thy people.
		 -- Numbers 31:2
%
And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto
the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD
of Midian.
		 -- Numbers 31:3
%
Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall
ye send to the war.
		 -- Numbers 31:4
%
So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of
every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
		 -- Numbers 31:5
%
And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and
Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy
instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
		 -- Numbers 31:6
%
And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses;
and they slew all the males.
		 -- Numbers 31:7
%
And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were
slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings
of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
		 -- Numbers 31:8
%
And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and
their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their
flocks, and all their goods.
		 -- Numbers 31:9
%
And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly
castles, with fire.
		 -- Numbers 31:10
%
And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
		 -- Numbers 31:11
%
And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses,
and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of
Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near
Jericho.
		 -- Numbers 31:12
%
And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the
congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
		 -- Numbers 31:13
%
And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains
over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
		 -- Numbers 31:14
%
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
		 -- Numbers 31:15
%
Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of
Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor,
and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 31:16
%
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every
woman that hath known man by lying with him.
		 -- Numbers 31:17
%
But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him,
keep alive for yourselves.
		 -- Numbers 31:18
%
And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any
person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves
and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
		 -- Numbers 31:19
%
And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work
of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
		 -- Numbers 31:20
%
And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle,
This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;
		 -- Numbers 31:21
%
Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
		 -- Numbers 31:22
%
Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the
fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the
water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go
through the water.
		 -- Numbers 31:23
%
And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean,
and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
		 -- Numbers 31:24
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 31:25
%
Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou,
and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
		 -- Numbers 31:26
%
And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon
them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
		 -- Numbers 31:27
%
And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to
battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves,
and of the asses, and of the sheep:
		 -- Numbers 31:28
%
Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave
offering of the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 31:29
%
And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of
fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks,
of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the
charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 31:30
%
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Numbers 31:31
%
And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught,
was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
		 -- Numbers 31:32
%
And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
		 -- Numbers 31:33
%
And threescore and one thousand asses,
		 -- Numbers 31:34
%
And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of woman that had not known
man by lying with him.
		 -- Numbers 31:35
%
And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was
in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five
hundred sheep:
		 -- Numbers 31:36
%
And the LORD's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore
and fifteen.
		 -- Numbers 31:37
%
And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD's tribute
was threescore and twelve.
		 -- Numbers 31:38
%
And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD's
tribute was threescore and one.
		 -- Numbers 31:39
%
And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD's tribute was
thirty and two persons.
		 -- Numbers 31:40
%
And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave offering, unto
Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Numbers 31:41
%
And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men
that warred,
		 -- Numbers 31:42
%
(Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred
thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
		 -- Numbers 31:43
%
And thirty and six thousand beeves,
		 -- Numbers 31:44
%
And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,
		 -- Numbers 31:45
%
And sixteen thousand persons;)
		 -- Numbers 31:46
%
Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty,
both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept
the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Numbers 31:47
%
And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of
thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:
		 -- Numbers 31:48
%
And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of
war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.
		 -- Numbers 31:49
%
We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man
hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings,
and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 31:50
%
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought
jewels.
		 -- Numbers 31:51
%
And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, of
the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen
thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.
		 -- Numbers 31:52
%
(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
		 -- Numbers 31:53
%
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of
thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the
congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 31:54
%
NOW the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great
multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land
of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
		 -- Numbers 32:1
%
The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses,
and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation,
saying,
		 -- Numbers 32:2
%
Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh,
and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
		 -- Numbers 32:3
%
Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel,
is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
		 -- Numbers 32:4
%
Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land
be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
		 -- Numbers 32:5
%
And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben,
Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
		 -- Numbers 32:6
%
And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from
going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?
		 -- Numbers 32:7
%
Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see
the land.
		 -- Numbers 32:8
%
For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they
discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not
go into the land which the LORD had given them.
		 -- Numbers 32:9
%
And the LORD's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,
		 -- Numbers 32:10
%
Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old
and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac,
and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
		 -- Numbers 32:11
%
Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun:
for they have wholly followed the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 32:12
%
And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander
in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done
evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
		 -- Numbers 32:13
%
And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of
sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
		 -- Numbers 32:14
%
For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the
wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
		 -- Numbers 32:15
%
And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here
for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
		 -- Numbers 32:16
%
But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel,
until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall
dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
		 -- Numbers 32:17
%
We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have
inherited every man his inheritance.
		 -- Numbers 32:18
%
For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward;
because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
		 -- Numbers 32:19
%
And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed
before the LORD to war,
		 -- Numbers 32:20
%
And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath
driven out his enemies from before him,
		 -- Numbers 32:21
%
And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return,
and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall
be your possession before the LORD.
		 -- Numbers 32:22
%
But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD:
and be sure your sin will find you out.
		 -- Numbers 32:23
%
Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do
that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
		 -- Numbers 32:24
%
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses,
saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
		 -- Numbers 32:25
%
Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be
there in the cities of Gilead:
		 -- Numbers 32:26
%
But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the
LORD to battle, as my lord saith.
		 -- Numbers 32:27
%
So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the
son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
		 -- Numbers 32:28
%
And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of
Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before
the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give
them the land of Gilead for a possession:
		 -- Numbers 32:29
%
But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions
among you in the land of Canaan.
		 -- Numbers 32:30
%
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying,
As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
		 -- Numbers 32:31
%
We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that
the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.
		 -- Numbers 32:32
%
And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the
children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of
Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of
Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts,
even the cities of the country round about.
		 -- Numbers 32:33
%
And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
		 -- Numbers 32:34
%
And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
		 -- Numbers 32:35
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And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
		 -- Numbers 32:36
%
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
		 -- Numbers 32:37
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And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah:
and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
		 -- Numbers 32:38
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And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took
it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
		 -- Numbers 32:39
%
And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt
therein.
		 -- Numbers 32:40
%
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof,
and called them Havoth-jair.
		 -- Numbers 32:41
%
And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it
Nobah, after his own name.
		 -- Numbers 32:42
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THESE are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out
of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
		 -- Numbers 33:1
%
And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the
commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their
goings out.
		 -- Numbers 33:2
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And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day
of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of
Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
		 -- Numbers 33:3
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For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten
among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.
		 -- Numbers 33:4
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And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.
		 -- Numbers 33:5
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And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the
edge of the wilderness.
		 -- Numbers 33:6
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And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi-hahiroth, which
is before Baal-zephon: and they pitched before Migdol.
		 -- Numbers 33:7
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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.
		 -- Numbers 33:8
%
And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve
fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched
there.
		 -- Numbers 33:9
%
And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
		 -- Numbers 33:10
%
And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
		 -- Numbers 33:11
%
And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped
in Dophkah.
		 -- Numbers 33:12
%
And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
		 -- Numbers 33:13
%
And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no
water for the people to drink.
		 -- Numbers 33:14
%
And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.
		 -- Numbers 33:15
%
And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at
Kibroth-hattaavah.
		 -- Numbers 33:16
%
And they departed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth.
		 -- Numbers 33:17
%
And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.
		 -- Numbers 33:18
%
And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmon-parez.
		 -- Numbers 33:19
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And they departed from Rimmon-parez, and pitched in Libnah.
		 -- Numbers 33:20
%
And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.
		 -- Numbers 33:21
%
And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.
		 -- Numbers 33:22
%
And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.
		 -- Numbers 33:23
%
And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.
		 -- Numbers 33:24
%
And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.
		 -- Numbers 33:25
%
And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.
		 -- Numbers 33:26
%
And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah.
		 -- Numbers 33:27
%
And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.
		 -- Numbers 33:28
%
And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah.
		 -- Numbers 33:29
%
And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth.
		 -- Numbers 33:30
%
And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Bene-jaakan.
		 -- Numbers 33:31
%
And they removed from Bene-jaakan, and encamped at Hor-hagidgad.
		 -- Numbers 33:32
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And they went from Hor-hagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.
		 -- Numbers 33:33
%
And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.
		 -- Numbers 33:34
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And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Ezion-gaber.
		 -- Numbers 33:35
%
And they removed from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin,
which is Kadesh.
		 -- Numbers 33:36
%
And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of
the land of Edom.
		 -- Numbers 33:37
%
And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the
LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel
were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month.
		 -- Numbers 33:38
%
And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in
mount Hor.
		 -- Numbers 33:39
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And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of
Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
		 -- Numbers 33:40
%
And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
		 -- Numbers 33:41
%
And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.
		 -- Numbers 33:42
%
And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.
		 -- Numbers 33:43
%
And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ije-abarim, in the border
of Moab.
		 -- Numbers 33:44
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And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon-gad.
		 -- Numbers 33:45
%
And they removed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim.
		 -- Numbers 33:46
%
And they removed from Almon-diblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of
Abarim, before Nebo.
		 -- Numbers 33:47
%
And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains
of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
		 -- Numbers 33:48
%
And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesimoth even unto Abel-shittim
in the plains of Moab.
		 -- Numbers 33:49
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near
Jericho, saying,
		 -- Numbers 33:50
%
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed
over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
		 -- Numbers 33:51
%
Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you,
and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images,
and quite pluck down all their high places:
		 -- Numbers 33:52
%
And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein:
for I have given you the land to possess it.
		 -- Numbers 33:53
%
And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your
families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the
fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall
be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your
fathers ye shall inherit.
		 -- Numbers 33:54
%
But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you;
then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall
be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in
the land wherein ye dwell.
		 -- Numbers 33:55
%
Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought
to do unto them.
		 -- Numbers 33:56
%
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 34:1
%
Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into
the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an
inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)
		 -- Numbers 34:2
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Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by
the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of
the salt sea eastward:
		 -- Numbers 34:3
%
And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim,
and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south
to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon:
		 -- Numbers 34:4
%
And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt,
and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
		 -- Numbers 34:5
%
And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a
border: this shall be your west border.
		 -- Numbers 34:6
%
And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point
out for you mount Hor:
		 -- Numbers 34:7
%
From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath;
and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:
		 -- Numbers 34:8
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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.
		 -- Numbers 34:9
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And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham:
		 -- Numbers 34:10
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And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of
Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the
sea of Chinnereth eastward:
		 -- Numbers 34:11
%
And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall
be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof
round about.
		 -- Numbers 34:12
%
And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land
which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto
the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:
		 -- Numbers 34:13
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For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their
fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of
their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of
Manasseh have received their inheritance:
		 -- Numbers 34:14
%
The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on
this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.
		 -- Numbers 34:15
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 34:16
%
These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you:
Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
		 -- Numbers 34:17
%
And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by
inheritance.
		 -- Numbers 34:18
%
And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the
son of Jephunneh.
		 -- Numbers 34:19
%
And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
		 -- Numbers 34:20
%
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
		 -- Numbers 34:21
%
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son
of Jogli.
		 -- Numbers 34:22
%
The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of
Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
		 -- Numbers 34:23
%
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son
of Shiphtan.
		 -- Numbers 34:24
%
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the
son of Parnach.
		 -- Numbers 34:25
%
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the
son of Azzan.
		 -- Numbers 34:26
%
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son
of Shelomi.
		 -- Numbers 34:27
%
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the
son of Ammihud.
		 -- Numbers 34:28
%
These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto
the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
		 -- Numbers 34:29
%
AND the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near
Jericho, saying,
		 -- Numbers 35:1
%
Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the
inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give
also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
		 -- Numbers 35:2
%
And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them
shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
		 -- Numbers 35:3
%
And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall
reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.
		 -- Numbers 35:4
%
And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand
cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west
side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits;
and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs
of the cities.
		 -- Numbers 35:5
%
And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall
be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer,
that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
		 -- Numbers 35:6
%
So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and
eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.
		 -- Numbers 35:7
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And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the
children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but
from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his
cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.
		 -- Numbers 35:8
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
		 -- Numbers 35:9
%
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come
over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
		 -- Numbers 35:10
%
Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that
the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
		 -- Numbers 35:11
%
And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the
manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
		 -- Numbers 35:12
%
And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for
refuge.
		 -- Numbers 35:13
%
Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall
ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
		 -- Numbers 35:14
%
These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel,
and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one
that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.
		 -- Numbers 35:15
%
And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is
a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
		 -- Numbers 35:16
%
And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he
die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
		 -- Numbers 35:17
%
Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die,
and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
		 -- Numbers 35:18
%
The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth
him, he shall slay him.
		 -- Numbers 35:19
%
But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that
he die;
		 -- Numbers 35:20
%
Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him
shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of
blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.
		 -- Numbers 35:21
%
But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any
thing without laying of wait,
		 -- Numbers 35:22
%
Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it
upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
		 -- Numbers 35:23
%
Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger
of blood according to these judgments:
		 -- Numbers 35:24
%
And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the
revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city
of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the
death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
		 -- Numbers 35:25
%
But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city
of his refuge, whither he was fled;
		 -- Numbers 35:26
%
And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of
his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be
guilty of blood:
		 -- Numbers 35:27
%
Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the
death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the
slayer shall return into the land of his possession.
		 -- Numbers 35:28
%
So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout
your generations in all your dwellings.
		 -- Numbers 35:29
%
Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth
of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to
cause him to die.
		 -- Numbers 35:30
%
Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer,
which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
		 -- Numbers 35:31
%
And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of
his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the
death of the priest.
		 -- Numbers 35:32
%
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the
land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein,
but by the blood of him that shed it.
		 -- Numbers 35:33
%
Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell:
for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.
		 -- Numbers 35:34
%
AND the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son
of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph,
came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief
fathers of the children of Israel:
		 -- Numbers 36:1
%
And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an
inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded
by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto
his daughters.
		 -- Numbers 36:2
%
And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the
children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the
inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the
tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of
our inheritance.
		 -- Numbers 36:3
%
And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their
inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are
received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance
of the tribe of our fathers.
		 -- Numbers 36:4
%
And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the
LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.
		 -- Numbers 36:5
%
This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters
of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to
the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.
		 -- Numbers 36:6
%
So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe
to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to
the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
		 -- Numbers 36:7
%
And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the
children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe
of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the
inheritance of his fathers.
		 -- Numbers 36:8
%
Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe;
but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself
to his own inheritance.
		 -- Numbers 36:9
%
Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:
		 -- Numbers 36:10
%
For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of
Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons:
		 -- Numbers 36:11
%
And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son
of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of
their father.
		 -- Numbers 36:12
%
These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded
by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab
by Jordan near Jericho.
		 -- Numbers 36:13
%
THESE be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan
in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran,
and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:1
%
(There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir
unto Kadesh-barnea.)
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:2
%
And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the
first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel,
according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:3
%
After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon,
and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:4
%
On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this
law, saying,
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:5
%
The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long
enough in this mount:
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:6
%
Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites,
and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and
in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the
Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:7
%
Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land
which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
to give unto them and to their seed after them.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:8
%
And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you
myself alone:
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:9
%
The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as
the stars of heaven for multitude.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:10
%
(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as
ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:11
%
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your
strife?
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:12
%
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes,
and I will make them rulers over you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:13
%
And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good
for us to do.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:14
%
So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them
heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds,
and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among
your tribes.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:15
%
And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between
your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother,
and the stranger that is with him.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:16
%
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small
as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the
judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto
me, and I will hear it.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:17
%
And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:18
%
And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and
terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the
Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:19
%
And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites,
which the LORD our God doth give unto us.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:20
%
Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and
possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not,
neither be discouraged.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:21
%
And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men
before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word
again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:22
%
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of
a tribe:
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:23
%
And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley
of Eshcol, and searched it out.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:24
%
And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it
down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land
which the LORD our God doth give us.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:25
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Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment
of the LORD your God:
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:26
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And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us,
he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into
the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:27
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Whither shall we go up?  our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying,
The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled
up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:28
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Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:29
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The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you,
according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:30
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And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God
bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went,
until ye came into this place.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:31
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Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:32
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Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your
tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and
in a cloud by day.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:33
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And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware,
saying,
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:34
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Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that
good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:35
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Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give
the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath
wholly followed the LORD.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:36
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Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt
not go in thither.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:37
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But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in
thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:38
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Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your
children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil,
they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall
possess it.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:39
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But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by
the way of the Red sea.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:40
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Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we
will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us.
And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready
to go up into the hill.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:41
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And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight;
for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:42
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So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the
commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:43
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And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you,
and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:44
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And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken
to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:45
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So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode
there.
		 -- Deuteronomy 1:46
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THEN we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the
Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:1
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And the LORD spake unto me, saying,
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:2
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Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:3
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And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast
of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they
shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:4
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Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so
much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for
a possession.
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:5
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Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also
buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:6
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For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand:
he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years
the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:7
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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.
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:8
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And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with
them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession;
because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:9
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The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall,
as the Anakims;
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:10
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Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call
them Emims.
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:11
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The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau
succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and
dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession,
which the LORD gave unto them.
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:12
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Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered.	And we went over
the brook Zered.
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:13
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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.
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:14
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For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from
among the host, until they were consumed.
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:15
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So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from
among the people,
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:16
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That the LORD spake unto me, saying,
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:17
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Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:18
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And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress
them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of
the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the
children of Lot for a possession.
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:19
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(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old
time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:20
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A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed
them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:21
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As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed
the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their
stead even unto this day:
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:22
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And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims,
which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their
stead.)
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:23
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Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold,
I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and
his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:24
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This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon
the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of
thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:25
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And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king
of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:26
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Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will
neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:27
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Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water
for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:28
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(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which
dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land
which the LORD our God giveth us.
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:29
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But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD
thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might
deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:30
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And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his
land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:31
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Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:32
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And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his
sons, and all his people.
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:33
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And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men,
and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:34
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Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the
cities which we took.
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:35
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From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the
city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too
strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:36
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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 forbad us.
		 -- Deuteronomy 2:37
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THEN we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan
came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:1
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And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all
his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as
thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:2
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So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan,
and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:3
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And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which
we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob,
the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:4
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All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside
unwalled towns a great many.
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:5
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And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon,
utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:6
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But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey
to ourselves.
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:7
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And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites
the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto
mount Hermon;
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:8
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(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:9
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All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah
and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:10
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For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his
bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children
of Ammon?  nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the
breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:11
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And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by
the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I
unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:12
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And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave
I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all
Bashan, which was called the land of giants.
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:13
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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.
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:14
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And I gave Gilead unto Machir.
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:15
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And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even
unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river
Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:16
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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.
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:17
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And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given
you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren
the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:18
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But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that
ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:19
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Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto
you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath
given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his
possession, which I have given you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:20
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And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all
that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD
do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:21
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Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:22
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And I besought the LORD at that time, saying,
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:23
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O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy
mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do
according to thy works, and according to thy might?
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:24
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I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan,
that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:25
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But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me:
and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me
of this matter.
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:26
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Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and
northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes:
for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:27
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But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall
go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land
which thou shalt see.
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:28
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So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor.
		 -- Deuteronomy 3:29
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NOW therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments,
which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and
possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:1
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Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye
diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD
your God which I command you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:2
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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.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:3
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But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of
you this day.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:4
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Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my
God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to
possess it.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:5
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Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding
in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say,
Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:6
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For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them,
as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:7
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And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so
righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:8
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Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget
the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart
all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:9
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Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb,
when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will
make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that
they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:10
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And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned
with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick
darkness.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:11
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And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the
voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:12
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And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform,
even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:13
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And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and
judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to
possess it.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:14
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Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of
similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the
midst of the fire:
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:15
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Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude
of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:16
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The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any
winged fowl that flieth in the air,
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:17
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The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of
any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:18
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And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the
sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest
be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath
divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:19
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But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron
furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance,
as ye are this day.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:20
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Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that
I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good
land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:21
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But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go
over, and possess that good land.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:22
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Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your
God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness
of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:23
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For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:24
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When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall
have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make
a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the
sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:25
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I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall
soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to
possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly
be destroyed.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:26
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And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left
few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:27
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And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone,
which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:28
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But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him,
if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:29
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When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee,
even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be
obedient unto his voice;
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:30
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(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee,
neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he
sware unto them.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:31
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For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the
day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of
heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this
great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:32
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Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the
fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:33
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Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another
nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a
mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according
to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:34
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Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God;
there is none else beside him.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:35
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Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct
thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest
his words out of the midst of the fire.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:36
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And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after
them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out
of Egypt;
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:37
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To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art,
to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is
this day.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:38
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Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD
he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:39
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Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which
I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy
children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:40
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Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:41
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That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour
unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of
these cities he might live:
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:42
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Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites;
and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the
Manassites.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:43
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And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:44
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These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which
Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out
of Egypt,
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:45
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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:
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:46
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And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings
of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:47
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From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion,
which is Hermon,
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:48
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And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of
the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
		 -- Deuteronomy 4:49
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AND Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the
statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may
learn them, and keep, and do them.
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:1
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The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:2
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The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us,
who are all of us here alive this day.
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:3
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The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of
the fire,
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:4
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(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the work of
the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into
the mount;) saying,
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:5
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I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt,
from the house of bondage.
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:6
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Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:7
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Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing
that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in
the waters beneath the earth:
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:8
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Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD
thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:9
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And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my
commandments.
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:10
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Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD
will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:11
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Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded
thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:12
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Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:13
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But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt
not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant,
nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle,
nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy
maidservant may rest as well as thou.
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:14
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And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that
the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by
a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep
the sabbath day.
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:15
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Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded
thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee,
in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:16
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Thou shalt not kill.
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:17
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Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:18
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Neither shalt thou steal.
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:19
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Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:20
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Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet
thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant,
his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:21
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These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the
midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great
voice: and he added no more.  And he wrote them in two tables of stone,
and delivered them unto me.
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:22
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And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the
darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto
me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:23
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And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his
greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire:
we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:24
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Now therefore why should we die?  for this great fire will consume us:
if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:25
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For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living
God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:26
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Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak
thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we
will hear it, and do it.
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:27
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And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me;
and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this
people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that
they have spoken.
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:28
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O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me,
and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them,
and with their children for ever!
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:29
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Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:30
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But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the
commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach
them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:31
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Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you:
ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:32
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Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded
you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye
may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
		 -- Deuteronomy 5:33
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NOW these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which
the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the
land whither ye go to possess it:
		 -- Deuteronomy 6:1
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That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and
his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's
son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
		 -- Deuteronomy 6:2
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Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with
thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers
hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
		 -- Deuteronomy 6:3
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Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
		 -- Deuteronomy 6:4
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And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy might.
		 -- Deuteronomy 6:5
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And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
		 -- Deuteronomy 6:6
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And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of
them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way,
and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
		 -- Deuteronomy 6:7
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And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be
as frontlets between thine eyes.
		 -- Deuteronomy 6:8
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And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
		 -- Deuteronomy 6:9
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And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the
land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob,
to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
		 -- Deuteronomy 6:10
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And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells
digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou
plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
		 -- Deuteronomy 6:11
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Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of
the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
		 -- Deuteronomy 6:12
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Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by
his name.
		 -- Deuteronomy 6:13
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Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are
round about you;
		 -- Deuteronomy 6:14
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(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the
LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face
of the earth.
		 -- Deuteronomy 6:15
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Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
		 -- Deuteronomy 6:16
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Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his
testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 6:17
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And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD:
that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess
the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
		 -- Deuteronomy 6:18
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To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.
		 -- Deuteronomy 6:19
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And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the
testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our
God hath commanded you?
		 -- Deuteronomy 6:20
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Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt;
and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
		 -- Deuteronomy 6:21
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And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt,
upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
		 -- Deuteronomy 6:22
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And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give
us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
		 -- Deuteronomy 6:23
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And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our
God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at
this day.
		 -- Deuteronomy 6:24
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And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these
commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
		 -- Deuteronomy 6:25
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WHEN the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou
goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the
Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites,
and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations
greater and mightier than thou;
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:1
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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 shew mercy unto them:
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:2
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Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt
not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:3
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For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve
other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and
destroy thee suddenly.
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:4
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But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and
break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven
images with fire.
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:5
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For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath
chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that
are upon the face of the earth.
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:6
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The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were
more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:7
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But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which
he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a
mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand
of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:8
%
Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God,
which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his
commandments to a thousand generations;
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:9
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And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will
not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:10
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Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the
judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:11
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Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments,
and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the
covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:12
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And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also
bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and
thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of
thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:13
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Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female
barren among you, or among your cattle.
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:14
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And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none
of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will
lay them upon all them that hate thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:15
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And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver
thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve
their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:16
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If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how
can I dispossess them?
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:17
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Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD
thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:18
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The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the
wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the
LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all
the people of whom thou art afraid.
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:19
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Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they
that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:20
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Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among you,
a mighty God and terrible.
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:21
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And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little
and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of
the field increase upon thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:22
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But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy
them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:23
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And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy
their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before
thee, until thou have destroyed them.
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:24
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The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt
not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee,
lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:25
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Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be
a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt
utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
		 -- Deuteronomy 7:26
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ALL the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to
do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which
the LORD sware unto your fathers.
		 -- Deuteronomy 8:1
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And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these
forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know
what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments,
or no.
		 -- Deuteronomy 8:2
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And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna,
which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make
thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
		 -- Deuteronomy 8:3
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Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these
forty years.
		 -- Deuteronomy 8:4
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Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his
son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 8:5
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Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk
in his ways, and to fear him.
		 -- Deuteronomy 8:6
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For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks
of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
		 -- Deuteronomy 8:7
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A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates;
a land of oil olive, and honey;
		 -- Deuteronomy 8:8
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A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not
lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose
hills thou mayest dig brass.
		 -- Deuteronomy 8:9
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When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy
God for the good land which he hath given thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 8:10
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Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his
commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee
this day:
		 -- Deuteronomy 8:11
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Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses,
and dwelt therein;
		 -- Deuteronomy 8:12
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And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold
is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
		 -- Deuteronomy 8:13
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Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which
brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
		 -- Deuteronomy 8:14
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Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were
fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water;
who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
		 -- Deuteronomy 8:15
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Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not,
that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good
at thy latter end;
		 -- Deuteronomy 8:16
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And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath
gotten me this wealth.
		 -- Deuteronomy 8:17
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But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee
power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware
unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
		 -- Deuteronomy 8:18
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And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk
after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against
you this day that ye shall surely perish.
		 -- Deuteronomy 8:19
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As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall
ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD
your God.
		 -- Deuteronomy 8:20
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HEAR, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to
possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and
fenced up to heaven,
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:1
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A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest,
and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children
of Anak!
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:2
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Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth
over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he
shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out,
and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:3
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Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them
out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought
me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the
LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:4
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Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost
thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the
LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform
the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:5
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Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land
to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:6
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Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath
in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land
of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against
the LORD.
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:7
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Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry
with you to have destroyed you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:8
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When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even
the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode
in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor
drink water:
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:9
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And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the
finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words,
which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire
in the day of the assembly.
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:10
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And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the
LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:11
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And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence;
for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted
themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded
them; they have made them a molten image.
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:12
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Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people,
and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:13
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Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under
heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:14
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So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire:
and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:15
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And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God,
and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the
way which the LORD had commanded you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:16
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And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake
them before your eyes.
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:17
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And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty
nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your
sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to
provoke him to anger.
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:18
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For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD
was wroth against you to destroy you.  But the LORD hearkened unto me
at that time also.
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:19
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And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I
prayed for Aaron also the same time.
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:20
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And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire,
and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as
dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of
the mount.
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:21
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And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked
the LORD to wrath.
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:22
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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.
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:23
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Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:24
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Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell
down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:25
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I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not
thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy
greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:26
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Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the
stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:27
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Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was
not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because
he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:28
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Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest
out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
		 -- Deuteronomy 9:29
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AT that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like
unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an
ark of wood.
		 -- Deuteronomy 10:1
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And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables
which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
		 -- Deuteronomy 10:2
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And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto
the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.
		 -- Deuteronomy 10:3
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And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten
commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst
of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.
		 -- Deuteronomy 10:4
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And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in
the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.
		 -- Deuteronomy 10:5
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And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the
children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried;
and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.
		 -- Deuteronomy 10:6
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From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath,
a land of rivers of waters.
		 -- Deuteronomy 10:7
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At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of
the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him,
and to bless in his name, unto this day.
		 -- Deuteronomy 10:8
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Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD
is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.
		 -- Deuteronomy 10:9
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And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and
forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the
LORD would not destroy thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 10:10
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And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people,
that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their
fathers to give unto them.
		 -- Deuteronomy 10:11
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And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear
the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve
the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
		 -- Deuteronomy 10:12
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To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command
thee this day for thy good?
		 -- Deuteronomy 10:13
%
Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD's thy God,
the earth also, with all that therein is.
		 -- Deuteronomy 10:14
%
Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose
their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
		 -- Deuteronomy 10:15
%
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more
stiffnecked.
		 -- Deuteronomy 10:16
%
For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God,
a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
		 -- Deuteronomy 10:17
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He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth
the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
		 -- Deuteronomy 10:18
%
Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land
of Egypt.
		 -- Deuteronomy 10:19
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Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt
thou cleave, and swear by his name.
		 -- Deuteronomy 10:20
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He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great
and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
		 -- Deuteronomy 10:21
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Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and
now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
		 -- Deuteronomy 10:22
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THEREFORE thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and
his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:1
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And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not
known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God,
his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:2
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And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto
Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:3
%
And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their
chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they
pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day;
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:4
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And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place;
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:5
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And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of
Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their
households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their
possession, in the midst of all Israel:
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:6
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But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did.
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:7
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Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this
day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye
go to possess it;
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:8
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And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto
your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth
with milk and honey.
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:9
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For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land
of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and
wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:10
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But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys,
and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:11
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A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God
are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of
the year.
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:12
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And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my
commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God,
and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:13
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That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first
rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy
wine, and thine oil.
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:14
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And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest
eat and be full.
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:15
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Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn
aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:16
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And then the LORD's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the
heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and
lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:17
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Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul,
and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets
between your eyes.
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:18
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And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest
in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down,
and when thou risest up.
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:19
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And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon
thy gates:
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:20
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That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the
land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days
of heaven upon the earth.
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:21
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For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command
you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways,
and to cleave unto him;
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:22
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Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye
shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:23
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Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours:
from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates,
even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:24
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There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God
shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that
ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:25
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Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:26
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A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I
command you this day:
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:27
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And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God,
but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after
other gods, which ye have not known.
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:28
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And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in
unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the
blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:29
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Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth
down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over
against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:30
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For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the
LORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:31
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And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set
before you this day.
		 -- Deuteronomy 11:32
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THESE are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in
the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it,
all the days that ye live upon the earth.
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:1
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Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye
shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the
hills, and under every green tree:
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:2
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And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn
their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their
gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:3
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Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:4
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But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your
tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek,
and thither thou shalt come:
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:5
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And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices,
and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your
freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:6
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And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice
in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the
LORD thy God hath blessed thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:7
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Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every
man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:8
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For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which
the LORD your God giveth you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:9
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But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your
God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your
enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:10
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Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause
his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you;
your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave
offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto
the LORD:
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:11
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And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons,
and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and
the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor
inheritance with you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:12
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Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every
place that thou seest:
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:13
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But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there
thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that
I command thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:14
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Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates,
whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the
LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may
eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:15
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Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:16
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Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy
wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock,
nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings,
or heave offering of thine hand:
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:17
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But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the
LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy
manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates:
and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest
thine hands unto.
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:18
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Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou
livest upon the earth.
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:19
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When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee,
and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat
flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:20
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If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there
be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock,
which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt
eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:21
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Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them:
the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:22
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Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life;
and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:23
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Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:24
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Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy
children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight
of the LORD.
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:25
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Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take,
and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:26
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And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon
the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall
be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat
the flesh.
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:27
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Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go
well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou
doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:28
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When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither
thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in
their land;
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:29
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Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after
that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after
their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods?  even so
will I do likewise.
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:30
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Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the
LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their
sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:31
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What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add
thereto, nor diminish from it.
		 -- Deuteronomy 12:32
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IF there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth
thee a sign or a wonder,
		 -- Deuteronomy 13:1
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And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee,
saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let
us serve them;
		 -- Deuteronomy 13:2
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Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer
of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love
the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
		 -- Deuteronomy 13:3
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Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his
commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave
unto him.
		 -- Deuteronomy 13:4
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And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death;
because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which
brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house
of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded
thee to walk in.  So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 13:5
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If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter,
or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul,
entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou
hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
		 -- Deuteronomy 13:6
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Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto
thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the
other end of the earth;
		 -- Deuteronomy 13:7
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Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine
eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
		 -- Deuteronomy 13:8
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But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to
put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
		 -- Deuteronomy 13:9
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And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath
sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee
out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
		 -- Deuteronomy 13:10
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And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such
wickedness as this is among you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 13:11
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If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath
given thee to dwell there, saying,
		 -- Deuteronomy 13:12
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Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and
have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and
serve other gods, which ye have not known;
		 -- Deuteronomy 13:13
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Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold,
if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought
among you;
		 -- Deuteronomy 13:14
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Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of
the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle
thereof, with the edge of the sword.
		 -- Deuteronomy 13:15
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And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street
thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof
every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever;
it shall not be built again.
		 -- Deuteronomy 13:16
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And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that
the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy,
and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto
thy fathers;
		 -- Deuteronomy 13:17
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When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all
his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is
right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.
		 -- Deuteronomy 13:18
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YE are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves,
nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:1
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For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath
chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations
that are upon the earth.
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:2
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Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:3
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These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:4
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The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat,
and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:5
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And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two
claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:6
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Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of
them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the
coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they
are unclean unto you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:7
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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 carcase.
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:8
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These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins
and scales shall ye eat:
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:9
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And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean
unto you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:10
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Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:11
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But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the
ossifrage, and the ospray,
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:12
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And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:13
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And every raven after his kind,
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:14
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And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after
his kind,
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:15
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The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:16
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And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:17
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And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:18
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And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall
not be eaten.
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:19
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But of all clean fowls ye may eat.
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:20
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Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it
unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest
sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God.
Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:21
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Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field
bringeth forth year by year.
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:22
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And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall
choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine,
and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks;
that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:23
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And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry
it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall
choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:24
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Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand,
and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:25
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And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth
after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for
whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD
thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:26
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And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him;
for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:27
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At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine
increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:28
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And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,)
and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within
thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD
thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
		 -- Deuteronomy 14:29
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AT the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
		 -- Deuteronomy 15:1
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And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth
ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his
neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's release.
		 -- Deuteronomy 15:2
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Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with
thy brother thine hand shall release;
		 -- Deuteronomy 15:3
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Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly
bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an
inheritance to possess it:
		 -- Deuteronomy 15:4
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Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God,
to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.
		 -- Deuteronomy 15:5
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For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt
lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign
over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 15:6
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If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of
thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt
not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
		 -- Deuteronomy 15:7
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But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him
sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
		 -- Deuteronomy 15:8
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Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The
seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil
against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto
the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 15:9
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Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when
thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall
bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
		 -- Deuteronomy 15:10
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For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee,
saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor,
and to thy needy, in thy land.
		 -- Deuteronomy 15:11
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And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee,
and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him
go free from thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 15:12
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And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go
away empty:
		 -- Deuteronomy 15:13
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Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor,
and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed
thee thou shalt give unto him.
		 -- Deuteronomy 15:14
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And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt,
and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing
to day.
		 -- Deuteronomy 15:15
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And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee;
because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;
		 -- Deuteronomy 15:16
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Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door,
and he shall be thy servant for ever.  And also unto thy maidservant
thou shalt do likewise.
		 -- Deuteronomy 15:17
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It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free
from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in
serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all
that thou doest.
		 -- Deuteronomy 15:18
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All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou
shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the
firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
		 -- Deuteronomy 15:19
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Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place
which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.
		 -- Deuteronomy 15:20
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And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have
any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.
		 -- Deuteronomy 15:21
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Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person
shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.
		 -- Deuteronomy 15:22
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Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the
ground as water.
		 -- Deuteronomy 15:23
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OBSERVE the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God:
for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of
Egypt by night.
		 -- Deuteronomy 16:1
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Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God,
of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to
place his name there.
		 -- Deuteronomy 16:2
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Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat
unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest
forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day
when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
		 -- Deuteronomy 16:3
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And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast
seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou
sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
		 -- Deuteronomy 16:4
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Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which
the LORD thy God giveth thee:
		 -- Deuteronomy 16:5
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But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name
in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down
of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
		 -- Deuteronomy 16:6
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And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God
shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.
		 -- Deuteronomy 16:7
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Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall
be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.
		 -- Deuteronomy 16:8
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Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks
from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
		 -- Deuteronomy 16:9
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And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a
tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto
the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
		 -- Deuteronomy 16:10
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And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son,
and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the
Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless,
and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God
hath chosen to place his name there.
		 -- Deuteronomy 16:11
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And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou
shalt observe and do these statutes.
		 -- Deuteronomy 16:12
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Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou
hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
		 -- Deuteronomy 16:13
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And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter,
and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger,
and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
		 -- Deuteronomy 16:14
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Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in
the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall
bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands,
therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
		 -- Deuteronomy 16:15
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Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God
in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread,
and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they
shall not appear before the LORD empty:
		 -- Deuteronomy 16:16
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Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the
LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 16:17
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Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the
LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge
the people with just judgment.
		 -- Deuteronomy 16:18
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Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither
take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert
the words of the righteous.
		 -- Deuteronomy 16:19
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That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live,
and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 16:20
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Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of
the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 16:21
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Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.
		 -- Deuteronomy 16:22
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THOU shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or sheep,
wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination
unto the LORD thy God.
		 -- Deuteronomy 17:1
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If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy
God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight
of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,
		 -- Deuteronomy 17:2
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And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun,
or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
		 -- Deuteronomy 17:3
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And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and inquired diligently,
and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination
is wrought in Israel:
		 -- Deuteronomy 17:4
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Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed
that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and
shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
		 -- Deuteronomy 17:5
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At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is
worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he
shall not be put to death.
		 -- Deuteronomy 17:6
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The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death,
and afterward the hands of all the people.  So thou shalt put the evil
away from among you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 17:7
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If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood
and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being
matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get
thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;
		 -- Deuteronomy 17:8
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And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge
that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall shew thee the
sentence of judgment:
		 -- Deuteronomy 17:9
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And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place
which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to
do according to all that they inform thee;
		 -- Deuteronomy 17:10
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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 shew thee,
to the right hand, nor to the left.
		 -- Deuteronomy 17:11
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And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the
priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto
the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil
from Israel.
		 -- Deuteronomy 17:12
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And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
		 -- Deuteronomy 17:13
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When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee,
and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will
set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;
		 -- Deuteronomy 17:14
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Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God
shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee:
thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.
		 -- Deuteronomy 17:15
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But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to
return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as
the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
		 -- Deuteronomy 17:16
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Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away:
neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
		 -- Deuteronomy 17:17
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And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that
he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is
before the priests the Levites:
		 -- Deuteronomy 17:18
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And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his
life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words
of this law and these statutes, to do them:
		 -- Deuteronomy 17:19
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That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not
aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the
end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children,
in the midst of Israel.
		 -- Deuteronomy 17:20
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THE priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part
nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD
made by fire, and his inheritance.
		 -- Deuteronomy 18:1
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Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD
is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
		 -- Deuteronomy 18:2
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And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer
a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the
priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
		 -- Deuteronomy 18:3
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The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the
first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
		 -- Deuteronomy 18:4
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For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to
minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.
		 -- Deuteronomy 18:5
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And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he
sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which
the LORD shall choose;
		 -- Deuteronomy 18:6
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Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his
brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.
		 -- Deuteronomy 18:7
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They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the
sale of his patrimony.
		 -- Deuteronomy 18:8
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When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee,
thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
		 -- Deuteronomy 18:9
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There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his
daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an
observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
		 -- Deuteronomy 18:10
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Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or
a necromancer.
		 -- Deuteronomy 18:11
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For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and
because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from
before thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 18:12
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Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
		 -- Deuteronomy 18:13
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For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers
of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not
suffered thee so to do.
		 -- Deuteronomy 18:14
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The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee,
of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
		 -- Deuteronomy 18:15
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According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the
day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD
my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
		 -- Deuteronomy 18:16
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And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have
spoken.
		 -- Deuteronomy 18:17
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I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee,
and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all
that I shall command him.
		 -- Deuteronomy 18:18
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And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words
which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
		 -- Deuteronomy 18:19
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But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which
I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of
other gods, even that prophet shall die.
		 -- Deuteronomy 18:20
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And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the
LORD hath not spoken?
		 -- Deuteronomy 18:21
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When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow
not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken,
but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid
of him.
		 -- Deuteronomy 18:22
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WHEN the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy
God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities,
and in their houses;
		 -- Deuteronomy 19:1
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Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
		 -- Deuteronomy 19:2
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Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which
the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every
slayer may flee thither.
		 -- Deuteronomy 19:3
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And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he
may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in
time past;
		 -- Deuteronomy 19:4
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As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour 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 neighbour, that he die;
he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
		 -- Deuteronomy 19:5
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Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot,
and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was
not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
		 -- Deuteronomy 19:6
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Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities
for thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 19:7
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And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy
fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto
thy fathers;
		 -- Deuteronomy 19:8
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If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command
thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways;
then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:
		 -- Deuteronomy 19:9
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That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God
giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 19:10
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But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up
against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of
these cities:
		 -- Deuteronomy 19:11
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Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver
him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
		 -- Deuteronomy 19:12
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Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of
innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 19:13
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Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time
have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that
the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
		 -- Deuteronomy 19:14
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One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for
any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses,
or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
		 -- Deuteronomy 19:15
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If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that
which is wrong;
		 -- Deuteronomy 19:16
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Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before
the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
		 -- Deuteronomy 19:17
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And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the
witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his
brother;
		 -- Deuteronomy 19:18
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Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his
brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 19:19
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And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit
no more any such evil among you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 19:20
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And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye,
tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
		 -- Deuteronomy 19:21
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WHEN thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses,
and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the
LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
		 -- Deuteronomy 20:1
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And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest
shall approach and speak unto the people.
		 -- Deuteronomy 20:2
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And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle
against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not
tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
		 -- Deuteronomy 20:3
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For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against
your enemies, to save you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 20:4
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And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there
that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it?  let him go
and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man
dedicate it.
		 -- Deuteronomy 20:5
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And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten
of it?	let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the
battle, and another man eat of it.
		 -- Deuteronomy 20:6
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And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her?
let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and
another man take her.
		 -- Deuteronomy 20:7
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And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say,
What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted?  let him go and return
unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.
		 -- Deuteronomy 20:8
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And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the
people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
		 -- Deuteronomy 20:9
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When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim
peace unto it.
		 -- Deuteronomy 20:10
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And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee,
then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be
tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 20:11
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And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee,
then thou shalt besiege it:
		 -- Deuteronomy 20:12
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And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt
smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
		 -- Deuteronomy 20:13
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But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is
in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself;
and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God
hath given thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 20:14
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Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee,
which are not of the cities of these nations.
		 -- Deuteronomy 20:15
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But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee
for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
		 -- Deuteronomy 20:16
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But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the
Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the
Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:
		 -- Deuteronomy 20:17
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That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they
have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.
		 -- Deuteronomy 20:18
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When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it
to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an
axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut
them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in
the siege:
		 -- Deuteronomy 20:19
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Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou
shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against
the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
		 -- Deuteronomy 20:20
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IF one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to
possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:
		 -- Deuteronomy 21:1
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Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure
unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
		 -- Deuteronomy 21:2
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And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even
the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought
with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;
		 -- Deuteronomy 21:3
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And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough
valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's
neck there in the valley:
		 -- Deuteronomy 21:4
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And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy
God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the
LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:
		 -- Deuteronomy 21:5
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And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man,
shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
		 -- Deuteronomy 21:6
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And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood,
neither have our eyes seen it.
		 -- Deuteronomy 21:7
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Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed,
and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge.	And the
blood shall be forgiven them.
		 -- Deuteronomy 21:8
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So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you,
when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
		 -- Deuteronomy 21:9
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When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God
hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,
		 -- Deuteronomy 21:10
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And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto
her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
		 -- Deuteronomy 21:11
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Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her
head, and pare her nails;
		 -- Deuteronomy 21:12
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And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall
remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month:
and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she
shall be thy wife.
		 -- Deuteronomy 21:13
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And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let
her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money,
thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
		 -- Deuteronomy 21:14
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If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have
born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn
son be hers that was hated:
		 -- Deuteronomy 21:15
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Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath,
that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of
the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
		 -- Deuteronomy 21:16
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But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by
giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning
of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
		 -- Deuteronomy 21:17
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If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the
voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they
have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
		 -- Deuteronomy 21:18
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Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out
unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
		 -- Deuteronomy 21:19
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And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is
stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton,
and a drunkard.
		 -- Deuteronomy 21:20
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And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die:
so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear,
and fear.
		 -- Deuteronomy 21:21
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And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put
to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
		 -- Deuteronomy 21:22
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His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in
any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;)
that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for
an inheritance.
		 -- Deuteronomy 21:23
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THOU shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide
thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy
brother.
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:1
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And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then
thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee
until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:2
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In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his
raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost,
and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:3
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Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and
hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:4
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The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall
a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto
the LORD thy God.
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:5
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If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on
the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon
the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:6
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But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee;
that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:7
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When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for
thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall
from thence.
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:8
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Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of
thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:9
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Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:10
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Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen
together.
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:11
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Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture,
wherewith thou coverest thyself.
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:12
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If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:13
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And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name
upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found
her not a maid:
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:14
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Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring
forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city
in the gate:
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:15
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And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter
unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:16
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And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found
not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's
virginity.  And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:17
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And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:18
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And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them
unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name
upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her
away all his days.
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:19
%
But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for
the damsel:
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:20
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Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house,
and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because
she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house:
so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:21
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If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they
shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the
woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:22
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If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man
find her in the city, and lie with her;
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:23
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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 neighbour's
wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:24
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But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her,
and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:25
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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 neighbour,
and slayeth him, even so is this matter:
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:26
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For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there
was none to save her.
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:27
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If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and
lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:28
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Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty
shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her,
he may not put her away all his days.
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:29
%
A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.
		 -- Deuteronomy 22:30
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HE that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off,
shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
		 -- Deuteronomy 23:1
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A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to
his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
		 -- Deuteronomy 23:2
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An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD;
even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation
of the LORD for ever:
		 -- Deuteronomy 23:3
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Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye
came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the
son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 23:4
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Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the
LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the
LORD thy God loved thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 23:5
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Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days
for ever.
		 -- Deuteronomy 23:6
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Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not
abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
		 -- Deuteronomy 23:7
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The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation
of the LORD in their third generation.
		 -- Deuteronomy 23:8
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When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from
every wicked thing.
		 -- Deuteronomy 23:9
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If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness
that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp,
he shall not come within the camp:
		 -- Deuteronomy 23:10
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But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water:
and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.
		 -- Deuteronomy 23:11
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Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go
forth abroad:
		 -- Deuteronomy 23:12
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And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou
wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back
and cover that which cometh from thee:
		 -- Deuteronomy 23:13
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For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee,
and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be
holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 23:14
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Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from
his master unto thee:
		 -- Deuteronomy 23:15
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He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall
choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not
oppress him.
		 -- Deuteronomy 23:16
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There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of
the sons of Israel.
		 -- Deuteronomy 23:17
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Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into
the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are
abomination unto the LORD thy God.
		 -- Deuteronomy 23:18
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Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of
victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
		 -- Deuteronomy 23:19
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Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou
shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in
all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to
possess it.
		 -- Deuteronomy 23:20
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When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack
to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it
would be sin in thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 23:21
%
But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 23:22
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That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a
freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God,
which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
		 -- Deuteronomy 23:23
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When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat
grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in
thy vessel.
		 -- Deuteronomy 23:24
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When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou
mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle
unto thy neighbour's standing corn.
		 -- Deuteronomy 23:25
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WHEN a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that
she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness
in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in
her hand, and send her out of his house.
		 -- Deuteronomy 24:1
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And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another
man's wife.
		 -- Deuteronomy 24:2
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And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement,
and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the
latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;
		 -- Deuteronomy 24:3
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Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be
his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the
LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God
giveth thee for an inheritance.
		 -- Deuteronomy 24:4
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When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither
shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one
year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
		 -- Deuteronomy 24:5
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No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he
taketh a man's life to pledge.
		 -- Deuteronomy 24:6
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If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel,
and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die;
and thou shalt put evil away from among you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 24:7
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Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and
do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I
commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.
		 -- Deuteronomy 24:8
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Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that
ye were come forth out of Egypt.
		 -- Deuteronomy 24:9
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When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his
house to fetch his pledge.
		 -- Deuteronomy 24:10
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Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring
out the pledge abroad unto thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 24:11
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And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
		 -- Deuteronomy 24:12
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In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth
down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall
be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
		 -- Deuteronomy 24:13
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Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether
he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within
thy gates:
		 -- Deuteronomy 24:14
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At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down
upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry
against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 24:15
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The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall
the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to
death for his own sin.
		 -- Deuteronomy 24:16
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Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the
fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
		 -- Deuteronomy 24:17
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But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD
thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
		 -- Deuteronomy 24:18
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When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a
sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be
for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD
thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
		 -- Deuteronomy 24:19
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When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs
again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the
widow.
		 -- Deuteronomy 24:20
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When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean
it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for
the widow.
		 -- Deuteronomy 24:21
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And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt:
therefore I command thee to do this thing.
		 -- Deuteronomy 24:22
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IF there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment,
that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous,
and condemn the wicked.
		 -- Deuteronomy 25:1
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And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the
judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face,
according to his fault, by a certain number.
		 -- Deuteronomy 25:2
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Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed,
and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem
vile unto thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 25:3
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Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
		 -- Deuteronomy 25:4
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If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the
wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's
brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform
the duty of an husband's brother unto her.
		 -- Deuteronomy 25:5
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And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the
name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.
		 -- Deuteronomy 25:6
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And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's
wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother
refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not
perform the duty of my husband's brother.
		 -- Deuteronomy 25:7
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Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if
he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;
		 -- Deuteronomy 25:8
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Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the
elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face,
and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will
not build up his brother's house.
		 -- Deuteronomy 25:9
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And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his
shoe loosed.
		 -- Deuteronomy 25:10
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When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth
near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him,
and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:
		 -- Deuteronomy 25:11
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Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
		 -- Deuteronomy 25:12
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Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
		 -- Deuteronomy 25:13
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Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.
		 -- Deuteronomy 25:14
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But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure
shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the
LORD thy God giveth thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 25:15
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For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an
abomination unto the LORD thy God.
		 -- Deuteronomy 25:16
%
Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth
out of Egypt;
		 -- Deuteronomy 25:17
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How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all
that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he
feared not God.
		 -- Deuteronomy 25:18
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Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from
all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth
thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the
remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.
		 -- Deuteronomy 25:19
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AND it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD
thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest
therein;
		 -- Deuteronomy 26:1
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That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which
thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and
shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD
thy God shall choose to place his name there.
		 -- Deuteronomy 26:2
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And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say
unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto
the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give us.
		 -- Deuteronomy 26:3
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And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down
before the altar of the LORD thy God.
		 -- Deuteronomy 26:4
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And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to
perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there
with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
		 -- Deuteronomy 26:5
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And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us
hard bondage:
		 -- Deuteronomy 26:6
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And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our
voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:
		 -- Deuteronomy 26:7
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And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with
an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and
with wonders:
		 -- Deuteronomy 26:8
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And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land,
even a land that floweth with milk and honey.
		 -- Deuteronomy 26:9
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And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou,
O LORD, hast given me.	And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God,
and worship before the LORD thy God:
		 -- Deuteronomy 26:10
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And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath
given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the
stranger that is among you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 26:11
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When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase
the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto
the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may
eat within thy gates, and be filled;
		 -- Deuteronomy 26:12
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Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the
hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the
Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow,
according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have
not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:
		 -- Deuteronomy 26:13
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I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought
thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I
have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according
to all that thou hast commanded me.
		 -- Deuteronomy 26:14
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Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people
Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our
fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
		 -- Deuteronomy 26:15
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This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and
judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart,
and with all thy soul.
		 -- Deuteronomy 26:16
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Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his
ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments,
and to hearken unto his voice:
		 -- Deuteronomy 26:17
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And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as
he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;
		 -- Deuteronomy 26:18
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And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise,
and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto
the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.
		 -- Deuteronomy 26:19
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AND Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep
all the commandments which I command you this day.
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:1
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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 plaister them with plaister:
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:2
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And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art
passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy
God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD
God of thy fathers hath promised thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:3
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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 plaister them with plaister.
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:4
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And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of
stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:5
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Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou
shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:6
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And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice
before the LORD thy God.
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:7
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And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very
plainly.
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:8
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And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying,
Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people
of the LORD thy God.
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:9
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Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his
commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:10
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And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:11
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These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are
come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph,
and Benjamin:
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:12
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And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher,
and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:13
%
And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a
loud voice,
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:14
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Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination
unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it
in a secret place.  And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:15
%
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother.  And all
the people shall say, Amen.
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:16
%
Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark.  And all the people
shall say, Amen.
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:17
%
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way.  And all
the people shall say, Amen.
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:18
%
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless,
and widow.  And all the people shall say, Amen.
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:19
%
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth
his father's skirt.  And all the people shall say, Amen.
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:20
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Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast.  And all the people
shall say, Amen.
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:21
%
Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father,
or the daughter of his mother.	And all the people shall say, Amen.
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:22
%
Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law.  And all the people
shall say, Amen.
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:23
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Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly.  And all the people
shall say, Amen.
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:24
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Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person.  And all
the people shall say, Amen.
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:25
%
Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them.
And all the people shall say, Amen.
		 -- Deuteronomy 27:26
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AND it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the
voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments
which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on
high above all nations of the earth:
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:1
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And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou
shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:2
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Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:3
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Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground,
and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks
of thy sheep.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:4
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Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:5
%
Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be
when thou goest out.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:6
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The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be
smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way,
and flee before thee seven ways.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:7
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The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and
in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in
the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:8
%
The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath
sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God,
and walk in his ways.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:9
%
And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name
of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:10
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And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy
body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground,
in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:11
%
The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the
rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand:
and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:12
%
And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt
be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto
the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day,
to observe and to do them:
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:13
%
And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee
this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to
serve them.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:14
%
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of
the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes
which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee,
and overtake thee:
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:15
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Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:16
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Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:17
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Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the
increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:18
%
Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when
thou goest out.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:19
%
The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all
that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed,
and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings,
whereby thou hast forsaken me.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:20
%
The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have
consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:21
%
The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with
an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with
blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:22
%
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that
is under thee shall be iron.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:23
%
The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven
shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:24
%
The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt
go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt
be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:25
%
And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the
beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:26
%
The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods,
and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:27
%
The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment
of heart:
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:28
%
And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and
thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed
and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:29
%
Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou
shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant
a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:30
%
Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof:
thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall
not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies,
and thou shalt have none to rescue them.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:31
%
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine
eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and
there shall be no might in thine hand.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:32
%
The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou
knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:33
%
So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou
shalt see.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:34
%
The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch
that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:35
%
The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee,
unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there
shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:36
%
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among
all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:37
%
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but
little in; for the locust shall consume it.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:38
%
Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of
the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:39
%
Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt
not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:40
%
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them;
for they shall go into captivity.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:41
%
All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:42
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The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high;
and thou shalt come down very low.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:43
%
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the
head, and thou shalt be the tail.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:44
%
Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee,
and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not
unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his
statutes which he commanded thee:
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:45
%
And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy
seed for ever.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:46
%
Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with
gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:47
%
Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send
against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want
of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he
have destroyed thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:48
%
The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the
earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt
not understand;
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:49
%
A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of
the old, nor shew favour to the young:
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:50
%
And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land,
until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn,
wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep,
until he have destroyed thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:51
%
And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced
walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and
he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which
the LORD thy God hath given thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:52
%
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and
of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege,
and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:53
%
So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye
shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom,
and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:54
%
So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom
he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the
straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:55
%
The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to
set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness,
her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son,
and toward her daughter,
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:56
%
And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and
toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for
want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine
enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:57
%
If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written
in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name,
THE LORD THY GOD;
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:58
%
Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy
seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses,
and of long continuance.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:59
%
Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou
wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:60
%
Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book
of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:61
%
And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of
heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the
LORD thy God.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:62
%
And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you
good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy
you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the
land whither thou goest to possess it.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:63
%
And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of
the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods,
which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:64
%
And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole
of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling
heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:65
%
And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day
and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:66
%
In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even!	and at even
thou shalt say, Would God it were morning!  for the fear of thine heart
wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou
shalt see.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:67
%
And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way
whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there
ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no
man shall buy you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 28:68
%
THESE are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to
make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant
which he made with them in Horeb.
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:1
%
And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all
that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh,
and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:2
%
The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those
great miracles:
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:3
%
Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see,
and ears to hear, unto this day.
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:4
%
And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not
waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:5
%
Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink:
that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:6
%
And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the
king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:7
%
And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the
Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:8
%
Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may
prosper in all that ye do.
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:9
%
Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of
your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:10
%
Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp,
from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:11
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That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into
his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:12
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That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that
he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath
sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:13
%
Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:14
%
But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God,
and also with him that is not here with us this day:
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:15
%
(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came
through the nations which ye passed by;
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:16
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And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone,
silver and gold, which were among them:)
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:17
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Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose
heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the
gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth
gall and wormwood;
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:18
%
And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he
bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk
in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:19
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The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his
jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are
written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out
his name from under heaven.
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:20
%
And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel,
according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this
book of the law:
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:21
%
So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after
you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when
they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD
hath laid upon it;
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:22
%
And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning,
that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like
the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD
overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:23
%
Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto
this land?  what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:24
%
Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD
God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth
out of the land of Egypt:
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:25
%
For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they
knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:26
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And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon
it all the curses that are written in this book:
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:27
%
And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and
in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:28
%
The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which
are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may
do all the words of this law.
		 -- Deuteronomy 29:29
%
AND it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee,
the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt
call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath
driven thee,
		 -- Deuteronomy 30:1
%
And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice
according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children,
with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
		 -- Deuteronomy 30:2
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That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion
upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither
the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 30:3
%
If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from
thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he
fetch thee:
		 -- Deuteronomy 30:4
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And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers
possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and
multiply thee above thy fathers.
		 -- Deuteronomy 30:5
%
And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy
seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy
soul, that thou mayest live.
		 -- Deuteronomy 30:6
%
And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies,
and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 30:7
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And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his
commandments which I command thee this day.
		 -- Deuteronomy 30:8
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And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine
hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in
the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over
thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
		 -- Deuteronomy 30:9
%
If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his
commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law,
and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with
all thy soul.
		 -- Deuteronomy 30:10
%
For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden
from thee, neither is it far off.
		 -- Deuteronomy 30:11
%
It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to
heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
		 -- Deuteronomy 30:12
%
Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over
the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
		 -- Deuteronomy 30:13
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But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart,
that thou mayest do it.
		 -- Deuteronomy 30:14
%
See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
		 -- Deuteronomy 30:15
%
In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his
ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments,
that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless
thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
		 -- Deuteronomy 30:16
%
But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be
drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
		 -- Deuteronomy 30:17
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I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye
shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over
Jordan to go to possess it.
		 -- Deuteronomy 30:18
%
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set
before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life,
that both thou and thy seed may live:
		 -- Deuteronomy 30:19
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That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his
voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the
length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD
sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
		 -- Deuteronomy 30:20
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AND Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:1
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And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day;
I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me,
Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:2
%
The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy
these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua,
he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said.
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:3
%
And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of
the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:4
%
And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto
them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:5
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Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for
the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee,
nor forsake thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:6
%
And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all
Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people
unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them;
and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:7
%
And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he
will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:8
%
And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of
Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the
elders of Israel.
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:9
%
And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years,
in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:10
%
When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place
which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in
their hearing.
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:11
%
Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger
that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn,
and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:12
%
And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and
learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither
ye go over Jordan to possess it.
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:13
%
And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou
must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the
congregation, that I may give him a charge.  And Moses and Joshua went,
and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:14
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And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the
pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:15
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers;
and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the
strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake
me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:16
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Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will
forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be
devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they
will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God
is not among us?
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:17
%
And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they
shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:18
%
Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of
Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me
against the children of Israel.
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:19
%
For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their
fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and
filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods,
and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:20
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And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen
them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it
shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their
imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them
into the land which I sware.
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:21
%
Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children
of Israel.
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:22
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And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a
good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land
which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:23
%
And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of
this law in a book, until they were finished,
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:24
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That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of
the LORD, saying,
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:25
%
Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the
covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness
against thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:26
%
For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet
alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD;
and how much more after my death?
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:27
%
Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I
may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record
against them.
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:28
%
For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and
turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall
you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD,
to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:29
%
And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words
of this song, until they were ended.
		 -- Deuteronomy 31:30
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GIVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words
of my mouth.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:1
%
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew,
as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:2
%
Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto
our God.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:3
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He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment:
a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:4
%
They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his
children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:5
%
Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise?  is not he thy
father that hath bought thee?  hath he not made thee, and established
thee?
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:6
%
Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask
thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:7
%
When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he
separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according
to the number of the children of Israel.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:8
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For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:9
%
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness;
he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:10
%
As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth
abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:11
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So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:12
%
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the
increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock,
and oil out of the flinty rock;
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:13
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Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the
breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou
didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:14
%
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown
thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him,
and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:15
%
They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations
provoked they him to anger.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:16
%
They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not,
to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:17
%
Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God
that formed thee.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:18
%
And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of
his sons, and of his daughters.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:19
%
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end
shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is
no faith.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:20
%
They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have
provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy
with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a
foolish nation.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:21
%
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest
hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire
the foundations of the mountains.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:22
%
I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:23
%
They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and
with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them,
with the poison of serpents of the dust.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:24
%
The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man
and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:25
%
I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance
of them to cease from among men:
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:26
%
Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries
should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand
is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:27
%
For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding
in them.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:28
%
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider
their latter end!
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:29
%
How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight,
except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:30
%
For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being
judges.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:31
%
For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah:
their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:32
%
Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:33
%
Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:34
%
To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in
due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that
shall come upon them make haste.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:35
%
For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants,
when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up,
or left.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:36
%
And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:37
%
Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their
drink offerings?  let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:38
%
See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill,
and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can
deliver out of my hand.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:39
%
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:40
%
If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I
will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:41
%
I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour
flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from
the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:42
%
Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of
his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be
merciful unto his land, and to his people.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:43
%
And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the
people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:44
%
And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:45
%
And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify
among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to
do, all the words of this law.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:46
%
For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through
this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over
Jordan to possess it.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:47
%
And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:48
%
Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the
land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan,
which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:49
%
And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy
people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto
his people:
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:50
%
Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the
waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified
me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:51
%
Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither
unto the land which I give the children of Israel.
		 -- Deuteronomy 32:52
%
AND this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the
children of Israel before his death.
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:1
%
And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them;
he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of
saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:2
%
Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat
down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:3
%
Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation
of Jacob.
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:4
%
And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes
of Israel were gathered together.
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:5
%
Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:6
%
And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice
of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient
for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:7
%
And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one,
whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the
waters of Meribah;
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:8
%
Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither
did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they
have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:9
%
They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall
put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:10
%
Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite
through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate
him, that they rise not again.
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:11
%
And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety
by him; and the LORD shall cover him all the day long, and he shall
dwell between his shoulders.
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:12
%
And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious
things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:13
%
And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious
things put forth by the moon,
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:14
%
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious
things of the lasting hills,
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:15
%
And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the
good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the
head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated
from his brethren.
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:16
%
His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like
the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to
the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and
they are the thousands of Manasseh.
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:17
%
And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar,
in thy tents.
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:18
%
They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer
sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of
the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:19
%
And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a
lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:20
%
And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion
of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people,
he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:21
%
And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:22
%
And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full
with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:23
%
And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be
acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:24
%
Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy
strength be.
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:25
%
There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven
in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:26
%
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms:
and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say,
Destroy them.
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:27
%
Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be
upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:28
%
Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the
LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency!
and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread
upon their high places.
		 -- Deuteronomy 33:29
%
AND Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo,
to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho.  And the LORD shewed
him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
		 -- Deuteronomy 34:1
%
And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the
land of Judah, unto the utmost sea,
		 -- Deuteronomy 34:2
%
And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm
trees, unto Zoar.
		 -- Deuteronomy 34:3
%
And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham,
unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have
caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
		 -- Deuteronomy 34:4
%
So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according
to the word of the LORD.
		 -- Deuteronomy 34:5
%
And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor:
but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
		 -- Deuteronomy 34:6
%
And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was
not dim, nor his natural force abated.
		 -- Deuteronomy 34:7
%
And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty
days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
		 -- Deuteronomy 34:8
%
And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had
laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him,
and did as the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- Deuteronomy 34:9
%
And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the
LORD knew face to face,
		 -- Deuteronomy 34:10
%
In all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the
land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land,
		 -- Deuteronomy 34:11
%
And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses
shewed in the sight of all Israel.
		 -- Deuteronomy 34:12
%
NOW after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass,
that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
		 -- Joshua 1:1
%
Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou,
and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the
children of Israel.
		 -- Joshua 1:2
%
Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I
given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
		 -- Joshua 1:3
%
From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the
river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea
toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
		 -- Joshua 1:4
%
There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy
life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee,
nor forsake thee.
		 -- Joshua 1:5
%
Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide
for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give
them.
		 -- Joshua 1:6
%
Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do
according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn
not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper
whithersoever thou goest.
		 -- Joshua 1:7
%
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou
shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do
according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy
way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
		 -- Joshua 1:8
%
Have not I commanded thee?  Be strong and of a good courage; be not
afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee
whithersoever thou goest.
		 -- Joshua 1:9
%
Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
		 -- Joshua 1:10
%
Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you
victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go
in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.
		 -- Joshua 1:11
%
And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of
Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
		 -- Joshua 1:12
%
Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you,
saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you
this land.
		 -- Joshua 1:13
%
Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land
which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your
brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;
		 -- Joshua 1:14
%
Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and
they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them:
then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it,
which Moses the LORD's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward
the sunrising.
		 -- Joshua 1:15
%
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do,
and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.
		 -- Joshua 1:16
%
According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken
unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.
		 -- Joshua 1:17
%
Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not
hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put
to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
		 -- Joshua 1:18
%
AND Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly,
saying, Go view the land, even Jericho.  And they went, and came into
an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
		 -- Joshua 2:1
%
And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in
hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.
		 -- Joshua 2:2
%
And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men
that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be
come to search out all the country.
		 -- Joshua 2:3
%
And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came
men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:
		 -- Joshua 2:4
%
And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it
was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue
after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
		 -- Joshua 2:5
%
But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with
the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
		 -- Joshua 2:6
%
And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as
soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
		 -- Joshua 2:7
%
And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
		 -- Joshua 2:8
%
And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land,
and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of
the land faint because of you.
		 -- Joshua 2:9
%
For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for
you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of
the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye
utterly destroyed.
		 -- Joshua 2:10
%
And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither
did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the
LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
		 -- Joshua 2:11
%
Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed
you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house,
and give me a true token:
		 -- Joshua 2:12
%
And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren,
and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
		 -- Joshua 2:13
%
And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this
our business.  And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land,
that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
		 -- Joshua 2:14
%
Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was
upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
		 -- Joshua 2:15
%
And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet
you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned:
and afterward may ye go your way.
		 -- Joshua 2:16
%
And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which
thou hast made us swear.
		 -- Joshua 2:17
%
Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet
thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt
bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's
household, home unto thee.
		 -- Joshua 2:18
%
And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house
into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be
guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood
shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.
		 -- Joshua 2:19
%
And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath
which thou hast made us to swear.
		 -- Joshua 2:20
%
And she said, According unto your words, so be it.  And she sent them
away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
		 -- Joshua 2:21
%
And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days,
until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout
all the way, but found them not.
		 -- Joshua 2:22
%
So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed
over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that
befell them:
		 -- Joshua 2:23
%
And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands
all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint
because of us.
		 -- Joshua 2:24
%
AND Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim,
and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there
before they passed over.
		 -- Joshua 3:1
%
And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through
the host;
		 -- Joshua 3:2
%
And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the
covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it,
then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
		 -- Joshua 3:3
%
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits
by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye
must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
		 -- Joshua 3:4
%
And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the
LORD will do wonders among you.
		 -- Joshua 3:5
%
And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the
covenant, and pass over before the people.  And they took up the ark of
the covenant, and went before the people.
		 -- Joshua 3:6
%
And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in
the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses,
so I will be with thee.
		 -- Joshua 3:7
%
And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant,
saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall
stand still in Jordan.
		 -- Joshua 3:8
%
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the
words of the LORD your God.
		 -- Joshua 3:9
%
And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among
you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites,
and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
		 -- Joshua 3:10
%
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.
		 -- Joshua 3:11
%
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of
every tribe a man.
		 -- Joshua 3:12
%
And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests
that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in
the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from
the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.
		 -- Joshua 3:13
%
And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass
over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before
the people;
		 -- Joshua 3:14
%
And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of
the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water,
(for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
		 -- Joshua 3:15
%
That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an
heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those
that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed,
and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
		 -- Joshua 3:16
%
And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm
on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over
on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.
		 -- Joshua 3:17
%
AND it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan,
that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
		 -- Joshua 4:1
%
Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
		 -- Joshua 4:2
%
And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan,
out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and
ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place,
where ye shall lodge this night.
		 -- Joshua 4:3
%
Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children
of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
		 -- Joshua 4:4
%
And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God
into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon
his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children
of Israel:
		 -- Joshua 4:5
%
That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their
fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
		 -- Joshua 4:6
%
Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before
the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the
waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial
unto the children of Israel for ever.
		 -- Joshua 4:7
%
And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up
twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua,
according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and
carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid
them down there.
		 -- Joshua 4:8
%
And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place
where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood:
and they are there unto this day.
		 -- Joshua 4:9
%
For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until
every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto
the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people
hasted and passed over.
		 -- Joshua 4:10
%
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that
the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of
the people.
		 -- Joshua 4:11
%
And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe
of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses
spake unto them:
		 -- Joshua 4:12
%
About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto
battle, to the plains of Jericho.
		 -- Joshua 4:13
%
On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and
they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
		 -- Joshua 4:14
%
And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
		 -- Joshua 4:15
%
Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come
up out of Jordan.
		 -- Joshua 4:16
%
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.
		 -- Joshua 4:17
%
And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant
of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of
the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters
of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks,
as they did before.
		 -- Joshua 4:18
%
And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month,
and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
		 -- Joshua 4:19
%
And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch
in Gilgal.
		 -- Joshua 4:20
%
And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children
shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
		 -- Joshua 4:21
%
Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this
Jordan on dry land.
		 -- Joshua 4:22
%
For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you,
until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea,
which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
		 -- Joshua 4:23
%
That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that
it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.
		 -- Joshua 4:24
%
AND it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were
on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites,
which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of
Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over,
that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more,
because of the children of Israel.
		 -- Joshua 5:1
%
At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and
circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
		 -- Joshua 5:2
%
And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel
at the hill of the foreskins.
		 -- Joshua 5:3
%
And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that
came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in
the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.
		 -- Joshua 5:4
%
Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people
that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of
Egypt, them they had not circumcised.
		 -- Joshua 5:5
%
For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all
the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed,
because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware
that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their
fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
		 -- Joshua 5:6
%
And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua
circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised
them by the way.
		 -- Joshua 5:7
%
And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people,
that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.
		 -- Joshua 5:8
%
And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach
of Egypt from off you.	Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal
unto this day.
		 -- Joshua 5:9
%
And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on
the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
		 -- Joshua 5:10
%
And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the
passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.
		 -- Joshua 5:11
%
And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn
of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they
did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
		 -- Joshua 5:12
%
And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his
eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with
his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him,
Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
		 -- Joshua 5:13
%
And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come.
And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto
him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
		 -- Joshua 5:14
%
And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from
off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy.  And Joshua
did so.
		 -- Joshua 5:15
%
NOW Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel:
none went out, and none came in.
		 -- Joshua 6:1
%
And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho,
and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
		 -- Joshua 6:2
%
And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about
the city once.	Thus shalt thou do six days.
		 -- Joshua 6:3
%
And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams'
horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and
the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
		 -- Joshua 6:4
%
And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the
ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people
shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down
flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
		 -- Joshua 6:5
%
And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take
up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets
of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.
		 -- Joshua 6:6
%
And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him
that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.
		 -- Joshua 6:7
%
And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the
seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before
the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of
the LORD followed them.
		 -- Joshua 6:8
%
And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets,
and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing
with the trumpets.
		 -- Joshua 6:9
%
And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor
make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of
your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.
		 -- Joshua 6:10
%
So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they
came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
		 -- Joshua 6:11
%
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark
of the LORD.
		 -- Joshua 6:12
%
And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of
the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed
men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the LORD,
the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
		 -- Joshua 6:13
%
And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the
camp: so they did six days.
		 -- Joshua 6:14
%
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the
dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven
times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
		 -- Joshua 6:15
%
And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the
trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given
you the city.
		 -- Joshua 6:16
%
And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to
the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with
her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
		 -- Joshua 6:17
%
And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye
make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make
the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
		 -- Joshua 6:18
%
But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are
consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.
		 -- Joshua 6:19
%
So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it
came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the
people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so
that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him,
and they took the city.
		 -- Joshua 6:20
%
And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman,
young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
		 -- Joshua 6:21
%
But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country,
Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that
she hath, as ye sware unto her.
		 -- Joshua 6:22
%
And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her
father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they
brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.
		 -- Joshua 6:23
%
And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the
silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put
into the treasury of the house of the LORD.
		 -- Joshua 6:24
%
And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household,
and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day;
because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
		 -- Joshua 6:25
%
And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before
the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay
the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall
he set up the gates of it.
		 -- Joshua 6:26
%
So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all
the country.
		 -- Joshua 6:27
%
BUT the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing:
for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the
tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD
was kindled against the children of Israel.
		 -- Joshua 7:1
%
And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on
the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view
the country.  And the men went up and viewed Ai.
		 -- Joshua 7:2
%
And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people
go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai;
and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.
		 -- Joshua 7:3
%
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and
they fled before the men of Ai.
		 -- Joshua 7:4
%
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased
them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going
down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
		 -- Joshua 7:5
%
And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before
the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel,
and put dust upon their heads.
		 -- Joshua 7:6
%
And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought
this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites,
to destroy us?	would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other
side Jordan!
		 -- Joshua 7:7
%
O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their
enemies!
		 -- Joshua 7:8
%
For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of
it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth:
and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
		 -- Joshua 7:9
%
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus
upon thy face?
		 -- Joshua 7:10
%
Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which
I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and
have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among
their own stuff.
		 -- Joshua 7:11
%
Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies,
but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed:
neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from
among you.
		 -- Joshua 7:12
%
Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow:
for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in
the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies,
until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
		 -- Joshua 7:13
%
In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes:
and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according
to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall
come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall
come man by man.
		 -- Joshua 7:14
%
And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be
burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed
the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
		 -- Joshua 7:15
%
So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their
tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
		 -- Joshua 7:16
%
And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the
Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and
Zabdi was taken:
		 -- Joshua 7:17
%
And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi,
the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
		 -- Joshua 7:18
%
And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD
God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou
hast done; hide it not from me.
		 -- Joshua 7:19
%
And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the
LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
		 -- Joshua 7:20
%
When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred
shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I
coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in
the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
		 -- Joshua 7:21
%
So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold,
it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
		 -- Joshua 7:22
%
And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto
Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before
the LORD.
		 -- Joshua 7:23
%
And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and
the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and
his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent,
and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
		 -- Joshua 7:24
%
And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us?  the LORD shall trouble thee
this day.  And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with
fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
		 -- Joshua 7:25
%
And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day.	So the
LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger.  Wherefore the name of
that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.
		 -- Joshua 7:26
%
AND the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take
all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given
into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land:
		 -- Joshua 8:1
%
And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her
king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for
a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.
		 -- Joshua 8:2
%
So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and
Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them
away by night.
		 -- Joshua 8:3
%
And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the
city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye
all ready:
		 -- Joshua 8:4
%
And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city:
and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first,
that we will flee before them,
		 -- Joshua 8:5
%
(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city;
for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we
will flee before them.
		 -- Joshua 8:6
%
Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the
LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
		 -- Joshua 8:7
%
And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the
city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do.
See, I have commanded you.
		 -- Joshua 8:8
%
Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and
abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged
that night among the people.
		 -- Joshua 8:9
%
And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and
went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
		 -- Joshua 8:10
%
And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up,
and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side
of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.
		 -- Joshua 8:11
%
And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush
between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.
		 -- Joshua 8:12
%
And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the
north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city,
Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
		 -- Joshua 8:13
%
And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and
rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle,
he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he
wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.
		 -- Joshua 8:14
%
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them,
and fled by the way of the wilderness.
		 -- Joshua 8:15
%
And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after
them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
		 -- Joshua 8:16
%
And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after
Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
		 -- Joshua 8:17
%
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand
toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand.	And Joshua stretched
out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.
		 -- Joshua 8:18
%
And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon
as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and
took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.
		 -- Joshua 8:19
%
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the
smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee
this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned
back upon the pursuers.
		 -- Joshua 8:20
%
And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city,
and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and
slew the men of Ai.
		 -- Joshua 8:21
%
And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the
midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they
smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.
		 -- Joshua 8:22
%
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
		 -- Joshua 8:23
%
And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the
inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased
them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they
were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it
with the edge of the sword.
		 -- Joshua 8:24
%
And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women,
were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
		 -- Joshua 8:25
%
For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear,
until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
		 -- Joshua 8:26
%
Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto
themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.
		 -- Joshua 8:27
%
And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation
unto this day.
		 -- Joshua 8:28
%
And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as
the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase
down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city,
and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
		 -- Joshua 8:29
%
Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal,
		 -- Joshua 8:30
%
As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as
it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones,
over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt
offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings.
		 -- Joshua 8:31
%
And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he
wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.
		 -- Joshua 8:32
%
And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood
on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites,
which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well as the stranger,
as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim,
and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the
LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.
		 -- Joshua 8:33
%
And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and
cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
		 -- Joshua 8:34
%
There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not
before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little
ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.
		 -- Joshua 8:35
%
AND it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan,
in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great
sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite,
the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;
		 -- Joshua 9:1
%
That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with
Israel, with one accord.
		 -- Joshua 9:2
%
And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto
Jericho and to Ai,
		 -- Joshua 9:3
%
They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors,
and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent,
and bound up;
		 -- Joshua 9:4
%
And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them;
and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
		 -- Joshua 9:5
%
And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him,
and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore
make ye a league with us.
		 -- Joshua 9:6
%
And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among
us; and how shall we make a league with you?
		 -- Joshua 9:7
%
And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants.  And Joshua said unto
them, Who are ye?  and from whence come ye?
		 -- Joshua 9:8
%
And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come
because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of
him, and all that he did in Egypt,
		 -- Joshua 9:9
%
And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond
Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was
at Ashtaroth.
		 -- Joshua 9:10
%
Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us,
saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them,
and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league
with us.
		 -- Joshua 9:11
%
This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the
day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it
is mouldy:
		 -- Joshua 9:12
%
And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they
be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason
of the very long journey.
		 -- Joshua 9:13
%
And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth
of the LORD.
		 -- Joshua 9:14
%
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let
them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
		 -- Joshua 9:15
%
And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a
league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours,
and that they dwelt among them.
		 -- Joshua 9:16
%
And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the
third day.  Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth,
and Kirjath-jearim.
		 -- Joshua 9:17
%
And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the
congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel.  And all
the congregation murmured against the princes.
		 -- Joshua 9:18
%
But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto
them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
		 -- Joshua 9:19
%
This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon
us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
		 -- Joshua 9:20
%
And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers
of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes
had promised them.
		 -- Joshua 9:21
%
And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have
ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?
		 -- Joshua 9:22
%
Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from
being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of
my God.
		 -- Joshua 9:23
%
And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy
servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give
you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from
before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you,
and have done this thing.
		 -- Joshua 9:24
%
And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto
thee to do unto us, do.
		 -- Joshua 9:25
%
And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the
children of Israel, that they slew them not.
		 -- Joshua 9:26
%
And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for
the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day,
in the place which he should choose.
		 -- Joshua 9:27
%
NOW it came to pass, when 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;
		 -- Joshua 10:1
%
That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of
the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men
thereof were mighty.
		 -- Joshua 10:2
%
Wherefore 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,
		 -- Joshua 10:3
%
Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made
peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
		 -- Joshua 10:4
%
Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king
of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon,
gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts,
and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.
		 -- Joshua 10:5
%
And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying,
Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save
us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the
mountains are gathered together against us.
		 -- Joshua 10:6
%
So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him,
and all the mighty men of valour.
		 -- Joshua 10:7
%
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them
into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.
		 -- Joshua 10:8
%
Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal
all night.
		 -- Joshua 10:9
%
And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great
slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to
Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
		 -- Joshua 10:10
%
And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the
going down to 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.
		 -- Joshua 10:11
%
Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up
the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of
Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley
of Ajalon.
		 -- Joshua 10:12
%
And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged
themselves upon their enemies.	Is not this written in the book of Jasher?
So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down
about a whole day.
		 -- Joshua 10:13
%
And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD
hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.
		 -- Joshua 10:14
%
And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
		 -- Joshua 10:15
%
But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.
		 -- Joshua 10:16
%
And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave
at Makkedah.
		 -- Joshua 10:17
%
And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set
men by it for to keep them:
		 -- Joshua 10:18
%
And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost
of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your
God hath delivered them into your hand.
		 -- Joshua 10:19
%
And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an
end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed,
that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.
		 -- Joshua 10:20
%
And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace:
none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
		 -- Joshua 10:21
%
Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five
kings unto me out of the cave.
		 -- Joshua 10:22
%
And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the
cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth,
the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
		 -- Joshua 10:23
%
And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that
Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of
the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the
necks of these kings.  And they came near, and put their feet upon the
necks of them.
		 -- Joshua 10:24
%
And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of
good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against
whom ye fight.
		 -- Joshua 10:25
%
And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five
trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
		 -- Joshua 10:26
%
And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua
commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the
cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth,
which remain until this very day.
		 -- Joshua 10:27
%
And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the
sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the
souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of
Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.
		 -- Joshua 10:28
%
Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah,
and fought against Libnah:
		 -- Joshua 10:29
%
And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of
Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls
that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king
thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho.
		 -- Joshua 10:30
%
And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish,
and encamped against it, and fought against it:
		 -- Joshua 10:31
%
And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it
on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the
souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
		 -- Joshua 10:32
%
Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him
and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
		 -- Joshua 10:33
%
And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him;
and they encamped against it, and fought against it:
		 -- Joshua 10:34
%
And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword,
and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day,
according to all that he had done to Lachish.
		 -- Joshua 10:35
%
And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron;
and they fought against it:
		 -- Joshua 10:36
%
And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king
thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein;
he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon;
but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.
		 -- Joshua 10:37
%
And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought
against it:
		 -- Joshua 10:38
%
And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and
they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all
the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to
Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also
to Libnah, and to her king.
		 -- Joshua 10:39
%
So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the
vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but
utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.
		 -- Joshua 10:40
%
And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, and all the
country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.
		 -- Joshua 10:41
%
And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because
the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
		 -- Joshua 10:42
%
And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
		 -- Joshua 10:43
%
AND it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things,
that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to
the king of Achshaph,
		 -- Joshua 11:1
%
And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the
plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of
Dor on the west,
		 -- Joshua 11:2
%
And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite,
and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains,
and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
		 -- Joshua 11:3
%
And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people,
even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses
and chariots very many.
		 -- Joshua 11:4
%
And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together
at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
		 -- Joshua 11:5
%
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to
morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel:
thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
		 -- Joshua 11:6
%
So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the
waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.
		 -- Joshua 11:7
%
And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them,
and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto
the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them
none remaining.
		 -- Joshua 11:8
%
And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses,
and burnt their chariots with fire.
		 -- Joshua 11:9
%
And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the
king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all
those kingdoms.
		 -- Joshua 11:10
%
And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword,
utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt
Hazor with fire.
		 -- Joshua 11:11
%
And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua
take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed
them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.
		 -- Joshua 11:12
%
But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned
none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.
		 -- Joshua 11:13
%
And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of
Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with
the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they
any to breathe.
		 -- Joshua 11:14
%
As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua,
and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded
Moses.
		 -- Joshua 11:15
%
So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and
all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain
of Israel, and the valley of the same;
		 -- Joshua 11:16
%
Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in
the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took,
and smote them, and slew them.
		 -- Joshua 11:17
%
Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
		 -- Joshua 11:18
%
There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save
the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.
		 -- Joshua 11:19
%
For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come
against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that
they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD
commanded Moses.
		 -- Joshua 11:20
%
And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains,
from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah,
and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with
their cities.
		 -- Joshua 11:21
%
There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel:
only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
		 -- Joshua 11:22
%
So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto
Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to
their divisions by their tribes.  And the land rested from war.
		 -- Joshua 11:23
%
NOW these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote,
and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of
the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on
the east:
		 -- Joshua 12:1
%
Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer,
which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the
river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the
border of the children of Ammon;
		 -- Joshua 12:2
%
And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea
of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth;
and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah:
		 -- Joshua 12:3
%
And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the
giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
		 -- Joshua 12:4
%
And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto
the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead,
the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
		 -- Joshua 12:5
%
Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite:
and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the
Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
		 -- Joshua 12:6
%
And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children
of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from 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;
		 -- Joshua 12:7
%
In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the
springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites,
the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and
the Jebusites:
		 -- Joshua 12:8
%
The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one;
		 -- Joshua 12:9
%
The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
		 -- Joshua 12:10
%
The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
		 -- Joshua 12:11
%
The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
		 -- Joshua 12:12
%
The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
		 -- Joshua 12:13
%
The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
		 -- Joshua 12:14
%
The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
		 -- Joshua 12:15
%
The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth-el, one;
		 -- Joshua 12:16
%
The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
		 -- Joshua 12:17
%
The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
		 -- Joshua 12:18
%
The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
		 -- Joshua 12:19
%
The king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
		 -- Joshua 12:20
%
The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
		 -- Joshua 12:21
%
The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
		 -- Joshua 12:22
%
The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of
Gilgal, one;
		 -- Joshua 12:23
%
The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.
		 -- Joshua 12:24
%
NOW Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him,
Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much
land to be possessed.
		 -- Joshua 13:1
%
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines,
and all Geshuri,
		 -- Joshua 13:2
%
From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron
northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the
Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites,
the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
		 -- Joshua 13:3
%
From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside
the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:
		 -- Joshua 13:4
%
And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising,
from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.
		 -- Joshua 13:5
%
All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim,
and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of
Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance,
as I have commanded thee.
		 -- Joshua 13:6
%
Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes,
and the half tribe of Manasseh,
		 -- Joshua 13:7
%
With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance,
which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant
of the LORD gave them;
		 -- Joshua 13:8
%
From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that
is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
		 -- Joshua 13:9
%
And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in
Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;
		 -- Joshua 13:10
%
And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all
mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;
		 -- Joshua 13:11
%
All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei,
who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite,
and cast them out.
		 -- Joshua 13:12
%
Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor
the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among
the Israelites until this day.
		 -- Joshua 13:13
%
Only unto the 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.
		 -- Joshua 13:14
%
And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance
according to their families.
		 -- Joshua 13:15
%
And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon,
and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain
by Medeba;
		 -- Joshua 13:16
%
Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal,
and Beth-baal-meon,
		 -- Joshua 13:17
%
And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
		 -- Joshua 13:18
%
And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth-shahar in the mount of the valley,
		 -- Joshua 13:19
%
And Beth-peor, and Ashdoth-pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,
		 -- Joshua 13:20
%
And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of
the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes
of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes
of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
		 -- Joshua 13:21
%
Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel
slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
		 -- Joshua 13:22
%
And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border
thereof.  This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their
families, the cities and the villages thereof.
		 -- Joshua 13:23
%
And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children
of Gad according to their families.
		 -- Joshua 13:24
%
And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the
land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
		 -- Joshua 13:25
%
And from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto
the border of Debir;
		 -- Joshua 13:26
%
And in the valley, Beth-aram, 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.
		 -- Joshua 13:27
%
This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families,
the cities, and their villages.
		 -- Joshua 13:28
%
And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this
was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by
their families.
		 -- Joshua 13:29
%
And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of
Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan,
threescore cities:
		 -- Joshua 13:30
%
And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in
Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh,
even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.
		 -- Joshua 13:31
%
These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in
the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.
		 -- Joshua 13:32
%
But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD God
of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.
		 -- Joshua 13:33
%
AND these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in
the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun,
and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel,
distributed for inheritance to them.
		 -- Joshua 14:1
%
By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses,
for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
		 -- Joshua 14:2
%
For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on
the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance
among them.
		 -- Joshua 14:3
%
For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim:
therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities
to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
		 -- Joshua 14:4
%
As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they
divided the land.
		 -- Joshua 14:5
%
Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the
son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing
that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee
in Kadesh-barnea.
		 -- Joshua 14:6
%
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.
		 -- Joshua 14:7
%
Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the
people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
		 -- Joshua 14:8
%
And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet
have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever,
because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.
		 -- Joshua 14:9
%
And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty
and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while
the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am
this day fourscore and five years old.
		 -- Joshua 14:10
%
As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me:
as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to
go out, and to come in.
		 -- Joshua 14:11
%
Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day;
for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the
cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then
I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.
		 -- Joshua 14:12
%
And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron
for an inheritance.
		 -- Joshua 14:13
%
Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh
the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD
God of Israel.
		 -- Joshua 14:14
%
And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba; which Arba was a great
man among the Anakims.	And the land had rest from war.
		 -- Joshua 14:15
%
THIS then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their
families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward
was the uttermost part of the south coast.
		 -- Joshua 15:1
%
And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay
that looketh southward:
		 -- Joshua 15:2
%
And it went out to the south side to 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:
		 -- Joshua 15:3
%
From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt;
and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your
south coast.
		 -- Joshua 15:4
%
And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan.
And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at
the uttermost part of Jordan:
		 -- Joshua 15:5
%
And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north
of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son
of Reuben:
		 -- Joshua 15:6
%
And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so
northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim,
which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward
the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel:
		 -- Joshua 15:7
%
And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south
side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to
the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward,
which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
		 -- Joshua 15:8
%
And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain
of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron;
and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim:
		 -- Joshua 15:9
%
And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed
along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side,
and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
		 -- Joshua 15:10
%
And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border
was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out
unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
		 -- Joshua 15:11
%
And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof.
This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to
their families.
		 -- Joshua 15:12
%
And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children
of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the
city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
		 -- Joshua 15:13
%
And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman,
and Talmai, the children of Anak.
		 -- Joshua 15:14
%
And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir
before was Kirjath-sepher.
		 -- Joshua 15:15
%
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him
will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
		 -- Joshua 15:16
%
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave
him Achsah his daughter to wife.
		 -- Joshua 15:17
%
And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of
her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her,
What wouldest thou?
		 -- Joshua 15:18
%
Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land;
give me also springs of water.	And he gave her the upper springs,
and the nether springs.
		 -- Joshua 15:19
%
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according
to their families.
		 -- Joshua 15:20
%
And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward
the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
		 -- Joshua 15:21
%
And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
		 -- Joshua 15:22
%
And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
		 -- Joshua 15:23
%
Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
		 -- Joshua 15:24
%
And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,
		 -- Joshua 15:25
%
Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
		 -- Joshua 15:26
%
And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-palet,
		 -- Joshua 15:27
%
And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Bizjothjah,
		 -- Joshua 15:28
%
Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,
		 -- Joshua 15:29
%
And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
		 -- Joshua 15:30
%
And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
		 -- Joshua 15:31
%
And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty
and nine, with their villages:
		 -- Joshua 15:32
%
And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
		 -- Joshua 15:33
%
And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
		 -- Joshua 15:34
%
Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
		 -- Joshua 15:35
%
And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities
with their villages:
		 -- Joshua 15:36
%
Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,
		 -- Joshua 15:37
%
And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
		 -- Joshua 15:38
%
Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
		 -- Joshua 15:39
%
And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,
		 -- Joshua 15:40
%
And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with
their villages:
		 -- Joshua 15:41
%
Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
		 -- Joshua 15:42
%
And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
		 -- Joshua 15:43
%
And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:
		 -- Joshua 15:44
%
Ekron, with her towns and her villages:
		 -- Joshua 15:45
%
From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their
villages:
		 -- Joshua 15:46
%
Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her
villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border
thereof:
		 -- Joshua 15:47
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And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
		 -- Joshua 15:48
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And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir,
		 -- Joshua 15:49
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And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
		 -- Joshua 15:50
%
And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages:
		 -- Joshua 15:51
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Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,
		 -- Joshua 15:52
%
And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,
		 -- Joshua 15:53
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And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities
with their villages:
		 -- Joshua 15:54
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Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
		 -- Joshua 15:55
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And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
		 -- Joshua 15:56
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Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:
		 -- Joshua 15:57
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Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,
		 -- Joshua 15:58
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And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages:
		 -- Joshua 15:59
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Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with
their villages:
		 -- Joshua 15:60
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In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
		 -- Joshua 15:61
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And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their
villages.
		 -- Joshua 15:62
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As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah
could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of
Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.
		 -- Joshua 15:63
%
AND the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto
the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from
Jericho throughout mount Beth-el,
		 -- Joshua 16:1
%
And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders
of Archi to Ataroth,
		 -- Joshua 16:2
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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.
		 -- Joshua 16:3
%
So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
		 -- Joshua 16:4
%
And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families
was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was
Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper;
		 -- Joshua 16:5
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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;
		 -- Joshua 16:6
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And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to
Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
		 -- Joshua 16:7
%
The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and
the goings out thereof were at the sea.  This is the inheritance of the
tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.
		 -- Joshua 16:8
%
And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the
inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their
villages.
		 -- Joshua 16:9
%
And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the
Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under
tribute.
		 -- Joshua 16:10
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THERE was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn
of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of
Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
		 -- Joshua 17:1
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There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their
families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek,
and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for
the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the
male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.
		 -- Joshua 17:2
%
But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir,
the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names
of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
		 -- Joshua 17:3
%
And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the
son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to
give us an inheritance among our brethren.  Therefore according to the
commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren
of their father.
		 -- Joshua 17:4
%
And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and
Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;
		 -- Joshua 17:5
%
Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons:
and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.
		 -- Joshua 17:6
%
And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before
Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants
of En-tappuah.
		 -- Joshua 17:7
%
Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of
Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;
		 -- Joshua 17:8
%
And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river:
these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of
Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of
it were at the sea:
		 -- Joshua 17:9
%
Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the
sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in
Issachar on the east.
		 -- Joshua 17:10
%
And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher 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.
		 -- Joshua 17:11
%
Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of
those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
		 -- Joshua 17:12
%
Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that
they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out.
		 -- Joshua 17:13
%
And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given
me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people,
forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?
		 -- Joshua 17:14
%
And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up
to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the
Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
		 -- Joshua 17:15
%
And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all
the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of
iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are
of the valley of Jezreel.
		 -- Joshua 17:16
%
And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to
Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou
shalt not have one lot only:
		 -- Joshua 17:17
%
But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it
down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out
the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
		 -- Joshua 17:18
%
AND the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together
at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there.  And the
land was subdued before them.
		 -- Joshua 18:1
%
And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had
not yet received their inheritance.
		 -- Joshua 18:2
%
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to
go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?
		 -- Joshua 18:3
%
Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them,
and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according
to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.
		 -- Joshua 18:4
%
And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their
coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts
on the north.
		 -- Joshua 18:5
%
Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the
description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the
LORD our God.
		 -- Joshua 18:6
%
But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is
their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh,
have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses
the servant of the LORD gave them.
		 -- Joshua 18:7
%
And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to
describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it,
and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD
in Shiloh.
		 -- Joshua 18:8
%
And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by
cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host
at Shiloh.
		 -- Joshua 18:9
%
And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua
divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
		 -- Joshua 18:10
%
And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according
to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the
children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
		 -- Joshua 18:11
%
And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went
up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the
mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness
of Beth-aven.
		 -- Joshua 18:12
%
And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz,
which is Beth-el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar,
near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon.
		 -- Joshua 18:13
%
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.
		 -- Joshua 18:14
%
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:
		 -- Joshua 18:15
%
And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the
valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on
the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi
on the south, and descended to En-rogel,
		 -- Joshua 18:16
%
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,
		 -- Joshua 18:17
%
And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went
down unto Arabah:
		 -- Joshua 18:18
%
And the border passed along to the side of 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.
		 -- Joshua 18:19
%
And Jordan was the border of it on the east side.  This was the
inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round
about, according to their families.
		 -- Joshua 18:20
%
Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to
their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
		 -- Joshua 18:21
%
And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,
		 -- Joshua 18:22
%
And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
		 -- Joshua 18:23
%
And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their
villages:
		 -- Joshua 18:24
%
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
		 -- Joshua 18:25
%
And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
		 -- Joshua 18:26
%
And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
		 -- Joshua 18:27
%
And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath;
fourteen cities with their villages.  This is the inheritance of the
children of Benjamin according to their families.
		 -- Joshua 18:28
%
AND the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the
children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance
was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.
		 -- Joshua 19:1
%
And they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
		 -- Joshua 19:2
%
And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Azem,
		 -- Joshua 19:3
%
And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
		 -- Joshua 19:4
%
And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,
		 -- Joshua 19:5
%
And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:
		 -- Joshua 19:6
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Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:
		 -- Joshua 19:7
%
And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer,
Ramath of the south.  This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children
of Simeon according to their families.
		 -- Joshua 19:8
%
Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the
children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much
for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within
the inheritance of them.
		 -- Joshua 19:9
%
And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their
families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
		 -- Joshua 19:10
%
And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to
Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;
		 -- Joshua 19:11
%
And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of
Chisloth-tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,
		 -- Joshua 19:12
%
And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher, to
Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Remmon-methoar to Neah;
		 -- Joshua 19:13
%
And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the
outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el:
		 -- Joshua 19:14
%
And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem:
twelve cities with their villages.
		 -- Joshua 19:15
%
This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their
families, these cities with their villages.
		 -- Joshua 19:16
%
And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar
according to their families.
		 -- Joshua 19:17
%
And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
		 -- Joshua 19:18
%
And Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,
		 -- Joshua 19:19
%
And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
		 -- Joshua 19:20
%
And Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez;
		 -- Joshua 19:21
%
And the coast reached to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh;
and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with
their villages.
		 -- Joshua 19:22
%
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according
to their families, the cities and their villages.
		 -- Joshua 19:23
%
And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher
according to their families.
		 -- Joshua 19:24
%
And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
		 -- Joshua 19:25
%
And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward,
and to Shihor-libnath;
		 -- Joshua 19:26
%
And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun,
and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north side of Beth-emek,
and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,
		 -- Joshua 19:27
%
And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;
		 -- Joshua 19:28
%
And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and
the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea
from the coast to Achzib:
		 -- Joshua 19:29
%
Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their
villages.
		 -- Joshua 19:30
%
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according
to their families, these cities with their villages.
		 -- Joshua 19:31
%
The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children
of Naphtali according to their families.
		 -- Joshua 19:32
%
And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami,
Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:
		 -- Joshua 19:33
%
And then the coast turneth westward to 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.
		 -- Joshua 19:34
%
And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and
Chinnereth,
		 -- Joshua 19:35
%
And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
		 -- Joshua 19:36
%
And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,
		 -- Joshua 19:37
%
And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh;
nineteen cities with their villages.
		 -- Joshua 19:38
%
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according
to their families, the cities and their villages.
		 -- Joshua 19:39
%
And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan
according to their families.
		 -- Joshua 19:40
%
And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
		 -- Joshua 19:41
%
And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
		 -- Joshua 19:42
%
And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
		 -- Joshua 19:43
%
And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
		 -- Joshua 19:44
%
And Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon,
		 -- Joshua 19:45
%
And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.
		 -- Joshua 19:46
%
And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them:
therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took
it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt
therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
		 -- Joshua 19:47
%
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according
to their families, these cities with their villages.
		 -- Joshua 19:48
%
When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their
coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of
Nun among them:
		 -- Joshua 19:49
%
According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked,
even Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt
therein.
		 -- Joshua 19:50
%
These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the
son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children
of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD,
at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.  So they made an end
of dividing the country.
		 -- Joshua 19:51
%
THE LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,
		 -- Joshua 20:1
%
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of
refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
		 -- Joshua 20:2
%
That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may
flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
		 -- Joshua 20:3
%
And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the
entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears
of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them,
and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
		 -- Joshua 20:4
%
And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver
the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly,
and hated him not beforetime.
		 -- Joshua 20:5
%
And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation
for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in
those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city,
and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
		 -- Joshua 20:6
%
And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem
in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain
of Judah.
		 -- Joshua 20:7
%
And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer
in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth
in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe
of Manasseh.
		 -- Joshua 20:8
%
These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and
for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any
person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the
avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
		 -- Joshua 20:9
%
THEN came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar
the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the
fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
		 -- Joshua 21:1
%
And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying,
The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in,
with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
		 -- Joshua 21:2
%
And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance,
at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.
		 -- Joshua 21:3
%
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children
of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the
tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of
Benjamin, thirteen cities.
		 -- Joshua 21:4
%
And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families
of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the
half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
		 -- Joshua 21:5
%
And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of
Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali,
and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
		 -- Joshua 21:6
%
The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben,
and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve
cities.
		 -- Joshua 21:7
%
And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities
with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
		 -- Joshua 21:8
%
And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the
tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned
by name,
		 -- Joshua 21:9
%
Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites,
who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.
		 -- Joshua 21:10
%
And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is
Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round
about it.
		 -- Joshua 21:11
%
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb
the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
		 -- Joshua 21:12
%
Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her
suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her
suburbs,
		 -- Joshua 21:13
%
And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
		 -- Joshua 21:14
%
And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
		 -- Joshua 21:15
%
And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh
with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
		 -- Joshua 21:16
%
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with
her suburbs,
		 -- Joshua 21:17
%
Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
		 -- Joshua 21:18
%
All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen
cities with their suburbs.
		 -- Joshua 21:19
%
And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained
of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of
the tribe of Ephraim.
		 -- Joshua 21:20
%
For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a
city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
		 -- Joshua 21:21
%
And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs; four
cities.
		 -- Joshua 21:22
%
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with
her suburbs,
		 -- Joshua 21:23
%
Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
		 -- Joshua 21:24
%
And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and
Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
		 -- Joshua 21:25
%
All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the
children of Kohath that remained.
		 -- Joshua 21:26
%
And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out
of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her
suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh-terah with
her suburbs; two cities.
		 -- Joshua 21:27
%
And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with
her suburbs,
		 -- Joshua 21:28
%
Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim with her suburbs; four cities.
		 -- Joshua 21:29
%
And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with
her suburbs,
		 -- Joshua 21:30
%
Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
		 -- Joshua 21:31
%
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs,
to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs,
and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
		 -- Joshua 21:32
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All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were
thirteen cities with their suburbs.
		 -- Joshua 21:33
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And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites,
out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with
her suburbs,
		 -- Joshua 21:34
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Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.
		 -- Joshua 21:35
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And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with
her suburbs,
		 -- Joshua 21:36
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Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
		 -- Joshua 21:37
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And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be
a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
		 -- Joshua 21:38
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Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
		 -- Joshua 21:39
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So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were
remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
		 -- Joshua 21:40
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All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of
Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
		 -- Joshua 21:41
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These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus
were all these cities.
		 -- Joshua 21:42
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And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto
their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
		 -- Joshua 21:43
%
And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware
unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before
them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
		 -- Joshua 21:44
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There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto
the house of Israel; all came to pass.
		 -- Joshua 21:45
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THEN Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe
of Manasseh,
		 -- Joshua 22:1
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And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD
commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:
		 -- Joshua 22:2
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Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have
kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.
		 -- Joshua 22:3
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And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he
promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents,
and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the
LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.
		 -- Joshua 22:4
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But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the
servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk
in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him,
and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
		 -- Joshua 22:5
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So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their
tents.
		 -- Joshua 22:6
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Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in
Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren
on this side Jordan westward.  And when Joshua sent them away also unto
their tents, then he blessed them,
		 -- Joshua 22:7
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And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents,
and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass,
and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your
enemies with your brethren.
		 -- Joshua 22:8
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And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe
of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of
Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead,
to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according
to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
		 -- Joshua 22:9
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And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land
of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half
tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.
		 -- Joshua 22:10
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And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the chidren of Reuben and
the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar
over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage
of the children of Israel.
		 -- Joshua 22:11
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And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of
the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up
to war against them.
		 -- Joshua 22:12
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And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the
children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of
Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
		 -- Joshua 22:13
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And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all
the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their
fathers among the thousands of Israel.
		 -- Joshua 22:14
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And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad,
and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they
spake with them, saying,
		 -- Joshua 22:15
%
Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this
that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day
from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye
might rebel this day against the LORD?
		 -- Joshua 22:16
%
Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed
until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of
the LORD,
		 -- Joshua 22:17
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But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will
be, seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be
wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
		 -- Joshua 22:18
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Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass
ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD's
tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against
the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the
altar of the LORD our God.
		 -- Joshua 22:19
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Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing,
and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished
not alone in his iniquity.
		 -- Joshua 22:20
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Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe
of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,
		 -- Joshua 22:21
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The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he
shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the
LORD, (save us not this day,)
		 -- Joshua 22:22
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That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if
to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace
offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it;
		 -- Joshua 22:23
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And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying,
In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying,
What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?
		 -- Joshua 22:24
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For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children
of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall
your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.
		 -- Joshua 22:25
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Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for
burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
		 -- Joshua 22:26
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But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations
after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our
burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings;
that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have
no part in the LORD.
		 -- Joshua 22:27
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Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or
to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the
pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt
offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.
		 -- Joshua 22:28
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God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day
from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat
offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that
is before his tabernacle.
		 -- Joshua 22:29
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And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and
heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words
that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of
Manasseh spake, it pleased them.
		 -- Joshua 22:30
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And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of
Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh,
This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye have not
committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered the
children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.
		 -- Joshua 22:31
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And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned
from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the
land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel,
and brought them word again.
		 -- Joshua 22:32
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And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel
blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to
destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.
		 -- Joshua 22:33
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And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed:
for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God.
		 -- Joshua 22:34
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AND it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto
Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and
stricken in age.
		 -- Joshua 23:1
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And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their
heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them,
I am old and stricken in age:
		 -- Joshua 23:2
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And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these
nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought
for you.
		 -- Joshua 23:3
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Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be
an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that
I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.
		 -- Joshua 23:4
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And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive
them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the
LORD your God hath promised unto you.
		 -- Joshua 23:5
%
Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written
in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to
the right hand or to the left;
		 -- Joshua 23:6
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That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you;
neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by
them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
		 -- Joshua 23:7
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But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.
		 -- Joshua 23:8
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For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong:
but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.
		 -- Joshua 23:9
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One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is
that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
		 -- Joshua 23:10
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Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.
		 -- Joshua 23:11
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Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these
nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with
them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
		 -- Joshua 23:12
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Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any
of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps
unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye
perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
		 -- Joshua 23:13
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And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know
in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed
of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you;
all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.
		 -- Joshua 23:14
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Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon
you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon
you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land
which the LORD your God hath given you.
		 -- Joshua 23:15
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When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he
commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves
to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye
shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
		 -- Joshua 23:16
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AND Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called
for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges,
and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
		 -- Joshua 24:1
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And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel,
Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even
Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served
other gods.
		 -- Joshua 24:2
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And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and
led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed,
and gave him Isaac.
		 -- Joshua 24:3
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And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir,
to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
		 -- Joshua 24:4
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I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that
which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
		 -- Joshua 24:5
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And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and
the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto
the Red sea.
		 -- Joshua 24:6
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And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the
Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your
eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness
a long season.
		 -- Joshua 24:7
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And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other
side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand,
that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
		 -- Joshua 24:8
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Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against
Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
		 -- Joshua 24:9
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But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still:
so I delivered you out of his hand.
		 -- Joshua 24:10
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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.
		 -- Joshua 24:11
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And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you,
even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with
thy bow.
		 -- Joshua 24:12
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And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities
which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards
which ye planted not do ye eat.
		 -- Joshua 24:13
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Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth:
and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of
the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
		 -- Joshua 24:14
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And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom
ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on
the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land
ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
		 -- Joshua 24:15
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And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the
LORD, to serve other gods;
		 -- Joshua 24:16
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For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of
the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great
signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went,
and among all the people through whom we passed:
		 -- Joshua 24:17
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And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites
which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he
is our God.
		 -- Joshua 24:18
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And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an
holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions
nor your sins.
		 -- Joshua 24:19
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If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and
do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
		 -- Joshua 24:20
%
And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.
		 -- Joshua 24:21
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And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves
that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him.  And they said, We
are witnesses.
		 -- Joshua 24:22
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Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you,
and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
		 -- Joshua 24:23
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And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and
his voice will we obey.
		 -- Joshua 24:24
%
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a
statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
		 -- Joshua 24:25
%
And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a
great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary
of the LORD.
		 -- Joshua 24:26
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And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness
unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto
us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
		 -- Joshua 24:27
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So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
		 -- Joshua 24:28
%
And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun,
the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
		 -- Joshua 24:29
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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.
		 -- Joshua 24:30
%
And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of
the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of
the LORD, that he had done for Israel.
		 -- Joshua 24:31
%
And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of
Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of
the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver:
and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
		 -- Joshua 24:32
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And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that
pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
		 -- Joshua 24:33
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NOW after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel
asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites
first, to fight against them?
		 -- Judges 1:1
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And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land
into his hand.
		 -- Judges 1:2
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And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot,
that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with
thee into thy lot.  So Simeon went with him.
		 -- Judges 1:3
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And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the
Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand
men.
		 -- Judges 1:4
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And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and
they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
		 -- Judges 1:5
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But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and
cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
		 -- Judges 1:6
%
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.
		 -- Judges 1:7
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Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it,
and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
		 -- Judges 1:8
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And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the
Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the
valley.
		 -- Judges 1:9
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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.
		 -- Judges 1:10
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And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name
of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher:
		 -- Judges 1:11
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And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him
will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
		 -- Judges 1:12
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And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he
gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
		 -- Judges 1:13
%
And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask
of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said
unto her, What wilt thou?
		 -- Judges 1:14
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And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a
south land; give me also springs of water.  And Caleb gave her the upper
springs and the nether springs.
		 -- Judges 1:15
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And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of
the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of
Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among
the people.
		 -- Judges 1:16
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And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites
that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it.  And the name of the
city was called Hormah.
		 -- Judges 1:17
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Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast
thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.
		 -- Judges 1:18
%
And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the
mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because
they had chariots of iron.
		 -- Judges 1:19
%
And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence
the three sons of Anak.
		 -- Judges 1:20
%
And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that
inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin
in Jerusalem unto this day.
		 -- Judges 1:21
%
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: and the LORD
was with them.
		 -- Judges 1:22
%
And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el.  (Now the name of the
city before was Luz.)
		 -- Judges 1:23
%
And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto
him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew
thee mercy.
		 -- Judges 1:24
%
And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city
with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
		 -- Judges 1:25
%
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and
called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.
		 -- Judges 1:26
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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.
		 -- Judges 1:27
%
And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites
to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
		 -- Judges 1:28
%
Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but
the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
		 -- Judges 1:29
%
Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the
inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became
tributaries.
		 -- Judges 1:30
%
Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants
of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik,
nor of Rehob:
		 -- Judges 1:31
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But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land:
for they did not drive them out.
		 -- Judges 1:32
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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.
		 -- Judges 1:33
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And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they
would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
		 -- Judges 1:34
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But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim:
yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became
tributaries.
		 -- Judges 1:35
%
And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from
the rock, and upward.
		 -- Judges 1:36
%
AND an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made
you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which
I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant
with you.
		 -- Judges 2:1
%
And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall
throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye
done this?
		 -- Judges 2:2
%
Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but
they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare
unto you.
		 -- Judges 2:3
%
And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all
the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
		 -- Judges 2:4
%
And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there
unto the LORD.
		 -- Judges 2:5
%
And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every
man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
		 -- Judges 2:6
%
And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days
of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of
the LORD, that he did for Israel.
		 -- Judges 2:7
%
And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an
hundred and ten years old.
		 -- Judges 2:8
%
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres,
in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.
		 -- Judges 2:9
%
And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and
there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD,
nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
		 -- Judges 2:10
%
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and
served Baalim:
		 -- Judges 2:11
%
And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out
of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people
that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked
the LORD to anger.
		 -- Judges 2:12
%
And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
		 -- Judges 2:13
%
And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them
into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the
hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer
stand before their enemies.
		 -- Judges 2:14
%
Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them
for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them:
and they were greatly distressed.
		 -- Judges 2:15
%
Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the
hand of those that spoiled them.
		 -- Judges 2:16
%
And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring
after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly
out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments
of the LORD; but they did not so.
		 -- Judges 2:17
%
And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge,
and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the
judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of
them that oppressed them and vexed them.
		 -- Judges 2:18
%
And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and
corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods
to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their
own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
		 -- Judges 2:19
%
And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because
that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their
fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
		 -- Judges 2:20
%
I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations
which Joshua left when he died:
		 -- Judges 2:21
%
That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of
the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
		 -- Judges 2:22
%
Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily;
neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
		 -- Judges 2:23
%
NOW these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them,
even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
		 -- Judges 3:1
%
Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach
them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
		 -- Judges 3:2
%
Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and
the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount
Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
		 -- Judges 3:3
%
And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken
unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by
the hand of Moses.
		 -- Judges 3:4
%
And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and
Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:
		 -- Judges 3:5
%
And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters
to their sons, and served their gods.
		 -- Judges 3:6
%
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat
the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
		 -- Judges 3:7
%
Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold
them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the
children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years.
		 -- Judges 3:8
%
And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up
a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel
the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
		 -- Judges 3:9
%
And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went
out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia
into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim.
		 -- Judges 3:10
%
And the land had rest forty years.  And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
		 -- Judges 3:11
%
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD:
and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because
they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
		 -- Judges 3:12
%
And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and
smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
		 -- Judges 3:13
%
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
		 -- Judges 3:14
%
But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them
up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and
by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
		 -- Judges 3:15
%
But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length;
and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
		 -- Judges 3:16
%
And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very
fat man.
		 -- Judges 3:17
%
And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people
that bare the present.
		 -- Judges 3:18
%
But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and
said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence.
And all that stood by him went out from him.
		 -- Judges 3:19
%
And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which
he had for himself alone.  And Ehud said, I have a message from God
unto thee.  And he arose out of his seat.
		 -- Judges 3:20
%
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right
thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
		 -- Judges 3:21
%
And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the
blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the
dirt came out.
		 -- Judges 3:22
%
Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour
upon him, and locked them.
		 -- Judges 3:23
%
When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold,
the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his
feet in his summer chamber.
		 -- Judges 3:24
%
And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the
doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and,
behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
		 -- Judges 3:25
%
And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries,
and escaped unto Seirath.
		 -- Judges 3:26
%
And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the
mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from
the mount, and he before them.
		 -- Judges 3:27
%
And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your
enemies the Moabites into your hand.  And they went down after him, and
took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.
		 -- Judges 3:28
%
And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty,
and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.
		 -- Judges 3:29
%
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel.	And the land
had rest fourscore years.
		 -- Judges 3:30
%
And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines
six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
		 -- Judges 3:31
%
AND the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD,
when Ehud was dead.
		 -- Judges 4:1
%
And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned
in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth
of the Gentiles.
		 -- Judges 4:2
%
And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred
chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children
of Israel.
		 -- Judges 4:3
%
And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at
that time.
		 -- Judges 4:4
%
And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el
in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
		 -- Judges 4:5
%
And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of 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?
		 -- Judges 4:6
%
And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of
Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver
him into thine hand.
		 -- Judges 4:7
%
And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but
if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.
		 -- Judges 4:8
%
And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey
that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell
Sisera into the hand of a woman.  And Deborah arose, and went with Barak
to Kedesh.
		 -- Judges 4:9
%
And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with
ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
		 -- Judges 4:10
%
Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in
law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent
unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
		 -- Judges 4:11
%
And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to
mount Tabor.
		 -- Judges 4:12
%
And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots
of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the
Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.
		 -- Judges 4:13
%
And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the
LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out
before thee?  So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men
after him.
		 -- Judges 4:14
%
And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host,
with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down
off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
		 -- Judges 4:15
%
But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth
of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the
sword; and there was not a man left.
		 -- Judges 4:16
%
Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of
Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor
and the house of Heber the Kenite.
		 -- Judges 4:17
%
And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord,
turn in to me; fear not.  And when he had turned in unto her into the
tent, she covered him with a mantle.
		 -- Judges 4:18
%
And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink;
for I am thirsty.  And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink,
and covered him.
		 -- Judges 4:19
%
Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall
be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any
man here?  that thou shalt say, No.
		 -- Judges 4:20
%
Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in
her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples,
and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary.
So he died.
		 -- Judges 4:21
%
And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and
said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest.
And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail
was in his temples.
		 -- Judges 4:22
%
So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children
of Israel.
		 -- Judges 4:23
%
And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against
Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
		 -- Judges 4:24
%
THEN sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
		 -- Judges 5:1
%
Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly
offered themselves.
		 -- Judges 5:2
%
Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the
LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.
		 -- Judges 5:3
%
LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the
field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds
also dropped water.
		 -- Judges 5:4
%
The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before
the LORD God of Israel.
		 -- Judges 5:5
%
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways
were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
		 -- Judges 5:6
%
The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until
that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
		 -- Judges 5:7
%
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or
spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
		 -- Judges 5:8
%
My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves
willingly among the people.  Bless ye the LORD.
		 -- Judges 5:9
%
Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk
by the way.
		 -- Judges 5:10
%
They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of
drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD,
even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel:
then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.
		 -- Judges 5:11
%
Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and
lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
		 -- Judges 5:12
%
Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the
people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.
		 -- Judges 5:13
%
Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee,
Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out
of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
		 -- Judges 5:14
%
And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also
Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley.  For the divisions of Reuben
there were great thoughts of heart.
		 -- Judges 5:15
%
Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the
flocks?  For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
		 -- Judges 5:16
%
Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships?  Asher
continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.
		 -- Judges 5:17
%
Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the
death in the high places of the field.
		 -- Judges 5:18
%
The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach
by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
		 -- Judges 5:19
%
They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
		 -- Judges 5:20
%
The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon.
O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
		 -- Judges 5:21
%
Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the
pransings of their mighty ones.
		 -- Judges 5:22
%
Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the
inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD,
to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
		 -- Judges 5:23
%
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed
shall she be above women in the tent.
		 -- Judges 5:24
%
He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a
lordly dish.
		 -- Judges 5:25
%
She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer;
and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she
had pierced and stricken through his temples.
		 -- Judges 5:26
%
At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell:
where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
		 -- Judges 5:27
%
The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the
lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming?	why tarry the wheels of
his chariots?
		 -- Judges 5:28
%
Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
		 -- Judges 5:29
%
Have they not sped?  have they not divided the prey; to every man a
damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers
colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides,
meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
		 -- Judges 5:30
%
So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him
be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might.  And the land had rest
forty years.
		 -- Judges 5:31
%
AND the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the
LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
		 -- Judges 6:1
%
And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the
Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the
mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
		 -- Judges 6:2
%
And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the
Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
		 -- Judges 6:3
%
And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth,
till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither
sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
		 -- Judges 6:4
%
For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as
grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without
number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.
		 -- Judges 6:5
%
And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the
children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
		 -- Judges 6:6
%
And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD
because of the Midianites,
		 -- Judges 6:7
%
That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto
them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt,
and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
		 -- Judges 6:8
%
And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the
hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you,
and gave you their land;
		 -- Judges 6:9
%
And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the
Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.
		 -- Judges 6:10
%
And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in
Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon
threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
		 -- Judges 6:11
%
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD
is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
		 -- Judges 6:12
%
And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then
is all this befallen us?  and where be all his miracles which our fathers
told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?  but now the
LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
		 -- Judges 6:13
%
And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou
shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
		 -- Judges 6:14
%
And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel?  behold,
my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
		 -- Judges 6:15
%
And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt
smite the Midianites as one man.
		 -- Judges 6:16
%
And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew
me a sign that thou talkest with me.
		 -- Judges 6:17
%
Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth
my present, and set it before thee.  And he said, I will tarry until
thou come again.
		 -- Judges 6:18
%
And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an
ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in
a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.
		 -- Judges 6:19
%
And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened
cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth.  And he
did so.
		 -- Judges 6:20
%
Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his
hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up
fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes.
Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.
		 -- Judges 6:21
%
And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said,
Alas, O Lord GOD!  for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face
to face.
		 -- Judges 6:22
%
And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt
not die.
		 -- Judges 6:23
%
Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it
Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
		 -- Judges 6:24
%
And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take
thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old,
and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the
grove that is by it:
		 -- Judges 6:25
%
And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock,
in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt
sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.
		 -- Judges 6:26
%
Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said
unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the
men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
		 -- Judges 6:27
%
And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the
altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it,
and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.
		 -- Judges 6:28
%
And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing?  And when they
enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this
thing.
		 -- Judges 6:29
%
Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he
may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he
hath cut down the grove that was by it.
		 -- Judges 6:30
%
And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal?
will ye save him?  he that will plead for him, let him be put to death
whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself,
because one hath cast down his altar.
		 -- Judges 6:31
%
Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead
against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
		 -- Judges 6:32
%
Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the
east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley
of Jezreel.
		 -- Judges 6:33
%
But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet;
and Abi-ezer was gathered after him.
		 -- Judges 6:34
%
And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered
after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto
Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
		 -- Judges 6:35
%
And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou
hast said,
		 -- Judges 6:36
%
Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on
the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I
know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
		 -- Judges 6:37
%
And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece
together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
		 -- Judges 6:38
%
And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and
I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once
with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all
the ground let there be dew.
		 -- Judges 6:39
%
And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and
there was dew on all the ground.
		 -- Judges 6:40
%
THEN Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him,
rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host
of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh,
in the valley.
		 -- Judges 7:1
%
And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too
many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt
themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
		 -- Judges 7:2
%
Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying,
Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from
mount Gilead.  And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand;
and there remained ten thousand.
		 -- Judges 7:3
%
And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them
down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be,
that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall
go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with
thee, the same shall not go.
		 -- Judges 7:4
%
So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto
Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog
lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth
down upon his knees to drink.
		 -- Judges 7:5
%
And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth,
were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon
their knees to drink water.
		 -- Judges 7:6
%
And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will
I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the
other people go every man unto his place.
		 -- Judges 7:7
%
So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he
sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those
three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
		 -- Judges 7:8
%
And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise,
get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.
		 -- Judges 7:9
%
But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to
the host:
		 -- Judges 7:10
%
And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be
strengthened to go down unto the host.	Then went he down with Phurah
his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.
		 -- Judges 7:11
%
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east
lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels
were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
		 -- Judges 7:12
%
And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream
unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake
of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent,
and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
		 -- Judges 7:13
%
And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword
of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God
delivered Midian, and all the host.
		 -- Judges 7:14
%
And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the
interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host
of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand
the host of Midian.
		 -- Judges 7:15
%
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put
a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within
the pitchers.
		 -- Judges 7:16
%
And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when
I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall
ye do.
		 -- Judges 7:17
%
When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye
the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of
the LORD, and of Gideon.
		 -- Judges 7:18
%
So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside
of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly
set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that
were in their hands.
		 -- Judges 7:19
%
And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and
held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands
to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
		 -- Judges 7:20
%
And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the
host ran, and cried, and fled.
		 -- Judges 7:21
%
And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's
sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host
fled to Beth-shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel-meholah,
unto Tabbath.
		 -- Judges 7:22
%
And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and
out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites.
		 -- Judges 7:23
%
And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down
against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah
and Jordan.  Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together,
and took the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan.
		 -- Judges 7:24
%
And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew
Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb,
and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on
the other side Jordan.
		 -- Judges 7:25
%
AND the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that
thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites?
And they did chide with him sharply.
		 -- Judges 8:1
%
And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you?  Is not
the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer?
		 -- Judges 8:2
%
God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb:
and what was I able to do in comparison of you?  Then their anger was
abated toward him, when he had said that.
		 -- Judges 8:3
%
And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred
men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
		 -- Judges 8:4
%
And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread
unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing
after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
		 -- Judges 8:5
%
And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna
now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?
		 -- Judges 8:6
%
And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and
Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of
the wilderness and with briers.
		 -- Judges 8:7
%
And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the
men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.
		 -- Judges 8:8
%
And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in
peace, I will break down this tower.
		 -- Judges 8:9
%
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them,
about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the
children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men
that drew sword.
		 -- Judges 8:10
%
And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east
of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.
		 -- Judges 8:11
%
And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the
two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
		 -- Judges 8:12
%
And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up.
		 -- Judges 8:13
%
And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and
he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof,
even threescore and seventeen men.
		 -- Judges 8:14
%
And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna,
with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna
now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
		 -- Judges 8:15
%
And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and
briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
		 -- Judges 8:16
%
And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
		 -- Judges 8:17
%
Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom
ye slew at Tabor?  And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each
one resembled the children of a king.
		 -- Judges 8:18
%
And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the
LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
		 -- Judges 8:19
%
And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them.  But the youth
drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
		 -- Judges 8:20
%
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man
is, so is his strength.  And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna,
and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks.
		 -- Judges 8:21
%
Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou,
and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from
the hand of Midian.
		 -- Judges 8:22
%
And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my
son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.
		 -- Judges 8:23
%
And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye
would give me every man the earrings of his prey.  (For they had golden
earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
		 -- Judges 8:24
%
And they answered, We will willingly give them.  And they spread a
garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
		 -- Judges 8:25
%
And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand
and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and
purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains
that were about their camels' necks.
		 -- Judges 8:26
%
And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah:
and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a
snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
		 -- Judges 8:27
%
Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they
lifted up their heads no more.	And the country was in quietness forty
years in the days of Gideon.
		 -- Judges 8:28
%
And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
		 -- Judges 8:29
%
And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had
many wives.
		 -- Judges 8:30
%
And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose
name he called Abimelech.
		 -- Judges 8:31
%
And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in
the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
		 -- Judges 8:32
%
And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of
Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith
their god.
		 -- Judges 8:33
%
And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had
delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
		 -- Judges 8:34
%
Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon,
according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
		 -- Judges 8:35
%
AND Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's
brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house
of his mother's father, saying,
		 -- Judges 9:1
%
Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether
is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are
threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you?
remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
		 -- Judges 9:2
%
And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of
Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech;
for they said, He is our brother.
		 -- Judges 9:3
%
And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house
of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which
followed him.
		 -- Judges 9:4
%
And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the
sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone:
notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left;
for he hid himself.
		 -- Judges 9:5
%
And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo,
and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was
in Shechem.
		 -- Judges 9:6
%
And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount
Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken
unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
		 -- Judges 9:7
%
The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said
unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
		 -- Judges 9:8
%
But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith
by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
		 -- Judges 9:9
%
And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
		 -- Judges 9:10
%
But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my
good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
		 -- Judges 9:11
%
Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
		 -- Judges 9:12
%
And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God
and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
		 -- Judges 9:13
%
Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
		 -- Judges 9:14
%
And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over
you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire
come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
		 -- Judges 9:15
%
Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made
Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house,
and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;
		 -- Judges 9:16
%
(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered
you out of the hand of Midian:
		 -- Judges 9:17
%
And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain
his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made
Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem,
because he is your brother;)
		 -- Judges 9:18
%
If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his
house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice
in you:
		 -- Judges 9:19
%
But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of
Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of
Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
		 -- Judges 9:20
%
And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for
fear of Abimelech his brother.
		 -- Judges 9:21
%
When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,
		 -- Judges 9:22
%
Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem;
and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
		 -- Judges 9:23
%
That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might
come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew
them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of
his brethren.
		 -- Judges 9:24
%
And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the
mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it
was told Abimelech.
		 -- Judges 9:25
%
And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem:
and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.
		 -- Judges 9:26
%
And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and
trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god,
and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
		 -- Judges 9:27
%
And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem,
that we should serve him?  is not he the son of Jerubbaal?  and Zebul
his officer?  serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why
should we serve him?
		 -- Judges 9:28
%
And would to God this people were under my hand!  then would I remove
Abimelech.  And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.
		 -- Judges 9:29
%
And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of
Ebed, his anger was kindled.
		 -- Judges 9:30
%
And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal
the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they
fortify the city against thee.
		 -- Judges 9:31
%
Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and
lie in wait in the field:
		 -- Judges 9:32
%
And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou
shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the
people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to
them as thou shalt find occasion.
		 -- Judges 9:33
%
And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night,
and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
		 -- Judges 9:34
%
And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate
of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him,
from lying in wait.
		 -- Judges 9:35
%
And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come
people down from the top of the mountains.  And Zebul said unto him,
Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
		 -- Judges 9:36
%
And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle
of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.
		 -- Judges 9:37
%
Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst,
Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?  is not this the people that
thou hast despised?  go out, I pray now, and fight with them.
		 -- Judges 9:38
%
And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
		 -- Judges 9:39
%
And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown
and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.
		 -- Judges 9:40
%
And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren,
that they should not dwell in Shechem.
		 -- Judges 9:41
%
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the
field; and they told Abimelech.
		 -- Judges 9:42
%
And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid
wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth
out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.
		 -- Judges 9:43
%
And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward,
and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other
companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.
		 -- Judges 9:44
%
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city,
and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed
it with salt.
		 -- Judges 9:45
%
And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered
into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
		 -- Judges 9:46
%
And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were
gathered together.
		 -- Judges 9:47
%
And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that
were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a
bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said
unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste,
and do as I have done.
		 -- Judges 9:48
%
And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed
Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them;
so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand
men and women.
		 -- Judges 9:49
%
Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
		 -- Judges 9:50
%
But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the
men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat
them up to the top of the tower.
		 -- Judges 9:51
%
And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard
unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
		 -- Judges 9:52
%
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head,
and all to brake his skull.
		 -- Judges 9:53
%
Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said
unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman
slew him.  And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
		 -- Judges 9:54
%
And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed
every man unto his place.
		 -- Judges 9:55
%
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his
father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
		 -- Judges 9:56
%
And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads:
and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
		 -- Judges 9:57
%
AND after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the
son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
		 -- Judges 10:1
%
And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried
in Shamir.
		 -- Judges 10:2
%
And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and
two years.
		 -- Judges 10:3
%
And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty
cities, which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, which are in the
land of Gilead.
		 -- Judges 10:4
%
And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
		 -- Judges 10:5
%
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD,
and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods
of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon,
and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.
		 -- Judges 10:6
%
And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into
the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.
		 -- Judges 10:7
%
And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen
years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in
the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
		 -- Judges 10:8
%
Moreover, the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against
Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that
Israel was sore distressed.
		 -- Judges 10:9
%
And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned
against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served
Baalim.
		 -- Judges 10:10
%
And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you
from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon,
and from the Philistines?
		 -- Judges 10:11
%
The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you;
and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.
		 -- Judges 10:12
%
Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver
you no more.
		 -- Judges 10:13
%
Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in
the time of your tribulation.
		 -- Judges 10:14
%
And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou
unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee,
this day.
		 -- Judges 10:15
%
And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD:
and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
		 -- Judges 10:16
%
Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead.
And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped
in Mizpeh.
		 -- Judges 10:17
%
And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is
he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon?  he shall be
head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
		 -- Judges 10:18
%
NOW Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the
son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
		 -- Judges 11:1
%
And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they
thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our
father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
		 -- Judges 11:2
%
Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob:
and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
		 -- Judges 11:3
%
And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made
war against Israel.
		 -- Judges 11:4
%
And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel,
the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
		 -- Judges 11:5
%
And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight
with the children of Ammon.
		 -- Judges 11:6
%
And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and
expel me out of my father's house?  and why are ye come unto me now when
ye are in distress?
		 -- Judges 11:7
%
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to
thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children
of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
		 -- Judges 11:8
%
And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to
fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me,
shall I be your head?
		 -- Judges 11:9
%
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between
us, if we do not so according to thy words.
		 -- Judges 11:10
%
Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him
head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before
the LORD in Mizpeh.
		 -- Judges 11:11
%
And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon,
saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to
fight in my land?
		 -- Judges 11:12
%
And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers
of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out
of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore
restore those lands again peaceably.
		 -- Judges 11:13
%
And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
		 -- Judges 11:14
%
And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land
of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
		 -- Judges 11:15
%
But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness
unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
		 -- Judges 11:16
%
Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me,
I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not
hearken thereto.  And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab:
but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
		 -- Judges 11:17
%
Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of
Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of
Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the
border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.
		 -- Judges 11:18
%
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of
Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through
thy land into my place.
		 -- Judges 11:19
%
But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered
all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
		 -- Judges 11:20
%
And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the
hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land
of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
		 -- Judges 11:21
%
And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto
Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
		 -- Judges 11:22
%
So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before
his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?
		 -- Judges 11:23
%
Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess?
So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will
we possess.
		 -- Judges 11:24
%
And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king
of Moab?  did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight
against them,
		 -- Judges 11:25
%
While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns,
and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three
hundred years?	why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?
		 -- Judges 11:26
%
Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war
against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children
of Israel and the children of Ammon.
		 -- Judges 11:27
%
Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words
of Jephthah which he sent him.
		 -- Judges 11:28
%
Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead,
and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead
he passed over unto the children of Ammon.
		 -- Judges 11:29
%
And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without
fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
		 -- Judges 11:30
%
Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house
to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall
surely be the LORD's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
		 -- Judges 11:31
%
So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them;
and the LORD delivered them into his hands.
		 -- Judges 11:32
%
And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty
cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter.
Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
		 -- Judges 11:33
%
And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter
came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only
child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
		 -- Judges 11:34
%
And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and
said, Alas, my daughter!  thou hast brought me very low, and thou art
one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD,
and I cannot go back.
		 -- Judges 11:35
%
And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the
LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth;
forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies,
even of the children of Ammon.
		 -- Judges 11:36
%
And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone
two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my
virginity, I and my fellows.
		 -- Judges 11:37
%
And he said, Go.  And he sent her away for two months: and she went with
her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
		 -- Judges 11:38
%
And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto
her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed:
and she knew no man.  And it was a custom in Israel,
		 -- Judges 11:39
%
That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of
Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
		 -- Judges 11:40
%
AND the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward,
and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against
the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee?  we will
burn thine house upon thee with fire.
		 -- Judges 12:1
%
And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with
the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out
of their hands.
		 -- Judges 12:2
%
And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands,
and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered
them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day,
to fight against me?
		 -- Judges 12:3
%
Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with
Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye
Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among
the Manassites.
		 -- Judges 12:4
%
And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites:
and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let
me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite?
If he said, Nay;
		 -- Judges 12:5
%
Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth:
for he could not frame to pronounce it right.  Then they took him, and
slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the
Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
		 -- Judges 12:6
%
And Jephthah judged Israel six years.  Then died Jephthah the Gileadite,
and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
		 -- Judges 12:7
%
And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.
		 -- Judges 12:8
%
And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad,
and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons.	And he judged
Israel seven years.
		 -- Judges 12:9
%
Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth-lehem.
		 -- Judges 12:10
%
And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel
ten years.
		 -- Judges 12:11
%
And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country
of Zebulun.
		 -- Judges 12:12
%
And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
		 -- Judges 12:13
%
And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and
ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
		 -- Judges 12:14
%
And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in
Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
		 -- Judges 12:15
%
AND the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD;
and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
		 -- Judges 13:1
%
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites,
whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
		 -- Judges 13:2
%
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her,
Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive,
and bear a son.
		 -- Judges 13:3
%
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink,
and eat not any unclean thing:
		 -- Judges 13:4
%
For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come
on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb:
and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
		 -- Judges 13:5
%
Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto
me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very
terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:
		 -- Judges 13:6
%
But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now
drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the
child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.
		 -- Judges 13:7
%
Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God
which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do
unto the child that shall be born.
		 -- Judges 13:8
%
And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came
again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband
was not with her.
		 -- Judges 13:9
%
And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said
unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the
other day.
		 -- Judges 13:10
%
And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said
unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman?  And he said,
I am.
		 -- Judges 13:11
%
And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass.  How shall we order
the child, and how shall we do unto him?
		 -- Judges 13:12
%
And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the
woman let her beware.
		 -- Judges 13:13
%
She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let
her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I
commanded her let her observe.
		 -- Judges 13:14
%
And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain
thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
		 -- Judges 13:15
%
And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me,
I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering,
thou must offer it unto the LORD.  For Manoah knew not that he was an
angel of the LORD.
		 -- Judges 13:16
%
And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when
thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
		 -- Judges 13:17
%
And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my
name, seeing it is secret?
		 -- Judges 13:18
%
So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto
the LORD: and the angel did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.
		 -- Judges 13:19
%
For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the
altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar.
And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the
ground.
		 -- Judges 13:20
%
But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife.
Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.
		 -- Judges 13:21
%
And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have
seen God.
		 -- Judges 13:22
%
But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would
not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands,
neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this
time have told us such things as these.
		 -- Judges 13:23
%
And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew,
and the LORD blessed him.
		 -- Judges 13:24
%
And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of
Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
		 -- Judges 13:25
%
AND Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the
daughters of the Philistines.
		 -- Judges 14:1
%
And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen
a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore
get her for me to wife.
		 -- Judges 14:2
%
Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman
among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou
goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines?	And Samson said
unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.
		 -- Judges 14:3
%
But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that
he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the
Philistines had dominion over Israel.
		 -- Judges 14:4
%
Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came
to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
		 -- Judges 14:5
%
And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as
he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told
not his father or his mother what he had done.
		 -- Judges 14:6
%
And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
		 -- Judges 14:7
%
And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the
carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey
in the carcase of the lion.
		 -- Judges 14:8
%
And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his
father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not
them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.
		 -- Judges 14:9
%
So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast;
for so used the young men to do.
		 -- Judges 14:10
%
And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty
companions to be with him.
		 -- Judges 14:11
%
And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye
can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find
it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
		 -- Judges 14:12
%
But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and
thirty change of garments.  And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle,
that we may hear it.
		 -- Judges 14:13
%
And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the
strong came forth sweetness.  And they could not in three days expound
the riddle.
		 -- Judges 14:14
%
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife,
Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn
thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to take that
we have?  is it not so?
		 -- Judges 14:15
%
And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me,
and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my
people, and hast not told it me.  And he said unto her, Behold, I have
not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?
		 -- Judges 14:16
%
And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and
it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay
sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
		 -- Judges 14:17
%
And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun
went down, What is sweeter than honey?	and what is stronger than a lion?
And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not
found out my riddle.
		 -- Judges 14:18
%
And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon,
and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of
garments unto them which expounded the riddle.	And his anger was kindled,
and he went up to his father's house.
		 -- Judges 14:19
%
But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as
his friend.
		 -- Judges 14:20
%
BUT it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest,
that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to
my wife into the chamber.  But her father would not suffer him to go in.
		 -- Judges 15:1
%
And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her;
therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer
than she?  take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
		 -- Judges 15:2
%
And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the
Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
		 -- Judges 15:3
%
And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and
turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
		 -- Judges 15:4
%
And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing
corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the
standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.
		 -- Judges 15:5
%
Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this?	And they answered,
Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife,
and given her to his companion.  And the Philistines came up, and burnt
her and her father with fire.
		 -- Judges 15:6
%
And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be
avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
		 -- Judges 15:7
%
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down
and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
		 -- Judges 15:8
%
Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves
in Lehi.
		 -- Judges 15:9
%
And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us?  And they
answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done
to us.
		 -- Judges 15:10
%
Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and
said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us?
what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they
did unto me, so have I done unto them.
		 -- Judges 15:11
%
And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may
deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines.	And Samson said unto them,
Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
		 -- Judges 15:12
%
And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast,
and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee.
And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
		 -- Judges 15:13
%
And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the
Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon
his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed
from off his hands.
		 -- Judges 15:14
%
And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took
it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
		 -- Judges 15:15
%
And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the
jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
		 -- Judges 15:16
%
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast
away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-lehi.
		 -- Judges 15:17
%
And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast
given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall
I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
		 -- Judges 15:18
%
But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water
thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived:
wherefore he called the name thereof En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto
this day.
		 -- Judges 15:19
%
And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
		 -- Judges 15:20
%
THEN went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
		 -- Judges 16:1
%
And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither.  And they
compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city,
and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day,
we shall kill him.
		 -- Judges 16:2
%
And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors
of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them,
bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to
the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
		 -- Judges 16:3
%
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of
Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
		 -- Judges 16:4
%
And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her,
Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means
we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we
will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
		 -- Judges 16:5
%
And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great
strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
		 -- Judges 16:6
%
And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that
were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
		 -- Judges 16:7
%
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs
which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
		 -- Judges 16:8
%
Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber.
And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson.  And he
brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire.
So his strength was not known.
		 -- Judges 16:9
%
And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me
lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
		 -- Judges 16:10
%
And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never
were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
		 -- Judges 16:11
%
Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said
unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson.  And there were liers
in wait abiding in the chamber.  And he brake them from off his arms
like a thread.
		 -- Judges 16:12
%
And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me
lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound.  And he said unto her,
If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
		 -- Judges 16:13
%
And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be
upon thee, Samson.  And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with
the pin of the beam, and with the web.
		 -- Judges 16:14
%
And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart
is not with me?  thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not
told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
		 -- Judges 16:15
%
And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and
urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
		 -- Judges 16:16
%
That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come
a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my
mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I
shall become weak, and be like any other man.
		 -- Judges 16:17
%
And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and
called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once,
for he hath shewed me all his heart.  Then the lords of the Philistines
came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.
		 -- Judges 16:18
%
And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and
she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began
to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
		 -- Judges 16:19
%
And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson.  And he awoke out
of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and
shake myself.  And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.
		 -- Judges 16:20
%
But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down
to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the
prison house.
		 -- Judges 16:21
%
Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
		 -- Judges 16:22
%
Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer
a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said,
Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
		 -- Judges 16:23
%
And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said,
Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of
our country, which slew many of us.
		 -- Judges 16:24
%
And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call
for Samson, that he may make us sport.	And they called for Samson out
of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between
the pillars.
		 -- Judges 16:25
%
And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that
I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean
upon them.
		 -- Judges 16:26
%
Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the
Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand
men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
		 -- Judges 16:27
%
And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me,
I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God,
that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
		 -- Judges 16:28
%
And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house
stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand,
and of the other with his left.
		 -- Judges 16:29
%
And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines.  And he bowed himself
with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the
people that were therein.  So the dead which he slew at his death were
more than they which he slew in his life.
		 -- Judges 16:30
%
Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took
him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in
the buryingplace of Manoah his father.	And he judged Israel twenty years.
		 -- Judges 16:31
%
AND there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
		 -- Judges 17:1
%
And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that
were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in
mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.  And his mother said,
Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.
		 -- Judges 17:2
%
And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his
mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the
LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image:
now therefore I will restore it unto thee.
		 -- Judges 17:3
%
Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two
hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof
a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
		 -- Judges 17:4
%
And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim,
and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
		 -- Judges 17:5
%
In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which
was right in his own eyes.
		 -- Judges 17:6
%
And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah,
who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
		 -- Judges 17:7
%
And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn
where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house
of Micah, as he journeyed.
		 -- Judges 17:8
%
And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou?  And he said unto him, I am a
Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
		 -- Judges 17:9
%
And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a
priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a
suit of apparel, and thy victuals.  So the Levite went in.
		 -- Judges 17:10
%
And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was
unto him as one of his sons.
		 -- Judges 17:11
%
And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest,
and was in the house of Micah.
		 -- Judges 17:12
%
Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have
a Levite to my priest.
		 -- Judges 17:13
%
IN those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe
of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day
all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.
		 -- Judges 18:1
%
And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts,
men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and
to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when
they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
		 -- Judges 18:2
%
When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the
young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him,
Who brought thee hither?  and what makest thou in this place?  and what
hast thou here?
		 -- Judges 18:3
%
And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath
hired me, and I am his priest.
		 -- Judges 18:4
%
And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may
know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
		 -- Judges 18:5
%
And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way
wherein ye go.
		 -- Judges 18:6
%
Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that
were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians,
quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might
put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians,
and had no business with any man.
		 -- Judges 18:7
%
And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren
said unto them, What say ye?
		 -- Judges 18:8
%
And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen
the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still?  be not slothful
to go, and to enter to possess the land.
		 -- Judges 18:9
%
When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land:
for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want
of any thing that is in the earth.
		 -- Judges 18:10
%
And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah
and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.
		 -- Judges 18:11
%
And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore
they called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day: behold, it is behind
Kirjath-jearim.
		 -- Judges 18:12
%
And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house
of Micah.
		 -- Judges 18:13
%
Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish,
and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these
houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image?
now therefore consider what ye have to do.
		 -- Judges 18:14
%
And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the
Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.
		 -- Judges 18:15
%
And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were
of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.
		 -- Judges 18:16
%
And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in
thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim,
and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate
with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.
		 -- Judges 18:17
%
And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the
ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image.	Then said the priest
unto them, What do ye?
		 -- Judges 18:18
%
And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth,
and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for
thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest
unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
		 -- Judges 18:19
%
And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim,
and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
		 -- Judges 18:20
%
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and
the carriage before them.
		 -- Judges 18:21
%
And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were
in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook
the children of Dan.
		 -- Judges 18:22
%
And they cried unto the children of Dan.  And they turned their faces, and
said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?
		 -- Judges 18:23
%
And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest,
and ye are gone away: and what have I more?  and what is this that ye
say unto me, What aileth thee?
		 -- Judges 18:24
%
And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among
us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the
lives of thy household.
		 -- Judges 18:25
%
And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they
were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.
		 -- Judges 18:26
%
And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he
had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and
they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
		 -- Judges 18:27
%
And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no
business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob.
And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
		 -- Judges 18:28
%
And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their
father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish
at the first.
		 -- Judges 18:29
%
And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son
of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the
tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
		 -- Judges 18:30
%
And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time
that the house of God was in Shiloh.
		 -- Judges 18:31
%
AND it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel,
that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim,
who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.
		 -- Judges 19:1
%
And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from
him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four
whole months.
		 -- Judges 19:2
%
And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her,
and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of
asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father
of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
		 -- Judges 19:3
%
And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode
with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
		 -- Judges 19:4
%
And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the
morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto
his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward
go your way.
		 -- Judges 19:5
%
And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for
the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee,
and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.
		 -- Judges 19:6
%
And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore
he lodged there again.
		 -- Judges 19:7
%
And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the
damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee.  And they tarried
until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.
		 -- Judges 19:8
%
And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his
servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold,
now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold,
the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry;
and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
		 -- Judges 19:9
%
But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed,
and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with
him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.
		 -- Judges 19:10
%
And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said
unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city
of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
		 -- Judges 19:11
%
And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the
city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass
over to Gibeah.
		 -- Judges 19:12
%
And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these
places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
		 -- Judges 19:13
%
And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them
when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
		 -- Judges 19:14
%
And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when
he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no
man that took them into his house to lodging.
		 -- Judges 19:15
%
And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at
even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah:
but the men of the place were Benjamites.
		 -- Judges 19:16
%
And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street
of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou?	and whence
comest thou?
		 -- Judges 19:17
%
And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah toward the
side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth-lehem-judah,
but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that
receiveth me to house.
		 -- Judges 19:18
%
Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread
and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which
is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.
		 -- Judges 19:19
%
And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants
lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.
		 -- Judges 19:20
%
So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses:
and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.
		 -- Judges 19:21
%
Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city,
certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the
door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring
forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.
		 -- Judges 19:22
%
And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto
them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that
this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
		 -- Judges 19:23
%
Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will
bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good
unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.
		 -- Judges 19:24
%
But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine,
and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all
the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let
her go.
		 -- Judges 19:25
%
Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door
of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.
		 -- Judges 19:26
%
And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house,
and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was
fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the
threshold.
		 -- Judges 19:27
%
And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going.	But none answered.
Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him
unto his place.
		 -- Judges 19:28
%
And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on
his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve
pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.
		 -- Judges 19:29
%
And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done
nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land
of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.
		 -- Judges 19:30
%
THEN all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was
gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land
of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
		 -- Judges 20:1
%
And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel,
presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred
thousand footmen that drew sword.
		 -- Judges 20:2
%
(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were
gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was
this wickedness?
		 -- Judges 20:3
%
And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and
said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine,
to lodge.
		 -- Judges 20:4
%
And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about
upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have
they forced, that she is dead.
		 -- Judges 20:5
%
And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout
all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed
lewdness and folly in Israel.
		 -- Judges 20:6
%
Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
		 -- Judges 20:7
%
And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go
to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.
		 -- Judges 20:8
%
But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go
up by lot against it;
		 -- Judges 20:9
%
And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of
Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand,
to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to
Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought
in Israel.
		 -- Judges 20:10
%
So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together
as one man.
		 -- Judges 20:11
%
And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin,
saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?
		 -- Judges 20:12
%
Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in
Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel.
But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their
brethren the children of Israel:
		 -- Judges 20:13
%
But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the
cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
		 -- Judges 20:14
%
And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities
twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of
Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
		 -- Judges 20:15
%
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded;
every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
		 -- Judges 20:16
%
And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred
thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
		 -- Judges 20:17
%
And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God,
and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to
the battle against the children of Benjamin?  And the LORD said, Judah
shall go up first.
		 -- Judges 20:18
%
And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against
Gibeah.
		 -- Judges 20:19
%
And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men
of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.
		 -- Judges 20:20
%
And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed
down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.
		 -- Judges 20:21
%
And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their
battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array
the first day.
		 -- Judges 20:22
%
(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even,
and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle
against the children of Benjamin my brother?  And the LORD said, Go up
against him.)
		 -- Judges 20:23
%
And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin
the second day.
		 -- Judges 20:24
%
And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and
destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen
thousand men; all these drew the sword.
		 -- Judges 20:25
%
Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and
came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD,
and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace
offerings before the LORD.
		 -- Judges 20:26
%
And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the
covenant of God was there in those days,
		 -- Judges 20:27
%
And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it
in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the
children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease?  And the LORD said,
Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
		 -- Judges 20:28
%
And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
		 -- Judges 20:29
%
And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the
third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
		 -- Judges 20:30
%
And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn
away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill,
as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house
of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
		 -- Judges 20:31
%
And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as
at the first.  But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw
them from the city unto the highways.
		 -- Judges 20:32
%
And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves
in array at Baal-tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out
of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
		 -- Judges 20:33
%
And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel,
and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
		 -- Judges 20:34
%
And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel
destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an
hundred men: all these drew the sword.
		 -- Judges 20:35
%
So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of
Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers
in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
		 -- Judges 20:36
%
And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers
in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of
the sword.
		 -- Judges 20:37
%
Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers
in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of
the city.
		 -- Judges 20:38
%
And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to
smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said,
Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
		 -- Judges 20:39
%
But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of
smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the
city ascended up to heaven.
		 -- Judges 20:40
%
And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed:
for they saw that evil was come upon them.
		 -- Judges 20:41
%
Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way
of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came
out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
		 -- Judges 20:42
%
Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and
trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
		 -- Judges 20:43
%
And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men
of valour.
		 -- Judges 20:44
%
And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon:
and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued
hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
		 -- Judges 20:45
%
So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand
men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.
		 -- Judges 20:46
%
But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock
Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
		 -- Judges 20:47
%
And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and
smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city,
as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the
cities that they came to.
		 -- Judges 20:48
%
NOW the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any
of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
		 -- Judges 21:1
%
And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before
God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
		 -- Judges 21:2
%
And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel,
that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?
		 -- Judges 21:3
%
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built
there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
		 -- Judges 21:4
%
And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of
Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD?  For they
had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to
Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
		 -- Judges 21:5
%
And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother,
and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
		 -- Judges 21:6
%
How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by
the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?
		 -- Judges 21:7
%
And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not
up to Mizpeh to the LORD?  And, behold, there came none to the camp from
Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.
		 -- Judges 21:8
%
For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the
inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.
		 -- Judges 21:9
%
And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest,
and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead
with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
		 -- Judges 21:10
%
And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every
male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
		 -- Judges 21:11
%
And they found among the inhabitants of 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.
		 -- Judges 21:12
%
And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin
that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.
		 -- Judges 21:13
%
And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they
had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed
them not.
		 -- Judges 21:14
%
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had
made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
		 -- Judges 21:15
%
Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for
them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
		 -- Judges 21:16
%
And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of
Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
		 -- Judges 21:17
%
Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children
of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.
		 -- Judges 21:18
%
Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly
in a place which is on the north side of Beth-el, on the east side of
the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south
of Lebonah.
		 -- Judges 21:19
%
Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie
in wait in the vineyards;
		 -- Judges 21:20
%
And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in
dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his
wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
		 -- Judges 21:21
%
And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to
complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our
sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye
did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.
		 -- Judges 21:22
%
And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to
their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and
returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt
in them.
		 -- Judges 21:23
%
And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to
his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to
his inheritance.
		 -- Judges 21:24
%
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was
right in his own eyes.
		 -- Judges 21:25
%
NOW it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was
a famine in the land.  And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to
sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
		 -- Ruth 1:1
%
And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife
Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites
of Beth-lehem-judah.  And they came into the country of Moab, and
continued there.
		 -- Ruth 1:2
%
And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
		 -- Ruth 1:3
%
And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was
Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about
ten years.
		 -- Ruth 1:4
%
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left
of her two sons and her husband.
		 -- Ruth 1:5
%
Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from
the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that
the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.
		 -- Ruth 1:6
%
Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two
daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the
land of Judah.
		 -- Ruth 1:7
%
And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her
mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with
the dead, and with me.
		 -- Ruth 1:8
%
The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her
husband.  Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
		 -- Ruth 1:9
%
And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.
		 -- Ruth 1:10
%
And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me?
are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
		 -- Ruth 1:11
%
Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an
husband.  If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also
to night, and should also bear sons;
		 -- Ruth 1:12
%
Would ye tarry for them till they were grown?  would ye stay for them
from having husbands?  nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for
your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.
		 -- Ruth 1:13
%
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her
mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
		 -- Ruth 1:14
%
And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people,
and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.
		 -- Ruth 1:15
%
And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following
after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest,
I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
		 -- Ruth 1:16
%
Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do
so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
		 -- Ruth 1:17
%
When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she
left speaking unto her.
		 -- Ruth 1:18
%
So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem.  And it came to pass,
when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them,
and they said, Is this Naomi?
		 -- Ruth 1:19
%
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty
hath dealt very bitterly with me.
		 -- Ruth 1:20
%
I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why
then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and
the Almighty hath afflicted me?
		 -- Ruth 1:21
%
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her,
which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem
in the beginning of barley harvest.
		 -- Ruth 1:22
%
AND Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of
the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
		 -- Ruth 2:1
%
And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field,
and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace.
And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
		 -- Ruth 2:2
%
And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers:
and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz,
who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
		 -- Ruth 2:3
%
And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers,
The LORD be with you.  And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
		 -- Ruth 2:4
%
Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose
damsel is this?
		 -- Ruth 2:5
%
And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is
the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
		 -- Ruth 2:6
%
And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among
the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until
now, that she tarried a little in the house.
		 -- Ruth 2:7
%
Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter?  Go not to
glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by
my maidens:
		 -- Ruth 2:8
%
Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after
them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee?
and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which
the young men have drawn.
		 -- Ruth 2:9
%
Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said
unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take
knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
		 -- Ruth 2:10
%
And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me,
all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of
thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and
the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest
not heretofore.
		 -- Ruth 2:11
%
The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the
LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
		 -- Ruth 2:12
%
Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou
hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine
handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
		 -- Ruth 2:13
%
And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the
bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar.  And she sat beside the reapers:
and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed,
and left.
		 -- Ruth 2:14
%
And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying,
Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:
		 -- Ruth 2:15
%
And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them,
that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
		 -- Ruth 2:16
%
So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned:
and it was about an ephah of barley.
		 -- Ruth 2:17
%
And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw
what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she
had reserved after she was sufficed.
		 -- Ruth 2:18
%
And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day?
and where wroughtest thou?  blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee.
And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said,
The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.
		 -- Ruth 2:19
%
And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who
hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead.  And Naomi
said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
		 -- Ruth 2:20
%
And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast
by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
		 -- Ruth 2:21
%
And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter,
that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any
other field.
		 -- Ruth 2:22
%
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley
harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
		 -- Ruth 2:23
%
THEN Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not
seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
		 -- Ruth 3:1
%
And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast?
Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
		 -- Ruth 3:2
%
Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee,
and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man,
until he shall have done eating and drinking.
		 -- Ruth 3:3
%
And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where
he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee
down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.
		 -- Ruth 3:4
%
And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.
		 -- Ruth 3:5
%
And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her
mother in law bade her.
		 -- Ruth 3:6
%
And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went
to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and
uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
		 -- Ruth 3:7
%
And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned
himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
		 -- Ruth 3:8
%
And he said, Who art thou?  And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid:
spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near
kinsman.
		 -- Ruth 3:9
%
And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast
shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch
as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
		 -- Ruth 3:10
%
And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest:
for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.
		 -- Ruth 3:11
%
And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman
nearer than I.
		 -- Ruth 3:12
%
Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform
unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part:
but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the
part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning.
		 -- Ruth 3:13
%
And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one
could know another.  And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came
into the floor.
		 -- Ruth 3:14
%
Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it.
And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it
on her: and she went into the city.
		 -- Ruth 3:15
%
And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou,
my daughter?  And she told her all that the man had done to her.
		 -- Ruth 3:16
%
And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me,
Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
		 -- Ruth 3:17
%
Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter
will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the
thing this day.
		 -- Ruth 3:18
%
THEN went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the
kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one!
turn aside, sit down here.  And he turned aside, and sat down.
		 -- Ruth 4:1
%
And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here.
And they sat down.
		 -- Ruth 4:2
%
And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country
of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's:
		 -- Ruth 4:3
%
And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants,
and before the elders of my people.  If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it:
but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there
is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee.	And he said,
I will redeem it.
		 -- Ruth 4:4
%
Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi,
thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead,
to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
		 -- Ruth 4:5
%
And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine
own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
		 -- Ruth 4:6
%
Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming
and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his
shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.
		 -- Ruth 4:7
%
Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee.	So he drew off
his shoe.
		 -- Ruth 4:8
%
And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses
this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was
Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.
		 -- Ruth 4:9
%
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be
my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that
the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from
the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
		 -- Ruth 4:10
%
And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We
are witnesses.	The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house
like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel:
and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:
		 -- Ruth 4:11
%
And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah,
of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.
		 -- Ruth 4:12
%
So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her,
the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.
		 -- Ruth 4:13
%
And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left
thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
		 -- Ruth 4:14
%
And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of
thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is
better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
		 -- Ruth 4:15
%
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse
unto it.
		 -- Ruth 4:16
%
And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son
born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse,
the father of David.
		 -- Ruth 4:17
%
Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
		 -- Ruth 4:18
%
And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
		 -- Ruth 4:19
%
And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
		 -- Ruth 4:20
%
And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
		 -- Ruth 4:21
%
And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
		 -- Ruth 4:22
%
NOW there was a certain man of 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 Samuel 1:1
%
And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of
the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:2
%
And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice
unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh.  And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and
Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:3
%
And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife,
and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:4
%
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the
LORD had shut up her womb.
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:5
%
And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because
the LORD had shut up her womb.
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:6
%
And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD,
so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:7
%
Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou?  and why
eatest thou not?  and why is thy heart grieved?  am not I better to thee
than ten sons?
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:8
%
So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had
drunk.	Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of
the LORD.
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:9
%
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept
sore.
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:10
%
And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed
look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not
forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child,
then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there
shall no razor come upon his head.
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:11
%
And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli
marked her mouth.
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:12
%
Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice
was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:13
%
And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken?  put away thy wine
from thee.
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:14
%
And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful
spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out
my soul before the LORD.
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:15
%
Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the
abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:16
%
Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant
thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:17
%
And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman
went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:18
%
And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD,
and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah
his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:19
%
Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah
had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying,
Because I have asked him of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:20
%
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD
the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:21
%
But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up
until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear
before the LORD, and there abide for ever.
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:22
%
And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good;
tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word.
So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:23
%
And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three
bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him
unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:24
%
And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:25
%
And she said, O my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman
that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:26
%
For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which
I asked of him:
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:27
%
Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he
shall be lent to the LORD.  And he worshipped the LORD there.
		 -- 1 Samuel 1:28
%
AND Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn
is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because
I rejoice in thy salvation.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:1
%
There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither
is there any rock like our God.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:2
%
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your
mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:3
%
The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded
with strength.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:4
%
They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that
were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that
hath many children is waxed feeble.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:5
%
The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave,
and bringeth up.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:6
%
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:7
%
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from
the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the
throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he
hath set the world upon them.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:8
%
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in
darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:9
%
The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall
he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and
he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:10
%
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house.  And the child did minister unto
the LORD before Eli the priest.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:11
%
Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:12
%
And the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered
sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething,
with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:13
%
And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that
the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself.  So they did in
Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:14
%
Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to
the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will
not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:15
%
And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently,
and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him,
Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:16
%
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD:
for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:17
%
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a
linen ephod.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:18
%
Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from
year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly
sacrifice.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:19
%
And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed
of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD.  And they went
unto their own home.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:20
%
And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons
and two daughters.  And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:21
%
Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel;
and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:22
%
And he said unto them, Why do ye such things?  for I hear of your evil
dealings by all this people.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:23
%
Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD's
people to transgress.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:24
%
If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man
sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him?  Notwithstanding they
hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would
slay them.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:25
%
And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD,
and also with men.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:26
%
And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the
LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were
in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:27
%
And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest,
to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me?
and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by
fire of the children of Israel?
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:28
%
Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have
commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make
yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:29
%
Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house,
and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the
LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour,
and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:30
%
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of
thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:31
%
And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which
God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house
for ever.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:32
%
And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be
to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase
of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:33
%
And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons,
on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:34
%
And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that
which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house;
and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:35
%
And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house
shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread,
and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices,
that I may eat a piece of bread.
		 -- 1 Samuel 2:36
%
AND the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word
of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.
		 -- 1 Samuel 3:1
%
And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place,
and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;
		 -- 1 Samuel 3:2
%
And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the
ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;
		 -- 1 Samuel 3:3
%
That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.
		 -- 1 Samuel 3:4
%
And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me.  And he
said, I called not; lie down again.  And he went and lay down.
		 -- 1 Samuel 3:5
%
And the LORD called yet again, Samuel.	And Samuel arose and went to Eli,
and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me.  And he answered, I called
not, my son; lie down again.
		 -- 1 Samuel 3:6
%
Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD
yet revealed unto him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 3:7
%
And the LORD called Samuel again the third time.  And he arose and went
to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me.  And Eli perceived
that the LORD had called the child.
		 -- 1 Samuel 3:8
%
Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he
call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth.
So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
		 -- 1 Samuel 3:9
%
And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel,
Samuel.  Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.
		 -- 1 Samuel 3:10
%
And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at
which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
		 -- 1 Samuel 3:11
%
In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken
concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
		 -- 1 Samuel 3:12
%
For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity
which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained
them not.
		 -- 1 Samuel 3:13
%
And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of
Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
		 -- 1 Samuel 3:14
%
And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of
the LORD.  And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
		 -- 1 Samuel 3:15
%
Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son.  And he answered,
Here am I.
		 -- 1 Samuel 3:16
%
And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee?
I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also,
if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.
		 -- 1 Samuel 3:17
%
And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said,
It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.
		 -- 1 Samuel 3:18
%
And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his
words fall to the ground.
		 -- 1 Samuel 3:19
%
And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was
established to be a prophet of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Samuel 3:20
%
And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to
Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Samuel 3:21
%
AND the word of Samuel came to all Israel.  Now Israel went out against
the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the
Philistines pitched in Aphek.
		 -- 1 Samuel 4:1
%
And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when
they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they
slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.
		 -- 1 Samuel 4:2
%
And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said,
Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines?  Let us
fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that,
when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
		 -- 1 Samuel 4:3
%
So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of
the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims:
and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark
of the covenant of God.
		 -- 1 Samuel 4:4
%
And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all
Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
		 -- 1 Samuel 4:5
%
And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said,
What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews?
And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp.
		 -- 1 Samuel 4:6
%
And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into
the camp.  And they said, Woe unto us!	for there hath not been such a
thing heretofore.
		 -- 1 Samuel 4:7
%
Woe unto us!  who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods?
these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in
the wilderness.
		 -- 1 Samuel 4:8
%
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be
not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves
like men, and fight.
		 -- 1 Samuel 4:9
%
And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every
man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell
of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
		 -- 1 Samuel 4:10
%
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and
Phinehas, were slain.
		 -- 1 Samuel 4:11
%
And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the
same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
		 -- 1 Samuel 4:12
%
And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for
his heart trembled for the ark of God.	And when the man came into the
city, and told it, all the city cried out.
		 -- 1 Samuel 4:13
%
And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the
noise of this tumult?  And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.
		 -- 1 Samuel 4:14
%
Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he
could not see.
		 -- 1 Samuel 4:15
%
And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled
to day out of the army.  And he said, What is there done, my son?
		 -- 1 Samuel 4:16
%
And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the
Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people,
and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of
God is taken.
		 -- 1 Samuel 4:17
%
And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell
from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake,
and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy.	And he had judged Israel
forty years.
		 -- 1 Samuel 4:18
%
And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be
delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken,
and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself
and travailed; for her pains came upon her.
		 -- 1 Samuel 4:19
%
And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto
her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son.  But she answered not, neither
did she regard it.
		 -- 1 Samuel 4:20
%
And she named the child I-chabod, saying, The glory is departed from
Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in
law and her husband.
		 -- 1 Samuel 4:21
%
And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God
is taken.
		 -- 1 Samuel 4:22
%
AND the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer
unto Ashdod.
		 -- 1 Samuel 5:1
%
When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house
of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
		 -- 1 Samuel 5:2
%
And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was
fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD.  And they
took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
		 -- 1 Samuel 5:3
%
And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen
upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of
Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold;
only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 5:4
%
Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's
house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
		 -- 1 Samuel 5:5
%
But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed
them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
		 -- 1 Samuel 5:6
%
And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of
the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us,
and upon Dagon our god.
		 -- 1 Samuel 5:7
%
They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto
them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?
And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about
unto Gath.  And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither.
		 -- 1 Samuel 5:8
%
And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the
LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote
the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their
secret parts.
		 -- 1 Samuel 5:9
%
Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron.  And it came to pass,
as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying,
They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us
and our people.
		 -- 1 Samuel 5:10
%
So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and
said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his
own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly
destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
		 -- 1 Samuel 5:11
%
And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of
the city went up to heaven.
		 -- 1 Samuel 5:12
%
AND the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven
months.
		 -- 1 Samuel 6:1
%
And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying,
What shall we do to the ark of the LORD?  tell us wherewith we shall
send it to his place.
		 -- 1 Samuel 6:2
%
And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not
empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be
healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.
		 -- 1 Samuel 6:3
%
Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall
return to him?	They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice,
according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague
was on you all, and on your lords.
		 -- 1 Samuel 6:4
%
Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your
mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel:
peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your
gods, and from off your land.
		 -- 1 Samuel 6:5
%
Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh
hardened their hearts?	when he had wrought wonderfully among them,
did they not let the people go, and they departed?
		 -- 1 Samuel 6:6
%
Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there
hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves
home from them:
		 -- 1 Samuel 6:7
%
And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the
jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer
by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
		 -- 1 Samuel 6:8
%
And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to 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 Samuel 6:9
%
And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart,
and shut up their calves at home:
		 -- 1 Samuel 6:10
%
And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with
the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
		 -- 1 Samuel 6:11
%
And the kine took the straight way to the way of 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 Samuel 6:12
%
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 Samuel 6:13
%
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 Samuel 6:14
%
And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that
was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great
stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed
sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.
		 -- 1 Samuel 6:15
%
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned
to Ekron the same day.
		 -- 1 Samuel 6:16
%
And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for
a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for
Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
		 -- 1 Samuel 6:17
%
And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the
Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of
country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set
down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the
field of Joshua, the Beth-shemite.
		 -- 1 Samuel 6:18
%
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 Samuel 6:19
%
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 Samuel 6:20
%
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 Samuel 6:21
%
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 Samuel 7:1
%
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 Samuel 7:2
%
And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return
unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and
Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve
him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
		 -- 1 Samuel 7:3
%
Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served
the LORD only.
		 -- 1 Samuel 7:4
%
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you
unto the LORD.
		 -- 1 Samuel 7:5
%
And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out
before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned
against the LORD.  And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
		 -- 1 Samuel 7:6
%
And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered
together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel.
And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the
Philistines.
		 -- 1 Samuel 7:7
%
And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD
our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
		 -- 1 Samuel 7:8
%
And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering
wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and
the LORD heard him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 7:9
%
And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew
near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder
on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were
smitten before Israel.
		 -- 1 Samuel 7:10
%
And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines,
and smote them, until they came under Beth-car.
		 -- 1 Samuel 7:11
%
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 Samuel 7:12
%
So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast
of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the
days of Samuel.
		 -- 1 Samuel 7:13
%
And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored
to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel
deliver out of the hands of the Philistines.  And there was peace between
Israel and the Amorites.
		 -- 1 Samuel 7:14
%
And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
		 -- 1 Samuel 7:15
%
And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and
Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.
		 -- 1 Samuel 7:16
%
And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged
Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
		 -- 1 Samuel 7:17
%
AND it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges
over Israel.
		 -- 1 Samuel 8:1
%
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second,
Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.
		 -- 1 Samuel 8:2
%
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre,
and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
		 -- 1 Samuel 8:3
%
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to
Samuel unto Ramah,
		 -- 1 Samuel 8:4
%
And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy
ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
		 -- 1 Samuel 8:5
%
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to
judge us.  And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
		 -- 1 Samuel 8:6
%
And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in
all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they
have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
		 -- 1 Samuel 8:7
%
According to all the works which they have done since the day that I
brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have
forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
		 -- 1 Samuel 8:8
%
Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto
them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
		 -- 1 Samuel 8:9
%
And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of
him a king.
		 -- 1 Samuel 8:10
%
And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over
you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his
chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
		 -- 1 Samuel 8:11
%
And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over
fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest,
and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
		 -- 1 Samuel 8:12
%
And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks,
and to be bakers.
		 -- 1 Samuel 8:13
%
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards,
even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
		 -- 1 Samuel 8:14
%
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give
to his officers, and to his servants.
		 -- 1 Samuel 8:15
%
And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your
goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
		 -- 1 Samuel 8:16
%
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
		 -- 1 Samuel 8:17
%
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall
have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
		 -- 1 Samuel 8:18
%
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they
said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
		 -- 1 Samuel 8:19
%
That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us,
and go out before us, and fight our battles.
		 -- 1 Samuel 8:20
%
And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in
the ears of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Samuel 8:21
%
And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them
a king.  And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto
his city.
		 -- 1 Samuel 8:22
%
NOW there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel,
the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite,
a mighty man of power.
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:1
%
And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly:
and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he:
from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:2
%
And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost.	And Kish said to Saul his
son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:3
%
And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of
Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of
Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the
Benjamites, but they found them not.
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:4
%
And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant
that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring
for the asses, and take thought for us.
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:5
%
And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God,
and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now
let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go.
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:6
%
Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we
bring the man?	for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not
a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:7
%
And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at
hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man
of God, to tell us our way.
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:8
%
(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake,
Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet
was beforetime called a Seer.)
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:9
%
Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go.  So they went
unto the city where the man of God was.
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:10
%
And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going
out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:11
%
And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make
haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of
the people to day in the high place:
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:12
%
As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him,
before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat
until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they
eat that be bidden.  Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye
shall find him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:13
%
And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city,
behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place.
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:14
%
Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:15
%
To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of
Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel,
that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I
have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:16
%
And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man whom
I spake to thee of!  this same shall reign over my people.
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:17
%
Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee,
where the seer's house is.
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:18
%
And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto
the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will
let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart.
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:19
%
And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind
on them; for they are found.  And on whom is all the desire of Israel?
Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:20
%
And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of
the tribes of Israel?  and my family the least of all the families of
the tribe of Benjamin?	wherefore then speakest thou so to me?
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:21
%
And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour,
and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden,
which were about thirty persons.
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:22
%
And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee,
of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:23
%
And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it
before Saul.  And Samuel said, Behold that which is left!  set it before
thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said,
I have invited the people.  So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:24
%
And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel
communed with Saul upon the top of the house.
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:25
%
And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day,
that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I
may send thee away.  And Saul arose, and they went out both of them,
he and Samuel, abroad.
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:26
%
And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul,
Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou
still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.
		 -- 1 Samuel 9:27
%
THEN Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed
him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be
captain over his inheritance?
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:1
%
When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by
Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will
say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and,
lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you,
saying, What shall I do for my son?
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:2
%
Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the
plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to
Beth-el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of
bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:3
%
And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou
shalt receive of their hands.
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:4
%
After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of
the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither
to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from
the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp,
before them; and they shall prophesy:
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:5
%
And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy
with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:6
%
And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as
occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:7
%
And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come
down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices
of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee,
and shew thee what thou shalt do.
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:8
%
And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel,
God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:9
%
And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met
him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:10
%
And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold,
he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another,
What is this that is come unto the son of Kish?  Is Saul also among
the prophets?
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:11
%
And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father?
Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:12
%
And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:13
%
And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye?
And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where,
we came to Samuel.
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:14
%
And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:15
%
And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were
found.	But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told
him not.
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:16
%
And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:17
%
And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel,
I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of
the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that
oppressed you:
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:18
%
And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of
all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him,
Nay, but set a king over us.  Now therefore present yourselves before
the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:19
%
And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the
tribe of Benjamin was taken.
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:20
%
When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families,
the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken:
and when they sought him, he could not be found.
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:21
%
Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet
come thither.  And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among
the stuff.
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:22
%
And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people,
he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:23
%
And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen,
that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people
shouted, and said, God save the king.
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:24
%
Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in
a book, and laid it up before the LORD.  And Samuel sent all the people
away, every man to his house.
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:25
%
And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men,
whose hearts God had touched.
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:26
%
But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they
despised him, and brought him no presents.  But he held his peace.
		 -- 1 Samuel 10:27
%
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 Samuel 11:1
%
And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a
covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay
it for a reproach upon all Israel.
		 -- 1 Samuel 11:2
%
And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite,
that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then,
if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
		 -- 1 Samuel 11:3
%
Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the
ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
		 -- 1 Samuel 11:4
%
And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said,
What aileth the people that they weep?	And they told him the tidings
of the men of Jabesh.
		 -- 1 Samuel 11:5
%
And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and
his anger was kindled greatly.
		 -- 1 Samuel 11:6
%
And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them
throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying,
Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it
be done unto his oxen.	And the fear of the LORD fell on the people,
and they came out with one consent.
		 -- 1 Samuel 11:7
%
And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three
hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
		 -- 1 Samuel 11:8
%
And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the
men of Jabesh-gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall
have help.  And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh;
and they were glad.
		 -- 1 Samuel 11:9
%
Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you,
and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.
		 -- 1 Samuel 11:10
%
And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies;
and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew
the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they
which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
		 -- 1 Samuel 11:11
%
And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign
over us?  bring the men, that we may put them to death.
		 -- 1 Samuel 11:12
%
And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to
day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.
		 -- 1 Samuel 11:13
%
Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew
the kingdom there.
		 -- 1 Samuel 11:14
%
And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before
the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace
offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel
rejoiced greatly.
		 -- 1 Samuel 11:15
%
AND Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your
voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
		 -- 1 Samuel 12:1
%
And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and
gray-headed; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before
you from my childhood unto this day.
		 -- 1 Samuel 12:2
%
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his
anointed: whose ox have I taken?  or whose ass have I taken?  or whom have
I defrauded?  whom have I oppressed?  or of whose hand have I received
any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith?  and I will restore it you.
		 -- 1 Samuel 12:3
%
And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither
hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.
		 -- 1 Samuel 12:4
%
And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed
is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand.  And they
answered, He is witness.
		 -- 1 Samuel 12:5
%
And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and
Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
		 -- 1 Samuel 12:6
%
Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD
of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your
fathers.
		 -- 1 Samuel 12:7
%
When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD,
then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers
out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.
		 -- 1 Samuel 12:8
%
And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand
of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the
Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought
against them.
		 -- 1 Samuel 12:9
%
And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have
forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver
us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
		 -- 1 Samuel 12:10
%
And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and
delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye
dwelled safe.
		 -- 1 Samuel 12:11
%
And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came
against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us:
when the LORD your God was your king.
		 -- 1 Samuel 12:12
%
Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have
desired!  and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.
		 -- 1 Samuel 12:13
%
If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not
rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also
the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God:
		 -- 1 Samuel 12:14
%
But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the
commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you,
as it was against your fathers.
		 -- 1 Samuel 12:15
%
Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do
before your eyes.
		 -- 1 Samuel 12:16
%
Is it not wheat harvest to day?  I will call unto the LORD, and he shall
send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness
is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you
a king.
		 -- 1 Samuel 12:17
%
So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that
day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
		 -- 1 Samuel 12:18
%
And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD
thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil,
to ask us a king.
		 -- 1 Samuel 12:19
%
And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this
wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the
LORD with all your heart;
		 -- 1 Samuel 12:20
%
And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which
cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
		 -- 1 Samuel 12:21
%
For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake:
because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
		 -- 1 Samuel 12:22
%
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in
ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
		 -- 1 Samuel 12:23
%
Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for
consider how great things he hath done for you.
		 -- 1 Samuel 12:24
%
But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and
your king.
		 -- 1 Samuel 12:25
%
SAUL reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
		 -- 1 Samuel 13:1
%
Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were
with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth-el, and a thousand were with
Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every
man to his tent.
		 -- 1 Samuel 13:2
%
And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba,
and the Philistines heard of it.  And Saul blew the trumpet throughout
all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
		 -- 1 Samuel 13:3
%
And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the
Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the
Philistines.  And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.
		 -- 1 Samuel 13:4
%
And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel,
thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as
the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up,
and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven.
		 -- 1 Samuel 13:5
%
When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people
were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in
thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
		 -- 1 Samuel 13:6
%
And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead.
As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him
trembling.
		 -- 1 Samuel 13:7
%
And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had
appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered
from him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 13:8
%
And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings.
And he offered the burnt offering.
		 -- 1 Samuel 13:9
%
And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering
the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him,
that he might salute him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 13:10
%
And Samuel said, What hast thou done?  And Saul said, Because I saw that
the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the
days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together
at Michmash;
		 -- 1 Samuel 13:11
%
Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal,
and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore,
and offered a burnt offering.
		 -- 1 Samuel 13:12
%
And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept
the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now
would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
		 -- 1 Samuel 13:13
%
But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man
after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over
his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.
		 -- 1 Samuel 13:14
%
And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin.
And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six
hundred men.
		 -- 1 Samuel 13:15
%
And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with
them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in
Michmash.
		 -- 1 Samuel 13:16
%
And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three
companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah,
unto the land of Shual:
		 -- 1 Samuel 13:17
%
And another company turned the way to Beth-horon: and another company
turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim
toward the wilderness.
		 -- 1 Samuel 13:18
%
Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the
Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
		 -- 1 Samuel 13:19
%
But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every
man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
		 -- 1 Samuel 13:20
%
Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the
forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
		 -- 1 Samuel 13:21
%
So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword
nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul
and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
		 -- 1 Samuel 13:22
%
And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
		 -- 1 Samuel 13:23
%
NOW it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said
unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to
the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side.  But he told not
his father.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:1
%
And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate
tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about
six hundred men;
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:2
%
And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I-chabod's brother, the son of Phinehas,
the son of Eli, the LORD'S priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod.	And the
people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:3
%
And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto
the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side,
and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez,
and the name of the other Seneh.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:4
%
The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash,
and the other southward over against Gibeah.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:5
%
And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let
us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the
LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by
many or by few.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:6
%
And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart:
turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:7
%
Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we
will discover ourselves unto them.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:8
%
If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand
still in our place, and will not go up unto them.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:9
%
But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD
hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:10
%
And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the
Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth
out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:11
%
And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and
said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing.  And Jonathan said
unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath delivered
them into the hand of Israel.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:12
%
And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his
armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his
armourbearer slew after him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:13
%
And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made,
was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a
yoke of oxen might plow.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:14
%
And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the
people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the
earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:15
%
And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold,
the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:16
%
Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see
who is gone from us.  And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and
his armourbearer were not there.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:17
%
And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God.	For the ark of
God was at that time with the children of Israel.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:18
%
And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise
that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul
said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:19
%
And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves,
and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against
his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:20
%
Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time,
which went up with them into the camp from the country round about,
even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul
and Jonathan.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:21
%
Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim,
when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard
after them in the battle.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:22
%
So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto
Beth-aven.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:23
%
And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the
people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that
I may be avenged on mine enemies.  So none of the people tasted any food.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:24
%
And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon
the ground.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:25
%
And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped;
but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:26
%
But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the
oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand,
and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his
eyes were enlightened.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:27
%
Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged
the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food
this day.  And the people were faint.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:28
%
Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how
mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:29
%
How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil
of their enemies which they found?  for had there not been now a much
greater slaughter among the Philistines?
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:30
%
And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and
the people were very faint.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:31
%
And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves,
and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:32
%
Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD,
in that they eat with the blood.  And he said, Ye have transgressed:
roll a great stone unto me this day.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:33
%
And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them,
Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them
here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood.
And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and
slew them there.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:34
%
And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that
he built unto the LORD.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:35
%
And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil
them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them.
And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee.  Then said the
priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:36
%
And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines?
wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel?  But he answered him
not that day.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:37
%
And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and
know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:38
%
For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my
son, he shall surely die.  But there was not a man among all the people
that answered him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:39
%
Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my
son will be on the other side.	And the people said unto Saul, Do what
seemeth good unto thee.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:40
%
Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot.
And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:41
%
And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son.  And Jonathan
was taken.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:42
%
Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done.  And Jonathan
told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the
rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:43
%
And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die,
Jonathan.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:44
%
And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this
great salvation in Israel?  God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall
not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with
God this day.  So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:45
%
Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines
went to their own place.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:46
%
So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies
on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and
against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines:
and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:47
%
And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel
out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:48
%
Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and 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 Samuel 14:49
%
And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the
name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:50
%
And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the
son of Abiel.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:51
%
And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and
when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 14:52
%
SAMUEL also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king
over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice
of the words of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:1
%
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel,
how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:2
%
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and
spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox
and sheep, camel and ass.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:3
%
And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim,
two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:4
%
And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:5
%
And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the
Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all
the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt.  So the Kenites
departed from among the Amalekites.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:6
%
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur,
that is over against Egypt.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:7
%
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed
all the people with the edge of the sword.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:8
%
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of
the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good,
and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and
refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:9
%
Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:10
%
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned
back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments.  And it
grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:11
%
And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told
Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place,
and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:12
%
And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the
LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:13
%
And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine
ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:14
%
And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people
spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD
thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:15
%
Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD
hath said to me this night.  And he said unto him, Say on.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:16
%
And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou
not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee
king over Israel?
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:17
%
And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy
the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:18
%
Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly
upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:19
%
And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD,
and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the
king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:20
%
But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the
things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the
LORD thy God in Gilgal.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:21
%
And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and
sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD?  Behold, to obey is
better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:22
%
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity
and idolatry.  Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath
also rejected thee from being king.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:23
%
And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the
commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people,
and obeyed their voice.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:24
%
Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me,
that I may worship the LORD.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:25
%
And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast
rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from
being king over Israel.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:26
%
And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of
his mantle, and it rent.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:27
%
And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from
thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better
than thou.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:28
%
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not
a man, that he should repent.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:29
%
Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the
elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I
may worship the LORD thy God.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:30
%
So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:31
%
Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites.
And Agag came unto him delicately.  And Agag said, Surely the bitterness
of death is past.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:32
%
And Samuel said, As 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 Samuel 15:33
%
Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah
of Saul.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:34
%
And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death:
nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had
made Saul king over Israel.
		 -- 1 Samuel 15:35
%
AND the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing
I have rejected him from reigning over Israel?	fill thine horn with oil,
and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided
me a king among his sons.
		 -- 1 Samuel 16:1
%
And Samuel said, How can I go?	if Saul hear it, he will kill me.
And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to
sacrifice to the LORD.
		 -- 1 Samuel 16:2
%
And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do:
and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.
		 -- 1 Samuel 16:3
%
And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Beth-lehem.
And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest
thou peaceably?
		 -- 1 Samuel 16:4
%
And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify
yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.	And he sanctified Jesse
and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
		 -- 1 Samuel 16:5
%
And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab,
and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 16:6
%
But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the
height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth
not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the
LORD looketh on the heart.
		 -- 1 Samuel 16:7
%
Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel.  And he said,
Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
		 -- 1 Samuel 16:8
%
Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by.  And he said, Neither hath the LORD
chosen this.
		 -- 1 Samuel 16:9
%
Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel.  And Samuel
said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.
		 -- 1 Samuel 16:10
%
And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children?	And he said,
There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep.
And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down
till he come hither.
		 -- 1 Samuel 16:11
%
And he sent, and brought him in.  Now he was ruddy, and withal of a
beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to.  And the LORD said, Arise,
anoint him: for this is he.
		 -- 1 Samuel 16:12
%
Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of
his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that
day forward.  So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
		 -- 1 Samuel 16:13
%
But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from
the LORD troubled him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 16:14
%
And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God
troubleth thee.
		 -- 1 Samuel 16:15
%
Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek
out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass,
when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his
hand, and thou shalt be well.
		 -- 1 Samuel 16:16
%
And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well,
and bring him to me.
		 -- 1 Samuel 16:17
%
Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son
of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty
valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely
person, and the LORD is with him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 16:18
%
Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy
son, which is with the sheep.
		 -- 1 Samuel 16:19
%
And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid,
and sent them by David his son unto Saul.
		 -- 1 Samuel 16:20
%
And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly;
and he became his armourbearer.
		 -- 1 Samuel 16:21
%
And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me;
for he hath found favour in my sight.
		 -- 1 Samuel 16:22
%
And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that
David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed,
and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 16:23
%
NOW the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were
gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched
between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:1
%
And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by
the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:2
%
And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood
on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:3
%
And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named
Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:4
%
And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat
of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:5
%
And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between
his shoulders.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:6
%
And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's
head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went
before him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:7
%
And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them,
Why are ye come out to set your battle in array?  am not I a Philistine,
and ye servants to Saul?  choose you a man for you, and let him come
down to me.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:8
%
If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your
servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be
our servants, and serve us.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:9
%
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me
a man, that we may fight together.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:10
%
When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were
dismayed, and greatly afraid.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:11
%
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-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 Samuel 17:12
%
And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle:
and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the
firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:13
%
And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:14
%
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at
Beth-lehem.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:15
%
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself
forty days.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:16
%
And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah
of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to
thy brethren;
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:17
%
And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look
how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:18
%
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah,
fighting with the Philistines.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:19
%
And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper,
and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench,
as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:20
%
For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army
against army.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:21
%
And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage,
and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:22
%
And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the
Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines,
and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:23
%
And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and
were sore afraid.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:24
%
And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up?
surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who
killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give
him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:25
%
And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done
to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach
from Israel?  for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should
defy the armies of the living God?
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:26
%
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be
done to the man that killeth him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:27
%
And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's
anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither?
and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness?  I know
thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down
that thou mightest see the battle.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:28
%
And David said, What have I now done?  Is there not a cause?
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:29
%
And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner:
and the people answered him again after the former manner.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:30
%
And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them
before Saul: and he sent for him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:31
%
And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy
servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:32
%
And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine
to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from
his youth.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:33
%
And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there
came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:34
%
And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his
mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and
smote him, and slew him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:35
%
Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised
Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of
the living God.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:36
%
David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the
lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the
hand of this Philistine.  And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be
with thee.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:37
%
And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon
his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:38
%
And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for
he had not proved it.  And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these;
for I have not proved them.  And David put them off him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:39
%
And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out
of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a
scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:40
%
And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that
bare the shield went before him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:41
%
And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him:
for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:42
%
And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me
with staves?  And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:43
%
And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh
unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:44
%
Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and
with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the
LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:45
%
This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee,
and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of
the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts
of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:46
%
And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and
spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:47
%
And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh
to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the
Philistine.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:48
%
And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it,
and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his
forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:49
%
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone,
and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the
hand of David.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:50
%
Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword,
and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his
head therewith.  And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead,
they fled.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:51
%
And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the
Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron.
And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim,
even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:52
%
And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines,
and they spoiled their tents.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:53
%
And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem;
but he put his armour in his tent.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:54
%
And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said
unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth?
And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:55
%
And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:56
%
And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took
him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in
his hand.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:57
%
And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man?  And David
answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.
		 -- 1 Samuel 17:58
%
AND it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul,
that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan
loved him as his own soul.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:1
%
And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his
father's house.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:2
%
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his
own soul.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:3
%
And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave
it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and
to his girdle.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:4
%
And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself
wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in
the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:5
%
And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the
slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of
Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy,
and with instruments of musick.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:6
%
And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath
slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:7
%
And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said,
They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed
but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:8
%
And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:9
%
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came
upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played
with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:10
%
And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the
wall with it.  And David avoided out of his presence twice.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:11
%
And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was
departed from Saul.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:12
%
Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a
thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:13
%
And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was
with him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:14
%
Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was
afraid of him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:15
%
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in
before them.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:16
%
And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give
thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles.
For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the
Philistines be upon him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:17
%
And David said unto Saul, Who am I?  and what is my life, or my father's
family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:18
%
But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have
been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite
to wife.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:19
%
And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the
thing pleased him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:20
%
And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and
that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.  Wherefore Saul said
to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:21
%
And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly,
and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants
love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:22
%
And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David.  And David
said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing
that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:23
%
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:24
%
And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any
dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of
the king's enemies.  But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of
the Philistines.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:25
%
And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to
be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:26
%
Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the
Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and
they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's
son in law.  And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:27
%
And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal
Saul's daughter loved him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:28
%
And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's
enemy continually.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:29
%
Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass,
after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all
the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
		 -- 1 Samuel 18:30
%
AND Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they
should kill David.
		 -- 1 Samuel 19:1
%
But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David,
saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee,
take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place,
and hide thyself:
		 -- 1 Samuel 19:2
%
And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art,
and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will
tell thee.
		 -- 1 Samuel 19:3
%
And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him,
Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath
not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward
very good:
		 -- 1 Samuel 19:4
%
For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the
LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and
didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood,
to slay David without a cause?
		 -- 1 Samuel 19:5
%
And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the
LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.
		 -- 1 Samuel 19:6
%
And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things.
And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in
times past.
		 -- 1 Samuel 19:7
%
And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the
Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 19:8
%
And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house
with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.
		 -- 1 Samuel 19:9
%
And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but
he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into
the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
		 -- 1 Samuel 19:10
%
Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay
him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou
save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
		 -- 1 Samuel 19:11
%
So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled,
and escaped.
		 -- 1 Samuel 19:12
%
And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of
goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.
		 -- 1 Samuel 19:13
%
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
		 -- 1 Samuel 19:14
%
And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up
to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 19:15
%
And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the
bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.
		 -- 1 Samuel 19:16
%
And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away
mine enemy, that he is escaped?  And Michal answered Saul, He said unto
me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
		 -- 1 Samuel 19:17
%
So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all
that Saul had done to him.  And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
		 -- 1 Samuel 19:18
%
And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
		 -- 1 Samuel 19:19
%
And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of
the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the
Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
		 -- 1 Samuel 19:20
%
And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied
likewise.  And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they
prophesied also.
		 -- 1 Samuel 19:21
%
Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu:
and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David?  And one said, Behold,
they be at Naioth in Ramah.
		 -- 1 Samuel 19:22
%
And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him
also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
		 -- 1 Samuel 19:23
%
And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel
in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night.
Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
		 -- 1 Samuel 19:24
%
AND David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan,
What have I done?  what is mine iniquity?  and what is my sin before
thy father, that he seeketh my life?
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:1
%
And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father
will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me:
and why should my father hide this thing from me?  it is not so.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:2
%
And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I
have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this,
lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth,
there is but a step between me and death.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:3
%
Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even
do it for thee.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:4
%
And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I
should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may
hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:5
%
If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave
of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city: for there is a yearly
sacrifice there for all the family.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:6
%
If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be
very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:7
%
Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought
thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if
there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring
me to thy father?
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:8
%
And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that
evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I
tell it thee?
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:9
%
Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me?  or what if thy father
answer thee roughly?
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:10
%
And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field.
And they went out both of them into the field.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:11
%
And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my
father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there
be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:12
%
The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do
thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest
go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:13
%
And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD,
that I die not:
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:14
%
But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever:
no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from
the face of the earth.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:15
%
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the
LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:16
%
And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he
loved him as he loved his own soul.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:17
%
Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt
be missed, because thy seat will be empty.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:18
%
And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly,
and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business
was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:19
%
And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at
a mark.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:20
%
And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows.  If I
expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee,
take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt;
as the LORD liveth.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:21
%
But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee;
go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:22
%
And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold,
the LORD be between thee and me for ever.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:23
%
So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come,
the king sat him down to eat meat.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:24
%
And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by
the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's
place was empty.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:25
%
Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something
hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:26
%
And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the
month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his
son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday,
nor to day?
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:27
%
And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go
to Beth-lehem:
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:28
%
And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in
the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now,
if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee,
and see my brethren.  Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:29
%
Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him,
Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast
chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion
of thy mother's nakedness?
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:30
%
For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be
established, nor thy kingdom.  Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me,
for he shall surely die.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:31
%
And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore
shall he be slain?  what hath he done?
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:32
%
And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that
it was determined of his father to slay David.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:33
%
So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat
the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his
father had done him shame.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:34
%
And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the
field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:35
%
And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And
as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:36
%
And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan
had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow
beyond thee?
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:37
%
And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not.
And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:38
%
But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:39
%
And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go,
carry them to the city.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:40
%
And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward
the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three
times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until
David exceeded.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:41
%
And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both
of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee,
and between my seed and thy seed for ever.  And he arose and departed:
and Jonathan went into the city.
		 -- 1 Samuel 20:42
%
THEN came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid
at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no
man with thee?
		 -- 1 Samuel 21:1
%
And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me
a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the
business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I
have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
		 -- 1 Samuel 21:2
%
Now therefore what is under thine hand?  give me five loaves of bread
in mine hand, or what there is present.
		 -- 1 Samuel 21:3
%
And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under
mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept
themselves at least from women.
		 -- 1 Samuel 21:4
%
And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have
been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the
vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common,
yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
		 -- 1 Samuel 21:5
%
So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but
the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in
the day when it was taken away.
		 -- 1 Samuel 21:6
%
Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained
before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the
herdmen that belonged to Saul.
		 -- 1 Samuel 21:7
%
And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand
spear or sword?  for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with
me, because the king's business required haste.
		 -- 1 Samuel 21:8
%
And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou
slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth
behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other
save that here.  And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
		 -- 1 Samuel 21:9
%
And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish
the king of Gath.
		 -- 1 Samuel 21:10
%
And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of
the land?  did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying,
Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
		 -- 1 Samuel 21:11
%
And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish
the king of Gath.
		 -- 1 Samuel 21:12
%
And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in
their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle
fall down upon his beard.
		 -- 1 Samuel 21:13
%
Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore
then have ye brought him to me?
		 -- 1 Samuel 21:14
%
Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the
mad man in my presence?  shall this fellow come into my house?
		 -- 1 Samuel 21:15
%
DAVID therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and
when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down
thither to him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 22:1
%
And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt,
and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him;
and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four
hundred men.
		 -- 1 Samuel 22:2
%
And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of
Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with
you, till I know what God will do for me.
		 -- 1 Samuel 22:3
%
And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him
all the while that David was in the hold.
		 -- 1 Samuel 22:4
%
And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart,
and get thee into the land of Judah.  Then David departed, and came into
the forest of Hareth.
		 -- 1 Samuel 22:5
%
When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with
him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear
in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)
		 -- 1 Samuel 22:6
%
Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now,
ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields
and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains
of hundreds;
		 -- 1 Samuel 22:7
%
That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth
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 sheweth unto me that my son hath
stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
		 -- 1 Samuel 22:8
%
Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul,
and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son
of Ahitub.
		 -- 1 Samuel 22:9
%
And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave
him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
		 -- 1 Samuel 22:10
%
Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub,
and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came
all of them to the king.
		 -- 1 Samuel 22:11
%
And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub.  And he answered, Here I am,
my lord.
		 -- 1 Samuel 22:12
%
And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the
son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast
enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait,
as at this day?
		 -- 1 Samuel 22:13
%
Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among
all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at
thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?
		 -- 1 Samuel 22:14
%
Did I then begin to enquire of God for him?  be it far from me: let not
the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my
father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.
		 -- 1 Samuel 22:15
%
And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy
father's house.
		 -- 1 Samuel 22:16
%
And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and
slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David,
and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me.	But the
servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the
priests of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Samuel 22:17
%
And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests.  And Doeg
the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day
fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
		 -- 1 Samuel 22:18
%
And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword,
both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and
sheep, with the edge of the sword.
		 -- 1 Samuel 22:19
%
And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar,
escaped, and fled after David.
		 -- 1 Samuel 22:20
%
And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD's priests.
		 -- 1 Samuel 22:21
%
And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite
was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death
of all the persons of thy father's house.
		 -- 1 Samuel 22:22
%
Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy
life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
		 -- 1 Samuel 22:23
%
THEN they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against
Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:1
%
Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these
Philistines?  And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines,
and save Keilah.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:2
%
And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how
much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:3
%
Then David enquired of the LORD yet again.  And the LORD answered him
and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines
into thine hand.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:4
%
So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines,
and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter.
So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:5
%
And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David
to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:6
%
And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah.  And Saul said,
God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering
into a town that hath gates and bars.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:7
%
And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah,
to besiege David and his men.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:8
%
And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and
he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:9
%
Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard
that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:10
%
Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand?  will Saul come down,
as thy servant hath heard?  O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell
thy servant.  And the LORD said, He will come down.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:11
%
Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the
hand of Saul?  And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:12
%
Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed
out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go.  And it was told
Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:13
%
And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a
mountain in the wilderness of Ziph.  And Saul sought him every day,
but God delivered him not into his hand.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:14
%
And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in
the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:15
%
And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and
strengthened his hand in God.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:16
%
And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not
find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto
thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:17
%
And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood,
and Jonathan went to his house.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:18
%
Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide
himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah,
which is on the south of Jeshimon?
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:19
%
Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul
to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:20
%
And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:21
%
Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt
is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth
very subtilly.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:22
%
See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he
hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will
go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I
will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:23
%
And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were
in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:24
%
Saul also and his men went to seek him.  And they told David: wherefore
he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon.	And when
Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:25
%
And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that
side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul;
for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:26
%
But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come;
for the Philistines have invaded the land.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:27
%
Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the
Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:28
%
And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi.
		 -- 1 Samuel 23:29
%
AND it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the
Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the
wilderness of En-gedi.
		 -- 1 Samuel 24:1
%
Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to
seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.
		 -- 1 Samuel 24:2
%
And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul
went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides
of the cave.
		 -- 1 Samuel 24:3
%
And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD
said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that
thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee.	Then David arose,
and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.
		 -- 1 Samuel 24:4
%
And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he
had cut off Saul's skirt.
		 -- 1 Samuel 24:5
%
And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing
unto my master, the LORD's anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against
him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Samuel 24:6
%
So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to
rise against Saul.  But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.
		 -- 1 Samuel 24:7
%
David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after
Saul, saying, My lord the king.  And when Saul looked behind him, David
stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.
		 -- 1 Samuel 24:8
%
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying,
Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
		 -- 1 Samuel 24:9
%
Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered
thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee:
but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand
against my lord; for he is the LORD's anointed.
		 -- 1 Samuel 24:10
%
Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand:
for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know
thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand,
and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
		 -- 1 Samuel 24:11
%
The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee:
but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
		 -- 1 Samuel 24:12
%
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the
wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
		 -- 1 Samuel 24:13
%
After whom is the king of Israel come out?  after whom dost thou pursue?
after a dead dog, after a flea.
		 -- 1 Samuel 24:14
%
The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see,
and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
		 -- 1 Samuel 24:15
%
And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words
unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David?  And Saul
lifted up his voice, and wept.
		 -- 1 Samuel 24:16
%
And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast
rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
		 -- 1 Samuel 24:17
%
And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me:
forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst
me not.
		 -- 1 Samuel 24:18
%
For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away?  wherefore the
LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.
		 -- 1 Samuel 24:19
%
And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that
the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
		 -- 1 Samuel 24:20
%
Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off
my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my
father's house.
		 -- 1 Samuel 24:21
%
And David sware unto Saul.  And Saul went home; but David and his men
gat them up unto the hold.
		 -- 1 Samuel 24:22
%
AND Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and
lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah.  And David arose,
and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:1
%
And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the
man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats:
and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:2
%
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and
she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance:
but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house
of Caleb.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:3
%
And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:4
%
And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men,
Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:5
%
And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to
thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:6
%
And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which
were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them,
all the while they were in Carmel.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:7
%
Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee.  Wherefore let the young men
find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee,
whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:8
%
And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all
those words in the name of David, and ceased.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:9
%
And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David?  and who
is the son of Jesse?  there be many servants now a days that break away
every man from his master.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:10
%
Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed
for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:11
%
So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told
him all those sayings.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:12
%
And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword.  And they
girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and
there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode
by the stuff.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:13
%
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold,
David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and
he railed on them.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:14
%
But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed
we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in
the fields:
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:15
%
They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were
with them keeping the sheep.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:16
%
Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined
against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son
of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:17
%
Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of
wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn,
and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs,
and laid them on asses.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:18
%
And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you.
But she told not her husband Nabal.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:19
%
And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert
of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her;
and she met them.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:20
%
Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath
in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto
him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:21
%
So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that
pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:22
%
And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and
fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:23
%
And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this
iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience,
and hear the words of thine handmaid.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:24
%
Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for
as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but
I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:25
%
Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth,
seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from
avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they
that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:26
%
And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord,
let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:27
%
I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will
certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles
of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:28
%
Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul
of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God;
and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the
middle of a sling.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:29
%
And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord
according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall
have appointed thee ruler over Israel;
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:30
%
That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my
lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath
avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord,
then remember thine handmaid.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:31
%
And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent
thee this day to meet me:
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:32
%
And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me
this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine
own hand.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:33
%
For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me
back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me,
surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that
pisseth against the wall.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:34
%
So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said
unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy
voice, and have accepted thy person.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:35
%
And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house,
like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him,
for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more,
until the morning light.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:36
%
But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal,
and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him,
and he became as a stone.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:37
%
And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal,
that he died.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:38
%
And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD,
that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal,
and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the
wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with
Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:39
%
And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake
unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:40
%
And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said,
Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants
of my lord.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:41
%
And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels
of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David,
and became his wife.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:42
%
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them
his wives.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:43
%
But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son
of Laish, which was of Gallim.
		 -- 1 Samuel 25:44
%
AND the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide
himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
		 -- 1 Samuel 26:1
%
Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three
thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness
of Ziph.
		 -- 1 Samuel 26:2
%
And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon,
by the way.  But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul
came after him into the wilderness.
		 -- 1 Samuel 26:3
%
David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in
very deed.
		 -- 1 Samuel 26:4
%
And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David
beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain
of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round
about him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 26:5
%
Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai
the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me
to Saul to the camp?  And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.
		 -- 1 Samuel 26:6
%
So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay
sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his
bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 26:7
%
Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine
hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the
spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.
		 -- 1 Samuel 26:8
%
And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth
his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless?
		 -- 1 Samuel 26:9
%
David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him;
or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
		 -- 1 Samuel 26:10
%
The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the
LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at
his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
		 -- 1 Samuel 26:11
%
So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster;
and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked:
for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen
upon them.
		 -- 1 Samuel 26:12
%
Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill
afar off; a great space being between them:
		 -- 1 Samuel 26:13
%
And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying,
Answerest thou not, Abner?  Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou
that criest to the king?
		 -- 1 Samuel 26:14
%
And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man?  and who is like
to thee in Israel?  wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king?
for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.
		 -- 1 Samuel 26:15
%
This thing is not good that thou hast done.  As the LORD liveth, ye are
worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD's anointed.
And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was
at his bolster.
		 -- 1 Samuel 26:16
%
And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David?
And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.
		 -- 1 Samuel 26:17
%
And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant?
for what have I done?  or what evil is in mine hand?
		 -- 1 Samuel 26:18
%
Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of
his servant.  If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him
accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they
before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in
the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
		 -- 1 Samuel 26:19
%
Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of
the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when
one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
		 -- 1 Samuel 26:20
%
Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do
thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold,
I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
		 -- 1 Samuel 26:21
%
And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear!  and let one of
the young men come over and fetch it.
		 -- 1 Samuel 26:22
%
The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness:
for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch
forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed.
		 -- 1 Samuel 26:23
%
And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let
my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me
out of all tribulation.
		 -- 1 Samuel 26:24
%
Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both
do great things, and also shalt still prevail.	So David went on his way,
and Saul returned to his place.
		 -- 1 Samuel 26:25
%
AND David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of
Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape
into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek
me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
		 -- 1 Samuel 27:1
%
And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were
with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
		 -- 1 Samuel 27:2
%
And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with
his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess,
and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
		 -- 1 Samuel 27:3
%
And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more
again for him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 27:4
%
And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes,
let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell
there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
		 -- 1 Samuel 27:5
%
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto
the kings of Judah unto this day.
		 -- 1 Samuel 27:6
%
And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a
full year and four months.
		 -- 1 Samuel 27:7
%
And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the
Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the
inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land
of Egypt.
		 -- 1 Samuel 27:8
%
And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and
took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and
the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
		 -- 1 Samuel 27:9
%
And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day?  And David said,
Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites,
and against the south of the Kenites.
		 -- 1 Samuel 27:10
%
And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath,
saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will
be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
		 -- 1 Samuel 27:11
%
And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly
to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
		 -- 1 Samuel 27:12
%
AND it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their
armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel.  And Achish said unto
David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle,
thou and thy men.
		 -- 1 Samuel 28:1
%
And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do.
And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head
for ever.
		 -- 1 Samuel 28:2
%
Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him
in Ramah, even in his own city.  And Saul had put away those that had
familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
		 -- 1 Samuel 28:3
%
And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in
Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
		 -- 1 Samuel 28:4
%
And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his
heart greatly trembled.
		 -- 1 Samuel 28:5
%
And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither
by dreams nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
		 -- 1 Samuel 28:6
%
Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar
spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her.  And his servants said
to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En-dor.
		 -- 1 Samuel 28:7
%
And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went,
and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said,
I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up,
whom I shall name unto thee.
		 -- 1 Samuel 28:8
%
And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done,
how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards,
out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to
cause me to die?
		 -- 1 Samuel 28:9
%
And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there
shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
		 -- 1 Samuel 28:10
%
Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee?  And he said,
Bring me up Samuel.
		 -- 1 Samuel 28:11
%
And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman
spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me?  for thou art Saul.
		 -- 1 Samuel 28:12
%
And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou?  And the
woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
		 -- 1 Samuel 28:13
%
And he said unto her, What form is he of?  And she said, An old man
cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle.  And Saul perceived that it
was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.
		 -- 1 Samuel 28:14
%
And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up?
And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war
against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more,
neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that
thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
		 -- 1 Samuel 28:15
%
Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD
is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
		 -- 1 Samuel 28:16
%
And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath
rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour,
even to David:
		 -- 1 Samuel 28:17
%
Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his
fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto
thee this day.
		 -- 1 Samuel 28:18
%
Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the
Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD
also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.
		 -- 1 Samuel 28:19
%
Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid,
because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for
he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
		 -- 1 Samuel 28:20
%
And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and
said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have
put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou
spakest unto me.
		 -- 1 Samuel 28:21
%
Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine
handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that
thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.
		 -- 1 Samuel 28:22
%
But he refused, and said, I will not eat.  But his servants, together
with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice.
So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
		 -- 1 Samuel 28:23
%
And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it,
and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:
		 -- 1 Samuel 28:24
%
And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat.
Then they rose up, and went away that night.
		 -- 1 Samuel 28:25
%
NOW the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and
the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
		 -- 1 Samuel 29:1
%
And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands:
but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.
		 -- 1 Samuel 29:2
%
Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here?
And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David,
the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these
days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell
unto me unto this day?
		 -- 1 Samuel 29:3
%
And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes
of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may
go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go
down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us:
for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master?  should it
not be with the heads of these men?
		 -- 1 Samuel 29:4
%
Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying,
Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
		 -- 1 Samuel 29:5
%
Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth,
thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in
the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since
the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords
favour thee not.
		 -- 1 Samuel 29:6
%
Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords
of the Philistines.
		 -- 1 Samuel 29:7
%
And David said unto Achish, But what have I done?  and what hast thou
found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day,
that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
		 -- 1 Samuel 29:8
%
And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my
sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines
have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
		 -- 1 Samuel 29:9
%
Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants
that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning,
and have light, depart.
		 -- 1 Samuel 29:10
%
So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return
into the land of the Philistines.  And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
		 -- 1 Samuel 29:11
%
AND it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the
third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and
smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:1
%
And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any,
either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:2
%
So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with
fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken
captives.
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:3
%
Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and
wept, until they had no more power to weep.
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:4
%
And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess,
and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:5
%
And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him,
because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons
and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:6
%
And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring
me hither the ephod.  And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:7
%
And David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop?
shall I overtake them?	And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt
surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:8
%
So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came
to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:9
%
But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind,
which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:10
%
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David,
and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:11
%
And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins:
and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten
no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:12
%
And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou?  and whence art thou?
And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my
master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:13
%
We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the
coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we
burned Ziklag with fire.
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:14
%
And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company?  And he
said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me
into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:15
%
And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon
all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the
great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines,
and out of the land of Judah.
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:16
%
And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next
day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men,
which rode upon camels, and fled.
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:17
%
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David
rescued his two wives.
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:18
%
And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither
sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to
them: David recovered all.
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:19
%
And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before
those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:20
%
And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they
could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook
Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that
were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:21
%
Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went
with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give
them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his
wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:22
%
Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the
LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company
that came against us into our hand.
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:23
%
For who will hearken unto you in this matter?  but as his part is that
goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff:
they shall part alike.
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:24
%
And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an
ordinance for Israel unto this day.
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:25
%
And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders
of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the
spoil of the enemies of the LORD;
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:26
%
To them which were in Beth-el, and to them which were in south Ramoth,
and to them which were in Jattir,
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:27
%
And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth,
and to them which were in Eshtemoa,
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:28
%
And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities
of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:29
%
And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chor-ashan,
and to them which were in Athach,
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:30
%
And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David
himself and his men were wont to haunt.
		 -- 1 Samuel 30:31
%
NOW the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled
from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
		 -- 1 Samuel 31:1
%
And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the
Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, Saul's sons.
		 -- 1 Samuel 31:2
%
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he
was sore wounded of the archers.
		 -- 1 Samuel 31:3
%
Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me
through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through,
and abuse me.  But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid.
Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
		 -- 1 Samuel 31:4
%
And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon
his sword, and died with him.
		 -- 1 Samuel 31:5
%
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men,
that same day together.
		 -- 1 Samuel 31:6
%
And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley,
and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel
fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities,
and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
		 -- 1 Samuel 31:7
%
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip
the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
		 -- 1 Samuel 31:8
%
And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into
the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of
their idols, and among the people.
		 -- 1 Samuel 31:9
%
And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened
his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
		 -- 1 Samuel 31:10
%
And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the
Philistines had done to Saul;
		 -- 1 Samuel 31:11
%
All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul
and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh,
and burnt them there.
		 -- 1 Samuel 31:12
%
And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh,
and fasted seven days.
		 -- 1 Samuel 31:13
%
NOW it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from
the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:1
%
It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the
camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it
was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:2
%
And David said unto him, From whence comest thou?  And he said unto him,
Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:3
%
And David said unto him, How went the matter?  I pray thee, tell me.
And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of
the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are
dead also.
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:4
%
And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that
Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:5
%
And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount
Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and
horsemen followed hard after him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:6
%
And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me.  And I
answered, Here am I.
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:7
%
And he said unto me, Who art thou?  And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:8
%
And he said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me:
for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:9
%
So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not
live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his
head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither
unto my lord.
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:10
%
Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all
the men that were with him:
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:11
%
And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for
Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of
Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:12
%
And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou?
And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:13
%
And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine
hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:14
%
And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall
upon him.  And he smote him that he died.
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:15
%
And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath
testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD's anointed.
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:16
%
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan
his son:
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:17
%
(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow:
behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:18
%
The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty
fallen!
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:19
%
Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest
the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the
uncircumcised triumph.
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:20
%
Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain,
upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is
vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed
with oil.
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:21
%
From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of
Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:22
%
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their
death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were
stronger than lions.
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:23
%
Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet,
with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:24
%
How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle!  O Jonathan,
thou wast slain in thine high places.
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:25
%
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou
been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:26
%
How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
		 -- 2 Samuel 1:27
%
AND it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, saying,
Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?	And the LORD said
unto him, Go up.  And David said, Whither shall I go up?  And he said,
Unto Hebron.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:1
%
So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the
Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:2
%
And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his
household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:3
%
And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over
the house of Judah.  And they told David, saying, That the men of
Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:4
%
And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto
them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto
your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:5
%
And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will
requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:6
%
Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for
your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me
king over them.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:7
%
But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ish-bosheth the
son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:8
%
And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel,
and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:9
%
Ish-bosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over
Israel, and reigned two years.	But the house of Judah followed David.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:10
%
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was
seven years and six months.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:11
%
And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul,
went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:12
%
And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and
met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the
one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:13
%
And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us.
And Joab said, Let them arise.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:14
%
Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which
pertained to Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants
of David.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:15
%
And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword
in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place
was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:16
%
And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and
the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:17
%
And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel:
and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:18
%
And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right
hand nor to the left from following Abner.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:19
%
Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel?  And he answered,
I am.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:20
%
And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left,
and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour.
But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:21
%
And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me:
wherefore should I smite thee to the ground?  how then should I hold up
my face to Joab thy brother?
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:22
%
Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of
the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind
him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to
pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died
stood still.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:23
%
Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when
they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way
of the wilderness of Gibeon.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:24
%
And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner,
and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:25
%
Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever?
knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end?	how long
shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their
brethren?
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:26
%
And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in
the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:27
%
So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued
after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:28
%
And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed
over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:29
%
And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the
people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:30
%
But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men,
so that three hundred and threescore men died.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:31
%
And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father,
which was in Beth-lehem.  And Joab and his men went all night, and they
came to Hebron at break of day.
		 -- 2 Samuel 2:32
%
NOW there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David:
but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker
and weaker.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:1
%
And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon,
of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:2
%
And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite;
and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king
of Geshur;
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:3
%
And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah
the son of Abital;
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:4
%
And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife.	These were born to David
in Hebron.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:5
%
And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and
the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:6
%
And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah:
and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my
father's concubine?
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:7
%
Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am
I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the
house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have
not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day
with a fault concerning this woman?
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:8
%
So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to
David, even so I do to him;
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:9
%
To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne
of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:10
%
And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:11
%
And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is
the land?  saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand
shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:12
%
And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I
require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first
bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:13
%
And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver
me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of
the Philistines.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:14
%
And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel
the son of Laish.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:15
%
And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim.
Then said Abner unto him, Go, return.  And he returned.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:16
%
And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought
for David in times past to be king over you:
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:17
%
Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand
of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the
Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:18
%
And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to
speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel,
and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:19
%
So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him.  And David
made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:20
%
And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all
Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee,
and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth.	And David
sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:21
%
And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop,
and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in
Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:22
%
When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab,
saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away,
and he is gone in peace.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:23
%
Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done?  behold,
Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is
quite gone?
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:24
%
Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to
know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:25
%
And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner,
which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:26
%
And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate
to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib,
that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:27
%
And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless
before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:28
%
Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let
there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that
is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword,
or that lacketh bread.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:29
%
So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their
brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:30
%
And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend
your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.
And king David himself followed the bier.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:31
%
And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice,
and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:32
%
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:33
%
Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man
falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou.  And all the people wept
again over him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:34
%
And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was
yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste
bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:35
%
And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever
the king did pleased all the people.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:36
%
For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not
of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:37
%
And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince
and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:38
%
And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons
of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil
according to his wickedness.
		 -- 2 Samuel 3:39
%
AND when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were
feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
		 -- 2 Samuel 4:1
%
And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the
one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a
Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned
to Benjamin:
		 -- 2 Samuel 4:2
%
And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until
this day.)
		 -- 2 Samuel 4:3
%
And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet.
He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out
of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass,
as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame.  And his name
was Mephibosheth.
		 -- 2 Samuel 4:4
%
And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came
about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, who lay on a bed
at noon,
		 -- 2 Samuel 4:5
%
And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would
have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab
and Baanah his brother escaped.
		 -- 2 Samuel 4:6
%
For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber,
and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head,
and gat them away through the plain all night.
		 -- 2 Samuel 4:7
%
And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said
to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy,
which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this
day of Saul, and of his seed.
		 -- 2 Samuel 4:8
%
And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the
Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed
my soul out of all adversity,
		 -- 2 Samuel 4:9
%
When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought
good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought
that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
		 -- 2 Samuel 4:10
%
How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own
house upon his bed?  shall I not therefore now require his blood of your
hand, and take you away from the earth?
		 -- 2 Samuel 4:11
%
And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off
their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron.
But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre
of Abner in Hebron.
		 -- 2 Samuel 4:12
%
THEN came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake,
saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
		 -- 2 Samuel 5:1
%
Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest
out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed
my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
		 -- 2 Samuel 5:2
%
So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David
made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed
David king over Israel.
		 -- 2 Samuel 5:3
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David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
forty years.
		 -- 2 Samuel 5:4
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In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in
Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
		 -- 2 Samuel 5:5
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And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the
inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take
away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking,
David cannot come in hither.
		 -- 2 Samuel 5:6
%
Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city
of David.
		 -- 2 Samuel 5:7
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And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and
smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of
David's soul, he shall be chief and captain.  Wherefore they said,
The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
		 -- 2 Samuel 5:8
%
So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David.  And David
built round about from Millo and inward.
		 -- 2 Samuel 5:9
%
And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 5:10
%
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and
carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
		 -- 2 Samuel 5:11
%
And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel,
and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
		 -- 2 Samuel 5:12
%
And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he
was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
		 -- 2 Samuel 5:13
%
And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem;
Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
		 -- 2 Samuel 5:14
%
Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
		 -- 2 Samuel 5:15
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And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
		 -- 2 Samuel 5:16
%
But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over
Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it,
and went down to the hold.
		 -- 2 Samuel 5:17
%
The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
		 -- 2 Samuel 5:18
%
And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines?
wilt thou deliver them into mine hand?	And the LORD said unto David,
Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
		 -- 2 Samuel 5:19
%
And David came to 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 Samuel 5:20
%
And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
		 -- 2 Samuel 5:21
%
And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the
valley of Rephaim.
		 -- 2 Samuel 5:22
%
And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up;
but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the
mulberry trees.
		 -- 2 Samuel 5:23
%
And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the
mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the
LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
		 -- 2 Samuel 5:24
%
And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines
from Geba until thou come to Gazer.
		 -- 2 Samuel 5:25
%
AGAIN, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty
thousand.
		 -- 2 Samuel 6:1
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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
cherubims.
		 -- 2 Samuel 6:2
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And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the
house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of
Abinadab, drave the new cart.
		 -- 2 Samuel 6:3
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And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah,
accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.
		 -- 2 Samuel 6:4
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And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all
manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries,
and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
		 -- 2 Samuel 6:5
%
And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand
to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
		 -- 2 Samuel 6:6
%
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him
there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
		 -- 2 Samuel 6:7
%
And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah:
and he called the name of the place Perez-uzzah to this day.
		 -- 2 Samuel 6:8
%
And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark
of the LORD come to me?
		 -- 2 Samuel 6:9
%
So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of
David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
		 -- 2 Samuel 6:10
%
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 Samuel 6:11
%
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 Samuel 6:12
%
And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone
six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
		 -- 2 Samuel 6:13
%
And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded
with a linen ephod.
		 -- 2 Samuel 6:14
%
So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with
shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
		 -- 2 Samuel 6:15
%
And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's
daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing
before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
		 -- 2 Samuel 6:16
%
And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in
the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David
offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
		 -- 2 Samuel 6:17
%
And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and
peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.
		 -- 2 Samuel 6:18
%
And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of
Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and
a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.  So all the people departed
every one to his house.
		 -- 2 Samuel 6:19
%
Then David returned to bless his household.  And Michal the daughter of
Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel
to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of
his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
		 -- 2 Samuel 6:20
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And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before
thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people
of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.
		 -- 2 Samuel 6:21
%
And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight:
and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be
had in honour.
		 -- 2 Samuel 6:22
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Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of
her death.
		 -- 2 Samuel 6:23
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AND it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had
given him rest round about from all his enemies;
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:1
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That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house
of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:2
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And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the
LORD is with thee.
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:3
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And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto
Nathan, saying,
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:4
%
Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me
an house for me to dwell in?
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:5
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Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up
the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked
in a tent and in a tabernacle.
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:6
%
In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel
spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to
feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:7
%
Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the
LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep,
to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:8
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And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all
thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like
unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:9
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Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them,
that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither
shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:10
%
And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people
Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies.  Also the
LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:11
%
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers,
I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels,
and I will establish his kingdom.
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:12
%
He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of
his kingdom for ever.
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:13
%
I will be his father, and he shall be my son.  If he commit iniquity,
I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the
children of men:
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:14
%
But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul,
whom I put away before thee.
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:15
%
And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee:
thy throne shall be established for ever.
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:16
%
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did
Nathan speak unto David.
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:17
%
Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I,
O Lord GOD?  and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:18
%
And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast
spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come.  And is
this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:19
%
And what can David say more unto thee?	for thou, Lord GOD, knowest
thy servant.
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:20
%
For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done
all these great things, to make thy servant know them.
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:21
%
Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee,
neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have
heard with our ears.
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:22
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And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel,
whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name,
and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy
people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and
their gods?
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:23
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For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto
thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:24
%
And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy
servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou
hast said.
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:25
%
And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the
God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established
before thee.
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:26
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For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant,
saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in
his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:27
%
And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou
hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:28
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Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant,
that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast
spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed
for ever.
		 -- 2 Samuel 7:29
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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 Samuel 8:1
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And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to
the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one
full line to keep alive.  And so the Moabites became David's servants,
and brought gifts.
		 -- 2 Samuel 8:2
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David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went
to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
		 -- 2 Samuel 8:3
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And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen,
and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses,
but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.
		 -- 2 Samuel 8:4
%
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah,
David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
		 -- 2 Samuel 8:5
%
Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became
servants to David, and brought gifts.  And the LORD preserved David
whithersoever he went.
		 -- 2 Samuel 8:6
%
And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer,
and brought them to Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Samuel 8:7
%
And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took
exceeding much brass.
		 -- 2 Samuel 8:8
%
When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of
Hadadezer,
		 -- 2 Samuel 8:9
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Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to
bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him:
for Hadadezer had wars with Toi.  And Joram brought with him vessels of
silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:
		 -- 2 Samuel 8:10
%
Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and
gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;
		 -- 2 Samuel 8:11
%
Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the
Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob,
king of Zobah.
		 -- 2 Samuel 8:12
%
And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians
in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
		 -- 2 Samuel 8:13
%
And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons,
and all they of Edom became David's servants.  And the LORD preserved
David whithersoever he went.
		 -- 2 Samuel 8:14
%
And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and
justice unto all his people.
		 -- 2 Samuel 8:15
%
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son
of Ahilud was recorder;
		 -- 2 Samuel 8:16
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And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were
the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
		 -- 2 Samuel 8:17
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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the
Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.
		 -- 2 Samuel 8:18
%
AND David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul,
that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
		 -- 2 Samuel 9:1
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And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba.
And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art
thou Ziba?  And he said, Thy servant is he.
		 -- 2 Samuel 9:2
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And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I
may shew the kindness of God unto him?	And Ziba said unto the king,
Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.
		 -- 2 Samuel 9:3
%
And the king said unto him, Where is he?  And Ziba said unto the king,
Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.
		 -- 2 Samuel 9:4
%
Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the
son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.
		 -- 2 Samuel 9:5
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Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come
unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence.  And David said,
Mephibosheth.  And he answered, Behold thy servant!
		 -- 2 Samuel 9:6
%
And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness
for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of
Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
		 -- 2 Samuel 9:7
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And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest
look upon such a dead dog as I am?
		 -- 2 Samuel 9:8
%
Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I
have given unto thy master's son all that pertained to Saul and to all
his house.
		 -- 2 Samuel 9:9
%
Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for
him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have
food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at
my table.  Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
		 -- 2 Samuel 9:10
%
Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath
commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do.  As for Mephibosheth,
said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.
		 -- 2 Samuel 9:11
%
And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha.  And all that
dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.
		 -- 2 Samuel 9:12
%
So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the
king's table; and was lame on both his feet.
		 -- 2 Samuel 9:13
%
AND it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon
died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 2 Samuel 10:1
%
Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash,
as his father shewed kindness unto me.	And David sent to comfort him
by the hand of his servants for his father.  And David's servants came
into the land of the children of Ammon.
		 -- 2 Samuel 10:2
%
And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord,
Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent
comforters unto thee?  hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee,
to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
		 -- 2 Samuel 10:3
%
Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of
their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their
buttocks, and sent them away.
		 -- 2 Samuel 10:4
%
When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were
greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards
be grown, and then return.
		 -- 2 Samuel 10:5
%
And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the
children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of 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 Samuel 10:6
%
And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the
mighty men.
		 -- 2 Samuel 10:7
%
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at
the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob,
and Ish-tob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
		 -- 2 Samuel 10:8
%
When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and
behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array
against the Syrians:
		 -- 2 Samuel 10:9
%
And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his
brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon.
		 -- 2 Samuel 10:10
%
And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help
me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will
come and help thee.
		 -- 2 Samuel 10:11
%
Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the
cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.
		 -- 2 Samuel 10:12
%
And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle
against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 10:13
%
And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled
they also before Abishai, and entered into the city.  So Joab returned
from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Samuel 10:14
%
And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they
gathered themselves together.
		 -- 2 Samuel 10:15
%
And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the
river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of
Hadarezer went before them.
		 -- 2 Samuel 10:16
%
And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed
over Jordan, and came to Helam.  And the Syrians set themselves in array
against David, and fought with him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 10:17
%
And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven
hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote
Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.
		 -- 2 Samuel 10:18
%
And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they
were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them.
So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.
		 -- 2 Samuel 10:19
%
AND it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings
go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and
all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah.
But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:1
%
And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed,
and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw
a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:2
%
And David sent and enquired after the woman.  And one said, Is not this
Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:3
%
And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him,
and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she
returned unto her house.
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:4
%
And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with
child.
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:5
%
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite.  And Joab
sent Uriah to David.
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:6
%
And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did,
and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:7
%
And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet.
And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a
mess of meat from the king.
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:8
%
But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants
of his lord, and went not down to his house.
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:9
%
And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house,
David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey?  why then didst
thou not go down unto thine house?
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:10
%
And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in
tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in
the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink,
and to lie with my wife?  as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will
not do this thing.
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:11
%
And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will
let thee depart.  So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:12
%
And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and
he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the
servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:13
%
And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab,
and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:14
%
And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the
hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:15
%
And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah
unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:16
%
And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell
some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite
died also.
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:17
%
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:18
%
And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling
the matters of the war unto the king,
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:19
%
And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore
approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight?	knew ye not that
they would shoot from the wall?
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:20
%
Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth?  did not a woman cast a
piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez?
why went ye nigh the wall?  then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite
is dead also.
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:21
%
So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent
him for.
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:22
%
And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us,
and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto
the entering of the gate.
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:23
%
And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the
king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:24
%
Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let
not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as
another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it:
and encourage thou him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:25
%
And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she
mourned for her husband.
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:26
%
And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house,
and she became his wife, and bare him a son.  But the thing that David
had done displeased the LORD.
		 -- 2 Samuel 11:27
%
AND the LORD sent Nathan unto David.  And he came unto him, and said unto
him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:1
%
The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:2
%
But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had
bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with
his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup,
and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:3
%
And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of
his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that
was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the
man that was come to him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:4
%
And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to
Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall
surely die:
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:5
%
And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing,
and because he had no pity.
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:6
%
And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man.  Thus saith the LORD God of
Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of
the hand of Saul;
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:7
%
And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom,
and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been
too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:8
%
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in
his sight?  thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast
taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the
children of Ammon.
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:9
%
Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because
thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to
be thy wife.
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:10
%
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of
thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give
them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight
of this sun.
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:11
%
For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel,
and before the sun.
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:12
%
And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD.  And Nathan
said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:13
%
Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the
enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee
shall surely die.
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:14
%
And Nathan departed unto his house.  And the LORD struck the child that
Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:15
%
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went
in, and lay all night upon the earth.
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:16
%
And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from
the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:17
%
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died.  And the
servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they
said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he
would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we
tell him that the child is dead?
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:18
%
But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the
child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead?
And they said, He is dead.
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:19
%
Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and
changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped:
then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread
before him, and he did eat.
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:20
%
Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done?
thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when
the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:21
%
And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said,
Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:22
%
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast?  can I bring him back again?
I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:23
%
And David comforted 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 Samuel 12:24
%
And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name
Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:25
%
And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the
royal city.
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:26
%
And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah,
and have taken the city of waters.
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:27
%
Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against
the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after
my name.
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:28
%
And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and
fought against it, and took it.
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:29
%
And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof was
a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David's head.
And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:30
%
And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under
saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them
pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the
children of Ammon.  So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Samuel 12:31
%
AND it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair
sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:1
%
And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she
was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:2
%
But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah
David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:3
%
And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from day
to day?  wilt thou not tell me?  And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar,
my brother Absalom's sister.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:4
%
And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself
sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee,
let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my
sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:5
%
So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to
see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come,
and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:6
%
Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's
house, and dress him meat.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:7
%
So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down.
And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and
did bake the cakes.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:8
%
And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat.
And Amnon said, Have out all men from me.  And they went out every man
from him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:9
%
And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I
may eat of thine hand.	And Tamar took the cakes which she had made,
and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:10
%
And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her,
and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:11
%
And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such
thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:12
%
And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go?  and as for thee, thou
shalt be as one of the fools in Israel.  Now therefore, I pray thee,
speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:13
%
Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she,
forced her, and lay with her.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:14
%
Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated
her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her.  And Amnon
said unto her, Arise, be gone.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:15
%
And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away
is greater than the other that thou didst unto me.  But he would not
hearken unto her.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:16
%
Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now
this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:17
%
And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes
were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled.  Then his servant
brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:18
%
And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours
that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:19
%
And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with
thee?  but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not
this thing.  So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:20
%
But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:21
%
And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for
Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:22
%
And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers
in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the
king's sons.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:23
%
And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath
sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with
thy servant.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:24
%
And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest
we be chargeable unto thee.  And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go,
but blessed him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:25
%
Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us.
And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:26
%
But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go
with him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:27
%
Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's
heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill
him, fear not: have not I commanded you?  be courageous, and be valiant.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:28
%
And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded.
Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule,
and fled.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:29
%
And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to
David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not
one of them left.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:30
%
Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and
all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:31
%
And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let
not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's
sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this
hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:32
%
Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart,
to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:33
%
But Absalom fled.  And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his
eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the
hill side behind him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:34
%
And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy
servant said, so it is.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:35
%
And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that,
behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and
the king also and all his servants wept very sore.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:36
%
But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur.
And David mourned for his son every day.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:37
%
So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:38
%
And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was
comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
		 -- 2 Samuel 13:39
%
NOW Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward
Absalom.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:1
%
And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto
her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning
apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a
long time mourned for the dead:
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:2
%
And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him.  So Joab put
the words in her mouth.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:3
%
And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to
the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:4
%
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee?  And she answered, I am
indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:5
%
And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the
field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other,
and slew him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:6
%
And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they
said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the
life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also:
and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to
my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:7
%
And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give
charge concerning thee.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:8
%
And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity
be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne be
guiltless.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:9
%
And the king said, Whosoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me,
and he shall not touch thee any more.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:10
%
Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that
thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more,
lest they destroy my son.  And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall
not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:11
%
Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word
unto my lord the king.	And he said, Say on.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:12
%
And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against
the people of God?  for the king doth speak this thing as one which is
faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:13
%
For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot
be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he
devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:14
%
Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king,
it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said,
I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform
the request of his handmaid.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:15
%
For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man
that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:16
%
Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be
comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern
good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:17
%
Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray
thee, the thing that I shall ask thee.	And the woman said, Let my lord
the king now speak.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:18
%
And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this?
And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king,
none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord
the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all
these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:19
%
To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing:
and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know
all things that are in the earth.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:20
%
And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go
therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:21
%
And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked
the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found
grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled
the request of his servant.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:22
%
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:23
%
And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my
face.  So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:24
%
But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for
his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head
there was no blemish in him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:25
%
And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he
polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:)
he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's
weight.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:26
%
And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose
name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:27
%
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:28
%
Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he
would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would
not come.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:29
%
Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine,
and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire.  And Absalom's servants
set the field on fire.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:30
%
Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him,
Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:31
%
And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither,
that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur?
it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me
see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:32
%
So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for
Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground
before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
		 -- 2 Samuel 14:33
%
AND it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and
horses, and fifty men to run before him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:1
%
And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it
was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for
judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou?
And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:2
%
And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but
there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:3
%
Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that
every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would
do him justice!
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:4
%
And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance,
he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:5
%
And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for
judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:6
%
And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king,
I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD,
in Hebron.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:7
%
For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying,
If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve
the LORD.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:8
%
And the king said unto him, Go in peace.  So he arose, and went to Hebron.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:9
%
But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying,
As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom
reigneth in Hebron.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:10
%
And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called;
and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:11
%
And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor,
from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices.  And the
conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:12
%
And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of
Israel are after Absalom.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:13
%
And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem,
Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make
speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us,
and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:14
%
And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are
ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:15
%
And the king went forth, and all his household after him.  And the king
left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:16
%
And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in
a place that was far off.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:17
%
And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites,
and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came
after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:18
%
Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also
with us?  return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a
stranger, and also an exile.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:19
%
Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up
and down with us?  seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back
thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:20
%
And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my
lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be,
whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:21
%
And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over.  And Ittai the Gittite passed
over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:22
%
And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed
over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the
people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:23
%
And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark
of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar
went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:24
%
And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city:
if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again,
and shew me both it, and his habitation:
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:25
%
But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let
him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:26
%
The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer?	return
into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son,
and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:27
%
See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word
from you to certify me.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:28
%
Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem:
and they tarried there.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:29
%
And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up,
and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that
was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as
they went up.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:30
%
And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with
Absalom.  And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of
Ahithophel into foolishness.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:31
%
And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount,
where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him
with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:32
%
Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a
burden unto me:
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:33
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But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy
servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will
I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel
of Ahithophel.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:34
%
And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests?
therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of
the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:35
%
Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's son,
and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send unto me every
thing that ye can hear.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:36
%
So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into
Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Samuel 15:37
%
AND when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba
the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled,
and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of
raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
		 -- 2 Samuel 16:1
%
And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these?  And Ziba said,
The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and
summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be
faint in the wilderness may drink.
		 -- 2 Samuel 16:2
%
And the king said, And where is thy master's son?  And Ziba said unto
the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall
the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
		 -- 2 Samuel 16:3
%
Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto
Mephibosheth.  And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find
grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.
		 -- 2 Samuel 16:4
%
And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of
the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera:
he came forth, and cursed still as he came.
		 -- 2 Samuel 16:5
%
And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David:
and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on
his left.
		 -- 2 Samuel 16:6
%
And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man,
and thou man of Belial:
		 -- 2 Samuel 16:7
%
The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in
whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom
into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy
mischief, because thou art a bloody man.
		 -- 2 Samuel 16:8
%
Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead
dog curse my lord the king?  let me go over, I pray thee, and take off
his head.
		 -- 2 Samuel 16:9
%
And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah?
so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David.
Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
		 -- 2 Samuel 16:10
%
And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son,
which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may
this Benjamite do it?  let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD
hath bidden him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 16:11
%
It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD
will requite me good for his cursing this day.
		 -- 2 Samuel 16:12
%
And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill's
side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him,
and cast dust.
		 -- 2 Samuel 16:13
%
And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and
refreshed themselves there.
		 -- 2 Samuel 16:14
%
And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem,
and Ahithophel with him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 16:15
%
And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come
unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save
the king.
		 -- 2 Samuel 16:16
%
And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend?
why wentest thou not with thy friend?
		 -- 2 Samuel 16:17
%
And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and
all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.
		 -- 2 Samuel 16:18
%
And again, whom should I serve?  should I not serve in the presence of
his son?  as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in
thy presence.
		 -- 2 Samuel 16:19
%
Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.
		 -- 2 Samuel 16:20
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And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines,
which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that
thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are
with thee be strong.
		 -- 2 Samuel 16:21
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So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom
went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
		 -- 2 Samuel 16:22
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And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was
as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel
of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
		 -- 2 Samuel 16:23
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MOREOVER Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve
thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:1
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And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will
make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and
I will smite the king only:
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:2
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And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest
is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:3
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And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:4
%
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear
likewise what he saith.
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:5
%
And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying,
Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying?
if not; speak thou.
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:6
%
And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is
not good at this time.
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:7
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For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be
mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her
whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge
with the people.
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:8
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Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it
will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that
whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people
that follow Absalom.
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:9
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And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion,
shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty
man, and they which be with him are valiant men.
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:10
%
Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from
Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude;
and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:11
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So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we
will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of
all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:12
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Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes
to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not
one small stone found there.
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:13
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And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the
Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.  For the LORD had
appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that
the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:14
%
Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus
did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and
thus have I counselled.
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:15
%
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night
in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king
be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:16
%
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by 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 Samuel 17:17
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Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of
them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a
well in his court; whither they went down.
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:18
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And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and
spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:19
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And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said,
Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan?	And the woman said unto them, They be
gone over the brook of water.  And when they had sought and could not
find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:20
%
And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out
of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise,
and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled
against you.
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:21
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Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed
over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was
not gone over Jordan.
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:22
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And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled
his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put
his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in
the sepulchre of his father.
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:23
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Then David came to Mahanaim.  And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and
all the men of Israel with him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:24
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And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa
was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to
Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:25
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So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:26
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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 Samuel 17:27
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Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley,
and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:28
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And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and
for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is
hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
		 -- 2 Samuel 17:29
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AND David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of
thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:1
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And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab,
and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's
brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite.	And the
king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:2
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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 succour us out of the city.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:3
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And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do.  And the
king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds
and by thousands.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:4
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And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently
for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom.  And all the people
heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:5
%
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle
was in the wood of Ephraim;
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:6
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Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David,
and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:7
%
For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country:
and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:8
%
And Absalom met the servants of David.	And Absalom rode upon a mule,
and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head
caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the
earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:9
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And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom
hanged in an oak.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:10
%
And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him,
and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground?  and I would have
given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:11
%
And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels
of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the
king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and
Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:12
%
Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for
there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have
set thyself against me.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:13
%
Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee.  And he took three darts
in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was
yet alive in the midst of the oak.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:14
%
And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote
Absalom, and slew him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:15
%
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after
Israel: for Joab held back the people.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:16
%
And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and
laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every
one to his tent.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:17
%
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar,
which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name
in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is
called unto this day, Absalom's place.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:18
%
Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king
tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:19
%
And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou
shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings,
because the king's son is dead.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:20
%
Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen.	And Cushi
bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:21
%
Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever,
let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi.  And Joab said, Wherefore
wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:22
%
But howsoever, said he, let me run.  And he said unto him, Run.
Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:23
%
And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the
roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked,
and behold a man running alone.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:24
%
And the watchman cried, and told the king.  And the king said, If he be
alone, there is tidings in his mouth.  And he came apace, and drew near.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:25
%
And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto
the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone.  And the king
said, He also bringeth tidings.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:26
%
And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like
the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.  And the king said, He is a
good man, and cometh with good tidings.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:27
%
And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well.  And he fell
down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be
the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their
hand against my lord the king.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:28
%
And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe?  And Ahimaaz answered,
When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great
tumult, but I knew not what it was.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:29
%
And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here.  And he turned
aside, and stood still.
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:30
%
And, behold, 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 Samuel 18:31
%
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 Samuel 18:32
%
And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate,
and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my
son Absalom!  would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
		 -- 2 Samuel 18:33
%
AND it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:1
%
And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people:
for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:2
%
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people
being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:3
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But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice,
O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:4
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And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this
day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life,
and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy
wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:5
%
In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends.  For thou
hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants:
for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died
this day, then it had pleased thee well.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:6
%
Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants:
for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one
with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil
that befell thee from thy youth until now.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:7
%
Then the king arose, and sat in the gate.  And they told unto all the
people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate.	And all the
people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:8
%
And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel,
saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered
us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the
land for Absalom.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:9
%
And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle.  Now therefore
why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:10
%
And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak
unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king
back to his house?  seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king,
even to his house.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:11
%
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye
the last to bring back the king?
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:12
%
And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh?	God do
so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me
continually in the room of Joab.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:13
%
And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of
one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and
all thy servants.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:14
%
So the king returned, and came to Jordan.  And Judah came to Gilgal,
to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:15
%
And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted
and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:16
%
And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant
of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with
him; and they went over Jordan before the king.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:17
%
And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household,
and to do what he thought good.  And Shimei the son of Gera fell down
before the king, as he was come over Jordan;
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:18
%
And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither
do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my
lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to
his heart.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:19
%
For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am
come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet
my lord the king.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:20
%
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be
put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's anointed?
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:21
%
And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that
ye should this day be adversaries unto me?  shall there any man be put
to death this day in Israel?  for do not I know that I am this day king
over Israel?
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:22
%
Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die.  And the king
sware unto him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:23
%
And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had
neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes,
from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:24
%
And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that
the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:25
%
And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant
said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the
king; because thy servant is lame.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:26
%
And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord
the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:27
%
For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king:
yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table.
What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:28
%
And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters?
I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:29
%
And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch
as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:30
%
And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan
with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:31
%
Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had
provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a
very great man.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:32
%
And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will
feed thee with me in Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:33
%
And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should
go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:34
%
I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and
evil?  can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink?  can I hear any
more the voice of singing men and singing women?  wherefore then should
thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:35
%
Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why
should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:36
%
Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine
own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother.
But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king;
and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:37
%
And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do
to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt
require of me, that will I do for thee.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:38
%
And all the people went over Jordan.  And when the king was come over,
the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his
own place.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:39
%
Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the
people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:40
%
And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto
the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and
have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him,
over Jordan?
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:41
%
And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is
near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter?	have we
eaten at all of the king's cost?  or hath he given us any gift?
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:42
%
And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have
ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye:
why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in
bringing back our king?  And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer
than the words of the men of Israel.
		 -- 2 Samuel 19:43
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AND there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba,
the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We
have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse:
every man to his tents, O Israel.
		 -- 2 Samuel 20:1
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So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the
son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan
even to Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Samuel 20:2
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And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women
his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward,
and fed them, but went not in unto them.  So they were shut up unto the
day of their death, living in widowhood.
		 -- 2 Samuel 20:3
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Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three
days, and be thou here present.
		 -- 2 Samuel 20:4
%
So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than
the set time which he had appointed him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 20:5
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And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more
harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after
him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.
		 -- 2 Samuel 20:6
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And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the
Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem,
to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
		 -- 2 Samuel 20:7
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When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before
them.  And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon
it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof;
and as he went forth it fell out.
		 -- 2 Samuel 20:8
%
And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother?  And Joab took
Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 20:9
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But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote
him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground,
and struck him not again; and he died.	So Joab and Abishai his brother
pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
		 -- 2 Samuel 20:10
%
And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab,
and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.
		 -- 2 Samuel 20:11
%
And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway.  And when the
man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the
highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that
every one that came by him stood still.
		 -- 2 Samuel 20:12
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When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab,
to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
		 -- 2 Samuel 20:13
%
And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to
Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together,
and went also after him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 20:14
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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 Samuel 20:15
%
Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you,
unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.
		 -- 2 Samuel 20:16
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And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab?
And he answered, I am he.  Then she said unto him, Hear the words of
thine handmaid.  And he answered, I do hear.
		 -- 2 Samuel 20:17
%
Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying,
They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
		 -- 2 Samuel 20:18
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I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest
to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the
inheritance of the LORD?
		 -- 2 Samuel 20:19
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And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should
swallow up or destroy.
		 -- 2 Samuel 20:20
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The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri
by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David:
deliver him only, and I will depart from the city.  And the woman said
unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
		 -- 2 Samuel 20:21
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Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom.	And they cut off
the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab.  And he
blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent.
And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
		 -- 2 Samuel 20:22
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Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
		 -- 2 Samuel 20:23
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And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud
was recorder:
		 -- 2 Samuel 20:24
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And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
		 -- 2 Samuel 20:25
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And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
		 -- 2 Samuel 20:26
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THEN there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year;
and David enquired of the LORD.  And the LORD answered, It is for Saul,
and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
		 -- 2 Samuel 21:1
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And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the
Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of
the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul
sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)
		 -- 2 Samuel 21:2
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Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you?
and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the
inheritance of the LORD?
		 -- 2 Samuel 21:3
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And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of
Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel.
And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.
		 -- 2 Samuel 21:4
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And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised
against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the
coasts of Israel,
		 -- 2 Samuel 21:5
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Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them
up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose.  And the
king said, I will give them.
		 -- 2 Samuel 21:6
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But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul,
because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and
Jonathan the son of Saul.
		 -- 2 Samuel 21:7
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But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she
bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the
daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai
the Meholathite:
		 -- 2 Samuel 21:8
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And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged
them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together,
and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the
beginning of barley harvest.
		 -- 2 Samuel 21:9
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And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her
upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon
them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest
on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
		 -- 2 Samuel 21:10
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And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine
of Saul, had done.
		 -- 2 Samuel 21:11
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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 Samuel 21:12
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And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan
his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
		 -- 2 Samuel 21:13
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And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country
of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they
performed all that the king commanded.	And after that God was intreated
for the land.
		 -- 2 Samuel 21:14
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Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went
down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines:
and David waxed faint.
		 -- 2 Samuel 21:15
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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 Samuel 21:16
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But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine,
and killed him.  Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou
shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light
of Israel.
		 -- 2 Samuel 21:17
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And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the
Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was
of the sons of the giant.
		 -- 2 Samuel 21:18
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And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan
the son of Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath
the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
		 -- 2 Samuel 21:19
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And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature,
that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four
and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
		 -- 2 Samuel 21:20
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And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of
David slew him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 21:21
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These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David,
and by the hand of his servants.
		 -- 2 Samuel 21:22
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AND David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that
the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out
of the hand of Saul:
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:1
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And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:2
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The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn
of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest
me from violence.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:3
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I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be
saved from mine enemies.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:4
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When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made
me afraid;
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:5
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The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:6
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In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did
hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:7
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Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and
shook, because he was wroth.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:8
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There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth
devoured: coals were kindled by it.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:9
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He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:10
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And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings
of the wind.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:11
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And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick
clouds of the skies.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:12
%
Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:13
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The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:14
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And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited
them.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:15
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And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were
discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of
his nostrils.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:16
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He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:17
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He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me:
for they were too strong for me.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:18
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They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:19
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He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because
he delighted in me.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:20
%
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the
cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:21
%
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed
from my God.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:22
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For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did
not depart from them.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:23
%
I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:24
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Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness;
according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:25
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With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright
man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:26
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With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou
wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:27
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And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the
haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:28
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For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:29
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For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over
a wall.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:30
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As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a
buckler to all them that trust in him.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:31
%
For who is God, save the LORD?	and who is a rock, save our God?
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:32
%
God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:33
%
He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:34
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He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine
arms.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:35
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Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness
hath made me great.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:36
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Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:37
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I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again
until I had consumed them.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:38
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And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise:
yea, they are fallen under my feet.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:39
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For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up
against me hast thou subdued under me.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:40
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Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy
them that hate me.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:41
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They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he
answered them not.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:42
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Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them
as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:43
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Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast
kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall
serve me.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:44
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Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they
shall be obedient unto me.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:45
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Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close
places.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:46
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The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the
rock of my salvation.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:47
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It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:48
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And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me
up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me
from the violent man.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:49
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Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen,
and I will sing praises unto thy name.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:50
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He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his
anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
		 -- 2 Samuel 22:51
%
NOW these be the last words of David.  David the son of Jesse said,
and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob,
and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:1
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The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:2
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The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth
over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:3
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And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even
a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth
by clear shining after rain.
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:4
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Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an
everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all
my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:5
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But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away,
because they cannot be taken with hands:
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:6
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But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff
of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:7
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These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that
sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite:
he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:8
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And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three
mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there
gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:9
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He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his
hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day;
and the people returned after him only to spoil.
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:10
%
And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite.  And the
Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of
ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:11
%
But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the
Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:12
%
And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest
time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched
in the valley of Rephaim.
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:13
%
And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was
then in Beth-lehem.
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:14
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And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water
of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:15
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And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines,
and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate,
and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink
thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:16
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And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is
not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives?
therefore he would not drink it.  These things did these three mighty men.
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:17
%
And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among
three.	And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them,
and had the name among three.
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:18
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Was he not most honourable of three?  therefore he was their captain:
howbeit he attained not unto the first three.
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:19
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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel,
who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down
also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:20
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And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in
his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear
out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:21
%
These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among
three mighty men.
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:22
%
He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the
first three.  And David set him over his guard.
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:23
%
Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of
Dodo of Beth-lehem,
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:24
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Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:25
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Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:26
%
Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:27
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Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:28
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Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of
Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:29
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Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:30
%
Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:31
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Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:32
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Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:33
%
Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son
of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:34
%
Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:35
%
Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:36
%
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the
son of Zeruiah,
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:37
%
Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:38
%
Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
		 -- 2 Samuel 23:39
%
AND again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved
David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
		 -- 2 Samuel 24:1
%
For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him,
Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba,
and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.
		 -- 2 Samuel 24:2
%
And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people,
how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord
the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
		 -- 2 Samuel 24:3
%
Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the
captains of the host.  And Joab and the captains of the host went out
from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.
		 -- 2 Samuel 24:4
%
And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of
the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:
		 -- 2 Samuel 24:5
%
Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they
came to Dan-jaan, and about to Zidon,
		 -- 2 Samuel 24:6
%
And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hibites,
and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even
to Beer-sheba.
		 -- 2 Samuel 24:7
%
So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at
the end of nine months and twenty days.
		 -- 2 Samuel 24:8
%
And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king:
and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew
the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
		 -- 2 Samuel 24:9
%
And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people.
And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done:
and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant;
for I have done very foolishly.
		 -- 2 Samuel 24:10
%
For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto
the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
		 -- 2 Samuel 24:11
%
Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things;
choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
		 -- 2 Samuel 24:12
%
So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years
of famine come unto thee in thy land?  or wilt thou flee three months
before thine enemies, while they pursue thee?  or that there be three
days' pestilence in thy land?  now advise, and see what answer I shall
return to him that sent me.
		 -- 2 Samuel 24:13
%
And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into
the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall
into the hand of man.
		 -- 2 Samuel 24:14
%
So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the
time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba
seventy thousand men.
		 -- 2 Samuel 24:15
%
And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it,
the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed
the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand.	And the angel of the
LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
		 -- 2 Samuel 24:16
%
And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people,
and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep,
what have they done?  let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and
against my father's house.
		 -- 2 Samuel 24:17
%
And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar
unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.
		 -- 2 Samuel 24:18
%
And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded.
		 -- 2 Samuel 24:19
%
And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward
him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face
upon the ground.
		 -- 2 Samuel 24:20
%
And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant?
And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar
unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
		 -- 2 Samuel 24:21
%
And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up
what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice,
and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.
		 -- 2 Samuel 24:22
%
All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king.  And Araunah
said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.
		 -- 2 Samuel 24:23
%
And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee
at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God
of that which doth cost me nothing.  So David bought the threshingfloor
and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
		 -- 2 Samuel 24:24
%
And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings
and peace offerings.  So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the
plague was stayed from Israel.
		 -- 2 Samuel 24:25
%
NOW king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with
clothes, but he gat no heat.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:1
%
Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord
the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her
cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may
get heat.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:2
%
So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel,
and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:3
%
And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to
him: but the king knew her not.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:4
%
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be
king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run
before him.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:5
%
And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast
thou done so?  and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare
him after Absalom.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:6
%
And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the
priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:7
%
But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the
prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David,
were not with Adonijah.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:8
%
And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth,
which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons,
and all the men of Judah the king's servants:
		 -- 1 Kings 1:9
%
But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon
his brother, he called not.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:10
%
Wherefore Nathan spake unto 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 Kings 1:11
%
Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou
mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:12
%
Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou,
my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon
thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?	why then
doth Adonijah reign?
		 -- 1 Kings 1:13
%
Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in
after thee, and confirm thy words.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:14
%
And 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 Kings 1:15
%
And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king.	And the king said,
What wouldest thou?
		 -- 1 Kings 1:16
%
And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto
thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me,
and he shall sit upon my throne.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:17
%
And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou
knowest it not:
		 -- 1 Kings 1:18
%
And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath
called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the
captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:19
%
And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that
thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king
after him.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:20
%
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with
his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:21
%
And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also
came in.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:22
%
And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet.  And when he
was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his
face to the ground.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:23
%
And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign
after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
		 -- 1 Kings 1:24
%
For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and
sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains
of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink
before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:25
%
But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:26
%
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto
thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
		 -- 1 Kings 1:27
%
Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba.	And she came
into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:28
%
And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my
soul out of all distress,
		 -- 1 Kings 1:29
%
Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly
Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne
in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:30
%
Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to
the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:31
%
And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet,
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.  And they came before the king.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:32
%
The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord,
and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down
to Gihon:
		 -- 1 Kings 1:33
%
And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king
over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:34
%
Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne;
for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler
over Israel and over Judah.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:35
%
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen:
the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:36
%
As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon,
and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:37
%
So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused
Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:38
%
And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and
anointed Solomon.  And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said,
God save king Solomon.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:39
%
And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and
rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:40
%
And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had
made an end of eating.	And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet,
he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
		 -- 1 Kings 1:41
%
And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest
came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man,
and bringest good tidings.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:42
%
And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David
hath made Solomon king.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:43
%
And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet,
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites,
and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:
		 -- 1 Kings 1:44
%
And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in
Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city
rang again.  This is the noise that ye have heard.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:45
%
And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:46
%
And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David,
saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his
throne greater than thy throne.  And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:47
%
And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which
hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:48
%
And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up,
and went every man his way.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:49
%
And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught
hold on the horns of the altar.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:50
%
And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon:
for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let
king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with
the sword.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:51
%
And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not
an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him,
he shall die.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:52
%
So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar.  And he
came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him,
Go to thine house.
		 -- 1 Kings 1:53
%
NOW the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged
Solomon his son, saying,
		 -- 1 Kings 2:1
%
I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself
a man;
		 -- 1 Kings 2:2
%
And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his
statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies,
as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all
that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
		 -- 1 Kings 2:3
%
That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying,
If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth
with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee
(said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:4
%
Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me,
and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner
the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed
the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that
was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:5
%
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down
to the grave in peace.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:6
%
But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them
be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled
because of Absalom thy brother.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:7
%
And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of
Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went
to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him
by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:8
%
Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest
what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to
the grave with blood.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:9
%
So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:10
%
And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years
reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:11
%
Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom
was established greatly.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:12
%
And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon.
And she said, Comest thou peaceably?  And he said, Peaceably.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:13
%
He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee.  And she said, Say on.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:14
%
And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel
set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned
about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:15
%
And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not.  And she said unto him,
Say on.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:16
%
And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will
not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:17
%
And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:18
%
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 Kings 2:19
%
Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me
not nay.  And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not
say thee nay.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:20
%
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother
to wife.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:21
%
And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou
ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah?  ask for him the kingdom also;
for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest,
and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:22
%
Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more
also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:23
%
Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set
me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house,
as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:24
%
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and
he fell upon him that he died.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:25
%
And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto
thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this
time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD
before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all
wherein my father was afflicted.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:26
%
So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he
might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house
of Eli in Shiloh.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:27
%
Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he
turned not after Absalom.  And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD,
and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:28
%
And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of
the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar.  Then Solomon sent Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:29
%
And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus
saith the king, Come forth.  And he said, Nay; but I will die here.
And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and
thus he answered me.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:30
%
And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and
bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed,
from me, and from the house of my father.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:31
%
And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two
men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword,
my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner,
captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of
the host of Judah.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:32
%
Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the
head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his
house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:33
%
So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him:
and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:34
%
And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host:
and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:35
%
And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an
house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:36
%
For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the
brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die:
thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:37
%
And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the
king hath said, so will thy servant do.  And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem
many days.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:38
%
And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants
of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath.  And they
told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:39
%
And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to
seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:40
%
And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath,
and was come again.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:41
%
And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not
make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know
for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any wither,
that thou shalt surely die?  and thou saidst unto me, The word that I
have heard is good.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:42
%
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment
that I have charged thee with?
		 -- 1 Kings 2:43
%
The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which
thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore
the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
		 -- 1 Kings 2:44
%
And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be
established before the LORD for ever.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:45
%
So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out,
and fell upon him, that he died.  And the kingdom was established in
the hand of Solomon.
		 -- 1 Kings 2:46
%
AND Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's
daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an
end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall
of Jerusalem round about.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:1
%
Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house
built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:2
%
And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father:
only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:3
%
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great
high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:4
%
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said,
Ask what I shall give thee.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:5
%
And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great
mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness,
and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this
great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne,
as it is this day.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:6
%
And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of
David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out
or come in.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:7
%
And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen,
a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:8
%
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people,
that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this
thy so great a people?
		 -- 1 Kings 3:9
%
And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:10
%
And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not
asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself,
nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself
understanding to discern judgment;
		 -- 1 Kings 3:11
%
Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise
and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee,
neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:12
%
And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches,
and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto
thee all thy days.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:13
%
And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments,
as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:14
%
And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream.  And he came to Jerusalem,
and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up
burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all
his servants.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:15
%
Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood
before him.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:16
%
And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house;
and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:17
%
And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this
woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger
with us in the house, save we two in the house.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:18
%
And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:19
%
And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine
handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in
my bosom.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:20
%
And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead:
but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son,
which I did bear.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:21
%
And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead
is thy son.  And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living
is my son.  Thus they spake before the king.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:22
%
Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy
son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead,
and my son is the living.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:23
%
And the king said, Bring me a sword.  And they brought a sword before
the king.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:24
%
And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the
one, and half to the other.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:25
%
Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her
bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living
child, and in no wise slay it.	But the other said, Let it be neither
mine nor thine, but divide it.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:26
%
Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no
wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:27
%
And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and
they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him,
to do judgment.
		 -- 1 Kings 3:28
%
SO king Solomon was king over all Israel.
		 -- 1 Kings 4:1
%
And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok
the priest,
		 -- 1 Kings 4:2
%
Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son
of Ahilud, the recorder.
		 -- 1 Kings 4:3
%
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar
were the priests:
		 -- 1 Kings 4:4
%
And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son
of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend:
		 -- 1 Kings 4:5
%
And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was
over the tribute.
		 -- 1 Kings 4:6
%
And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided
victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year
made provision.
		 -- 1 Kings 4:7
%
And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
		 -- 1 Kings 4:8
%
The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and
Elon-beth-hanan:
		 -- 1 Kings 4:9
%
The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land
of Hepher:
		 -- 1 Kings 4:10
%
The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the
daughter of Solomon to wife:
		 -- 1 Kings 4:11
%
Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all
Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to
Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
		 -- 1 Kings 4:12
%
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 brasen bars:
		 -- 1 Kings 4:13
%
Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
		 -- 1 Kings 4:14
%
Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon
to wife:
		 -- 1 Kings 4:15
%
Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
		 -- 1 Kings 4:16
%
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
		 -- 1 Kings 4:17
%
Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
		 -- 1 Kings 4:18
%
Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of
Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the
only officer which was in the land.
		 -- 1 Kings 4:19
%
Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude,
eating and drinking, and making merry.
		 -- 1 Kings 4:20
%
And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of
the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents,
and served Solomon all the days of his life.
		 -- 1 Kings 4:21
%
And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour,
and threescore measures of meal,
		 -- 1 Kings 4:22
%
Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep,
beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
		 -- 1 Kings 4:23
%
For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from
Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and
he had peace on all sides round about him.
		 -- 1 Kings 4:24
%
And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under
his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
		 -- 1 Kings 4:25
%
And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and
twelve thousand horsemen.
		 -- 1 Kings 4:26
%
And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that
came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked
nothing.
		 -- 1 Kings 4:27
%
Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto
the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
		 -- 1 Kings 4:28
%
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and
largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
		 -- 1 Kings 4:29
%
And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east
country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
		 -- 1 Kings 4:30
%
For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and
Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations
round about.
		 -- 1 Kings 4:31
%
And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand
and five.
		 -- 1 Kings 4:32
%
And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto
the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts,
and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
		 -- 1 Kings 4:33
%
And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all
kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
		 -- 1 Kings 4:34
%
AND Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard
that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram
was ever a lover of David.
		 -- 1 Kings 5:1
%
And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
		 -- 1 Kings 5:2
%
Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the
name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side,
until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
		 -- 1 Kings 5:3
%
But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there
is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
		 -- 1 Kings 5:4
%
And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my
God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will
set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.
		 -- 1 Kings 5:5
%
Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon;
and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give
hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou
knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like
unto the Sidonians.
		 -- 1 Kings 5:6
%
And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he
rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which hath
given unto David a wise son over this great people.
		 -- 1 Kings 5:7
%
And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which
thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber
of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
		 -- 1 Kings 5:8
%
My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will
convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me,
and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them:
and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
		 -- 1 Kings 5:9
%
So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his
desire.
		 -- 1 Kings 5:10
%
And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his
household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram
year by year.
		 -- 1 Kings 5:11
%
And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was
peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.
		 -- 1 Kings 5:12
%
And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty
thousand men.
		 -- 1 Kings 5:13
%
And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they
were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.
		 -- 1 Kings 5:14
%
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and
fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
		 -- 1 Kings 5:15
%
Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three
thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in
the work.
		 -- 1 Kings 5:16
%
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones,
and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
		 -- 1 Kings 5:17
%
And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the
stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
		 -- 1 Kings 5:18
%
AND it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the
children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth
year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the
second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:1
%
And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof
was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the
height thereof thirty cubits.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:2
%
And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the
length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits
was the breadth thereof before the house.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:3
%
And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:4
%
And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against
the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle:
and he made chambers round about:
		 -- 1 Kings 6:5
%
The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six
cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the
wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams
should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:6
%
And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready
before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe
nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:7
%
The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house:
and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out
of the middle into the third.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:8
%
So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams
and boards of cedar.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:9
%
And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high:
and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:10
%
And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,
		 -- 1 Kings 6:11
%
Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in
my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to
walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto
David thy father:
		 -- 1 Kings 6:12
%
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my
people Israel.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:13
%
So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:14
%
And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both
the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered
them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with
planks of fir.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:15
%
And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor
and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within,
even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:16
%
And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:17
%
And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers:
all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:18
%
And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of
the covenant of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:19
%
And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty
cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he
overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:20
%
So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a
partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it
with gold.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:21
%
And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the
house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:22
%
And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten
cubits high.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:23
%
And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the
other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto
the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:24
%
And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one
measure and one size.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:25
%
The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the
other cherub.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:26
%
And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched
forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched
the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall;
and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:27
%
And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:28
%
And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures
of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:29
%
And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:30
%
And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the
lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:31
%
The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings
of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold,
and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:32
%
So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth
part of the wall.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:33
%
And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were
folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:34
%
And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and
covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:35
%
And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row
of cedar beams.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:36
%
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid,
in the month Zif:
		 -- 1 Kings 6:37
%
And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month,
was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according
to all the fashion of it.  So was he seven years in building it.
		 -- 1 Kings 6:38
%
BUT Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished
all his house.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:1
%
He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was
an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height
thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams
upon the pillars.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:2
%
And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty
five pillars, fifteen in a row.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:3
%
And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in
three ranks.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:4
%
And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light
was against light in three ranks.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:5
%
And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits,
and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them:
and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:6
%
Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch
of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor
to the other.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:7
%
And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which
was of the like work.  Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter,
whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:8
%
All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed
stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation
unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:9
%
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of
ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:10
%
And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones,
and cedars.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:11
%
And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones,
and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the
LORD, and for the porch of the house.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:12
%
And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:13
%
He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of
Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding,
and cunning to work all works in brass.  And he came to king Solomon,
and wrought all his work.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:14
%
For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and
a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:15
%
And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the
pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height
of the other chapiter was five cubits:
		 -- 1 Kings 7:16
%
And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters
which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter,
and seven for the other chapiter.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:17
%
And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network,
to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and
so did he for the other chapiter.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:18
%
And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily
work in the porch, four cubits.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:19
%
And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above,
over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates
were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:20
%
And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the
right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left
pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:21
%
And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the
pillars finished.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:22
%
And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other:
it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of
thirty cubits did compass it round about.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:23
%
And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it,
ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in
two rows, when it was cast.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:24
%
It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three
looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three
looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all
their hinder parts were inward.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:25
%
And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like
the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand
baths.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:26
%
And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base,
and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:27
%
And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the
borders were between the ledges:
		 -- 1 Kings 7:28
%
And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and
cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the
lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:29
%
And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the
four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters
molten, at the side of every addition.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:30
%
And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but
the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an
half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders,
foursquare, not round.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:31
%
And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels
were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half
a cubit.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:32
%
And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their
axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were
all molten.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:33
%
And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and
the undersetters were of the very base itself.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:34
%
And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit
high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders
thereof were of the same.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:35
%
For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof,
he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion
of every one, and additions round about.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:36
%
After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting,
one measure, and one size.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:37
%
Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths:
and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases
one laver.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:38
%
And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the
left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the
house eastward over against the south.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:39
%
And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons.  So Hiram
made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the
house of the LORD:
		 -- 1 Kings 7:40
%
The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top
of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the
chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;
		 -- 1 Kings 7:41
%
And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of
pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters
that were upon the pillars;
		 -- 1 Kings 7:42
%
And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
		 -- 1 Kings 7:43
%
And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
		 -- 1 Kings 7:44
%
And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels,
which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of
bright brass.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:45
%
In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between
Succoth and Zarthan.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:46
%
And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding
many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:47
%
And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the
LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread
was,
		 -- 1 Kings 7:48
%
And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on
the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the
tongs of gold,
		 -- 1 Kings 7:49
%
And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and
the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of
the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house,
to wit, of the temple.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:50
%
So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of
the LORD.  And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had
dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put
among the treasures of the house of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Kings 7:51
%
THEN Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the
tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king
Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant
of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:1
%
And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the
feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:2
%
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:3
%
And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the
congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle,
even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:4
%
And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled
unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen,
that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:5
%
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his
place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under
the wings of the cherubims.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:6
%
For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark,
and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:7
%
And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out
in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without:
and there they are unto this day.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:8
%
There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses
put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of
Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:9
%
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place,
that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
		 -- 1 Kings 8:10
%
So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud:
for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:11
%
Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick
darkness.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:12
%
I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee
to abide in for ever.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:13
%
And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of
Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)
		 -- 1 Kings 8:14
%
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake with his
mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
		 -- 1 Kings 8:15
%
Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I
chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that
my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:16
%
And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the
name of the LORD God of Israel.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:17
%
And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to
build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:18
%
Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come
forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:19
%
And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in
the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD
promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:20
%
And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of
the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of
the land of Egypt.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:21
%
And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all
the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
		 -- 1 Kings 8:22
%
And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven
above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy
servants that walk before thee with all their heart:
		 -- 1 Kings 8:23
%
Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him:
thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand,
as it is this day.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:24
%
Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father
that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my
sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to
their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:25
%
And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which
thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:26
%
But will God indeed dwell on the earth?  behold, the heaven and heaven of
heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
		 -- 1 Kings 8:27
%
Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his
supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer,
which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:
		 -- 1 Kings 8:28
%
That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward
the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou
mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward
this place.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:29
%
And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people
Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven
thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:30
%
If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him
to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:
		 -- 1 Kings 8:31
%
Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the
wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous,
to give him according to his righteousness.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:32
%
When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they
have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy
name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
		 -- 1 Kings 8:33
%
Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel,
and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:34
%
When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned
against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name,
and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
		 -- 1 Kings 8:35
%
Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of
thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should
walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people
for an inheritance.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:36
%
If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew,
locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the
land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;
		 -- 1 Kings 8:37
%
What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy
people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart,
and spread forth his hands toward this house:
		 -- 1 Kings 8:38
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Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do,
and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest;
(for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
		 -- 1 Kings 8:39
%
That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which
thou gavest unto our fathers.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:40
%
Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but
cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;
		 -- 1 Kings 8:41
%
(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of
thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
		 -- 1 Kings 8:42
%
Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the
stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy
name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that
this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:43
%
If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou
shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou
hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
		 -- 1 Kings 8:44
%
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain
their cause.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:45
%
If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and
thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they
carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
		 -- 1 Kings 8:46
%
Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were
carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the
land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and
have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
		 -- 1 Kings 8:47
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And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul,
in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto
thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city
which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
		 -- 1 Kings 8:48
%
Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling
place, and maintain their cause,
		 -- 1 Kings 8:49
%
And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their
transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give
them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have
compassion on them:
		 -- 1 Kings 8:50
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For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest
forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
		 -- 1 Kings 8:51
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That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and
unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all
that they call for unto thee.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:52
%
For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to
be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant,
when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:53
%
And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this
prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of
the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:54
%
And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud
voice, saying,
		 -- 1 Kings 8:55
%
Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel,
according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of
all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:56
%
The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not
leave us, nor forsake us:
		 -- 1 Kings 8:57
%
That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and
to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he
commanded our fathers.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:58
%
And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the
LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the
cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times,
as the matter shall require:
		 -- 1 Kings 8:59
%
That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that
there is none else.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:60
%
Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in
his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:61
%
And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:62
%
And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered
unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty
thousand sheep.  So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated
the house of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:63
%
The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before
the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat
offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar
that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings,
and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:64
%
And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great
congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt,
before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:65
%
On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king,
and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness
that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.
		 -- 1 Kings 8:66
%
AND it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house
of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he
was pleased to do,
		 -- 1 Kings 9:1
%
That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared
unto him at Gibeon.
		 -- 1 Kings 9:2
%
And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication,
that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou
hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart
shall be there perpetually.
		 -- 1 Kings 9:3
%
And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity
of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded
thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:
		 -- 1 Kings 9:4
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Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever,
as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a
man upon the throne of Israel.
		 -- 1 Kings 9:5
%
But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and
will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you,
but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
		 -- 1 Kings 9:6
%
Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them;
and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of
my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
		 -- 1 Kings 9:7
%
And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be
astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done
thus unto this land, and to this house?
		 -- 1 Kings 9:8
%
And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who
brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold
upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore
hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.
		 -- 1 Kings 9:9
%
And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built
the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,
		 -- 1 Kings 9:10
%
(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and
fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king
Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
		 -- 1 Kings 9:11
%
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given
him; and they pleased him not.
		 -- 1 Kings 9:12
%
And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother?
And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
		 -- 1 Kings 9:13
%
And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
		 -- 1 Kings 9:14
%
And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to
build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall
of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
		 -- 1 Kings 9:15
%
For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it
with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given
it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
		 -- 1 Kings 9:16
%
And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,
		 -- 1 Kings 9:17
%
And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
		 -- 1 Kings 9:18
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And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots,
and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in
Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
		 -- 1 Kings 9:19
%
And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites,
Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,
		 -- 1 Kings 9:20
%
Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children
of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon
levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
		 -- 1 Kings 9:21
%
But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they
were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains,
and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
		 -- 1 Kings 9:22
%
These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work,
five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in
the work.
		 -- 1 Kings 9:23
%
But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house
which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
		 -- 1 Kings 9:24
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And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace
offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt
incense upon the altar that was before the LORD.  So he finished the
house.
		 -- 1 Kings 9:25
%
And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside
Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
		 -- 1 Kings 9:26
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And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of
the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
		 -- 1 Kings 9:27
%
And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and
twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
		 -- 1 Kings 9:28
%
AND when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the
name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:1
%
And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare
spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come
to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:2
%
And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from
the king, which he told her not.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:3
%
And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house
that he had built,
		 -- 1 Kings 10:4
%
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the
attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers,
and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there
was no more spirit in her.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:5
%
And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own
land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:6
%
Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen
it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity
exceedeth the fame which I heard.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:7
%
Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually
before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:8
%
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the
throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made
he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:9
%
And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices
very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance
of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:10
%
And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in
from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:11
%
And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD,
and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there
came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:12
%
And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever
she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty.
So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:13
%
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred
threescore and six talents of gold,
		 -- 1 Kings 10:14
%
Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice
merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of
the country.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:15
%
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred
shekels of gold went to one target.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:16
%
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold
went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest
of Lebanon.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:17
%
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with
the best gold.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:18
%
The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind:
and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two
lions stood beside the stays.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:19
%
And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the
six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:20
%
And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels
of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of
silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:21
%
For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once
in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver,
ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:22
%
So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and
for wisdom.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:23
%
And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had
put in his heart.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:24
%
And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels
of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate
year by year.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:25
%
And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand
and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed
in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:26
%
And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made
he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:27
%
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's
merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:28
%
And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of
silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings
of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by
their means.
		 -- 1 Kings 10:29
%
BUT king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter
of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians,
and Hittites;
		 -- 1 Kings 11:1
%
Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel,
Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for
surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave
unto these in love.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:2
%
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines:
and his wives turned away his heart.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:3
%
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away
his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD
his God, as was the heart of David his father.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:4
%
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after
Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:5
%
And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after
the LORD, as did David his father.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:6
%
Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab,
in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination
of the children of Ammon.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:7
%
And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and
sacrificed unto their gods.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:8
%
And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from
the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
		 -- 1 Kings 11:9
%
And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after
other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:10
%
Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of
thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have
commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give
it to thy servant.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:11
%
Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake:
but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:12
%
Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe
to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which
I have chosen.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:13
%
And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite:
he was of the king's seed in Edom.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:14
%
For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of
the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male
in Edom;
		 -- 1 Kings 11:15
%
(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut
off every male in Edom:)
		 -- 1 Kings 11:16
%
That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with
him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:17
%
And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with
them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt;
which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:18
%
And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave
him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:19
%
And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes
weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among
the sons of Pharaoh.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:20
%
And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and
that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh,
Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:21
%
Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that,
behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country?  And he answered,
Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:22
%
And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah,
which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
		 -- 1 Kings 11:23
%
And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David
slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and
reigned in Damascus.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:24
%
And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the
mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:25
%
And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant,
whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his
hand against the king.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:26
%
And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king:
Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David
his father.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:27
%
And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the
young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge
of the house of Joseph.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:28
%
And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem,
that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had
clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:
		 -- 1 Kings 11:29
%
And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in
twelve pieces:
		 -- 1 Kings 11:30
%
And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD,
the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of
Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
		 -- 1 Kings 11:31
%
(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for
Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes
of Israel:)
		 -- 1 Kings 11:32
%
Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the
goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the
god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that
which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments,
as did David his father.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:33
%
Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will
make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake,
whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:
		 -- 1 Kings 11:34
%
But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto
thee, even ten tribes.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:35
%
And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have
a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me
to put my name there.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:36
%
And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy
soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:37
%
And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee,
and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my
statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be
with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will
give Israel unto thee.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:38
%
And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:39
%
Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam.  And Jeroboam arose, and fled
into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death
of Solomon.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:40
%
And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom,
are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
		 -- 1 Kings 11:41
%
And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was
forty years.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:42
%
And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David
his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 1 Kings 11:43
%
AND Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to
make him king.
		 -- 1 Kings 12:1
%
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in
Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon,
and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
		 -- 1 Kings 12:2
%
That they sent and called him.	And Jeroboam and all the congregation
of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
		 -- 1 Kings 12:3
%
Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous
service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter,
and we will serve thee.
		 -- 1 Kings 12:4
%
And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me.
And the people departed.
		 -- 1 Kings 12:5
%
And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon
his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may
answer this people?
		 -- 1 Kings 12:6
%
And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this
people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good
words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
		 -- 1 Kings 12:7
%
But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him,
and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which
stood before him:
		 -- 1 Kings 12:8
%
And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this
people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father
did put upon us lighter?
		 -- 1 Kings 12:9
%
And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying,
Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying,
Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus
shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my
father's loins.
		 -- 1 Kings 12:10
%
And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to
your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise
you with scorpions.
		 -- 1 Kings 12:11
%
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the
king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.
		 -- 1 Kings 12:12
%
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's
counsel that they gave him;
		 -- 1 Kings 12:13
%
And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father
made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also
chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
		 -- 1 Kings 12:14
%
Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was
from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake
by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
		 -- 1 Kings 12:15
%
So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people
answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David?  neither have
we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to
thine own house, David.  So Israel departed unto their tents.
		 -- 1 Kings 12:16
%
But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah,
Rehoboam reigned over them.
		 -- 1 Kings 12:17
%
Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel
stoned him with stones, that he died.  Therefore king Rehoboam made
speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
		 -- 1 Kings 12:18
%
So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
		 -- 1 Kings 12:19
%
And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again,
that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king
over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but
the tribe of Judah only.
		 -- 1 Kings 12:20
%
And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of
Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand
chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel,
to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
		 -- 1 Kings 12:21
%
But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
		 -- 1 Kings 12:22
%
Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all
the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
		 -- 1 Kings 12:23
%
Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren
the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is
from me.  They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned
to depart, according to the word of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Kings 12:24
%
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and
went out from thence, and built Penuel.
		 -- 1 Kings 12:25
%
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the
house of David:
		 -- 1 Kings 12:26
%
If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at
Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their
lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go
again to Rehoboam king of Judah.
		 -- 1 Kings 12:27
%
Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said
unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods,
O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
		 -- 1 Kings 12:28
%
And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.
		 -- 1 Kings 12:29
%
And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the
one, even unto Dan.
		 -- 1 Kings 12:30
%
And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of
the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
		 -- 1 Kings 12:31
%
And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day
of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon
the altar.  So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he
had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which
he had made.
		 -- 1 Kings 12:32
%
So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth
day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his
own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he
offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
		 -- 1 Kings 12:33
%
AND, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the
LORD unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:1
%
And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar,
altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house
of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of
the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be
burnt upon thee.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:2
%
And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the
LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that
are upon it shall be poured out.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:3
%
And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of
God, which had cried against the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth his
hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him.  And his hand, which he put
forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:4
%
The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar,
according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of
the LORD.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:5
%
And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the
face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored
me again.  And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand
was restored him again, and became as it was before.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:6
%
And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh
thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:7
%
And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine
house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink
water in this place:
		 -- 1 Kings 13:8
%
For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread,
nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:9
%
So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to
Beth-el.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:10
%
Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his sons came and told him
all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words
which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:11
%
And their father said unto them, What way went he?  For his sons had
seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:12
%
And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass.  So they saddled him the
ass: and he rode thereon,
		 -- 1 Kings 13:13
%
And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak:
and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah?
And he said, I am.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:14
%
Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:15
%
And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither
will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:
		 -- 1 Kings 13:16
%
For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread
nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:17
%
He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake
unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into
thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water.  But he lied unto him.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:18
%
So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:19
%
And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD
came unto the prophet that brought him back:
		 -- 1 Kings 13:20
%
And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus
saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD,
and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,
		 -- 1 Kings 13:21
%
But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of
the which the LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water;
thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:22
%
And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk,
that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had
brought back.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:23
%
And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his
carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also
stood by the carcase.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:24
%
And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and
the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city
where the old prophet dwelt.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:25
%
And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he
said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD:
therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him,
and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:26
%
And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass.  And they saddled
him.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:27
%
And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the
lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor
torn the ass.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:28
%
And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon
the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city,
to mourn and to bury him.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:29
%
And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him,
saying, Alas, my brother!
		 -- 1 Kings 13:30
%
And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons,
saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man
of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:
		 -- 1 Kings 13:31
%
For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar
in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in
the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:32
%
After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again
of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would,
he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:33
%
And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off,
and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
		 -- 1 Kings 13:34
%
AT that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
		 -- 1 Kings 14:1
%
And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself,
that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh:
behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king
over this people.
		 -- 1 Kings 14:2
%
And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey,
and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.
		 -- 1 Kings 14:3
%
And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to
the house of Ahijah.  But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set
by reason of his age.
		 -- 1 Kings 14:4
%
And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to
ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt
thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall
feign herself to be another woman.
		 -- 1 Kings 14:5
%
And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in
at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest
thou thyself to be another?  for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
		 -- 1 Kings 14:6
%
Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as
I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my
people Israel,
		 -- 1 Kings 14:7
%
And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee:
and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments,
and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right
in mine eyes;
		 -- 1 Kings 14:8
%
But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone
and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger,
and hast cast me behind thy back:
		 -- 1 Kings 14:9
%
Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and
will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him
that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of
the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
		 -- 1 Kings 14:10
%
Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that
dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath
spoken it.
		 -- 1 Kings 14:11
%
Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet
enter into the city, the child shall die.
		 -- 1 Kings 14:12
%
And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam
shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing
toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
		 -- 1 Kings 14:13
%
Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut
off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what?  even now.
		 -- 1 Kings 14:14
%
For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and
he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their
fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made
their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.
		 -- 1 Kings 14:15
%
And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin,
and who made Israel to sin.
		 -- 1 Kings 14:16
%
And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when
she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
		 -- 1 Kings 14:17
%
And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word
of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.
		 -- 1 Kings 14:18
%
And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned,
behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings
of Israel.
		 -- 1 Kings 14:19
%
And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he
slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 1 Kings 14:20
%
And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah.  Rehoboam was forty
and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years
in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes
of Israel, to put his name there.  And his mother's name was Naamah
an Ammonitess.
		 -- 1 Kings 14:21
%
And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to
jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their
fathers had done.
		 -- 1 Kings 14:22
%
For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every
high hill, and under every green tree.
		 -- 1 Kings 14:23
%
And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to
all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the
children of Israel.
		 -- 1 Kings 14:24
%
And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak
king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
		 -- 1 Kings 14:25
%
And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures
of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the
shields of gold which Solomon had made.
		 -- 1 Kings 14:26
%
And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed
them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of
the king's house.
		 -- 1 Kings 14:27
%
And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the
guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
		 -- 1 Kings 14:28
%
Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
		 -- 1 Kings 14:29
%
And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
		 -- 1 Kings 14:30
%
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
in the city of David.  And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 1 Kings 14:31
%
NOW in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned
Abijam over Judah.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:1
%
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem.  And his mother's name was Maachah,
the daughter of Abishalom.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:2
%
And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before
him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart
of David his father.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:3
%
Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in
Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
		 -- 1 Kings 15:4
%
Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned
not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life,
save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:5
%
And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:6
%
Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?  And there
was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:7
%
And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of
David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:8
%
And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over
Judah.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:9
%
And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem.  And his mother's name
was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:10
%
And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David
his father.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:11
%
And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the
idols that his fathers had made.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:12
%
And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen,
because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol,
and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:13
%
But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was
perfect with the LORD all his days.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:14
%
And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the
things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver,
and gold, and vessels.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:15
%
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:16
%
And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that
he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:17
%
Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures
of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and
delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them
to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria,
that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
		 -- 1 Kings 15:18
%
There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy
father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold;
come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart
from me.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:19
%
So 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 Kings 15:20
%
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building
of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:21
%
Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted:
and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith
Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin,
and Mizpah.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:22
%
The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did,
and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah?  Nevertheless in the time of his old
age he was diseased in his feet.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:23
%
And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the
city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:24
%
And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second
year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:25
%
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his
father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:26
%
And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against
him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines;
for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:27
%
Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and
reigned in his stead.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:28
%
And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house
of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had
destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by
his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
		 -- 1 Kings 15:29
%
Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made
Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of
Israel to anger.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:30
%
Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
		 -- 1 Kings 15:31
%
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:32
%
In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah
to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:33
%
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of
Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
		 -- 1 Kings 15:34
%
THEN the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha,
saying,
		 -- 1 Kings 16:1
%
Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over
my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast
made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
		 -- 1 Kings 16:2
%
Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of
his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son
of Nebat.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:3
%
Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that
dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:4
%
Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
		 -- 1 Kings 16:5
%
So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah
his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:6
%
And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word
of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil
that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the
work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he
killed him.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:7
%
In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of
Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:8
%
And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against
him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza
steward of his house in Tirzah.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:9
%
And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and
seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:10
%
And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his
throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that
pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:11
%
Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word
of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
		 -- 1 Kings 16:12
%
For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they
sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God
of Israel to anger with their vanities.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:13
%
Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
		 -- 1 Kings 16:14
%
In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign
seven days in Tirzah.  And the people were encamped against Gibbethon,
which belonged to the Philistines.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:15
%
And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and
hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain
of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:16
%
And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they
besieged Tirzah.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:17
%
And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he
went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's house
over him with fire, and died,
		 -- 1 Kings 16:18
%
For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD,
in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make
Israel to sin.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:19
%
Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
		 -- 1 Kings 16:20
%
Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the
people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half
followed Omri.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:21
%
But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that
followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:22
%
In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign
over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:23
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And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver,
and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built,
after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:24
%
But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all
that were before him.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:25
%
For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his
sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel
to anger with their vanities.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:26
%
Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he
shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings
of Israel?
		 -- 1 Kings 16:27
%
So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his
son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:28
%
And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the
son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over
Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:29
%
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all
that were before him.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:30
%
And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in
the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the
daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal,
and worshipped him.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:31
%
And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had
built in Samaria.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:32
%
And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of
Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:33
%
In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation
thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his
youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake
by Joshua the son of Nun.
		 -- 1 Kings 16:34
%
AND Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto
Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall
not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
		 -- 1 Kings 17:1
%
And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
		 -- 1 Kings 17:2
%
Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook
Cherith, that is before Jordan.
		 -- 1 Kings 17:3
%
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded
the ravens to feed thee there.
		 -- 1 Kings 17:4
%
So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and
dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
		 -- 1 Kings 17:5
%
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread
and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
		 -- 1 Kings 17:6
%
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because
there had been no rain in the land.
		 -- 1 Kings 17:7
%
And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
		 -- 1 Kings 17:8
%
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there:
behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
		 -- 1 Kings 17:9
%
So he arose and went to Zarephath.  And when he came to the gate of
the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and
he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a
vessel, that I may drink.
		 -- 1 Kings 17:10
%
And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me,
I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
		 -- 1 Kings 17:11
%
And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an
handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold,
I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my
son, that we may eat it, and die.
		 -- 1 Kings 17:12
%
And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but
make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after
make for thee and for thy son.
		 -- 1 Kings 17:13
%
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste,
neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth
rain upon the earth.
		 -- 1 Kings 17:14
%
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he,
and her house, did eat many days.
		 -- 1 Kings 17:15
%
And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail,
according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
		 -- 1 Kings 17:16
%
And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman,
the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore,
that there was no breath left in him.
		 -- 1 Kings 17:17
%
And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God?
art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
		 -- 1 Kings 17:18
%
And he said unto her, Give me thy son.	And he took him out of her bosom,
and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his
own bed.
		 -- 1 Kings 17:19
%
And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also
brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
		 -- 1 Kings 17:20
%
And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the
LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come
into him again.
		 -- 1 Kings 17:21
%
And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came
into him again, and he revived.
		 -- 1 Kings 17:22
%
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into
the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See,
thy son liveth.
		 -- 1 Kings 17:23
%
And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of
God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.
		 -- 1 Kings 17:24
%
AND it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to
Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will
send rain upon the earth.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:1
%
And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab.  And there was a sore famine
in Samaria.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:2
%
And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now
Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
		 -- 1 Kings 18:3
%
For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that
Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave,
and fed them with bread and water.)
		 -- 1 Kings 18:4
%
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water,
and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses
and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:5
%
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went
one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:6
%
And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him,
and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?
		 -- 1 Kings 18:7
%
And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:8
%
And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant
into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
		 -- 1 Kings 18:9
%
As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my
lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there;
he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:10
%
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:11
%
And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the
Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I
come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I
thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:12
%
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the
LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifty in a cave,
and fed them with bread and water?
		 -- 1 Kings 18:13
%
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he
shall slay me.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:14
%
And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand,
I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:15
%
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:16
%
And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him,
Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
		 -- 1 Kings 18:17
%
And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's
house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou
hast followed Baalim.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:18
%
Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel,
and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of
the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:19
%
So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets
together unto mount Carmel.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:20
%
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye
between two opinions?  if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal,
then follow him.  And the people answered him not a word.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:21
%
Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of
the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:22
%
Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock
for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no
fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood,
and put no fire under:
		 -- 1 Kings 18:23
%
And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of
the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God.  And all
the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:24
%
And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for
yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name
of your gods, but put no fire under.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:25
%
And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it,
and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O
Baal, hear us.	But there was no voice, nor any that answered.	And they
leaped upon the altar which was made.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:26
%
And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry
aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he
is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:27
%
And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives
and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:28
%
And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the
time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither
voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:29
%
And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me.  And all the
people came near unto him.  And he repaired the altar of the LORD that
was broken down.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:30
%
And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of
the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel
shall be thy name:
		 -- 1 Kings 18:31
%
And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made
a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:32
%
And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid
him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on
the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:33
%
And he said, Do it the second time.  And they did it the second time.
And he said, Do it the third time.  And they did it the third time.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:34
%
And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also
with water.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:35
%
And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice,
that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac,
and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and
that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:36
%
Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the
LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:37
%
Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and
the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that
was in the trench.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:38
%
And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said,
The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:39
%
And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of
them escape.  And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the
brook Kishon, and slew them there.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:40
%
And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a
sound of abundance of rain.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:41
%
So Ahab went up to eat and to drink.  And Elijah went up to the top
of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face
between his knees,
		 -- 1 Kings 18:42
%
And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went
up, and looked, and said, There is nothing.  And he said, Go again
seven times.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:43
%
And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there
ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand.  And he said,
Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the
rain stop thee not.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:44
%
And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with
clouds and wind, and there was a great rain.  And Ahab rode, and went
to Jezreel.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:45
%
And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins,
and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
		 -- 1 Kings 18:46
%
AND Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had
slain all the prophets with the sword.
		 -- 1 Kings 19:1
%
Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do
to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them
by to morrow about this time.
		 -- 1 Kings 19:2
%
And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to
Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
		 -- 1 Kings 19:3
%
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and
sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he
might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life;
for I am not better than my fathers.
		 -- 1 Kings 19:4
%
And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel
touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
		 -- 1 Kings 19:5
%
And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and
a cruse of water at his head.  And he did eat and drink, and laid him
down again.
		 -- 1 Kings 19:6
%
And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him,
and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
		 -- 1 Kings 19:7
%
And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that
meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
		 -- 1 Kings 19:8
%
And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the
word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou
here, Elijah?
		 -- 1 Kings 19:9
%
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the
children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars,
and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left;
and they seek my life, to take it away.
		 -- 1 Kings 19:10
%
And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD.
And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the
mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD
was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was
not in the earthquake:
		 -- 1 Kings 19:11
%
And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire:
and after the fire a still small voice.
		 -- 1 Kings 19:12
%
And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his
mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave.  And,
behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here,
Elijah?
		 -- 1 Kings 19:13
%
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because
the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine
altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only,
am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
		 -- 1 Kings 19:14
%
And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of
Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:
		 -- 1 Kings 19:15
%
And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel:
and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be
prophet in thy room.
		 -- 1 Kings 19:16
%
And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael
shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall
Elisha slay.
		 -- 1 Kings 19:17
%
Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have
not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
		 -- 1 Kings 19:18
%
So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was
plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth:
and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
		 -- 1 Kings 19:19
%
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee,
kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee.  And he said
unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
		 -- 1 Kings 19:20
%
And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them,
and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto
the people, and they did eat.  Then he arose, and went after Elijah,
and ministered unto him.
		 -- 1 Kings 19:21
%
AND 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 Kings 20:1
%
And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said
unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad,
		 -- 1 Kings 20:2
%
Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even
the goodliest, are mine.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:3
%
And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to
thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:4
%
And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh 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 Kings 20:5
%
Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and
they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it
shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it
in their hand, and take it away.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:6
%
Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark,
I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me
for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold;
and I denied him not.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:7
%
And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him,
nor consent.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:8
%
Wherefore he said unto the messengers of 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 Kings 20:9
%
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 Kings 20:10
%
And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that
girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:11
%
And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was
drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his
servants, Set yourselves in array.  And they set themselves in array
against the city.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:12
%
And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying,
Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude?  behold,
I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I
am the LORD.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:13
%
And Ahab said, By whom?  And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the
young men of the princes of the provinces.  Then he said, Who shall
order the battle?  And he answered, Thou.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:14
%
Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and
they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all
the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:15
%
And they went out at noon.  But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in
the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:16
%
And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and
Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out
of Samaria.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:17
%
And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or
whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:18
%
So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city,
and the army which followed them.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:19
%
And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel
pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with
the horsemen.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:20
%
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots,
and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:21
%
And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go,
strengthen thy self, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return
of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:22
%
And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods
of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight
against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:23
%
And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place,
and put captains in their rooms:
		 -- 1 Kings 20:24
%
And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for
horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the
plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.  And he hearkened unto
their voice, and did so.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:25
%
And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered
the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:26
%
And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went
against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two
little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:27
%
And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said,
Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the
hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this
great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:28
%
And they pitched one over against the other seven days.  And so it was,
that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel
slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:29
%
But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon
twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled,
and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:30
%
And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the
kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee,
put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the
king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:31
%
So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads,
and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I
pray thee, let me live.  And he said, Is he yet alive?	he is my brother.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:32
%
Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from
him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother 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 Kings 20:33
%
And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy
father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus,
as my father made in Samaria.  Then said Ahab, I will send thee away
with this covenant.  So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:34
%
And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour
in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee.  And the man refused to
smite him.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:35
%
Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD,
behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee.
And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:36
%
Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee.  And the
man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:37
%
So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised
himself with ashes upon his face.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:38
%
And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy
servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned
aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any
means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou
shalt pay a talent of silver.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:39
%
And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone.  And the king of
Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:40
%
And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of
Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:41
%
And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out
of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy
life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:42
%
And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came
to Samaria.
		 -- 1 Kings 20:43
%
AND it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite
had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king
of Samaria.
		 -- 1 Kings 21:1
%
And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have
it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will
give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee,
I will give thee the worth of it in money.
		 -- 1 Kings 21:2
%
And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the
inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
		 -- 1 Kings 21:3
%
And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word
which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will
not give thee the inheritance of my fathers.  And he laid him down upon
his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
		 -- 1 Kings 21:4
%
But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit
so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
		 -- 1 Kings 21:5
%
And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and
said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please
thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will
not give thee my vineyard.
		 -- 1 Kings 21:6
%
And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom
of Israel?  arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will
give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
		 -- 1 Kings 21:7
%
So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and
sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city,
dwelling with Naboth.
		 -- 1 Kings 21:8
%
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth
on high among the people:
		 -- 1 Kings 21:9
%
And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him,
saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king.	And then carry him out,
and stone him, that he may die.
		 -- 1 Kings 21:10
%
And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the
inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it
was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
		 -- 1 Kings 21:11
%
They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
		 -- 1 Kings 21:12
%
And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and
the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the
presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king.
Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones,
that he died.
		 -- 1 Kings 21:13
%
Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
		 -- 1 Kings 21:14
%
And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was
dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard
of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money:
for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
		 -- 1 Kings 21:15
%
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab
rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take
possession of it.
		 -- 1 Kings 21:16
%
And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
		 -- 1 Kings 21:17
%
Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold,
he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.
		 -- 1 Kings 21:18
%
And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou
killed, and also taken possession?  And thou shalt speak unto him,
saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood
of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
		 -- 1 Kings 21:19
%
And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he
answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil
in the sight of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Kings 21:20
%
Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity,
and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him
that is shut up and left in Israel,
		 -- 1 Kings 21:21
%
And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation
wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.
		 -- 1 Kings 21:22
%
And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel
by the wall of Jezreel.
		 -- 1 Kings 21:23
%
Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that
dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.
		 -- 1 Kings 21:24
%
But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work
wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
		 -- 1 Kings 21:25
%
And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things
as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
		 -- 1 Kings 21:26
%
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his
clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in
sackcloth, and went softly.
		 -- 1 Kings 21:27
%
And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
		 -- 1 Kings 21:28
%
Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me?  because he humbleth
himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his
son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
		 -- 1 Kings 21:29
%
AND they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:1
%
And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of
Judah came down to the king of Israel.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:2
%
And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in
Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the
king of Syria?
		 -- 1 Kings 22:3
%
And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to
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 Kings 22:4
%
And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee,
at the word of the LORD to day.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:5
%
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four
hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against 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 Kings 22:6
%
And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides,
that we might enquire of him?
		 -- 1 Kings 22:7
%
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man,
Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but
I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.
And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:8
%
Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither
Micaiah the son of Imlah.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:9
%
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on
his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance
of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:10
%
And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said,
Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou
have consumed them.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:11
%
And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead,
and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king's hand.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:12
%
And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying,
Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with
one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them,
and speak that which is good.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:13
%
And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me,
that will I speak.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:14
%
So he came to the king.  And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go
against 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 Kings 22:15
%
And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou
tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?
		 -- 1 Kings 22:16
%
And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that
have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them
return every man to his house in peace.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:17
%
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that
he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?
		 -- 1 Kings 22:18
%
And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD
sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on
his right hand and on his left.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:19
%
And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall
at Ramoth-gilead?  And one said on this manner, and another said on
that manner.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:20
%
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said,
I will persuade him.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:21
%
And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?	And he said, I will go forth,
and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.	And he
said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:22
%
Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of
all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:23
%
But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the
cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak
unto thee?
		 -- 1 Kings 22:24
%
And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt
go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:25
%
And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon
the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
		 -- 1 Kings 22:26
%
And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed
him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come
in peace.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:27
%
And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not
spoken by me.  And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:28
%
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to
Ramoth-gilead.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:29
%
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself,
and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes.  And the king of
Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:30
%
But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had
rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great,
save only with the king of Israel.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:31
%
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat,
that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel.  And they turned aside
to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:32
%
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that
it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:33
%
And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel
between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver
of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I
am wounded.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:34
%
And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his
chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of
the wound into the midst of the chariot.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:35
%
And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of
the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:36
%
So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king
in Samaria.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:37
%
And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked
up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of
the LORD which he spake.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:38
%
Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory
house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
		 -- 1 Kings 22:39
%
So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:40
%
And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth
year of Ahab king of Israel.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:41
%
Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and
he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem.	And his mother's name
was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:42
%
And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from
it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless
the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt
incense yet in the high places.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:43
%
And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:44
%
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed,
and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Judah?
		 -- 1 Kings 22:45
%
And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his
father Asa, he took out of the land.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:46
%
There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:47
%
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they
went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:48
%
Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go
with thy servants in the ships.  But Jehoshaphat would not.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:49
%
And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:50
%
Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the
seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years
over Israel.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:51
%
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his
father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the
son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:
		 -- 1 Kings 22:52
%
For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD
God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
		 -- 1 Kings 22:53
%
THEN Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
		 -- 2 Kings 1:1
%
And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was
in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them,
Go, enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of
this disease.
		 -- 2 Kings 1:2
%
But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up
to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is
it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of
Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?
		 -- 2 Kings 1:3
%
Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that
bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.  And Elijah departed.
		 -- 2 Kings 1:4
%
And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why
are ye now turned back?
		 -- 2 Kings 1:5
%
And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto
us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus
saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that
thou sendest to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?  therefore thou
shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt
surely die.
		 -- 2 Kings 1:6
%
And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet
you, and told you these words?
		 -- 2 Kings 1:7
%
And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of
leather about his loins.  And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
		 -- 2 Kings 1:8
%
Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty.	And he
went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill.  And he spake
unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.
		 -- 2 Kings 1:9
%
And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of
God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty.
And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
		 -- 2 Kings 1:10
%
Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty.
And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said,
Come down quickly.
		 -- 2 Kings 1:11
%
And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire
come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty.	And the fire of
God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
		 -- 2 Kings 1:12
%
And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty.	And the
third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before
Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee,
let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in
thy sight.
		 -- 2 Kings 1:13
%
Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains
of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be
precious in thy sight.
		 -- 2 Kings 1:14
%
And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not
afraid of him.	And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.
		 -- 2 Kings 1:15
%
And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent
messengers to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because
there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word?  therefore thou
shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt
surely die.
		 -- 2 Kings 1:16
%
So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken.
And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son
of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
		 -- 2 Kings 1:17
%
Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
		 -- 2 Kings 1:18
%
AND it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by
a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
		 -- 2 Kings 2:1
%
And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath
sent me to Beth-el.  And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and
as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee.  So they went down to Beth-el.
		 -- 2 Kings 2:2
%
And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha,
and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master
from thy head to day?  And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
		 -- 2 Kings 2:3
%
And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD
hath sent me to Jericho.  And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy
soul liveth, I will not leave thee.  So they came to Jericho.
		 -- 2 Kings 2:4
%
And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and
said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from
thy head to day?  And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
		 -- 2 Kings 2:5
%
And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath
sent me to Jordan.  And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul
liveth, I will not leave thee.	And they two went on.
		 -- 2 Kings 2:6
%
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar
off: and they two stood by Jordan.
		 -- 2 Kings 2:7
%
And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters,
and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on
dry ground.
		 -- 2 Kings 2:8
%
And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto
Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee.
And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be
upon me.
		 -- 2 Kings 2:9
%
And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see
me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not,
it shall not be so.
		 -- 2 Kings 2:10
%
And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold,
there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them
both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
		 -- 2 Kings 2:11
%
And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of
Israel, and the horsemen thereof.  And he saw him no more: and he took
hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
		 -- 2 Kings 2:12
%
He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back,
and stood by the bank of Jordan;
		 -- 2 Kings 2:13
%
And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters,
and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah?  and when he also had smitten
the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
		 -- 2 Kings 2:14
%
And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him,
they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha.  And they came to
meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
		 -- 2 Kings 2:15
%
And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty
strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest
peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon
some mountain, or into some valley.  And he said, Ye shall not send.
		 -- 2 Kings 2:16
%
And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send.  They sent
therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
		 -- 2 Kings 2:17
%
And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said
unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
		 -- 2 Kings 2:18
%
And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the
situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is
naught, and the ground barren.
		 -- 2 Kings 2:19
%
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein.  And they
brought it to him.
		 -- 2 Kings 2:20
%
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in
there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there
shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
		 -- 2 Kings 2:21
%
So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of
Elisha which he spake.
		 -- 2 Kings 2:22
%
And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the
way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him,
and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
		 -- 2 Kings 2:23
%
And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of
the LORD.  And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare
forty and two children of them.
		 -- 2 Kings 2:24
%
And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned
to Samaria.
		 -- 2 Kings 2:25
%
NOW Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the
eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
		 -- 2 Kings 3:1
%
And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father,
and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father
had made.
		 -- 2 Kings 3:2
%
Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
		 -- 2 Kings 3:3
%
And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king
of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams,
with the wool.
		 -- 2 Kings 3:4
%
But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled
against the king of Israel.
		 -- 2 Kings 3:5
%
And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all
Israel.
		 -- 2 Kings 3:6
%
And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king
of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab
to battle?  And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as
thy people, and my horses as thy horses.
		 -- 2 Kings 3:7
%
And he said, Which way shall we go up?	And he answered, The way through
the wilderness of Edom.
		 -- 2 Kings 3:8
%
So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom:
and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no
water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.
		 -- 2 Kings 3:9
%
And the king of Israel said, Alas!  that the LORD hath called these
three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!
		 -- 2 Kings 3:10
%
But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we
may enquire of the LORD by him?  And one of the king of Israel's servants
answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water
on the hands of Elijah.
		 -- 2 Kings 3:11
%
And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him.  So the king of
Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
		 -- 2 Kings 3:12
%
And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee?
get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother.
And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called
these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
		 -- 2 Kings 3:13
%
And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely,
were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah,
I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
		 -- 2 Kings 3:14
%
But now bring me a minstrel.  And it came to pass, when the minstrel
played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
		 -- 2 Kings 3:15
%
And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
		 -- 2 Kings 3:16
%
For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain;
yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye,
and your cattle, and your beasts.
		 -- 2 Kings 3:17
%
And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver
the Moabites also into your hand.
		 -- 2 Kings 3:18
%
And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall
fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good
piece of land with stones.
		 -- 2 Kings 3:19
%
And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered,
that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was
filled with water.
		 -- 2 Kings 3:20
%
And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight
against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and
upward, and stood in the border.
		 -- 2 Kings 3:21
%
And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water,
and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:
		 -- 2 Kings 3:22
%
And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have
smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
		 -- 2 Kings 3:23
%
And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and
smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward
smiting the Moabites, even in their country.
		 -- 2 Kings 3:24
%
And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every
man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water,
and felled all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones
thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
		 -- 2 Kings 3:25
%
And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him,
he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through
even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
		 -- 2 Kings 3:26
%
Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and
offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall.  And there was great
indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to
their own land.
		 -- 2 Kings 3:27
%
NOW there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets
unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest
that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take
unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:1
%
And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee?  tell me, what hast
thou in the house?  And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in
the house, save a pot of oil.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:2
%
Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours,
even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:3
%
And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon
thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set
aside that which is full.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:4
%
So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons,
who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:5
%
And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto
her son, Bring me yet a vessel.  And he said unto her, There is not a
vessel more.  And the oil stayed.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:6
%
Then she came and told the man of God.	And he said, Go, sell the oil,
and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:7
%
And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great
woman; and she constrained him to eat bread.  And so it was, that as
oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:8
%
And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an
holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:9
%
Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set
for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and
it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:10
%
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the
chamber, and lay there.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:11
%
And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite.  And when he
had called her, she stood before him.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:12
%
And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful
for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee?  wouldest thou be
spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host?	And she answered,
I dwell among mine own people.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:13
%
And he said, What then is to be done for her?  And Gehazi answered,
Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:14
%
And he said, Call her.	And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:15
%
And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou
shalt embrace a son.  And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God,
do not lie unto thine handmaid.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:16
%
And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had
said unto her, according to the time of life.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:17
%
And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his
father to the reapers.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:18
%
And he said unto his father, My head, my head.	And he said to a lad,
Carry him to his mother.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:19
%
And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her
knees till noon, and then died.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:20
%
And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut
the door upon him, and went out.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:21
%
And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of
the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God,
and come again.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:22
%
And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day?  it is neither new
moon, nor sabbath.  And she said, It shall be well.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:23
%
Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward;
slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:24
%
So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel.  And it came
to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi
his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
		 -- 2 Kings 4:25
%
Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well
with thee?  is it well with thy husband?  is it well with the child?
And she answered, It is well.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:26
%
And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the
feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away.	And the man of God said,
Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid
it from me, and hath not told me.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:27
%
Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord?  did I not say, Do not
deceive me?
		 -- 2 Kings 4:28
%
Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine
hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any
salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of
the child.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:29
%
And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul
liveth, I will not leave thee.	And he arose, and followed her.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:30
%
And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of
the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing.  Wherefore he went
again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:31
%
And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead,
and laid upon his bed.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:32
%
He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto
the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:33
%
And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth,
and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched
himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:34
%
Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up,
and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times,
and the child opened his eyes.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:35
%
And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite.  So he called her.
And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:36
%
Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground,
and took up her son, and went out.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:37
%
And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land;
and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto
his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of
the prophets.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:38
%
And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine,
and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them
into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:39
%
So they poured out for the men to eat.	And it came to pass, as they were
eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God,
there is death in the pot.  And they could not eat thereof.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:40
%
But he said, Then bring meal.  And he cast it into the pot; and he said,
Pour out for the people, that they may eat.  And there was no harm in
the pot.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:41
%
And there came a man from 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 Kings 4:42
%
And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men?
He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the
LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:43
%
So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according
to the word of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 4:44
%
NOW Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with
his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance
unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
		 -- 2 Kings 5:1
%
And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive
out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife.
		 -- 2 Kings 5:2
%
And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet
that is in Samaria!  for he would recover him of his leprosy.
		 -- 2 Kings 5:3
%
And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid
that is of the land of Israel.
		 -- 2 Kings 5:4
%
And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto
the king of Israel.  And he departed, and took with him ten talents of
silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
		 -- 2 Kings 5:5
%
And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this
letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant
to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
		 -- 2 Kings 5:6
%
And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that
he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that
this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy?  wherefore
consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
		 -- 2 Kings 5:7
%
And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of
Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore
hast thou rent thy clothes?  let him come now to me, and he shall know
that there is a prophet in Israel.
		 -- 2 Kings 5:8
%
So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the
door of the house of Elisha.
		 -- 2 Kings 5:9
%
And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven
times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
		 -- 2 Kings 5:10
%
But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He
will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD
his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
		 -- 2 Kings 5:11
%
Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters
of Israel?  may I not wash in them, and be clean?  So he turned and went
away in a rage.
		 -- 2 Kings 5:12
%
And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father,
if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have
done it?  how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
		 -- 2 Kings 5:13
%
Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according
to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the
flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
		 -- 2 Kings 5:14
%
And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came,
and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is
no God in all earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a
blessing of thy servant.
		 -- 2 Kings 5:15
%
But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none.
And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
		 -- 2 Kings 5:16
%
And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy
servant two mules' burden of earth?  for thy servant will henceforth offer
neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 5:17
%
In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth
into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand,
and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the
house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.
		 -- 2 Kings 5:18
%
And he said unto him, Go in peace.  So he departed from him a little way.
		 -- 2 Kings 5:19
%
But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my
master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands
that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him,
and take somewhat of him.
		 -- 2 Kings 5:20
%
So Gehazi followed after Naaman.  And when Naaman saw him running after
him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?
		 -- 2 Kings 5:21
%
And he said, All is well.  My master hath sent me, saying, Behold,
even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the
sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and
two changes of garments.
		 -- 2 Kings 5:22
%
And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents.	And he urged him, and
bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments,
and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.
		 -- 2 Kings 5:23
%
And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed
them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
		 -- 2 Kings 5:24
%
But he went in, and stood before his master.  And Elisha said unto him,
Whence comest thou, Gehazi?  And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
		 -- 2 Kings 5:25
%
And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned
again from his chariot to meet thee?  Is it a time to receive money,
and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep,
and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
		 -- 2 Kings 5:26
%
The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed
for ever.  And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
		 -- 2 Kings 5:27
%
AND the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place
where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:1
%
Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam,
and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell.  And he answered,
Go ye.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:2
%
And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants.  And he
answered, I will go.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:3
%
So he went with them.  And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:4
%
But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he
cried, and said, Alas, master!	for it was borrowed.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:5
%
And the man of God said, Where fell it?  And he shewed him the place.
And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:6
%
Therefore said he, Take it up to thee.	And he put out his hand, and
took it.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:7
%
Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his
servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:8
%
And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that
thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:9
%
And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him
and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:10
%
Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this
thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew
me which of us is for the king of Israel?
		 -- 2 Kings 6:11
%
And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the
prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that
thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:12
%
And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him.
And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:13
%
Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and
they came by night, and compassed the city about.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:14
%
And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth,
behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots.
And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
		 -- 2 Kings 6:15
%
And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they
that be with them.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:16
%
And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he
may see.  And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw:
and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round
about Elisha.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:17
%
And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said,
Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness.  And he smote them with
blindness according to the word of Elisha.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:18
%
And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city:
follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek.  But he led
them to Samaria.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:19
%
And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said,
LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see.  And the LORD opened
their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:20
%
And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father,
shall I smite them?  shall I smite them?
		 -- 2 Kings 6:21
%
And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom
thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow?  set bread and
water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:22
%
And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and
drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master.  So the bands
of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:23
%
And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered
all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:24
%
And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it,
until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the
fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:25
%
And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a
woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:26
%
And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee?
out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
		 -- 2 Kings 6:27
%
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee?  And she answered, This
woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we
will eat my son to morrow.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:28
%
So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day,
Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:29
%
And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he
rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked,
and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:30
%
Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the
son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
		 -- 2 Kings 6:31
%
But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king
sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said
to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away
mine head?  look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold
him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
		 -- 2 Kings 6:32
%
And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto
him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait
for the LORD any longer?
		 -- 2 Kings 6:33
%
THEN Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD,
To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a
shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
		 -- 2 Kings 7:1
%
Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God,
and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this
thing be?  And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes,
but shalt not eat thereof.
		 -- 2 Kings 7:2
%
And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they
said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
		 -- 2 Kings 7:3
%
If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the
city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also.
Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if
they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
		 -- 2 Kings 7:4
%
And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians:
and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria,
behold, there was no man there.
		 -- 2 Kings 7:5
%
For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots,
and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said
one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings
of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
		 -- 2 Kings 7:6
%
Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents,
and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled
for their life.
		 -- 2 Kings 7:7
%
And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they
went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver,
and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered
into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.
		 -- 2 Kings 7:8
%
Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of
good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light,
some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and
tell the king's household.
		 -- 2 Kings 7:9
%
So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them,
saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no
man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and
the tents as they were.
		 -- 2 Kings 7:10
%
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within.
		 -- 2 Kings 7:11
%
And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now
shew you what the Syrians have done to us.  They know that we be hungry;
therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field,
saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive,
and get into the city.
		 -- 2 Kings 7:12
%
And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee,
five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold,
they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold,
I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are
consumed:) and let us send and see.
		 -- 2 Kings 7:13
%
They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host
of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
		 -- 2 Kings 7:14
%
And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of
garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste.
And the messengers returned, and told the king.
		 -- 2 Kings 7:15
%
And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians.	So a
measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley
for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 7:16
%
And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge
of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died,
as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.
		 -- 2 Kings 7:17
%
And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying,
Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a
shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
		 -- 2 Kings 7:18
%
And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the
LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be?  And he said,
Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
		 -- 2 Kings 7:19
%
And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate,
and he died.
		 -- 2 Kings 7:20
%
THEN spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life,
saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever
thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall
also come upon the land seven years.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:1
%
And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she
went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines
seven years.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:2
%
And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out
of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king
for her house and for her land.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:3
%
And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying,
Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:4
%
And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a
dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to
life, cried to the king for her house and for her land.  And Gehazi said,
My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha
restored to life.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:5
%
And when the king asked the woman, she told him.  So the king appointed
unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the
fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:6
%
And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick;
and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:7
%
And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go,
meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I
recover of this disease?
		 -- 2 Kings 8:8
%
So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every
good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before
him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee,
saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
		 -- 2 Kings 8:9
%
And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover:
howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:10
%
And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and
the man of God wept.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:11
%
And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord?  And he answered, Because I know
the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds
wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword,
and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:12
%
And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this
great thing?  And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou
shalt be king over Syria.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:13
%
So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What
said Elisha to thee?  And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest
surely recover.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:14
%
And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and
dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and
Hazael reigned in his stead.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:15
%
And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat
being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah
began to reign.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:16
%
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned
eight years in Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:17
%
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab:
for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of
the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:18
%
Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake,
as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:19
%
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king
over themselves.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:20
%
So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose
by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the
captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:21
%
Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day.  Then Libnah
revolted at the same time.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:22
%
And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
		 -- 2 Kings 8:23
%
And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in
the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:24
%
In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah
the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:25
%
Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he
reigned one year in Jerusalem.	And his mother's name was Athaliah,
the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:26
%
And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight
of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the
house of Ahab.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:27
%
And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king
of Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:28
%
And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which
the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king
of Syria.  And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to
see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
		 -- 2 Kings 8:29
%
AND Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and
said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand,
and go to Ramoth-gilead:
		 -- 2 Kings 9:1
%
And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat
the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his
brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;
		 -- 2 Kings 9:2
%
Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith
the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.  Then open the door,
and flee, and tarry not.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:3
%
So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:4
%
And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he
said, I have an errand to thee, O captain.  And Jehu said, Unto which
of all us?  And he said, To thee, O captain.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:5
%
And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head,
and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed
thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:6
%
And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the
blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of
the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:7
%
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him
that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
		 -- 2 Kings 9:8
%
And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:
		 -- 2 Kings 9:9
%
And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there
shall be none to bury her.  And he opened the door, and fled.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:10
%
Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him,
Is all well?  wherefore came this mad fellow to thee?  And he said unto
them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:11
%
And they said, It is false; tell us now.  And he said, Thus and thus
spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king
over Israel.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:12
%
Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him
on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:13
%
So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram.
(Now Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael
king of Syria.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:14
%
But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which
the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And
Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out
of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:15
%
So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there.
And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:16
%
And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the
company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company.	And Joram said,
Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
		 -- 2 Kings 9:17
%
So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king,
Is it peace?  And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace?  turn thee
behind me.  And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them,
but he cometh not again.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:18
%
Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said,
Thus saith the king, Is it peace?  And Jehu answered, What hast thou to
do with peace?	turn thee behind me.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:19
%
And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not
again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi;
for he driveth furiously.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:20
%
And Joram said, Make ready.  And his chariot was made ready.  And Joram
king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot,
and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth
the Jezreelite.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:21
%
And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu?
And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother
Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
		 -- 2 Kings 9:22
%
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is
treachery, O Ahaziah.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:23
%
And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between
his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in
his chariot.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:24
%
Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the
portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that,
when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this
burden upon him;
		 -- 2 Kings 9:25
%
Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of
his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith
the LORD.  Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground,
according to the word of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:26
%
But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the
garden house.  And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in
the chariot.  And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam.
And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:27
%
And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him
in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:28
%
And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign
over Judah.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:29
%
And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted
her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:30
%
And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew
his master?
		 -- 2 Kings 9:31
%
And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side?
who?  And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:32
%
And he said, Throw her down.  So they threw her down: and some of her
blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her
under foot.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:33
%
And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now
this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:34
%
And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull,
and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:35
%
Wherefore they came again, and told him.  And he said, This is the word
of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
		 -- 2 Kings 9:36
%
And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field
in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
		 -- 2 Kings 9:37
%
AND Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria.  And Jehu wrote letters, and sent
to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that
brought up Ahab's children, saying,
		 -- 2 Kings 10:1
%
Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are
with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also,
and armour;
		 -- 2 Kings 10:2
%
Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him
on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:3
%
But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not
before him: how then shall we stand?
		 -- 2 Kings 10:4
%
And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders
also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are
thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make
any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:5
%
Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine,
and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men
your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time.
Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of
the city, which brought them up.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:6
%
And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the
king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets,
and sent him them to Jezreel.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:7
%
And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the
heads of the king's sons.  And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the
entering in of the gate until the morning.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:8
%
And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and
said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my
master, and slew him: but who slew all these?
		 -- 2 Kings 10:9
%
Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of
the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the
LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:10
%
So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all
his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him
none remaining.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:11
%
And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria.  And as he was at the
shearing house in the way,
		 -- 2 Kings 10:12
%
Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye?
And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to
salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:13
%
And he said, Take them alive.  And they took them alive, and slew them
at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left
he any of them.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:14
%
And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab
coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart
right, as my heart is with thy heart?  And Jehonadab answered, It is.
If it be, give me thine hand.  And he gave him his hand; and he took
him up to him into the chariot.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:15
%
And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD.  So they made
him ride in his chariot.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:16
%
And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in
Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD,
which he spake to Elijah.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:17
%
And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab
served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:18
%
Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and
all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do
to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live.  But Jehu did it
in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:19
%
And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal.  And they proclaimed
it.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:20
%
And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came,
so that there was not a man left that came not.  And they came into the
house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:21
%
And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments
for all the worshippers of Baal.  And he brought them forth vestments.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:22
%
And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal,
and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be
here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of
Baal only.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:23
%
And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu
appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have
brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall
be for the life of him.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:24
%
And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt
offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and
slay them; let none come forth.  And they smote them with the edge of
the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to
the city of the house of Baal.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:25
%
And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned
them.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:26
%
And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal,
and made it a draught house unto this day.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:27
%
Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:28
%
Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to
sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that
were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:29
%
And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing
that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab
according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth
generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:30
%
But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with
all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made
Israel to sin.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:31
%
In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them
in all the coasts of Israel;
		 -- 2 Kings 10:32
%
From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the
Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon,
even Gilead and Bashan.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:33
%
Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
		 -- 2 Kings 10:34
%
And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria.
And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:35
%
And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and
eight years.
		 -- 2 Kings 10:36
%
AND when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead,
she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
		 -- 2 Kings 11:1
%
But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash
the son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the king's sons which were
slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from
Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
		 -- 2 Kings 11:2
%
And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years.  And Athaliah
did reign over the land.
		 -- 2 Kings 11:3
%
And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds,
with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house
of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in
the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.
		 -- 2 Kings 11:4
%
And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do;
A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers
of the watch of the king's house;
		 -- 2 Kings 11:5
%
And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the
gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it
be not broken down.
		 -- 2 Kings 11:6
%
And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall
keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.
		 -- 2 Kings 11:7
%
And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons
in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain:
and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.
		 -- 2 Kings 11:8
%
And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that
Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were
to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath,
and came to Jehoiada the priest.
		 -- 2 Kings 11:9
%
And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears
and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 11:10
%
And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about
the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the
temple, along by the altar and the temple.
		 -- 2 Kings 11:11
%
And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and
gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and
they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
		 -- 2 Kings 11:12
%
And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she
came to the people into the temple of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 11:13
%
And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner
was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of
the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes,
and cried, Treason, Treason.
		 -- 2 Kings 11:14
%
But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the
officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the
ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword.  For the priest
had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 11:15
%
And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the
horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.
		 -- 2 Kings 11:16
%
And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the
people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the king also
and the people.
		 -- 2 Kings 11:17
%
And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake
it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly,
and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.  And the priest
appointed officers over the house of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 11:18
%
And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard,
and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the
house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the
king's house.  And he sat on the throne of the kings.
		 -- 2 Kings 11:19
%
And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet:
and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.
		 -- 2 Kings 11:20
%
Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
		 -- 2 Kings 11:21
%
IN the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years
reigned he in Jerusalem.  And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
		 -- 2 Kings 12:1
%
And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his
days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
		 -- 2 Kings 12:2
%
But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed
and burnt incense in the high places.
		 -- 2 Kings 12:3
%
And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things
that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one
that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all
the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of
the LORD,
		 -- 2 Kings 12:4
%
Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and
let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall
be found.
		 -- 2 Kings 12:5
%
But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the
priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
		 -- 2 Kings 12:6
%
Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests,
and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house?
now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver
it for the breaches of the house.
		 -- 2 Kings 12:7
%
And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people,
neither to repair the breaches of the house.
		 -- 2 Kings 12:8
%
But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it,
and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the
house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all
the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 12:9
%
And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest,
that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in
bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 12:10
%
And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the
work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid
it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of
the LORD,
		 -- 2 Kings 12:11
%
And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone
to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was
laid out for the house to repair it.
		 -- 2 Kings 12:12
%
Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver,
snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver,
of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD:
		 -- 2 Kings 12:13
%
But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of
the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 12:14
%
Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered
the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
		 -- 2 Kings 12:15
%
The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the
LORD: it was the priests'.
		 -- 2 Kings 12:16
%
Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it:
and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Kings 12:17
%
And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat,
and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated,
and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the
treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent
it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Kings 12:18
%
And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
		 -- 2 Kings 12:19
%
And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the
house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
		 -- 2 Kings 12:20
%
For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his
servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers
in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 2 Kings 12:21
%
IN the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of
Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria,
and reigned seventeen years.
		 -- 2 Kings 13:1
%
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed
the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he
departed not therefrom.
		 -- 2 Kings 13:2
%
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered
them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben-hadad
the son of Hazael, all their days.
		 -- 2 Kings 13:3
%
And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he
saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
		 -- 2 Kings 13:4
%
(And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under
the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents,
as beforetime.
		 -- 2 Kings 13:5
%
Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam,
who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove
also in Samaria.)
		 -- 2 Kings 13:6
%
Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen,
and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had
destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
		 -- 2 Kings 13:7
%
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
		 -- 2 Kings 13:8
%
And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria:
and Joash his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 2 Kings 13:9
%
In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the
son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen
years.
		 -- 2 Kings 13:10
%
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed
not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin:
but he walked therein.
		 -- 2 Kings 13:11
%
And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might
wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
		 -- 2 Kings 13:12
%
And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne:
and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
		 -- 2 Kings 13:13
%
Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died.  And Joash
the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said,
O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
		 -- 2 Kings 13:14
%
And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows.	And he took unto him
bow and arrows.
		 -- 2 Kings 13:15
%
And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow.  And he
put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands.
		 -- 2 Kings 13:16
%
And he said, Open the window eastward.	And he opened it.  Then Elisha
said, Shoot.  And he shot.  And he said, The arrow of the LORD's
deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt
smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
		 -- 2 Kings 13:17
%
And he said, Take the arrows.  And he took them.  And he said unto the
king of Israel, Smite upon the ground.	And he smote thrice, and stayed.
		 -- 2 Kings 13:18
%
And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have
smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst
consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
		 -- 2 Kings 13:19
%
And Elisha died, and they buried him.  And the bands of the Moabites
invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
		 -- 2 Kings 13:20
%
And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied
a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and
when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived,
and stood up on his feet.
		 -- 2 Kings 13:21
%
But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
		 -- 2 Kings 13:22
%
And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had
respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
		 -- 2 Kings 13:23
%
So Hazael king of Syria died; and Ben-hadad his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 2 Kings 13:24
%
And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben-hadad
the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand
of Jehoahaz his father by war.	Three times did Joash beat him, and
recovered the cities of Israel.
		 -- 2 Kings 13:25
%
IN the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned
Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.
		 -- 2 Kings 14:1
%
He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned
twenty and nine years in Jerusalem.  And his mother's name was Jehoaddan
of Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Kings 14:2
%
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like
David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
		 -- 2 Kings 14:3
%
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did
sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
		 -- 2 Kings 14:4
%
And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand,
that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.
		 -- 2 Kings 14:5
%
But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which
is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded,
saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the
children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to
death for his own sin.
		 -- 2 Kings 14:6
%
He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war,
and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
		 -- 2 Kings 14:7
%
Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu,
king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
		 -- 2 Kings 14:8
%
And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying,
The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon,
saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild
beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
		 -- 2 Kings 14:9
%
Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up:
glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy
hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
		 -- 2 Kings 14:10
%
But Amaziah would not hear.  Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up;
and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at
Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
		 -- 2 Kings 14:11
%
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man
to their tents.
		 -- 2 Kings 14:12
%
And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash
the son of Ahaziah, at 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 Kings 14:13
%
And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found
in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house,
and hostages, and returned to Samaria.
		 -- 2 Kings 14:14
%
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and
how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
		 -- 2 Kings 14:15
%
And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the
kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 2 Kings 14:16
%
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of
Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
		 -- 2 Kings 14:17
%
And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
		 -- 2 Kings 14:18
%
Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to
Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
		 -- 2 Kings 14:19
%
And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his
fathers in the city of David.
		 -- 2 Kings 14:20
%
And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old,
and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
		 -- 2 Kings 14:21
%
He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with
his fathers.
		 -- 2 Kings 14:22
%
In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam
the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned
forty and one years.
		 -- 2 Kings 14:23
%
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not
from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
		 -- 2 Kings 14:24
%
He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea
of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he
spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet,
which was of Gath-hepher.
		 -- 2 Kings 14:25
%
For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter:
for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
		 -- 2 Kings 14:26
%
And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from
under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
		 -- 2 Kings 14:27
%
Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might,
how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged
to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel?
		 -- 2 Kings 14:28
%
And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel;
and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 2 Kings 14:29
%
IN the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah
son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:1
%
Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two
and fifty years in Jerusalem.  And his mother's name was Jecholiah
of Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:2
%
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to
all that his father Amaziah had done;
		 -- 2 Kings 15:3
%
Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and
burnt incense still on the high places.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:4
%
And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his
death, and dwelt in a several house.  And Jotham the king's son was over
the house, judging the people of the land.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:5
%
And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
		 -- 2 Kings 15:6
%
So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers
in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:7
%
In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah
the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:8
%
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers
had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
who made Israel to sin.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:9
%
And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before
the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:10
%
And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:11
%
This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy
sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation.
And so it came to pass.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:12
%
Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year
of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:13
%
For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria,
and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned
in his stead.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:14
%
And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made,
behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings
of Israel.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:15
%
Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts
thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote
it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:16
%
In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem
the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:17
%
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed
not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made
Israel to sin.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:18
%
And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul
a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm
the kingdom in his hand.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:19
%
And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men
of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king
of Assyria.  So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there
in the land.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:20
%
And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
		 -- 2 Kings 15:21
%
And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in
his stead.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:22
%
In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem
began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:23
%
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed
not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:24
%
But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him,
and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob
and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him,
and reigned in his room.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:25
%
And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold,
they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:26
%
In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of
Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:27
%
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed
not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:28
%
In the days of Pekah king of Israel came 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 Kings 15:29
%
And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of
Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the
twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:30
%
And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they
are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:31
%
In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began
Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:32
%
Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned
sixteen years in Jerusalem.  And his mother's name was Jerusha, the
daughter of Zadok.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:33
%
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according
to all that his father Uzziah had done.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:34
%
Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and
burned incense still in the high places.  He built the higher gate of
the house of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:35
%
Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
		 -- 2 Kings 15:36
%
In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of
Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:37
%
And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in
the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 2 Kings 15:38
%
IN the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of
Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
		 -- 2 Kings 16:1
%
Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen
years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of
the LORD his God, like David his father.
		 -- 2 Kings 16:2
%
But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son
to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen,
whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.
		 -- 2 Kings 16:3
%
And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills,
and under every green tree.
		 -- 2 Kings 16:4
%
Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up
to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
		 -- 2 Kings 16:5
%
At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave
the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto
this day.
		 -- 2 Kings 16:6
%
So Ahaz sent messengers to 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 Kings 16:7
%
And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD,
and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to
the king of Assyria.
		 -- 2 Kings 16:8
%
And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went
up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive
to Kir, and slew Rezin.
		 -- 2 Kings 16:9
%
And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet 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 Kings 16:10
%
And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had
sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came
from Damascus.
		 -- 2 Kings 16:11
%
And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and
the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
		 -- 2 Kings 16:12
%
And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his
drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon
the altar.
		 -- 2 Kings 16:13
%
And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the
forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD,
and put it on the north side of the altar.
		 -- 2 Kings 16:14
%
And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar
burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the
king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering
of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink
offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering,
and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for
me to enquire by.
		 -- 2 Kings 16:15
%
Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
		 -- 2 Kings 16:16
%
And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver
from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were
under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.
		 -- 2 Kings 16:17
%
And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the
king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king
of Assyria.
		 -- 2 Kings 16:18
%
Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
		 -- 2 Kings 16:19
%
And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the
city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 2 Kings 16:20
%
IN the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah
to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:1
%
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the
kings of Israel that were before him.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:2
%
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his
servant, and gave him presents.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:3
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And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent
messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of
Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut
him up, and bound him in prison.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:4
%
Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up
to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:5
%
In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried
Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the
river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:6
%
For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD
their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from
under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
		 -- 2 Kings 17:7
%
And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from
before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they
had made.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:8
%
And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right
against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their
cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:9
%
And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under
every green tree:
		 -- 2 Kings 17:10
%
And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen
whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to
provoke the LORD to anger:
		 -- 2 Kings 17:11
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For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall
not do this thing.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:12
%
Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the
prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways,
and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law
which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants
the prophets.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:13
%
Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to
the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:14
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And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with
their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them;
and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen
that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them,
that they should not do like them.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:15
%
And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them
molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all
the host of heaven, and served Baal.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:16
%
And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire,
and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in
the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:17
%
Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of
his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:18
%
Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked
in the statutes of Israel which they made.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:19
%
And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and
delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of
his sight.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:20
%
For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the
son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD,
and made them sin a great sin.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:21
%
For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he
did; they departed not from them;
		 -- 2 Kings 17:22
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Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all
his servants the prophets.  So was Israel carried away out of their own
land to Assyria unto this day.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:23
%
And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and
from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the
cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed
Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:24
%
And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared
not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some
of them.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:25
%
Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which
thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the
manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them,
and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the
God of the land.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:26
%
Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the
priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there,
and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:27
%
Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came
and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:28
%
Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses
of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their
cities wherein they dwelt.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:29
%
And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made
Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
		 -- 2 Kings 17:30
%
And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their
children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:31
%
So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them
priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of
the high places.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:32
%
They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of
the nations whom they carried away from thence.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:33
%
Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD,
neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after
the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob,
whom he named Israel;
		 -- 2 Kings 17:34
%
With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye
shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them,
nor sacrifice to them:
		 -- 2 Kings 17:35
%
But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power
and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship,
and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:36
%
And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment,
which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye
shall not fear other gods.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:37
%
And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither
shall ye fear other gods.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:38
%
But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of
the hand of all your enemies.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:39
%
Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:40
%
So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both
their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers,
so do they unto this day.
		 -- 2 Kings 17:41
%
NOW it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of
Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
		 -- 2 Kings 18:1
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Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned
twenty and nine years in Jerusalem.  His mother's name also was Abi,
the daughter of Zachariah.
		 -- 2 Kings 18:2
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And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to
all that David his father did.
		 -- 2 Kings 18:3
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He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the
groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made:
for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it:
and he called it Nehushtan.
		 -- 2 Kings 18:4
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He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like
him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.
		 -- 2 Kings 18:5
%
For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept
his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
		 -- 2 Kings 18:6
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And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth:
and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
		 -- 2 Kings 18:7
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He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof,
from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
		 -- 2 Kings 18:8
%
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the
seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king
of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
		 -- 2 Kings 18:9
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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 Kings 18:10
%
And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put
them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of
the Medes:
		 -- 2 Kings 18:11
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Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed
his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded,
and would not hear them, nor do them.
		 -- 2 Kings 18:12
%
Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of
Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.
		 -- 2 Kings 18:13
%
And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish,
saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me
will I bear.  And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of
Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
		 -- 2 Kings 18:14
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And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the
LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house.
		 -- 2 Kings 18:15
%
At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of
the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid,
and gave it to the king of Assyria.
		 -- 2 Kings 18:16
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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 Kings 18:17
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And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim
the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe,
and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
		 -- 2 Kings 18:18
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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 Kings 18:19
%
Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength
for the war.  Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
		 -- 2 Kings 18:20
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Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon
Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it:
so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
		 -- 2 Kings 18:21
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But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose
high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to
Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
		 -- 2 Kings 18:22
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Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria,
and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part
to set riders upon them.
		 -- 2 Kings 18:23
%
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of
my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for
horsemen?
		 -- 2 Kings 18:24
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Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it?
The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
		 -- 2 Kings 18:25
%
Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto
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 Kings 18:26
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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 Kings 18:27
%
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 Kings 18:28
%
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be
able to deliver you out of his hand:
		 -- 2 Kings 18:29
%
Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will
surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand
of the king of Assyria.
		 -- 2 Kings 18:30
%
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an
agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye
every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye
every one the waters of his cistern:
		 -- 2 Kings 18:31
%
Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of
corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and
of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah,
when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.
		 -- 2 Kings 18:32
%
Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of
the hand of the king of Assyria?
		 -- 2 Kings 18:33
%
Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad?  where are the gods of
Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?  have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?
		 -- 2 Kings 18:34
%
Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered
their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem
out of mine hand?
		 -- 2 Kings 18:35
%
But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the
king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
		 -- 2 Kings 18:36
%
Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and
Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah
with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh.
		 -- 2 Kings 18:37
%
AND it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his
clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of
the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:1
%
And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe,
and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the
prophet the son of Amoz.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:2
%
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble,
and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth,
and there is not strength to bring forth.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:3
%
It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of 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 Kings 19:4
%
So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:5
%
And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith
the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which
the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:6
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Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and
shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword
in his own land.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:7
%
So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against
Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:8
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And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come
out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
		 -- 2 Kings 19:9
%
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in
whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered
into the hand of the king of Assyria.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:10
%
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands,
by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
		 -- 2 Kings 19:11
%
Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have
destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden
which were in Thelasar?
		 -- 2 Kings 19:12
%
Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the
city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
		 -- 2 Kings 19:13
%
And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read
it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before
the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:14
%
And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel,
which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone,
of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:15
%
LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see:
and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the
living God.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:16
%
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and
their lands,
		 -- 2 Kings 19:17
%
And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the
work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:18
%
Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his
hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD
God, even thou only.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:19
%
Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the
LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib
king of Assyria I have heard.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:20
%
This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin
the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn;
the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:21
%
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed?  and against whom hast thou
exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high?  even against the
Holy One of Israel.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:22
%
By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the
multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains,
to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof,
and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of
his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:23
%
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet
have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:24
%
Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times
that I have formed it?	now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest
be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:25
%
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and
confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb,
as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:26
%
But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage
against me.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:27
%
Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears,
therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips,
and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:28
%
And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things
as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of
the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards,
and eat the fruits thereof.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:29
%
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again
take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:30
%
For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out
of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:31
%
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall
not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it
with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:32
%
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come
into this city, saith the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:33
%
For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my
servant David's sake.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:34
%
And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out,
and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five
thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were
all dead corpses.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:35
%
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and
dwelt at Nineveh.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:36
%
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his
god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword:
and they escaped into the land of Armenia.  And Esarhaddon his son
reigned in his stead.
		 -- 2 Kings 19:37
%
IN those days was Hezekiah sick unto death.  And the prophet Isaiah
the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD,
Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
		 -- 2 Kings 20:1
%
Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,
		 -- 2 Kings 20:2
%
I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in
truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in
thy sight.  And Hezekiah wept sore.
		 -- 2 Kings 20:3
%
And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court,
that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
		 -- 2 Kings 20:4
%
Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the
LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen
thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up
unto the house of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 20:5
%
And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and
this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this
city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
		 -- 2 Kings 20:6
%
And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs.  And they took and laid it on the
boil, and he recovered.
		 -- 2 Kings 20:7
%
And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will
heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?
		 -- 2 Kings 20:8
%
And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD
will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten
degrees, or go back ten degrees?
		 -- 2 Kings 20:9
%
And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down
ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
		 -- 2 Kings 20:10
%
And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow
ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
		 -- 2 Kings 20:11
%
At that time 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 Kings 20:12
%
And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed 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 armour, and all that was
found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his
dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
		 -- 2 Kings 20:13
%
Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What
said these men?  and from whence came they unto thee?  And Hezekiah said,
They are come from a far country, even from Babylon.
		 -- 2 Kings 20:14
%
And he said, What have they seen in thine house?  And Hezekiah answered,
All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing
among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
		 -- 2 Kings 20:15
%
And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 20:16
%
Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which
thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into
Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 20:17
%
And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget,
shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the
king of Babylon.
		 -- 2 Kings 20:18
%
Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou
hast spoken.  And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in
my days?
		 -- 2 Kings 20:19
%
And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he
made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
		 -- 2 Kings 20:20
%
And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in
his stead.
		 -- 2 Kings 20:21
%
MANASSEH was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty
and five years in Jerusalem.  And his mother's name was Hephzi-bah.
		 -- 2 Kings 21:1
%
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the
abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children
of Israel.
		 -- 2 Kings 21:2
%
For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had
destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab
king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
		 -- 2 Kings 21:3
%
And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said,
In Jerusalem will I put my name.
		 -- 2 Kings 21:4
%
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the
house of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 21:5
%
And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used
enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought
much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
		 -- 2 Kings 21:6
%
And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house,
of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house,
and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel,
will I put my name for ever:
		 -- 2 Kings 21:7
%
Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land
which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according
to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my
servant Moses commanded them.
		 -- 2 Kings 21:8
%
But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than
did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.
		 -- 2 Kings 21:9
%
And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying,
		 -- 2 Kings 21:10
%
Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath
done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him,
and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:
		 -- 2 Kings 21:11
%
Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such
evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his
ears shall tingle.
		 -- 2 Kings 21:12
%
And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet
of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish,
wiping it, and turning it upside down.
		 -- 2 Kings 21:13
%
And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into
the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to
all their enemies;
		 -- 2 Kings 21:14
%
Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked
me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even
unto this day.
		 -- 2 Kings 21:15
%
Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled
Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made
Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 21:16
%
Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin
that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Judah?
		 -- 2 Kings 21:17
%
And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his
own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 2 Kings 21:18
%
Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
two years in Jerusalem.  And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the
daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
		 -- 2 Kings 21:19
%
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father
Manasseh did.
		 -- 2 Kings 21:20
%
And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the
idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
		 -- 2 Kings 21:21
%
And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way
of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 21:22
%
And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in
his own house.
		 -- 2 Kings 21:23
%
And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king
Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
		 -- 2 Kings 21:24
%
Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
		 -- 2 Kings 21:25
%
And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah
his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 2 Kings 21:26
%
JOSIAH was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
thirty and one years in Jerusalem.  And his mother's name was Jedidah,
the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
		 -- 2 Kings 22:1
%
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in
all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand
or to the left.
		 -- 2 Kings 22:2
%
And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the
king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe,
to the house of the LORD, saying,
		 -- 2 Kings 22:3
%
Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is
brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have
gathered of the people:
		 -- 2 Kings 22:4
%
And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that
have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to
the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the
breaches of the house,
		 -- 2 Kings 22:5
%
Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn
stone to repair the house.
		 -- 2 Kings 22:6
%
Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was
delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
		 -- 2 Kings 22:7
%
And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found
the book of the law in the house of the LORD.  And Hilkiah gave the book
to Shaphan, and he read it.
		 -- 2 Kings 22:8
%
And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again,
and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the
house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work,
that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 22:9
%
And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath
delivered me a book.  And Shaphan read it before the king.
		 -- 2 Kings 22:10
%
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of
the law, that he rent his clothes.
		 -- 2 Kings 22:11
%
And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan,
and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a
servant of the king's, saying,
		 -- 2 Kings 22:12
%
Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah,
concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath
of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not
hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that
which is written concerning us.
		 -- 2 Kings 22:13
%
So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah,
went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah,
the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem
in the college;) and they communed with her.
		 -- 2 Kings 22:14
%
And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man
that sent you to me,
		 -- 2 Kings 22:15
%
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon
the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king
of Judah hath read:
		 -- 2 Kings 22:16
%
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods,
that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands;
therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not
be quenched.
		 -- 2 Kings 22:17
%
But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus
shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the
words which thou hast heard;
		 -- 2 Kings 22:18
%
Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the
LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the
inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse,
and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee,
saith the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 22:19
%
Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt
be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all
the evil which I will bring upon this place.  And they brought the king
word again.
		 -- 2 Kings 22:20
%
AND the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah
and of Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:1
%
And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of
Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests,
and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read
in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found
in the house of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:2
%
And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to
walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies
and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform
the words of this covenant that were written in this book.  And all the
people stood to the covenant.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:3
%
And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the
second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the
temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for
the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without
Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto
Beth-el.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:4
%
And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had
ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah,
and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense
unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all
the host of heaven.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:5
%
And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without
Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron,
and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the
graves of the children of the people.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:6
%
And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house
of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:7
%
And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled
the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to
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 Kings 23:8
%
Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of
the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among
their brethren.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:9
%
And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom,
that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire
to Molech.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:10
%
And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the
sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of
Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the
chariots of the sun with fire.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:11
%
And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which
the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in
the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake
them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:12
%
And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right
hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had
builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh
the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the
children of Ammon, did the king defile.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:13
%
And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled
their places with the bones of men.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:14
%
Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and
the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it
small to powder, and burned the grove.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:15
%
And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there
in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and
burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of
the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:16
%
Then he said, What title is that that I see?  And the men of the city told
him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and
proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:17
%
And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones.	So they let his
bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:18
%
And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of
Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger,
Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had
done in Beth-el.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:19
%
And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the
altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:20
%
And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto
the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:21
%
Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges
that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of
the kings of Judah;
		 -- 2 Kings 23:22
%
But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was
holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:23
%
Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the
images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in
the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might
perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah
the priest found in the house of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:24
%
And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD
with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might,
according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any
like him.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:25
%
Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great
wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all
the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:26
%
And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have
removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen,
and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:27
%
Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
		 -- 2 Kings 23:28
%
In his days 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 Kings 23:29
%
And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought
him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre.	And the people
of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made
him king in his father's stead.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:30
%
Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he
reigned three months in Jerusalem.  And his mother's name was Hamutal,
the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:31
%
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to
all that his fathers had done.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:32
%
And 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
an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:33
%
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 Kings 23:34
%
And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed
the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh:
he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every
one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh-nechoh.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:35
%
Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.  And his mother's name was Zebudah,
the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:36
%
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to
all that his fathers had done.
		 -- 2 Kings 23:37
%
IN his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became
his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
		 -- 2 Kings 24:1
%
And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the
Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon,
and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the
LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.
		 -- 2 Kings 24:2
%
Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them
out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;
		 -- 2 Kings 24:3
%
And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem
with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
		 -- 2 Kings 24:4
%
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
		 -- 2 Kings 24:5
%
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in
his stead.
		 -- 2 Kings 24:6
%
And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for
the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river
Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
		 -- 2 Kings 24:7
%
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
in Jerusalem three months.  And his mother's name was Nehushta, the
daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Kings 24:8
%
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to
all that his father had done.
		 -- 2 Kings 24:9
%
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up
against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
		 -- 2 Kings 24:10
%
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants
did besiege it.
		 -- 2 Kings 24:11
%
And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he,
and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers:
and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
		 -- 2 Kings 24:12
%
And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD,
and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels
of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD,
as the LORD had said.
		 -- 2 Kings 24:13
%
And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty
men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and
smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
		 -- 2 Kings 24:14
%
And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and
the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those
carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
		 -- 2 Kings 24:15
%
And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths
a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of
Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
		 -- 2 Kings 24:16
%
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his
stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
		 -- 2 Kings 24:17
%
Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.  And his mother's name was Hamutal,
the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
		 -- 2 Kings 24:18
%
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to
all that Jehoiakim had done.
		 -- 2 Kings 24:19
%
For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah,
until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled
against the king of Babylon.
		 -- 2 Kings 24:20
%
AND it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month,
in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came,
he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and
they built forts against it round about.
		 -- 2 Kings 25:1
%
And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
		 -- 2 Kings 25:2
%
And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city,
and there was no bread for the people of the land.
		 -- 2 Kings 25:3
%
And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by
the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden:
(now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went
the way toward the plain.
		 -- 2 Kings 25:4
%
And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him
in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.
		 -- 2 Kings 25:5
%
So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to
Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
		 -- 2 Kings 25:6
%
And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the
eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him
to Babylon.
		 -- 2 Kings 25:7
%
And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the
nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan,
captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
		 -- 2 Kings 25:8
%
And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the
houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.
		 -- 2 Kings 25:9
%
And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard,
brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
		 -- 2 Kings 25:10
%
Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives
that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude,
did Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carry away.
		 -- 2 Kings 25:11
%
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be
vinedressers and husbandmen.
		 -- 2 Kings 25:12
%
And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the
bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the
Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
		 -- 2 Kings 25:13
%
And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and
all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
		 -- 2 Kings 25:14
%
And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold,
and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.
		 -- 2 Kings 25:15
%
The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the
house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
		 -- 2 Kings 25:16
%
The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it
was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen
work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass:
and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
		 -- 2 Kings 25:17
%
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah
the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
		 -- 2 Kings 25:18
%
And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war,
and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found
in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the
people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that
were found in the city:
		 -- 2 Kings 25:19
%
And Nebuzar-adan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to
the king of Babylon to Riblah:
		 -- 2 Kings 25:20
%
And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land
of Hamath.  So Judah was carried away out of their land.
		 -- 2 Kings 25:21
%
And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.
		 -- 2 Kings 25:22
%
And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that
the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah
to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of
Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah
the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
		 -- 2 Kings 25:23
%
And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear
not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve
the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.
		 -- 2 Kings 25:24
%
But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men
with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees
that were with him at Mizpah.
		 -- 2 Kings 25:25
%
And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies,
arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.
		 -- 2 Kings 25:26
%
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity
of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and
twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the
year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of
Judah out of prison;
		 -- 2 Kings 25:27
%
And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the
kings that were with him in Babylon;
		 -- 2 Kings 25:28
%
And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before
him all the days of his life.
		 -- 2 Kings 25:29
%
And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king,
a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
		 -- 2 Kings 25:30
%
ADAM, Sheth, Enosh,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:1
%
Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:2
%
Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:3
%
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:4
%
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal,
and Meshech, and Tiras.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:5
%
And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:6
%
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:7
%
The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:8
%
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and
Sabtecha.  And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:9
%
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:10
%
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:11
%
And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and
Caphthorim.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:12
%
And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:13
%
The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:14
%
And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:15
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And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:16
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The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram,
and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:17
%
And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:18
%
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because
in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's name was Joktan.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:19
%
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:20
%
Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:21
%
And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:22
%
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab.  All these were the sons of Joktan.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:23
%
Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:24
%
Eber, Peleg, Reu,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:25
%
Serug, Nahor, Terah,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:26
%
Abram; the same is Abraham.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:27
%
The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:28
%
These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then
Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:29
%
Mishma and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:30
%
Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.  These are the sons of Ishmael.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:31
%
Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and
Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.	And the sons of
Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:32
%
And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida,
and Eldaah.  All these are the sons of Keturah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:33
%
And Abraham begat Isaac.  The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:34
%
The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:35
%
The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna,
and Amalek.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:36
%
The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:37
%
And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon,
and Ezer, and Dishan.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:38
%
And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:39
%
The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam.
And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:40
%
The sons of Anah; Dishon.  And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban,
and Ithran, and Cheran.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:41
%
The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan.  The sons of Dishan;
Uz, and Aran.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:42
%
Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king
reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name
of his city was Dinhabah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:43
%
And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in
his stead.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:44
%
And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in
his stead.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:45
%
And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian
in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city
was Avith.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:46
%
And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:47
%
And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in
his stead.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:48
%
And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his
stead.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:49
%
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 Chronicles 1:50
%
Hadad died also.  And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah,
duke Jetheth,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:51
%
Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:52
%
Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:53
%
Duke Magdiel, duke Iram.  These are the dukes of Edom.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 1:54
%
THESE are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar,
and Zebulun,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:1
%
Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:2
%
The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto
him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess.  And Er, the firstborn of
Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:3
%
And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah.  All the sons
of Judah were five.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:4
%
The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:5
%
And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara:
five of them in all.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:6
%
And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed
in the thing accursed.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:7
%
And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:8
%
The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram,
and Chelubai.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:9
%
And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the
children of Judah;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:10
%
And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:11
%
And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:12
%
And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma
the third,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:13
%
Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:14
%
Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:15
%
Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail.  And the sons of Zeruiah;
Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:16
%
And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:17
%
And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of
Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:18
%
And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:19
%
And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:20
%
And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of
Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare
him Segub.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:21
%
And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land
of Gilead.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:22
%
And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with
Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities.	All these belonged
to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:23
%
And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah Hezron's
wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:24
%
And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn,
and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:25
%
Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the
mother of Onam.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:26
%
And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin,
and Eker.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:27
%
And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada.  And the sons of Shammai;
Nadab, and Abishur.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:28
%
And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban,
and Molid.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:29
%
And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:30
%
And the sons of Appaim; Ishi.  And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan.  And the
children of Sheshan; Ahlai.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:31
%
And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan:
and Jether died without children.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:32
%
And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza.  These were the sons of
Jerahmeel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:33
%
Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters.  And Sheshan had a servant,
an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:34
%
And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare
him Attai.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:35
%
And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:36
%
And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:37
%
And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:38
%
And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:39
%
And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:40
%
And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:41
%
Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn,
which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father
of Hebron.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:42
%
And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:43
%
And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:44
%
And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:45
%
And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran
begat Gazez.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:46
%
And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and
Ephah, and Shaaph.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:47
%
Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:48
%
She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of
Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:49
%
These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah;
Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:50
%
Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:51
%
And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of
the Manahethites.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:52
%
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 Chronicles 2:53
%
The sons of Salma; Beth-lehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house
of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:54
%
And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites,
the Shimeathites, and Suchathites.  These are the Kenites that came of
Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 2:55
%
NOW these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron;
the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel,
of Abigail the Carmelitess:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 3:1
%
The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of
Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 3:2
%
The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 3:3
%
These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years
and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 3:4
%
And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan,
and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 3:5
%
Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 3:6
%
And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 3:7
%
And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 3:8
%
These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines,
and Tamar their sister.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 3:9
%
And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat
his son,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 3:10
%
Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 3:11
%
Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 3:12
%
Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 3:13
%
Amon his son, Josiah his son.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 3:14
%
And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim,
the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 3:15
%
And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 3:16
%
And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 3:17
%
Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and
Nedabiah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 3:18
%
And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of
Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 3:19
%
And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 3:20
%
And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah,
the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 3:21
%
And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah; and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush,
and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 3:22
%
And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 3:23
%
And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah,
and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 3:24
%
THE sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:1
%
And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai,
and Lahad.  These are the families of the Zorathites.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:2
%
And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash:
and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:3
%
And Penuel the father of Gedor and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are
the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Beth-lehem.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:4
%
And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:5
%
And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari.
These were the sons of Naarah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:6
%
And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:7
%
And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son
of Harum.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:8
%
And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called
his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:9
%
And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless
me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me,
and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me!
And God granted him that which he requested.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:10
%
And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father
of Eshton.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:11
%
And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of
Irnahash.  These are the men of Rechah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:12
%
And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel;
Hathath.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:13
%
And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the
valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:14
%
And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and
the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:15
%
And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:16
%
And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon:
and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:17
%
And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the
father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.  And these are the
sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:18
%
And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah
the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:19
%
And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon.
And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:20
%
The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and
Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them
that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:21
%
And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the
dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem.  And these are ancient things.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:22
%
These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges:
there they dwelt with the king for his work.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:23
%
The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:24
%
Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:25
%
And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:26
%
And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had
not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the
children of Judah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:27
%
And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:28
%
And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:29
%
And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:30
%
And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-birei, and at
Shaaraim.  These were their cities unto the reign of David.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:31
%
And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan,
five cities:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:32
%
And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal.
These were their habitations, and their genealogy.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:33
%
And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:34
%
And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son
of Asiel,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:35
%
And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel,
and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:36
%
And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the
son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:37
%
These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the
house of their fathers increased greatly.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:38
%
And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the
valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:39
%
And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet,
and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:40
%
And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah,
and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there,
and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms:
because there was pasture there for their flocks.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:41
%
And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to
mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah,
and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:42
%
And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt
there unto this day.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 4:43
%
NOW the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn;
but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given
unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to
be reckoned after the birthright.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:1
%
For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler;
but the birthright was Joseph's:)
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:2
%
The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and
Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:3
%
The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:4
%
Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:5
%
Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away
captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:6
%
And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their
generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:7
%
And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt
in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:8
%
And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from
the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land
of Gilead.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:9
%
And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by
their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land
of Gilead.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:10
%
And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan
unto Salchah:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:11
%
Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:12
%
And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and
Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:13
%
These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah,
the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of
Jahdo, the son of Buz;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:14
%
Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their
fathers.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:15
%
And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the
suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:16
%
All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of
Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:17
%
The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh,
of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with
bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and
threescore, that went out to the war.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:18
%
And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:19
%
And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into
their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the
battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:20
%
And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and
of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand,
and of men an hundred thousand.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:21
%
For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they
dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:22
%
And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they
increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:23
%
And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and
Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel,
mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:24
%
And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring
after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:25
%
And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and
the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away,
even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan,
unto this day.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 5:26
%
THE sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:1
%
And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:2
%
And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam.  The sons also
of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:3
%
Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:4
%
And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:5
%
And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:6
%
Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:7
%
And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:8
%
And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:9
%
And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office
in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:10
%
And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:11
%
And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:12
%
And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:13
%
And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:14
%
And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and
Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:15
%
The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:16
%
And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:17
%
And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:18
%
The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi.  And these are the families of
the Levites according to their fathers.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:19
%
Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:20
%
Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:21
%
The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:22
%
Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:23
%
Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:24
%
And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:25
%
As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:26
%
Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:27
%
And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:28
%
The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:29
%
Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:30
%
And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house
of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:31
%
And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the
congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the
LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to
their order.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:32
%
And these are they that waited with their children.  Of the sons of the
Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:33
%
The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:34
%
The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:35
%
The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of
Zephaniah,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:36
%
The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son
of Korah,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:37
%
The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:38
%
And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son
of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:39
%
The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:40
%
The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:41
%
The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:42
%
The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:43
%
And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the
son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:44
%
The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:45
%
The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:46
%
The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:47
%
Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service
of the tabernacle of the house of God.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:48
%
But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering,
and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the
place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all
that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:49
%
And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son,
Abishua his son,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:50
%
Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:51
%
Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:52
%
Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:53
%
Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their
coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for
theirs was the lot.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:54
%
And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof
round about it.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:55
%
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb
the son of Jephunneh.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:56
%
And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron,
the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa,
with their suburbs,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:57
%
And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:58
%
And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:59
%
And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with
her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs.  All their cities throughout
their families were thirteen cities.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:60
%
And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe,
were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe
of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:61
%
And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of
Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali,
and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:62
%
Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families,
out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the
tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:63
%
And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their
suburbs.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:64
%
And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and
out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the
children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:65
%
And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of
their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:66
%
And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount
Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:67
%
And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:68
%
And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:69
%
And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam
with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:70
%
Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe
of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her
suburbs:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:71
%
And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with
her suburbs,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:72
%
And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:73
%
And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with
her suburbs,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:74
%
And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:75
%
And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs,
and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:76
%
Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of
Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:77
%
And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan,
were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with
her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:78
%
Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:79
%
And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and
Mahanaim with her suburbs,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:80
%
And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 6:81
%
NOW the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:1
%
And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and
Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola:
they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was
in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:2
%
And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael,
and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:3
%
And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers,
were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they
had many wives and sons.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:4
%
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of
might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:5
%
The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:6
%
And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri,
five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were
reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:7
%
And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai,
and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth.  All these
are the sons of Becher.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:8
%
And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations,
heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty
thousand and two hundred.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:9
%
The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush,
and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish,
and Ahishahar.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:10
%
All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men
of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go
out for war and battle.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:11
%
Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons
of Aher.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:12
%
The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the
sons of Bilhah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:13
%
The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the
Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:14
%
And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's
name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and
Zelophehad had daughters.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:15
%
And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh;
and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:16
%
And the sons of Ulam; Bedan.  These were the sons of Gilead, the son of
Machir, the son of Manasseh.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:17
%
And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:18
%
And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:19
%
And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son,
and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:20
%
And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the
men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to
take away their cattle.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:21
%
And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to
comfort him.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:22
%
And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he
called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:23
%
(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth-horon the nether, and the
upper, and Uzzen-sherah.)
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:24
%
And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan
his son,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:25
%
Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:26
%
Non his son, Jehoshua his son.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:27
%
And their possessions and habitations were, Beth-el and the towns thereof,
and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem
also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:28
%
And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, 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 Chronicles 7:29
%
The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah
their sister.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:30
%
And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of
Birzavith.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:31
%
And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:32
%
And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the
children of Japhlet.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:33
%
And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:34
%
And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh,
and Amal.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:35
%
The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:36
%
Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:37
%
And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:38
%
And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:39
%
All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house,
choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes.	And the number
throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle
was twenty and six thousand men.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 7:40
%
NOW Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah
the third,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:1
%
Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:2
%
And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:3
%
And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:4
%
And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:5
%
And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of
the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:6
%
And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza,
and Ahihud.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:7
%
And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent
them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:8
%
And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:9
%
And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma.  These were his sons, heads of the
fathers.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:10
%
And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:11
%
The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod,
with the towns thereof:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:12
%
Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants
of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:13
%
And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:14
%
And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:15
%
And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:16
%
And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:17
%
Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:18
%
And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:19
%
And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:20
%
And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:21
%
And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:22
%
And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:23
%
And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:24
%
And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:25
%
And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:26
%
And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:27
%
These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men.
These dwelt in Jerusalem.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:28
%
And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:29
%
And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:30
%
And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:31
%
And Mikloth begat Shimeah.  And these also dwelt with their brethren in
Jerusalem, over against them.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:32
%
And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and
Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:33
%
And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:34
%
And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:35
%
And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth,
and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:36
%
And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:37
%
And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and
Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan.	All these were the sons
of Azel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:38
%
And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the
second, and Eliphelet the third.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:39
%
And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many
sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty.  All these are of the sons
of Benjamin.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 8:40
%
SO all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were
written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried
away to Babylon for their transgression.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:1
%
Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities
were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:2
%
And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of
Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:3
%
Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of
Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:4
%
And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:5
%
And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and
ninety.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:6
%
And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of
Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:7
%
And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of
Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son
of Ibnijah;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:8
%
And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and
fifty and six.	All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of
their fathers.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:9
%
And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:10
%
And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok,
the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:11
%
And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah,
and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam,
the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:12
%
And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and
seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service
of the house of God.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:13
%
And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam,
the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:14
%
And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the
son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:15
%
And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun,
and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the
villages of the Netophathites.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:16
%
And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and
their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:17
%
Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in
the companies of the children of Levi.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:18
%
And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and
his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the
work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their
fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:19
%
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past,
and the LORD was with him.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:20
%
And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:21
%
All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred
and twelve.  These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages,
whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:22
%
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house
of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:23
%
In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north,
and south.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:24
%
And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after
seven days from time to time with them.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:25
%
For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office,
and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:26
%
And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was
upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:27
%
And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they
should bring them in and out by tale.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:28
%
Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the
instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the
oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:29
%
And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:30
%
And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the
Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:31
%
And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over
the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:32
%
And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who
remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work
day and night.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:33
%
These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their
generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:34
%
And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name
was Maachah:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:35
%
And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner,
and Nadab,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:36
%
And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:37
%
And Mikloth begat Shimeam.  And they also dwelt with their brethren at
Jerusalem, over against their brethren.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:38
%
And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and
Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:39
%
And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal: and Merib-baal begat Micah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:40
%
And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:41
%
And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri;
and Zimri begat Moza;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:42
%
And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:43
%
And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and
Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons
of Azel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 9:44
%
NOW the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled
from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 10:1
%
And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and
the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons
of Saul.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 10:2
%
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he
was wounded of the archers.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 10:3
%
Then said Saul to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me
through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me.	But his
armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid.  So Saul took a sword,
and fell upon it.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 10:4
%
And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on
the sword, and died.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 10:5
%
So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 10:6
%
And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled,
and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities,
and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 10:7
%
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip
the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 10:8
%
And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour,
and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings
unto their idols, and to the people.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 10:9
%
And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his
head in the temple of Dagon.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 10:10
%
And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done
to Saul,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 10:11
%
They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the
bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones
under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 10:12
%
So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD,
even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking
counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 10:13
%
And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the
kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 10:14
%
THEN all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold,
we are thy bone and thy flesh.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:1
%
And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that
leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto
thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my
people Israel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:2
%
Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David
made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed
David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:3
%
And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the
Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:4
%
And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither.
Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:5
%
And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief
and captain.  So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:6
%
And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:7
%
And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab
repaired the rest of the city.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:8
%
So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:9
%
These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who
strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel,
to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:10
%
And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, and
Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against
three hundred slain by him at one time.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:11
%
And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of
the three mighties.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:12
%
He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered
together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and
the people fled from before the Philistines.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:13
%
And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it,
and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:14
%
Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into
the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the
valley of Rephaim.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:15
%
And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then
at Beth-lehem.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:16
%
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water
of the well of Beth-lehem, that is at the gate!
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:17
%
And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water
out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and
brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out
to the LORD,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:18
%
And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I
drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy?
for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it.  Therefore he
would not drink it.  These things did these three mightiest.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:19
%
And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting
up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among
the three.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:20
%
Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their
captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:21
%
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who
had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down
and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:22
%
And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in
the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down
to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand,
and slew him with his own spear.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:23
%
These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among
the three mighties.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:24
%
Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the
first three: and David set him over his guard.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:25
%
Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab,
Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:26
%
Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:27
%
Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi-ezer the Antothite,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:28
%
Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:29
%
Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:30
%
Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of
Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:31
%
Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:32
%
Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:33
%
The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:34
%
Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:35
%
Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:36
%
Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:37
%
Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:38
%
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the
son of Zeruiah,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:39
%
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:40
%
Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:41
%
Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites,
and thirty with him,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:42
%
Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:43
%
Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:44
%
Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:45
%
Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam,
and Ithmah the Moabite,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:46
%
Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 11:47
%
NOW these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself
close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men,
helpers of the war.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:1
%
They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the
left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's
brethren of Benjamin.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:2
%
The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite;
and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu
the Antothite,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:3
%
And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over
the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the
Gederathite,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:4
%
Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the
Haruphite,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:5
%
Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:6
%
And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:7
%
And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold
to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle,
that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces
of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:8
%
Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:9
%
Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:10
%
Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:11
%
Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:12
%
Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:13
%
These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least
was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:14
%
These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had
overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys,
both toward the east, and toward the west.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:15
%
And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto
David.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:16
%
And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye
be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you:
but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong
in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:17
%
Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he
said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace,
peace, be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth
thee.  Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:18
%
And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the
Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the
lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will
fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:19
%
As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad,
and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains
of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:20
%
And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all
mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:21
%
For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it
was a great host, like the host of God.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:22
%
And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the
war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him,
according to the word of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:23
%
The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and
eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:24
%
Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven
thousand and one hundred.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:25
%
Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:26
%
And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three
thousand and seven hundred;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:27
%
And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty
and two captains.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:28
%
And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for
hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:29
%
And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty
men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:30
%
And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed
by name, to come and make David king.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:31
%
And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding
of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were
two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:32
%
Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all
instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were
not of double heart.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:33
%
And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear
thirty and seven thousand.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:34
%
And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six
hundred.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:35
%
And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:36
%
And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites,
and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of
war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:37
%
All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart
to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of
Israel were of one heart to make David king.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:38
%
And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for
their brethren had prepared for them.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:39
%
Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and
Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on
oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine,
and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 12:40
%
AND David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and
with every leader.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 13:1
%
And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good
unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto
our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and
with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and
suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 13:2
%
And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at
it in the days of Saul.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 13:3
%
And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was
right in the eyes of all the people.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 13:4
%
So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto
the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 13:5
%
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 cherubims, whose name is called on it.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 13:6
%
And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of
Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 13:7
%
And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and
with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels,
and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 13:8
%
And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth
his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 13:9
%
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him,
because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 13:10
%
And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza:
wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza to this day.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 13:11
%
And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark
of God home to me?
		 -- 1 Chronicles 13:12
%
So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David,
but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 13:13
%
And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house
three months.  And the LORD blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that
he had.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 13:14
%
NOW Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars,
with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 14:1
%
And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel,
for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 14:2
%
And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and
daughters.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 14:3
%
Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem;
Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 14:4
%
And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 14:5
%
And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 14:6
%
And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 14:7
%
And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all
Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David.  And David heard of
it, and went out against them.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 14:8
%
And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 14:9
%
And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines?
and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand?  And the LORD said unto him,
Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 14:10
%
So they came up to 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 Chronicles 14:11
%
And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment,
and they were burned with fire.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 14:12
%
And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 14:13
%
Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not
up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the
mulberry trees.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 14:14
%
And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of
the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is
gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 14:15
%
David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of
the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 14:16
%
And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the
fear of him upon all nations.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 14:17
%
AND David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place
for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:1
%
Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites:
for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister
unto him for ever.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:2
%
And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the
ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:3
%
And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:4
%
Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred
and twenty:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:5
%
Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred
and twenty:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:6
%
Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred
and thirty:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:7
%
Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two
hundred:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:8
%
Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:9
%
Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred
and twelve.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:10
%
And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites,
for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:11
%
And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites:
sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the
ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:12
%
For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach
upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:13
%
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the
ark of the LORD God of Israel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:14
%
And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders
with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of
the LORD.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:15
%
And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren
to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and
cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:16
%
So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren,
Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren,
Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:17
%
And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and
Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and
Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom,
and Jeiel, the porters.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:18
%
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with
cymbals of brass;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:19
%
And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and
Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:20
%
And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel,
and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:21
%
And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about
the song, because he was skilful.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:22
%
And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:23
%
And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah,
and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before
the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:24
%
So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands,
went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house
of Obed-edom with joy.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:25
%
And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of
the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:26
%
And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that
bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with
the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:27
%
Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with
shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with
cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:28
%
And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the
city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window
saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 15:29
%
SO they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that
David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace
offerings before God.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:1
%
And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the
peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:2
%
And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one
a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:3
%
And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of
the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:4
%
Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth,
and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and
Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:5
%
Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before
the ark of the covenant of God.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:6
%
Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into
the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:7
%
Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds
among the people.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:8
%
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:9
%
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek
the LORD.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:10
%
Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:11
%
Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the
judgments of his mouth;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:12
%
O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:13
%
He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:14
%
Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a
thousand generations;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:15
%
Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto
Isaac;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:16
%
And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an
everlasting covenant,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:17
%
Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your
inheritance;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:18
%
When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:19
%
And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to
another people;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:20
%
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their
sakes,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:21
%
Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:22
%
Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his
salvation.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:23
%
Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all
nations.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:24
%
For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared
above all gods.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:25
%
For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:26
%
Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in
his place.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:27
%
Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory
and strength.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:28
%
Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering,
and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:29
%
Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it
be not moved.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:30
%
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say
among the nations, The LORD reigneth.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:31
%
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice,
and all that is therein.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:32
%
Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD,
because he cometh to judge the earth.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:33
%
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth
for ever.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:34
%
And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and
deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name,
and glory in thy praise.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:35
%
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever.  And all the people
said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:36
%
So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and
his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's
work required:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:37
%
And Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also
the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:38
%
And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle
of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:39
%
To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt
offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all
that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:40
%
And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who
were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy
endureth for ever;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:41
%
And with them Heman and Jeduthun, with trumpets and cymbals for those
that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God.	And the
sons of Jeduthun were porters.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:42
%
And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned
to bless his house.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 16:43
%
NOW it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to
Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of
the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:1
%
Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is
with thee.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:2
%
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan,
saying,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:3
%
Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build
me an house to dwell in:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:4
%
For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel
unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle
to another.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:5
%
Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the
judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have
ye not built me an house of cedars?
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:6
%
Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the
LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the
sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:7
%
And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut
off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like
the name of the great men that are in the earth.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:8
%
Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them,
and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither
shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:9
%
And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel.
Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that
the LORD will build thee an house.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:10
%
And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go
to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which
shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:11
%
He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:12
%
I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my
mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:13
%
But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his
throne shall be established for evermore.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:14
%
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did
Nathan speak unto David.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:15
%
And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I,
O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:16
%
And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also
spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded
me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:17
%
What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant?
for thou knowest thy servant.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:18
%
O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast
thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:19
%
O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee,
according to all that we have heard with our ears.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:20
%
And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God
went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness
and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom
thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:21
%
For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou,
LORD, becamest their God.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:22
%
Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy
servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou
hast said.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:23
%
Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever,
saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel:
and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:24
%
For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an
house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:25
%
And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy
servant:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:26
%
Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant,
that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it
shall be blessed for ever.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 17:27
%
NOW after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines,
and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the
Philistines.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 18:1
%
And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought
gifts.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 18:2
%
And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to
stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 18:3
%
And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen,
and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses,
but reserved of them an hundred chariots.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 18:4
%
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah,
David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 18:5
%
Then David put garrisons in Syria-damascus; and the Syrians became
David's servants, and brought gifts.  Thus the LORD preserved David
whithersoever he went.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 18:6
%
And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer,
and brought them to Jerusalem.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 18:7
%
Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David
very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars,
and the vessels of brass.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 18:8
%
Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of
Hadarezer king of Zobah;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 18:9
%
He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare,
and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and
smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner
of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 18:10
%
Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the
gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab,
and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 18:11
%
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley
of salt eighteen thousand.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 18:12
%
And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's
servants.  Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 18:13
%
So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice
among all his people.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 18:14
%
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son
of Ahilud, recorder.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 18:15
%
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were
the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 18:16
%
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the
Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 18:17
%
NOW it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of
Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 19:1
%
And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash,
because his father shewed kindness to me.  And David sent messengers to
comfort him concerning his father.  So the servants of David came into
the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 19:2
%
But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that
David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee?
are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow,
and to spy out the land?
		 -- 1 Chronicles 19:3
%
Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off
their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 19:4
%
Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served.  And he
sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed.  And the king said,
Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 19:5
%
And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious
to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of
silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out
of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 19:6
%
So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah
and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba.  And the children of
Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 19:7
%
And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the
mighty men.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 19:8
%
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before
the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves
in the field.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 19:9
%
Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind,
he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against
the Syrians.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 19:10
%
And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his
brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 19:11
%
And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help
me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will
help thee.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 19:12
%
Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people,
and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good
in his sight.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 19:13
%
So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians
unto the battle; and they fled before him.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 19:14
%
And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they
likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city.
Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 19:15
%
And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel,
they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the
river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 19:16
%
And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over
Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them.
So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they
fought with him.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 19:17
%
But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven
thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen,
and killed Shophach the captain of the host.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 19:18
%
And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse
before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants:
neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 19:19
%
AND it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that
kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted
the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah.
But David tarried at Jerusalem.  And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 20:1
%
And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it
to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it
was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out
of the city.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 20:2
%
And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws,
and with harrows of iron, and with axes.  Even so dealt David with all the
cities of the children of Ammon.  And David and all the people returned
to Jerusalem.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 20:3
%
And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the
Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that
was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 20:4
%
And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of
Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff
was like a weaver's beam.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 20:5
%
And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature,
whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six
on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 20:6
%
But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother
slew him.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 20:7
%
These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of
David, and by the hand of his servants.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 20:8
%
AND Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:1
%
And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number
Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me,
that I may know it.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:2
%
And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more
as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants?
why then doth my lord require this thing?  why will he be a cause of
trespass to Israel?
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:3
%
Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab
departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:4
%
And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all
they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that
drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men
that drew sword.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:5
%
But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word
was abominable to Joab.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:6
%
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:7
%
And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this
thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant;
for I have done very foolishly.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:8
%
And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:9
%
Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things:
choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:10
%
So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:11
%
Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy
foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else
three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and
the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel.
Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that
sent me.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:12
%
And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into
the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not
fall into the hand of man.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:13
%
So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy
thousand men.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:14
%
And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was
destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said
to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand.  And the
angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:15
%
And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between
the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out
over Jerusalem.  Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed
in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:16
%
And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be
numbered?  even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as
for these sheep, what have they done?  let thine hand, I pray thee, O
LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people,
that they should be plagued.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:17
%
Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David
should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor
of Ornan the Jebusite.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:18
%
And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of
the LORD.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:19
%
And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him
hid themselves.  Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:20
%
And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out
of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to
the ground.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:21
%
Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor,
that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me
for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:22
%
And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king
do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for
burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat
for the meat offering; I give it all.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:23
%
And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full
price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer
burnt offerings without cost.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:24
%
So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by
weight.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:25
%
And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings
and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from
heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:26
%
And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into
the sheath thereof.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:27
%
At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the
threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:28
%
For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness,
and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high
place at Gibeon.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:29
%
But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid
because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 21:30
%
THEN David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the
altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 22:1
%
And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the
land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the
house of God.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 22:2
%
And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the
gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 22:3
%
Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought
much cedar wood to David.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 22:4
%
And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that
is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding 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 Chronicles 22:5
%
Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house
for the LORD God of Israel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 22:6
%
And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build
an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 22:7
%
But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood
abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto
my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 22:8
%
Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I
will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall
be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 22:9
%
He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will
be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel
for ever.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 22:10
%
Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the
house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 22:11
%
Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge
concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 22:12
%
Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and
judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong,
and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 22:13
%
Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an
hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of
silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance:
timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 22:14
%
Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of
stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 22:15
%
Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number.
Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 22:16
%
David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son,
saying,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 22:17
%
Is not the LORD your God with you?  and hath he not given you rest on
every side?  for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand;
and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 22:18
%
Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise
therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark
of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house
that is to be built to the name of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 22:19
%
SO when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king
over Israel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:1
%
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests
and the Levites.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:2
%
Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and
their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:3
%
Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the
house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:4
%
Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD
with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:5
%
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely,
Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:6
%
Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:7
%
The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:8
%
The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were
the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:9
%
And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah.
These four were the sons of Shimei.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:10
%
And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah
had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to
their father's house.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:11
%
The sons of Kohath; Amram, Ishar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:12
%
The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he
should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn
incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name
for ever.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:13
%
Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe
of Levi.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:14
%
The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:15
%
Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:16
%
And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief.  And Eliezer had none
other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:17
%
Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:18
%
Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel
the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:19
%
Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:20
%
The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi.  The sons of Mahli; Eleazar,
and Kish.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:21
%
And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren
the sons of Kish took them.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:22
%
The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:23
%
These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the
chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their
polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD,
from the age of twenty years and upward.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:24
%
For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people,
that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:25
%
And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle,
nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:26
%
For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty
years old and above:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:27
%
Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of
the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the
purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house
of God;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:28
%
Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering,
and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan,
and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:29
%
And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise
at even;
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:30
%
And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in
the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order
commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:31
%
And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the
sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 23:32
%
NOW these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron.  The sons of Aaron;
Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:1
%
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children:
therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:2
%
And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and
Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their
service.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:3
%
And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the
sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided.  Among the sons of Eleazar
there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight
among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:4
%
Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors
of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons
of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:5
%
And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites,
wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and
Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of
the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar,
and one taken for Ithamar.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:6
%
Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:7
%
The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:8
%
The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:9
%
The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:10
%
The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:11
%
The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:12
%
The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:13
%
The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:14
%
The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:15
%
The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:16
%
The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:17
%
The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:18
%
These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the
house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father,
as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:19
%
And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram;
Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:20
%
Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:21
%
Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:22
%
And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel
the third, Jekameam the fourth.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:23
%
Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:24
%
The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:25
%
The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:26
%
The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:27
%
Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:28
%
Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:29
%
The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the
sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:30
%
These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in
the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief
of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers
over against their younger brethren.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 24:31
%
MOREOVER David and the captains of the host separated to the service of
the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy
with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the
workmen according to their service was:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:1
%
Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah,
the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according
to the order of the king.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:2
%
Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah,
Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun,
who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:3
%
Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel,
and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer,
Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:4
%
All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God,
to lift up the horn.  And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three
daughters.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:5
%
All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of
the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the
house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:6
%
So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the
songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore
and eight.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:7
%
And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great,
the teacher as the scholar.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:8
%
Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah,
who with his brethren and sons were twelve:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:9
%
The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:10
%
The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:11
%
The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:12
%
The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:13
%
The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:14
%
The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:15
%
The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:16
%
The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:17
%
The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:18
%
The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:19
%
The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:20
%
The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:21
%
The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:22
%
The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:23
%
The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:24
%
The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:25
%
The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:26
%
The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:27
%
The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:28
%
The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:29
%
The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:30
%
The four and twentieth to Romamti-ezer, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 25:31
%
CONCERNING the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah
the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:1
%
And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the
second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:2
%
Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:3
%
Moreover the sons of Obed-edom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad
the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:4
%
Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God
blessed him.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:5
%
Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the
house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:6
%
The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose
brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:7
%
All these of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their
brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and
two of Obed-edom.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:8
%
And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:9
%
Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief,
(for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:10
%
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the
sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:11
%
Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men,
having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:12
%
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the
house of their fathers, for every gate.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:13
%
And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah.  Then for Zechariah his son,
a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:14
%
To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:15
%
To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate
Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:16
%
Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day,
and toward Asuppim two and two.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:17
%
At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:18
%
These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among
the sons of Merari.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:19
%
And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God,
and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:20
%
As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan,
chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:21
%
The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the
treasures of the house of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:22
%
Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:23
%
And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the
treasures.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:24
%
And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son,
and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:25
%
Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the
dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the
captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host,
had dedicated.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:26
%
Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house
of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:27
%
And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the
son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever
had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of
his brethren.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:28
%
Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business
over Israel, for officers and judges.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:29
%
And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a
thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this
side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service
of the king.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:30
%
Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites,
according to the generations of his fathers.  In the fortieth year of
the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them
mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:31
%
And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief
fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites,
and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God,
and affairs of the king.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 26:32
%
NOW the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers
and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served
the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month
by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were
twenty and four thousand.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:1
%
Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of
Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:2
%
Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host
for the first month.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:3
%
And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his
course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty
and four thousand.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:4
%
The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:5
%
This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the
thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:6
%
The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab,
and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four
thousand.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:7
%
The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in
his course were twenty and four thousand.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:8
%
The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the
Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:9
%
The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of
the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:10
%
The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite,
of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:11
%
The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite, of
the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:12
%
The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite,
of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:13
%
The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite,
of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four
thousand.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:14
%
The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite,
of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:15
%
Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites
was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son
of Maachah:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:16
%
Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:17
%
Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the
son of Michael:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:18
%
Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son
of Azriel:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:19
%
Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe
of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:20
%
Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah:
of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:21
%
Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham.  These were the princes of the tribes
of Israel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:22
%
But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under:
because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of
the heavens.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:23
%
Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because
there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in
the account of the chronicles of king David.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:24
%
And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over
the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages,
and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:25
%
And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground
was Ezri the son of Chelub:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:26
%
And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of
the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:27
%
And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low
plains was Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:28
%
And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and
over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:29
%
Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was
Jehdeiah the Meronothite:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:30
%
And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite.  All these were the rulers
of the substance which was king David's.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:31
%
Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe:
and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:32
%
And Ahithophel was the king's counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was
the king's companion:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:33
%
And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar:
and the general of the king's army was Joab.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 27:34
%
AND David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes,
and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course,
and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds,
and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king,
and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with
all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 28:1
%
Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my
brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house
of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool
of our God, and had made ready for the building:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 28:2
%
But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because
thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 28:3
%
Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father
to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler;
and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons
of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 28:4
%
And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath
chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD
over Israel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 28:5
%
And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my
courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 28:6
%
Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do
my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 28:7
%
Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD,
and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments
of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it
for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 28:8
%
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him
with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth
all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts:
if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him,
he will cast thee off for ever.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 28:9
%
Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the
sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 28:10
%
Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of
the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper
chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place
of the mercy seat,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 28:11
%
And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the
house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries
of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 28:12
%
Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the
work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels
of service in the house of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 28:13
%
He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all
manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight,
for all instruments of every kind of service:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 28:14
%
Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of
gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and
for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick,
and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 28:15
%
And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table;
and likewise silver for the tables of silver:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 28:16
%
Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for
the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise
silver by weight for every bason of silver:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 28:17
%
And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the
pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings,
and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 28:18
%
All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand
upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 28:19
%
And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and
do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will
be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast
finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 28:20
%
And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall
be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall
be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man,
for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be
wholly at thy commandment.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 28:21
%
FURTHERMORE David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my
son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work
is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:1
%
Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold
for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and
the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for
things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones,
and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble
stones in abundance.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:2
%
Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I
have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given
to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the
holy house,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:3
%
Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven
thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses
withal:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:4
%
The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and
for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers.  And who
then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:5
%
Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel,
and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the
king's work, offered willingly,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:6
%
And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents
and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass
eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:7
%
And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure
of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:8
%
Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with
perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king
also rejoiced with great joy.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:9
%
Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David
said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:10
%
Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the
victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth
is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head
above all.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:11
%
Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in
thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great,
and to give strength unto all.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:12
%
Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:13
%
But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so
willingly after this sort?  for all things come of thee, and of thine
own have we given thee.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:14
%
For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers:
our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:15
%
O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an
house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:16
%
I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure
in uprightness.  As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have
willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy
people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:17
%
O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this
for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people,
and prepare their heart unto thee:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:18
%
And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments,
thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to
build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:19
%
And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God.
And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and
bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:20
%
And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings
unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks,
a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings,
and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:21
%
And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness.
And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed
him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:22
%
Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his
father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:23
%
And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of
king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:24
%
And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel,
and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king
before him in Israel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:25
%
Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:26
%
And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years
reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:27
%
And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and
Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:28
%
Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written
in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet,
and in the book of Gad the seer,
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:29
%
With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him,
and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
		 -- 1 Chronicles 29:30
%
AND Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the
LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 1:1
%
Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and
of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel,
the chief of the fathers.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 1:2
%
So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place
that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of
God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 1:3
%
But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the
place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it
at Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 1:4
%
Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur,
had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the
congregation sought unto it.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 1:5
%
And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which
was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt
offerings upon it.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 1:6
%
In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what
I shall give thee.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 1:7
%
And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my
father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 1:8
%
Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established:
for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth
in multitude.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 1:9
%
Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before
this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 1:10
%
And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast
not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies,
neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge
for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made
thee king:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 1:11
%
Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches,
and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have
been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 1:12
%
Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon
to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned
over Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 1:13
%
And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and
four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in
the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 1:14
%
And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones,
and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale
for abundance.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 1:15
%
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's
merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 1:16
%
And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six
hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and
so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for
the kings of Syria, by their means.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 1:17
%
AND Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD,
and an house for his kingdom.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 2:1
%
And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens,
and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and
six hundred to oversee them.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 2:2
%
And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal
with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house
to dwell therein, even so deal with me.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 2:3
%
Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate
it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual
shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the
sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD
our God.  This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 2:4
%
And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 2:5
%
But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of
heavens cannot contain him?  who am I then, that I should build him an
house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 2:6
%
Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver,
and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and
that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah
and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 2:7
%
Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon:
for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and,
behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 2:8
%
Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about
to build shall be wonderful great.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 2:9
%
And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber,
twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures
of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths
of oil.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 2:10
%
Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon,
Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 2:11
%
Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven
and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with
prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD,
and an house for his kingdom.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 2:12
%
And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram
my father's,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 2:13
%
The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of
Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone,
and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson;
also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which
shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of
my lord David thy father.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 2:14
%
Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which
my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 2:15
%
And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we
will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shall carry
it up to Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 2:16
%
And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel,
after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and
they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and
six hundred.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 2:17
%
And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens,
and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand
and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 2:18
%
THEN Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount
Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that
David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 3:1
%
And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the
fourth year of his reign.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 3:2
%
Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building
of the house of God.  The length by cubits after the first measure was
threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 3:3
%
And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was
according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height
was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 3:4
%
And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with
fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 3:5
%
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold
was gold of Parvaim.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 3:6
%
He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof,
and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 3:7
%
And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to
the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty
cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred
talents.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 3:8
%
And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold.	And he overlaid
the upper chambers with gold.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 3:9
%
And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and
overlaid them with gold.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 3:10
%
And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of
the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house:
and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of
the other cherub.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 3:11
%
And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall
of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the
wing of the other cherub.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 3:12
%
The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits:
and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 3:13
%
And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen,
and wrought cherubims thereon.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 3:14
%
Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high,
and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 3:15
%
And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the
pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 3:16
%
And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand,
and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand
Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 3:17
%
MOREOVER he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof,
and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 4:1
%
Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in
compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits
did compass it round about.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 4:2
%
And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about:
ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about.  Two rows of oxen were
cast, when it was cast.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 4:3
%
It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three
looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three
looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all
their hinder parts were inward.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 4:4
%
And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the
work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and
held three thousand baths.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 4:5
%
He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on
the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt
offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 4:6
%
And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set
them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 4:7
%
He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the
right side, and five on the left.  And he made an hundred basons of gold.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 4:8
%
Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court,
and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 4:9
%
And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against
the south.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 4:10
%
And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons.  And Huram
finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house
of God;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 4:11
%
To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were
on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two
pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 4:12
%
And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates
on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were
upon the pillars.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 4:13
%
He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 4:14
%
One sea, and twelve oxen under it.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 4:15
%
The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their
instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of
the LORD of bright brass.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 4:16
%
In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between
Succoth and Zeredathah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 4:17
%
Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight
of the brass could not be found out.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 4:18
%
And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the
golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 4:19
%
Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after
the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 4:20
%
And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that
perfect gold;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 4:21
%
And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of
pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the
most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 4:22
%
THUS all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was
finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father
had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments,
put he among the treasures of the house of God.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 5:1
%
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of
the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto
Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the
city of David, which is Zion.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 5:2
%
Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in
the feast which was in the seventh month.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 5:3
%
And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 5:4
%
And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation,
and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the
priests and the Levites bring up.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 5:5
%
Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled
unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be
told nor numbered for multitude.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 5:6
%
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his
place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under
the wings of the cherubims:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 5:7
%
For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark,
and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 5:8
%
And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves
were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without.
And there it is unto this day.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 5:9
%
There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein
at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel,
when they came out of Egypt.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 5:10
%
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place:
(for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then
wait by course:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 5:11
%
Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman,
of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white
linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end
of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding
with trumpets:)
		 -- 2 Chronicles 5:12
%
It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make
one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they
lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of
musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy
endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even
the house of the LORD;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 5:13
%
So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud:
for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 5:14
%
THEN said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick
darkness.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:1
%
But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy
dwelling for ever.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:2
%
And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of
Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:3
%
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands
fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:4
%
Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt
I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in,
that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over
my people Israel:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:5
%
But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen
David to be over my people Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:6
%
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the
name of the LORD God of Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:7
%
But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine
heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in
thine heart:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:8
%
Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall
come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:9
%
The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I
am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of
Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of
the LORD God of Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:10
%
And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD,
that he made with the children of Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:11
%
And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the
congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:12
%
For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five
cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the
court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all
the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:13
%
And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven,
nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy
servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:14
%
Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou
hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it
with thine hand, as it is this day.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:15
%
Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father
that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a
man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children
take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:16
%
Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou
hast spoken unto thy servant David.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:17
%
But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth?	behold, heaven
and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house
which I have built!
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:18
%
Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his
supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer
which thy servant prayeth before thee:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:19
%
That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the
place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there;
to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:20
%
Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy
people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from
thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:21
%
If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make
him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:22
%
Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting
the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying
the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:23
%
And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because
they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name,
and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:24
%
Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people
Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them
and to their fathers.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:25
%
When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned
against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name,
and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:26
%
Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and
of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein
they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given
unto thy people for an inheritance.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:27
%
If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be
blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege
them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness
there be:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:28
%
Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man,
or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and
his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:29
%
Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render
unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest;
(for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:30
%
That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in
the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:31
%
Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel,
but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty
hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:32
%
Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do
according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people
of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel,
and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:33
%
If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou
shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou
hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:34
%
Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication,
and maintain their cause.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:35
%
If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and
thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies,
and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:36
%
Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried
captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity,
saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:37
%
If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in
the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives,
and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and
toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I
have built for thy name:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:38
%
Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their
prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive
thy people which have sinned against thee.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:39
%
Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears
be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:40
%
Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark
of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation,
and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:41
%
O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the
mercies of David thy servant.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 6:42
%
NOW when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from
heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the
glory of the LORD filled the house.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 7:1
%
And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the
glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 7:2
%
And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the
glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces
to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD,
saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 7:3
%
Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 7:4
%
And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen,
and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people
dedicated the house of God.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 7:5
%
And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments
of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD,
because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry;
and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 7:6
%
Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the
house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of
the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made
was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings,
and the fat.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 7:7
%
Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel
with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto
the river of Egypt.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 7:8
%
And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the
dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 7:9
%
And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people
away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that
the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 7:10
%
Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's house: and
all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the LORD,
and in his own house, he prosperously effected.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 7:11
%
And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have
heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house
of sacrifice.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 7:12
%
If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts
to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 7:13
%
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves,
and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will
I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 7:14
%
Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that
is made in this place.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 7:15
%
For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be
there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 7:16
%
And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked,
and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe
my statues and my judgments;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 7:17
%
Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have
covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a
man to be ruler in Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 7:18
%
But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I
have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 7:19
%
Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given
them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast
out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among
all nations.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 7:20
%
And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one
that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus
unto this land, and unto this house?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 7:21
%
And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their
fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold
on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he
brought all this evil upon them.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 7:22
%
AND it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had
built the house of the LORD, and his own house,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 8:1
%
That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them,
and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 8:2
%
And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 8:3
%
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which
he built in Hamath.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 8:4
%
Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced
cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 8:5
%
And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the
chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon
desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the
land of his dominion.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 8:6
%
As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites,
and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not
of Israel,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 8:7
%
But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the
children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute
until this day.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 8:8
%
But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work;
but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of
his chariots and horsemen.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 8:9
%
And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two hundred
and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 8:10
%
And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David
unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not
dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy,
whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 8:11
%
Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the
LORD, which he had built before the porch,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 8:12
%
Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment
of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts,
three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in
the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 8:13
%
And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses
of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges,
to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day
required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had
David the man of God commanded.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 8:14
%
And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests
and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 8:15
%
Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation
of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished.  So the house of
the LORD was perfected.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 8:16
%
Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the
land of Edom.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 8:17
%
And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that
had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon
to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and
brought them to king Solomon.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 8:18
%
AND when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to
prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company,
and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones:
and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was
in her heart.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:1
%
And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from
Solomon which he told her not.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:2
%
And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the
house that he had built,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:3
%
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the
attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also,
and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of
the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:4
%
And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine
own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:5
%
Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had
seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was
not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:6
%
Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand
continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:7
%
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his
throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel,
to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them,
to do judgment and justice.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:8
%
And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of
spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such
spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:9
%
And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which
brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:10
%
And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD,
and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and
there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:11
%
And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she
asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king.  So she turned,
and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:12
%
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred
and threescore and six talents of gold;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:13
%
Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought.  And all the kings of
Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:14
%
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred
shekels of beaten gold went to one target.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:15
%
And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels
of gold went to one shield.  And the king put them in the house of the
forest of Lebanon.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:16
%
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with
pure gold.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:17
%
And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which
were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place,
and two lions standing by the stays:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:18
%
And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the
six steps.  There was not the like made in any kingdom.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:19
%
And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the
vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none
were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:20
%
For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every
three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver,
ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:21
%
And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:22
%
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear
his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:23
%
And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels
of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate
year by year.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:24
%
And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve
thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the
king at Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:25
%
And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of
the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:26
%
And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made
he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:27
%
And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:28
%
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written
in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the
Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son
of Nebat?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:29
%
And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:30
%
And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of
David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 9:31
%
AND Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to
make him king.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 10:1
%
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt,
whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it,
that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 10:2
%
And they sent and called him.  So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake
to Rehoboam, saying,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 10:3
%
Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the
grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us,
and we will serve thee.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 10:4
%
And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days.  And the
people departed.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 10:5
%
And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before
Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me
to return answer to this people?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 10:6
%
And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and
please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants
for ever.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 10:7
%
But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel
with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 10:8
%
And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer
to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke
that thy father did put upon us?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 10:9
%
And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying,
Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy
father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us;
thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than
my father's loins.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 10:10
%
For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to
your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you
with scorpions.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 10:11
%
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as
the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 10:12
%
And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel
of the old men,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 10:13
%
And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father
made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you
with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 10:14
%
So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God,
that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of
Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 10:15
%
And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them,
the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David?
and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents,
O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house.  So all Israel went
to their tents.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 10:16
%
But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah,
Rehoboam reigned over them.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 10:17
%
Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and the
children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died.  But king
Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 10:18
%
And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 10:19
%
AND when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of
Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which
were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom
again to Rehoboam.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 11:1
%
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 11:2
%
Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel
in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 11:3
%
Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren:
return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me.  And they
obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 11:4
%
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 11:5
%
He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 11:6
%
And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 11:7
%
And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 11:8
%
And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 11:9
%
And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin
fenced cities.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 11:10
%
And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store
of victual, and of oil and wine.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 11:11
%
And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them
exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 11:12
%
And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him
out of all their coasts.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 11:13
%
For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to
Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from
executing the priest's office unto the LORD:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 11:14
%
And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils,
and for the calves which he had made.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 11:15
%
And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts
to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the
LORD God of their fathers.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 11:16
%
So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of
Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of
David and Solomon.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 11:17
%
And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David
to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 11:18
%
Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 11:19
%
And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him
Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 11:20
%
And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and
his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines;
and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
		 -- 2 Chronicles 11:21
%
And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among
his brethren: for he thought to make him king.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 11:22
%
And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all
the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave
them victual in abundance.  And he desired many wives.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 11:23
%
AND it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had
strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel
with him.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 12:1
%
And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak
king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed
against the LORD,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 12:2
%
With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the
people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims,
the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 12:3
%
And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to
Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 12:4
%
Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah,
that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said
unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have
I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 12:5
%
Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and
they said, The LORD is righteous.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 12:6
%
And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD
came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will
not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath
shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 12:7
%
Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service,
and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 12:8
%
So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the
treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's
house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which
Solomon had made.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 12:9
%
Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them
to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the
king's house.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 12:10
%
And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came
and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 12:11
%
And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him that
he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 12:12
%
So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for
Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen
out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there.  And his mother's
name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 12:13
%
And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 12:14
%
Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the
book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies?
And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 12:15
%
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David:
and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 12:16
%
NOW in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign
over Judah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 13:1
%
He reigned three years in Jerusalem.  His mother's name also was
Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah.  And there was war between
Abijah and Jeroboam.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 13:2
%
And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war,
even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in
array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty
men of valour.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 13:3
%
And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim,
and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 13:4
%
Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over
Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant
of salt?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 13:5
%
Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David,
is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 13:6
%
And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and
have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when
Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 13:7
%
And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of
the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you
golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 13:8
%
Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the
Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of
other lands?  so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young
bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 13:9
%
But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him;
and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron,
and the Levites wait upon their business:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 13:10
%
And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt
sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon
the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof,
to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God;
but ye have forsaken him.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 13:11
%
And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with
sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you.  O children of Israel, fight
ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 13:12
%
But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they
were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 13:13
%
And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind:
and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 13:14
%
Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted,
it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah
and Judah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 13:15
%
And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them
into their hand.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 13:16
%
And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there
fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 13:17
%
Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the
children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of
their fathers.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 13:18
%
And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with
the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with
the towns thereof.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 13:19
%
Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah:
and the LORD struck him, and he died.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 13:20
%
But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty
and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 13:21
%
And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings,
are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 13:22
%
SO Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of
David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.  In his days the land was
quiet ten years.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 14:1
%
And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 14:2
%
For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places,
and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 14:3
%
And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do
the law and the commandment.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 14:4
%
Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and
the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 14:5
%
And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had
no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 14:6
%
Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about
them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us;
because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath
given us rest on every side.  So they built and prospered.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 14:7
%
And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah
three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew
bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men
of valour.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 14:8
%
And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a
thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 14:9
%
Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the
valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 14:10
%
And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with
thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us,
O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this
multitude.  O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 14:11
%
So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the
Ethiopians fled.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 14:12
%
And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and
the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves;
for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they
carried away very much spoil.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 14:13
%
And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the
LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was
exceeding much spoil in them.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 14:14
%
They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels
in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 14:15
%
AND the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 15:1
%
And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and
all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him;
and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him,
he will forsake you.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 15:2
%
Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without
a teaching priest, and without law.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 15:3
%
But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel,
and sought him, he was found of them.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 15:4
%
And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to
him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of
the countries.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 15:5
%
And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex
them with all adversity.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 15:6
%
Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work
shall be rewarded.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 15:7
%
And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet,
he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land
of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from
mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the
porch of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 15:8
%
And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out
of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of
Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 15:9
%
So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month,
in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 15:10
%
And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they
had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 15:11
%
And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers
with all their heart and with all their soul;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 15:12
%
That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to
death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 15:13
%
And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting,
and with trumpets, and with cornets.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 15:14
%
And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their
heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them:
and the LORD gave them rest round about.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 15:15
%
And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her
from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut
down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 15:16
%
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the
heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 15:17
%
And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had
dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and
vessels.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 15:18
%
And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign
of Asa.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 15:19
%
IN the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel
came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let
none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 16:1
%
Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house
of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria,
that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 16:2
%
There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father
and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy
league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 16:3
%
And 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 Chronicles 16:4
%
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of
Ramah, and let his work cease.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 16:5
%
Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of
Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he
built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 16:6
%
And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said
unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied
on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped
out of thine hand.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 16:7
%
Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many
chariots and horsemen?	yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he
delivered them into thine hand.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 16:8
%
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth,
to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect
toward him.  Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth
thou shalt have wars.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 16:9
%
Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he
was in a rage with him because of this thing.  And Asa oppressed some
of the people the same time.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 16:10
%
And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in
the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 16:11
%
And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his
feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought
not to the LORD, but to the physicians.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 16:12
%
And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year
of his reign.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 16:13
%
And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself
in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with
sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries'
art: and they made a very great burning for him.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 16:14
%
AND Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself
against Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 17:1
%
And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons
in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father
had taken.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 17:2
%
And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways
of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 17:3
%
But sought to the LORD God of his father, and walked in his commandments,
and not after the doings of Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 17:4
%
Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah
brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in
abundance.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 17:5
%
And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took
away the high places and groves out of Judah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 17:6
%
Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to
Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to
Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 17:7
%
And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah,
and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah,
and Tob-adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 17:8
%
And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with
them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught
the people.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 17:9
%
And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that
were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 17:10
%
Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute
silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven
hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 17:11
%
And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles,
and cities of store.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 17:12
%
And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war,
mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 17:13
%
And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers:
Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty
men of valour three hundred thousand.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 17:14
%
And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and
fourscore thousand.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 17:15
%
And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself
unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 17:16
%
And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men
with bow and shield two hundred thousand.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 17:17
%
And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand
ready prepared for the war.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 17:18
%
These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced
cities throughout all Judah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 17:19
%
NOW Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity
with Ahab.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:1
%
And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria.  And Ahab killed
sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with
him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth-gilead.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:2
%
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 Chronicles 18:3
%
And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee,
at the word of the LORD to day.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:4
%
Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred
men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or
shall I forbear?  And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into
the king's hand.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:5
%
But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides,
that we might enquire of him?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:6
%
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by
whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied
good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla.
And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:7
%
And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch
quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:8
%
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them
on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at
the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied
before them.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:9
%
And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said,
Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be
consumed.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:10
%
And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead,
and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:11
%
And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold,
the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent;
let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak
thou good.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:12
%
And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will
I speak.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:13
%
And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall
we go to 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 Chronicles 18:14
%
And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou
say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:15
%
Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as
sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master;
let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:16
%
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he
would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:17
%
Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting
upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand
and on his left.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:18
%
And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go
up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?  And one spake saying after this manner,
and another saying after that manner.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:19
%
Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said,
I will entice him.  And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:20
%
And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all
his prophets.  And the LORD said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt
also prevail: go out, and do even so.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:21
%
Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of
these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:22
%
Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon
the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to
speak unto thee?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:23
%
And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go
into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:24
%
Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to
Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:25
%
And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed
him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return
in peace.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:26
%
And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the
LORD spoken by me.  And he said, Hearken, all ye people.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:27
%
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to
Ramoth-gilead.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:28
%
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 Chronicles 18:29
%
Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that
were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with
the king of Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:30
%
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat,
that they said, It is the king of Israel.  Therefore they compassed
about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him;
and God moved them to depart from him.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:31
%
For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived
that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing
him.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:32
%
And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel
between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot
man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I
am wounded.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:33
%
And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed
himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about
the time of the sun going down he died.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 18:34
%
AND Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to
Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 19:1
%
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to
king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that
hate the LORD?	therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 19:2
%
Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast
taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to
seek God.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 19:3
%
And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the
people from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the
LORD God of their fathers.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 19:4
%
And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah,
city by city,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 19:5
%
And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man,
but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 19:6
%
Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it:
for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons,
nor taking of gifts.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 19:7
%
Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the
priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of
the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 19:8
%
And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD,
faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 19:9
%
And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell
in 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 Chronicles 19:10
%
And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the
LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah,
for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you.
Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 19:11
%
IT came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the
children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against
Jehoshaphat to battle.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:1
%
Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a
great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria;
and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:2
%
And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed
a fast throughout all Judah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:3
%
And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even
out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:4
%
And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in
the house of the LORD, before the new court,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:5
%
And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven?
and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen?  and in thine
hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:6
%
Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land
before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend
for ever?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:7
%
And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy
name, saying,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:8
%
If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence,
or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy
name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou
wilt hear and help.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:9
%
And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou
wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt,
but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:10
%
Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy
possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:11
%
O our God, wilt thou not judge them?  for we have no might against this
great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but
our eyes are upon thee.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:12
%
And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives,
and their children.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:13
%
Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son
of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the
Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:14
%
And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem,
and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid
nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not
yours, but God's.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:15
%
To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of
Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness
of Jeruel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:16
%
Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still,
and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear
not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will
be with you.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:17
%
And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all
Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping
the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:18
%
And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children
of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud
voice on high.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:19
%
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness
of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me,
O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God,
so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:20
%
And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto
the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went
out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth
for ever.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:21
%
And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments
against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come
against Judah; and they were smitten.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:22
%
For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of
mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an
end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:23
%
And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked
unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the
earth, and none escaped.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:24
%
And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them,
they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and
precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they
could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil,
it was so much.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:25
%
And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah;
for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place
was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:26
%
Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat
in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the
LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:27
%
And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto
the house of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:28
%
And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when
they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:29
%
So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round
about.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:30
%
And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when
he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem.
And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:31
%
And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it,
doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:32
%
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had
not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:33
%
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they
are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in
the book of the kings of Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:34
%
And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah
king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:35
%
And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they
made the ships in Ezion-geber.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:36
%
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against
Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah,
the LORD hath broken thy works.  And the ships were broken, that they
were not able to go to Tarshish.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 20:37
%
NOW Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
in the city of David.  And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 21:1
%
And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and
Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the
sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 21:2
%
And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of
precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he
to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 21:3
%
Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he
strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and
divers also of the princes of Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 21:4
%
Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 21:5
%
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house
of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that
which was evil in the eyes of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 21:6
%
Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the
covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light
to him and to his sons for ever.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 21:7
%
In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah,
and made themselves a king.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 21:8
%
Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him:
and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in,
and the captains of the chariots.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 21:9
%
So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day.
The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he
had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 21:10
%
Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the
inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah
thereto.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 21:11
%
And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus
saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in
the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 21:12
%
But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms
of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's
house, which were better than thyself:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 21:13
%
Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy
children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 21:14
%
And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy
bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 21:15
%
Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the
Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 21:16
%
And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all
the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also,
and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz,
the youngest of his sons.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 21:17
%
And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable
disease.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 21:18
%
And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two
years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of
sore diseases.	And his people made no burning for him, like the burning
of his fathers.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 21:19
%
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in
Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired.  Howbeit they
buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 21:20
%
AND the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king
in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the
camp had slain all the eldest.	So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of
Judah reigned.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 22:1
%
Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned
one year in Jerusalem.	His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter
of Omri.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 22:2
%
He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his
counsellor to do wickedly.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 22:3
%
Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab:
for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his
destruction.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 22:4
%
He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of
Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead:
and the Syrians smote Joram.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 22:5
%
And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which
were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.
And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram
the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 22:6
%
And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when
he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi,
whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 22:7
%
And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the
house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the
brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 22:8
%
And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,)
and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him:
Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD
with all his heart.  So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still
the kingdom.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 22:9
%
But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead,
she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 22:10
%
But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah,
and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him
and his nurse in a bedchamber.	So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king
Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of
Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 22:11
%
And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah
reigned over the land.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 22:12
%
AND in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the
captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of
Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah,
and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 23:1
%
And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the
cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came
to Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 23:2
%
And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house
of God.  And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign,
as the LORD hath said of the sons of David.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 23:3
%
This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the
sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 23:4
%
And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the
gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of
the house of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 23:5
%
But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and
they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy:
but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 23:6
%
And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his
weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall
be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he
goeth out.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 23:7
%
So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada
the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come
in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for
Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 23:8
%
Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds
spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which
were in the house of God.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 23:9
%
And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand,
from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along
by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 23:10
%
Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and
gave him the testimony, and made him king.  And Jehoiada and his sons
anointed him, and said, God save the king.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 23:11
%
Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising
the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 23:12
%
And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering
in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people
of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with
instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise.  Then Athaliah
rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 23:13
%
Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were
set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges:
and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword.  For the priest
said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 23:14
%
So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the
horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 23:15
%
And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people,
and between the king, that they should be the LORD's people.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 23:16
%
Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and
brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest
of Baal before the altars.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 23:17
%
Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand
of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of
the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in
the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained
by David.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 23:18
%
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none
which was unclean in any thing should enter in.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 23:19
%
And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors
of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the
king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate
into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 23:20
%
And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after
that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 23:21
%
JOASH was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty
years in Jerusalem.  His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:1
%
And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days
of Jehoiada the priest.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:2
%
And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:3
%
And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the
house of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:4
%
And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go
out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the
house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter.
Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:5
%
And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why
hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out
of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the
servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle
of witness?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:6
%
For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of
God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they
bestow upon Baalim.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:7
%
And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at
the gate of the house of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:8
%
And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to
the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel
in the wilderness.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:9
%
And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and
cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:10
%
Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the
king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there
was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came
and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again.
Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:11
%
And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service
of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the
house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the
house of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:12
%
So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they
set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:13
%
And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before
the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the
LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and
vessels of gold and silver.  And they offered burnt offerings in the
house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:14
%
But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred
and thirty years old was he when he died.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:15
%
And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he
had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:16
%
Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made
obeisance to the king.	Then the king hearkened unto them.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:17
%
And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served
groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this
their trespass.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:18
%
Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and
they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:19
%
And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest,
which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why
transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper?
because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:20
%
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the
commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:21
%
Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his
father had done to him, but slew his son.  And when he died, he said,
The LORD look upon it, and require it.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:22
%
And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came
up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all
the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil
of them unto the king of Damascus.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:23
%
For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD
delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken
the LORD God of their fathers.	So they executed judgment against Joash.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:24
%
And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great
diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of
the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died:
and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in
the sepulchres of the kings.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:25
%
And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath
an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:26
%
Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him,
and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the
story of the book of the kings.  And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 24:27
%
AMAZIAH was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem.  And his mother's name was
Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:1
%
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with
a perfect heart.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:2
%
Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he
slew his servants that had killed the king his father.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:3
%
But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in
the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall
not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers,
but every man shall die for his own sin.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:4
%
Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over
thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their
fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from
twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice
men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:5
%
He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel
for an hundred talents of silver.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:6
%
But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of
Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all
the children of Ephraim.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:7
%
But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make
thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:8
%
And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred
talents which I have given to the army of Israel?  And the man of God
answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:9
%
Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out
of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled
against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:10
%
And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to
the valley of salt, and smote of the chidren of Seir ten thousand.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:11
%
And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away
captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down
from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:12
%
But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not
go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even
unto Beth-horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:13
%
Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of
the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set
them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned
incense unto them.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:14
%
Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he
sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after
the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of
thine hand?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:15
%
And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto
him, Art thou made of the king's counsel?  forbear; why shouldest thou
be smitten?  Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath
determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not
hearkened unto my counsel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:16
%
Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of
Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one
another in the face.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:17
%
And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The
thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon,
saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild
beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:18
%
Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth
thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine
hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:19
%
But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver
them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods
of Edom.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:20
%
So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the
face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth
to Judah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:21
%
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man
to his tent.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:22
%
And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash,
the son of Jehoahaz, at 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 Chronicles 25:23
%
And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were
found in the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king's
house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:24
%
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of
Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:25
%
Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they
not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:26
%
Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD
they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish:
but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:27
%
And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in
the city of Judah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 25:28
%
THEN all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old,
and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 26:1
%
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with
his fathers.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 26:2
%
Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned
fifty and two years in Jerusalem.  His mother's name also was Jecoliah
of Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 26:3
%
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to
all that his father Amaziah did.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 26:4
%
And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in
the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him
to prosper.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 26:5
%
And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down
the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and
built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 26:6
%
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians
that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehunims.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 26:7
%
And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even
to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 26:8
%
Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at
the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 26:9
%
Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had
much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also,
and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 26:10
%
Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by
bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel
the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of
the king's captains.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 26:11
%
The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour
were two thousand and six hundred.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 26:12
%
And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven
thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the
king against the enemy.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 26:13
%
And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears,
and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 26:14
%
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the
towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal.
And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he
was strong.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 26:15
%
But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction:
for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple
of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 26:16
%
And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests
of the LORD, that were valiant men:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 26:17
%
And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth
not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests
the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the
sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour
from the LORD God.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 26:18
%
Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense:
and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in
his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside
the incense altar.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 26:19
%
And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him,
and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out
from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had
smitten him.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 26:20
%
And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in
a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the
LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people
of the land.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 26:21
%
Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the
prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 26:22
%
So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers
in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said,
He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 26:23
%
JOTHAM was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.  His mother's name also was Jerushah,
the daughter of Zadok.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 27:1
%
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to
all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple
of the LORD.  And the people did yet corruptly.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 27:2
%
He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of
Ophel he built much.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 27:3
%
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests
he built castles and towers.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 27:4
%
He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them.
And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of
silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley.
So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year,
and the third.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 27:5
%
So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD
his God.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 27:6
%
Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo,
they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 27:7
%
He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned
sixteen years in Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 27:8
%
And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of
David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 27:9
%
AHAZ was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen
years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of
the LORD, like David his father:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:1
%
For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten
images for Baalim.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:2
%
Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt
his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom
the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:3
%
He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills,
and under every green tree.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:4
%
Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of
Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them
captives, and brought them to Damascus.  And he was also delivered into
the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:5
%
For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand
in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the
LORD God of their fathers.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:6
%
And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and
Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:7
%
And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two
hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much
spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:8
%
But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went
out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold,
because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath
delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that
reacheth up unto heaven.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:9
%
And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for
bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you,
sins against the LORD your God?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:10
%
Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken
captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:11
%
Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son
of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of
Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came
from the war,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:12
%
And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas
we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our
sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce
wrath against Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:13
%
So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and
all the congregation.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:14
%
And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives,
and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed
them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed
them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to
Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned
to Samaria.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:15
%
At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:16
%
For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away
captives.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:17
%
The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the
south of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and
Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof,
Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:18
%
For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he
made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:19
%
And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him,
but strengthened him not.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:20
%
For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of
the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of
Assyria: but he helped him not.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:21
%
And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD:
this is that king Ahaz.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:22
%
For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he
said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I
sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him,
and of all Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:23
%
And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in
pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the
house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:24
%
And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense
unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:25
%
Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold,
they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:26
%
And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even
in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings
of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 28:27
%
HEZEKIAH began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he
reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem.  And his mother's name was
Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:1
%
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to
all that David his father had done.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:2
%
He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors
of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:3
%
And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together
into the east street,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:4
%
And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and
sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the
filthiness out of the holy place.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:5
%
For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the
eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away
their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:6
%
Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps,
and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy
place unto the God of Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:7
%
Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he
hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye
see with your eyes.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:8
%
For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our
daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:9
%
Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel,
that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:10
%
My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand
before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and
burn incense.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:11
%
Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of
Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish
the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites;
Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:12
%
And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph;
Zechariah, and Mattaniah:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:13
%
And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun;
Shemaiah, and Uzziel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:14
%
And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came,
according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD,
to cleanse the house of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:15
%
And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD,
to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found
in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD.
And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:16
%
Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on
the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they
sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth
day of the first month they made an end.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:17
%
Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all
the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the
vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:18
%
Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away
in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold,
they are before the altar of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:19
%
Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city,
and went up to the house of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:20
%
And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and
seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary,
and for Judah.	And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer
them on the altar of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:21
%
So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and
sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams,
they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs,
and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:22
%
And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king
and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:23
%
And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their
blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king
commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made
for all Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:24
%
And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with
psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of
Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment
of the LORD by his prophets.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:25
%
And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests
with the trumpets.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:26
%
And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar.
And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also with
the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:27
%
And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the
trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering
was finished.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:28
%
And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were
present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:29
%
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing
praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer.
And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and
worshipped.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:30
%
Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves
unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into
the house of the LORD.	And the congregation brought in sacrifices and
thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:31
%
And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought,
was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs:
all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:32
%
And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:33
%
But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt
offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the
work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves:
for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than
the priests.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:34
%
And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the
peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering.
So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:35
%
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the
people: for the thing was done suddenly.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 29:36
%
AND Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to
Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at
Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:1
%
For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation
in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:2
%
For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not
sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered
themselves together to Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:3
%
And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:4
%
So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel,
from 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 Chronicles 30:5
%
So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes
throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of
the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God
of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you,
that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:6
%
And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed
against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to
desolation, as ye see.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:7
%
Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves
unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified
for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath
may turn away from you.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:8
%
For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children
shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they
shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and
merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:9
%
So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim
and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and
mocked them.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:10
%
Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled
themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:11
%
Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the
commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:12
%
And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of
unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:13
%
And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and
all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the
brook Kidron.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:14
%
Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month:
and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves,
and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:15
%
And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law
of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they
received of the hand of the Levites.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:16
%
For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified:
therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers
for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:17
%
For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh,
Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the
passover otherwise than it was written.  But Hezekiah prayed for them,
saying, The good LORD pardon every one
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:18
%
That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers,
though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:19
%
And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:20
%
And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast
of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and
the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments
unto the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:21
%
And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the
good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven
days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God
of their fathers.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:22
%
And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they
kept other seven days with gladness.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:23
%
For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand
bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the
congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great
number of priests sanctified themselves.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:24
%
And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites,
and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that
came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:25
%
So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the
son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:26
%
Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their
voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place,
even unto heaven.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 30:27
%
NOW when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went
out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut
down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of
all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had
utterly destroyed them all.  Then all the children of Israel returned,
every man to his possession, into their own cities.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 31:1
%
And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites
after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests
and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister,
and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 31:2
%
He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt
offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the
burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the
set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 31:3
%
Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the
portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged
in the law of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 31:4
%
And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought
in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of
all the increase of the fields; and the tithe of all things brought they
in abundantly.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 31:5
%
And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the
cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and
the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God,
and laid them by heaps.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 31:6
%
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and
finished them in the seventh month.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 31:7
%
And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed
the LORD, and his people Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 31:8
%
Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning
the heaps.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 31:9
%
And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and
said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of
the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD
hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 31:10
%
Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD;
and they prepared them,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 31:11
%
And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things
faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his
brother was the next.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 31:12
%
And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and
Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers
under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment
of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 31:13
%
And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was
over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the
LORD, and the most holy things.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 31:14
%
And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah,
and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to
give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 31:15
%
Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even
unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily
portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 31:16
%
Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers,
and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by
their courses;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 31:17
%
And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their
sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their
set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 31:18
%
Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of
the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were
expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests,
and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 31:19
%
And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was
good and right and truth before the LORD his God.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 31:20
%
And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God,
and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with
all his heart, and prospered.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 31:21
%
AFTER these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of
Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced
cities, and thought to win them for himself.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:1
%
And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed
to fight against Jerusalem,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:2
%
He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters
of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:3
%
So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains,
and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should
the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:4
%
Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken,
and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired
Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:5
%
And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together
to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to
them, saying,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:6
%
Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of
Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more
with us than with him:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:7
%
With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us,
and to fight our battles.  And the people rested themselves upon the
words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:8
%
After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem,
(but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,)
unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem,
saying,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:9
%
Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye
abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:10
%
Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine
and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand
of the king of Assyria?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:11
%
Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars,
and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one
altar, and burn incense upon it?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:12
%
Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of
other lands?  were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able
to deliver their lands out of mine hand?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:13
%
Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers
utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand,
that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:14
%
Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this
manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was
able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my
fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:15
%
And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and against his
servant Hezekiah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:16
%
He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak
against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not
delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah
deliver his people out of mine hand.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:17
%
Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of
Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them;
that they might take the city.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:18
%
And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the
people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:19
%
And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of
Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:20
%
And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour,
and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria.  So he
returned with shame of face to his own land.  And when he was come into
the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him
there with the sword.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:21
%
Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the
hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other,
and guided them on every side.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:22
%
And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to
Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all
nations from thenceforth.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:23
%
In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD:
and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:24
%
But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him;
for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and
upon Judah and Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:25
%
Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart,
both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD
came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:26
%
And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself
treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for
spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:27
%
Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls
for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:28
%
Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in
abundance: for God had given him substance very much.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:29
%
This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon,
and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David.
And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:30
%
Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon,
who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land,
God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:31
%
Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they
are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and
in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:32
%
And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest
of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants
of Jerusalem did him honour at his death.  And Manasseh his son reigned
in his stead.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 32:33
%
MANASSEH began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 33:1
%
But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the
abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the
children of Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 33:2
%
For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken
down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped
all the host of heaven, and served them.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 33:3
%
Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said,
In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 33:4
%
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the
house of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 33:5
%
And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of
the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and
used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards:
he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 33:6
%
And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of
God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house,
and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel,
will I put my name for ever:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 33:7
%
Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land
which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to
do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the
statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 33:8
%
So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do
worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children
of Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 33:9
%
And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not
hearken.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 33:10
%
Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the
king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him
with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 33:11
%
And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled
himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 33:12
%
And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his
supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom.
Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 33:13
%
Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west
side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate,
and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and
put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 33:14
%
And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the
LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of
the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 33:15
%
And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace
offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD
God of Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 33:16
%
Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto
the LORD their God only.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 33:17
%
Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and
the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of
Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 33:18
%
His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin,
and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set
up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are
written among the sayings of the seers.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 33:19
%
So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house:
and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 33:20
%
Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned
two years in Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 33:21
%
But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh
his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh
his father had made, and served them;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 33:22
%
And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had
humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 33:23
%
And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 33:24
%
But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king
Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 33:25
%
JOSIAHbegan to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:1
%
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in
the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand,
nor to the left.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:2
%
For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began
to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he
began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves,
and the carved images, and the molten images.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:3
%
And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images,
that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved
images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them,
and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:4
%
And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed
Judah and Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:5
%
And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even
unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:6
%
And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten
the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout
all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:7
%
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land,
and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the
governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair
the house of the LORD his God.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:8
%
And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money
that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept
the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all
the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned
to Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:9
%
And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of
the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in
the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:10
%
Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone,
and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of
Judah had destroyed.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:11
%
And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were
Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah
and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and
other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:12
%
Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all
that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there
were scribes, and officers, and porters.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:13
%
And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of
the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given
by Moses.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:14
%
And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the
book of the law in the house of the LORD.  And Hilkiah delivered the
book to Shaphan.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:15
%
And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back
again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:16
%
And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house
of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers,
and to the hand of the workmen.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:17
%
Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath
given me a book.  And Shaphan read it before the king.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:18
%
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law,
that he rent his clothes.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:19
%
And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon
the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the
king's, saying,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:20
%
Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and
in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the
wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not
kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:21
%
And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the
prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah,
keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:)
and they spake to her to that effect.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:22
%
And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the
man that sent you to me,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:23
%
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and
upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in
the book which they have read before the king of Judah:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:24
%
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods,
that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands;
therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not
be quenched.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:25
%
And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD, so
shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the
words which thou hast heard;
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:26
%
Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before
God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the
inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy
clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:27
%
Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered
to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that
I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same.
So they brought the king word again.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:28
%
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and
Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:29
%
And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah,
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites,
and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the
words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:30
%
And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to
walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies,
and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform
the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:31
%
And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand
to it.	And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant
of God, the God of their fathers.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:32
%
And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that
pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in
Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God.  And all his days
they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 34:33
%
MOREOVER Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they
killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:1
%
And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the
service of the house of the LORD,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:2
%
And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto
the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David
king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders:
serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:3
%
And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses,
according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the
writing of Solomon his son.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:4
%
And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families
of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of
the families of the Levites.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:5
%
So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren,
that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:6
%
And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the
passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty
thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:7
%
And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to
the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of
God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and
six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:8
%
Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah
and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for
passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:9
%
So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place,
and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:10
%
And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from
their hands, and the Levites flayed them.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:11
%
And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according
to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD,
as it is written in the book of Moses.	And so did they with the oxen.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:12
%
And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but
the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans,
and divided them speedily among all the people.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:13
%
And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because
the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings
and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves,
and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:14
%
And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the
commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer;
and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their
service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:15
%
So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the
passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD,
according to the commandment of king Josiah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:16
%
And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that
time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:17
%
And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days
of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a
passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah
and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:18
%
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:19
%
After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt
came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out
against him.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:20
%
But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee,
thou king of Judah?  I come not against thee this day, but against the
house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear
thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:21
%
Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised
himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of
Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:22
%
And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants,
Have me away; for I am sore wounded.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:23
%
His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in
the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem,
and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers.
And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:24
%
And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing
women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them
an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:25
%
Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that
which was written in the law of the LORD,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:26
%
And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of
the kings of Israel and Judah.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 35:27
%
THEN the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made
him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 36:1
%
Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned three months in Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 36:2
%
And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land
in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 36:3
%
And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and
Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim.  And Necho took Jehoahaz
his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 36:4
%
Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in
the sight of the LORD his God.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 36:5
%
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in
fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 36:6
%
Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to
Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 36:7
%
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he
did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the
book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned
in his stead.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 36:8
%
Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil
in the sight of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 36:9
%
And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought
him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and
made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 36:10
%
Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned
eleven years in Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 36:11
%
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and
humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth
of the LORD.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 36:12
%
And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear
by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning
unto the LORD God of Israel.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 36:13
%
Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very
much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house
of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 36:14
%
And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising
up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and
on his dwelling place:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 36:15
%
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and
misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his
people, till there was no remedy.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 36:16
%
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their
young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no
compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age:
he gave them all into his hand.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 36:17
%
And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the
treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king,
and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 36:18
%
And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem,
and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly
vessels thereof.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 36:19
%
And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon;
where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the
kingdom of Persia:
		 -- 2 Chronicles 36:20
%
To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the
land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept
sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 36:21
%
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD
spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred
up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation
throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
		 -- 2 Chronicles 36:22
%
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath
the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an
house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.	Who is there among you of all
his people?  The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.
		 -- 2 Chronicles 36:23
%
NOW in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD
by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the
spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout
all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
		 -- Ezra 1:1
%
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me
all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an
house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
		 -- Ezra 1:2
%
Who is there among you of all his people?  his God be with him, and let
him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the
LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
		 -- Ezra 1:3
%
And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men
of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and
with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is
in Jerusalem.
		 -- Ezra 1:4
%
Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the
priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised,
to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
		 -- Ezra 1:5
%
And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels
of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious
things, beside all that was willingly offered.
		 -- Ezra 1:6
%
Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD,
which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put
them in the house of his gods;
		 -- Ezra 1:7
%
Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath
the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
		 -- Ezra 1:8
%
And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand
chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
		 -- Ezra 1:9
%
Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and
ten, and other vessels a thousand.
		 -- Ezra 1:10
%
All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred.
All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were
brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
		 -- Ezra 1:11
%
NOW these are the children of the province that went up out of the
captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar
the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto
Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;
		 -- Ezra 2:1
%
Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai,
Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah.  The number of the men of the
people of Israel:
		 -- Ezra 2:2
%
The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
		 -- Ezra 2:3
%
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
		 -- Ezra 2:4
%
The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.
		 -- Ezra 2:5
%
The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two
thousand eight hundred and twelve.
		 -- Ezra 2:6
%
The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
		 -- Ezra 2:7
%
The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.
		 -- Ezra 2:8
%
The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
		 -- Ezra 2:9
%
The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.
		 -- Ezra 2:10
%
The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.
		 -- Ezra 2:11
%
The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.
		 -- Ezra 2:12
%
The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.
		 -- Ezra 2:13
%
The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.
		 -- Ezra 2:14
%
The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.
		 -- Ezra 2:15
%
The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
		 -- Ezra 2:16
%
The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.
		 -- Ezra 2:17
%
The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve.
		 -- Ezra 2:18
%
The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.
		 -- Ezra 2:19
%
The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.
		 -- Ezra 2:20
%
The children of Beth-lehem, an hundred twenty and three.
		 -- Ezra 2:21
%
The men of Netophah, fifty and six.
		 -- Ezra 2:22
%
The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
		 -- Ezra 2:23
%
The children of Azmaveth, forty and two.
		 -- Ezra 2:24
%
The children of Kirjath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and
forty and three.
		 -- Ezra 2:25
%
The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.
		 -- Ezra 2:26
%
The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.
		 -- Ezra 2:27
%
The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
		 -- Ezra 2:28
%
The children of Nebo, fifty and two.
		 -- Ezra 2:29
%
The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six.
		 -- Ezra 2:30
%
The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
		 -- Ezra 2:31
%
The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
		 -- Ezra 2:32
%
The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.
		 -- Ezra 2:33
%
The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
		 -- Ezra 2:34
%
The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.
		 -- Ezra 2:35
%
The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine
hundred seventy and three.
		 -- Ezra 2:36
%
The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
		 -- Ezra 2:37
%
The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
		 -- Ezra 2:38
%
The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
		 -- Ezra 2:39
%
The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of
Hodaviah, seventy and four.
		 -- Ezra 2:40
%
The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.
		 -- Ezra 2:41
%
The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of
Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of
Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine.
		 -- Ezra 2:42
%
The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children
of Tabbaoth,
		 -- Ezra 2:43
%
The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
		 -- Ezra 2:44
%
The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,
		 -- Ezra 2:45
%
The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan,
		 -- Ezra 2:46
%
The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,
		 -- Ezra 2:47
%
The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,
		 -- Ezra 2:48
%
The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,
		 -- Ezra 2:49
%
The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim,
		 -- Ezra 2:50
%
The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
		 -- Ezra 2:51
%
The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
		 -- Ezra 2:52
%
The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,
		 -- Ezra 2:53
%
The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
		 -- Ezra 2:54
%
The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children
of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,
		 -- Ezra 2:55
%
The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
		 -- Ezra 2:56
%
The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of
Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.
		 -- Ezra 2:57
%
All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three
hundred ninety and two.
		 -- Ezra 2:58
%
And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub,
Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and
their seed, whether they were of Israel:
		 -- Ezra 2:59
%
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda,
six hundred fifty and two.
		 -- Ezra 2:60
%
And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children
of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters
of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:
		 -- Ezra 2:61
%
These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy,
but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from
the priesthood.
		 -- Ezra 2:62
%
And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most
holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
		 -- Ezra 2:63
%
The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred
and threescore,
		 -- Ezra 2:64
%
Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand
three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred
singing men and singing women.
		 -- Ezra 2:65
%
Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred
forty and five;
		 -- Ezra 2:66
%
Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand
seven hundred and twenty.
		 -- Ezra 2:67
%
And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of
the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to
set it up in his place:
		 -- Ezra 2:68
%
They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore
and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver,
and one hundred priests' garments.
		 -- Ezra 2:69
%
So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers,
and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel
in their cities.
		 -- Ezra 2:70
%
AND when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were
in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to
Jerusalem.
		 -- Ezra 3:1
%
Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests,
and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the
altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is
written in the law of Moses the man of God.
		 -- Ezra 3:2
%
And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of
the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon
unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening.
		 -- Ezra 3:3
%
They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered
the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the
duty of every day required;
		 -- Ezra 3:4
%
And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new
moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated,
and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.
		 -- Ezra 3:5
%
From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt
offerings unto the LORD.  But the foundation of the temple of the LORD
was not yet laid.
		 -- Ezra 3:6
%
They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat,
and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring
cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant
that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
		 -- Ezra 3:7
%
Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem,
in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua
the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and
the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto
Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward,
to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.
		 -- Ezra 3:8
%
Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons,
the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of
God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.
		 -- Ezra 3:9
%
And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD,
they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the
sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of
David king of Israel.
		 -- Ezra 3:10
%
And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the
LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel.
And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD,
because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
		 -- Ezra 3:11
%
But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were
ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of
this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many
shouted aloud for joy:
		 -- Ezra 3:12
%
So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from
the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a
loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
		 -- Ezra 3:13
%
NOW when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children
of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;
		 -- Ezra 4:1
%
Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said
unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and
we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assur,
which brought us up hither.
		 -- Ezra 4:2
%
But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of
Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house
unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of
Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.
		 -- Ezra 4:3
%
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah,
and troubled them in building,
		 -- Ezra 4:4
%
And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all
the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king
of Persia.
		 -- Ezra 4:5
%
And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they
unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
		 -- Ezra 4:6
%
And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and
the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the
writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted
in the Syrian tongue.
		 -- Ezra 4:7
%
Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against
Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
		 -- Ezra 4:8
%
Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest
of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites,
the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the
Dehavites, and the Elamites,
		 -- Ezra 4:9
%
And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought
over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this
side the river, and at such a time.
		 -- Ezra 4:10
%
This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto
Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and
at such a time.
		 -- Ezra 4:11
%
Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to
us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city,
and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.
		 -- Ezra 4:12
%
Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the
walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom,
and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
		 -- Ezra 4:13
%
Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not
meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and
certified the king;
		 -- Ezra 4:14
%
That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so
shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is
a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they
have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was
this city destroyed.
		 -- Ezra 4:15
%
We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls
thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side
the river.
		 -- Ezra 4:16
%
Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai
the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria,
and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
		 -- Ezra 4:17
%
The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.
		 -- Ezra 4:18
%
And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this
city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion
and sedition have been made therein.
		 -- Ezra 4:19
%
There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over
all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid
unto them.
		 -- Ezra 4:20
%
Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city
be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.
		 -- Ezra 4:21
%
Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to
the hurt of the kings?
		 -- Ezra 4:22
%
Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum,
and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to
Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
		 -- Ezra 4:23
%
Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem.  So it
ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
		 -- Ezra 4:24
%
THEN the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo,
prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name
of the God of Israel, even unto them.
		 -- Ezra 5:1
%
Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of
Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem:
and with them were the prophets of God helping them.
		 -- Ezra 5:2
%
At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river,
and 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 5:3
%
Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men
that make this building?
		 -- Ezra 5:4
%
But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could
not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they
returned answer by letter concerning this matter.
		 -- Ezra 5:5
%
The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river,
and Shethar-boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on
this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:
		 -- Ezra 5:6
%
They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the
king, all peace.
		 -- Ezra 5:7
%
Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea,
to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and
timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth
in their hands.
		 -- Ezra 5:8
%
Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you
to build this house, and to make up these walls?
		 -- Ezra 5:9
%
We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the
names of the men that were the chief of them.
		 -- Ezra 5:10
%
And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the
God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many
years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.
		 -- Ezra 5:11
%
But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath,
he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon,
the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away
into Babylon.
		 -- Ezra 5:12
%
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus
made a decree to build this house of God.
		 -- Ezra 5:13
%
And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which
Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought
them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of
the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was
Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;
		 -- Ezra 5:14
%
And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple
that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place.
		 -- Ezra 5:15
%
Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of
God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it
been in building, and yet it is not finished.
		 -- Ezra 5:16
%
Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made
in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it
be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of
God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning
this matter.
		 -- Ezra 5:17
%
THEN Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of
the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
		 -- Ezra 6:1
%
And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province
of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
		 -- Ezra 6:2
%
In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree
concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded,
the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof
be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth
thereof threescore cubits;
		 -- Ezra 6:3
%
With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the
expenses be given out of the king's house:
		 -- Ezra 6:4
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And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which
Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and
brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple
which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the
house of God.
		 -- Ezra 6:5
%
Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and
your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye
far from thence:
		 -- Ezra 6:6
%
Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews
and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place.
		 -- Ezra 6:7
%
Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews
for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of
the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men,
that they be not hindered.
		 -- Ezra 6:8
%
And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams,
and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt,
wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at
Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:
		 -- Ezra 6:9
%
That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven,
and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
		 -- Ezra 6:10
%
Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let
timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged
thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
		 -- Ezra 6:11
%
And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings
and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this
house of God which is at Jerusalem.  I Darius have made a decree; let
it be done with speed.
		 -- Ezra 6:12
%
Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their
companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they
did speedily.
		 -- Ezra 6:13
%
And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the
prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo.
And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the
God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius,
and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
		 -- Ezra 6:14
%
And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which
was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
		 -- Ezra 6:15
%
And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest
of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of
God with joy,
		 -- Ezra 6:16
%
And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks,
two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all
Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
		 -- Ezra 6:17
%
And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their
courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written
in the book of Moses.
		 -- Ezra 6:18
%
And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth
day of the first month.
		 -- Ezra 6:19
%
For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were
pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity,
and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
		 -- Ezra 6:20
%
And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity,
and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness
of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat,
		 -- Ezra 6:21
%
And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the
LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria
unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God,
the God of Israel.
		 -- Ezra 6:22
%
NOW after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia,
Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
		 -- Ezra 7:1
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The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
		 -- Ezra 7:2
%
The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
		 -- Ezra 7:3
%
The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
		 -- Ezra 7:4
%
The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of
Aaron the chief priest:
		 -- Ezra 7:5
%
This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of
Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him
all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.
		 -- Ezra 7:6
%
And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests,
and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims,
unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
		 -- Ezra 7:7
%
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh
year of the king.
		 -- Ezra 7:8
%
For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon,
and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according
to the good hand of his God upon him.
		 -- Ezra 7:9
%
For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do
it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
		 -- Ezra 7:10
%
Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra
the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments
of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
		 -- Ezra 7:11
%
Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of
the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
		 -- Ezra 7:12
%
I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests
and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go
up to Jerusalem, go with thee.
		 -- Ezra 7:13
%
Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors,
to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy
God which is in thine hand;
		 -- Ezra 7:14
%
And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have
freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
		 -- Ezra 7:15
%
And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of
Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests,
offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:
		 -- Ezra 7:16
%
That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs,
with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon
the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
		 -- Ezra 7:17
%
And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with
the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.
		 -- Ezra 7:18
%
The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of
thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.
		 -- Ezra 7:19
%
And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou
shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure house.
		 -- Ezra 7:20
%
And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers
which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of
the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
		 -- Ezra 7:21
%
Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat,
and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and
salt without prescribing how much.
		 -- Ezra 7:22
%
Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done
for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against
the realm of the king and his sons?
		 -- Ezra 7:23
%
Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites,
singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall
not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
		 -- Ezra 7:24
%
And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set
magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond
the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that
know them not.
		 -- Ezra 7:25
%
And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king,
let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death,
or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
		 -- Ezra 7:26
%
Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as
this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is
in Jerusalem:
		 -- Ezra 7:27
%
And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors,
and before all the king's mighty princes.  And I was strengthened as
the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of
Israel chief men to go up with me.
		 -- Ezra 7:28
%
THESE are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy
of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes
the king.
		 -- Ezra 8:1
%
Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of
the sons of David; Hattush.
		 -- Ezra 8:2
%
Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with
him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.
		 -- Ezra 8:3
%
Of the sons of Pahath-moab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him
two hundred males.
		 -- Ezra 8:4
%
Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three
hundred males.
		 -- Ezra 8:5
%
Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty
males.
		 -- Ezra 8:6
%
And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him
seventy males.
		 -- Ezra 8:7
%
And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with
him fourscore males.
		 -- Ezra 8:8
%
Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred
and eighteen males.
		 -- Ezra 8:9
%
And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an
hundred and threescore males.
		 -- Ezra 8:10
%
And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty
and eight males.
		 -- Ezra 8:11
%
And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an
hundred and ten males.
		 -- Ezra 8:12
%
And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet,
Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.
		 -- Ezra 8:13
%
Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy
males.
		 -- Ezra 8:14
%
And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there
abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests,
and found there none of the sons of Levi.
		 -- Ezra 8:15
%
Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan,
and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah,
and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men
of understanding.
		 -- Ezra 8:16
%
And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place
Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his
brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring
unto us ministers for the house of our God.
		 -- Ezra 8:17
%
And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of
understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel;
and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
		 -- Ezra 8:18
%
And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren
and their sons, twenty;
		 -- Ezra 8:19
%
Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the
service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them
were expressed by name.
		 -- Ezra 8:20
%
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might
afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us,
and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
		 -- Ezra 8:21
%
For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen
to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the
king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him;
but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
		 -- Ezra 8:22
%
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
		 -- Ezra 8:23
%
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah,
and ten of their brethren with them,
		 -- Ezra 8:24
%
And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the
offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors,
and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
		 -- Ezra 8:25
%
I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver,
and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;
		 -- Ezra 8:26
%
Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine
copper, precious as gold.
		 -- Ezra 8:27
%
And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy
also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD
God of your fathers.
		 -- Ezra 8:28
%
Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the
priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem,
in the chambers of the house of the LORD.
		 -- Ezra 8:29
%
So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the
gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of
our God.
		 -- Ezra 8:30
%
Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first
month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and
he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait
by the way.
		 -- Ezra 8:31
%
And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
		 -- Ezra 8:32
%
Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed
in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the
priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was
Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;
		 -- Ezra 8:33
%
By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at
that time.
		 -- Ezra 8:34
%
Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come
out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel,
twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven
lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering
unto the LORD.
		 -- Ezra 8:35
%
And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants,
and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the
people, and the house of God.
		 -- Ezra 8:36
%
NOW when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The
people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated
themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their
abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the
Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
		 -- Ezra 9:1
%
For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their
sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of
those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in
this trespass.
		 -- Ezra 9:2
%
And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked
off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
		 -- Ezra 9:3
%
Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of
the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been
carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
		 -- Ezra 9:4
%
And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having
rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my
hands unto the LORD my God,
		 -- Ezra 9:5
%
And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee,
my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass
is grown up unto the heavens.
		 -- Ezra 9:6
%
Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto
this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests,
been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword,
to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
		 -- Ezra 9:7
%
And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God,
to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place,
that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in
our bondage.
		 -- Ezra 9:8
%
For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage,
but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia,
to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair
the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
		 -- Ezra 9:9
%
And now, O our God, what shall we say after this?  for we have forsaken
thy commandments,
		 -- Ezra 9:10
%
Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land,
unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness
of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled
it from one end to another with their uncleanness.
		 -- Ezra 9:11
%
Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their
daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever:
that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for
an inheritance to your children for ever.
		 -- Ezra 9:12
%
And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our
great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our
iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
		 -- Ezra 9:13
%
Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the
people of these abominations?  wouldest not thou be angry with us till
thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
		 -- Ezra 9:14
%
O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped,
as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we
cannot stand before thee because of this.
		 -- Ezra 9:15
%
NOW when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting
himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of
Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the
people wept very sore.
		 -- Ezra 10:1
%
And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered
and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken
strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel
concerning this thing.
		 -- Ezra 10:2
%
Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the
wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord,
and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be
done according to the law.
		 -- Ezra 10:3
%
Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee:
be of good courage, and do it.
		 -- Ezra 10:4
%
Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel,
to swear that they should do according to this word.  And they sware.
		 -- Ezra 10:5
%
Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber
of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no
bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of
them that had been carried away.
		 -- Ezra 10:6
%
And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the
children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together
unto Jerusalem;
		 -- Ezra 10:7
%
And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the
counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be
forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that
had been carried away.
		 -- Ezra 10:8
%
Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto
Jerusalem within three days.  It was the ninth month, on the twentieth
day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of
God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
		 -- Ezra 10:9
%
And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed,
and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.
		 -- Ezra 10:10
%
Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and
do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land,
and from the strange wives.
		 -- Ezra 10:11
%
Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou
hast said, so must we do.
		 -- Ezra 10:12
%
But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not
able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we
are many that have transgressed in this thing.
		 -- Ezra 10:13
%
Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them
which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times,
and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until
the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.
		 -- Ezra 10:14
%
Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were
employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite
helped them.
		 -- Ezra 10:15
%
And the children of the captivity did so.  And Ezra the priest, with
certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all
of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day
of the tenth month to examine the matter.
		 -- Ezra 10:16
%
And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by
the first day of the first month.
		 -- Ezra 10:17
%
And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange
wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren;
Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
		 -- Ezra 10:18
%
And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and
being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.
		 -- Ezra 10:19
%
And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.
		 -- Ezra 10:20
%
And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel,
and Uzziah.
		 -- Ezra 10:21
%
And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel,
Jozabad, and Elasah.
		 -- Ezra 10:22
%
Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is
Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
		 -- Ezra 10:23
%
Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem,
and Uri.
		 -- Ezra 10:24
%
Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and
Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
		 -- Ezra 10:25
%
And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi,
and Jeremoth, and Eliah.
		 -- Ezra 10:26
%
And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth,
and Zabad, and Aziza.
		 -- Ezra 10:27
%
Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
		 -- Ezra 10:28
%
And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and
Sheal, and Ramoth.
		 -- Ezra 10:29
%
And of the sons of Pahath-moab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah,
Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.
		 -- Ezra 10:30
%
And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
		 -- Ezra 10:31
%
Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
		 -- Ezra 10:32
%
Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai,
Manasseh, and Shimei.
		 -- Ezra 10:33
%
Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
		 -- Ezra 10:34
%
Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,
		 -- Ezra 10:35
%
Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
		 -- Ezra 10:36
%
Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,
		 -- Ezra 10:37
%
And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
		 -- Ezra 10:38
%
And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
		 -- Ezra 10:39
%
Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
		 -- Ezra 10:40
%
Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
		 -- Ezra 10:41
%
Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
		 -- Ezra 10:42
%
Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel,
Benaiah.
		 -- Ezra 10:43
%
All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom
they had children.
		 -- Ezra 10:44
%
THE words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah.  And it came to pass in the
month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
		 -- Nehemiah 1:1
%
That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah;
and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left
of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
		 -- Nehemiah 1:2
%
And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in
the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem
also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
		 -- Nehemiah 1:3
%
And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept,
and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
		 -- Nehemiah 1:4
%
And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible
God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe
his commandments:
		 -- Nehemiah 1:5
%
Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest
hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and
night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of
the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and
my father's house have sinned.
		 -- Nehemiah 1:6
%
We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the
commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst
thy servant Moses.
		 -- Nehemiah 1:7
%
Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant
Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the
nations:
		 -- Nehemiah 1:8
%
But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though
there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet
will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that
I have chosen to set my name there.
		 -- Nehemiah 1:9
%
Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by
thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
		 -- Nehemiah 1:10
%
O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer
of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear
thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him
mercy in the sight of this man.  For I was the king's cupbearer.
		 -- Nehemiah 1:11
%
AND it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of
Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and
gave it unto the king.	Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
		 -- Nehemiah 2:1
%
Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing
thou art not sick?  this is nothing else but sorrow of heart.  Then I
was very sore afraid,
		 -- Nehemiah 2:2
%
And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my
countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres,
lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
		 -- Nehemiah 2:3
%
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed
to the God of heaven.
		 -- Nehemiah 2:4
%
And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant
have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah,
unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.
		 -- Nehemiah 2:5
%
And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how
long shall thy journey be?  and when wilt thou return?	So it pleased
the king to send me; and I set him a time.
		 -- Nehemiah 2:6
%
Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be
given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over
till I come into Judah;
		 -- Nehemiah 2:7
%
And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give
me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to
the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall
enter into.  And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my
God upon me.
		 -- Nehemiah 2:8
%
Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's
letters.  Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
		 -- Nehemiah 2:9
%
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite,
heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to
seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
		 -- Nehemiah 2:10
%
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
		 -- Nehemiah 2:11
%
And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I
any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was
there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
		 -- Nehemiah 2:12
%
And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the
dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem,
which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
		 -- Nehemiah 2:13
%
Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool:
but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
		 -- Nehemiah 2:14
%
Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned
back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
		 -- Nehemiah 2:15
%
And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as
yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to
the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
		 -- Nehemiah 2:16
%
Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem
lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let
us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
		 -- Nehemiah 2:17
%
Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also
the king's words that he had spoken unto me.  And they said, Let us rise
up and build.  So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
		 -- Nehemiah 2:18
%
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and
Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us,
and said, What is this thing that ye do?  will ye rebel against the king?
		 -- Nehemiah 2:19
%
Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will
prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have
no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
		 -- Nehemiah 2:20
%
THEN Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests,
and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the
doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the
tower of Hananeel.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:1
%
And next unto him builded the men of Jericho.  And next to them builded
Zaccur the son of Imri.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:2
%
But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the
beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the
bars thereof.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:3
%
And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz.
And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son
of Meshezabeel.  And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:4
%
And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their
necks to the work of their Lord.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:5
%
Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam
the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors
thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:6
%
And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the
Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the
governor on this side the river.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:7
%
Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths.
Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries,
and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:8
%
And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the
half part of Jerusalem.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:9
%
And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against
his house.  And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:10
%
Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath-moab, repaired
the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:11
%
And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of
the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:12
%
The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built
it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof,
and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:13
%
But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part
of Beth-haccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks
thereof, and the bars thereof.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:14
%
But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col-hozeh,
the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up
the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall
of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go
down from the city of David.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:15
%
After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half
part of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David,
and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:16
%
After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani.	Next unto him
repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:17
%
After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler
of the half part of Keilah.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:18
%
And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah,
another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning
of the wall.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:19
%
After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece,
from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the
high priest.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:20
%
After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another
piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the
house of Eliashib.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:21
%
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:22
%
After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house.  After
him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:23
%
After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the
house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:24
%
Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the
tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the court
of the prison.	After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:25
%
Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the
water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:26
%
After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great
tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:27
%
From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against
his house.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:28
%
After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house.
After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of
the east gate.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:29
%
After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth
son of Zalaph, another piece.  After him repaired Meshullam the son of
Berechiah over against his chamber.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:30
%
After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of the
Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to
the going up of the corner.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:31
%
And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the
goldsmiths and the merchants.
		 -- Nehemiah 3:32
%
BUT it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall,
he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
		 -- Nehemiah 4:1
%
And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What
do these feeble Jews?  will they fortify themselves?  will they sacrifice?
will they make an end in a day?  will they revive the stones out of the
heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
		 -- Nehemiah 4:2
%
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they
build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
		 -- Nehemiah 4:3
%
Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their
own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
		 -- Nehemiah 4:4
%
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from
before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
		 -- Nehemiah 4:5
%
So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half
thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
		 -- Nehemiah 4:6
%
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians,
and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem
were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were
very wroth,
		 -- Nehemiah 4:7
%
And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem,
and to hinder it.
		 -- Nehemiah 4:8
%
Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against
them day and night, because of them.
		 -- Nehemiah 4:9
%
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed,
and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
		 -- Nehemiah 4:10
%
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come
in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
		 -- Nehemiah 4:11
%
And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they
said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us
they will be upon you.
		 -- Nehemiah 4:12
%
Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher
places, I even set the people after their families with their swords,
their spears, and their bows.
		 -- Nehemiah 4:13
%
And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers,
and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the
Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons,
and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
		 -- Nehemiah 4:14
%
And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us,
and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us
to the wall, every one unto his work.
		 -- Nehemiah 4:15
%
And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants
wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears,
the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind
all the house of Judah.
		 -- Nehemiah 4:16
%
They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those
that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and
with the other hand held a weapon.
		 -- Nehemiah 4:17
%
For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and
so builded.  And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
		 -- Nehemiah 4:18
%
And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the
people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall,
one far from another.
		 -- Nehemiah 4:19
%
In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye
thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
		 -- Nehemiah 4:20
%
So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the
rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
		 -- Nehemiah 4:21
%
Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his
servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard
to us, and labour on the day.
		 -- Nehemiah 4:22
%
So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard
which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every
one put them off for washing.
		 -- Nehemiah 4:23
%
AND there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their
brethren the Jews.
		 -- Nehemiah 5:1
%
For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many:
therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.
		 -- Nehemiah 5:2
%
Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards,
and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
		 -- Nehemiah 5:3
%
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute,
and that upon our lands and vineyards.
		 -- Nehemiah 5:4
%
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their
children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to
be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already:
neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands
and vineyards.
		 -- Nehemiah 5:5
%
And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
		 -- Nehemiah 5:6
%
Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers,
and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother.  And I
set a great assembly against them.
		 -- Nehemiah 5:7
%
And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren
the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your
brethren?  or shall they be sold unto us?  Then held they their peace,
and found nothing to answer.
		 -- Nehemiah 5:8
%
Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear
of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
		 -- Nehemiah 5:9
%
I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money
and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
		 -- Nehemiah 5:10
%
Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards,
their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money,
and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.
		 -- Nehemiah 5:11
%
Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them;
so will we do as thou sayest.  Then I called the priests, and took an
oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
		 -- Nehemiah 5:12
%
Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his
house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus
be he shaken out, and emptied.	And all the congregation said, Amen,
and praised the LORD.  And the people did according to this promise.
		 -- Nehemiah 5:13
%
Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the
land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth
year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren
have not eaten the bread of the governor.
		 -- Nehemiah 5:14
%
But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto
the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels
of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so
did not I, because of the fear of God.
		 -- Nehemiah 5:15
%
Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any
land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
		 -- Nehemiah 5:16
%
Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and
rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are
about us.
		 -- Nehemiah 5:17
%
Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep;
also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts
of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor,
because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
		 -- Nehemiah 5:18
%
Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for
this people.
		 -- Nehemiah 5:19
%
NOW it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian,
and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that
there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up
the doors upon the gates;)
		 -- Nehemiah 6:1
%
That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together
in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono.  But they thought to
do me mischief.
		 -- Nehemiah 6:2
%
And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so
that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it,
and come down to you?
		 -- Nehemiah 6:3
%
Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them
after the same manner.
		 -- Nehemiah 6:4
%
Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time
with an open letter in his hand;
		 -- Nehemiah 6:5
%
Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith
it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest
the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.
		 -- Nehemiah 6:6
%
And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem,
saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the
king according to these words.	Come now therefore, and let us take
counsel together.
		 -- Nehemiah 6:7
%
Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou
sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
		 -- Nehemiah 6:8
%
For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from
the work, that it be not done.	Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
		 -- Nehemiah 6:9
%
Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son
of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in
the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the
temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they
come to slay thee.
		 -- Nehemiah 6:10
%
And I said, Should such a man as I flee?  and who is there, that, being
as I am, would go into the temple to save his life?  I will not go in.
		 -- Nehemiah 6:11
%
And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced
this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
		 -- Nehemiah 6:12
%
Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin,
and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might
reproach me.
		 -- Nehemiah 6:13
%
My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their
works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets,
that would have put me in fear.
		 -- Nehemiah 6:14
%
So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul,
in fifty and two days.
		 -- Nehemiah 6:15
%
And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the
heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in
their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.
		 -- Nehemiah 6:16
%
Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah,
and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
		 -- Nehemiah 6:17
%
For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in
law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the
daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
		 -- Nehemiah 6:18
%
Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him.
And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
		 -- Nehemiah 6:19
%
NOW it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors,
and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
		 -- Nehemiah 7:1
%
That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace,
charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above
many.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:2
%
And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until
the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and
bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every
one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:3
%
Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein,
and the houses were not builded.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:4
%
And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the
rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy.  And I
found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first,
and found written therein,
		 -- Nehemiah 7:5
%
These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity,
of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of
Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah,
every one unto his city;
		 -- Nehemiah 7:6
%
Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani,
Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah.  The number, I say,
of the men of the people of Israel was this;
		 -- Nehemiah 7:7
%
The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:8
%
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:9
%
The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:10
%
The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two
thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:11
%
The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:12
%
The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:13
%
The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:14
%
The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:15
%
The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:16
%
The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:17
%
The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:18
%
The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:19
%
The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:20
%
The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:21
%
The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:22
%
The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:23
%
The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:24
%
The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:25
%
The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:26
%
The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:27
%
The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty and two.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:28
%
The men of Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty
and three.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:29
%
The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:30
%
The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:31
%
The men of Beth-el and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:32
%
The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:33
%
The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:34
%
The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:35
%
The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:36
%
The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:37
%
The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:38
%
The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine
hundred seventy and three.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:39
%
The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:40
%
The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:41
%
The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:42
%
The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of
Hodevah, seventy and four.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:43
%
The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:44
%
The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children
of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children
of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:45
%
The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the
children of Tabbaoth,
		 -- Nehemiah 7:46
%
The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,
		 -- Nehemiah 7:47
%
The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai,
		 -- Nehemiah 7:48
%
The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
		 -- Nehemiah 7:49
%
The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
		 -- Nehemiah 7:50
%
The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah,
		 -- Nehemiah 7:51
%
The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of
Nephishesim,
		 -- Nehemiah 7:52
%
The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
		 -- Nehemiah 7:53
%
The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
		 -- Nehemiah 7:54
%
The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah,
		 -- Nehemiah 7:55
%
The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:56
%
The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children
of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
		 -- Nehemiah 7:57
%
The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
		 -- Nehemiah 7:58
%
The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of
Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:59
%
All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three
hundred ninety and two.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:60
%
And these were they which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha,
Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house,
nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:61
%
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda,
six hundred forty and two.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:62
%
And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the
children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the
Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:63
%
These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy,
but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the
priesthood.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:64
%
And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most
holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:65
%
The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred
and threescore,
		 -- Nehemiah 7:66
%
Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven
thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty
and five singing men and singing women.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:67
%
Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred
forty and five:
		 -- Nehemiah 7:68
%
Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred
and twenty asses.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:69
%
And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work.  The Tirshatha
gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred
and thirty priests' garments.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:70
%
And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work
twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound
of silver.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:71
%
And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams
of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven
priests' garments.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:72
%
So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and
some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their
cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in
their cities.
		 -- Nehemiah 7:73
%
AND all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the
street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the
scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded
to Israel.
		 -- Nehemiah 8:1
%
And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men
and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first
day of the seventh month.
		 -- Nehemiah 8:2
%
And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate
from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those
that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive
unto the book of the law.
		 -- Nehemiah 8:3
%
And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for
the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and
Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left
hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana,
Zechariah, and Meshullam.
		 -- Nehemiah 8:4
%
And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was
above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
		 -- Nehemiah 8:5
%
And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God.  And all the people answered,
Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads,
and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
		 -- Nehemiah 8:6
%
Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah,
Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites,
caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their
place.
		 -- Nehemiah 8:7
%
So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense,
and caused them to understand the reading.
		 -- Nehemiah 8:8
%
And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe,
and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This
day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep.  For all the
people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
		 -- Nehemiah 8:9
%
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet,
and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day
is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is
your strength.
		 -- Nehemiah 8:10
%
So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the
day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
		 -- Nehemiah 8:11
%
And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send
portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words
that were declared unto them.
		 -- Nehemiah 8:12
%
And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers
of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe,
even to understand the words of the law.
		 -- Nehemiah 8:13
%
And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses,
that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the
seventh month:
		 -- Nehemiah 8:14
%
And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in
Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches,
and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches
of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.
		 -- Nehemiah 8:15
%
So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths,
every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the
courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in
the street of the gate of Ephraim.
		 -- Nehemiah 8:16
%
And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity
made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua
the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so.
And there was very great gladness.
		 -- Nehemiah 8:17
%
Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the
book of the law of God.  And they kept the feast seven days; and on the
eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.
		 -- Nehemiah 8:18
%
NOW in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel
were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:1
%
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and
stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:2
%
And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the
LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they
confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:3
%
Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel,
Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud
voice unto the LORD their God.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:4
%
Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah,
Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD
your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is
exalted above all blessing and praise.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:5
%
Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of
heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein,
the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and
the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:6
%
Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him
forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
		 -- Nehemiah 9:7
%
And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with
him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites,
and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it,
I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:
		 -- Nehemiah 9:8
%
And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their
cry by the Red sea;
		 -- Nehemiah 9:9
%
And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants,
and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt
proudly against them.  So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:10
%
And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the
midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest
into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:11
%
Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night
by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:12
%
Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from
heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes
and commandments:
		 -- Nehemiah 9:13
%
And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them
precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
		 -- Nehemiah 9:14
%
And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth
water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that
they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:15
%
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and
hearkened not to thy commandments,
		 -- Nehemiah 9:16
%
And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst
among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed
a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to
pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness,
and forsookest them not.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:17
%
Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God
that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
		 -- Nehemiah 9:18
%
Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness:
the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them
in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light,
and the way wherein they should go.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:19
%
Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not
thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:20
%
Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they
lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:21
%
Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them
into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the
king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:22
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Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and
broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to
their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:23
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So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst
before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest
them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land,
that they might do with them as they would.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:24
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And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full
of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees
in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and
delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:25
%
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast
thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against
them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:26
%
Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed
them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou
heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou
gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:27
%
But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore
leftest thou them in the 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;
		 -- Nehemiah 9:28
%
And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy
law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but
sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;)
and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:29
%
Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them
by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore
gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:30
%
Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume
them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:31
%
Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who
keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before
thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our
priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people,
since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:32
%
Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done
right, but we have done wickedly:
		 -- Nehemiah 9:33
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Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers,
kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies,
wherewith thou didst testify against them.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:34
%
For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness
that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest
before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:35
%
Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest
unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold,
we are servants in it:
		 -- Nehemiah 9:36
%
And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us
because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over
our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:37
%
And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our
princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
		 -- Nehemiah 9:38
%
NOW those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah,
and Zidkijah,
		 -- Nehemiah 10:1
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Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
		 -- Nehemiah 10:2
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Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,
		 -- Nehemiah 10:3
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Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
		 -- Nehemiah 10:4
%
Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
		 -- Nehemiah 10:5
%
Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
		 -- Nehemiah 10:6
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Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
		 -- Nehemiah 10:7
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Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.
		 -- Nehemiah 10:8
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And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of
Henadad, Kadmiel;
		 -- Nehemiah 10:9
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And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
		 -- Nehemiah 10:10
%
Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,
		 -- Nehemiah 10:11
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Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
		 -- Nehemiah 10:12
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Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.
		 -- Nehemiah 10:13
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The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,
		 -- Nehemiah 10:14
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Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
		 -- Nehemiah 10:15
%
Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
		 -- Nehemiah 10:16
%
Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,
		 -- Nehemiah 10:17
%
Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,
		 -- Nehemiah 10:18
%
Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
		 -- Nehemiah 10:19
%
Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
		 -- Nehemiah 10:20
%
Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,
		 -- Nehemiah 10:21
%
Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
		 -- Nehemiah 10:22
%
Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,
		 -- Nehemiah 10:23
%
Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,
		 -- Nehemiah 10:24
%
Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
		 -- Nehemiah 10:25
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And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,
		 -- Nehemiah 10:26
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Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
		 -- Nehemiah 10:27
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And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the
singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from
the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons,
and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;
		 -- Nehemiah 10:28
%
They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse,
and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the
servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD
our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;
		 -- Nehemiah 10:29
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And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land,
nor take their daughters for our sons:
		 -- Nehemiah 10:30
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And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath
day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the
holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of
every debt.
		 -- Nehemiah 10:31
%
Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the
third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
		 -- Nehemiah 10:32
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For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the
continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the
set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make
an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
		 -- Nehemiah 10:33
%
And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people,
for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the
houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon
the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:
		 -- Nehemiah 10:34
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And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all
fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:
		 -- Nehemiah 10:35
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Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the
law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the
house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God:
		 -- Nehemiah 10:36
%
And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings,
and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the
priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our
ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in
all the cities of our tillage.
		 -- Nehemiah 10:37
%
And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the
Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the
tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure
house.
		 -- Nehemiah 10:38
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For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the
offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers,
where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister,
and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of
our God.
		 -- Nehemiah 10:39
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AND the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people
also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city,
and nine parts to dwell in other cities.
		 -- Nehemiah 11:1
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And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves
to dwell at Jerusalem.
		 -- Nehemiah 11:2
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Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in
the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities,
to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and
the children of Solomon's servants.
		 -- Nehemiah 11:3
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And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the
children of Benjamin.  Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of
Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah,
the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez;
		 -- Nehemiah 11:4
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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.
		 -- Nehemiah 11:5
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All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred threescore
and eight valiant men.
		 -- Nehemiah 11:6
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And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son
of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah,
the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah.
		 -- Nehemiah 11:7
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And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.
		 -- Nehemiah 11:8
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And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of
Senuah was second over the city.
		 -- Nehemiah 11:9
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Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin.
		 -- Nehemiah 11:10
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Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok,
the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of God.
		 -- Nehemiah 11:11
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And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred
twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the
son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,
		 -- Nehemiah 11:12
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And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two: and
Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth,
the son of Immer,
		 -- Nehemiah 11:13
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And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight:
and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men.
		 -- Nehemiah 11:14
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Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam,
the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
		 -- Nehemiah 11:15
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And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight
of the outward business of the house of God.
		 -- Nehemiah 11:16
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And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph,
was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the
second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal,
the son of Jeduthun.
		 -- Nehemiah 11:17
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All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.
		 -- Nehemiah 11:18
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Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the
gates, were an hundred seventy and two.
		 -- Nehemiah 11:19
%
And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all
the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.
		 -- Nehemiah 11:20
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But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the
Nethinims.
		 -- Nehemiah 11:21
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The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani,
the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha.  Of the
sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God.
		 -- Nehemiah 11:22
%
For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion
should be for the singers, due for every day.
		 -- Nehemiah 11:23
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And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son
of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.
		 -- Nehemiah 11:24
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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,
		 -- Nehemiah 11:25
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And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Beth-phelet,
		 -- Nehemiah 11:26
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And at Hazar-shual, and at Beer-sheba, and in the villages thereof,
		 -- Nehemiah 11:27
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And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,
		 -- Nehemiah 11:28
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And at En-rimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,
		 -- Nehemiah 11:29
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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.
		 -- Nehemiah 11:30
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The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija,
and Beth-el, and in their villages,
		 -- Nehemiah 11:31
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And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
		 -- Nehemiah 11:32
%
Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
		 -- Nehemiah 11:33
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Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
		 -- Nehemiah 11:34
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Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
		 -- Nehemiah 11:35
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And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.
		 -- Nehemiah 11:36
%
NOW these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel
the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
		 -- Nehemiah 12:1
%
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
		 -- Nehemiah 12:2
%
Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
		 -- Nehemiah 12:3
%
Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,
		 -- Nehemiah 12:4
%
Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
		 -- Nehemiah 12:5
%
Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
		 -- Nehemiah 12:6
%
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah.	These were the chief of the priests and
of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
		 -- Nehemiah 12:7
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Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and
Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
		 -- Nehemiah 12:8
%
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in
the watches.
		 -- Nehemiah 12:9
%
And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib
begat Joiada,
		 -- Nehemiah 12:10
%
And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
		 -- Nehemiah 12:11
%
And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers:
of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
		 -- Nehemiah 12:12
%
Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
		 -- Nehemiah 12:13
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Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
		 -- Nehemiah 12:14
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Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
		 -- Nehemiah 12:15
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Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
		 -- Nehemiah 12:16
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Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
		 -- Nehemiah 12:17
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Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
		 -- Nehemiah 12:18
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And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
		 -- Nehemiah 12:19
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Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
		 -- Nehemiah 12:20
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Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.
		 -- Nehemiah 12:21
%
The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua,
were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of
Darius the Persian.
		 -- Nehemiah 12:22
%
The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of
the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
		 -- Nehemiah 12:23
%
And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the
son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and
to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God,
ward over against ward.
		 -- Nehemiah 12:24
%
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters
keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
		 -- Nehemiah 12:25
%
These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak,
and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest,
the scribe.
		 -- Nehemiah 12:26
%
And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out
of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication
with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals,
psalteries, and with harps.
		 -- Nehemiah 12:27
%
And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the
plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;
		 -- Nehemiah 12:28
%
Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth:
for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.
		 -- Nehemiah 12:29
%
And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the
people, and the gates, and the wall.
		 -- Nehemiah 12:30
%
Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two
great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right
hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:
		 -- Nehemiah 12:31
%
And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,
		 -- Nehemiah 12:32
%
And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
		 -- Nehemiah 12:33
%
Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
		 -- Nehemiah 12:34
%
And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the
son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of
Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:
		 -- Nehemiah 12:35
%
And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai,
Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the
man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.
		 -- Nehemiah 12:36
%
And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by
the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the
house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.
		 -- Nehemiah 12:37
%
And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them,
and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond
the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;
		 -- Nehemiah 12:38
%
And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above
the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even
unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
		 -- Nehemiah 12:39
%
So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God,
and I, and the half of the rulers with me:
		 -- Nehemiah 12:40
%
And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai,
Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
		 -- Nehemiah 12:41
%
And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and
Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer.	And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah
their overseer.
		 -- Nehemiah 12:42
%
Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God
had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children
rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
		 -- Nehemiah 12:43
%
And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures,
for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather
into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for
the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the
Levites that waited.
		 -- Nehemiah 12:44
%
And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and
the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David,
and of Solomon his son.
		 -- Nehemiah 12:45
%
For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers,
and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
		 -- Nehemiah 12:46
%
And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah,
gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion:
and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites
sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.
		 -- Nehemiah 12:47
%
ON that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people;
and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should
not come into the congregation of God for ever;
		 -- Nehemiah 13:1
%
Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water,
but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our
God turned the curse into a blessing.
		 -- Nehemiah 13:2
%
Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated
from Israel all the mixed multitude.
		 -- Nehemiah 13:3
%
And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber
of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:
		 -- Nehemiah 13:4
%
And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid
the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes
of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given
to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of
the priests.
		 -- Nehemiah 13:5
%
But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth
year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after
certain days obtained I leave of the king:
		 -- Nehemiah 13:6
%
And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did
for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
		 -- Nehemiah 13:7
%
And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff
of Tobiah out of the chamber.
		 -- Nehemiah 13:8
%
Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought
I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and
the frankincense.
		 -- Nehemiah 13:9
%
And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them:
for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one
to his field.
		 -- Nehemiah 13:10
%
Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God
forsaken?  And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
		 -- Nehemiah 13:11
%
Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the
oil unto the treasuries.
		 -- Nehemiah 13:12
%
And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and
Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan
the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful,
and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.
		 -- Nehemiah 13:13
%
Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds
that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.
		 -- Nehemiah 13:14
%
In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath,
and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and
figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on
the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they
sold victuals.
		 -- Nehemiah 13:15
%
There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all
manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah,
and in Jerusalem.
		 -- Nehemiah 13:16
%
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil
thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
		 -- Nehemiah 13:17
%
Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon
us, and upon this city?  yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning
the sabbath.
		 -- Nehemiah 13:18
%
And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be
dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut,
and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and
some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be
brought in on the sabbath day.
		 -- Nehemiah 13:19
%
So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem
once or twice.
		 -- Nehemiah 13:20
%
Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about
the wall?  if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you.	From that time
forth came they no more on the sabbath.
		 -- Nehemiah 13:21
%
And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and
that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day.
Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to
the greatness of thy mercy.
		 -- Nehemiah 13:22
%
In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon,
and of Moab:
		 -- Nehemiah 13:23
%
And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not
speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.
		 -- Nehemiah 13:24
%
And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them,
and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall
not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto
your sons, or for yourselves.
		 -- Nehemiah 13:25
%
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things?  yet among many
nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and
God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish
women cause to sin.
		 -- Nehemiah 13:26
%
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress
against our God in marrying strange wives?
		 -- Nehemiah 13:27
%
And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest,
was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
		 -- Nehemiah 13:28
%
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood,
and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
		 -- Nehemiah 13:29
%
Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the
priests and the Levites, every one in his business;
		 -- Nehemiah 13:30
%
And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits.
Remember me, O my God, for good.
		 -- Nehemiah 13:31
%
NOW it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which
reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and
twenty provinces:)
		 -- Esther 1:1
%
That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his
kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
		 -- Esther 1:2
%
In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and
his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of
the provinces, being before him:
		 -- Esther 1:3
%
When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his
excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.
		 -- Esther 1:4
%
And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the
people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small,
seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace;
		 -- Esther 1:5
%
Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of
fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds
were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white,
and black, marble.
		 -- Esther 1:6
%
And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse
one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state
of the king.
		 -- Esther 1:7
%
And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the
king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should
do according to every man's pleasure.
		 -- Esther 1:8
%
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house
which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
		 -- Esther 1:9
%
On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine,
he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and
Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus
the king,
		 -- Esther 1:10
%
To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew
the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
		 -- Esther 1:11
%
But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his
chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned
in him.
		 -- Esther 1:12
%
Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was
the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
		 -- Esther 1:13
%
And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres,
Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw
the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
		 -- Esther 1:14
%
What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath
not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
		 -- Esther 1:15
%
And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen
hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes,
and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
		 -- Esther 1:16
%
For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they
shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported,
The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him,
but she came not.
		 -- Esther 1:17
%
Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the
king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen.  Thus shall
there arise too much contempt and wrath.
		 -- Esther 1:18
%
If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and
let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it
be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let
the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
		 -- Esther 1:19
%
And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published
throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give
to their husbands honour, both to great and small.
		 -- Esther 1:20
%
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did
according to the word of Memucan:
		 -- Esther 1:21
%
For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province
according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their
language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it
should be published according to the language of every people.
		 -- Esther 1:22
%
AFTER these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased,
he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed
against her.
		 -- Esther 2:1
%
Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be
fair young virgins sought for the king:
		 -- Esther 2:2
%
And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom,
that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the
palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's
chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification
be given them:
		 -- Esther 2:3
%
And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti.
And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
		 -- Esther 2:4
%
Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was
Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish,
a Benjamite;
		 -- Esther 2:5
%
Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had
been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the
king of Babylon had carried away.
		 -- Esther 2:6
%
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she
had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom
Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
		 -- Esther 2:7
%
So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard,
and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace,
to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's
house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
		 -- Esther 2:8
%
And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he
speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as
belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her,
out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the
best place of the house of the women.
		 -- Esther 2:9
%
Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had
charged her that she should not shew it.
		 -- Esther 2:10
%
And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house,
to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
		 -- Esther 2:11
%
Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after
that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women,
(for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six
months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with
other things for the purifying of the women;)
		 -- Esther 2:12
%
Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was
given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's
house.
		 -- Esther 2:13
%
In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second
house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain,
which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except
the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
		 -- Esther 2:14
%
Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of
Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto
the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain,
the keeper of the women, appointed.  And Esther obtained favour in the
sight of all them that looked upon her.
		 -- Esther 2:15
%
So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the
tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
		 -- Esther 2:16
%
And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace
and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the
royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
		 -- Esther 2:17
%
Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants,
even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave
gifts, according to the state of the king.
		 -- Esther 2:18
%
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai
sat in the king's gate.
		 -- Esther 2:19
%
Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had
charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when
she was brought up with him.
		 -- Esther 2:20
%
In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's
chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were
wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
		 -- Esther 2:21
%
And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen;
and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name.
		 -- Esther 2:22
%
And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore
they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the
chronicles before the king.
		 -- Esther 2:23
%
AFTER these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha
the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes
that were with him.
		 -- Esther 3:1
%
And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed,
and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him.
But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.
		 -- Esther 3:2
%
Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto
Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?
		 -- Esther 3:3
%
Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened
not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters
would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.
		 -- Esther 3:4
%
And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence,
then was Haman full of wrath.
		 -- Esther 3:5
%
And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed
him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the
Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people
of Mordecai.
		 -- Esther 3:6
%
In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king
Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day,
and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
		 -- Esther 3:7
%
And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered
abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom;
and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's
laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
		 -- Esther 3:8
%
If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed:
and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that
have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.
		 -- Esther 3:9
%
And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the
son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
		 -- Esther 3:10
%
And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people
also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.
		 -- Esther 3:11
%
Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first
month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded
unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every
province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according
to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the
name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.
		 -- Esther 3:12
%
And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to
destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old,
little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of
the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of
them for a prey.
		 -- Esther 3:13
%
The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province
was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.
		 -- Esther 3:14
%
The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the
decree was given in Shushan the palace.  And the king and Haman sat down
to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
		 -- Esther 3:15
%
WHEN Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes,
and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city,
and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
		 -- Esther 4:1
%
And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the
king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
		 -- Esther 4:2
%
And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree
came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping,
and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
		 -- Esther 4:3
%
So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her.  Then was
the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai,
and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
		 -- Esther 4:4
%
Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he
had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai,
to know what it was, and why it was.
		 -- Esther 4:5
%
So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was
before the king's gate.
		 -- Esther 4:6
%
And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum
of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries
for the Jews, to destroy them.
		 -- Esther 4:7
%
Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given
at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it
unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make
supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
		 -- Esther 4:8
%
And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
		 -- Esther 4:9
%
Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;
		 -- Esther 4:10
%
All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know,
that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the
inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to
death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre,
that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king
these thirty days.
		 -- Esther 4:11
%
And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.
		 -- Esther 4:12
%
Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that
thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
		 -- Esther 4:13
%
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there
enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but
thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether
thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
		 -- Esther 4:14
%
Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
		 -- Esther 4:15
%
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast
ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also
and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king,
which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
		 -- Esther 4:16
%
So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had
commanded him.
		 -- Esther 4:17
%
NOW it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal
apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against
the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal
house, over against the gate of the house.
		 -- Esther 5:1
%
And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court,
that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther
the golden sceptre that was in his hand.  So Esther drew near, and
touched the top of the sceptre.
		 -- Esther 5:2
%
Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther?  and what is
thy request?  it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
		 -- Esther 5:3
%
And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and
Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
		 -- Esther 5:4
%
Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther
hath said.  So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had
prepared.
		 -- Esther 5:5
%
And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy
petition?  and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request?
even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
		 -- Esther 5:6
%
Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
		 -- Esther 5:7
%
If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the
king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and
Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do
to morrow as the king hath said.
		 -- Esther 5:8
%
Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when
Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved
for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.
		 -- Esther 5:9
%
Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent
and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
		 -- Esther 5:10
%
And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of
his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him,
and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
		 -- Esther 5:11
%
Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with
the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow
am I invited unto her also with the king.
		 -- Esther 5:12
%
Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew
sitting at the king's gate.
		 -- Esther 5:13
%
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows
be made of fifty cubits high, and 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.
		 -- Esther 5:14
%
ON that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the
book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
		 -- Esther 6:1
%
And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh,
two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to
lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
		 -- Esther 6:2
%
And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai
for this?  Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him,
There is nothing done for him.
		 -- Esther 6:3
%
And the king said, Who is in the court?  Now Haman was come into the
outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai
on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
		 -- Esther 6:4
%
And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the
court.	And the king said, Let him come in.
		 -- Esther 6:5
%
So Haman came in.  And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto
the man whom the king delighteth to honour?  Now Haman thought in his
heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?
		 -- Esther 6:6
%
And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth
to honour,
		 -- Esther 6:7
%
Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the
horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon
his head:
		 -- Esther 6:8
%
And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the
king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the
king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street
of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man
whom the king delighteth to honour.
		 -- Esther 6:9
%
Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the
horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that
sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou has spoken.
		 -- Esther 6:10
%
Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and
brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed
before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth
to honour.
		 -- Esther 6:11
%
And Mordecai came again to the king's gate.  But Haman hasted to his
house mourning, and having his head covered.
		 -- Esther 6:12
%
And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had
befallen him.  Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If
Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall,
thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
		 -- Esther 6:13
%
And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains,
and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
		 -- Esther 6:14
%
SO the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
		 -- Esther 7:1
%
And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of
wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther?  and it shall be granted thee:
and what is thy request?  and it shall be performed, even to the half
of the kingdom.
		 -- Esther 7:2
%
Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy
sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my
petition, and my people at my request:
		 -- Esther 7:3
%
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to
perish.  But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held
my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
		 -- Esther 7:4
%
Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is
he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
		 -- Esther 7:5
%
And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman.	Then Haman
was afraid before the king and the queen.
		 -- Esther 7:6
%
And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into
the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to
Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him
by the king.
		 -- Esther 7:7
%
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the
banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was.
Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house?
As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
		 -- Esther 7:8
%
And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also,
the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who
had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman.  Then the
king said, Hang him thereon.
		 -- Esther 7:9
%
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai.
Then was the king's wrath pacified.
		 -- Esther 7:10
%
ON that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews'
enemy unto Esther the queen.  And Mordecai came before the king; for
Esther had told what he was unto her.
		 -- Esther 8:1
%
And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave
it unto Mordecai.  And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
		 -- Esther 8:2
%
And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet,
and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite,
and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
		 -- Esther 8:3
%
Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther.  So Esther arose,
and stood before the king.
		 -- Esther 8:4
%
And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight,
and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes,
let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of
Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in
all the king's provinces:
		 -- Esther 8:5
%
For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people?
or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
		 -- Esther 8:6
%
Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the
Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have
hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
		 -- Esther 8:7
%
Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and
seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the
king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
		 -- Esther 8:8
%
Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month,
that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it
was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and
to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which
are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces,
unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every
people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing,
and according to their language.
		 -- Esther 8:9
%
And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's
ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules,
camels, and young dromedaries:
		 -- Esther 8:10
%
Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather
themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay,
and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that
would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil
of them for a prey,
		 -- Esther 8:11
%
Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the
thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
		 -- Esther 8:12
%
The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province
was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against
that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
		 -- Esther 8:13
%
So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened
and pressed on by the king's commandment.  And the decree was given at
Shushan the palace.
		 -- Esther 8:14
%
And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of
blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of
fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
		 -- Esther 8:15
%
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
		 -- Esther 8:16
%
And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's
commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast
and a good day.  And many of the people of the land became Jews; for
the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
		 -- Esther 8:17
%
NOW in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day
of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be
put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have
power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews
had rule over them that hated them;)
		 -- Esther 9:1
%
The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the
provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their
hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon
all people.
		 -- Esther 9:2
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And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the
deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear
of Mordecai fell upon them.
		 -- Esther 9:3
%
For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out
throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and
greater.
		 -- Esther 9:4
%
Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword,
and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that
hated them.
		 -- Esther 9:5
%
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
		 -- Esther 9:6
%
And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
		 -- Esther 9:7
%
And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
		 -- Esther 9:8
%
And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,
		 -- Esther 9:9
%
The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews,
slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.
		 -- Esther 9:10
%
On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace
was brought before the king.
		 -- Esther 9:11
%
And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed
five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what
have they done in the rest of the king's provinces?  now what is thy
petition?  and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further?
and it shall be done.
		 -- Esther 9:12
%
Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews
which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's
decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
		 -- Esther 9:13
%
And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at
Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
		 -- Esther 9:14
%
For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the
fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at
Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
		 -- Esther 9:15
%
But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves
together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies,
and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not
their hands on the prey,
		 -- Esther 9:16
%
On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of
the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
		 -- Esther 9:17
%
But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth
day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of
the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
		 -- Esther 9:18
%
Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns,
made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting,
and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
		 -- Esther 9:19
%
And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that
were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,
		 -- Esther 9:20
%
To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day
of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
		 -- Esther 9:21
%
As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month
which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into
a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of
sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
		 -- Esther 9:22
%
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had
written unto them;
		 -- Esther 9:23
%
Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the
Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur,
that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
		 -- Esther 9:24
%
But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his
wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon
his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
		 -- Esther 9:25
%
Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur.  Therefore
for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen
concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
		 -- Esther 9:26
%
The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all
such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they
would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to
their appointed time every year;
		 -- Esther 9:27
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And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every
generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these
days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of
them perish from their seed.
		 -- Esther 9:28
%
Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew,
wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
		 -- Esther 9:29
%
And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven
provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,
		 -- Esther 9:30
%
To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as
Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had
decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings
and their cry.
		 -- Esther 9:31
%
And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was
written in the book.
		 -- Esther 9:32
%
AND the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles
of the sea.
		 -- Esther 10:1
%
And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of
the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
		 -- Esther 10:2
%
For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the
Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth
of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
		 -- Esther 10:3
%
THERE was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was
perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
		 -- Job 1:1
%
And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
		 -- Job 1:2
%
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels,
and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very
great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of
the east.
		 -- Job 1:3
%
And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and
sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
		 -- Job 1:4
%
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job
sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered
burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said,
It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.
Thus did Job continually.
		 -- Job 1:5
%
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves
before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
		 -- Job 1:6
%
And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou?  Then Satan answered
the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking
up and down in it.
		 -- Job 1:7
%
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job,
that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man,
one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
		 -- Job 1:8
%
Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
		 -- Job 1:9
%
Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about
all that he hath on every side?  thou hast blessed the work of his hands,
and his substance is increased in the land.
		 -- Job 1:10
%
But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will
curse thee to thy face.
		 -- Job 1:11
%
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power;
only upon himself put not forth thine hand.  So Satan went forth from
the presence of the LORD.
		 -- Job 1:12
%
And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and
drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
		 -- Job 1:13
%
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing,
and the asses feeding beside them:
		 -- Job 1:14
%
And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain
the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to
tell thee.
		 -- Job 1:15
%
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of
God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants,
and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
		 -- Job 1:16
%
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The
Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have
carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword;
and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
		 -- Job 1:17
%
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy
sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest
brother's house:
		 -- Job 1:18
%
And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the
four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are
dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
		 -- Job 1:19
%
Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down
upon the ground, and worshipped,
		 -- Job 1:20
%
And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return
thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the
name of the LORD.
		 -- Job 1:21
%
In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
		 -- Job 1:22
%
AGAIN there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves
before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before
the LORD.
		 -- Job 2:1
%
And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou?	And Satan answered
the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking
up and down in it.
		 -- Job 2:2
%
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job,
that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man,
one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?  and still he holdeth fast
his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him
without cause.
		 -- Job 2:3
%
And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a
man hath will he give for his life.
		 -- Job 2:4
%
But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he
will curse thee to thy face.
		 -- Job 2:5
%
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save
his life.
		 -- Job 2:6
%
So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with
sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
		 -- Job 2:7
%
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down
among the ashes.
		 -- Job 2:8
%
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity?
curse God, and die.
		 -- Job 2:9
%
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh.
What?  shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not
receive evil?  In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
		 -- Job 2:10
%
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon
him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite,
and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an
appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
		 -- Job 2:11
%
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they
lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle,
and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
		 -- Job 2:12
%
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and
none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
		 -- Job 2:13
%
AFTER this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
		 -- Job 3:1
%
And Job spake, and said,
		 -- Job 3:2
%
Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said,
There is a man child conceived.
		 -- Job 3:3
%
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let
the light shine upon it.
		 -- Job 3:4
%
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it;
let the blackness of the day terrify it.
		 -- Job 3:5
%
As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto
the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
		 -- Job 3:6
%
Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
		 -- Job 3:7
%
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their
mourning.
		 -- Job 3:8
%
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light,
but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
		 -- Job 3:9
%
Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow
from mine eyes.
		 -- Job 3:10
%
Why died I not from the womb?  why did I not give up the ghost when I
came out of the belly?
		 -- Job 3:11
%
Why did the knees prevent me?  or why the breasts that I should suck?
		 -- Job 3:12
%
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept:
then had I been at rest,
		 -- Job 3:13
%
With kings and counsellers of the earth, which built desolate places
for themselves;
		 -- Job 3:14
%
Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
		 -- Job 3:15
%
Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never
saw light.
		 -- Job 3:16
%
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
		 -- Job 3:17
%
There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the
oppressor.
		 -- Job 3:18
%
The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
		 -- Job 3:19
%
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the
bitter in soul;
		 -- Job 3:20
%
Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for
hid treasures;
		 -- Job 3:21
%
Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
		 -- Job 3:22
%
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
		 -- Job 3:23
%
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like
the waters.
		 -- Job 3:24
%
For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I
was afraid of is come unto me.
		 -- Job 3:25
%
I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet
trouble came.
		 -- Job 3:26
%
THEN Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
		 -- Job 4:1
%
If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved?  but who can
withhold himself from speaking?
		 -- Job 4:2
%
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the
weak hands.
		 -- Job 4:3
%
Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened
the feeble knees.
		 -- Job 4:4
%
But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee,
and thou art troubled.
		 -- Job 4:5
%
Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of
thy ways?
		 -- Job 4:6
%
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent?  or where were
the righteous cut off?
		 -- Job 4:7
%
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap
the same.
		 -- Job 4:8
%
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are
they consumed.
		 -- Job 4:9
%
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth
of the young lions, are broken.
		 -- Job 4:10
%
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps
are scattered abroad.
		 -- Job 4:11
%
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little
thereof.
		 -- Job 4:12
%
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
		 -- Job 4:13
%
Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
		 -- Job 4:14
%
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
		 -- Job 4:15
%
It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was
before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
		 -- Job 4:16
%
Shall mortal man be more just than God?  shall a man be more pure than
his maker?
		 -- Job 4:17
%
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged
with folly:
		 -- Job 4:18
%
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is
in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
		 -- Job 4:19
%
They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without
any regarding it.
		 -- Job 4:20
%
Doth not their excellency which is in them go away?  they die, even
without wisdom.
		 -- Job 4:21
%
CALL now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the
saints wilt thou turn?
		 -- Job 5:1
%
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
		 -- Job 5:2
%
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
		 -- Job 5:3
%
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate,
neither is there any to deliver them.
		 -- Job 5:4
%
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns,
and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
		 -- Job 5:5
%
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble
spring out of the ground;
		 -- Job 5:6
%
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
		 -- Job 5:7
%
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
		 -- Job 5:8
%
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without
number:
		 -- Job 5:9
%
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
		 -- Job 5:10
%
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be
exalted to safety.
		 -- Job 5:11
%
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot
perform their enterprise.
		 -- Job 5:12
%
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the
froward is carried headlong.
		 -- Job 5:13
%
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in
the night.
		 -- Job 5:14
%
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the
hand of the mighty.
		 -- Job 5:15
%
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
		 -- Job 5:16
%
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou
the chastening of the Almighty:
		 -- Job 5:17
%
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
		 -- Job 5:18
%
He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil
touch thee.
		 -- Job 5:19
%
In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of
the sword.
		 -- Job 5:20
%
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be
afraid of destruction when it cometh.
		 -- Job 5:21
%
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid
of the beasts of the earth.
		 -- Job 5:22
%
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts
of the field shall be at peace with thee.
		 -- Job 5:23
%
And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou
shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
		 -- Job 5:24
%
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring
as the grass of the earth.
		 -- Job 5:25
%
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn
cometh in in his season.
		 -- Job 5:26
%
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for
thy good.
		 -- Job 5:27
%
BUT Job answered and said,
		 -- Job 6:1
%
Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the
balances together!
		 -- Job 6:2
%
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words
are swallowed up.
		 -- Job 6:3
%
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh
up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
		 -- Job 6:4
%
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass?  or loweth the ox over
his fodder?
		 -- Job 6:5
%
Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt?  or is there any
taste in the white of an egg?
		 -- Job 6:6
%
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
		 -- Job 6:7
%
Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing
that I long for!
		 -- Job 6:8
%
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose
his hand, and cut me off!
		 -- Job 6:9
%
Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow:
let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
		 -- Job 6:10
%
What is my strength, that I should hope?  and what is mine end, that I
should prolong my life?
		 -- Job 6:11
%
Is my strength the strength of stones?	or is my flesh of brass?
		 -- Job 6:12
%
Is not my help in me?  and is wisdom driven quite from me?
		 -- Job 6:13
%
To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he
forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
		 -- Job 6:14
%
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of
brooks they pass away;
		 -- Job 6:15
%
Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
		 -- Job 6:16
%
What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed
out of their place.
		 -- Job 6:17
%
The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
		 -- Job 6:18
%
The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
		 -- Job 6:19
%
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and
were ashamed.
		 -- Job 6:20
%
For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
		 -- Job 6:21
%
Did I say, Bring unto me?  or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
		 -- Job 6:22
%
Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand?  or, Redeem me from the hand of
the mighty?
		 -- Job 6:23
%
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein
I have erred.
		 -- Job 6:24
%
How forcible are right words!  but what doth your arguing reprove?
		 -- Job 6:25
%
Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate,
which are as wind?
		 -- Job 6:26
%
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
		 -- Job 6:27
%
Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if
I lie.
		 -- Job 6:28
%
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my
righteousness is in it.
		 -- Job 6:29
%
Is there iniquity in my tongue?  cannot my taste discern perverse things?
		 -- Job 6:30
%
IS there not an appointed time to man upon earth?  are not his days also
like the days of an hireling?
		 -- Job 7:1
%
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh
for the reward of his work:
		 -- Job 7:2
%
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are
appointed to me.
		 -- Job 7:3
%
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone?
and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
		 -- Job 7:4
%
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken,
and become loathsome.
		 -- Job 7:5
%
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
		 -- Job 7:6
%
O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
		 -- Job 7:7
%
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are
upon me, and I am not.
		 -- Job 7:8
%
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to
the grave shall come up no more.
		 -- Job 7:9
%
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him
any more.
		 -- Job 7:10
%
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of
my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
		 -- Job 7:11
%
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
		 -- Job 7:12
%
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
		 -- Job 7:13
%
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
		 -- Job 7:14
%
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
		 -- Job 7:15
%
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
		 -- Job 7:16
%
What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him?  and that thou shouldest
set thine heart upon him?
		 -- Job 7:17
%
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
		 -- Job 7:18
%
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow
down my spittle?
		 -- Job 7:19
%
I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men?
why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden
to myself?
		 -- Job 7:20
%
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine
iniquity?  for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in
the morning, but I shall not be.
		 -- Job 7:21
%
THEN answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
		 -- Job 8:1
%
How long wilt thou speak these things?	and how long shall the words of
thy mouth be like a strong wind?
		 -- Job 8:2
%
Doth God pervert judgment?  or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
		 -- Job 8:3
%
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for
their transgression;
		 -- Job 8:4
%
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to
the Almighty;
		 -- Job 8:5
%
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee,
and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
		 -- Job 8:6
%
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly
increase.
		 -- Job 8:7
%
For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the
search of their fathers:
		 -- Job 8:8
%
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon
earth are a shadow:)
		 -- Job 8:9
%
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their
heart?
		 -- Job 8:10
%
Can the rush grow up without mire?  can the flag grow without water?
		 -- Job 8:11
%
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before
any other herb.
		 -- Job 8:12
%
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope
shall perish:
		 -- Job 8:13
%
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
		 -- Job 8:14
%
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it
fast, but it shall not endure.
		 -- Job 8:15
%
He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
		 -- Job 8:16
%
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
		 -- Job 8:17
%
If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have
not seen thee.
		 -- Job 8:18
%
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others
grow.
		 -- Job 8:19
%
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the
evil doers:
		 -- Job 8:20
%
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
		 -- Job 8:21
%
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place
of the wicked shall come to nought.
		 -- Job 8:22
%
THEN Job answered and said,
		 -- Job 9:1
%
I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
		 -- Job 9:2
%
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
		 -- Job 9:3
%
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself
against him, and hath prospered?
		 -- Job 9:4
%
Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them
in his anger.
		 -- Job 9:5
%
Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
		 -- Job 9:6
%
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
		 -- Job 9:7
%
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of
the sea.
		 -- Job 9:8
%
Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
		 -- Job 9:9
%
Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without
number.
		 -- Job 9:10
%
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive
him not.
		 -- Job 9:11
%
Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him?  who will say unto him,
What doest thou?
		 -- Job 9:12
%
If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
		 -- Job 9:13
%
How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason
with him?
		 -- Job 9:14
%
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make
supplication to my judge.
		 -- Job 9:15
%
If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that
he had hearkened unto my voice.
		 -- Job 9:16
%
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without
cause.
		 -- Job 9:17
%
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
		 -- Job 9:18
%
If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall
set me a time to plead?
		 -- Job 9:19
%
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am
perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
		 -- Job 9:20
%
Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise
my life.
		 -- Job 9:21
%
This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and
the wicked.
		 -- Job 9:22
%
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
		 -- Job 9:23
%
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces
of the judges thereof, if not, where, and who is he?
		 -- Job 9:24
%
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
		 -- Job 9:25
%
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to
the prey.
		 -- Job 9:26
%
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness,
and comfort myself:
		 -- Job 9:27
%
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
		 -- Job 9:28
%
If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
		 -- Job 9:29
%
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
		 -- Job 9:30
%
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall
abhor me.
		 -- Job 9:31
%
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should
come together in judgment.
		 -- Job 9:32
%
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon
us both.
		 -- Job 9:33
%
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
		 -- Job 9:34
%
Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
		 -- Job 9:35
%
MY soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
		 -- Job 10:1
%
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest
with me.
		 -- Job 10:2
%
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest
despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
		 -- Job 10:3
%
Hast thou eyes of flesh?  or seest thou as man seeth?
		 -- Job 10:4
%
Are thy days as the days of man?  are thy years as man's days,
		 -- Job 10:5
%
That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
		 -- Job 10:6
%
Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver
out of thine hand.
		 -- Job 10:7
%
Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou
dost destroy me.
		 -- Job 10:8
%
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt
thou bring me into dust again?
		 -- Job 10:9
%
Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
		 -- Job 10:10
%
Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones
and sinews.
		 -- Job 10:11
%
Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved
my spirit.
		 -- Job 10:12
%
And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is
with thee.
		 -- Job 10:13
%
If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine
iniquity.
		 -- Job 10:14
%
If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift
up my head.  I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
		 -- Job 10:15
%
For it increaseth.  Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou
shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
		 -- Job 10:16
%
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation
upon me; changes and war are against me.
		 -- Job 10:17
%
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb?  Oh that I
had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
		 -- Job 10:18
%
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried
from the womb to the grave.
		 -- Job 10:19
%
Are not my days few?  cease then, and let me alone, that I may take
comfort a little,
		 -- Job 10:20
%
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and
the shadow of death;
		 -- Job 10:21
%
A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death,
without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
		 -- Job 10:22
%
THEN answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
		 -- Job 11:1
%
Should not the multitude of words be answered?	and should a man full
of talk be justified?
		 -- Job 11:2
%
Should thy lies make men hold their peace?  and when thou mockest,
shall no man make thee ashamed?
		 -- Job 11:3
%
For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
		 -- Job 11:4
%
But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
		 -- Job 11:5
%
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double
to that which is!  Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than
thine iniquity deserveth.
		 -- Job 11:6
%
Canst thou by searching find out God?  canst thou find out the Almighty
unto perfection?
		 -- Job 11:7
%
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do?  deeper than hell; what
canst thou know?
		 -- Job 11:8
%
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
		 -- Job 11:9
%
If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
		 -- Job 11:10
%
For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then
consider it?
		 -- Job 11:11
%
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
		 -- Job 11:12
%
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
		 -- Job 11:13
%
If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness
dwell in thy tabernacles.
		 -- Job 11:14
%
For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be
stedfast, and shalt not fear:
		 -- Job 11:15
%
Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that
pass away:
		 -- Job 11:16
%
And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth,
thou shalt be as the morning.
		 -- Job 11:17
%
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig
about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
		 -- Job 11:18
%
Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many
shall make suit unto thee.
		 -- Job 11:19
%
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and
their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
		 -- Job 11:20
%
AND Job answered and said,
		 -- Job 12:1
%
No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
		 -- Job 12:2
%
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea,
who knoweth not such things as these?
		 -- Job 12:3
%
I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he
answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
		 -- Job 12:4
%
He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the
thought of him that is at ease.
		 -- Job 12:5
%
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure;
into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
		 -- Job 12:6
%
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the
air, and they shall tell thee:
		 -- Job 12:7
%
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the
sea shall declare unto thee.
		 -- Job 12:8
%
Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
		 -- Job 12:9
%
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of
all mankind.
		 -- Job 12:10
%
Doth not the ear try words?  and the mouth taste his meat?
		 -- Job 12:11
%
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
		 -- Job 12:12
%
With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
		 -- Job 12:13
%
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up
a man, and there can be no opening.
		 -- Job 12:14
%
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them
out, and they overturn the earth.
		 -- Job 12:15
%
With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
		 -- Job 12:16
%
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
		 -- Job 12:17
%
He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
		 -- Job 12:18
%
He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
		 -- Job 12:19
%
He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the
understanding of the aged.
		 -- Job 12:20
%
He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the
mighty.
		 -- Job 12:21
%
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light
the shadow of death.
		 -- Job 12:22
%
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations,
and straiteneth them again.
		 -- Job 12:23
%
He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and
causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
		 -- Job 12:24
%
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like
a drunken man.
		 -- Job 12:25
%
LO, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.
		 -- Job 13:1
%
What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
		 -- Job 13:2
%
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
		 -- Job 13:3
%
But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
		 -- Job 13:4
%
O that ye would altogether hold your peace!  and it should be your wisdom.
		 -- Job 13:5
%
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
		 -- Job 13:6
%
Will ye speak wickedly for God?  and talk deceitfully for him?
		 -- Job 13:7
%
Will ye accept his person?  will ye contend for God?
		 -- Job 13:8
%
Is it good that he should search you out?  or as one man mocketh another,
do ye so mock him?
		 -- Job 13:9
%
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
		 -- Job 13:10
%
Shall not his excellency make you afraid?  and his dread fall upon you?
		 -- Job 13:11
%
Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
		 -- Job 13:12
%
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me
what will.
		 -- Job 13:13
%
Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
		 -- Job 13:14
%
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine
own ways before him.
		 -- Job 13:15
%
He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
		 -- Job 13:16
%
Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
		 -- Job 13:17
%
Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
		 -- Job 13:18
%
Who is he that will plead with me?  for now, if I hold my tongue,
I shall give up the ghost.
		 -- Job 13:19
%
Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.
		 -- Job 13:20
%
Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
		 -- Job 13:21
%
Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
		 -- Job 13:22
%
How many are mine iniquities and sins?	make me to know my transgression
and my sin.
		 -- Job 13:23
%
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
		 -- Job 13:24
%
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro?  and wilt thou pursue the
dry stubble?
		 -- Job 13:25
%
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the
iniquities of my youth.
		 -- Job 13:26
%
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all
my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
		 -- Job 13:27
%
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
		 -- Job 13:28
%
MAN that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
		 -- Job 14:1
%
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a
shadow, and continueth not.
		 -- Job 14:2
%
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into
judgment with thee?
		 -- Job 14:3
%
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?	not one.
		 -- Job 14:4
%
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee,
thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
		 -- Job 14:5
%
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling,
his day.
		 -- Job 14:6
%
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,
and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
		 -- Job 14:7
%
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die
in the ground;
		 -- Job 14:8
%
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like
a plant.
		 -- Job 14:9
%
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where
is he?
		 -- Job 14:10
%
As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
		 -- Job 14:11
%
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they
shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
		 -- Job 14:12
%
O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me
secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time,
and remember me!
		 -- Job 14:13
%
If a man die, shall he live again?  all the days of my appointed time
will I wait, till my change come.
		 -- Job 14:14
%
Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the
work of thine hands.
		 -- Job 14:15
%
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
		 -- Job 14:16
%
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
		 -- Job 14:17
%
And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed
out of his place.
		 -- Job 14:18
%
The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out
of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
		 -- Job 14:19
%
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his
countenance, and sendest him away.
		 -- Job 14:20
%
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low,
but he perceiveth it not of them.
		 -- Job 14:21
%
But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall
mourn.
		 -- Job 14:22
%
THEN answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
		 -- Job 15:1
%
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the
east wind?
		 -- Job 15:2
%
Should he reason with unprofitable talk?  or with speeches wherewith he
can do no good?
		 -- Job 15:3
%
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
		 -- Job 15:4
%
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of
the crafty.
		 -- Job 15:5
%
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify
against thee.
		 -- Job 15:6
%
Art thou the first man that was born?  or wast thou made before the hills?
		 -- Job 15:7
%
Hast thou heard the secret of God?  and dost thou restrain wisdom
to thyself?
		 -- Job 15:8
%
What knowest thou, that we know not?  what understandest thou, which is
not in us?
		 -- Job 15:9
%
With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than
thy father.
		 -- Job 15:10
%
Are the consolations of God small with thee?  is there any secret thing
with thee?
		 -- Job 15:11
%
Why doth thine heart carry thee away?  and what do thy eyes wink at,
		 -- Job 15:12
%
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out
of thy mouth?
		 -- Job 15:13
%
What is man, that he should be clean?  and he which is born of a woman,
that he should be righteous?
		 -- Job 15:14
%
Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not
clean in his sight.
		 -- Job 15:15
%
How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity
like water?
		 -- Job 15:16
%
I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
		 -- Job 15:17
%
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
		 -- Job 15:18
%
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
		 -- Job 15:19
%
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of
years is hidden to the oppressor.
		 -- Job 15:20
%
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come
upon him.
		 -- Job 15:21
%
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited
for of the sword.
		 -- Job 15:22
%
He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it?  he knoweth that
the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
		 -- Job 15:23
%
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him,
as a king ready to the battle.
		 -- Job 15:24
%
For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself
against the Almighty.
		 -- Job 15:25
%
He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his
bucklers:
		 -- Job 15:26
%
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of
fat on his flanks.
		 -- Job 15:27
%
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth,
which are ready to become heaps.
		 -- Job 15:28
%
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither
shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
		 -- Job 15:29
%
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches,
and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
		 -- Job 15:30
%
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his
recompence.
		 -- Job 15:31
%
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not
be green.
		 -- Job 15:32
%
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his
flower as the olive.
		 -- Job 15:33
%
For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall
consume the tabernacles of bribery.
		 -- Job 15:34
%
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth
deceit.
		 -- Job 15:35
%
THEN Job answered and said,
		 -- Job 16:1
%
I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
		 -- Job 16:2
%
Shall vain words have an end?  or what emboldeneth thee that thou
answerest?
		 -- Job 16:3
%
I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead,
I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
		 -- Job 16:4
%
But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips
should asswage your grief.
		 -- Job 16:5
%
Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am
I eased?
		 -- Job 16:6
%
But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
		 -- Job 16:7
%
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me:
and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
		 -- Job 16:8
%
He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his
teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
		 -- Job 16:9
%
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the
cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
		 -- Job 16:10
%
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands
of the wicked.
		 -- Job 16:11
%
I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by
my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
		 -- Job 16:12
%
His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and
doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
		 -- Job 16:13
%
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
		 -- Job 16:14
%
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
		 -- Job 16:15
%
My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
		 -- Job 16:16
%
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
		 -- Job 16:17
%
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
		 -- Job 16:18
%
Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
		 -- Job 16:19
%
My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
		 -- Job 16:20
%
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his
neighbour!
		 -- Job 16:21
%
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall
not return.
		 -- Job 16:22
%
MY breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
		 -- Job 17:1
%
Are there not mockers with me?	and doth not mine eye continue in their
provocation?
		 -- Job 17:2
%
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike
hands with me?
		 -- Job 17:3
%
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou
not exalt them.
		 -- Job 17:4
%
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children
shall fail.
		 -- Job 17:5
%
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as
a tabret.
		 -- Job 17:6
%
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as
a shadow.
		 -- Job 17:7
%
Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up
himself against the hypocrite.
		 -- Job 17:8
%
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands
shall be stronger and stronger.
		 -- Job 17:9
%
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one
wise man among you.
		 -- Job 17:10
%
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of
my heart.
		 -- Job 17:11
%
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
		 -- Job 17:12
%
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
		 -- Job 17:13
%
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my
mother, and my sister.
		 -- Job 17:14
%
And where is now my hope?  as for my hope, who shall see it?
		 -- Job 17:15
%
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in
the dust.
		 -- Job 17:16
%
THEN answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
		 -- Job 18:1
%
How long will it be ere ye make an end of words?  mark, and afterwards
we will speak.
		 -- Job 18:2
%
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
		 -- Job 18:3
%
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee?
and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
		 -- Job 18:4
%
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire
shall not shine.
		 -- Job 18:5
%
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put
out with him.
		 -- Job 18:6
%
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall
cast him down.
		 -- Job 18:7
%
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
		 -- Job 18:8
%
The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail
against him.
		 -- Job 18:9
%
The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
		 -- Job 18:10
%
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to
his feet.
		 -- Job 18:11
%
His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at
his side.
		 -- Job 18:12
%
It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death
shall devour his strength.
		 -- Job 18:13
%
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring
him to the king of terrors.
		 -- Job 18:14
%
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone
shall be scattered upon his habitation.
		 -- Job 18:15
%
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be
cut off.
		 -- Job 18:16
%
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name
in the street.
		 -- Job 18:17
%
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
		 -- Job 18:18
%
He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining
in his dwellings.
		 -- Job 18:19
%
They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went
before were affrighted.
		 -- Job 18:20
%
Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of
him that knoweth not God.
		 -- Job 18:21
%
THEN Job answered and said,
		 -- Job 19:1
%
How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
		 -- Job 19:2
%
These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make
yourselves strange to me.
		 -- Job 19:3
%
And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
		 -- Job 19:4
%
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me
my reproach:
		 -- Job 19:5
%
Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
		 -- Job 19:6
%
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there
is no judgment.
		 -- Job 19:7
%
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness
in my paths.
		 -- Job 19:8
%
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
		 -- Job 19:9
%
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath
he removed like a tree.
		 -- Job 19:10
%
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him
as one of his enemies.
		 -- Job 19:11
%
His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp
round about my tabernacle.
		 -- Job 19:12
%
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily
estranged from me.
		 -- Job 19:13
%
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
		 -- Job 19:14
%
They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger:
I am an alien in their sight.
		 -- Job 19:15
%
I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with
my mouth.
		 -- Job 19:16
%
My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's
sake of mine own body.
		 -- Job 19:17
%
Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
		 -- Job 19:18
%
All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned
against me.
		 -- Job 19:19
%
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the
skin of my teeth.
		 -- Job 19:20
%
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of
God hath touched me.
		 -- Job 19:21
%
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
		 -- Job 19:22
%
Oh that my words were now written!  oh that they were printed in a book!
		 -- Job 19:23
%
That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
		 -- Job 19:24
%
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter
day upon the earth:
		 -- Job 19:25
%
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall
I see God:
		 -- Job 19:26
%
Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another;
though my reins be consumed within me.
		 -- Job 19:27
%
But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter
is found in me?
		 -- Job 19:28
%
Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the
sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
		 -- Job 19:29
%
THEN answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
		 -- Job 20:1
%
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
		 -- Job 20:2
%
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding
causeth me to answer.
		 -- Job 20:3
%
Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
		 -- Job 20:4
%
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite
but for a moment?
		 -- Job 20:5
%
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto
the clouds;
		 -- Job 20:6
%
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen
him shall say, Where is he?
		 -- Job 20:7
%
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be
chased away as a vision of the night.
		 -- Job 20:8
%
The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his
place any more behold him.
		 -- Job 20:9
%
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore
their goods.
		 -- Job 20:10
%
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with
him in the dust.
		 -- Job 20:11
%
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his
tongue;
		 -- Job 20:12
%
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his
mouth:
		 -- Job 20:13
%
Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
		 -- Job 20:14
%
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God
shall cast them out of his belly.
		 -- Job 20:15
%
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
		 -- Job 20:16
%
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
		 -- Job 20:17
%
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it
down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall
not rejoice therein.
		 -- Job 20:18
%
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath
violently taken away an house which he builded not;
		 -- Job 20:19
%
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of
that which he desired.
		 -- Job 20:20
%
There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for
his goods.
		 -- Job 20:21
%
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of
the wicked shall come upon him.
		 -- Job 20:22
%
When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath
upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
		 -- Job 20:23
%
He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike
him through.
		 -- Job 20:24
%
It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh
out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
		 -- Job 20:25
%
All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall
consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
		 -- Job 20:26
%
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up
against him.
		 -- Job 20:27
%
The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away
in the day of his wrath.
		 -- Job 20:28
%
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed
unto him by God.
		 -- Job 20:29
%
BUT Job answered and said,
		 -- Job 21:1
%
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
		 -- Job 21:2
%
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
		 -- Job 21:3
%
As for me, is my complaint to man?  and if it were so, why should not
my spirit be troubled?
		 -- Job 21:4
%
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
		 -- Job 21:5
%
Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
		 -- Job 21:6
%
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
		 -- Job 21:7
%
Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring
before their eyes.
		 -- Job 21:8
%
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
		 -- Job 21:9
%
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth
not her calf.
		 -- Job 21:10
%
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
		 -- Job 21:11
%
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
		 -- Job 21:12
%
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
		 -- Job 21:13
%
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the
knowledge of thy ways.
		 -- Job 21:14
%
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?  and what profit should
we have, if we pray unto him?
		 -- Job 21:15
%
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far
from me.
		 -- Job 21:16
%
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out!  and how oft cometh their
destruction upon them!	God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
		 -- Job 21:17
%
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm
carrieth away.
		 -- Job 21:18
%
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he
shall know it.
		 -- Job 21:19
%
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of
the Almighty.
		 -- Job 21:20
%
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of
his months is cut off in the midst?
		 -- Job 21:21
%
Shall any teach God knowledge?	seeing he judgeth those that are high.
		 -- Job 21:22
%
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
		 -- Job 21:23
%
His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
		 -- Job 21:24
%
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with
pleasure.
		 -- Job 21:25
%
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
		 -- Job 21:26
%
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine
against me.
		 -- Job 21:27
%
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince?  and where are the dwelling
places of the wicked?
		 -- Job 21:28
%
Have ye not asked them that go by the way?  and do ye not know their
tokens,
		 -- Job 21:29
%
That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction?	they shall be
brought forth to the day of wrath.
		 -- Job 21:30
%
Who shall declare his way to his face?	and who shall repay him what he
hath done?
		 -- Job 21:31
%
Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
		 -- Job 21:32
%
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall
draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
		 -- Job 21:33
%
How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth
falsehood?
		 -- Job 21:34
%
THEN Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
		 -- Job 22:1
%
Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable
unto himself?
		 -- Job 22:2
%
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous?  or is it
gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
		 -- Job 22:3
%
Will he reprove thee for fear of thee?	will he enter with thee into
judgment?
		 -- Job 22:4
%
Is not thy wickedness great?  and thine iniquities infinite?
		 -- Job 22:5
%
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped
the naked of their clothing.
		 -- Job 22:6
%
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden
bread from the hungry.
		 -- Job 22:7
%
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man
dwelt in it.
		 -- Job 22:8
%
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have
been broken.
		 -- Job 22:9
%
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
		 -- Job 22:10
%
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
		 -- Job 22:11
%
Is not God in the height of heaven?  and behold the height of the stars,
how high they are!
		 -- Job 22:12
%
And thou sayest, How doth God know?  can he judge through the dark cloud?
		 -- Job 22:13
%
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh
in the circuit of heaven.
		 -- Job 22:14
%
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
		 -- Job 22:15
%
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with
a flood:
		 -- Job 22:16
%
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do
for them?
		 -- Job 22:17
%
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the
wicked is far from me.
		 -- Job 22:18
%
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
		 -- Job 22:19
%
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the
fire consumeth.
		 -- Job 22:20
%
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come
unto thee.
		 -- Job 22:21
%
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in
thine heart.
		 -- Job 22:22
%
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put
away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
		 -- Job 22:23
%
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones
of the brooks.
		 -- Job 22:24
%
Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty
of silver.
		 -- Job 22:25
%
For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up
thy face unto God.
		 -- Job 22:26
%
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou
shalt pay thy vows.
		 -- Job 22:27
%
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee:
and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
		 -- Job 22:28
%
When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and
he shall save the humble person.
		 -- Job 22:29
%
He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the
pureness of thine hands.
		 -- Job 22:30
%
THEN Job answered and said,
		 -- Job 23:1
%
Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
		 -- Job 23:2
%
Oh that I knew where I might find him!	that I might come even to
his seat!
		 -- Job 23:3
%
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
		 -- Job 23:4
%
I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he
would say unto me.
		 -- Job 23:5
%
Will he plead against me with his great power?	No; but he would put
strength in me.
		 -- Job 23:6
%
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered
for ever from my judge.
		 -- Job 23:7
%
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot
perceive him:
		 -- Job 23:8
%
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth
himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
		 -- Job 23:9
%
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come
forth as gold.
		 -- Job 23:10
%
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
		 -- Job 23:11
%
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed
the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
		 -- Job 23:12
%
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him?  and what his soul desireth,
even that he doeth.
		 -- Job 23:13
%
For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such
things are with him.
		 -- Job 23:14
%
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid
of him.
		 -- Job 23:15
%
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
		 -- Job 23:16
%
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered
the darkness from my face.
		 -- Job 23:17
%
WHY, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know
him not see his days?
		 -- Job 24:1
%
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed
thereof.
		 -- Job 24:2
%
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for
a pledge.
		 -- Job 24:3
%
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves
together.
		 -- Job 24:4
%
Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work;
rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and
for their children.
		 -- Job 24:5
%
They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage
of the wicked.
		 -- Job 24:6
%
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering
in the cold.
		 -- Job 24:7
%
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock
for want of a shelter.
		 -- Job 24:8
%
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
		 -- Job 24:9
%
They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the
sheaf from the hungry;
		 -- Job 24:10
%
Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and
suffer thirst.
		 -- Job 24:11
%
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out:
yet God layeth not folly to them.
		 -- Job 24:12
%
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways
thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
		 -- Job 24:13
%
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in
the night is as a thief.
		 -- Job 24:14
%
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye
shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
		 -- Job 24:15
%
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves
in the daytime: they know not the light.
		 -- Job 24:16
%
For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them,
they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
		 -- Job 24:17
%
He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he
beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
		 -- Job 24:18
%
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which
have sinned.
		 -- Job 24:19
%
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall
be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
		 -- Job 24:20
%
He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to
the widow.
		 -- Job 24:21
%
He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is
sure of life.
		 -- Job 24:22
%
Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes
are upon their ways.
		 -- Job 24:23
%
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they
are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the
ears of corn.
		 -- Job 24:24
%
And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech
nothing worth?
		 -- Job 24:25
%
THEN answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
		 -- Job 25:1
%
Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
		 -- Job 25:2
%
Is there any number of his armies?  and upon whom doth not his light
arise?
		 -- Job 25:3
%
How then can man be justified with God?  or how can he be clean that is
born of a woman?
		 -- Job 25:4
%
Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure
in his sight.
		 -- Job 25:5
%
How much less man, that is a worm?  and the son of man, which is a worm?
		 -- Job 25:6
%
BUT Job answered and said,
		 -- Job 26:1
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How hast thou helped him that is without power?  how savest thou the
arm that hath no strength?
		 -- Job 26:2
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How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom?  and how hast thou
plentifully declared the thing as it is?
		 -- Job 26:3
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To whom hast thou uttered words?  and whose spirit came from thee?
		 -- Job 26:4
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Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
		 -- Job 26:5
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Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
		 -- Job 26:6
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He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth
upon nothing.
		 -- Job 26:7
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He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent
under them.
		 -- Job 26:8
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He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
		 -- Job 26:9
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He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come
to an end.
		 -- Job 26:10
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The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
		 -- Job 26:11
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He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth
through the proud.
		 -- Job 26:12
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By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the
crooked serpent.
		 -- Job 26:13
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Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him?
but the thunder of his power who can understand?
		 -- Job 26:14
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MOREOVER Job continued his parable, and said,
		 -- Job 27:1
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As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who
hath vexed my soul;
		 -- Job 27:2
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All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
		 -- Job 27:3
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My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
		 -- Job 27:4
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God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine
integrity from me.
		 -- Job 27:5
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My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall
not reproach me so long as I live.
		 -- Job 27:6
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Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as
the unrighteous.
		 -- Job 27:7
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For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God
taketh away his soul?
		 -- Job 27:8
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Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
		 -- Job 27:9
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Will he delight himself in the Almighty?  will he always call upon God?
		 -- Job 27:10
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I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty
will I not conceal.
		 -- Job 27:11
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Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether
vain?
		 -- Job 27:12
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This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of
oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
		 -- Job 27:13
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If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring
shall not be satisfied with bread.
		 -- Job 27:14
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Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall
not weep.
		 -- Job 27:15
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Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
		 -- Job 27:16
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He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall
divide the silver.
		 -- Job 27:17
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He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
		 -- Job 27:18
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The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth
his eyes, and he is not.
		 -- Job 27:19
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Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in
the night.
		 -- Job 27:20
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The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth
him out of his place.
		 -- Job 27:21
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For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of
his hand.
		 -- Job 27:22
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Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
		 -- Job 27:23
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SURELY there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they
fine it.
		 -- Job 28:1
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Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
		 -- Job 28:2
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He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the
stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
		 -- Job 28:3
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The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten
of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
		 -- Job 28:4
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As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as
it were fire.
		 -- Job 28:5
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The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
		 -- Job 28:6
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There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath
not seen:
		 -- Job 28:7
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The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
		 -- Job 28:8
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He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains
by the roots.
		 -- Job 28:9
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He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious
thing.
		 -- Job 28:10
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He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth
he forth to light.
		 -- Job 28:11
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But where shall wisdom be found?  and where is the place of understanding?
		 -- Job 28:12
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Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of
the living.
		 -- Job 28:13
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The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
		 -- Job 28:14
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It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the
price thereof.
		 -- Job 28:15
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It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx,
or the sapphire.
		 -- Job 28:16
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The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall
not be for jewels of fine gold.
		 -- Job 28:17
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No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom
is above rubies.
		 -- Job 28:18
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The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued
with pure gold.
		 -- Job 28:19
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Whence then cometh wisdom?  and where is the place of understanding?
		 -- Job 28:20
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Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the
fowls of the air.
		 -- Job 28:21
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Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
		 -- Job 28:22
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God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
		 -- Job 28:23
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For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
		 -- Job 28:24
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To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
		 -- Job 28:25
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When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of
the thunder:
		 -- Job 28:26
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Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched
it out.
		 -- Job 28:27
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And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
and to depart from evil is understanding.
		 -- Job 28:28
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MOREOVER Job continued his parable, and said,
		 -- Job 29:1
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Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
		 -- Job 29:2
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When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked
through darkness;
		 -- Job 29:3
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As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my
tabernacle;
		 -- Job 29:4
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When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
		 -- Job 29:5
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When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers
of oil;
		 -- Job 29:6
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When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat
in the street!
		 -- Job 29:7
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The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and
stood up.
		 -- Job 29:8
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The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
		 -- Job 29:9
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The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of
their mouth.
		 -- Job 29:10
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When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me,
it gave witness to me:
		 -- Job 29:11
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Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him
that had none to help him.
		 -- Job 29:12
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The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused
the widow's heart to sing for joy.
		 -- Job 29:13
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I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe
and a diadem.
		 -- Job 29:14
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I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
		 -- Job 29:15
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I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
		 -- Job 29:16
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And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his
teeth.
		 -- Job 29:17
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Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as
the sand.
		 -- Job 29:18
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My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon
my branch.
		 -- Job 29:19
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My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
		 -- Job 29:20
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Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
		 -- Job 29:21
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After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
		 -- Job 29:22
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And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide
as for the latter rain.
		 -- Job 29:23
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If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my
countenance they cast not down.
		 -- Job 29:24
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I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army,
as one that comforteth the mourners.
		 -- Job 29:25
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BUT now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers
I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
		 -- Job 30:1
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Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old
age was perished?
		 -- Job 30:2
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For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in
former time desolate and waste.
		 -- Job 30:3
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Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
		 -- Job 30:4
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They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after
a thief;)
		 -- Job 30:5
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To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in
the rocks.
		 -- Job 30:6
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Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered
together.
		 -- Job 30:7
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They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler
than the earth.
		 -- Job 30:8
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And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
		 -- Job 30:9
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They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
		 -- Job 30:10
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Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let
loose the bridle before me.
		 -- Job 30:11
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Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they
raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
		 -- Job 30:12
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They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
		 -- Job 30:13
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They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation
they rolled themselves upon me.
		 -- Job 30:14
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Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my
welfare passeth away as a cloud.
		 -- Job 30:15
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And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken
hold upon me.
		 -- Job 30:16
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My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take
no rest.
		 -- Job 30:17
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By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me
about as the collar of my coat.
		 -- Job 30:18
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He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
		 -- Job 30:19
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I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest
me not.
		 -- Job 30:20
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Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself
against me.
		 -- Job 30:21
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Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and
dissolvest my substance.
		 -- Job 30:22
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For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed
for all living.
		 -- Job 30:23
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Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry
in his destruction.
		 -- Job 30:24
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Did not I weep for him that was in trouble?  was not my soul grieved
for the poor?
		 -- Job 30:25
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When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for
light, there came darkness.
		 -- Job 30:26
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My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
		 -- Job 30:27
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I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the
congregation.
		 -- Job 30:28
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I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
		 -- Job 30:29
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My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
		 -- Job 30:30
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My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them
that weep.
		 -- Job 30:31
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I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
		 -- Job 31:1
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For what portion of God is there from above?  and what inheritance of
the Almighty from on high?
		 -- Job 31:2
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Is not destruction to the wicked?  and a strange punishment to the
workers of iniquity?
		 -- Job 31:3
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Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
		 -- Job 31:4
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If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
		 -- Job 31:5
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Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
		 -- Job 31:6
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If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine
eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
		 -- Job 31:7
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Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
		 -- Job 31:8
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If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at
my neighbour's door;
		 -- Job 31:9
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Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
		 -- Job 31:10
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For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by
the judges.
		 -- Job 31:11
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For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all
mine increase.
		 -- Job 31:12
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If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when
they contended with me;
		 -- Job 31:13
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What then shall I do when God riseth up?  and when he visiteth, what
shall I answer him?
		 -- Job 31:14
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Did not he that made me in the womb make him?  and did not one fashion
us in the womb?
		 -- Job 31:15
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If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes
of the widow to fail;
		 -- Job 31:16
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Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten
thereof;
		 -- Job 31:17
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(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I
have guided her from my mother's womb;)
		 -- Job 31:18
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If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without
covering;
		 -- Job 31:19
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If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the
fleece of my sheep;
		 -- Job 31:20
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If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help
in the gate:
		 -- Job 31:21
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Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken
from the bone.
		 -- Job 31:22
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For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness
I could not endure.
		 -- Job 31:23
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If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art
my confidence;
		 -- Job 31:24
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If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had
gotten much;
		 -- Job 31:25
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If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
		 -- Job 31:26
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And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
		 -- Job 31:27
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This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should
have denied the God that is above.
		 -- Job 31:28
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If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up
myself when evil found him:
		 -- Job 31:29
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Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
		 -- Job 31:30
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If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh!
we cannot be satisfied.
		 -- Job 31:31
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The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to
the traveller.
		 -- Job 31:32
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If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in
my bosom:
		 -- Job 31:33
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Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me,
that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
		 -- Job 31:34
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Oh that one would hear me!  behold, my desire is, that the Almighty
would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
		 -- Job 31:35
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Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
		 -- Job 31:36
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I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go
near unto him.
		 -- Job 31:37
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If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
		 -- Job 31:38
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If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the
owners thereof to lose their life:
		 -- Job 31:39
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Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley.
The words of Job are ended.
		 -- Job 31:40
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SO these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in
his own eyes.
		 -- Job 32:1
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Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite,
of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he
justified himself rather than God.
		 -- Job 32:2
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Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had
found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
		 -- Job 32:3
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Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
		 -- Job 32:4
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When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men,
then his wrath was kindled.
		 -- Job 32:5
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And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young,
and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you
mine opinion.
		 -- Job 32:6
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I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
		 -- Job 32:7
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But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth
them understanding.
		 -- Job 32:8
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Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
		 -- Job 32:9
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Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.
		 -- Job 32:10
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Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye
searched out what to say.
		 -- Job 32:11
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Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that
convinced Job, or that answered his words:
		 -- Job 32:12
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Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down,
not man.
		 -- Job 32:13
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Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer
him with your speeches.
		 -- Job 32:14
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They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.
		 -- Job 32:15
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When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered
no more;)
		 -- Job 32:16
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I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.
		 -- Job 32:17
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For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
		 -- Job 32:18
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Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst
like new bottles.
		 -- Job 32:19
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I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
		 -- Job 32:20
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Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give
flattering titles unto man.
		 -- Job 32:21
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For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would
soon take me away.
		 -- Job 32:22
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WHEREFORE, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all
my words.
		 -- Job 33:1
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Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
		 -- Job 33:2
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My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall
utter knowledge clearly.
		 -- Job 33:3
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The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath
given me life.
		 -- Job 33:4
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If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
		 -- Job 33:5
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Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out
of the clay.
		 -- Job 33:6
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Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be
heavy upon thee.
		 -- Job 33:7
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Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of
thy words, saying,
		 -- Job 33:8
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I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity
in me.
		 -- Job 33:9
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Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
		 -- Job 33:10
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He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.
		 -- Job 33:11
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Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is
greater than man.
		 -- Job 33:12
%
Why dost thou strive against him?  for he giveth not account of any of
his matters.
		 -- Job 33:13
%
For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
		 -- Job 33:14
%
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men,
in slumberings upon the bed;
		 -- Job 33:15
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Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
		 -- Job 33:16
%
That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
		 -- Job 33:17
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He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by
the sword.
		 -- Job 33:18
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He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his
bones with strong pain:
		 -- Job 33:19
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So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
		 -- Job 33:20
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His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that
were not seen stick out.
		 -- Job 33:21
%
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
		 -- Job 33:22
%
If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand,
to shew unto man his uprightness:
		 -- Job 33:23
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Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to
the pit: I have found a ransom.
		 -- Job 33:24
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His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days
of his youth:
		 -- Job 33:25
%
He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall
see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
		 -- Job 33:26
%
He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that
which was right, and it profited me not;
		 -- Job 33:27
%
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall
see the light.
		 -- Job 33:28
%
Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,
		 -- Job 33:29
%
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light
of the living.
		 -- Job 33:30
%
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
		 -- Job 33:31
%
If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to
justify thee.
		 -- Job 33:32
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If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
		 -- Job 33:33
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FURTHERMORE Elihu answered and said,
		 -- Job 34:1
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Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have
knowledge.
		 -- Job 34:2
%
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
		 -- Job 34:3
%
Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
		 -- Job 34:4
%
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
		 -- Job 34:5
%
Should I lie against my right?	my wound is incurable without
transgression.
		 -- Job 34:6
%
What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
		 -- Job 34:7
%
Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with
wicked men.
		 -- Job 34:8
%
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight
himself with God.
		 -- Job 34:9
%
Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God,
that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should
commit iniquity.
		 -- Job 34:10
%
For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to
find according to his ways.
		 -- Job 34:11
%
Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert
judgment.
		 -- Job 34:12
%
Who hath given him a charge over the earth?  or who hath disposed the
whole world?
		 -- Job 34:13
%
If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and
his breath;
		 -- Job 34:14
%
All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
		 -- Job 34:15
%
If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of
my words.
		 -- Job 34:16
%
Shall even he that hateth right govern?  and wilt thou condemn him that
is most just?
		 -- Job 34:17
%
Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked?  and to princes, Ye are
ungodly?
		 -- Job 34:18
%
How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor
regardeth the rich more than the poor?	for they all are the work of
his hands.
		 -- Job 34:19
%
In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight,
and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
		 -- Job 34:20
%
For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
		 -- Job 34:21
%
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity
may hide themselves.
		 -- Job 34:22
%
For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into
judgment with God.
		 -- Job 34:23
%
He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in
their stead.
		 -- Job 34:24
%
Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night,
so that they are destroyed.
		 -- Job 34:25
%
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
		 -- Job 34:26
%
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
		 -- Job 34:27
%
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth
the cry of the afflicted.
		 -- Job 34:28
%
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble?  and when he hideth
his face, who then can behold him?  whether it be done against a nation,
or against a man only:
		 -- Job 34:29
%
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
		 -- Job 34:30
%
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will
not offend any more:
		 -- Job 34:31
%
That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do
no more.
		 -- Job 34:32
%
Should it be according to thy mind?  he will recompense it, whether
thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what
thou knowest.
		 -- Job 34:33
%
Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
		 -- Job 34:34
%
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
		 -- Job 34:35
%
My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers
for wicked men.
		 -- Job 34:36
%
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us,
and multiplieth his words against God.
		 -- Job 34:37
%
ELIHU spake moreover, and said,
		 -- Job 35:1
%
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is
more than God's?
		 -- Job 35:2
%
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee?  and, What profit
shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
		 -- Job 35:3
%
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
		 -- Job 35:4
%
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher
than thou.
		 -- Job 35:5
%
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him?  or if thy transgressions
be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
		 -- Job 35:6
%
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him?  or what receiveth he of
thine hand?
		 -- Job 35:7
%
Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may
profit the son of man.
		 -- Job 35:8
%
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry:
they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
		 -- Job 35:9
%
But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
		 -- Job 35:10
%
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser
than the fowls of heaven?
		 -- Job 35:11
%
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
		 -- Job 35:12
%
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
		 -- Job 35:13
%
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him;
therefore trust thou in him.
		 -- Job 35:14
%
But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he
knoweth it not in great extremity:
		 -- Job 35:15
%
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without
knowledge.
		 -- Job 35:16
%
ELIHU also proceeded, and said,
		 -- Job 36:1
%
Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on
God's behalf.
		 -- Job 36:2
%
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to
my Maker.
		 -- Job 36:3
%
For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge
is with thee.
		 -- Job 36:4
%
Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength
and wisdom.
		 -- Job 36:5
%
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
		 -- Job 36:6
%
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they
on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
		 -- Job 36:7
%
And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
		 -- Job 36:8
%
Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they
have exceeded.
		 -- Job 36:9
%
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return
from iniquity.
		 -- Job 36:10
%
If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity,
and their years in pleasures.
		 -- Job 36:11
%
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall
die without knowledge.
		 -- Job 36:12
%
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth
them.
		 -- Job 36:13
%
They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
		 -- Job 36:14
%
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in
oppression.
		 -- Job 36:15
%
Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place,
where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table
should be full of fatness.
		 -- Job 36:16
%
But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice
take hold on thee.
		 -- Job 36:17
%
Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke:
then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
		 -- Job 36:18
%
Will he esteem thy riches?  no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
		 -- Job 36:19
%
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
		 -- Job 36:20
%
Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than
affliction.
		 -- Job 36:21
%
Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
		 -- Job 36:22
%
Who hath enjoined him his way?	or who can say, Thou hast wrought
iniquity?
		 -- Job 36:23
%
Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
		 -- Job 36:24
%
Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.
		 -- Job 36:25
%
Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of
his years be searched out.
		 -- Job 36:26
%
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according
to the vapour thereof:
		 -- Job 36:27
%
Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
		 -- Job 36:28
%
Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of
his tabernacle?
		 -- Job 36:29
%
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of
the sea.
		 -- Job 36:30
%
For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
		 -- Job 36:31
%
With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by
the cloud that cometh betwixt.
		 -- Job 36:32
%
The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning
the vapour.
		 -- Job 36:33
%
AT this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.
		 -- Job 37:1
%
Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out
of his mouth.
		 -- Job 37:2
%
He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends
of the earth.
		 -- Job 37:3
%
After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency;
and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
		 -- Job 37:4
%
God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he,
which we cannot comprehend.
		 -- Job 37:5
%
For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small
rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
		 -- Job 37:6
%
He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
		 -- Job 37:7
%
Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
		 -- Job 37:8
%
Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
		 -- Job 37:9
%
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters
is straitened.
		 -- Job 37:10
%
Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright
cloud:
		 -- Job 37:11
%
And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever
he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
		 -- Job 37:12
%
He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or
for mercy.
		 -- Job 37:13
%
Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works
of God.
		 -- Job 37:14
%
Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud
to shine?
		 -- Job 37:15
%
Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him
which is perfect in knowledge?
		 -- Job 37:16
%
How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
		 -- Job 37:17
%
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten
looking glass?
		 -- Job 37:18
%
Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by
reason of darkness.
		 -- Job 37:19
%
Shall it be told him that I speak?  if a man speak, surely he shall be
swallowed up.
		 -- Job 37:20
%
And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the
wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
		 -- Job 37:21
%
Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.
		 -- Job 37:22
%
Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power,
and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
		 -- Job 37:23
%
Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
		 -- Job 37:24
%
THEN the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
		 -- Job 38:1
%
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
		 -- Job 38:2
%
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer
thou me.
		 -- Job 38:3
%
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?  declare,
if thou hast understanding.
		 -- Job 38:4
%
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest?  or who hath
stretched the line upon it?
		 -- Job 38:5
%
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened?  or who laid the corner
stone thereof;
		 -- Job 38:6
%
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted
for joy?
		 -- Job 38:7
%
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had
issued out of the womb?
		 -- Job 38:8
%
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a
swaddlingband for it,
		 -- Job 38:9
%
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
		 -- Job 38:10
%
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy
proud waves be stayed?
		 -- Job 38:11
%
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring
to know his place;
		 -- Job 38:12
%
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might
be shaken out of it?
		 -- Job 38:13
%
It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
		 -- Job 38:14
%
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall
be broken.
		 -- Job 38:15
%
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea?	or hast thou walked in
the search of the depth?
		 -- Job 38:16
%
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee?	or hast thou seen the
doors of the shadow of death?
		 -- Job 38:17
%
Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth?  declare if thou knowest
it all.
		 -- Job 38:18
%
Where is the way where light dwelleth?	and as for darkness, where is
the place thereof,
		 -- Job 38:19
%
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest
know the paths to the house thereof?
		 -- Job 38:20
%
Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born?  or because the number of
thy days is great?
		 -- Job 38:21
%
Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow?  or hast thou seen
the treasures of the hail,
		 -- Job 38:22
%
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of
battle and war?
		 -- Job 38:23
%
By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon
the earth?
		 -- Job 38:24
%
Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way
for the lightning of thunder;
		 -- Job 38:25
%
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness,
wherein there is no man;
		 -- Job 38:26
%
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the
tender herb to spring forth?
		 -- Job 38:27
%
Hath the rain a father?  or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
		 -- Job 38:28
%
Out of whose womb came the ice?  and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath
gendered it?
		 -- Job 38:29
%
The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
		 -- Job 38:30
%
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands
of Orion?
		 -- Job 38:31
%
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season?  or canst thou guide
Arcturus with his sons?
		 -- Job 38:32
%
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven?	canst thou set the dominion
thereof in the earth?
		 -- Job 38:33
%
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters
may cover thee?
		 -- Job 38:34
%
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here
we are?
		 -- Job 38:35
%
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts?  or who hath given understanding
to the heart?
		 -- Job 38:36
%
Who can number the clouds in wisdom?  or who can stay the bottles
of heaven,
		 -- Job 38:37
%
When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
		 -- Job 38:38
%
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion?  or fill the appetite of the
young lions,
		 -- Job 38:39
%
When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
		 -- Job 38:40
%
Who provideth for the raven his food?  when his young ones cry unto God,
they wander for lack of meat.
		 -- Job 38:41
%
KNOWEST thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth?
or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
		 -- Job 39:1
%
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil?	or knowest thou the time
when they bring forth?
		 -- Job 39:2
%
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out
their sorrows.
		 -- Job 39:3
%
Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go
forth, and return not unto them.
		 -- Job 39:4
%
Who hath sent out the wild ass free?  or who hath loosed the bands of
the wild ass?
		 -- Job 39:5
%
Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
		 -- Job 39:6
%
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying
of the driver.
		 -- Job 39:7
%
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every
green thing.
		 -- Job 39:8
%
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
		 -- Job 39:9
%
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow?  or will he
harrow the valleys after thee?
		 -- Job 39:10
%
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great?  or wilt thou leave
thy labour to him?
		 -- Job 39:11
%
Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it
into thy barn?
		 -- Job 39:12
%
Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks?  or wings and feathers
unto the ostrich?
		 -- Job 39:13
%
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
		 -- Job 39:14
%
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may
break them.
		 -- Job 39:15
%
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers:
her labour is in vain without fear;
		 -- Job 39:16
%
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to
her understanding.
		 -- Job 39:17
%
What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and
his rider.
		 -- Job 39:18
%
Hast thou given the horse strength?  hast thou clothed his neck with
thunder?
		 -- Job 39:19
%
Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper?  the glory of his nostrils
is terrible.
		 -- Job 39:20
%
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to
meet the armed men.
		 -- Job 39:21
%
He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from
the sword.
		 -- Job 39:22
%
The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
		 -- Job 39:23
%
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he
that it is the sound of the trumpet.
		 -- Job 39:24
%
He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off,
the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
		 -- Job 39:25
%
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
		 -- Job 39:26
%
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
		 -- Job 39:27
%
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and
the strong place.
		 -- Job 39:28
%
From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
		 -- Job 39:29
%
Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
		 -- Job 39:30
%
MOREOVER the LORD answered Job, and said,
		 -- Job 40:1
%
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him?  he that
reproveth God, let him answer it.
		 -- Job 40:2
%
Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
		 -- Job 40:3
%
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee?  I will lay mine hand upon
my mouth.
		 -- Job 40:4
%
Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed
no further.
		 -- Job 40:5
%
Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
		 -- Job 40:6
%
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare
thou unto me.
		 -- Job 40:7
%
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment?  wilt thou condemn me, that thou
mayest be righteous?
		 -- Job 40:8
%
Hast thou an arm like God?  or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
		 -- Job 40:9
%
Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with
glory and beauty.
		 -- Job 40:10
%
Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud,
and abase him.
		 -- Job 40:11
%
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the
wicked in their place.
		 -- Job 40:12
%
Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
		 -- Job 40:13
%
Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save
thee.
		 -- Job 40:14
%
Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
		 -- Job 40:15
%
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of
his belly.
		 -- Job 40:16
%
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped
together.
		 -- Job 40:17
%
His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
		 -- Job 40:18
%
He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword
to approach unto him.
		 -- Job 40:19
%
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the
field play.
		 -- Job 40:20
%
He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
		 -- Job 40:21
%
The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook
compass him about.
		 -- Job 40:22
%
Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he
can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
		 -- Job 40:23
%
He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
		 -- Job 40:24
%
CANST thou draw out leviathan with an hook?  or his tongue with a cord
which thou lettest down?
		 -- Job 41:1
%
Canst thou put an hook into his nose?  or bore his jaw through with
a thorn?
		 -- Job 41:2
%
Will he make many supplications unto thee?  will he speak soft words
unto thee?
		 -- Job 41:3
%
Will he make a covenant with thee?  wilt thou take him for a servant
for ever?
		 -- Job 41:4
%
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird?  or wilt thou bind him for
thy maidens?
		 -- Job 41:5
%
Shall the companions make a banquet of him?  shall they part him among
the merchants?
		 -- Job 41:6
%
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed iron?  or his head with fish spears?
		 -- Job 41:7
%
Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
		 -- Job 41:8
%
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at
the sight of him?
		 -- Job 41:9
%
None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand
before me?
		 -- Job 41:10
%
Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him?  whatsoever is under
the whole heaven is mine.
		 -- Job 41:11
%
I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
		 -- Job 41:12
%
Who can discover the face of his garment?  or who can come to him with
his double bridle?
		 -- Job 41:13
%
Who can open the doors of his face?  his teeth are terrible round about.
		 -- Job 41:14
%
His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
		 -- Job 41:15
%
One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
		 -- Job 41:16
%
They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot
be sundered.
		 -- Job 41:17
%
By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids
of the morning.
		 -- Job 41:18
%
Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
		 -- Job 41:19
%
Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
		 -- Job 41:20
%
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
		 -- Job 41:21
%
In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
		 -- Job 41:22
%
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves;
they cannot be moved.
		 -- Job 41:23
%
His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether
millstone.
		 -- Job 41:24
%
When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings
they purify themselves.
		 -- Job 41:25
%
The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart,
nor the habergeon.
		 -- Job 41:26
%
He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
		 -- Job 41:27
%
The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into
stubble.
		 -- Job 41:28
%
Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
		 -- Job 41:29
%
Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon
the mire.
		 -- Job 41:30
%
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot
of ointment.
		 -- Job 41:31
%
He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
		 -- Job 41:32
%
Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
		 -- Job 41:33
%
He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.
		 -- Job 41:34
%
THEN Job answered the LORD, and said,
		 -- Job 42:1
%
I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be
withholden from thee.
		 -- Job 42:2
%
Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge?  therefore have I uttered
that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
		 -- Job 42:3
%
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and
declare thou unto me.
		 -- Job 42:4
%
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth
thee.
		 -- Job 42:5
%
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
		 -- Job 42:6
%
And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job,
the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee,
and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that
is right, as my servant Job hath.
		 -- Job 42:7
%
Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my
servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant
Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after
your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right,
like my servant Job.
		 -- Job 42:8
%
So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite
went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also
accepted Job.
		 -- Job 42:9
%
And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends:
also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
		 -- Job 42:10
%
Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all
they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with
him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the
evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece
of money, and every one an earring of gold.
		 -- Job 42:11
%
So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for
he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand
yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
		 -- Job 42:12
%
He had also seven sons and three daughters.
		 -- Job 42:13
%
And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second,
Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.
		 -- Job 42:14
%
And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job:
and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
		 -- Job 42:15
%
After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons,
and his sons' sons, even four generations.
		 -- Job 42:16
%
So Job died, being old and full of days.
		 -- Job 42:17
%
BLESSED is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor
standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
		 -- Psalms 1:1
%
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate
day and night.
		 -- Psalms 1:2
%
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither;
and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
		 -- Psalms 1:3
%
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth
away.
		 -- Psalms 1:4
%
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in
the congregation of the righteous.
		 -- Psalms 1:5
%
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly
shall perish.
		 -- Psalms 1:6
%
WHY do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
		 -- Psalms 2:1
%
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel
together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
		 -- Psalms 2:2
%
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
		 -- Psalms 2:3
%
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them
in derision.
		 -- Psalms 2:4
%
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore
displeasure.
		 -- Psalms 2:5
%
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
		 -- Psalms 2:6
%
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son;
this day have I begotten thee.
		 -- Psalms 2:7
%
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance,
and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
		 -- Psalms 2:8
%
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces
like a potter's vessel.
		 -- Psalms 2:9
%
Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
		 -- Psalms 2:10
%
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
		 -- Psalms 2:11
%
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his
wrath is kindled but a little.	Blessed are all they that put their
trust in him.
		 -- Psalms 2:12
%
LORD, how are they increased that trouble me!  many are they that rise
up against me.
		 -- Psalms 3:1
%
Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God.
Selah.
		 -- Psalms 3:2
%
But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of
mine head.
		 -- Psalms 3:3
%
I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill.
Selah.
		 -- Psalms 3:4
%
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
		 -- Psalms 3:5
%
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves
against me round about.
		 -- Psalms 3:6
%
Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies
upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
		 -- Psalms 3:7
%
Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people.
Selah.
		 -- Psalms 3:8
%
HEAR me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me
when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
		 -- Psalms 4:1
%
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame?  how long
will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing?  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 4:2
%
But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself:
the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
		 -- Psalms 4:3
%
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed,
and be still.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 4:4
%
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 4:5
%
There be many that say, Who will shew us any good?  LORD, lift thou up
the light of thy countenance upon us.
		 -- Psalms 4:6
%
Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their
corn and their wine increased.
		 -- Psalms 4:7
%
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest
me dwell in safety.
		 -- Psalms 4:8
%
GIVE ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
		 -- Psalms 5:1
%
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee
will I pray.
		 -- Psalms 5:2
%
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I
direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
		 -- Psalms 5:3
%
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall
evil dwell with thee.
		 -- Psalms 5:4
%
The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of
iniquity.
		 -- Psalms 5:5
%
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the
bloody and deceitful man.
		 -- Psalms 5:6
%
But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy:
and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
		 -- Psalms 5:7
%
Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy
way straight before my face.
		 -- Psalms 5:8
%
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very
wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their
tongue.
		 -- Psalms 5:9
%
Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them
out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled
against thee.
		 -- Psalms 5:10
%
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever
shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy
name be joyful in thee.
		 -- Psalms 5:11
%
For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass
him as with a shield.
		 -- Psalms 5:12
%
O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot
displeasure.
		 -- Psalms 6:1
%
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones
are vexed.
		 -- Psalms 6:2
%
My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
		 -- Psalms 6:3
%
Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.
		 -- Psalms 6:4
%
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall
give thee thanks?
		 -- Psalms 6:5
%
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim;
I water my couch with my tears.
		 -- Psalms 6:6
%
Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all
mine enemies.
		 -- Psalms 6:7
%
Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the
voice of my weeping.
		 -- Psalms 6:8
%
The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.
		 -- Psalms 6:9
%
Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be
ashamed suddenly.
		 -- Psalms 6:10
%
O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that
persecute me, and deliver me:
		 -- Psalms 7:1
%
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is
none to deliver.
		 -- Psalms 7:2
%
O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
		 -- Psalms 7:3
%
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have
delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
		 -- Psalms 7:4
%
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down
my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 7:5
%
Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of
mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
		 -- Psalms 7:6
%
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their
sakes therefore return thou on high.
		 -- Psalms 7:7
%
The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my
righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
		 -- Psalms 7:8
%
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the
just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
		 -- Psalms 7:9
%
My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
		 -- Psalms 7:10
%
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
		 -- Psalms 7:11
%
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made
it ready.
		 -- Psalms 7:12
%
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth
his arrows against the persecutors.
		 -- Psalms 7:13
%
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and
brought forth falsehood.
		 -- Psalms 7:14
%
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
		 -- Psalms 7:15
%
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing
shall come down upon his own pate.
		 -- Psalms 7:16
%
I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing
praise to the name of the LORD most high.
		 -- Psalms 7:17
%
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!  who hast
set thy glory above the heavens.
		 -- Psalms 8:1
%
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength
because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the
avenger.
		 -- Psalms 8:2
%
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the
stars, which thou hast ordained;
		 -- Psalms 8:3
%
What is man, that thou art mindful of him?  and the son of man, that
thou visitest him?
		 -- Psalms 8:4
%
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned
him with glory and honour.
		 -- Psalms 8:5
%
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast
put all things under his feet:
		 -- Psalms 8:6
%
All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
		 -- Psalms 8:7
%
The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth
through the paths of the seas.
		 -- Psalms 8:8
%
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
		 -- Psalms 8:9
%
I WILL praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all
thy marvellous works.
		 -- Psalms 9:1
%
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name,
O thou most High.
		 -- Psalms 9:2
%
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy
presence.
		 -- Psalms 9:3
%
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne
judging right.
		 -- Psalms 9:4
%
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast
put out their name for ever and ever.
		 -- Psalms 9:5
%
O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast
destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
		 -- Psalms 9:6
%
But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for
judgment.
		 -- Psalms 9:7
%
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment
to the people in uprightness.
		 -- Psalms 9:8
%
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times
of trouble.
		 -- Psalms 9:9
%
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou,
LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
		 -- Psalms 9:10
%
Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the
people his doings.
		 -- Psalms 9:11
%
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth
not the cry of the humble.
		 -- Psalms 9:12
%
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them
that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
		 -- Psalms 9:13
%
That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion:
I will rejoice in thy salvation.
		 -- Psalms 9:14
%
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which
they hid is their own foot taken.
		 -- Psalms 9:15
%
The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is
snared in the work of his own hands.  Higgaion.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 9:16
%
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
		 -- Psalms 9:17
%
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor
shall not perish for ever.
		 -- Psalms 9:18
%
Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy
sight.
		 -- Psalms 9:19
%
Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be
but men.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 9:20
%
WHY standest thou afar off, O LORD?  why hidest thou thyself in times
of trouble?
		 -- Psalms 10:1
%
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in
the devices that they have imagined.
		 -- Psalms 10:2
%
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous,
whom the LORD abhorreth.
		 -- Psalms 10:3
%
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God:
God is not in all his thoughts.
		 -- Psalms 10:4
%
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his
sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
		 -- Psalms 10:5
%
He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be
in adversity.
		 -- Psalms 10:6
%
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is
mischief and vanity.
		 -- Psalms 10:7
%
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places
doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
		 -- Psalms 10:8
%
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to
catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
		 -- Psalms 10:9
%
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his
strong ones.
		 -- Psalms 10:10
%
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face;
he will never see it.
		 -- Psalms 10:11
%
Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
		 -- Psalms 10:12
%
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God?	he hath said in his heart,
Thou wilt not require it.
		 -- Psalms 10:13
%
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite
it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the
helper of the fatherless.
		 -- Psalms 10:14
%
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness
till thou find none.
		 -- Psalms 10:15
%
The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of
his land.
		 -- Psalms 10:16
%
LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their
heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
		 -- Psalms 10:17
%
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth
may no more oppress.
		 -- Psalms 10:18
%
IN the LORD put I my trust: How say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to
your mountain?
		 -- Psalms 11:1
%
For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon
the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
		 -- Psalms 11:2
%
If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
		 -- Psalms 11:3
%
The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven: his eyes
behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
		 -- Psalms 11:4
%
The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence
his soul hateth.
		 -- Psalms 11:5
%
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible
tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
		 -- Psalms 11:6
%
For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold
the upright.
		 -- Psalms 11:7
%
HELP, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among
the children of men.
		 -- Psalms 12:1
%
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips
and with a double heart do they speak.
		 -- Psalms 12:2
%
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh
proud things:
		 -- Psalms 12:3
%
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own:
who is lord over us?
		 -- Psalms 12:4
%
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will
I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth
at him.
		 -- Psalms 12:5
%
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of
earth, purified seven times.
		 -- Psalms 12:6
%
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this
generation for ever.
		 -- Psalms 12:7
%
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
		 -- Psalms 12:8
%
HOW long wilt thou forget me, O LORD?  for ever?  how long wilt thou
hide thy face from me?
		 -- Psalms 13:1
%
How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily?
how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
		 -- Psalms 13:2
%
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep
the sleep of death;
		 -- Psalms 13:3
%
Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble
me rejoice when I am moved.
		 -- Psalms 13:4
%
But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
		 -- Psalms 13:5
%
I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
		 -- Psalms 13:6
%
THE fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.  They are corrupt,
they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
		 -- Psalms 14:1
%
The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if
there were any that did understand, and seek God.
		 -- Psalms 14:2
%
They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is
none that doeth good, no, not one.
		 -- Psalms 14:3
%
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge?	who eat up my people as
they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 14:4
%
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the
righteous.
		 -- Psalms 14:5
%
Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
		 -- Psalms 14:6
%
Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion!	when the LORD
bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and
Israel shall be glad.
		 -- Psalms 14:7
%
LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle?  who shall dwell in thy holy
hill?
		 -- Psalms 15:1
%
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the
truth in his heart.
		 -- Psalms 15:2
%
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour,
nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
		 -- Psalms 15:3
%
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that
fear the LORD.	He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
		 -- Psalms 15:4
%
He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against
the innocent.  He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
		 -- Psalms 15:5
%
PRESERVE me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
		 -- Psalms 16:1
%
O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness
extendeth not to thee;
		 -- Psalms 16:2
%
But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom
is all my delight.
		 -- Psalms 16:3
%
Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their
drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into
my lips.
		 -- Psalms 16:4
%
The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou
maintainest my lot.
		 -- Psalms 16:5
%
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly
heritage.
		 -- Psalms 16:6
%
I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct
me in the night seasons.
		 -- Psalms 16:7
%
I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand,
I shall not be moved.
		 -- Psalms 16:8
%
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall
rest in hope.
		 -- Psalms 16:9
%
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine
Holy One to see corruption.
		 -- Psalms 16:10
%
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy;
at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
		 -- Psalms 16:11
%
HEAR the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer,
that goeth not out of feigned lips.
		 -- Psalms 17:1
%
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the
things that are equal.
		 -- Psalms 17:2
%
Thou has proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou
has tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall
not transgress.
		 -- Psalms 17:3
%
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from
the paths of the destroyer.
		 -- Psalms 17:4
%
Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
		 -- Psalms 17:5
%
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine
ear unto me, and hear my speech.
		 -- Psalms 17:6
%
Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand
them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.
		 -- Psalms 17:7
%
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
		 -- Psalms 17:8
%
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass
me about.
		 -- Psalms 17:9
%
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
		 -- Psalms 17:10
%
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing
down to the earth;
		 -- Psalms 17:11
%
Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion
lurking in secret places.
		 -- Psalms 17:12
%
Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the
wicked, which is thy sword:
		 -- Psalms 17:13
%
From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have
their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid
treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance
to their babes.
		 -- Psalms 17:14
%
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied,
when I awake, with thy likeness.
		 -- Psalms 17:15
%
I WILL love thee, O LORD, my strength.
		 -- Psalms 18:1
%
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my
strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation,
and my high tower.
		 -- Psalms 18:2
%
I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be
saved from mine enemies.
		 -- Psalms 18:3
%
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made
me afraid.
		 -- Psalms 18:4
%
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
		 -- Psalms 18:5
%
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my
voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
		 -- Psalms 18:6
%
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills
moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
		 -- Psalms 18:7
%
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth
devoured: coals were kindled by it.
		 -- Psalms 18:8
%
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
		 -- Psalms 18:9
%
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings
of the wind.
		 -- Psalms 18:10
%
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were
dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
		 -- Psalms 18:11
%
At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail
stones and coals of fire.
		 -- Psalms 18:12
%
The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice;
hail stones and coals of fire.
		 -- Psalms 18:13
%
Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out
lightnings, and discomfited them.
		 -- Psalms 18:14
%
Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world
were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of
thy nostrils.
		 -- Psalms 18:15
%
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
		 -- Psalms 18:16
%
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me:
for they were too strong for me.
		 -- Psalms 18:17
%
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
		 -- Psalms 18:18
%
He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because
he delighted in me.
		 -- Psalms 18:19
%
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the
cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
		 -- Psalms 18:20
%
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed
from my God.
		 -- Psalms 18:21
%
For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes
from me.
		 -- Psalms 18:22
%
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
		 -- Psalms 18:23
%
Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
		 -- Psalms 18:24
%
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man
thou wilt shew thyself upright;
		 -- Psalms 18:25
%
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou
wilt shew thyself froward.
		 -- Psalms 18:26
%
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
		 -- Psalms 18:27
%
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
		 -- Psalms 18:28
%
For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over
a wall.
		 -- Psalms 18:29
%
As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a
buckler to all those that trust in him.
		 -- Psalms 18:30
%
For who is God save the LORD?  or who is a rock save our God?
		 -- Psalms 18:31
%
It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
		 -- Psalms 18:32
%
He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
		 -- Psalms 18:33
%
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine
arms.
		 -- Psalms 18:34
%
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand
hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
		 -- Psalms 18:35
%
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
		 -- Psalms 18:36
%
I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn
again till they were consumed.
		 -- Psalms 18:37
%
I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen
under my feet.
		 -- Psalms 18:38
%
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued
under me those that rose up against me.
		 -- Psalms 18:39
%
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy
them that hate me.
		 -- Psalms 18:40
%
They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he
answered them not.
		 -- Psalms 18:41
%
Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them
out as the dirt in the streets.
		 -- Psalms 18:42
%
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast
made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall
serve me.
		 -- Psalms 18:43
%
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall
submit themselves unto me.
		 -- Psalms 18:44
%
The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
		 -- Psalms 18:45
%
The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation
be exalted.
		 -- Psalms 18:46
%
It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
		 -- Psalms 18:47
%
He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those
that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
		 -- Psalms 18:48
%
Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen,
and sing praises unto thy name.
		 -- Psalms 18:49
%
Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his
anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
		 -- Psalms 18:50
%
THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his
handywork.
		 -- Psalms 19:1
%
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
		 -- Psalms 19:2
%
There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
		 -- Psalms 19:3
%
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the
end of the world.  In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
		 -- Psalms 19:4
%
Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a
strong man to run a race.
		 -- Psalms 19:5
%
His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the
ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
		 -- Psalms 19:6
%
The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of
the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
		 -- Psalms 19:7
%
The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment
of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
		 -- Psalms 19:8
%
The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the
LORD are true and righteous altogether.
		 -- Psalms 19:9
%
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter
also than honey and the honeycomb.
		 -- Psalms 19:10
%
Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is
great reward.
		 -- Psalms 19:11
%
Who can understand his errors?	cleanse thou me from secret faults.
		 -- Psalms 19:12
%
Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have
dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from
the great transgression.
		 -- Psalms 19:13
%
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable
in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
		 -- Psalms 19:14
%
THE LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob
defend thee;
		 -- Psalms 20:1
%
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
		 -- Psalms 20:2
%
Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
		 -- Psalms 20:3
%
Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
		 -- Psalms 20:4
%
We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will
set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
		 -- Psalms 20:5
%
Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his
holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
		 -- Psalms 20:6
%
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the
name of the LORD our God.
		 -- Psalms 20:7
%
They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
		 -- Psalms 20:8
%
Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.
		 -- Psalms 20:9
%
THE king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how
greatly shall he rejoice!
		 -- Psalms 21:1
%
Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the
request of his lips.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 21:2
%
For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a
crown of pure gold on his head.
		 -- Psalms 21:3
%
He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for
ever and ever.
		 -- Psalms 21:4
%
His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid
upon him.
		 -- Psalms 21:5
%
For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding
glad with thy countenance.
		 -- Psalms 21:6
%
For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most
High he shall not be moved.
		 -- Psalms 21:7
%
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find
out those that hate thee.
		 -- Psalms 21:8
%
Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the
LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
		 -- Psalms 21:9
%
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among
the children of men.
		 -- Psalms 21:10
%
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device,
which they are not able to perform.
		 -- Psalms 21:11
%
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make
ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
		 -- Psalms 21:12
%
Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise
thy power.
		 -- Psalms 21:13
%
MY God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?  why art thou so far from
helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
		 -- Psalms 22:1
%
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night
season, and am not silent.
		 -- Psalms 22:2
%
But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
		 -- Psalms 22:3
%
Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
		 -- Psalms 22:4
%
They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were
not confounded.
		 -- Psalms 22:5
%
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the
people.
		 -- Psalms 22:6
%
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they
shake the head, saying,
		 -- Psalms 22:7
%
He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him,
seeing he delighted in him.
		 -- Psalms 22:8
%
But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope
when I was upon my mother's breasts.
		 -- Psalms 22:9
%
I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's
belly.
		 -- Psalms 22:10
%
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
		 -- Psalms 22:11
%
Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
		 -- Psalms 22:12
%
They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
		 -- Psalms 22:13
%
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart
is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
		 -- Psalms 22:14
%
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my
jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
		 -- Psalms 22:15
%
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me:
they pierced my hands and my feet.
		 -- Psalms 22:16
%
I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
		 -- Psalms 22:17
%
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
		 -- Psalms 22:18
%
But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
		 -- Psalms 22:19
%
Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
		 -- Psalms 22:20
%
Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of
the unicorns.
		 -- Psalms 22:21
%
I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation
will I praise thee.
		 -- Psalms 22:22
%
Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him;
and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
		 -- Psalms 22:23
%
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him,
he heard.
		 -- Psalms 22:24
%
My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows
before them that fear him.
		 -- Psalms 22:25
%
The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that
seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
		 -- Psalms 22:26
%
All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and
all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
		 -- Psalms 22:27
%
For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the nations.
		 -- Psalms 22:28
%
All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that
go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his
own soul.
		 -- Psalms 22:29
%
A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a
generation.
		 -- Psalms 22:30
%
They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that
shall be born, that he hath done this.
		 -- Psalms 22:31
%
THE LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
		 -- Psalms 23:1
%
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the
still waters.
		 -- Psalms 23:2
%
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for
his name's sake.
		 -- Psalms 23:3
%
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will
fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
		 -- Psalms 23:4
%
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou
anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
		 -- Psalms 23:5
%
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
		 -- Psalms 23:6
%
THE earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they
that dwell therein.
		 -- Psalms 24:1
%
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
		 -- Psalms 24:2
%
Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD?  or who shall stand in his
holy place?
		 -- Psalms 24:3
%
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his
soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
		 -- Psalms 24:4
%
He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the
God of his salvation.
		 -- Psalms 24:5
%
This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face,
O Jacob.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 24:6
%
Lift up your head, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors;
and the King of glory shall come in.
		 -- Psalms 24:7
%
Who is this King of glory?  The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty
in battle.
		 -- Psalms 24:8
%
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors;
and the King of glory shall come in.
		 -- Psalms 24:9
%
Who is this King of glory?  The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory.
Selah.
		 -- Psalms 24:10
%
UNTO thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
		 -- Psalms 25:1
%
O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies
triumph over me.
		 -- Psalms 25:2
%
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which
transgress without cause.
		 -- Psalms 25:3
%
Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
		 -- Psalms 25:4
%
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation;
on thee do I wait all the day.
		 -- Psalms 25:5
%
Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they
have been ever of old.
		 -- Psalms 25:6
%
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to
thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
		 -- Psalms 25:7
%
Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
		 -- Psalms 25:8
%
The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
		 -- Psalms 25:9
%
All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his
covenant and his testimonies.
		 -- Psalms 25:10
%
For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
		 -- Psalms 25:11
%
What man is he that feareth the LORD?  him shall he teach in the way
that he shall choose.
		 -- Psalms 25:12
%
His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
		 -- Psalms 25:13
%
The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them
his covenant.
		 -- Psalms 25:14
%
Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of
the net.
		 -- Psalms 25:15
%
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and
afflicted.
		 -- Psalms 25:16
%
The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my
distresses.
		 -- Psalms 25:17
%
Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
		 -- Psalms 25:18
%
Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel
hatred.
		 -- Psalms 25:19
%
O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my
trust in thee.
		 -- Psalms 25:20
%
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
		 -- Psalms 25:21
%
Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
		 -- Psalms 25:22
%
JUDGE me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted
also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
		 -- Psalms 26:1
%
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
		 -- Psalms 26:2
%
For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy
truth.
		 -- Psalms 26:3
%
I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
		 -- Psalms 26:4
%
I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with
the wicked.
		 -- Psalms 26:5
%
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar,
O LORD:
		 -- Psalms 26:6
%
That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy
wondrous works.
		 -- Psalms 26:7
%
LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where
thine honour dwelleth.
		 -- Psalms 26:8
%
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
		 -- Psalms 26:9
%
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
		 -- Psalms 26:10
%
But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful
unto me.
		 -- Psalms 26:11
%
My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless
the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 26:12
%
THE LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is
the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
		 -- Psalms 27:1
%
When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up
my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
		 -- Psalms 27:2
%
Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though
war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
		 -- Psalms 27:3
%
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I
may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold
the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
		 -- Psalms 27:4
%
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the
secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
		 -- Psalms 27:5
%
And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me:
therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing,
yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 27:6
%
Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and
answer me.
		 -- Psalms 27:7
%
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face,
LORD, will I seek.
		 -- Psalms 27:8
%
Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger:
thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of
my salvation.
		 -- Psalms 27:9
%
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
		 -- Psalms 27:10
%
Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine
enemies.
		 -- Psalms 27:11
%
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses
are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
		 -- Psalms 27:12
%
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in
the land of the living.
		 -- Psalms 27:13
%
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart:
wait, I say, on the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 27:14
%
UNTO thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou
be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
		 -- Psalms 28:1
%
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift
up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
		 -- Psalms 28:2
%
Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity,
which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
		 -- Psalms 28:3
%
Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of
their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to
them their desert.
		 -- Psalms 28:4
%
Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his
hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
		 -- Psalms 28:5
%
Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
		 -- Psalms 28:6
%
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I
am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will
I praise him.
		 -- Psalms 28:7
%
The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
		 -- Psalms 28:8
%
Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift
them up for ever.
		 -- Psalms 28:9
%
GIVE unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
		 -- Psalms 29:1
%
Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the
beauty of holiness.
		 -- Psalms 29:2
%
The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth:
the LORD is upon many waters.
		 -- Psalms 29:3
%
The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of
majesty.
		 -- Psalms 29:4
%
The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the
cedars of Lebanon.
		 -- Psalms 29:5
%
He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a
young unicorn.
		 -- Psalms 29:6
%
The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.
		 -- Psalms 29:7
%
The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the
wilderness of Kadesh.
		 -- Psalms 29:8
%
The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the
forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
		 -- Psalms 29:9
%
The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.
		 -- Psalms 29:10
%
The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his
people with peace.
		 -- Psalms 29:11
%
I WILL extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made
my foes to rejoice over me.
		 -- Psalms 30:1
%
O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
		 -- Psalms 30:2
%
O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me
alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
		 -- Psalms 30:3
%
Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance
of his holiness.
		 -- Psalms 30:4
%
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may
endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
		 -- Psalms 30:5
%
And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
		 -- Psalms 30:6
%
LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou
didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
		 -- Psalms 30:7
%
I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.
		 -- Psalms 30:8
%
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit?  Shall the
dust praise thee?  shall it declare thy truth?
		 -- Psalms 30:9
%
Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.
		 -- Psalms 30:10
%
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my
sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
		 -- Psalms 30:11
%
To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
		 -- Psalms 30:12
%
IN thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me
in thy righteousness.
		 -- Psalms 31:1
%
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock,
for an house of defence to save me.
		 -- Psalms 31:2
%
For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead
me, and guide me.
		 -- Psalms 31:3
%
Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art
my strength.
		 -- Psalms 31:4
%
Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God
of truth.
		 -- Psalms 31:5
%
I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 31:6
%
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my
trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
		 -- Psalms 31:7
%
And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my
feet in a large room.
		 -- Psalms 31:8
%
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed
with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
		 -- Psalms 31:9
%
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength
faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
		 -- Psalms 31:10
%
I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my
neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without
fled from me.
		 -- Psalms 31:11
%
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
		 -- Psalms 31:12
%
For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they
took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
		 -- Psalms 31:13
%
But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
		 -- Psalms 31:14
%
My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies,
and from them that persecute me.
		 -- Psalms 31:15
%
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.
		 -- Psalms 31:16
%
Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the
wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
		 -- Psalms 31:17
%
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly
and contemptuously against the righteous.
		 -- Psalms 31:18
%
Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that
fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before
the sons of men!
		 -- Psalms 31:19
%
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man:
thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
		 -- Psalms 31:20
%
Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in
a strong city.
		 -- Psalms 31:21
%
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless
thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
		 -- Psalms 31:22
%
O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful,
and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
		 -- Psalms 31:23
%
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope
in the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 31:24
%
BLESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
		 -- Psalms 32:1
%
Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in
whose spirit there is no guile.
		 -- Psalms 32:2
%
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the
day long.
		 -- Psalms 32:3
%
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into
the drought of summer.	Selah.
		 -- Psalms 32:4
%
I 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.
		 -- Psalms 32:5
%
For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when
thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall
not come nigh unto him.
		 -- Psalms 32:6
%
Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou
shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 32:7
%
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go:
I will guide thee with mine eye.
		 -- Psalms 32:8
%
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose
mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
		 -- Psalms 32:9
%
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD,
mercy shall compass him about.
		 -- Psalms 32:10
%
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy,
all ye that are upright in heart.
		 -- Psalms 32:11
%
REJOICE in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
		 -- Psalms 33:1
%
Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an
instrument of ten strings.
		 -- Psalms 33:2
%
Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
		 -- Psalms 33:3
%
For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.
		 -- Psalms 33:4
%
He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness
of the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 33:5
%
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them
by the breath of his mouth.
		 -- Psalms 33:6
%
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up
the depth in storehouses.
		 -- Psalms 33:7
%
Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world
stand in awe of him.
		 -- Psalms 33:8
%
For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
		 -- Psalms 33:9
%
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the
devices of the people of none effect.
		 -- Psalms 33:10
%
The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to
all generations.
		 -- Psalms 33:11
%
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD: and the people whom he hath
chosen for his own inheritance.
		 -- Psalms 33:12
%
The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
		 -- Psalms 33:13
%
From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of
the earth.
		 -- Psalms 33:14
%
He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
		 -- Psalms 33:15
%
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not
delivered by much strength.
		 -- Psalms 33:16
%
An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by
his great strength.
		 -- Psalms 33:17
%
Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that
hope in his mercy;
		 -- Psalms 33:18
%
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
		 -- Psalms 33:19
%
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
		 -- Psalms 33:20
%
For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his
holy name.
		 -- Psalms 33:21
%
Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
		 -- Psalms 33:22
%
I WILL bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in
my mouth.
		 -- Psalms 34:1
%
My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof,
and be glad.
		 -- Psalms 34:2
%
O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
		 -- Psalms 34:3
%
I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
		 -- Psalms 34:4
%
They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not
ashamed.
		 -- Psalms 34:5
%
This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all
his troubles.
		 -- Psalms 34:6
%
The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and
delivereth them.
		 -- Psalms 34:7
%
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth
in him.
		 -- Psalms 34:8
%
O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that
fear him.
		 -- Psalms 34:9
%
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD
shall not want any good thing.
		 -- Psalms 34:10
%
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 34:11
%
What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may
see good?
		 -- Psalms 34:12
%
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
		 -- Psalms 34:13
%
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
		 -- Psalms 34:14
%
The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto
their cry.
		 -- Psalms 34:15
%
The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the
remembrance of them from the earth.
		 -- Psalms 34:16
%
The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all
their troubles.
		 -- Psalms 34:17
%
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such
as be of a contrite spirit.
		 -- Psalms 34:18
%
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him
out of them all.
		 -- Psalms 34:19
%
He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
		 -- Psalms 34:20
%
Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall
be desolate.
		 -- Psalms 34:21
%
The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust
in him shall be desolate.
		 -- Psalms 34:22
%
PLEAD my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against
them that fight against me.
		 -- Psalms 35:1
%
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
		 -- Psalms 35:2
%
Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me:
say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
		 -- Psalms 35:3
%
Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let
them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
		 -- Psalms 35:4
%
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD
chase them.
		 -- Psalms 35:5
%
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD
persecute them.
		 -- Psalms 35:6
%
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without
cause they have digged for my soul.
		 -- Psalms 35:7
%
Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath
hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
		 -- Psalms 35:8
%
And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his
salvation.
		 -- Psalms 35:9
%
All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest
the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the
needy from him that spoileth him?
		 -- Psalms 35:10
%
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I
knew not.
		 -- Psalms 35:11
%
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
		 -- Psalms 35:12
%
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled
my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
		 -- Psalms 35:13
%
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed
down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
		 -- Psalms 35:14
%
But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together:
yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it
not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
		 -- Psalms 35:15
%
With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their
teeth.
		 -- Psalms 35:16
%
Lord, how long wilt thou look on?  rescue my soul from their destructions,
my darling from the lions.
		 -- Psalms 35:17
%
I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee
among much people.
		 -- Psalms 35:18
%
Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither
let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
		 -- Psalms 35:19
%
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them
that are quiet in the land.
		 -- Psalms 35:20
%
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our
eye hath seen it.
		 -- Psalms 35:21
%
This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
		 -- Psalms 35:22
%
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God
and my Lord.
		 -- Psalms 35:23
%
Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them
not rejoice over me.
		 -- Psalms 35:24
%
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not
say, We have swallowed him up.
		 -- Psalms 35:25
%
Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at
mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify
themselves against me.
		 -- Psalms 35:26
%
Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause:
yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath
pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
		 -- Psalms 35:27
%
And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all
the day long.
		 -- Psalms 35:28
%
THE transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no
fear of God before his eyes.
		 -- Psalms 36:1
%
For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found
to be hateful.
		 -- Psalms 36:2
%
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be
wise, and to do good.
		 -- Psalms 36:3
%
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is
not good; he abhorreth not evil.
		 -- Psalms 36:4
%
Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto
the clouds.
		 -- Psalms 36:5
%
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great
deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
		 -- Psalms 36:6
%
How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God!  therefore the children of
men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
		 -- Psalms 36:7
%
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and
thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
		 -- Psalms 36:8
%
For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
		 -- Psalms 36:9
%
O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy
righteousness to the upright in heart.
		 -- Psalms 36:10
%
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the
wicked remove me.
		 -- Psalms 36:11
%
There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall
not be able to rise.
		 -- Psalms 36:12
%
FRET not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against
the workers of iniquity.
		 -- Psalms 37:1
%
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the
green herb.
		 -- Psalms 37:2
%
Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and
verily thou shalt be fed.
		 -- Psalms 37:3
%
Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of
thine heart.
		 -- Psalms 37:4
%
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it
to pass.
		 -- Psalms 37:5
%
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment
as the noonday.
		 -- Psalms 37:6
%
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because
of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked
devices to pass.
		 -- Psalms 37:7
%
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to
do evil.
		 -- Psalms 37:8
%
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD,
they shall inherit the earth.
		 -- Psalms 37:9
%
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt
diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
		 -- Psalms 37:10
%
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in
the abundance of peace.
		 -- Psalms 37:11
%
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his
teeth.
		 -- Psalms 37:12
%
The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
		 -- Psalms 37:13
%
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast
down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
		 -- Psalms 37:14
%
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall
be broken.
		 -- Psalms 37:15
%
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many
wicked.
		 -- Psalms 37:16
%
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth
the righteous.
		 -- Psalms 37:17
%
The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall
be for ever.
		 -- Psalms 37:18
%
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine
they shall be satisfied.
		 -- Psalms 37:19
%
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as
the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
		 -- Psalms 37:20
%
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth
mercy, and giveth.
		 -- Psalms 37:21
%
For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be
cursed of him shall be cut off.
		 -- Psalms 37:22
%
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in
his way.
		 -- Psalms 37:23
%
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth
him with his hand.
		 -- Psalms 37:24
%
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous
forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
		 -- Psalms 37:25
%
He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
		 -- Psalms 37:26
%
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
		 -- Psalms 37:27
%
For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are
preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
		 -- Psalms 37:28
%
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
		 -- Psalms 37:29
%
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh
of judgment.
		 -- Psalms 37:30
%
The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
		 -- Psalms 37:31
%
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
		 -- Psalms 37:32
%
The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is
judged.
		 -- Psalms 37:33
%
Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit
the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
		 -- Psalms 37:34
%
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a
green bay tree.
		 -- Psalms 37:35
%
Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could
not be found.
		 -- Psalms 37:36
%
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man
is peace.
		 -- Psalms 37:37
%
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked
shall be cut off.
		 -- Psalms 37:38
%
But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength
in the time of trouble.
		 -- Psalms 37:39
%
And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them
from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
		 -- Psalms 37:40
%
O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot
displeasure.
		 -- Psalms 38:1
%
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
		 -- Psalms 38:2
%
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is
there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
		 -- Psalms 38:3
%
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they
are too heavy for me.
		 -- Psalms 38:4
%
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
		 -- Psalms 38:5
%
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
		 -- Psalms 38:6
%
For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no
soundness in my flesh.
		 -- Psalms 38:7
%
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness
of my heart.
		 -- Psalms 38:8
%
Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
		 -- Psalms 38:9
%
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes,
it also is gone from me.
		 -- Psalms 38:10
%
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand
afar off.
		 -- Psalms 38:11
%
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek
my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
		 -- Psalms 38:12
%
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth
not his mouth.
		 -- Psalms 38:13
%
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
		 -- Psalms 38:14
%
For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
		 -- Psalms 38:15
%
For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when
my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
		 -- Psalms 38:16
%
For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
		 -- Psalms 38:17
%
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
		 -- Psalms 38:18
%
But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me
wrongfully are multiplied.
		 -- Psalms 38:19
%
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I
follow the thing that good is.
		 -- Psalms 38:20
%
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
		 -- Psalms 38:21
%
Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
		 -- Psalms 38:22
%
I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue:
I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
		 -- Psalms 39:1
%
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow
was stirred.
		 -- Psalms 39:2
%
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then
spake I with my tongue,
		 -- Psalms 39:3
%
LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is;
that I may know how frail I am.
		 -- Psalms 39:4
%
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as
nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether
vanity.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 39:5
%
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in
vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
		 -- Psalms 39:6
%
And now, Lord, what wait I for?  my hope is in thee.
		 -- Psalms 39:7
%
Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of
the foolish.
		 -- Psalms 39:8
%
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
		 -- Psalms 39:9
%
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
		 -- Psalms 39:10
%
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his
beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 39:11
%
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace
at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my
fathers were.
		 -- Psalms 39:12
%
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be
no more.
		 -- Psalms 39:13
%
I WAITED patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard
my cry.
		 -- Psalms 40:1
%
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay,
and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
		 -- Psalms 40:2
%
And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many
shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 40:3
%
Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not
the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
		 -- Psalms 40:4
%
Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and
thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order
unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can
be numbered.
		 -- Psalms 40:5
%
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened:
burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
		 -- Psalms 40:6
%
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
		 -- Psalms 40:7
%
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
		 -- Psalms 40:8
%
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not
refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
		 -- Psalms 40:9
%
I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy
faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness
and thy truth from the great congregation.
		 -- Psalms 40:10
%
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy
lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
		 -- Psalms 40:11
%
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken
hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the
hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
		 -- Psalms 40:12
%
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
		 -- Psalms 40:13
%
Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul
to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish
me evil.
		 -- Psalms 40:14
%
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me,
Aha, aha.
		 -- Psalms 40:15
%
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as
love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
		 -- Psalms 40:16
%
But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help
and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
		 -- Psalms 40:17
%
BLESSED is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in
time of trouble.
		 -- Psalms 41:1
%
The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed
upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his
enemies.
		 -- Psalms 41:2
%
The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make
all his bed in his sickness.
		 -- Psalms 41:3
%
I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned
against thee.
		 -- Psalms 41:4
%
Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
		 -- Psalms 41:5
%
And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity
to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
		 -- Psalms 41:6
%
All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise
my hurt.
		 -- Psalms 41:7
%
An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and nowthat he lieth
he shall rise up no more.
		 -- Psalms 41:8
%
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my
bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
		 -- Psalms 41:9
%
But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may
requite them.
		 -- Psalms 41:10
%
By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not
triumph over me.
		 -- Psalms 41:11
%
And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before
thy face for ever.
		 -- Psalms 41:12
%
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting.
Amen, and Amen.
		 -- Psalms 41:13
%
AS the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee,
O God.
		 -- Psalms 42:1
%
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and
appear before God?
		 -- Psalms 42:2
%
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say
unto me, Where is thy God?
		 -- Psalms 42:3
%
When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone
with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice
of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
		 -- Psalms 42:4
%
Why art thou cast down, O my soul?  and why art thou disquieted in me?
hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his
countenance.
		 -- Psalms 42:5
%
O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee
from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
		 -- Psalms 42:6
%
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves
and thy billows are gone over me.
		 -- Psalms 42:7
%
Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the
night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
		 -- Psalms 42:8
%
I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me?  why go I
mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
		 -- Psalms 42:9
%
As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say
daily unto me, Where is thy God?
		 -- Psalms 42:10
%
Why art thou cast down, O my soul?  and why art thou disquieted within me?
hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my
countenance, and my God.
		 -- Psalms 42:11
%
JUDGE me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver
me from the deceitful and unjust man.
		 -- Psalms 43:1
%
For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off?  why go
I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
		 -- Psalms 43:2
%
O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me
unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
		 -- Psalms 43:3
%
Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea,
upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
		 -- Psalms 43:4
%
Why art thou cast down, O my soul?  and why art thou disquieted within
me?  hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my
countenance, and my God.
		 -- Psalms 43:5
%
WE have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work
thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
		 -- Psalms 44:1
%
How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them;
how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
		 -- Psalms 44:2
%
For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither
did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the
light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
		 -- Psalms 44:3
%
Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
		 -- Psalms 44:4
%
Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we
tread them under that rise up against us.
		 -- Psalms 44:5
%
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
		 -- Psalms 44:6
%
But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that
hated us.
		 -- Psalms 44:7
%
In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 44:8
%
But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with
our armies.
		 -- Psalms 44:9
%
Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil
for themselves.
		 -- Psalms 44:10
%
Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us
among the heathen.
		 -- Psalms 44:11
%
Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by
their price.
		 -- Psalms 44:12
%
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to
them that are round about us.
		 -- Psalms 44:13
%
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among
the people.
		 -- Psalms 44:14
%
My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath
covered me,
		 -- Psalms 44:15
%
For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the
enemy and avenger.
		 -- Psalms 44:16
%
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have
we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
		 -- Psalms 44:17
%
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from
thy way;
		 -- Psalms 44:18
%
Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us
with the shadow of death.
		 -- Psalms 44:19
%
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to
a strange god;
		 -- Psalms 44:20
%
Shall not God search this out?	for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
		 -- Psalms 44:21
%
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as
sheep for the slaughter.
		 -- Psalms 44:22
%
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord?  arise, cast us not off for ever.
		 -- Psalms 44:23
%
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our
oppression?
		 -- Psalms 44:24
%
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
		 -- Psalms 44:25
%
Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.
		 -- Psalms 44:26
%
MY heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have
made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
		 -- Psalms 45:1
%
Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips:
therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
		 -- Psalms 45:2
%
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy
majesty.
		 -- Psalms 45:3
%
And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and
righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
		 -- Psalms 45:4
%
Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the
people fall under thee.
		 -- Psalms 45:5
%
Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is
a right sceptre.
		 -- Psalms 45:6
%
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God,
hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
		 -- Psalms 45:7
%
All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory
palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
		 -- Psalms 45:8
%
Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand
did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
		 -- Psalms 45:9
%
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also
thine own people, and thy father's house;
		 -- Psalms 45:10
%
So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and
worship thou him.
		 -- Psalms 45:11
%
And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among
the people shall intreat thy favour.
		 -- Psalms 45:12
%
The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought
gold.
		 -- Psalms 45:13
%
She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins
her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
		 -- Psalms 45:14
%
With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into
the king's palace.
		 -- Psalms 45:15
%
Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make
princes in all the earth.
		 -- Psalms 45:16
%
I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore
shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
		 -- Psalms 45:17
%
GOD is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
		 -- Psalms 46:1
%
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the
mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
		 -- Psalms 46:2
%
Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains
shake with the swelling thereof.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 46:3
%
There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God,
the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
		 -- Psalms 46:4
%
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her,
and that right early.
		 -- Psalms 46:5
%
The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the
earth melted.
		 -- Psalms 46:6
%
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
		 -- Psalms 46:7
%
Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in
the earth.
		 -- Psalms 46:8
%
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow,
and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
		 -- Psalms 46:9
%
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen,
I will be exalted in the earth.
		 -- Psalms 46:10
%
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 46:11
%
O CLAP your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of
triumph.
		 -- Psalms 47:1
%
For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
		 -- Psalms 47:2
%
He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
		 -- Psalms 47:3
%
He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom
he loved.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 47:4
%
God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
		 -- Psalms 47:5
%
Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing
praises.
		 -- Psalms 47:6
%
For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
		 -- Psalms 47:7
%
God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his
holiness.
		 -- Psalms 47:8
%
The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of
the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is
greatly exalted.
		 -- Psalms 47:9
%
GREAT is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God,
in the mountain of his holiness.
		 -- Psalms 48:1
%
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion,
on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
		 -- Psalms 48:2
%
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
		 -- Psalms 48:3
%
For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
		 -- Psalms 48:4
%
They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
		 -- Psalms 48:5
%
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
		 -- Psalms 48:6
%
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
		 -- Psalms 48:7
%
As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts,
in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 48:8
%
We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
		 -- Psalms 48:9
%
According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth:
thy right hand is full of righteousness.
		 -- Psalms 48:10
%
Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of
thy judgments.
		 -- Psalms 48:11
%
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
		 -- Psalms 48:12
%
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to
the generation following.
		 -- Psalms 48:13
%
For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even
unto death.
		 -- Psalms 48:14
%
HEAR this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
		 -- Psalms 49:1
%
Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
		 -- Psalms 49:2
%
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be
of understanding.
		 -- Psalms 49:3
%
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon
the harp.
		 -- Psalms 49:4
%
Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my
heels shall compass me about?
		 -- Psalms 49:5
%
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude
of their riches;
		 -- Psalms 49:6
%
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a
ransom for him:
		 -- Psalms 49:7
%
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
		 -- Psalms 49:8
%
That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
		 -- Psalms 49:9
%
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person
perish, and leave their wealth to others.
		 -- Psalms 49:10
%
Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever,
and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands
after their own names.
		 -- Psalms 49:11
%
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts
that perish.
		 -- Psalms 49:12
%
This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings.
Selah.
		 -- Psalms 49:13
%
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the
upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty
shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
		 -- Psalms 49:14
%
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall
receive me.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 49:15
%
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house
is increased;
		 -- Psalms 49:16
%
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not
descend after him.
		 -- Psalms 49:17
%
Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee,
when thou doest well to thyself.
		 -- Psalms 49:18
%
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
		 -- Psalms 49:19
%
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that
perish.
		 -- Psalms 49:20
%
THE mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from
the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
		 -- Psalms 50:1
%
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
		 -- Psalms 50:2
%
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour
before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
		 -- Psalms 50:3
%
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may
judge his people.
		 -- Psalms 50:4
%
Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with
me by sacrifice.
		 -- Psalms 50:5
%
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself.
Selah.
		 -- Psalms 50:6
%
Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against
thee: I am God, even thy God.
		 -- Psalms 50:7
%
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings,
to have been continually before me.
		 -- Psalms 50:8
%
I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
		 -- Psalms 50:9
%
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand
hills.
		 -- Psalms 50:10
%
I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field
are mine.
		 -- Psalms 50:11
%
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the
fulness thereof.
		 -- Psalms 50:12
%
Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
		 -- Psalms 50:13
%
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
		 -- Psalms 50:14
%
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou
shalt glorify me.
		 -- Psalms 50:15
%
But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my
statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
		 -- Psalms 50:16
%
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
		 -- Psalms 50:17
%
When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been
partaker with adulterers.
		 -- Psalms 50:18
%
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
		 -- Psalms 50:19
%
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine
own mother's son.
		 -- Psalms 50:20
%
These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that
I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and
set them in order before thine eyes.
		 -- Psalms 50:21
%
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and
there be none to deliver.
		 -- Psalms 50:22
%
Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his
conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
		 -- Psalms 50:23
%
HAVE mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according
unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
		 -- Psalms 51:1
%
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
		 -- Psalms 51:2
%
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
		 -- Psalms 51:3
%
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight:
that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when
thou judgest.
		 -- Psalms 51:4
%
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
		 -- Psalms 51:5
%
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part
thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
		 -- Psalms 51:6
%
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be
whiter than snow.
		 -- Psalms 51:7
%
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken
may rejoice.
		 -- Psalms 51:8
%
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
		 -- Psalms 51:9
%
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
		 -- Psalms 51:10
%
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
		 -- Psalms 51:11
%
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free
spirit.
		 -- Psalms 51:12
%
Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted
unto thee.
		 -- Psalms 51:13
%
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and
my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
		 -- Psalms 51:14
%
O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
		 -- Psalms 51:15
%
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest
not in burnt offering.
		 -- Psalms 51:16
%
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart,
O God, thou wilt not despise.
		 -- Psalms 51:17
%
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
		 -- Psalms 51:18
%
Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with
burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks
upon thine altar.
		 -- Psalms 51:19
%
WHY boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man?  the goodness of
God endureth continually.
		 -- Psalms 52:1
%
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
		 -- Psalms 52:2
%
Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak
righteousness.	Selah.
		 -- Psalms 52:3
%
Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
		 -- Psalms 52:4
%
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and
pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of
the living.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 52:5
%
The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
		 -- Psalms 52:6
%
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the
abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
		 -- Psalms 52:7
%
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the
mercy of God for ever and ever.
		 -- Psalms 52:8
%
I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait
on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
		 -- Psalms 52:9
%
THE fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.  Corrupt are they,
and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
		 -- Psalms 53:1
%
God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there
were any that did understand, that did seek God.
		 -- Psalms 53:2
%
Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy;
there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
		 -- Psalms 53:3
%
Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge?  who eat up my people as they
eat bread: they have not called upon God.
		 -- Psalms 53:4
%
There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered
the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame,
because God hath despised them.
		 -- Psalms 53:5
%
Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion!	When God bringeth
back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall
be glad.
		 -- Psalms 53:6
%
SAVE me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
		 -- Psalms 54:1
%
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
		 -- Psalms 54:2
%
For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul:
they have not set God before them.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 54:3
%
Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
		 -- Psalms 54:4
%
He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
		 -- Psalms 54:5
%
I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD;
for it is good.
		 -- Psalms 54:6
%
For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his
desire upon mine enemies.
		 -- Psalms 54:7
%
GIVE ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
		 -- Psalms 55:1
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Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
		 -- Psalms 55:2
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Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the
wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
		 -- Psalms 55:3
%
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen
upon me.
		 -- Psalms 55:4
%
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed
me.
		 -- Psalms 55:5
%
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove!  for then would I fly away,
and be at rest.
		 -- Psalms 55:6
%
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness.	Selah.
		 -- Psalms 55:7
%
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
		 -- Psalms 55:8
%
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and
strife in the city.
		 -- Psalms 55:9
%
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also
and sorrow are in the midst of it.
		 -- Psalms 55:10
%
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from
her streets.
		 -- Psalms 55:11
%
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it:
neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me;
then I would have hid myself from him:
		 -- Psalms 55:12
%
But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
		 -- Psalms 55:13
%
We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in
company.
		 -- Psalms 55:14
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Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for
wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
		 -- Psalms 55:15
%
As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
		 -- Psalms 55:16
%
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he
shall hear my voice.
		 -- Psalms 55:17
%
He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me:
for there were many with me.
		 -- Psalms 55:18
%
God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old.	Selah.
Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
		 -- Psalms 55:19
%
He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he
hath broken his covenant.
		 -- Psalms 55:20
%
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his
heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
		 -- Psalms 55:21
%
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never
suffer the righteous to be moved.
		 -- Psalms 55:22
%
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction:
bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will
trust in thee.
		 -- Psalms 55:23
%
BE merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting
daily oppresseth me.
		 -- Psalms 56:1
%
Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight
against me, O thou most High.
		 -- Psalms 56:2
%
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
		 -- Psalms 56:3
%
In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not
fear what flesh can do unto me.
		 -- Psalms 56:4
%
Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
		 -- Psalms 56:5
%
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps,
when they wait for my soul.
		 -- Psalms 56:6
%
Shall they escape by iniquity?	in thine anger cast down the people,
O God.
		 -- Psalms 56:7
%
Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they
not in thy book?
		 -- Psalms 56:8
%
When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know;
for God is for me.
		 -- Psalms 56:9
%
In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.
		 -- Psalms 56:10
%
In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
		 -- Psalms 56:11
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Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
		 -- Psalms 56:12
%
For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my
feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
		 -- Psalms 56:13
%
BE merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth
in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until
these calamities be overpast.
		 -- Psalms 57:1
%
I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
		 -- Psalms 57:2
%
He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would
swallow me up.	Selah.	God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
		 -- Psalms 57:3
%
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire,
even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue
a sharp sword.
		 -- Psalms 57:4
%
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all
the earth.
		 -- Psalms 57:5
%
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have
digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves.
Selah.
		 -- Psalms 57:6
%
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
		 -- Psalms 57:7
%
Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
		 -- Psalms 57:8
%
I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee
among the nations.
		 -- Psalms 57:9
%
For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
		 -- Psalms 57:10
%
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all
the earth.
		 -- Psalms 57:11
%
DO ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation?  do ye judge uprightly,
O ye sons of men?
		 -- Psalms 58:1
%
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands
in the earth.
		 -- Psalms 58:2
%
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they
be born, speaking lies.
		 -- Psalms 58:3
%
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf
adder that stoppeth her ear;
		 -- Psalms 58:4
%
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
		 -- Psalms 58:5
%
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of
the young lions, O LORD.
		 -- Psalms 58:6
%
Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his
bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
		 -- Psalms 58:7
%
As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the
untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
		 -- Psalms 58:8
%
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with
a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
		 -- Psalms 58:9
%
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash
his feet in the blood of the wicked.
		 -- Psalms 58:10
%
So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous:
verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
		 -- Psalms 58:11
%
DELIVER me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise
up against me.
		 -- Psalms 59:1
%
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
		 -- Psalms 59:2
%
For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against
me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
		 -- Psalms 59:3
%
They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me,
and behold.
		 -- Psalms 59:4
%
Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit
all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 59:5
%
They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about
the city.
		 -- Psalms 59:6
%
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips:
for who, say they, doth hear?
		 -- Psalms 59:7
%
But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen
in derision.
		 -- Psalms 59:8
%
Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
		 -- Psalms 59:9
%
The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire
upon mine enemies.
		 -- Psalms 59:10
%
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and
bring them down, O Lord our shield.
		 -- Psalms 59:11
%
For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be
taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
		 -- Psalms 59:12
%
Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them
know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 59:13
%
And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog,
and go round about the city.
		 -- Psalms 59:14
%
Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
		 -- Psalms 59:15
%
But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in
the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of
my trouble.
		 -- Psalms 59:16
%
Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the
God of my mercy.
		 -- Psalms 59:17
%
O GOD, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been
displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
		 -- Psalms 60:1
%
Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the
breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
		 -- Psalms 60:2
%
Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the
wine of astonishment.
		 -- Psalms 60:3
%
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed
because of the truth.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 60:4
%
That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
		 -- Psalms 60:5
%
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem,
and mete out the valley of Succoth.
		 -- Psalms 60:6
%
Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of
mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
		 -- Psalms 60:7
%
Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia,
triumph thou because of me.
		 -- Psalms 60:8
%
Who will bring me into the strong city?  who will lead me into Edom?
		 -- Psalms 60:9
%
Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off?	and thou, O God, which
didst not go out with our armies?
		 -- Psalms 60:10
%
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
		 -- Psalms 60:11
%
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down
our enemies.
		 -- Psalms 60:12
%
HEAR my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
		 -- Psalms 61:1
%
From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is
overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
		 -- Psalms 61:2
%
For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
		 -- Psalms 61:3
%
I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of
thy wings.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 61:4
%
For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of
those that fear thy name.
		 -- Psalms 61:5
%
Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations.
		 -- Psalms 61:6
%
He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which
may preserve him.
		 -- Psalms 61:7
%
So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform
my vows.
		 -- Psalms 61:8
%
TRULY my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
		 -- Psalms 62:1
%
He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be
greatly moved.
		 -- Psalms 62:2
%
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man?  ye shall be slain all
of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
		 -- Psalms 62:3
%
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in
lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 62:4
%
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
		 -- Psalms 62:5
%
He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not
be moved.
		 -- Psalms 62:6
%
In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my
refuge, is in God.
		 -- Psalms 62:7
%
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him:
God is a refuge for us.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 62:8
%
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie:
to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
		 -- Psalms 62:9
%
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches
increase, set not your heart upon them.
		 -- Psalms 62:10
%
God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth
unto God.
		 -- Psalms 62:11
%
Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every
man according to his work.
		 -- Psalms 62:12
%
O GOD, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for
thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no
water is;
		 -- Psalms 63:1
%
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
		 -- Psalms 63:2
%
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
		 -- Psalms 63:3
%
Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
		 -- Psalms 63:4
%
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth
shall praise thee with joyful lips:
		 -- Psalms 63:5
%
When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night
watches.
		 -- Psalms 63:6
%
Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings
will I rejoice.
		 -- Psalms 63:7
%
My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
		 -- Psalms 63:8
%
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower
parts of the earth.
		 -- Psalms 63:9
%
They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
		 -- Psalms 63:10
%
But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall
glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
		 -- Psalms 63:11
%
HEAR my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of
the enemy.
		 -- Psalms 64:1
%
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of
the workers of iniquity:
		 -- Psalms 64:2
%
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their
arrows, even bitter words:
		 -- Psalms 64:3
%
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at
him, and fear not.
		 -- Psalms 64:4
%
They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying
snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
		 -- Psalms 64:5
%
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the
inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
		 -- Psalms 64:6
%
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
		 -- Psalms 64:7
%
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that
see them shall flee away.
		 -- Psalms 64:8
%
And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they
shall wisely consider of his doing.
		 -- Psalms 64:9
%
The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and
all the upright in heart shall glory.
		 -- Psalms 64:10
%
PRAISE waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow
be performed.
		 -- Psalms 65:1
%
O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
		 -- Psalms 65:2
%
Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt
purge them away.
		 -- Psalms 65:3
%
Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee,
that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness
of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
		 -- Psalms 65:4
%
By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our
salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of
them that are afar off upon the sea:
		 -- Psalms 65:5
%
Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:
		 -- Psalms 65:6
%
Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the
tumult of the people.
		 -- Psalms 65:7
%
They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens:
thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
		 -- Psalms 65:8
%
Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it
with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn,
when thou hast so provided for it.
		 -- Psalms 65:9
%
Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows
thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing
thereof.
		 -- Psalms 65:10
%
Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
		 -- Psalms 65:11
%
They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills
rejoice on every side.
		 -- Psalms 65:12
%
The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over
with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
		 -- Psalms 65:13
%
MAKE a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
		 -- Psalms 66:1
%
Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
		 -- Psalms 66:2
%
Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works!  through the greatness
of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
		 -- Psalms 66:3
%
All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall
sing to thy name.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 66:4
%
Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the
children of men.
		 -- Psalms 66:5
%
He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot:
there did we rejoice in him.
		 -- Psalms 66:6
%
He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not
the rebellious exalt themselves.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 66:7
%
O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
		 -- Psalms 66:8
%
Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
		 -- Psalms 66:9
%
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
		 -- Psalms 66:10
%
Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
		 -- Psalms 66:11
%
Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and
through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
		 -- Psalms 66:12
%
I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
		 -- Psalms 66:13
%
Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in
trouble.
		 -- Psalms 66:14
%
I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense
of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 66:15
%
Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath
done for my soul.
		 -- Psalms 66:16
%
I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
		 -- Psalms 66:17
%
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
		 -- Psalms 66:18
%
But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
		 -- Psalms 66:19
%
Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy
from me.
		 -- Psalms 66:20
%
GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon
us; Selah.
		 -- Psalms 67:1
%
That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
		 -- Psalms 67:2
%
Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
		 -- Psalms 67:3
%
O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the
people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth.	Selah.
		 -- Psalms 67:4
%
Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
		 -- Psalms 67:5
%
Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God,
shall bless us.
		 -- Psalms 67:6
%
God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
		 -- Psalms 67:7
%
LET God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate
him flee before him.
		 -- Psalms 68:1
%
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the
fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
		 -- Psalms 68:2
%
But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let
them exceedingly rejoice.
		 -- Psalms 68:3
%
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the
heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
		 -- Psalms 68:4
%
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his
holy habitation.
		 -- Psalms 68:5
%
God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are
bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
		 -- Psalms 68:6
%
O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march
through the wilderness; Selah:
		 -- Psalms 68:7
%
The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even
Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
		 -- Psalms 68:8
%
Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm
thine inheritance, when it was weary.
		 -- Psalms 68:9
%
Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy
goodness for the poor.
		 -- Psalms 68:10
%
The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
		 -- Psalms 68:11
%
Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided
the spoil.
		 -- Psalms 68:12
%
Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a
dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
		 -- Psalms 68:13
%
When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.
		 -- Psalms 68:14
%
The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill
of Bashan.
		 -- Psalms 68:15
%
Why leap ye, ye high hills?  this is the hill which God desireth to
dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
		 -- Psalms 68:16
%
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels:
the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
		 -- Psalms 68:17
%
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast
received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God
might dwell among them.
		 -- Psalms 68:18
%
Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God
of our salvation.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 68:19
%
He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong
the issues from death.
		 -- Psalms 68:20
%
But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such
an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
		 -- Psalms 68:21
%
The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people
again from the depths of the sea:
		 -- Psalms 68:22
%
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue
of thy dogs in the same.
		 -- Psalms 68:23
%
They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King,
in the sanctuary.
		 -- Psalms 68:24
%
The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after;
among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
		 -- Psalms 68:25
%
Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain
of Israel.
		 -- Psalms 68:26
%
There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and
their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
		 -- Psalms 68:27
%
Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou
hast wrought for us.
		 -- Psalms 68:28
%
Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
		 -- Psalms 68:29
%
Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the
calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver:
scatter thou the people that delight in war.
		 -- Psalms 68:30
%
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her
hands unto God.
		 -- Psalms 68:31
%
Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord;
Selah:
		 -- Psalms 68:32
%
To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo,
he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
		 -- Psalms 68:33
%
Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his
strength is in the clouds.
		 -- Psalms 68:34
%
O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is
he that giveth strength and power unto his people.  Blessed be God.
		 -- Psalms 68:35
%
SAVE me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
		 -- Psalms 69:1
%
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep
waters, where the floods overflow me.
		 -- Psalms 69:2
%
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait
for my God.
		 -- Psalms 69:3
%
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head:
they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty:
then I restored that which I took not away.
		 -- Psalms 69:4
%
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
		 -- Psalms 69:5
%
Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for
my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God
of Israel.
		 -- Psalms 69:6
%
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
		 -- Psalms 69:7
%
I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's
children.
		 -- Psalms 69:8
%
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them
that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
		 -- Psalms 69:9
%
When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
		 -- Psalms 69:10
%
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I become a proverb to them.
		 -- Psalms 69:11
%
They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the
drunkards.
		 -- Psalms 69:12
%
But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O
God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
		 -- Psalms 69:13
%
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered
from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
		 -- Psalms 69:14
%
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up,
and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
		 -- Psalms 69:15
%
Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according
to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
		 -- Psalms 69:16
%
And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me
speedily.
		 -- Psalms 69:17
%
Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
		 -- Psalms 69:18
%
Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine
adversaries are all before thee.
		 -- Psalms 69:19
%
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked
for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I
found none.
		 -- Psalms 69:20
%
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar
to drink.
		 -- Psalms 69:21
%
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have
been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
		 -- Psalms 69:22
%
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins
continually to shake.
		 -- Psalms 69:23
%
Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take
hold of them.
		 -- Psalms 69:24
%
Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
		 -- Psalms 69:25
%
For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the
grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
		 -- Psalms 69:26
%
Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy
righteousness.
		 -- Psalms 69:27
%
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written
with the righteous.
		 -- Psalms 69:28
%
But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
		 -- Psalms 69:29
%
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with
thanksgiving.
		 -- Psalms 69:30
%
This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath
horns and hoofs.
		 -- Psalms 69:31
%
The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that
seek God.
		 -- Psalms 69:32
%
For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
		 -- Psalms 69:33
%
Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and everything that
moveth therein.
		 -- Psalms 69:34
%
For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they
may dwell there, and have it in possession.
		 -- Psalms 69:35
%
The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his
name shall dwell therein.
		 -- Psalms 69:36
%
MAKE haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.
		 -- Psalms 70:1
%
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be
turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
		 -- Psalms 70:2
%
Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
		 -- Psalms 70:3
%
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such
as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
		 -- Psalms 70:4
%
But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help
and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
		 -- Psalms 70:5
%
IN thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
		 -- Psalms 71:1
%
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine
ear unto me, and save me.
		 -- Psalms 71:2
%
Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou
hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
		 -- Psalms 71:3
%
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of
the unrighteous and cruel man.
		 -- Psalms 71:4
%
For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
		 -- Psalms 71:5
%
By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me
out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
		 -- Psalms 71:6
%
I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
		 -- Psalms 71:7
%
Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.
		 -- Psalms 71:8
%
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength
faileth.
		 -- Psalms 71:9
%
For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul
take counsel together,
		 -- Psalms 71:10
%
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none
to deliver him.
		 -- Psalms 71:11
%
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
		 -- Psalms 71:12
%
Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul;
let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
		 -- Psalms 71:13
%
But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
		 -- Psalms 71:14
%
My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day;
for I know not the numbers thereof.
		 -- Psalms 71:15
%
I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy
righteousness, even of thine only.
		 -- Psalms 71:16
%
O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared
thy wondrous works.
		 -- Psalms 71:17
%
Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I
have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every
one that is to come.
		 -- Psalms 71:18
%
Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things:
O God, who is like unto thee!
		 -- Psalms 71:19
%
Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me
again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
		 -- Psalms 71:20
%
Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
		 -- Psalms 71:21
%
I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God:
unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
		 -- Psalms 71:22
%
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which
thou hast redeemed.
		 -- Psalms 71:23
%
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for
they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
		 -- Psalms 71:24
%
GIVE the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the
king's son.
		 -- Psalms 72:1
%
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
		 -- Psalms 72:2
%
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills,
by righteousness.
		 -- Psalms 72:3
%
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of
the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
		 -- Psalms 72:4
%
They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout
all generations.
		 -- Psalms 72:5
%
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water
the earth.
		 -- Psalms 72:6
%
In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long
as the moon endureth.
		 -- Psalms 72:7
%
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto
the ends of the earth.
		 -- Psalms 72:8
%
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies
shall lick the dust.
		 -- Psalms 72:9
%
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings
of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
		 -- Psalms 72:10
%
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
		 -- Psalms 72:11
%
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him
that hath no helper.
		 -- Psalms 72:12
%
He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
		 -- Psalms 72:13
%
He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall
their blood be in his sight.
		 -- Psalms 72:14
%
And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer
also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.
		 -- Psalms 72:15
%
There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the
mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the
city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
		 -- Psalms 72:16
%
His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the
sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
		 -- Psalms 72:17
%
Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous
things.
		 -- Psalms 72:18
%
And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be
filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
		 -- Psalms 72:19
%
The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
		 -- Psalms 72:20
%
TRULY God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
		 -- Psalms 73:1
%
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
		 -- Psalms 73:2
%
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
		 -- Psalms 73:3
%
For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
		 -- Psalms 73:4
%
They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like
other men.
		 -- Psalms 73:5
%
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them
as a garment.
		 -- Psalms 73:6
%
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
		 -- Psalms 73:7
%
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak
loftily.
		 -- Psalms 73:8
%
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh
through the earth.
		 -- Psalms 73:9
%
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung
out to them.
		 -- Psalms 73:10
%
And they say, How doth God know?  and is there knowledge in the most High?
		 -- Psalms 73:11
%
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase
in riches.
		 -- Psalms 73:12
%
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
		 -- Psalms 73:13
%
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
		 -- Psalms 73:14
%
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the
generation of thy children.
		 -- Psalms 73:15
%
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
		 -- Psalms 73:16
%
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
		 -- Psalms 73:17
%
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down
into destruction.
		 -- Psalms 73:18
%
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment!  they are utterly
consumed with terrors.
		 -- Psalms 73:19
%
As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt
despise their image.
		 -- Psalms 73:20
%
Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
		 -- Psalms 73:21
%
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
		 -- Psalms 73:22
%
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my
right hand.
		 -- Psalms 73:23
%
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
		 -- Psalms 73:24
%
Whom have I in heaven but thee?  and there is none upon earth that I
desire beside thee.
		 -- Psalms 73:25
%
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart,
and my portion for ever.
		 -- Psalms 73:26
%
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed
all them that go a whoring from thee.
		 -- Psalms 73:27
%
But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the
Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
		 -- Psalms 73:28
%
O GOD, why hast thou cast us off for ever?  why doth thine anger smoke
against the sheep of thy pasture?
		 -- Psalms 74:1
%
Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of
thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein
thou hast dwelt.
		 -- Psalms 74:2
%
Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy
hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
		 -- Psalms 74:3
%
Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their
ensigns for signs.
		 -- Psalms 74:4
%
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
		 -- Psalms 74:5
%
But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and
hammers.
		 -- Psalms 74:6
%
They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting
down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
		 -- Psalms 74:7
%
They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned
up all the synagogues of God in the land.
		 -- Psalms 74:8
%
We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there
among us any that knoweth how long.
		 -- Psalms 74:9
%
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach?  shall the enemy blaspheme
thy name for ever?
		 -- Psalms 74:10
%
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand?  pluck it out of
thy bosom.
		 -- Psalms 74:11
%
For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
		 -- Psalms 74:12
%
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of
the dragons in the waters.
		 -- Psalms 74:13
%
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat
to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
		 -- Psalms 74:14
%
Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty
rivers.
		 -- Psalms 74:15
%
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light
and the sun.
		 -- Psalms 74:16
%
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer
and winter.
		 -- Psalms 74:17
%
Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the
foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
		 -- Psalms 74:18
%
O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked:
forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
		 -- Psalms 74:19
%
Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are
full of the habitations of cruelty.
		 -- Psalms 74:20
%
O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise
thy name.
		 -- Psalms 74:21
%
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man
reproacheth thee daily.
		 -- Psalms 74:22
%
Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up
against thee increaseth continually.
		 -- Psalms 74:23
%
UNTO thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for
that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
		 -- Psalms 75:1
%
When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
		 -- Psalms 75:2
%
The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the
pillars of it.	Selah.
		 -- Psalms 75:3
%
I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not
up the horn:
		 -- Psalms 75:4
%
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
		 -- Psalms 75:5
%
For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from
the south.
		 -- Psalms 75:6
%
But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
		 -- Psalms 75:7
%
For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is
full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof,
all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
		 -- Psalms 75:8
%
But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
		 -- Psalms 75:9
%
All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the
righteous shall be exalted.
		 -- Psalms 75:10
%
IN Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.
		 -- Psalms 76:1
%
In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
		 -- Psalms 76:2
%
There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and
the battle.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 76:3
%
Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
		 -- Psalms 76:4
%
The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of
the men of might have found their hands.
		 -- Psalms 76:5
%
At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into
a dead sleep.
		 -- Psalms 76:6
%
Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when
once thou art angry?
		 -- Psalms 76:7
%
Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared,
and was still,
		 -- Psalms 76:8
%
When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth.	Selah.
		 -- Psalms 76:9
%
Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt
thou restrain.
		 -- Psalms 76:10
%
Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him
bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
		 -- Psalms 76:11
%
He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of
the earth.
		 -- Psalms 76:12
%
I CRIED unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave
ear unto me.
		 -- Psalms 77:1
%
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night,
and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
		 -- Psalms 77:2
%
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was
overwhelmed.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 77:3
%
Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
		 -- Psalms 77:4
%
I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
		 -- Psalms 77:5
%
I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart:
and my spirit made diligent search.
		 -- Psalms 77:6
%
Will the Lord cast off for ever?  and will he be favourable no more?
		 -- Psalms 77:7
%
Is his mercy clean gone for ever?  doth his promise fail for evermore?
		 -- Psalms 77:8
%
Hath God forgotten to be gracious?  hath he in anger shut up his tender
mercies?  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 77:9
%
And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the
right hand of the most High.
		 -- Psalms 77:10
%
I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders
of old.
		 -- Psalms 77:11
%
I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
		 -- Psalms 77:12
%
Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?
		 -- Psalms 77:13
%
Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength
among the people.
		 -- Psalms 77:14
%
Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and
Joseph.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 77:15
%
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid:
the depths also were troubled.
		 -- Psalms 77:16
%
The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows
also went abroad.
		 -- Psalms 77:17
%
The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened
the world: the earth trembled and shook.
		 -- Psalms 77:18
%
Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps
are not known.
		 -- Psalms 77:19
%
Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
		 -- Psalms 77:20
%
GIVE ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of
my mouth.
		 -- Psalms 78:1
%
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
		 -- Psalms 78:2
%
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
		 -- Psalms 78:3
%
We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to
come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works
that he hath done.
		 -- Psalms 78:4
%
For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel,
which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to
their children:
		 -- Psalms 78:5
%
That the generation to come might know them, even the children which
should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
		 -- Psalms 78:6
%
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God,
but keep his commandments:
		 -- Psalms 78:7
%
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation;
a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not
stedfast with God.
		 -- Psalms 78:8
%
The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in
the day of battle.
		 -- Psalms 78:9
%
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
		 -- Psalms 78:10
%
And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
		 -- Psalms 78:11
%
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of
Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
		 -- Psalms 78:12
%
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the
waters to stand as an heap.
		 -- Psalms 78:13
%
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a
light of fire.
		 -- Psalms 78:14
%
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the
great depths.
		 -- Psalms 78:15
%
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down
like rivers.
		 -- Psalms 78:16
%
And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in
the wilderness.
		 -- Psalms 78:17
%
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
		 -- Psalms 78:18
%
Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in
the wilderness?
		 -- Psalms 78:19
%
Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams
overflowed; can he give bread also?  can he provide flesh for his people?
		 -- Psalms 78:20
%
Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled
against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
		 -- Psalms 78:21
%
Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
		 -- Psalms 78:22
%
Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors
of heaven,
		 -- Psalms 78:23
%
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the
corn of heaven.
		 -- Psalms 78:24
%
Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.
		 -- Psalms 78:25
%
He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought
in the south wind.
		 -- Psalms 78:26
%
He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the
sand of the sea:
		 -- Psalms 78:27
%
And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their
habitations.
		 -- Psalms 78:28
%
So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
		 -- Psalms 78:29
%
They were not estranged from their lust.  But while their meat was yet
in their mouths,
		 -- Psalms 78:30
%
The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote
down the chosen men of Israel.
		 -- Psalms 78:31
%
For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
		 -- Psalms 78:32
%
Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
		 -- Psalms 78:33
%
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired
early after God.
		 -- Psalms 78:34
%
And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their
redeemer.
		 -- Psalms 78:35
%
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto
him with their tongues.
		 -- Psalms 78:36
%
For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in
his covenant.
		 -- Psalms 78:37
%
But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed
them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir
up all his wrath.
		 -- Psalms 78:38
%
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away,
and cometh not again.
		 -- Psalms 78:39
%
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in
the desert!
		 -- Psalms 78:40
%
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
		 -- Psalms 78:41
%
They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from
the enemy.
		 -- Psalms 78:42
%
How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field
of Zoan:
		 -- Psalms 78:43
%
And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they
could not drink.
		 -- Psalms 78:44
%
He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs,
which destroyed them.
		 -- Psalms 78:45
%
He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto
the locust.
		 -- Psalms 78:46
%
He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
		 -- Psalms 78:47
%
He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot
thunderbolts.
		 -- Psalms 78:48
%
He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation,
and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
		 -- Psalms 78:49
%
He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but
gave their life over to the pestilence;
		 -- Psalms 78:50
%
And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in
the tabernacles of Ham:
		 -- Psalms 78:51
%
But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the
wilderness like a flock.
		 -- Psalms 78:52
%
And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea
overwhelmed their enemies.
		 -- Psalms 78:53
%
And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain,
which his right hand had purchased.
		 -- Psalms 78:54
%
He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance
by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
		 -- Psalms 78:55
%
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his
testimonies:
		 -- Psalms 78:56
%
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were
turned aside like a deceitful bow.
		 -- Psalms 78:57
%
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to
jealousy with their graven images.
		 -- Psalms 78:58
%
When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
		 -- Psalms 78:59
%
So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed
among men;
		 -- Psalms 78:60
%
And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the
enemy's hand.
		 -- Psalms 78:61
%
He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his
inheritance.
		 -- Psalms 78:62
%
The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given
to marriage.
		 -- Psalms 78:63
%
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
		 -- Psalms 78:64
%
Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that
shouteth by reason of wine.
		 -- Psalms 78:65
%
And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual
reproach.
		 -- Psalms 78:66
%
Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe
of Ephraim:
		 -- Psalms 78:67
%
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
		 -- Psalms 78:68
%
And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he
hath established for ever.
		 -- Psalms 78:69
%
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
		 -- Psalms 78:70
%
From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob
his people, and Israel his inheritance.
		 -- Psalms 78:71
%
So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them
by the skilfulness of his hands.
		 -- Psalms 78:72
%
O GOD, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have
they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
		 -- Psalms 79:1
%
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the
fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
		 -- Psalms 79:2
%
Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there
was none to bury them.
		 -- Psalms 79:3
%
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them
that are round about us.
		 -- Psalms 79:4
%
How long, LORD?  wilt thou be angry for ever?  shall thy jealousy burn
like fire?
		 -- Psalms 79:5
%
Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon
the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
		 -- Psalms 79:6
%
For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
		 -- Psalms 79:7
%
O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies
speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
		 -- Psalms 79:8
%
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver
us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
		 -- Psalms 79:9
%
Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God?  let him be known
among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy
servants which is shed.
		 -- Psalms 79:10
%
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the
greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
		 -- Psalms 79:11
%
And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach,
wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
		 -- Psalms 79:12
%
So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever:
we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
		 -- Psalms 79:13
%
GIVE ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock;
thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
		 -- Psalms 80:1
%
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come
and save us.
		 -- Psalms 80:2
%
Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
		 -- Psalms 80:3
%
O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of
thy people?
		 -- Psalms 80:4
%
Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to
drink in great measure.
		 -- Psalms 80:5
%
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh
among themselves.
		 -- Psalms 80:6
%
Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall
be saved.
		 -- Psalms 80:7
%
Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen,
and planted it.
		 -- Psalms 80:8
%
Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root,
and it filled the land.
		 -- Psalms 80:9
%
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof
were like the goodly cedars.
		 -- Psalms 80:10
%
She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
		 -- Psalms 80:11
%
Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass
by the way do pluck her?
		 -- Psalms 80:12
%
The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field
doth devour it.
		 -- Psalms 80:13
%
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and
behold, and visit this vine;
		 -- Psalms 80:14
%
And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that
thou madest strong for thyself.
		 -- Psalms 80:15
%
It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of
thy countenance.
		 -- Psalms 80:16
%
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom
thou madest strong for thyself.
		 -- Psalms 80:17
%
So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon
thy name.
		 -- Psalms 80:18
%
Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we
shall be saved.
		 -- Psalms 80:19
%
SING aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God
of Jacob.
		 -- Psalms 81:1
%
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with
the psaltery.
		 -- Psalms 81:2
%
Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn
feast day.
		 -- Psalms 81:3
%
For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
		 -- Psalms 81:4
%
This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through
the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
		 -- Psalms 81:5
%
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from
the pots.
		 -- Psalms 81:6
%
Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the
secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 81:7
%
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt
hearken unto me;
		 -- Psalms 81:8
%
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any
strange god.
		 -- Psalms 81:9
%
I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt:
open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
		 -- Psalms 81:10
%
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
		 -- Psalms 81:11
%
So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their
own counsels.
		 -- Psalms 81:12
%
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
		 -- Psalms 81:13
%
I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against
their adversaries.
		 -- Psalms 81:14
%
The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but
their time should have endured for ever.
		 -- Psalms 81:15
%
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with
honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
		 -- Psalms 81:16
%
GOD standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
		 -- Psalms 82:1
%
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked?
Selah.
		 -- Psalms 82:2
%
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
		 -- Psalms 82:3
%
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
		 -- Psalms 82:4
%
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness:
all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
		 -- Psalms 82:5
%
I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
		 -- Psalms 82:6
%
But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
		 -- Psalms 82:7
%
Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
		 -- Psalms 82:8
%
KEEP not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
		 -- Psalms 83:1
%
For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted
up the head.
		 -- Psalms 83:2
%
They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against
thy hidden ones.
		 -- Psalms 83:3
%
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation;
that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
		 -- Psalms 83:4
%
For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate
against thee:
		 -- Psalms 83:5
%
The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
		 -- Psalms 83:6
%
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants
of Tyre;
		 -- Psalms 83:7
%
Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot.
Selah.
		 -- Psalms 83:8
%
Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the
brook of Kison:
		 -- Psalms 83:9
%
Which perished at En-dor: they became as dung for the earth.
		 -- Psalms 83:10
%
Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as
Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
		 -- Psalms 83:11
%
Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
		 -- Psalms 83:12
%
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
		 -- Psalms 83:13
%
As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains
on fire;
		 -- Psalms 83:14
%
So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
		 -- Psalms 83:15
%
Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
		 -- Psalms 83:16
%
Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to
shame, and perish:
		 -- Psalms 83:17
%
That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most
high over all the earth.
		 -- Psalms 83:18
%
HOW amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
		 -- Psalms 84:1
%
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart
and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
		 -- Psalms 84:2
%
Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King,
and my God.
		 -- Psalms 84:3
%
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising
thee.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 84:4
%
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the
ways of them.
		 -- Psalms 84:5
%
Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also
filleth the pools.
		 -- Psalms 84:6
%
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth
before God.
		 -- Psalms 84:7
%
O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob.	Selah.
		 -- Psalms 84:8
%
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
		 -- Psalms 84:9
%
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand.  I had rather be
a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of
wickedness.
		 -- Psalms 84:10
%
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory:
no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
		 -- Psalms 84:11
%
O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
		 -- Psalms 84:12
%
LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back
the captivity of Jacob.
		 -- Psalms 85:1
%
Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all
their sin.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 85:2
%
Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the
fierceness of thine anger.
		 -- Psalms 85:3
%
Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
		 -- Psalms 85:4
%
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever?  wilt thou draw out thine anger to
all generations?
		 -- Psalms 85:5
%
Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
		 -- Psalms 85:6
%
Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.
		 -- Psalms 85:7
%
I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto
his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
		 -- Psalms 85:8
%
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell
in our land.
		 -- Psalms 85:9
%
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed
each other.
		 -- Psalms 85:10
%
Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down
from heaven.
		 -- Psalms 85:11
%
Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield
her increase.
		 -- Psalms 85:12
%
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of
his steps.
		 -- Psalms 85:13
%
BOW down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
		 -- Psalms 86:1
%
Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that
trusteth in thee.
		 -- Psalms 86:2
%
Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.
		 -- Psalms 86:3
%
Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up
my soul.
		 -- Psalms 86:4
%
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy
unto all them that call upon thee.
		 -- Psalms 86:5
%
Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my
supplications.
		 -- Psalms 86:6
%
In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.
		 -- Psalms 86:7
%
Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there
any works like unto thy works.
		 -- Psalms 86:8
%
All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee,
O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
		 -- Psalms 86:9
%
For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
		 -- Psalms 86:10
%
Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to
fear thy name.
		 -- Psalms 86:11
%
I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify
thy name for evermore.
		 -- Psalms 86:12
%
For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from
the lowest hell.
		 -- Psalms 86:13
%
O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent
men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.
		 -- Psalms 86:14
%
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious,
longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
		 -- Psalms 86:15
%
O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy
servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
		 -- Psalms 86:16
%
Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be
ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
		 -- Psalms 86:17
%
HIS foundation is in the holy mountains.
		 -- Psalms 87:1
%
The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
		 -- Psalms 87:2
%
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 87:3
%
I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold
Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.
		 -- Psalms 87:4
%
And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and
the highest himself shall establish her.
		 -- Psalms 87:5
%
The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was
born there.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 87:6
%
As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all
my springs are in thee.
		 -- Psalms 87:7
%
O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
		 -- Psalms 88:1
%
Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
		 -- Psalms 88:2
%
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
		 -- Psalms 88:3
%
I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that
hath no strength:
		 -- Psalms 88:4
%
Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou
rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
		 -- Psalms 88:5
%
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
		 -- Psalms 88:6
%
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all
thy waves.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 88:7
%
Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an
abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
		 -- Psalms 88:8
%
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily
upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
		 -- Psalms 88:9
%
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead?  shall the dead arise and praise thee?
Selah.
		 -- Psalms 88:10
%
Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave?  or thy faithfulness
in destruction?
		 -- Psalms 88:11
%
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark?  and thy righteousness in the
land of forgetfulness?
		 -- Psalms 88:12
%
But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer
prevent thee.
		 -- Psalms 88:13
%
LORD, why castest thou off my soul?  why hidest thou thy face from me?
		 -- Psalms 88:14
%
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy
terrors I am distracted.
		 -- Psalms 88:15
%
Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
		 -- Psalms 88:16
%
They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about
together.
		 -- Psalms 88:17
%
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into
darkness.
		 -- Psalms 88:18
%
I WILL sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I
make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
		 -- Psalms 89:1
%
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness
shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
		 -- Psalms 89:2
%
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
		 -- Psalms 89:3
%
Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all
generations.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 89:4
%
And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also
in the congregation of the saints.
		 -- Psalms 89:5
%
For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD?  who among the sons
of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
		 -- Psalms 89:6
%
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be
had in reverence of all them that are about him.
		 -- Psalms 89:7
%
O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee?  or to thy
faithfulness round about thee?
		 -- Psalms 89:8
%
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou
stillest them.
		 -- Psalms 89:9
%
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast
scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
		 -- Psalms 89:10
%
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and
the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
		 -- Psalms 89:11
%
The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall
rejoice in thy name.
		 -- Psalms 89:12
%
Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
		 -- Psalms 89:13
%
Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth
shall go before thy face.
		 -- Psalms 89:14
%
Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk,
O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
		 -- Psalms 89:15
%
In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness
shall they be exalted.
		 -- Psalms 89:16
%
For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn
shall be exalted.
		 -- Psalms 89:17
%
For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
		 -- Psalms 89:18
%
Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid
help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
		 -- Psalms 89:19
%
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
		 -- Psalms 89:20
%
With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen
him.
		 -- Psalms 89:21
%
The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
		 -- Psalms 89:22
%
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that
hate him.
		 -- Psalms 89:23
%
But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall
his horn be exalted.
		 -- Psalms 89:24
%
I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
		 -- Psalms 89:25
%
He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my
salvation.
		 -- Psalms 89:26
%
Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
		 -- Psalms 89:27
%
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand
fast with him.
		 -- Psalms 89:28
%
His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days
of heaven.
		 -- Psalms 89:29
%
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
		 -- Psalms 89:30
%
If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
		 -- Psalms 89:31
%
Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity
with stripes.
		 -- Psalms 89:32
%
Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor
suffer my faithfulness to fail.
		 -- Psalms 89:33
%
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of
my lips.
		 -- Psalms 89:34
%
Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
		 -- Psalms 89:35
%
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
		 -- Psalms 89:36
%
It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness
in heaven.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 89:37
%
But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine
anointed.
		 -- Psalms 89:38
%
Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his
crown by casting it to the ground.
		 -- Psalms 89:39
%
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds
to ruin.
		 -- Psalms 89:40
%
All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
		 -- Psalms 89:41
%
Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all
his enemies to rejoice.
		 -- Psalms 89:42
%
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to
stand in the battle.
		 -- Psalms 89:43
%
Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
		 -- Psalms 89:44
%
The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with
shame.	Selah.
		 -- Psalms 89:45
%
How long, LORD?  wilt thou hide thyself for ever?  shall thy wrath burn
like fire?
		 -- Psalms 89:46
%
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
		 -- Psalms 89:47
%
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death?  shall he deliver
his soul from the hand of the grave?  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 89:48
%
Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto
David in thy truth?
		 -- Psalms 89:49
%
Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom
the reproach of all the mighty people;
		 -- Psalms 89:50
%
Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have
reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
		 -- Psalms 89:51
%
Blessed be the LORD for evermore.  Amen, and Amen.
		 -- Psalms 89:52
%
LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
		 -- Psalms 90:1
%
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the
earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
		 -- Psalms 90:2
%
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
		 -- Psalms 90:3
%
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past,
and as a watch in the night.
		 -- Psalms 90:4
%
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the
morning they are like grass which groweth up.
		 -- Psalms 90:5
%
In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut
down, and withereth.
		 -- Psalms 90:6
%
For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
		 -- Psalms 90:7
%
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light
of thy countenance.
		 -- Psalms 90:8
%
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a
tale that is told.
		 -- Psalms 90:9
%
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason
of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and
sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
		 -- Psalms 90:10
%
Who knoweth the power of thine anger?  even according to thy fear,
so is thy wrath.
		 -- Psalms 90:11
%
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
		 -- Psalms 90:12
%
Return, O LORD, how long?  and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
		 -- Psalms 90:13
%
O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all
our days.
		 -- Psalms 90:14
%
Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us,
and the years wherein we have seen evil.
		 -- Psalms 90:15
%
Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
		 -- Psalms 90:16
%
And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the
work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
		 -- Psalms 90:17
%
HE that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under
the shadow of the Almighty.
		 -- Psalms 91:1
%
I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him
will I trust.
		 -- Psalms 91:2
%
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the
noisome pestilence.
		 -- Psalms 91:3
%
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou
trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
		 -- Psalms 91:4
%
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that
flieth by day;
		 -- Psalms 91:5
%
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction
that wasteth at noonday.
		 -- Psalms 91:6
%
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand;
but it shall not come nigh thee.
		 -- Psalms 91:7
%
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
		 -- Psalms 91:8
%
Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High,
thy habitation;
		 -- Psalms 91:9
%
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh
thy dwelling.
		 -- Psalms 91:10
%
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all
thy ways.
		 -- Psalms 91:11
%
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against
a stone.
		 -- Psalms 91:12
%
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon
shalt thou trample under feet.
		 -- Psalms 91:13
%
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him:
I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
		 -- Psalms 91:14
%
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in
trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
		 -- Psalms 91:15
%
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
		 -- Psalms 91:16
%
IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises
unto thy name, O most High:
		 -- Psalms 92:1
%
To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness
every night,
		 -- Psalms 92:2
%
Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp
with a solemn sound.
		 -- Psalms 92:3
%
For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in
the works of thy hands.
		 -- Psalms 92:4
%
O LORD, how great are thy works!  and thy thoughts are very deep.
		 -- Psalms 92:5
%
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
		 -- Psalms 92:6
%
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity
do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
		 -- Psalms 92:7
%
But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.
		 -- Psalms 92:8
%
For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish;
all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
		 -- Psalms 92:9
%
But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be
anointed with fresh oil.
		 -- Psalms 92:10
%
Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall
hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
		 -- Psalms 92:11
%
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a
cedar in Lebanon.
		 -- Psalms 92:12
%
Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the
courts of our God.
		 -- Psalms 92:13
%
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and
flourishing;
		 -- Psalms 92:14
%
To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no
unrighteousness in him.
		 -- Psalms 92:15
%
THE LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with
strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished,
that it cannot be moved.
		 -- Psalms 93:1
%
Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.
		 -- Psalms 93:2
%
The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice;
the floods lift up their waves.
		 -- Psalms 93:3
%
The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than
the mighty waves of the sea.
		 -- Psalms 93:4
%
Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD,
for ever.
		 -- Psalms 93:5
%
O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance
belongeth, shew thyself.
		 -- Psalms 94:1
%
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
		 -- Psalms 94:2
%
LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
		 -- Psalms 94:3
%
How long shall they utter and speak hard things?  and all the workers
of iniquity boast themselves?
		 -- Psalms 94:4
%
They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
		 -- Psalms 94:5
%
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
		 -- Psalms 94:6
%
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob
regard it.
		 -- Psalms 94:7
%
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye
be wise?
		 -- Psalms 94:8
%
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear?  he that formed the eye,
shall he not see?
		 -- Psalms 94:9
%
He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct?  he that teacheth
man knowledge, shall not he know?
		 -- Psalms 94:10
%
The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
		 -- Psalms 94:11
%
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out
of thy law;
		 -- Psalms 94:12
%
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the
pit be digged for the wicked.
		 -- Psalms 94:13
%
For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake
his inheritance.
		 -- Psalms 94:14
%
But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in
heart shall follow it.
		 -- Psalms 94:15
%
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers?	or who will stand up
for me against the workers of iniquity?
		 -- Psalms 94:16
%
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
		 -- Psalms 94:17
%
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
		 -- Psalms 94:18
%
In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
		 -- Psalms 94:19
%
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth
mischief by a law?
		 -- Psalms 94:20
%
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous,
and condemn the innocent blood.
		 -- Psalms 94:21
%
But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
		 -- Psalms 94:22
%
And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off
in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
		 -- Psalms 94:23
%
O COME, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the
rock of our salvation.
		 -- Psalms 95:1
%
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful
noise unto him with psalms.
		 -- Psalms 95:2
%
For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
		 -- Psalms 95:3
%
In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills
is his also.
		 -- Psalms 95:4
%
The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
		 -- Psalms 95:5
%
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD
our maker.
		 -- Psalms 95:6
%
For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep
of his hand.  To day if ye will hear his voice,
		 -- Psalms 95:7
%
Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of
temptation in the wilderness:
		 -- Psalms 95:8
%
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
		 -- Psalms 95:9
%
Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a
people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
		 -- Psalms 95:10
%
Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
		 -- Psalms 95:11
%
O SING unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
		 -- Psalms 96:1
%
Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day
to day.
		 -- Psalms 96:2
%
Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
		 -- Psalms 96:3
%
For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared
above all gods.
		 -- Psalms 96:4
%
For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
		 -- Psalms 96:5
%
Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his
sanctuary.
		 -- Psalms 96:6
%
Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD
glory and strength.
		 -- Psalms 96:7
%
Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering,
and come into his courts.
		 -- Psalms 96:8
%
O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all
the earth.
		 -- Psalms 96:9
%
Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall
be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people
righteously.
		 -- Psalms 96:10
%
Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar,
and the fulness thereof.
		 -- Psalms 96:11
%
Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the
trees of the wood rejoice
		 -- Psalms 96:12
%
Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he
shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
		 -- Psalms 96:13
%
THE LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be
glad thereof.
		 -- Psalms 97:1
%
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are
the habitation of his throne.
		 -- Psalms 97:2
%
A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
		 -- Psalms 97:3
%
His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
		 -- Psalms 97:4
%
The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence
of the Lord of the whole earth.
		 -- Psalms 97:5
%
The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
		 -- Psalms 97:6
%
Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves
of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
		 -- Psalms 97:7
%
Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because
of thy judgments, O LORD.
		 -- Psalms 97:8
%
For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above
all gods.
		 -- Psalms 97:9
%
Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints;
he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
		 -- Psalms 97:10
%
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
		 -- Psalms 97:11
%
Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance
of his holiness.
		 -- Psalms 97:12
%
O SING unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things:
his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
		 -- Psalms 98:1
%
The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly
shewed in the sight of the heathen.
		 -- Psalms 98:2
%
He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel:
all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
		 -- Psalms 98:3
%
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise,
and rejoice, and sing praise.
		 -- Psalms 98:4
%
Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
		 -- Psalms 98:5
%
With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD,
the King.
		 -- Psalms 98:6
%
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that
dwell therein.
		 -- Psalms 98:7
%
Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
		 -- Psalms 98:8
%
Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness
shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
		 -- Psalms 98:9
%
THE LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the
cherubims; let the earth be moved.
		 -- Psalms 99:1
%
The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.
		 -- Psalms 99:2
%
Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.
		 -- Psalms 99:3
%
The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity,
thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
		 -- Psalms 99:4
%
Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
		 -- Psalms 99:5
%
Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon
his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
		 -- Psalms 99:6
%
He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies,
and the ordinance that he gave them.
		 -- Psalms 99:7
%
Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them,
though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
		 -- Psalms 99:8
%
Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our
God is holy.
		 -- Psalms 99:9
%
MAKE a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
		 -- Psalms 100:1
%
Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
		 -- Psalms 100:2
%
Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we
ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
		 -- Psalms 100:3
%
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise:
be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
		 -- Psalms 100:4
%
For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth
to all generations.
		 -- Psalms 100:5
%
I WILL sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
		 -- Psalms 101:1
%
I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way.  O when wilt thou come
unto me?  I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
		 -- Psalms 101:2
%
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them
that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
		 -- Psalms 101:3
%
A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
		 -- Psalms 101:4
%
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that
hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
		 -- Psalms 101:5
%
Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell
with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
		 -- Psalms 101:6
%
He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth
lies shall not tarry in my sight.
		 -- Psalms 101:7
%
I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all
wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 101:8
%
HEAR my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
		 -- Psalms 102:1
%
Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine
ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
		 -- Psalms 102:2
%
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
		 -- Psalms 102:3
%
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat
my bread.
		 -- Psalms 102:4
%
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
		 -- Psalms 102:5
%
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
		 -- Psalms 102:6
%
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
		 -- Psalms 102:7
%
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me
are sworn against me.
		 -- Psalms 102:8
%
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
		 -- Psalms 102:9
%
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up,
and cast me down.
		 -- Psalms 102:10
%
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
		 -- Psalms 102:11
%
But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all
generations.
		 -- Psalms 102:12
%
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her,
yea, the set time, is come.
		 -- Psalms 102:13
%
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
		 -- Psalms 102:14
%
So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of
the earth thy glory.
		 -- Psalms 102:15
%
When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
		 -- Psalms 102:16
%
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
		 -- Psalms 102:17
%
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which
shall be created shall praise the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 102:18
%
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven
did the LORD behold the earth;
		 -- Psalms 102:19
%
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed
to death;
		 -- Psalms 102:20
%
To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
		 -- Psalms 102:21
%
When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve
the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 102:22
%
He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
		 -- Psalms 102:23
%
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years
are throughout all generations.
		 -- Psalms 102:24
%
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are
the work of thy hands.
		 -- Psalms 102:25
%
They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax
old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall
be changed:
		 -- Psalms 102:26
%
But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
		 -- Psalms 102:27
%
The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be
established before thee.
		 -- Psalms 102:28
%
BLESS the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
		 -- Psalms 103:1
%
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
		 -- Psalms 103:2
%
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
		 -- Psalms 103:3
%
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with
lovingkindness and tender mercies;
		 -- Psalms 103:4
%
Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed
like the eagle's.
		 -- Psalms 103:5
%
The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
		 -- Psalms 103:6
%
He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
		 -- Psalms 103:7
%
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
		 -- Psalms 103:8
%
He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
		 -- Psalms 103:9
%
He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to
our iniquities.
		 -- Psalms 103:10
%
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward
them that fear him.
		 -- Psalms 103:11
%
As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our
transgressions from us.
		 -- Psalms 103:12
%
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that
fear him.
		 -- Psalms 103:13
%
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
		 -- Psalms 103:14
%
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he
flourisheth.
		 -- Psalms 103:15
%
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof
shall know it no more.
		 -- Psalms 103:16
%
But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them
that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
		 -- Psalms 103:17
%
To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments
to do them.
		 -- Psalms 103:18
%
The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth
over all.
		 -- Psalms 103:19
%
Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his
commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
		 -- Psalms 103:20
%
Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his
pleasure.
		 -- Psalms 103:21
%
Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the
LORD, O my soul.
		 -- Psalms 103:22
%
BLESS the LORD, O my soul.  O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou
art clothed with honour and majesty.
		 -- Psalms 104:1
%
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out
the heavens like a curtain:
		 -- Psalms 104:2
%
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds
his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
		 -- Psalms 104:3
%
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
		 -- Psalms 104:4
%
Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed
for ever.
		 -- Psalms 104:5
%
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood
above the mountains.
		 -- Psalms 104:6
%
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
		 -- Psalms 104:7
%
They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place
which thou hast founded for them.
		 -- Psalms 104:8
%
Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not
again to cover the earth.
		 -- Psalms 104:9
%
He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
		 -- Psalms 104:10
%
They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench
their thirst.
		 -- Psalms 104:11
%
By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing
among the branches.
		 -- Psalms 104:12
%
He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with
the fruit of thy works.
		 -- Psalms 104:13
%
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service
of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
		 -- Psalms 104:14
%
And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to
shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
		 -- Psalms 104:15
%
The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he
hath planted;
		 -- Psalms 104:16
%
Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are
her house.
		 -- Psalms 104:17
%
The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for
the conies.
		 -- Psalms 104:18
%
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
		 -- Psalms 104:19
%
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the
forest do creep forth.
		 -- Psalms 104:20
%
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
		 -- Psalms 104:21
%
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in
their dens.
		 -- Psalms 104:22
%
Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
		 -- Psalms 104:23
%
O LORD, how manifold are thy works!  in wisdom hast thou made them all:
the earth is full of thy riches.
		 -- Psalms 104:24
%
So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable,
both small and great beasts.
		 -- Psalms 104:25
%
There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to
play therein.
		 -- Psalms 104:26
%
These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in
due season.
		 -- Psalms 104:27
%
That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are
filled with good.
		 -- Psalms 104:28
%
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath,
they die, and return to their dust.
		 -- Psalms 104:29
%
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the
face of the earth.
		 -- Psalms 104:30
%
The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in
his works.
		 -- Psalms 104:31
%
He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and
they smoke.
		 -- Psalms 104:32
%
I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my
God while I have my being.
		 -- Psalms 104:33
%
My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 104:34
%
Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be
no more.  Bless thou the LORD, O my soul.  Praise ye the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 104:35
%
O GIVE thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds
among the people.
		 -- Psalms 105:1
%
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
		 -- Psalms 105:2
%
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek
the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 105:3
%
Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
		 -- Psalms 105:4
%
Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the
judgments of his mouth;
		 -- Psalms 105:5
%
O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
		 -- Psalms 105:6
%
He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
		 -- Psalms 105:7
%
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded
to a thousand generations.
		 -- Psalms 105:8
%
Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
		 -- Psalms 105:9
%
And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an
everlasting covenant:
		 -- Psalms 105:10
%
Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your
inheritance:
		 -- Psalms 105:11
%
When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers
in it.
		 -- Psalms 105:12
%
When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another
people;
		 -- Psalms 105:13
%
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their
sakes;
		 -- Psalms 105:14
%
Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
		 -- Psalms 105:15
%
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff
of bread.
		 -- Psalms 105:16
%
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
		 -- Psalms 105:17
%
Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
		 -- Psalms 105:18
%
Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
		 -- Psalms 105:19
%
The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him
go free.
		 -- Psalms 105:20
%
He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
		 -- Psalms 105:21
%
To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
		 -- Psalms 105:22
%
Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
		 -- Psalms 105:23
%
And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their
enemies.
		 -- Psalms 105:24
%
He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his
servants.
		 -- Psalms 105:25
%
He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
		 -- Psalms 105:26
%
They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
		 -- Psalms 105:27
%
He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against
his word.
		 -- Psalms 105:28
%
He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
		 -- Psalms 105:29
%
Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their
kings.
		 -- Psalms 105:30
%
He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their
coasts.
		 -- Psalms 105:31
%
He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
		 -- Psalms 105:32
%
He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of
their coasts.
		 -- Psalms 105:33
%
He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
		 -- Psalms 105:34
%
And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of
their ground.
		 -- Psalms 105:35
%
He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their
strength.
		 -- Psalms 105:36
%
He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one
feeble person among their tribes.
		 -- Psalms 105:37
%
Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
		 -- Psalms 105:38
%
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
		 -- Psalms 105:39
%
The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the
bread of heaven.
		 -- Psalms 105:40
%
He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places
like a river.
		 -- Psalms 105:41
%
For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
		 -- Psalms 105:42
%
And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
		 -- Psalms 105:43
%
And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour
of the people;
		 -- Psalms 105:44
%
That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws.  Praise ye
the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 105:45
%
PRAISE ye the LORD.  O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for
his mercy endureth for ever.
		 -- Psalms 106:1
%
Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD?  who can shew forth all
his praise?
		 -- Psalms 106:2
%
Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at
all times.
		 -- Psalms 106:3
%
Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people:
O visit me with thy salvation;
		 -- Psalms 106:4
%
That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness
of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
		 -- Psalms 106:5
%
We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have
done wickedly.
		 -- Psalms 106:6
%
Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not
the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the
Red sea.
		 -- Psalms 106:7
%
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his
mighty power to be known.
		 -- Psalms 106:8
%
He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through
the depths, as through the wilderness.
		 -- Psalms 106:9
%
And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed
them from the hand of the enemy.
		 -- Psalms 106:10
%
And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
		 -- Psalms 106:11
%
Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
		 -- Psalms 106:12
%
They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
		 -- Psalms 106:13
%
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
		 -- Psalms 106:14
%
And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
		 -- Psalms 106:15
%
They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 106:16
%
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company
of Abiram.
		 -- Psalms 106:17
%
And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
		 -- Psalms 106:18
%
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
		 -- Psalms 106:19
%
Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth
grass.
		 -- Psalms 106:20
%
They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
		 -- Psalms 106:21
%
Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
		 -- Psalms 106:22
%
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen
stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should
destroy them.
		 -- Psalms 106:23
%
Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
		 -- Psalms 106:24
%
But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 106:25
%
Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in
the wilderness:
		 -- Psalms 106:26
%
To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in
the lands.
		 -- Psalms 106:27
%
They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of
the dead.
		 -- Psalms 106:28
%
Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague
brake in upon them.
		 -- Psalms 106:29
%
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was
stayed.
		 -- Psalms 106:30
%
And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations
for evermore.
		 -- Psalms 106:31
%
They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with
Moses for their sakes:
		 -- Psalms 106:32
%
Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with
his lips.
		 -- Psalms 106:33
%
They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
		 -- Psalms 106:34
%
But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
		 -- Psalms 106:35
%
And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
		 -- Psalms 106:36
%
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
		 -- Psalms 106:37
%
And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their
daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land
was polluted with blood.
		 -- Psalms 106:38
%
Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with
their own inventions.
		 -- Psalms 106:39
%
Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch
that he abhorred his own inheritance.
		 -- Psalms 106:40
%
And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them
ruled over them.
		 -- Psalms 106:41
%
Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection
under their hand.
		 -- Psalms 106:42
%
Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel,
and were brought low for their iniquity.
		 -- Psalms 106:43
%
Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
		 -- Psalms 106:44
%
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the
multitude of his mercies.
		 -- Psalms 106:45
%
He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
		 -- Psalms 106:46
%
Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give
thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
		 -- Psalms 106:47
%
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting:
and let all the people say, Amen.  Praise ye the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 106:48
%
O GIVE thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth
for ever.
		 -- Psalms 107:1
%
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand
of the enemy;
		 -- Psalms 107:2
%
And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west,
from the north, and from the south.
		 -- Psalms 107:3
%
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city
to dwell in.
		 -- Psalms 107:4
%
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
		 -- Psalms 107:5
%
Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them
out of their distresses.
		 -- Psalms 107:6
%
And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city
of habitation.
		 -- Psalms 107:7
%
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful
works to the children of men!
		 -- Psalms 107:8
%
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with
goodness.
		 -- Psalms 107:9
%
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in
affliction and iron;
		 -- Psalms 107:10
%
Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel
of the most High:
		 -- Psalms 107:11
%
Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down,
and there was none to help.
		 -- Psalms 107:12
%
Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out
of their distresses.
		 -- Psalms 107:13
%
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their
bands in sunder.
		 -- Psalms 107:14
%
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful
works to the children of men!
		 -- Psalms 107:15
%
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
		 -- Psalms 107:16
%
Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities,
are afflicted.
		 -- Psalms 107:17
%
Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the
gates of death.
		 -- Psalms 107:18
%
Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of
their distresses.
		 -- Psalms 107:19
%
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their
destructions.
		 -- Psalms 107:20
%
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful
works to the children of men!
		 -- Psalms 107:21
%
And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his
works with rejoicing.
		 -- Psalms 107:22
%
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
		 -- Psalms 107:23
%
These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
		 -- Psalms 107:24
%
For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the
waves thereof.
		 -- Psalms 107:25
%
They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their
soul is melted because of trouble.
		 -- Psalms 107:26
%
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their
wits' end.
		 -- Psalms 107:27
%
Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out
of their distresses.
		 -- Psalms 107:28
%
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
		 -- Psalms 107:29
%
Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their
desired haven.
		 -- Psalms 107:30
%
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful
works to the children of men!
		 -- Psalms 107:31
%
Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise
him in the assembly of the elders.
		 -- Psalms 107:32
%
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
		 -- Psalms 107:33
%
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell
therein.
		 -- Psalms 107:34
%
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into
watersprings.
		 -- Psalms 107:35
%
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city
for habitation;
		 -- Psalms 107:36
%
And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of
increase.
		 -- Psalms 107:37
%
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth
not their cattle to decrease.
		 -- Psalms 107:38
%
Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction,
and sorrow.
		 -- Psalms 107:39
%
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the
wilderness, where there is no way.
		 -- Psalms 107:40
%
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families
like a flock.
		 -- Psalms 107:41
%
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop
her mouth.
		 -- Psalms 107:42
%
Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand
the lovingkindness of the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 107:43
%
O GOD, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
		 -- Psalms 108:1
%
Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
		 -- Psalms 108:2
%
I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises
unto thee among the nations.
		 -- Psalms 108:3
%
For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto
the clouds.
		 -- Psalms 108:4
%
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all
the earth;
		 -- Psalms 108:5
%
That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and
answer me.
		 -- Psalms 108:6
%
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem,
and mete out the valley of Succoth.
		 -- Psalms 108:7
%
Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine
head; Judah is my lawgiver;
		 -- Psalms 108:8
%
Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia
will I triumph.
		 -- Psalms 108:9
%
Who will bring me into the strong city?  who will lead me into Edom?
		 -- Psalms 108:10
%
Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off?  and wilt not thou, O God,
go forth with our hosts?
		 -- Psalms 108:11
%
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
		 -- Psalms 108:12
%
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down
our enemies.
		 -- Psalms 108:13
%
HOLD not thy peace, O God of my praise;
		 -- Psalms 109:1
%
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened
against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
		 -- Psalms 109:2
%
They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against
me without a cause.
		 -- Psalms 109:3
%
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
		 -- Psalms 109:4
%
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
		 -- Psalms 109:5
%
Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
		 -- Psalms 109:6
%
When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer
become sin.
		 -- Psalms 109:7
%
Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
		 -- Psalms 109:8
%
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
		 -- Psalms 109:9
%
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their
bread also out of their desolate places.
		 -- Psalms 109:10
%
Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil
his labour.
		 -- Psalms 109:11
%
Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to
favour his fatherless children.
		 -- Psalms 109:12
%
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their
name be blotted out.
		 -- Psalms 109:13
%
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let
not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
		 -- Psalms 109:14
%
Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory
of them from the earth.
		 -- Psalms 109:15
%
Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor
and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
		 -- Psalms 109:16
%
As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in
blessing, so let it be far from him.
		 -- Psalms 109:17
%
As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it
come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
		 -- Psalms 109:18
%
Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle
wherewith he is girded continually.
		 -- Psalms 109:19
%
Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them
that speak evil against my soul.
		 -- Psalms 109:20
%
But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy
mercy is good, deliver thou me.
		 -- Psalms 109:21
%
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
		 -- Psalms 109:22
%
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as
the locust.
		 -- Psalms 109:23
%
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
		 -- Psalms 109:24
%
I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked
their heads.
		 -- Psalms 109:25
%
Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
		 -- Psalms 109:26
%
That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.
		 -- Psalms 109:27
%
Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed;
but let thy servant rejoice.
		 -- Psalms 109:28
%
Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves
with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
		 -- Psalms 109:29
%
I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him
among the multitude.
		 -- Psalms 109:30
%
For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those
that condemn his soul.
		 -- Psalms 109:31
%
THE LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make
thine enemies thy footstool.
		 -- Psalms 110:1
%
The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in
the midst of thine enemies.
		 -- Psalms 110:2
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Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of
holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
		 -- Psalms 110:3
%
The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever
after the order of Melchizedek.
		 -- Psalms 110:4
%
The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of
his wrath.
		 -- Psalms 110:5
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He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead
bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
		 -- Psalms 110:6
%
He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up
the head.
		 -- Psalms 110:7
%
PRAISE ye the LORD.  I will praise the LORD with mywhole heart, in the
assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
		 -- Psalms 111:1
%
The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have
pleasure therein.
		 -- Psalms 111:2
%
His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth
for ever.
		 -- Psalms 111:3
%
He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious
and full of compassion.
		 -- Psalms 111:4
%
He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of
his covenant.
		 -- Psalms 111:5
%
He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them
the heritage of the heathen.
		 -- Psalms 111:6
%
The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments
are sure.
		 -- Psalms 111:7
%
They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.
		 -- Psalms 111:8
%
He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for
ever: holy and reverend is his name.
		 -- Psalms 111:9
%
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding
have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
		 -- Psalms 111:10
%
PRAISE ye the LORD.  Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that
delighteth greatly in his commandments.
		 -- Psalms 112:1
%
His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall
be blessed.
		 -- Psalms 112:2
%
Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth
for ever.
		 -- Psalms 112:3
%
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious,
and full of compassion, and righteous.
		 -- Psalms 112:4
%
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with
discretion.
		 -- Psalms 112:5
%
Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in
everlasting remembrance.
		 -- Psalms 112:6
%
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in
the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 112:7
%
His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire
upon his enemies.
		 -- Psalms 112:8
%
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth
for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
		 -- Psalms 112:9
%
The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth,
and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
		 -- Psalms 112:10
%
PRAISE ye the LORD.  Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name
of the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 113:1
%
Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.
		 -- Psalms 113:2
%
From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD's
name is to be praised.
		 -- Psalms 113:3
%
The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.
		 -- Psalms 113:4
%
Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
		 -- Psalms 113:5
%
Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in
the earth!
		 -- Psalms 113:6
%
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of
the dunghill;
		 -- Psalms 113:7
%
That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
		 -- Psalms 113:8
%
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother
of children.  Praise ye the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 113:9
%
WHEN Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of
strange language;
		 -- Psalms 114:1
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Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
		 -- Psalms 114:2
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The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
		 -- Psalms 114:3
%
The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
		 -- Psalms 114:4
%
What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest?  thou Jordan, that thou
wast driven back?
		 -- Psalms 114:5
%
Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
		 -- Psalms 114:6
%
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of
the God of Jacob;
		 -- Psalms 114:7
%
Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain
of waters.
		 -- Psalms 114:8
%
NOT unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy
mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
		 -- Psalms 115:1
%
Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?
		 -- Psalms 115:2
%
But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
		 -- Psalms 115:3
%
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
		 -- Psalms 115:4
%
They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
		 -- Psalms 115:5
%
They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
		 -- Psalms 115:6
%
They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not:
neither speak they through their throat.
		 -- Psalms 115:7
%
They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth
in them.
		 -- Psalms 115:8
%
O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
		 -- Psalms 115:9
%
O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
		 -- Psalms 115:10
%
Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their
shield.
		 -- Psalms 115:11
%
The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the
house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
		 -- Psalms 115:12
%
He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
		 -- Psalms 115:13
%
The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
		 -- Psalms 115:14
%
Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
		 -- Psalms 115:15
%
The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth hath he
given to the children of men.
		 -- Psalms 115:16
%
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
		 -- Psalms 115:17
%
But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.
Praise the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 115:18
%
I LOVE the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
		 -- Psalms 116:1
%
Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon
him as long as I live.
		 -- Psalms 116:2
%
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon
me: I found trouble and sorrow.
		 -- Psalms 116:3
%
Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver
my soul.
		 -- Psalms 116:4
%
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
		 -- Psalms 116:5
%
The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
		 -- Psalms 116:6
%
Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully
with thee.
		 -- Psalms 116:7
%
For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and
my feet from falling.
		 -- Psalms 116:8
%
I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
		 -- Psalms 116:9
%
I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
		 -- Psalms 116:10
%
I said in my haste, All men are liars.
		 -- Psalms 116:11
%
What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?
		 -- Psalms 116:12
%
I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 116:13
%
I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
		 -- Psalms 116:14
%
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
		 -- Psalms 116:15
%
O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine
handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
		 -- Psalms 116:16
%
I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon
the name of the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 116:17
%
I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,
		 -- Psalms 116:18
%
In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.
Praise ye the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 116:19
%
O PRAISE the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
		 -- Psalms 117:1
%
For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD
endureth for ever.  Praise ye the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 117:2
%
O GIVE thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth
for ever.
		 -- Psalms 118:1
%
Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
		 -- Psalms 118:2
%
Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
		 -- Psalms 118:3
%
Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
		 -- Psalms 118:4
%
I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in
a large place.
		 -- Psalms 118:5
%
The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
		 -- Psalms 118:6
%
The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see
my desire upon them that hate me.
		 -- Psalms 118:7
%
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
		 -- Psalms 118:8
%
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
		 -- Psalms 118:9
%
All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I
destroy them.
		 -- Psalms 118:10
%
They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name
of the LORD I will destroy them.
		 -- Psalms 118:11
%
They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of
thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
		 -- Psalms 118:12
%
Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
		 -- Psalms 118:13
%
The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
		 -- Psalms 118:14
%
The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the
righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
		 -- Psalms 118:15
%
The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth
valiantly.
		 -- Psalms 118:16
%
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 118:17
%
The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
		 -- Psalms 118:18
%
Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will
praise the LORD:
		 -- Psalms 118:19
%
This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.
		 -- Psalms 118:20
%
I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.
		 -- Psalms 118:21
%
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the
corner.
		 -- Psalms 118:22
%
This is the LORD's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
		 -- Psalms 118:23
%
This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad
in it.
		 -- Psalms 118:24
%
Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now
prosperity.
		 -- Psalms 118:25
%
Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you
out of the house of the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 118:26
%
God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with
cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
		 -- Psalms 118:27
%
Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt
thee.
		 -- Psalms 118:28
%
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth
for ever.
		 -- Psalms 118:29
%
BLESSED are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 119:1
%
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the
whole heart.
		 -- Psalms 119:2
%
They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
		 -- Psalms 119:3
%
Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
		 -- Psalms 119:4
%
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
		 -- Psalms 119:5
%
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy
commandments.
		 -- Psalms 119:6
%
I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned
thy righteous judgments.
		 -- Psalms 119:7
%
I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
		 -- Psalms 119:8
%
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?	by taking heed thereto
according to thy word.
		 -- Psalms 119:9
%
With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy
commandments.
		 -- Psalms 119:10
%
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
		 -- Psalms 119:11
%
Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
		 -- Psalms 119:12
%
With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
		 -- Psalms 119:13
%
I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
		 -- Psalms 119:14
%
I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
		 -- Psalms 119:15
%
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
		 -- Psalms 119:16
%
Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.
		 -- Psalms 119:17
%
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
		 -- Psalms 119:18
%
I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
		 -- Psalms 119:19
%
My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at
all times.
		 -- Psalms 119:20
%
Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy
commandments.
		 -- Psalms 119:21
%
Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
		 -- Psalms 119:22
%
Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate
in thy statutes.
		 -- Psalms 119:23
%
Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
		 -- Psalms 119:24
%
My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
		 -- Psalms 119:25
%
I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
		 -- Psalms 119:26
%
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy
wondrous works.
		 -- Psalms 119:27
%
My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
		 -- Psalms 119:28
%
Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
		 -- Psalms 119:29
%
I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
		 -- Psalms 119:30
%
I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
		 -- Psalms 119:31
%
I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
		 -- Psalms 119:32
%
Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto
the end.
		 -- Psalms 119:33
%
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe
it with my whole heart.
		 -- Psalms 119:34
%
Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
		 -- Psalms 119:35
%
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
		 -- Psalms 119:36
%
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
		 -- Psalms 119:37
%
Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
		 -- Psalms 119:38
%
Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
		 -- Psalms 119:39
%
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
		 -- Psalms 119:40
%
Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according
to thy word.
		 -- Psalms 119:41
%
So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust
in thy word.
		 -- Psalms 119:42
%
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped
in thy judgments.
		 -- Psalms 119:43
%
So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
		 -- Psalms 119:44
%
And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
		 -- Psalms 119:45
%
I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be
ashamed.
		 -- Psalms 119:46
%
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
		 -- Psalms 119:47
%
My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved;
and I will meditate in thy statutes.
		 -- Psalms 119:48
%
Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me
to hope.
		 -- Psalms 119:49
%
This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
		 -- Psalms 119:50
%
The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from
thy law.
		 -- Psalms 119:51
%
I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
		 -- Psalms 119:52
%
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
		 -- Psalms 119:53
%
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
		 -- Psalms 119:54
%
I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
		 -- Psalms 119:55
%
This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
		 -- Psalms 119:56
%
Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
		 -- Psalms 119:57
%
I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according
to thy word.
		 -- Psalms 119:58
%
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
		 -- Psalms 119:59
%
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
		 -- Psalms 119:60
%
The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
		 -- Psalms 119:61
%
At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous
judgments.
		 -- Psalms 119:62
%
I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep
thy precepts.
		 -- Psalms 119:63
%
The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
		 -- Psalms 119:64
%
Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.
		 -- Psalms 119:65
%
Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy
commandments.
		 -- Psalms 119:66
%
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
		 -- Psalms 119:67
%
Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
		 -- Psalms 119:68
%
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts
with my whole heart.
		 -- Psalms 119:69
%
Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
		 -- Psalms 119:70
%
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy
statutes.
		 -- Psalms 119:71
%
The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
		 -- Psalms 119:72
%
Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I
may learn thy commandments.
		 -- Psalms 119:73
%
They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped
in thy word.
		 -- Psalms 119:74
%
I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in
faithfulness hast afflicted me.
		 -- Psalms 119:75
%
Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to
thy word unto thy servant.
		 -- Psalms 119:76
%
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is
my delight.
		 -- Psalms 119:77
%
Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a
cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
		 -- Psalms 119:78
%
Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy
testimonies.
		 -- Psalms 119:79
%
Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
		 -- Psalms 119:80
%
My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
		 -- Psalms 119:81
%
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
		 -- Psalms 119:82
%
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy
statutes.
		 -- Psalms 119:83
%
How many are the days of thy servant?  when wilt thou execute judgment
on them that persecute me?
		 -- Psalms 119:84
%
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
		 -- Psalms 119:85
%
All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help
thou me.
		 -- Psalms 119:86
%
They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
		 -- Psalms 119:87
%
Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of
thy mouth.
		 -- Psalms 119:88
%
For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
		 -- Psalms 119:89
%
Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth,
and it abideth.
		 -- Psalms 119:90
%
They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy
servants.
		 -- Psalms 119:91
%
Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in
mine affliction.
		 -- Psalms 119:92
%
I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
		 -- Psalms 119:93
%
I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
		 -- Psalms 119:94
%
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy
testimonies.
		 -- Psalms 119:95
%
I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding
broad.
		 -- Psalms 119:96
%
O how love I thy law!  it is my meditation all the day.
		 -- Psalms 119:97
%
Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies:
for they are ever with me.
		 -- Psalms 119:98
%
I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are
my meditation.
		 -- Psalms 119:99
%
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
		 -- Psalms 119:100
%
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
		 -- Psalms 119:101
%
I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
		 -- Psalms 119:102
%
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to
my mouth!
		 -- Psalms 119:103
%
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every
false way.
		 -- Psalms 119:104
%
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
		 -- Psalms 119:105
%
I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous
judgments.
		 -- Psalms 119:106
%
I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
		 -- Psalms 119:107
%
Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD,
and teach me thy judgments.
		 -- Psalms 119:108
%
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
		 -- Psalms 119:109
%
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
		 -- Psalms 119:110
%
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the
rejoicing of my heart.
		 -- Psalms 119:111
%
I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto
the end.
		 -- Psalms 119:112
%
I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
		 -- Psalms 119:113
%
Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
		 -- Psalms 119:114
%
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
		 -- Psalms 119:115
%
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be
ashamed of my hope.
		 -- Psalms 119:116
%
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy
statutes continually.
		 -- Psalms 119:117
%
Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their
deceit is falsehood.
		 -- Psalms 119:118
%
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I
love thy testimonies.
		 -- Psalms 119:119
%
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
		 -- Psalms 119:120
%
I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
		 -- Psalms 119:121
%
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
		 -- Psalms 119:122
%
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
		 -- Psalms 119:123
%
Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
		 -- Psalms 119:124
%
I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
		 -- Psalms 119:125
%
It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.
		 -- Psalms 119:126
%
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
		 -- Psalms 119:127
%
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right;
and I hate every false way.
		 -- Psalms 119:128
%
Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
		 -- Psalms 119:129
%
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto
the simple.
		 -- Psalms 119:130
%
I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
		 -- Psalms 119:131
%
Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto
those that love thy name.
		 -- Psalms 119:132
%
Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion
over me.
		 -- Psalms 119:133
%
Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
		 -- Psalms 119:134
%
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
		 -- Psalms 119:135
%
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
		 -- Psalms 119:136
%
Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
		 -- Psalms 119:137
%
Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
		 -- Psalms 119:138
%
My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
		 -- Psalms 119:139
%
Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
		 -- Psalms 119:140
%
I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
		 -- Psalms 119:141
%
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is
the truth.
		 -- Psalms 119:142
%
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are
my delights.
		 -- Psalms 119:143
%
The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me
understanding, and I shall live.
		 -- Psalms 119:144
%
I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.
		 -- Psalms 119:145
%
I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
		 -- Psalms 119:146
%
I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
		 -- Psalms 119:147
%
Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
		 -- Psalms 119:148
%
Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me
according to thy judgment.
		 -- Psalms 119:149
%
They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
		 -- Psalms 119:150
%
Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
		 -- Psalms 119:151
%
Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded
them for ever.
		 -- Psalms 119:152
%
Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
		 -- Psalms 119:153
%
Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
		 -- Psalms 119:154
%
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
		 -- Psalms 119:155
%
Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy
judgments.
		 -- Psalms 119:156
%
Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from
thy testimonies.
		 -- Psalms 119:157
%
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not
thy word.
		 -- Psalms 119:158
%
Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy
lovingkindness.
		 -- Psalms 119:159
%
Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous
judgments endureth for ever.
		 -- Psalms 119:160
%
Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in
awe of thy word.
		 -- Psalms 119:161
%
I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
		 -- Psalms 119:162
%
I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
		 -- Psalms 119:163
%
Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
		 -- Psalms 119:164
%
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
		 -- Psalms 119:165
%
LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
		 -- Psalms 119:166
%
My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
		 -- Psalms 119:167
%
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are
before thee.
		 -- Psalms 119:168
%
Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according
to thy word.
		 -- Psalms 119:169
%
Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
		 -- Psalms 119:170
%
My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
		 -- Psalms 119:171
%
My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are
righteousness.
		 -- Psalms 119:172
%
Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
		 -- Psalms 119:173
%
I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
		 -- Psalms 119:174
%
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
		 -- Psalms 119:175
%
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not
forget thy commandments.
		 -- Psalms 119:176
%
IN my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
		 -- Psalms 120:1
%
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
		 -- Psalms 120:2
%
What shall be given unto thee?	or what shall be done unto thee, thou
false tongue?
		 -- Psalms 120:3
%
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
		 -- Psalms 120:4
%
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
		 -- Psalms 120:5
%
My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
		 -- Psalms 120:6
%
I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
		 -- Psalms 120:7
%
I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
		 -- Psalms 121:1
%
My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
		 -- Psalms 121:2
%
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will
not slumber.
		 -- Psalms 121:3
%
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
		 -- Psalms 121:4
%
The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
		 -- Psalms 121:5
%
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
		 -- Psalms 121:6
%
The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
		 -- Psalms 121:7
%
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time
forth, and even for evermore.
		 -- Psalms 121:8
%
I WAS glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 122:1
%
Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
		 -- Psalms 122:2
%
Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
		 -- Psalms 122:3
%
Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of
Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 122:4
%
For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
		 -- Psalms 122:5
%
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
		 -- Psalms 122:6
%
Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
		 -- Psalms 122:7
%
For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within
thee.
		 -- Psalms 122:8
%
Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
		 -- Psalms 122:9
%
UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
		 -- Psalms 123:1
%
Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters,
and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes
wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
		 -- Psalms 123:2
%
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly
filled with contempt.
		 -- Psalms 123:3
%
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at
ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
		 -- Psalms 123:4
%
IF it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
		 -- Psalms 124:1
%
If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up
against us:
		 -- Psalms 124:2
%
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled
against us:
		 -- Psalms 124:3
%
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
		 -- Psalms 124:4
%
Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
		 -- Psalms 124:5
%
Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
		 -- Psalms 124:6
%
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare
is broken, and we are escaped.
		 -- Psalms 124:7
%
Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
		 -- Psalms 124:8
%
THEY that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be
removed, but abideth for ever.
		 -- Psalms 125:1
%
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about
his people from henceforth even for ever.
		 -- Psalms 125:2
%
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous;
lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
		 -- Psalms 125:3
%
Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright
in their hearts.
		 -- Psalms 125:4
%
As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead
them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
		 -- Psalms 125:5
%
WHEN the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them
that dream.
		 -- Psalms 126:1
%
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then
said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
		 -- Psalms 126:2
%
The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
		 -- Psalms 126:3
%
Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.
		 -- Psalms 126:4
%
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
		 -- Psalms 126:5
%
He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless
come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
		 -- Psalms 126:6
%
EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it:
except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
		 -- Psalms 127:1
%
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread
of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
		 -- Psalms 127:2
%
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is
his reward.
		 -- Psalms 127:3
%
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
		 -- Psalms 127:4
%
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be
ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
		 -- Psalms 127:5
%
BLESSED is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
		 -- Psalms 128:1
%
For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be,
and it shall be well with thee.
		 -- Psalms 128:2
%
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy
children like olive plants round about thy table.
		 -- Psalms 128:3
%
Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 128:4
%
The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of
Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
		 -- Psalms 128:5
%
Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.
		 -- Psalms 128:6
%
MANY a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
		 -- Psalms 129:1
%
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not
prevailed against me.
		 -- Psalms 129:2
%
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
		 -- Psalms 129:3
%
The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
		 -- Psalms 129:4
%
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
		 -- Psalms 129:5
%
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it
groweth up:
		 -- Psalms 129:6
%
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves
his bosom.
		 -- Psalms 129:7
%
Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you:
we bless you in the name of the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 129:8
%
OUT of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
		 -- Psalms 130:1
%
Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my
supplications.
		 -- Psalms 130:2
%
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
		 -- Psalms 130:3
%
But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
		 -- Psalms 130:4
%
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
		 -- Psalms 130:5
%
My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning:
I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
		 -- Psalms 130:6
%
Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with
him is plenteous redemption.
		 -- Psalms 130:7
%
And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
		 -- Psalms 130:8
%
LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise
myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
		 -- Psalms 131:1
%
Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of
his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
		 -- Psalms 131:2
%
Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.
		 -- Psalms 131:3
%
LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions:
		 -- Psalms 132:1
%
How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
		 -- Psalms 132:2
%
Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into
my bed;
		 -- Psalms 132:3
%
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
		 -- Psalms 132:4
%
Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God
of Jacob.
		 -- Psalms 132:5
%
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
		 -- Psalms 132:6
%
We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.
		 -- Psalms 132:7
%
Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
		 -- Psalms 132:8
%
Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout
for joy.
		 -- Psalms 132:9
%
For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.
		 -- Psalms 132:10
%
The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it;
Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
		 -- Psalms 132:11
%
If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall
teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
		 -- Psalms 132:12
%
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
		 -- Psalms 132:13
%
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
		 -- Psalms 132:14
%
I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
		 -- Psalms 132:15
%
I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall
shout aloud for joy.
		 -- Psalms 132:16
%
There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for
mine anointed.
		 -- Psalms 132:17
%
His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown
flourish.
		 -- Psalms 132:18
%
BEHOLD, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together
in unity!
		 -- Psalms 133:1
%
It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the
beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
		 -- Psalms 133:2
%
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of
Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
		 -- Psalms 133:3
%
BEHOLD, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night
stand in the house of the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 134:1
%
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 134:2
%
The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.
		 -- Psalms 134:3
%
PRAISE ye the LORD.  Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye
servants of the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 135:1
%
Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of
our God,
		 -- Psalms 135:2
%
Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name;
for it is pleasant.
		 -- Psalms 135:3
%
For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar
treasure.
		 -- Psalms 135:4
%
For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.
		 -- Psalms 135:5
%
Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in
the seas, and all deep places.
		 -- Psalms 135:6
%
He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh
lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
		 -- Psalms 135:7
%
Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.
		 -- Psalms 135:8
%
Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh,
and upon all his servants.
		 -- Psalms 135:9
%
Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;
		 -- Psalms 135:10
%
Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms
of Canaan:
		 -- Psalms 135:11
%
And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people.
		 -- Psalms 135:12
%
Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD, throughout
all generations.
		 -- Psalms 135:13
%
For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning
his servants.
		 -- Psalms 135:14
%
The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
		 -- Psalms 135:15
%
They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;
		 -- Psalms 135:16
%
They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in
their mouths.
		 -- Psalms 135:17
%
They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth
in them.
		 -- Psalms 135:18
%
Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron:
		 -- Psalms 135:19
%
Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 135:20
%
Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem.  Praise ye
the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 135:21
%
O GIVE thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth
for ever.
		 -- Psalms 136:1
%
O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.
		 -- Psalms 136:2
%
O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.
		 -- Psalms 136:3
%
To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.
		 -- Psalms 136:4
%
To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
		 -- Psalms 136:5
%
To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
		 -- Psalms 136:6
%
To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
		 -- Psalms 136:7
%
The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:
		 -- Psalms 136:8
%
The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.
		 -- Psalms 136:9
%
To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth
for ever:
		 -- Psalms 136:10
%
And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever:
		 -- Psalms 136:11
%
With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth
for ever.
		 -- Psalms 136:12
%
To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth
for ever:
		 -- Psalms 136:13
%
And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth
for ever:
		 -- Psalms 136:14
%
But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth
for ever.
		 -- Psalms 136:15
%
To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth
for ever.
		 -- Psalms 136:16
%
To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
		 -- Psalms 136:17
%
And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
		 -- Psalms 136:18
%
Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever:
		 -- Psalms 136:19
%
And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever:
		 -- Psalms 136:20
%
And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever:
		 -- Psalms 136:21
%
Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever.
		 -- Psalms 136:22
%
Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:
		 -- Psalms 136:23
%
And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever.
		 -- Psalms 136:24
%
Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
		 -- Psalms 136:25
%
O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.
		 -- Psalms 136:26
%
BY the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we
remembered Zion.
		 -- Psalms 137:1
%
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
		 -- Psalms 137:2
%
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song;
and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of
the songs of Zion.
		 -- Psalms 137:3
%
How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?
		 -- Psalms 137:4
%
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
		 -- Psalms 137:5
%
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth;
if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
		 -- Psalms 137:6
%
Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said,
Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
		 -- Psalms 137:7
%
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be,
that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
		 -- Psalms 137:8
%
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against
the stones.
		 -- Psalms 137:9
%
I WILL praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing
praise unto thee.
		 -- Psalms 138:1
%
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy
lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above
all thy name.
		 -- Psalms 138:2
%
In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with
strength in my soul.
		 -- Psalms 138:3
%
All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear
the words of thy mouth.
		 -- Psalms 138:4
%
Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of
the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 138:5
%
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the
proud he knoweth afar off.
		 -- Psalms 138:6
%
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt
stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy
right hand shall save me.
		 -- Psalms 138:7
%
The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD,
endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
		 -- Psalms 138:8
%
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
		 -- Psalms 139:1
%
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my
thought afar off.
		 -- Psalms 139:2
%
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all
my ways.
		 -- Psalms 139:3
%
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest
it altogether.
		 -- Psalms 139:4
%
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
		 -- Psalms 139:5
%
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain
unto it.
		 -- Psalms 139:6
%
Whither shall I go from thy spirit?  or whither shall I flee from thy
presence?
		 -- Psalms 139:7
%
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell,
behold, thou art there.
		 -- Psalms 139:8
%
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of
the sea;
		 -- Psalms 139:9
%
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
		 -- Psalms 139:10
%
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be
light about me.
		 -- Psalms 139:11
%
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day:
the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
		 -- Psalms 139:12
%
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's
womb.
		 -- Psalms 139:13
%
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous
are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
		 -- Psalms 139:14
%
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and
curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
		 -- Psalms 139:15
%
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book
all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when
as yet there was none of them.
		 -- Psalms 139:16
%
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God!  how great is the
sum of them!
		 -- Psalms 139:17
%
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I
awake, I am still with thee.
		 -- Psalms 139:18
%
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore,
ye bloody men.
		 -- Psalms 139:19
%
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name
in vain.
		 -- Psalms 139:20
%
Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee?  and am not I grieved with
those that rise up against thee?
		 -- Psalms 139:21
%
I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
		 -- Psalms 139:22
%
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
		 -- Psalms 139:23
%
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way
everlasting.
		 -- Psalms 139:24
%
DELIVER me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
		 -- Psalms 140:1
%
Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered
together for war.
		 -- Psalms 140:2
%
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is
under their lips.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 140:3
%
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the
violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
		 -- Psalms 140:4
%
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by
the wayside; they have set gins for me.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 140:5
%
I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications,
O LORD.
		 -- Psalms 140:6
%
O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head
in the day of battle.
		 -- Psalms 140:7
%
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked
device; lest they exalt themselves.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 140:8
%
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of
their own lips cover them.
		 -- Psalms 140:9
%
Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into
deep pits, that they rise not up again.
		 -- Psalms 140:10
%
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt
the violent man to overthrow him.
		 -- Psalms 140:11
%
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the
right of the poor.
		 -- Psalms 140:12
%
Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall
dwell in thy presence.
		 -- Psalms 140:13
%
LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice,
when I cry unto thee.
		 -- Psalms 141:1
%
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up
of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
		 -- Psalms 141:2
%
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
		 -- Psalms 141:3
%
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with
men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
		 -- Psalms 141:4
%
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove
me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for
yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
		 -- Psalms 141:5
%
When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my
words; for they are sweet.
		 -- Psalms 141:6
%
Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and
cleaveth wood upon the earth.
		 -- Psalms 141:7
%
But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave
not my soul destitute.
		 -- Psalms 141:8
%
Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of
the workers of iniquity.
		 -- Psalms 141:9
%
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
		 -- Psalms 141:10
%
I CRIED unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I
make my supplication.
		 -- Psalms 142:1
%
I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
		 -- Psalms 142:2
%
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path.
In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
		 -- Psalms 142:3
%
I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would
know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
		 -- Psalms 142:4
%
I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in
the land of the living.
		 -- Psalms 142:5
%
Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my
persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
		 -- Psalms 142:6
%
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous
shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
		 -- Psalms 142:7
%
HEAR my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness
answer me, and in thy righteousness.
		 -- Psalms 143:1
%
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no
man living be justified.
		 -- Psalms 143:2
%
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to
the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have
been long dead.
		 -- Psalms 143:3
%
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is
desolate.
		 -- Psalms 143:4
%
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the
work of thy hands.
		 -- Psalms 143:5
%
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a
thirsty land.  Selah.
		 -- Psalms 143:6
%
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me,
lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
		 -- Psalms 143:7
%
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I
trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my
soul unto thee.
		 -- Psalms 143:8
%
Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
		 -- Psalms 143:9
%
Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead
me into the land of uprightness.
		 -- Psalms 143:10
%
Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake
bring my soul out of trouble.
		 -- Psalms 143:11
%
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict
my soul: for I am thy servant.
		 -- Psalms 143:12
%
BLESSED be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my
fingers to fight:
		 -- Psalms 144:1
%
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield,
and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
		 -- Psalms 144:2
%
LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him!  or the son of man,
that thou makest account of him!
		 -- Psalms 144:3
%
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
		 -- Psalms 144:4
%
Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they
shall smoke.
		 -- Psalms 144:5
%
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and
destroy them.
		 -- Psalms 144:6
%
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters,
from the hand of strange children;
		 -- Psalms 144:7
%
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of
falsehood.
		 -- Psalms 144:8
%
I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument
of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
		 -- Psalms 144:9
%
It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his
servant from the hurtful sword.
		 -- Psalms 144:10
%
Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth
speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
		 -- Psalms 144:11
%
That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters
may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
		 -- Psalms 144:12
%
That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our
sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
		 -- Psalms 144:13
%
That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in,
nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
		 -- Psalms 144:14
%
Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people,
whose God is the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 144:15
%
I WILL extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever
and ever.
		 -- Psalms 145:1
%
Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
		 -- Psalms 145:2
%
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is
unsearchable.
		 -- Psalms 145:3
%
One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy
mighty acts.
		 -- Psalms 145:4
%
I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous
works.
		 -- Psalms 145:5
%
And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare
thy greatness.
		 -- Psalms 145:6
%
They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall
sing of thy righteousness.
		 -- Psalms 145:7
%
The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of
great mercy.
		 -- Psalms 145:8
%
The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
		 -- Psalms 145:9
%
All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee.
		 -- Psalms 145:10
%
They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
		 -- Psalms 145:11
%
To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious
majesty of his kingdom.
		 -- Psalms 145:12
%
Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth
throughout all generations.
		 -- Psalms 145:13
%
The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be
bowed down.
		 -- Psalms 145:14
%
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in
due season.
		 -- Psalms 145:15
%
Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
		 -- Psalms 145:16
%
The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
		 -- Psalms 145:17
%
The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon
him in truth.
		 -- Psalms 145:18
%
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their
cry, and will save them.
		 -- Psalms 145:19
%
The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will
he destroy.
		 -- Psalms 145:20
%
My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless
his holy name for ever and ever.
		 -- Psalms 145:21
%
PRAISE ye the LORD.  Praise the LORD, O my soul.
		 -- Psalms 146:1
%
While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God
while I have any being.
		 -- Psalms 146:2
%
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is
no help.
		 -- Psalms 146:3
%
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his
thoughts perish.
		 -- Psalms 146:4
%
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in
the LORD his God:
		 -- Psalms 146:5
%
Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which
keepeth truth for ever:
		 -- Psalms 146:6
%
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the
hungry.  The LORD looseth the prisoners:
		 -- Psalms 146:7
%
The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are
bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
		 -- Psalms 146:8
%
The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow:
but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
		 -- Psalms 146:9
%
The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations.
Praise ye the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 146:10
%
PRAISE ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it
is pleasant; and praise is comely.
		 -- Psalms 147:1
%
The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts
of Israel.
		 -- Psalms 147:2
%
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
		 -- Psalms 147:3
%
He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
		 -- Psalms 147:4
%
Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
		 -- Psalms 147:5
%
The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
		 -- Psalms 147:6
%
Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto
our God:
		 -- Psalms 147:7
%
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth,
who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
		 -- Psalms 147:8
%
He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
		 -- Psalms 147:9
%
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure
in the legs of a man.
		 -- Psalms 147:10
%
The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in
his mercy.
		 -- Psalms 147:11
%
Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
		 -- Psalms 147:12
%
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy
children within thee.
		 -- Psalms 147:13
%
He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of
the wheat.
		 -- Psalms 147:14
%
He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very
swiftly.
		 -- Psalms 147:15
%
He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
		 -- Psalms 147:16
%
He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
		 -- Psalms 147:17
%
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow,
and the waters flow.
		 -- Psalms 147:18
%
He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto
Israel.
		 -- Psalms 147:19
%
He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they
have not known them.  Praise ye the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 147:20
%
PRAISE ye the LORD.  Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in
the heights.
		 -- Psalms 148:1
%
Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
		 -- Psalms 148:2
%
Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
		 -- Psalms 148:3
%
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the
heavens.
		 -- Psalms 148:4
%
Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were
created.
		 -- Psalms 148:5
%
He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree
which shall not pass.
		 -- Psalms 148:6
%
Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
		 -- Psalms 148:7
%
Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
		 -- Psalms 148:8
%
Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:
		 -- Psalms 148:9
%
Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
		 -- Psalms 148:10
%
Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:
		 -- Psalms 148:11
%
Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
		 -- Psalms 148:12
%
Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent;
his glory is above the earth and heaven.
		 -- Psalms 148:13
%
He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints;
even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him.  Praise ye
the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 148:14
%
PRAISE ye the LORD.  Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in
the congregation of saints.
		 -- Psalms 149:1
%
Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be
joyful in their King.
		 -- Psalms 149:2
%
Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him
with the timbrel and harp.
		 -- Psalms 149:3
%
For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek
with salvation.
		 -- Psalms 149:4
%
Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
		 -- Psalms 149:5
%
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in
their hand;
		 -- Psalms 149:6
%
To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
		 -- Psalms 149:7
%
To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
		 -- Psalms 149:8
%
To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his
saints.  Praise ye the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 149:9
%
PRAISE ye the LORD.  Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the
firmament of his power.
		 -- Psalms 150:1
%
Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent
greatness.
		 -- Psalms 150:2
%
Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery
and harp.
		 -- Psalms 150:3
%
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed
instruments and organs.
		 -- Psalms 150:4
%
Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding
cymbals.
		 -- Psalms 150:5
%
Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD.  Praise ye the LORD.
		 -- Psalms 150:6
%
THE proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
		 -- Proverbs 1:1
%
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
		 -- Proverbs 1:2
%
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
		 -- Proverbs 1:3
%
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
		 -- Proverbs 1:4
%
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of
understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
		 -- Proverbs 1:5
%
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise,
and their dark sayings.
		 -- Proverbs 1:6
%
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise
wisdom and instruction.
		 -- Proverbs 1:7
%
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of
thy mother:
		 -- Proverbs 1:8
%
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about
thy neck.
		 -- Proverbs 1:9
%
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
		 -- Proverbs 1:10
%
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily
for the innocent without cause:
		 -- Proverbs 1:11
%
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go
down into the pit:
		 -- Proverbs 1:12
%
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
		 -- Proverbs 1:13
%
Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
		 -- Proverbs 1:14
%
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from
their path:
		 -- Proverbs 1:15
%
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
		 -- Proverbs 1:16
%
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
		 -- Proverbs 1:17
%
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their
own lives.
		 -- Proverbs 1:18
%
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away
the life of the owners thereof.
		 -- Proverbs 1:19
%
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
		 -- Proverbs 1:20
%
She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates:
in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
		 -- Proverbs 1:21
%
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?  and the scorners
delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
		 -- Proverbs 1:22
%
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you,
I will make known my words unto you.
		 -- Proverbs 1:23
%
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand,
and no man regarded;
		 -- Proverbs 1:24
%
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
		 -- Proverbs 1:25
%
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
		 -- Proverbs 1:26
%
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a
whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
		 -- Proverbs 1:27
%
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me
early, but they shall not find me:
		 -- Proverbs 1:28
%
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
		 -- Proverbs 1:29
%
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
		 -- Proverbs 1:30
%
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled
with their own devices.
		 -- Proverbs 1:31
%
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity
of fools shall destroy them.
		 -- Proverbs 1:32
%
But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from
fear of evil.
		 -- Proverbs 1:33
%
MY son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
		 -- Proverbs 2:1
%
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to
understanding;
		 -- Proverbs 2:2
%
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for
understanding;
		 -- Proverbs 2:3
%
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
		 -- Proverbs 2:4
%
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge
of God.
		 -- Proverbs 2:5
%
For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and
understanding.
		 -- Proverbs 2:6
%
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them
that walk uprightly.
		 -- Proverbs 2:7
%
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
		 -- Proverbs 2:8
%
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea,
every good path.
		 -- Proverbs 2:9
%
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto
thy soul;
		 -- Proverbs 2:10
%
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
		 -- Proverbs 2:11
%
To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh
froward things;
		 -- Proverbs 2:12
%
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
		 -- Proverbs 2:13
%
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
		 -- Proverbs 2:14
%
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
		 -- Proverbs 2:15
%
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which
flattereth with her words;
		 -- Proverbs 2:16
%
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of
her God.
		 -- Proverbs 2:17
%
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
		 -- Proverbs 2:18
%
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths
of life.
		 -- Proverbs 2:19
%
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of
the righteous.
		 -- Proverbs 2:20
%
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain
in it.
		 -- Proverbs 2:21
%
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors
shall be rooted out of it.
		 -- Proverbs 2:22
%
MY son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
		 -- Proverbs 3:1
%
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
		 -- Proverbs 3:2
%
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write
them upon the table of thine heart:
		 -- Proverbs 3:3
%
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God
and man.
		 -- Proverbs 3:4
%
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own
understanding.
		 -- Proverbs 3:5
%
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
		 -- Proverbs 3:6
%
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
		 -- Proverbs 3:7
%
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
		 -- Proverbs 3:8
%
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all
thine increase:
		 -- Proverbs 3:9
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So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst
out with new wine.
		 -- Proverbs 3:10
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My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of
his correction:
		 -- Proverbs 3:11
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For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom
he delighteth.
		 -- Proverbs 3:12
%
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth
understanding.
		 -- Proverbs 3:13
%
For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver,
and the gain thereof than fine gold.
		 -- Proverbs 3:14
%
She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire
are not to be compared unto her.
		 -- Proverbs 3:15
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Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and
honour.
		 -- Proverbs 3:16
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Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
		 -- Proverbs 3:17
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She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every
one that retaineth her.
		 -- Proverbs 3:18
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The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he
established the heavens.
		 -- Proverbs 3:19
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By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down
the dew.
		 -- Proverbs 3:20
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My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and
discretion:
		 -- Proverbs 3:21
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So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
		 -- Proverbs 3:22
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Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
		 -- Proverbs 3:23
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When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down,
and thy sleep shall be sweet.
		 -- Proverbs 3:24
%
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked,
when it cometh.
		 -- Proverbs 3:25
%
For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from
being taken.
		 -- Proverbs 3:26
%
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power
of thine hand to do it.
		 -- Proverbs 3:27
%
Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give;
when thou hast it by thee.
		 -- Proverbs 3:28
%
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely
by thee.
		 -- Proverbs 3:29
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Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
		 -- Proverbs 3:30
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Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
		 -- Proverbs 3:31
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For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with
the righteous.
		 -- Proverbs 3:32
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The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth
the habitation of the just.
		 -- Proverbs 3:33
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Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
		 -- Proverbs 3:34
%
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
		 -- Proverbs 3:35
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HEAR, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know
understanding.
		 -- Proverbs 4:1
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For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
		 -- Proverbs 4:2
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For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of
my mother.
		 -- Proverbs 4:3
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He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words:
keep my commandments, and live.
		 -- Proverbs 4:4
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Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the
words of my mouth.
		 -- Proverbs 4:5
%
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall
keep thee.
		 -- Proverbs 4:6
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Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy
getting get understanding.
		 -- Proverbs 4:7
%
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour,
when thou dost embrace her.
		 -- Proverbs 4:8
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She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory
shall she deliver to thee.
		 -- Proverbs 4:9
%
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall
be many.
		 -- Proverbs 4:10
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I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
		 -- Proverbs 4:11
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When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest,
thou shalt not stumble.
		 -- Proverbs 4:12
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Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is
thy life.
		 -- Proverbs 4:13
%
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
		 -- Proverbs 4:14
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Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
		 -- Proverbs 4:15
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For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is
taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
		 -- Proverbs 4:16
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For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
		 -- Proverbs 4:17
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But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and
more unto the perfect day.
		 -- Proverbs 4:18
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The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
		 -- Proverbs 4:19
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My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
		 -- Proverbs 4:20
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Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine
heart.
		 -- Proverbs 4:21
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For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their
flesh.
		 -- Proverbs 4:22
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Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
		 -- Proverbs 4:23
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Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
		 -- Proverbs 4:24
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Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight
before thee.
		 -- Proverbs 4:25
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Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
		 -- Proverbs 4:26
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Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
		 -- Proverbs 4:27
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MY son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
		 -- Proverbs 5:1
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That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
		 -- Proverbs 5:2
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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is
smoother than oil:
		 -- Proverbs 5:3
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But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
		 -- Proverbs 5:4
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Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
		 -- Proverbs 5:5
%
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable,
that thou canst not know them.
		 -- Proverbs 5:6
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Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of
my mouth.
		 -- Proverbs 5:7
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Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
		 -- Proverbs 5:8
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Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
		 -- Proverbs 5:9
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Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the
house of a stranger;
		 -- Proverbs 5:10
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And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
		 -- Proverbs 5:11
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And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
		 -- Proverbs 5:12
%
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to
them that instructed me!
		 -- Proverbs 5:13
%
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
		 -- Proverbs 5:14
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Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine
own well.
		 -- Proverbs 5:15
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Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the
streets.
		 -- Proverbs 5:16
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Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
		 -- Proverbs 5:17
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Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
		 -- Proverbs 5:18
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Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy
thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
		 -- Proverbs 5:19
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And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace
the bosom of a stranger?
		 -- Proverbs 5:20
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For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth
all his goings.
		 -- Proverbs 5:21
%
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden
with the cords of his sins.
		 -- Proverbs 5:22
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He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he
shall go astray.
		 -- Proverbs 5:23
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MY son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand
with a stranger,
		 -- Proverbs 6:1
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Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the
words of thy mouth.
		 -- Proverbs 6:2
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Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the
hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
		 -- Proverbs 6:3
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Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
		 -- Proverbs 6:4
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Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from
the hand of the fowler.
		 -- Proverbs 6:5
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Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
		 -- Proverbs 6:6
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Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
		 -- Proverbs 6:7
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Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
		 -- Proverbs 6:8
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How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?  when wilt thou arise out of
thy sleep?
		 -- Proverbs 6:9
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Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands
to sleep:
		 -- Proverbs 6:10
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So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an
armed man.
		 -- Proverbs 6:11
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A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
		 -- Proverbs 6:12
%
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with
his fingers;
		 -- Proverbs 6:13
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Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he
soweth discord.
		 -- Proverbs 6:14
%
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken
without remedy.
		 -- Proverbs 6:15
%
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination
unto him:
		 -- Proverbs 6:16
%
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
		 -- Proverbs 6:17
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An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running
to mischief,
		 -- Proverbs 6:18
%
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among
brethren.
		 -- Proverbs 6:19
%
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of
thy mother:
		 -- Proverbs 6:20
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Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
		 -- Proverbs 6:21
%
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep
thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
		 -- Proverbs 6:22
%
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of
instruction are the way of life:
		 -- Proverbs 6:23
%
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a
strange woman.
		 -- Proverbs 6:24
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Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with
her eyelids.
		 -- Proverbs 6:25
%
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread:
and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
		 -- Proverbs 6:26
%
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
		 -- Proverbs 6:27
%
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
		 -- Proverbs 6:28
%
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her
shall not be innocent.
		 -- Proverbs 6:29
%
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he
is hungry;
		 -- Proverbs 6:30
%
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the
substance of his house.
		 -- Proverbs 6:31
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But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he
that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
		 -- Proverbs 6:32
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A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be
wiped away.
		 -- Proverbs 6:33
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For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the
day of vengeance.
		 -- Proverbs 6:34
%
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou
givest many gifts.
		 -- Proverbs 6:35
%
MY son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
		 -- Proverbs 7:1
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Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
		 -- Proverbs 7:2
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Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
		 -- Proverbs 7:3
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Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
		 -- Proverbs 7:4
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That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which
flattereth with her words.
		 -- Proverbs 7:5
%
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
		 -- Proverbs 7:6
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And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young
man void of understanding,
		 -- Proverbs 7:7
%
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to
her house,
		 -- Proverbs 7:8
%
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
		 -- Proverbs 7:9
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And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and
subtil of heart.
		 -- Proverbs 7:10
%
(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
		 -- Proverbs 7:11
%
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every
corner.)
		 -- Proverbs 7:12
%
So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said
unto him,
		 -- Proverbs 7:13
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I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
		 -- Proverbs 7:14
%
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and
I have found thee.
		 -- Proverbs 7:15
%
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works,
with fine linen of Egypt.
		 -- Proverbs 7:16
%
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
		 -- Proverbs 7:17
%
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace
ourselves with loves.
		 -- Proverbs 7:18
%
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
		 -- Proverbs 7:19
%
He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day
appointed.
		 -- Proverbs 7:20
%
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering
of her lips she forced him.
		 -- Proverbs 7:21
%
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as
a fool to the correction of the stocks;
		 -- Proverbs 7:22
%
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare,
and knoweth not that it is for his life.
		 -- Proverbs 7:23
%
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words
of my mouth.
		 -- Proverbs 7:24
%
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
		 -- Proverbs 7:25
%
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been
slain by her.
		 -- Proverbs 7:26
%
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
		 -- Proverbs 7:27
%
DOTH not wisdom cry?  and understanding put forth her voice?
		 -- Proverbs 8:1
%
She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of
the paths.
		 -- Proverbs 8:2
%
She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at
the doors.
		 -- Proverbs 8:3
%
Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
		 -- Proverbs 8:4
%
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding
heart.
		 -- Proverbs 8:5
%
Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips
shall be right things.
		 -- Proverbs 8:6
%
For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to
my lips.
		 -- Proverbs 8:7
%
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward
or perverse in them.
		 -- Proverbs 8:8
%
They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that
find knowledge.
		 -- Proverbs 8:9
%
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than
choice gold.
		 -- Proverbs 8:10
%
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired
are not to be compared to it.
		 -- Proverbs 8:11
%
I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
		 -- Proverbs 8:12
%
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil
way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
		 -- Proverbs 8:13
%
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
		 -- Proverbs 8:14
%
By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
		 -- Proverbs 8:15
%
By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
		 -- Proverbs 8:16
%
I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
		 -- Proverbs 8:17
%
Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
		 -- Proverbs 8:18
%
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than
choice silver.
		 -- Proverbs 8:19
%
I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
		 -- Proverbs 8:20
%
That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will
fill their treasures.
		 -- Proverbs 8:21
%
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works
of old.
		 -- Proverbs 8:22
%
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
		 -- Proverbs 8:23
%
When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no
fountains abounding with water.
		 -- Proverbs 8:24
%
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
		 -- Proverbs 8:25
%
While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest
part of the dust of the world.
		 -- Proverbs 8:26
%
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon
the face of the depth:
		 -- Proverbs 8:27
%
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains
of the deep:
		 -- Proverbs 8:28
%
When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his
commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
		 -- Proverbs 8:29
%
Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his
delight, rejoicing always before him;
		 -- Proverbs 8:30
%
Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with
the sons of men.
		 -- Proverbs 8:31
%
Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that
keep my ways.
		 -- Proverbs 8:32
%
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
		 -- Proverbs 8:33
%
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting
at the posts of my doors.
		 -- Proverbs 8:34
%
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
		 -- Proverbs 8:35
%
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate
me love death.
		 -- Proverbs 8:36
%
WISDOM hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
		 -- Proverbs 9:1
%
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also
furnished her table.
		 -- Proverbs 9:2
%
She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of
the city,
		 -- Proverbs 9:3
%
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth
understanding, she saith to him,
		 -- Proverbs 9:4
%
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
		 -- Proverbs 9:5
%
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
		 -- Proverbs 9:6
%
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh
a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
		 -- Proverbs 9:7
%
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will
love thee.
		 -- Proverbs 9:8
%
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just
man, and he will increase in learning.
		 -- Proverbs 9:9
%
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of
the holy is understanding.
		 -- Proverbs 9:10
%
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall
be increased.
		 -- Proverbs 9:11
%
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest,
thou alone shalt bear it.
		 -- Proverbs 9:12
%
A foolish woman is clamourous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
		 -- Proverbs 9:13
%
For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places
of the city,
		 -- Proverbs 9:14
%
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
		 -- Proverbs 9:15
%
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth
understanding, she saith to him,
		 -- Proverbs 9:16
%
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
		 -- Proverbs 9:17
%
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in
the depths of hell.
		 -- Proverbs 9:18
%
THE proverbs of Solomon.  A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish
son is the heaviness of his mother.
		 -- Proverbs 10:1
%
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth
from death.
		 -- Proverbs 10:2
%
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he
casteth away the substance of the wicked.
		 -- Proverbs 10:3
%
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the
diligent maketh rich.
		 -- Proverbs 10:4
%
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in
harvest is a son that causeth shame.
		 -- Proverbs 10:5
%
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth
of the wicked.
		 -- Proverbs 10:6
%
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
		 -- Proverbs 10:7
%
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall
fall.
		 -- Proverbs 10:8
%
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his
ways shall be known.
		 -- Proverbs 10:9
%
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall
fall.
		 -- Proverbs 10:10
%
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth
the mouth of the wicked.
		 -- Proverbs 10:11
%
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
		 -- Proverbs 10:12
%
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod
is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
		 -- Proverbs 10:13
%
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near
destruction.
		 -- Proverbs 10:14
%
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor
is their poverty.
		 -- Proverbs 10:15
%
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked
to sin.
		 -- Proverbs 10:16
%
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth
reproof erreth.
		 -- Proverbs 10:17
%
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander,
is a fool.
		 -- Proverbs 10:18
%
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth
his lips is wise.
		 -- Proverbs 10:19
%
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is
little worth.
		 -- Proverbs 10:20
%
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
		 -- Proverbs 10:21
%
The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
		 -- Proverbs 10:22
%
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding
hath wisdom.
		 -- Proverbs 10:23
%
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the
righteous shall be granted.
		 -- Proverbs 10:24
%
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous
is an everlasting foundation.
		 -- Proverbs 10:25
%
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard
to them that send him.
		 -- Proverbs 10:26
%
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall
be shortened.
		 -- Proverbs 10:27
%
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the
wicked shall perish.
		 -- Proverbs 10:28
%
The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall
be to the workers of iniquity.
		 -- Proverbs 10:29
%
The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit
the earth.
		 -- Proverbs 10:30
%
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue
shall be cut out.
		 -- Proverbs 10:31
%
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the
wicked speaketh frowardness.
		 -- Proverbs 10:32
%
A FALSE balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his
delight.
		 -- Proverbs 11:1
%
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
		 -- Proverbs 11:2
%
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of
transgressors shall destroy them.
		 -- Proverbs 11:3
%
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth
from death.
		 -- Proverbs 11:4
%
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked
shall fall by his own wickedness.
		 -- Proverbs 11:5
%
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors
shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
		 -- Proverbs 11:6
%
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of
unjust men perisheth.
		 -- Proverbs 11:7
%
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in
his stead.
		 -- Proverbs 11:8
%
An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through
knowledge shall the just be delivered.
		 -- Proverbs 11:9
%
When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the
wicked perish, there is shouting.
		 -- Proverbs 11:10
%
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown
by the mouth of the wicked.
		 -- Proverbs 11:11
%
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of
understanding holdeth his peace.
		 -- Proverbs 11:12
%
A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit
concealeth the matter.
		 -- Proverbs 11:13
%
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors
there is safety.
		 -- Proverbs 11:14
%
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth
suretiship is sure.
		 -- Proverbs 11:15
%
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
		 -- Proverbs 11:16
%
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel
troubleth his own flesh.
		 -- Proverbs 11:17
%
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness
shall be a sure reward.
		 -- Proverbs 11:18
%
As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it
to his own death.
		 -- Proverbs 11:19
%
They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such
as are upright in their way are his delight.
		 -- Proverbs 11:20
%
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the
seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
		 -- Proverbs 11:21
%
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is
without discretion.
		 -- Proverbs 11:22
%
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the
wicked is wrath.
		 -- Proverbs 11:23
%
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that
withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
		 -- Proverbs 11:24
%
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered
also himself.
		 -- Proverbs 11:25
%
He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall
be upon the head of him that selleth it.
		 -- Proverbs 11:26
%
He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh
mischief, it shall come unto him.
		 -- Proverbs 11:27
%
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall
flourish as a branch.
		 -- Proverbs 11:28
%
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool
shall be servant to the wise of heart.
		 -- Proverbs 11:29
%
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls
is wise.
		 -- Proverbs 11:30
%
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the
wicked and the sinner.
		 -- Proverbs 11:31
%
WHOSO loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof
is brutish.
		 -- Proverbs 12:1
%
A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices
will he condemn.
		 -- Proverbs 12:2
%
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the
righteous shall not be moved.
		 -- Proverbs 12:3
%
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed
is as rottenness in his bones.
		 -- Proverbs 12:4
%
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked
are deceit.
		 -- Proverbs 12:5
%
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of
the upright shall deliver them.
		 -- Proverbs 12:6
%
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous
shall stand.
		 -- Proverbs 12:7
%
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a
perverse heart shall be despised.
		 -- Proverbs 12:8
%
He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth
himself, and lacketh bread.
		 -- Proverbs 12:9
%
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies
of the wicked are cruel.
		 -- Proverbs 12:10
%
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that
followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
		 -- Proverbs 12:11
%
The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous
yieldeth fruit.
		 -- Proverbs 12:12
%
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just
shall come out of trouble.
		 -- Proverbs 12:13
%
A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the
recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
		 -- Proverbs 12:14
%
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto
counsel is wise.
		 -- Proverbs 12:15
%
A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
		 -- Proverbs 12:16
%
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness
deceit.
		 -- Proverbs 12:17
%
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of
the wise is health.
		 -- Proverbs 12:18
%
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is
but for a moment.
		 -- Proverbs 12:19
%
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors
of peace is joy.
		 -- Proverbs 12:20
%
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled
with mischief.
		 -- Proverbs 12:21
%
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are
his delight.
		 -- Proverbs 12:22
%
A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth
foolishness.
		 -- Proverbs 12:23
%
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be
under tribute.
		 -- Proverbs 12:24
%
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh
it glad.
		 -- Proverbs 12:25
%
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the
wicked seduceth them.
		 -- Proverbs 12:26
%
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the
substance of a diligent man is precious.
		 -- Proverbs 12:27
%
In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there
is no death.
		 -- Proverbs 12:28
%
A WISE son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth
not rebuke.
		 -- Proverbs 13:1
%
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the
transgressors shall eat violence.
		 -- Proverbs 13:2
%
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide
his lips shall have destruction.
		 -- Proverbs 13:3
%
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of
the diligent shall be made fat.
		 -- Proverbs 13:4
%
A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh
to shame.
		 -- Proverbs 13:5
%
Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness
overthroweth the sinner.
		 -- Proverbs 13:6
%
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh
himself poor, yet hath great riches.
		 -- Proverbs 13:7
%
The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not
rebuke.
		 -- Proverbs 13:8
%
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall
be put out.
		 -- Proverbs 13:9
%
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
		 -- Proverbs 13:10
%
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by
labour shall increase.
		 -- Proverbs 13:11
%
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is
a tree of life.
		 -- Proverbs 13:12
%
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the
commandment shall be rewarded.
		 -- Proverbs 13:13
%
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares
of death.
		 -- Proverbs 13:14
%
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
		 -- Proverbs 13:15
%
Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his
folly.
		 -- Proverbs 13:16
%
A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador
is health.
		 -- Proverbs 13:17
%
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that
regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
		 -- Proverbs 13:18
%
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to
fools to depart from evil.
		 -- Proverbs 13:19
%
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools
shall be destroyed.
		 -- Proverbs 13:20
%
Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
		 -- Proverbs 13:21
%
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the
wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
		 -- Proverbs 13:22
%
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed
for want of judgment.
		 -- Proverbs 13:23
%
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth
him betimes.
		 -- Proverbs 13:24
%
The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of
the wicked shall want.
		 -- Proverbs 13:25
%
EVERY wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down
with her hands.
		 -- Proverbs 14:1
%
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is
perverse in his ways despiseth him.
		 -- Proverbs 14:2
%
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise
shall preserve them.
		 -- Proverbs 14:3
%
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength
of the ox.
		 -- Proverbs 14:4
%
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
		 -- Proverbs 14:5
%
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto
him that understandeth.
		 -- Proverbs 14:6
%
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him
the lips of knowledge.
		 -- Proverbs 14:7
%
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of
fools is deceit.
		 -- Proverbs 14:8
%
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
		 -- Proverbs 14:9
%
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle
with his joy.
		 -- Proverbs 14:10
%
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the
upright shall flourish.
		 -- Proverbs 14:11
%
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are
the ways of death.
		 -- Proverbs 14:12
%
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth
is heaviness.
		 -- Proverbs 14:13
%
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good
man shall be satisfied from himself.
		 -- Proverbs 14:14
%
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to
his going.
		 -- Proverbs 14:15
%
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and
is confident.
		 -- Proverbs 14:16
%
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices
is hated.
		 -- Proverbs 14:17
%
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
		 -- Proverbs 14:18
%
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the
righteous.
		 -- Proverbs 14:19
%
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many
friends.
		 -- Proverbs 14:20
%
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the
poor, happy is he.
		 -- Proverbs 14:21
%
Do they not err that devise evil?  but mercy and truth shall be to them
that devise good.
		 -- Proverbs 14:22
%
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only
to penury.
		 -- Proverbs 14:23
%
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools
is folly.
		 -- Proverbs 14:24
%
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
		 -- Proverbs 14:25
%
In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall
have a place of refuge.
		 -- Proverbs 14:26
%
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares
of death.
		 -- Proverbs 14:27
%
In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of
people is the destruction of the prince.
		 -- Proverbs 14:28
%
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty
of spirit exalteth folly.
		 -- Proverbs 14:29
%
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of
the bones.
		 -- Proverbs 14:30
%
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth
him hath mercy on the poor.
		 -- Proverbs 14:31
%
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope
in his death.
		 -- Proverbs 14:32
%
Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that
which is in the midst of fools is made known.
		 -- Proverbs 14:33
%
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
		 -- Proverbs 14:34
%
The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against
him that causeth shame.
		 -- Proverbs 14:35
%
A SOFT answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
		 -- Proverbs 15:1
%
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools
poureth out foolishness.
		 -- Proverbs 15:2
%
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
		 -- Proverbs 15:3
%
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a
breach in the spirit.
		 -- Proverbs 15:4
%
A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof
is prudent.
		 -- Proverbs 15:5
%
In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of
the wicked is trouble.
		 -- Proverbs 15:6
%
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish
doeth not so.
		 -- Proverbs 15:7
%
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer
of the upright is his delight.
		 -- Proverbs 15:8
%
The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth
him that followeth after righteousness.
		 -- Proverbs 15:9
%
Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that
hateth reproof shall die.
		 -- Proverbs 15:10
%
Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts
of the children of men?
		 -- Proverbs 15:11
%
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto
the wise.
		 -- Proverbs 15:12
%
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart
the spirit is broken.
		 -- Proverbs 15:13
%
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the
mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
		 -- Proverbs 15:14
%
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart
hath a continual feast.
		 -- Proverbs 15:15
%
Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and
trouble therewith.
		 -- Proverbs 15:16
%
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred
therewith.
		 -- Proverbs 15:17
%
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth
strife.
		 -- Proverbs 15:18
%
The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of
the righteous is made plain.
		 -- Proverbs 15:19
%
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
		 -- Proverbs 15:20
%
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of
understanding walketh uprightly.
		 -- Proverbs 15:21
%
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of
counsellors they are established.
		 -- Proverbs 15:22
%
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due
season, how good is it!
		 -- Proverbs 15:23
%
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell
beneath.
		 -- Proverbs 15:24
%
The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the
border of the widow.
		 -- Proverbs 15:25
%
The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words
of the pure are pleasant words.
		 -- Proverbs 15:26
%
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth
gifts shall live.
		 -- Proverbs 15:27
%
The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the
wicked poureth out evil things.
		 -- Proverbs 15:28
%
The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the
righteous.
		 -- Proverbs 15:29
%
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the
bones fat.
		 -- Proverbs 15:30
%
The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
		 -- Proverbs 15:31
%
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth
reproof getteth understanding.
		 -- Proverbs 15:32
%
The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour
is humility.
		 -- Proverbs 15:33
%
THE preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue,
is from the LORD.
		 -- Proverbs 16:1
%
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth
the spirits.
		 -- Proverbs 16:2
%
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
		 -- Proverbs 16:3
%
The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the
day of evil.
		 -- Proverbs 16:4
%
Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though
hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
		 -- Proverbs 16:5
%
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men
depart from evil.
		 -- Proverbs 16:6
%
When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at
peace with him.
		 -- Proverbs 16:7
%
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
		 -- Proverbs 16:8
%
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
		 -- Proverbs 16:9
%
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth
not in judgment.
		 -- Proverbs 16:10
%
A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of the bag
are his work.
		 -- Proverbs 16:11
%
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is
established by righteousness.
		 -- Proverbs 16:12
%
Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh
right.
		 -- Proverbs 16:13
%
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will
pacify it.
		 -- Proverbs 16:14
%
In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a
cloud of the latter rain.
		 -- Proverbs 16:15
%
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold!	and to get understanding
rather to be chosen than silver!
		 -- Proverbs 16:16
%
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his
way preserveth his soul.
		 -- Proverbs 16:17
%
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
		 -- Proverbs 16:18
%
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide
the spoil with the proud.
		 -- Proverbs 16:19
%
He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in
the LORD, happy is he.
		 -- Proverbs 16:20
%
The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips
increaseth learning.
		 -- Proverbs 16:21
%
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the
instruction of fools is folly.
		 -- Proverbs 16:22
%
The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
		 -- Proverbs 16:23
%
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to
the bones.
		 -- Proverbs 16:24
%
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are
the ways of death.
		 -- Proverbs 16:25
%
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
		 -- Proverbs 16:26
%
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning
fire.
		 -- Proverbs 16:27
%
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
		 -- Proverbs 16:28
%
A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that
is not good.
		 -- Proverbs 16:29
%
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth
evil to pass.
		 -- Proverbs 16:30
%
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of
righteousness.
		 -- Proverbs 16:31
%
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth
his spirit than he that taketh a city.
		 -- Proverbs 16:32
%
The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of
the LORD.
		 -- Proverbs 16:33
%
BETTER is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of
sacrifices with strife.
		 -- Proverbs 17:1
%
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall
have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
		 -- Proverbs 17:2
%
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD
trieth the hearts.
		 -- Proverbs 17:3
%
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a
naughty tongue.
		 -- Proverbs 17:4
%
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at
calamities shall not be unpunished.
		 -- Proverbs 17:5
%
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children
are their fathers.
		 -- Proverbs 17:6
%
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
		 -- Proverbs 17:7
%
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it:
whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
		 -- Proverbs 17:8
%
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a
matter separateth very friends.
		 -- Proverbs 17:9
%
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into
a fool.
		 -- Proverbs 17:10
%
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall
be sent against him.
		 -- Proverbs 17:11
%
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in
his folly.
		 -- Proverbs 17:12
%
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
		 -- Proverbs 17:13
%
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore
leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
		 -- Proverbs 17:14
%
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even
they both are abomination to the LORD.
		 -- Proverbs 17:15
%
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing
he hath no heart to it?
		 -- Proverbs 17:16
%
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
		 -- Proverbs 17:17
%
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the
presence of his friend.
		 -- Proverbs 17:18
%
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his
gate seeketh destruction.
		 -- Proverbs 17:19
%
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse
tongue falleth into mischief.
		 -- Proverbs 17:20
%
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a
fool hath no joy.
		 -- Proverbs 17:21
%
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth
the bones.
		 -- Proverbs 17:22
%
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of
judgment.
		 -- Proverbs 17:23
%
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool
are in the ends of the earth.
		 -- Proverbs 17:24
%
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that
bare him.
		 -- Proverbs 17:25
%
Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
		 -- Proverbs 17:26
%
He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is
of an excellent spirit.
		 -- Proverbs 17:27
%
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that
shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
		 -- Proverbs 17:28
%
THROUGH desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth
with all wisdom.
		 -- Proverbs 18:1
%
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover
itself.
		 -- Proverbs 18:2
%
When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy
reproach.
		 -- Proverbs 18:3
%
The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of
wisdom as a flowing brook.
		 -- Proverbs 18:4
%
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the
righteous in judgment.
		 -- Proverbs 18:5
%
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
		 -- Proverbs 18:6
%
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
		 -- Proverbs 18:7
%
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the
innermost parts of the belly.
		 -- Proverbs 18:8
%
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great
waster.
		 -- Proverbs 18:9
%
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it,
and is safe.
		 -- Proverbs 18:10
%
The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his
own conceit.
		 -- Proverbs 18:11
%
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is
humility.
		 -- Proverbs 18:12
%
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame
unto him.
		 -- Proverbs 18:13
%
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit
who can bear?
		 -- Proverbs 18:14
%
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise
seeketh knowledge.
		 -- Proverbs 18:15
%
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
		 -- Proverbs 18:16
%
He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh
and searcheth him.
		 -- Proverbs 18:17
%
The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
		 -- Proverbs 18:18
%
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their
contentions are like the bars of a castle.
		 -- Proverbs 18:19
%
A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with
the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
		 -- Proverbs 18:20
%
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it
shall eat the fruit thereof.
		 -- Proverbs 18:21
%
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of
the LORD.
		 -- Proverbs 18:22
%
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
		 -- Proverbs 18:23
%
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend
that sticketh closer than a brother.
		 -- Proverbs 18:24
%
BETTER is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse
in his lips, and is a fool.
		 -- Proverbs 19:1
%
Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that
hasteth with his feet sinneth.
		 -- Proverbs 19:2
%
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against
the LORD.
		 -- Proverbs 19:3
%
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
		 -- Proverbs 19:4
%
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall
not escape.
		 -- Proverbs 19:5
%
Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend
to him that giveth gifts.
		 -- Proverbs 19:6
%
All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go
far from him?  he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
		 -- Proverbs 19:7
%
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding
shall find good.
		 -- Proverbs 19:8
%
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies
shall perish.
		 -- Proverbs 19:9
%
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule
over princes.
		 -- Proverbs 19:10
%
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass
over a transgression.
		 -- Proverbs 19:11
%
The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew
upon the grass.
		 -- Proverbs 19:12
%
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a
wife are a continual dropping.
		 -- Proverbs 19:13
%
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is
from the LORD.
		 -- Proverbs 19:14
%
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer
hunger.
		 -- Proverbs 19:15
%
He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that
despiseth his ways shall die.
		 -- Proverbs 19:16
%
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which
he hath given will he pay him again.
		 -- Proverbs 19:17
%
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for
his crying.
		 -- Proverbs 19:18
%
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him,
yet thou must do it again.
		 -- Proverbs 19:19
%
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy
latter end.
		 -- Proverbs 19:20
%
There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of
the LORD, that shall stand.
		 -- Proverbs 19:21
%
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
		 -- Proverbs 19:22
%
The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide
satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
		 -- Proverbs 19:23
%
A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as
bring it to his mouth again.
		 -- Proverbs 19:24
%
Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath
understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
		 -- Proverbs 19:25
%
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that
causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
		 -- Proverbs 19:26
%
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the
words of knowledge.
		 -- Proverbs 19:27
%
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked
devoureth iniquity.
		 -- Proverbs 19:28
%
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
		 -- Proverbs 19:29
%
WINE is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived
thereby is not wise.
		 -- Proverbs 20:1
%
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to
anger sinneth against his own soul.
		 -- Proverbs 20:2
%
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will
be meddling.
		 -- Proverbs 20:3
%
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he
beg in harvest, and have nothing.
		 -- Proverbs 20:4
%
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding
will draw it out.
		 -- Proverbs 20:5
%
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man
who can find?
		 -- Proverbs 20:6
%
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
		 -- Proverbs 20:7
%
A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil
with his eyes.
		 -- Proverbs 20:8
%
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
		 -- Proverbs 20:9
%
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination
to the LORD.
		 -- Proverbs 20:10
%
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and
whether it be right.
		 -- Proverbs 20:11
%
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
		 -- Proverbs 20:12
%
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou
shalt be satisfied with bread.
		 -- Proverbs 20:13
%
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way,
then he boasteth.
		 -- Proverbs 20:14
%
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are
a precious jewel.
		 -- Proverbs 20:15
%
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of
him for a strange woman.
		 -- Proverbs 20:16
%
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be
filled with gravel.
		 -- Proverbs 20:17
%
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
		 -- Proverbs 20:18
%
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle
not with him that flattereth with his lips.
		 -- Proverbs 20:19
%
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in
obscure darkness.
		 -- Proverbs 20:20
%
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end
thereof shall not be blessed.
		 -- Proverbs 20:21
%
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall
save thee.
		 -- Proverbs 20:22
%
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is
not good.
		 -- Proverbs 20:23
%
Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
		 -- Proverbs 20:24
%
It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after
vows to make inquiry.
		 -- Proverbs 20:25
%
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
		 -- Proverbs 20:26
%
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward
parts of the belly.
		 -- Proverbs 20:27
%
Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
		 -- Proverbs 20:28
%
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is
the gray head.
		 -- Proverbs 20:29
%
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward
parts of the belly.
		 -- Proverbs 20:30
%
THE king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water:
he turneth it whithersoever he will.
		 -- Proverbs 21:1
%
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth
the hearts.
		 -- Proverbs 21:2
%
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
		 -- Proverbs 21:3
%
An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
		 -- Proverbs 21:4
%
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every
one that is hasty only to want.
		 -- Proverbs 21:5
%
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and
fro of them that seek death.
		 -- Proverbs 21:6
%
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to
do judgment.
		 -- Proverbs 21:7
%
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work
is right.
		 -- Proverbs 21:8
%
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling
woman in a wide house.
		 -- Proverbs 21:9
%
The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour
in his eyes.
		 -- Proverbs 21:10
%
When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise
is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
		 -- Proverbs 21:11
%
The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God
overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
		 -- Proverbs 21:12
%
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself,
but shall not be heard.
		 -- Proverbs 21:13
%
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
		 -- Proverbs 21:14
%
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the
workers of iniquity.
		 -- Proverbs 21:15
%
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in
the congregation of the dead.
		 -- Proverbs 21:16
%
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and
oil shall not be rich.
		 -- Proverbs 21:17
%
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor
for the upright.
		 -- Proverbs 21:18
%
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an
angry woman.
		 -- Proverbs 21:19
%
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise;
but a foolish man spendeth it up.
		 -- Proverbs 21:20
%
He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life,
righteousness, and honour.
		 -- Proverbs 21:21
%
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength
of the confidence thereof.
		 -- Proverbs 21:22
%
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
		 -- Proverbs 21:23
%
Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
		 -- Proverbs 21:24
%
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
		 -- Proverbs 21:25
%
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and
spareth not.
		 -- Proverbs 21:26
%
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he
bringeth it with a wicked mind?
		 -- Proverbs 21:27
%
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh
constantly.
		 -- Proverbs 21:28
%
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth
his way.
		 -- Proverbs 21:29
%
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
		 -- Proverbs 21:30
%
The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of
the LORD.
		 -- Proverbs 21:31
%
A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour
rather than silver and gold.
		 -- Proverbs 22:1
%
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
		 -- Proverbs 22:2
%
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple
pass on, and are punished.
		 -- Proverbs 22:3
%
By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
		 -- Proverbs 22:4
%
Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his
soul shall be far from them.
		 -- Proverbs 22:5
%
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will
not depart from it.
		 -- Proverbs 22:6
%
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
		 -- Proverbs 22:7
%
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger
shall fail.
		 -- Proverbs 22:8
%
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his
bread to the poor.
		 -- Proverbs 22:9
%
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and
reproach shall cease.
		 -- Proverbs 22:10
%
He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king
shall be his friend.
		 -- Proverbs 22:11
%
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words
of the transgressor.
		 -- Proverbs 22:12
%
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in
the streets.
		 -- Proverbs 22:13
%
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the
LORD shall fall therein.
		 -- Proverbs 22:14
%
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction
shall drive it far from him.
		 -- Proverbs 22:15
%
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth
to the rich, shall surely come to want.
		 -- Proverbs 22:16
%
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine
heart unto my knowledge.
		 -- Proverbs 22:17
%
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall
withal be fitted in thy lips.
		 -- Proverbs 22:18
%
That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day,
even to thee.
		 -- Proverbs 22:19
%
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
		 -- Proverbs 22:20
%
That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that
thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
		 -- Proverbs 22:21
%
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in
the gate:
		 -- Proverbs 22:22
%
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that
spoiled them.
		 -- Proverbs 22:23
%
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt
not go:
		 -- Proverbs 22:24
%
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
		 -- Proverbs 22:25
%
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties
for debts.
		 -- Proverbs 22:26
%
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from
under thee?
		 -- Proverbs 22:27
%
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
		 -- Proverbs 22:28
%
Seest thou a man diligent in his business?  he shall stand before kings;
he shall not stand before mean men.
		 -- Proverbs 22:29
%
WHEN thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is
before thee:
		 -- Proverbs 23:1
%
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
		 -- Proverbs 23:2
%
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
		 -- Proverbs 23:3
%
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
		 -- Proverbs 23:4
%
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not?  for riches certainly
make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
		 -- Proverbs 23:5
%
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou
his dainty meats:
		 -- Proverbs 23:6
%
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to
thee; but his heart is not with thee.
		 -- Proverbs 23:7
%
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy
sweet words.
		 -- Proverbs 23:8
%
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of
thy words.
		 -- Proverbs 23:9
%
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the
fatherless:
		 -- Proverbs 23:10
%
For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
		 -- Proverbs 23:11
%
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of
knowledge.
		 -- Proverbs 23:12
%
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with
the rod, he shall not die.
		 -- Proverbs 23:13
%
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
		 -- Proverbs 23:14
%
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
		 -- Proverbs 23:15
%
Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
		 -- Proverbs 23:16
%
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD
all the day long.
		 -- Proverbs 23:17
%
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
		 -- Proverbs 23:18
%
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
		 -- Proverbs 23:19
%
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
		 -- Proverbs 23:20
%
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness
shall clothe a man with rags.
		 -- Proverbs 23:21
%
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when
she is old.
		 -- Proverbs 23:22
%
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and
understanding.
		 -- Proverbs 23:23
%
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth
a wise child shall have joy of him.
		 -- Proverbs 23:24
%
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall
rejoice.
		 -- Proverbs 23:25
%
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
		 -- Proverbs 23:26
%
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
		 -- Proverbs 23:27
%
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors
among men.
		 -- Proverbs 23:28
%
Who hath woe?  who hath sorrow?  who hath contentions?	who hath babbling?
who hath wounds without cause?	who hath redness of eyes?
		 -- Proverbs 23:29
%
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
		 -- Proverbs 23:30
%
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
		 -- Proverbs 23:31
%
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
		 -- Proverbs 23:32
%
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter
perverse things.
		 -- Proverbs 23:33
%
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as
he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
		 -- Proverbs 23:34
%
They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have
beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake?  I will seek it
yet again.
		 -- Proverbs 23:35
%
BE not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
		 -- Proverbs 24:1
%
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
		 -- Proverbs 24:2
%
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is
established:
		 -- Proverbs 24:3
%
And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and
pleasant riches.
		 -- Proverbs 24:4
%
A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
		 -- Proverbs 24:5
%
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of
counsellors there is safety.
		 -- Proverbs 24:6
%
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
		 -- Proverbs 24:7
%
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
		 -- Proverbs 24:8
%
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination
to men.
		 -- Proverbs 24:9
%
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
		 -- Proverbs 24:10
%
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those
that are ready to be slain;
		 -- Proverbs 24:11
%
If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the
heart consider it?  and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it?
and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
		 -- Proverbs 24:12
%
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is
sweet to thy taste:
		 -- Proverbs 24:13
%
So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found
it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be
cut off.
		 -- Proverbs 24:14
%
Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;
spoil not his resting place:
		 -- Proverbs 24:15
%
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked
shall fall into mischief.
		 -- Proverbs 24:16
%
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad
when he stumbleth:
		 -- Proverbs 24:17
%
Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath
from him.
		 -- Proverbs 24:18
%
Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the
wicked;
		 -- Proverbs 24:19
%
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked
shall be put out.
		 -- Proverbs 24:20
%
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that
are given to change:
		 -- Proverbs 24:21
%
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of
them both?
		 -- Proverbs 24:22
%
These things also belong to the wise.  It is not good to have respect
of persons in judgment.
		 -- Proverbs 24:23
%
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people
curse, nations shall abhor him:
		 -- Proverbs 24:24
%
But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall
come upon them.
		 -- Proverbs 24:25
%
Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.
		 -- Proverbs 24:26
%
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field;
and afterwards build thine house.
		 -- Proverbs 24:27
%
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not
with thy lips.
		 -- Proverbs 24:28
%
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to
the man according to his work.
		 -- Proverbs 24:29
%
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void
of understanding;
		 -- Proverbs 24:30
%
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the
face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
		 -- Proverbs 24:31
%
Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received
instruction.
		 -- Proverbs 24:32
%
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands
to sleep:
		 -- Proverbs 24:33
%
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an
armed man.
		 -- Proverbs 24:34
%
THESE are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of
Judah copied out.
		 -- Proverbs 25:1
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It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is
to search out a matter.
		 -- Proverbs 25:2
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The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings
is unsearchable.
		 -- Proverbs 25:3
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Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel
for the finer.
		 -- Proverbs 25:4
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Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be
established in righteousness.
		 -- Proverbs 25:5
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Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the
place of great men:
		 -- Proverbs 25:6
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For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that
thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine
eyes have seen.
		 -- Proverbs 25:7
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Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the
end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
		 -- Proverbs 25:8
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Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret
to another:
		 -- Proverbs 25:9
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Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
		 -- Proverbs 25:10
%
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
		 -- Proverbs 25:11
%
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover
upon an obedient ear.
		 -- Proverbs 25:12
%
As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger
to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
		 -- Proverbs 25:13
%
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without
rain.
		 -- Proverbs 25:14
%
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh
the bone.
		 -- Proverbs 25:15
%
Hast thou found honey?	eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou
be filled therewith, and vomit it.
		 -- Proverbs 25:16
%
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee,
and so hate thee.
		 -- Proverbs 25:17
%
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and
a sword, and a sharp arrow.
		 -- Proverbs 25:18
%
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth,
and a foot out of joint.
		 -- Proverbs 25:19
%
As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon
nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
		 -- Proverbs 25:20
%
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty,
give him water to drink:
		 -- Proverbs 25:21
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For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall
reward thee.
		 -- Proverbs 25:22
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The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a
backbiting tongue.
		 -- Proverbs 25:23
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It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling
woman and in a wide house.
		 -- Proverbs 25:24
%
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
		 -- Proverbs 25:25
%
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain,
and a corrupt spring.
		 -- Proverbs 25:26
%
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory
is not glory.
		 -- Proverbs 25:27
%
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken
down, and without walls.
		 -- Proverbs 25:28
%
AS snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for
a fool.
		 -- Proverbs 26:1
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As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless
shall not come.
		 -- Proverbs 26:2
%
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
		 -- Proverbs 26:3
%
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
		 -- Proverbs 26:4
%
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
		 -- Proverbs 26:5
%
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet,
and drinketh damage.
		 -- Proverbs 26:6
%
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
		 -- Proverbs 26:7
%
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to
a fool.
		 -- Proverbs 26:8
%
As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the
mouth of fools.
		 -- Proverbs 26:9
%
The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and
rewardeth transgressors.
		 -- Proverbs 26:10
%
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
		 -- Proverbs 26:11
%
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?  there is more hope of a fool
than of him.
		 -- Proverbs 26:12
%
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the
streets.
		 -- Proverbs 26:13
%
As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
		 -- Proverbs 26:14
%
The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it
again to his mouth.
		 -- Proverbs 26:15
%
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render
a reason.
		 -- Proverbs 26:16
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He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him,
is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
		 -- Proverbs 26:17
%
As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
		 -- Proverbs 26:18
%
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
		 -- Proverbs 26:19
%
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no
talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
		 -- Proverbs 26:20
%
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious
man to kindle strife.
		 -- Proverbs 26:21
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The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the
innermost parts of the belly.
		 -- Proverbs 26:22
%
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver
dross.
		 -- Proverbs 26:23
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He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
		 -- Proverbs 26:24
%
When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations
in his heart.
		 -- Proverbs 26:25
%
Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before
the whole congregation.
		 -- Proverbs 26:26
%
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone,
it will return upon him.
		 -- Proverbs 26:27
%
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering
mouth worketh ruin.
		 -- Proverbs 26:28
%
BOAST not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may
bring forth.
		 -- Proverbs 27:1
%
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and
not thine own lips.
		 -- Proverbs 27:2
%
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier
than them both.
		 -- Proverbs 27:3
%
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand
before envy?
		 -- Proverbs 27:4
%
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
		 -- Proverbs 27:5
%
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are
deceitful.
		 -- Proverbs 27:6
%
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter
thing is sweet.
		 -- Proverbs 27:7
%
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from
his place.
		 -- Proverbs 27:8
%
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's
friend by hearty counsel.
		 -- Proverbs 27:9
%
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into
thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour
that is near than a brother far off.
		 -- Proverbs 27:10
%
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that
reproacheth me.
		 -- Proverbs 27:11
%
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple
pass on, and are punished.
		 -- Proverbs 27:12
%
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of
him for a strange woman.
		 -- Proverbs 27:13
%
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the
morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
		 -- Proverbs 27:14
%
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are
alike.
		 -- Proverbs 27:15
%
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand,
which bewrayeth itself.
		 -- Proverbs 27:16
%
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
		 -- Proverbs 27:17
%
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that
waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
		 -- Proverbs 27:18
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As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
		 -- Proverbs 27:19
%
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never
satisfied.
		 -- Proverbs 27:20
%
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to
his praise.
		 -- Proverbs 27:21
%
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle,
yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
		 -- Proverbs 27:22
%
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to
thy herds.
		 -- Proverbs 27:23
%
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every
generation?
		 -- Proverbs 27:24
%
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of
the mountains are gathered.
		 -- Proverbs 27:25
%
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
		 -- Proverbs 27:26
%
And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of
thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
		 -- Proverbs 27:27
%
THE wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as
a lion.
		 -- Proverbs 28:1
%
For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a
man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
		 -- Proverbs 28:2
%
A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth
no food.
		 -- Proverbs 28:3
%
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law
contend with them.
		 -- Proverbs 28:4
%
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand
all things.
		 -- Proverbs 28:5
%
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is
perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
		 -- Proverbs 28:6
%
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of
riotous men shameth his father.
		 -- Proverbs 28:7
%
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall
gather it for him that will pity the poor.
		 -- Proverbs 28:8
%
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall
be abomination.
		 -- Proverbs 28:9
%
Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall
himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in
possession.
		 -- Proverbs 28:10
%
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath
understanding searcheth him out.
		 -- Proverbs 28:11
%
When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked
rise, a man is hidden.
		 -- Proverbs 28:12
%
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and
forsaketh them shall have mercy.
		 -- Proverbs 28:13
%
Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart
shall fall into mischief.
		 -- Proverbs 28:14
%
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the
poor people.
		 -- Proverbs 28:15
%
The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he
that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
		 -- Proverbs 28:16
%
A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the
pit; let no man stay him.
		 -- Proverbs 28:17
%
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his
ways shall fall at once.
		 -- Proverbs 28:18
%
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth
after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
		 -- Proverbs 28:19
%
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to
be rich shall not be innocent.
		 -- Proverbs 28:20
%
To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that
man will transgress.
		 -- Proverbs 28:21
%
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that
poverty shall come upon him.
		 -- Proverbs 28:22
%
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that
flattereth with the tongue.
		 -- Proverbs 28:23
%
Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression;
the same is the companion of a destroyer.
		 -- Proverbs 28:24
%
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his
trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
		 -- Proverbs 28:25
%
He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely,
he shall be delivered.
		 -- Proverbs 28:26
%
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes
shall have many a curse.
		 -- Proverbs 28:27
%
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the
righteous increase.
		 -- Proverbs 28:28
%
HE, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be
destroyed, and that without remedy.
		 -- Proverbs 29:1
%
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the
wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
		 -- Proverbs 29:2
%
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company
with harlots spendeth his substance.
		 -- Proverbs 29:3
%
The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts
overthroweth it.
		 -- Proverbs 29:4
%
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
		 -- Proverbs 29:5
%
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous
doth sing and rejoice.
		 -- Proverbs 29:6
%
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth
not to know it.
		 -- Proverbs 29:7
%
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
		 -- Proverbs 29:8
%
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh,
there is no rest.
		 -- Proverbs 29:9
%
The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
		 -- Proverbs 29:10
%
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
		 -- Proverbs 29:11
%
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
		 -- Proverbs 29:12
%
The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both
their eyes.
		 -- Proverbs 29:13
%
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established
for ever.
		 -- Proverbs 29:14
%
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth
his mother to shame.
		 -- Proverbs 29:15
%
When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the
righteous shall see their fall.
		 -- Proverbs 29:16
%
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight
unto thy soul.
		 -- Proverbs 29:17
%
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law,
happy is he.
		 -- Proverbs 29:18
%
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he
will not answer.
		 -- Proverbs 29:19
%
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words?  there is more hope of a
fool than of him.
		 -- Proverbs 29:20
%
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him
become his son at the length.
		 -- Proverbs 29:21
%
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in
transgression.
		 -- Proverbs 29:22
%
A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble
in spirit.
		 -- Proverbs 29:23
%
Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing,
and bewrayeth it not.
		 -- Proverbs 29:24
%
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the
LORD shall be safe.
		 -- Proverbs 29:25
%
Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from
the LORD.
		 -- Proverbs 29:26
%
An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in
the way is abomination to the wicked.
		 -- Proverbs 29:27
%
THE words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake
unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
		 -- Proverbs 30:1
%
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding
of a man.
		 -- Proverbs 30:2
%
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
		 -- Proverbs 30:3
%
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended?  who hath gathered the
wind in his fists?  who hath bound the waters in a garment?  who hath
established all the ends of the earth?	what is his name, and what is
his son's name, if thou canst tell?
		 -- Proverbs 30:4
%
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust
in him.
		 -- Proverbs 30:5
%
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found
a liar.
		 -- Proverbs 30:6
%
Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
		 -- Proverbs 30:7
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Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with food convenient for me:
		 -- Proverbs 30:8
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Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD?  or lest I be
poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
		 -- Proverbs 30:9
%
Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be
found guilty.
		 -- Proverbs 30:10
%
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless
their mother.
		 -- Proverbs 30:11
%
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not
washed from their filthiness.
		 -- Proverbs 30:12
%
There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes!  and their eyelids
are lifted up.
		 -- Proverbs 30:13
%
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth
as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from
among men.
		 -- Proverbs 30:14
%
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three
things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:
		 -- Proverbs 30:15
%
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water;
and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
		 -- Proverbs 30:16
%
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the
ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
		 -- Proverbs 30:17
%
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which
I know not:
		 -- Proverbs 30:18
%
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the
way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
		 -- Proverbs 30:19
%
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth,
and saith, I have done no wickedness.
		 -- Proverbs 30:20
%
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot
bear:
		 -- Proverbs 30:21
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For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
		 -- Proverbs 30:22
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For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir
to her mistress.
		 -- Proverbs 30:23
%
There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are
exceeding wise:
		 -- Proverbs 30:24
%
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the
summer;
		 -- Proverbs 30:25
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The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
		 -- Proverbs 30:26
%
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
		 -- Proverbs 30:27
%
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
		 -- Proverbs 30:28
%
There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
		 -- Proverbs 30:29
%
A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
		 -- Proverbs 30:30
%
A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no
rising up.
		 -- Proverbs 30:31
%
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast
thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
		 -- Proverbs 30:32
%
Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the
nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
		 -- Proverbs 30:33
%
THE words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
		 -- Proverbs 31:1
%
What, my son?  and what, the son of my womb?  and what, the son of
my vows?
		 -- Proverbs 31:2
%
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth
kings.
		 -- Proverbs 31:3
%
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor
for princes strong drink:
		 -- Proverbs 31:4
%
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of
the afflicted.
		 -- Proverbs 31:5
%
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those
that be of heavy hearts.
		 -- Proverbs 31:6
%
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
		 -- Proverbs 31:7
%
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed
to destruction.
		 -- Proverbs 31:8
%
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor
and needy.
		 -- Proverbs 31:9
%
Who can find a virtuous woman?	for her price is far above rubies.
		 -- Proverbs 31:10
%
The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have
no need of spoil.
		 -- Proverbs 31:11
%
She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
		 -- Proverbs 31:12
%
She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
		 -- Proverbs 31:13
%
She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
		 -- Proverbs 31:14
%
She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household,
and a portion to her maidens.
		 -- Proverbs 31:15
%
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she
planteth a vineyard.
		 -- Proverbs 31:16
%
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
		 -- Proverbs 31:17
%
She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out
by night.
		 -- Proverbs 31:18
%
She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
		 -- Proverbs 31:19
%
She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her
hands to the needy.
		 -- Proverbs 31:20
%
She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household
are clothed with scarlet.
		 -- Proverbs 31:21
%
She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
		 -- Proverbs 31:22
%
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of
the land.
		 -- Proverbs 31:23
%
She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto
the merchant.
		 -- Proverbs 31:24
%
Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time
to come.
		 -- Proverbs 31:25
%
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of
kindness.
		 -- Proverbs 31:26
%
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread
of idleness.
		 -- Proverbs 31:27
%
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he
praiseth her.
		 -- Proverbs 31:28
%
Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
		 -- Proverbs 31:29
%
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the
LORD, she shall be praised.
		 -- Proverbs 31:30
%
Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in
the gates.
		 -- Proverbs 31:31
%
THE words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 1:1
%
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 1:2
%
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
		 -- Ecclesiastes 1:3
%
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the
earth abideth for ever.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 1:4
%
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place
where he arose.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 1:5
%
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it
whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to
his circuits.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 1:6
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All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place
from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 1:7
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All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not
satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 1:8
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The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is
done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 1:9
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Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new?  it hath
been already of old time, which was before us.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 1:10
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There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any
remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 1:11
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I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 1:12
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And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all
things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to
the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 1:13
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I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold,
all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 1:14
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That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting
cannot be numbered.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 1:15
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I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate,
and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in
Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 1:16
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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly:
I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 1:17
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For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge
increaseth sorrow.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 1:18
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I SAID in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore
enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:1
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I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:2
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I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine
heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was
that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven
all the days of their life.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:3
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I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:4
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I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind
of fruits:
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:5
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I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth
forth trees:
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:6
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I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also
I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were
in Jerusalem before me:
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:7
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I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and
of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights
of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:8
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So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in
Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:9
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And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not
my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this
was my portion of all my labour.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:10
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Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the
labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation
of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:11
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And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what
can the man do that cometh after the king?  even that which hath been
already done.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:12
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Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth
darkness.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:13
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The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness:
and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:14
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Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth
even to me; and why was I then more wise?  Then I said in my heart,
that this also is vanity.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:15
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For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever;
seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten.
And how dieth the wise man?  as the fool.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:16
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Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun
is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:17
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Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I
should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:18
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And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool?  yet shall he
have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have
shewed myself wise under the sun.  This is also vanity.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:19
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Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour
which I took under the sun.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:20
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For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in
equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it
for his portion.  This also is vanity and a great evil.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:21
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For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart,
wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:22
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For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart
taketh not rest in the night.  This is also vanity.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:23
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There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink,
and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour.  This also
I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:24
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For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:25
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For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge,
and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up,
that he may give to him that is good before God.  This also is vanity
and vexation of spirit.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 2:26
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TO every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under
the heaven:
		 -- Ecclesiastes 3:1
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A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to
pluck up that which is planted;
		 -- Ecclesiastes 3:2
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A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to
build up;
		 -- Ecclesiastes 3:3
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A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
		 -- Ecclesiastes 3:4
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A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time
to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
		 -- Ecclesiastes 3:5
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A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast
away;
		 -- Ecclesiastes 3:6
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A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time
to speak;
		 -- Ecclesiastes 3:7
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A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 3:8
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What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
		 -- Ecclesiastes 3:9
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I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be
exercised in it.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 3:10
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He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the
world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God
maketh from the beginning to the end.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 3:11
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I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to
do good in his life.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 3:12
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And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all
his labour, it is the gift of God.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 3:13
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I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can
be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men
should fear before him.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 3:14
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That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been;
and God requireth that which is past.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 3:15
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And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness
was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 3:16
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I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked:
for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 3:17
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I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that
God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves
are beasts.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 3:18
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For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one
thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they
have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast:
for all is vanity.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 3:19
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All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 3:20
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Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the
beast that goeth downward to the earth?
		 -- Ecclesiastes 3:21
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Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should
rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring
him to see what shall be after him?
		 -- Ecclesiastes 3:22
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SO I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under
the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had
no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power;
but they had no comforter.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 4:1
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Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living
which are yet alive.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 4:2
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Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not
seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 4:3
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Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man
is envied of his neighbour.  This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 4:4
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The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 4:5
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Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with
travail and vexation of spirit.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 4:6
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Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 4:7
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There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither
child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his
eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and
bereave my soul of good?  This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 4:8
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Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 4:9
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For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that
is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 4:10
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Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be
warm alone?
		 -- Ecclesiastes 4:11
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And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold
cord is not quickly broken.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 4:12
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Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will
no more be admonished.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 4:13
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For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in
his kingdom becometh poor.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 4:14
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I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second
child that shall stand up in his stead.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 4:15
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There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before
them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him.  Surely this
also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 4:16
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KEEP thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to
hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that
they do evil.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 5:1
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Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any
thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore
let thy words be few.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 5:2
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For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice
is known by multitude of words.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 5:3
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When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no
pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 5:4
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Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow
and not pay.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 5:5
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Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before
the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy
voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
		 -- Ecclesiastes 5:6
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For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers
vanities: but fear thou God.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 5:7
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If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of
judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he
that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 5:8
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Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served
by the field.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 5:9
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He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that
loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 5:10
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When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is
there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
		 -- Ecclesiastes 5:11
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The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much:
but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 5:12
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There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches
kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 5:13
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But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and
there is nothing in his hand.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 5:14
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As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as
he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away
in his hand.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 5:15
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And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall
he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
		 -- Ecclesiastes 5:16
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All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and
wrath with his sickness.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 5:17
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Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and
to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the
sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 5:18
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Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given
him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in
his labour; this is the gift of God.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 5:19
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For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth
him in the joy of his heart.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 5:20
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THERE is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common
among men:
		 -- Ecclesiastes 6:1
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A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he
wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth
him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity,
and it is an evil disease.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 6:2
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If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the
days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also
that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 6:3
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For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name
shall be covered with darkness.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 6:4
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Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more
rest than the other.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 6:5
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Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good:
do not all go to one place?
		 -- Ecclesiastes 6:6
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All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not
filled.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 6:7
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For what hath the wise more than the fool?  what hath the poor, that
knoweth to walk before the living?
		 -- Ecclesiastes 6:8
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Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this
is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 6:9
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That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man:
neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 6:10
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Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
		 -- Ecclesiastes 6:11
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For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his
vain life which he spendeth as a shadow?  for who can tell a man what
shall be after him under the sun?
		 -- Ecclesiastes 6:12
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A GOOD name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than
the day of one's birth.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:1
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It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of
feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to
his heart.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:2
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Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance
the heart is made better.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:3
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The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of
fools is in the house of mirth.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:4
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It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the
song of fools.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:5
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For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the
fool: this also is vanity.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:6
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Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:7
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Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient
in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:8
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Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom
of fools.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:9
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Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than
these?	for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:10
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Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them
that see the sun.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:11
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For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of
knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:12
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Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath
made crooked?
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:13
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In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider:
God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man
should find nothing after him.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:14
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All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man
that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that
prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:15
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Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest
thou destroy thyself?
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:16
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Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou
die before thy time?
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:17
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It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this
withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of
them all.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:18
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Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in
the city.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:19
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For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:20
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Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy
servant curse thee:
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:21
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For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise
hast cursed others.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:22
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All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was
far from me.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:23
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That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:24
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I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom,
and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of
foolishness and madness:
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:25
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And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and
nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her;
but the sinner shall be taken by her.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:26
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Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one,
to find out the account:
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:27
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Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have
I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:28
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Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they
have sought out many inventions.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 7:29
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WHO is as the wise man?  and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing?
a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face
shall be changed.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 8:1
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I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of
the oath of God.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 8:2
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Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he
doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 8:3
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Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him,
What doest thou?
		 -- Ecclesiastes 8:4
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Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's
heart discerneth both time and judgment.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 8:5
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Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery
of man is great upon him.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 8:6
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For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it
shall be?
		 -- Ecclesiastes 8:7
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There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit;
neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in
that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 8:8
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All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done
under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to
his own hurt.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 8:9
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And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of
the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done:
this is also vanity.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 8:10
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Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore
the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 8:11
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Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged,
yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which
fear before him:
		 -- Ecclesiastes 8:12
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But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his
days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 8:13
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There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men,
unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again,
there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the
righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 8:14
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Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun,
than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him
of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 8:15
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When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that
is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night
seeth sleep with his eyes:)
		 -- Ecclesiastes 8:16
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Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work
that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out,
yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know
it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 8:17
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FOR all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that
the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God:
no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 9:1
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All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous,
and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to
him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good,
so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 9:2
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This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there
is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full
of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that
they go to the dead.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 9:3
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For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living
dog is better than a dead lion.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 9:4
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For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing,
neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 9:5
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Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished;
neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done
under the sun.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 9:6
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Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart;
for God now accepteth thy works.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 9:7
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Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 9:8
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Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of
thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy
vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which
thou takest under the sun.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 9:9
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Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is
no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither
thou goest.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 9:10
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I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift,
nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet
riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time
and chance happeneth to them all.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 9:11
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For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an
evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons
of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 9:12
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This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
		 -- Ecclesiastes 9:13
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There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great
king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
		 -- Ecclesiastes 9:14
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Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered
the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 9:15
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Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's
wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 9:16
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The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that
ruleth among fools.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 9:17
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Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 9:18
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DEAD flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking
savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom
and honour.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 10:1
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A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 10:2
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Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth
him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 10:3
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If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place;
for yielding pacifieth great offences.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 10:4
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There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which
proceedeth from the ruler:
		 -- Ecclesiastes 10:5
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Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 10:6
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I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon
the earth.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 10:7
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He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge,
a serpent shall bite him.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 10:8
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Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood
shall be endangered thereby.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 10:9
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If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to
more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 10:10
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Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is
no better.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 10:11
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The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool
will swallow up himself.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 10:12
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The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of
his talk is mischievous madness.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 10:13
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A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what
shall be after him, who can tell him?
		 -- Ecclesiastes 10:14
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The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth
not how to go to the city.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 10:15
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Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in
the morning!
		 -- Ecclesiastes 10:16
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Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy
princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
		 -- Ecclesiastes 10:17
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By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the
hands the house droppeth through.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 10:18
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A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth
all things.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 10:19
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Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in
thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that
which hath wings shall tell the matter.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 10:20
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CAST thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 11:1
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Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what
evil shall be upon the earth.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 11:2
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If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth:
and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place
where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 11:3
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He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the
clouds shall not reap.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 11:4
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As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones
do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not
the works of God who maketh all.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 11:5
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In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine
hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that,
or whether they both shall be alike good.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 11:6
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Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to
behold the sun:
		 -- Ecclesiastes 11:7
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But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him
remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many.	All that cometh
is vanity.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 11:8
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Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the
days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight
of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring
thee into judgment.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 11:9
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Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh:
for childhood and youth are vanity.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 11:10
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REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days
come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure
in them;
		 -- Ecclesiastes 12:1
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While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened,
nor the clouds return after the rain:
		 -- Ecclesiastes 12:2
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In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong
men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few,
and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
		 -- Ecclesiastes 12:3
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And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the
grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all
the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
		 -- Ecclesiastes 12:4
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Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be
in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall
be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home,
and the mourners go about the streets:
		 -- Ecclesiastes 12:5
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Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the
pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 12:6
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Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall
return unto God who gave it.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 12:7
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Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 12:8
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And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people
knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order
many proverbs.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 12:9
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The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was
written was upright, even words of truth.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 12:10
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The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters
of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 12:11
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And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there
is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 12:12
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Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his
commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 12:13
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For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing,
whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
		 -- Ecclesiastes 12:14
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THE song of songs, which is Solomon's.
		 -- Solomon's Song 1:1
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Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better
than wine.
		 -- Solomon's Song 1:2
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Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment
poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
		 -- Solomon's Song 1:3
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Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his
chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love
more than wine: the upright love thee.
		 -- Solomon's Song 1:4
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I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of
Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
		 -- Solomon's Song 1:5
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Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon
me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of
the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
		 -- Solomon's Song 1:6
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Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest
thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside
by the flocks of thy companions?
		 -- Solomon's Song 1:7
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If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the
footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
		 -- Solomon's Song 1:8
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I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's
chariots.
		 -- Solomon's Song 1:9
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Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
		 -- Solomon's Song 1:10
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We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
		 -- Solomon's Song 1:11
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While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the
smell thereof.
		 -- Solomon's Song 1:12
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A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night
betwixt my breasts.
		 -- Solomon's Song 1:13
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My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of
En-gedi.
		 -- Solomon's Song 1:14
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Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves'
eyes.
		 -- Solomon's Song 1:15
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Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
		 -- Solomon's Song 1:16
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The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
		 -- Solomon's Song 1:17
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I AM the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
		 -- Solomon's Song 2:1
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As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
		 -- Solomon's Song 2:2
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As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among
the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit
was sweet to my taste.
		 -- Solomon's Song 2:3
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He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
		 -- Solomon's Song 2:4
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Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
		 -- Solomon's Song 2:5
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His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
		 -- Solomon's Song 2:6
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I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds
of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
		 -- Solomon's Song 2:7
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The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains,
skipping upon the hills.
		 -- Solomon's Song 2:8
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My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind
our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through
the lattice.
		 -- Solomon's Song 2:9
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My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one,
and come away.
		 -- Solomon's Song 2:10
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For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
		 -- Solomon's Song 2:11
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The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come,
and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
		 -- Solomon's Song 2:12
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The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender
grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
		 -- Solomon's Song 2:13
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O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of
the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet
is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
		 -- Solomon's Song 2:14
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Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines
have tender grapes.
		 -- Solomon's Song 2:15
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My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
		 -- Solomon's Song 2:16
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Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and
be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
		 -- Solomon's Song 2:17
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BY night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him,
but I found him not.
		 -- Solomon's Song 3:1
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I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad
ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found
him not.
		 -- Solomon's Song 3:2
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The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye
him whom my soul loveth?
		 -- Solomon's Song 3:3
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It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my
soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought
him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
		 -- Solomon's Song 3:4
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I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds
of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
		 -- Solomon's Song 3:5
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Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
		 -- Solomon's Song 3:6
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Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it,
of the valiant of Israel.
		 -- Solomon's Song 3:7
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They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon
his thigh because of fear in the night.
		 -- Solomon's Song 3:8
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King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
		 -- Solomon's Song 3:9
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He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold,
the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love,
for the daughters of Jerusalem.
		 -- Solomon's Song 3:10
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Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the
crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals,
and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
		 -- Solomon's Song 3:11
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BEHOLD, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves'
eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from
mount Gilead.
		 -- Solomon's Song 4:1
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Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came
up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren
among them.
		 -- Solomon's Song 4:2
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Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy
temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
		 -- Solomon's Song 4:3
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Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon
there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
		 -- Solomon's Song 4:4
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Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among
the lilies.
		 -- Solomon's Song 4:5
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Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the
mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
		 -- Solomon's Song 4:6
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Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
		 -- Solomon's Song 4:7
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Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from
the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions'
dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
		 -- Solomon's Song 4:8
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Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished
my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
		 -- Solomon's Song 4:9
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How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love
than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
		 -- Solomon's Song 4:10
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Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under
thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
		 -- Solomon's Song 4:11
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A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain
sealed.
		 -- Solomon's Song 4:12
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Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire,
with spikenard,
		 -- Solomon's Song 4:13
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Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of
frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
		 -- Solomon's Song 4:14
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A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
		 -- Solomon's Song 4:15
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Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that
the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden,
and eat his pleasant fruits.
		 -- Solomon's Song 4:16
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I AM come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh
with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk
my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly,
O beloved.
		 -- Solomon's Song 5:1
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I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh,
saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my
head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
		 -- Solomon's Song 5:2
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I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet;
how shall I defile them?
		 -- Solomon's Song 5:3
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My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were
moved for him.
		 -- Solomon's Song 5:4
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I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and
my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
		 -- Solomon's Song 5:5
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I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was
gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find
him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
		 -- Solomon's Song 5:6
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The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they
wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
		 -- Solomon's Song 5:7
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I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye
tell him, that I am sick of love.
		 -- Solomon's Song 5:8
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What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among
women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so
charge us?
		 -- Solomon's Song 5:9
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My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
		 -- Solomon's Song 5:10
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His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as
a raven.
		 -- Solomon's Song 5:11
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His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with
milk, and fitly set.
		 -- Solomon's Song 5:12
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His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies,
dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
		 -- Solomon's Song 5:13
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His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright
ivory overlaid with sapphires.
		 -- Solomon's Song 5:14
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His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his
countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
		 -- Solomon's Song 5:15
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His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved,
and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
		 -- Solomon's Song 5:16
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WHITHER is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy
beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.
		 -- Solomon's Song 6:1
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My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed
in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
		 -- Solomon's Song 6:2
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I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
		 -- Solomon's Song 6:3
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Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible
as an army with banners.
		 -- Solomon's Song 6:4
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Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as
a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
		 -- Solomon's Song 6:5
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Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof
every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.
		 -- Solomon's Song 6:6
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As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.
		 -- Solomon's Song 6:7
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There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins
without number.
		 -- Solomon's Song 6:8
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My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother,
she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her,
and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
		 -- Solomon's Song 6:9
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Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear
as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
		 -- Solomon's Song 6:10
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I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley,
and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.
		 -- Solomon's Song 6:11
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Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.
		 -- Solomon's Song 6:12
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Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon
thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of
two armies.
		 -- Solomon's Song 6:13
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HOW beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints
of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.
		 -- Solomon's Song 7:1
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Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly
is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
		 -- Solomon's Song 7:2
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Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
		 -- Solomon's Song 7:3
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Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon,
by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which
looketh toward Damascus.
		 -- Solomon's Song 7:4
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Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like
purple; the king is held in the galleries.
		 -- Solomon's Song 7:5
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How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
		 -- Solomon's Song 7:6
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This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters
of grapes.
		 -- Solomon's Song 7:7
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I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs
thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the
smell of thy nose like apples;
		 -- Solomon's Song 7:8
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And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth
down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.
		 -- Solomon's Song 7:9
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I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.
		 -- Solomon's Song 7:10
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Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the
villages.
		 -- Solomon's Song 7:11
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Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish,
whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there
will I give thee my loves.
		 -- Solomon's Song 7:12
%
The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant
fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
		 -- Solomon's Song 7:13
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O THAT thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when
I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be
despised.
		 -- Solomon's Song 8:1
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I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would
instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of
my pomegranate.
		 -- Solomon's Song 8:2
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His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should
embrace me.
		 -- Solomon's Song 8:3
%
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake
my love, until he please.
		 -- Solomon's Song 8:4
%
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her
beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought
thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
		 -- Solomon's Song 8:5
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Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love
is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof
are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
		 -- Solomon's Song 8:6
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Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a
man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly
be contemned.
		 -- Solomon's Song 8:7
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We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for
our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
		 -- Solomon's Song 8:8
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If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she
be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
		 -- Solomon's Song 8:9
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I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one
that found favour.
		 -- Solomon's Song 8:10
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Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard unto
keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces
of silver.
		 -- Solomon's Song 8:11
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My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a
thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
		 -- Solomon's Song 8:12
%
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice:
cause me to hear it.
		 -- Solomon's Song 8:13
%
Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart
upon the mountains of spices.
		 -- Solomon's Song 8:14
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THE vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah
and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings
of Judah.
		 -- Isaiah 1:1
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Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have
nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
		 -- Isaiah 1:2
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The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth
not know, my people doth not consider.
		 -- Isaiah 1:3
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Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers,
children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have
provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
		 -- Isaiah 1:4
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Why should ye be stricken any more?  ye will revolt more and more:
the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
		 -- Isaiah 1:5
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From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it;
but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed,
neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
		 -- Isaiah 1:6
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Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land,
strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown
by strangers.
		 -- Isaiah 1:7
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And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge
in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
		 -- Isaiah 1:8
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Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should
have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
		 -- Isaiah 1:9
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Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of
our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
		 -- Isaiah 1:10
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To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me?  saith the
LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts;
and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
		 -- Isaiah 1:11
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When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand,
to tread my courts?
		 -- Isaiah 1:12
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Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the
new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with;
it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
		 -- Isaiah 1:13
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Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a
trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
		 -- Isaiah 1:14
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And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea,
when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
		 -- Isaiah 1:15
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Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before
mine eyes; cease to do evil;
		 -- Isaiah 1:16
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Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the
fatherless, plead for the widow.
		 -- Isaiah 1:17
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Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins
be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like
crimson, they shall be as wool.
		 -- Isaiah 1:18
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If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
		 -- Isaiah 1:19
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But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for
the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
		 -- Isaiah 1:20
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How is the faithful city become an harlot!  it was full of judgment;
righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
		 -- Isaiah 1:21
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Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
		 -- Isaiah 1:22
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Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth
gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless,
neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
		 -- Isaiah 1:23
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Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel,
Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
		 -- Isaiah 1:24
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And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross,
and take away all thy tin:
		 -- Isaiah 1:25
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And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at
the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness,
the faithful city.
		 -- Isaiah 1:26
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Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
		 -- Isaiah 1:27
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And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be
together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
		 -- Isaiah 1:28
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For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye
shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
		 -- Isaiah 1:29
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For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath
no water.
		 -- Isaiah 1:30
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And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they
shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
		 -- Isaiah 1:31
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THE word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
		 -- Isaiah 2:1
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And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the
LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall
be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
		 -- Isaiah 2:2
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And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the
mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach
us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go
forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
		 -- Isaiah 2:3
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And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people:
and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into
pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither
shall they learn war any more.
		 -- Isaiah 2:4
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O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
		 -- Isaiah 2:5
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Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they
be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines,
and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
		 -- Isaiah 2:6
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Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end
of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there
any end of their chariots:
		 -- Isaiah 2:7
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Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own
hands, that which their own fingers have made:
		 -- Isaiah 2:8
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And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself:
therefore forgive them not.
		 -- Isaiah 2:9
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Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD,
and for the glory of his majesty.
		 -- Isaiah 2:10
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The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men
shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
		 -- Isaiah 2:11
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For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and
lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
		 -- Isaiah 2:12
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And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and
upon all the oaks of Bashan,
		 -- Isaiah 2:13
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And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are
lifted up,
		 -- Isaiah 2:14
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And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
		 -- Isaiah 2:15
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And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
		 -- Isaiah 2:16
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And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of
men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
		 -- Isaiah 2:17
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And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
		 -- Isaiah 2:18
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And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of
the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty,
when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
		 -- Isaiah 2:19
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In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold,
which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to
the bats;
		 -- Isaiah 2:20
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To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks,
for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth
to shake terribly the earth.
		 -- Isaiah 2:21
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Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he
to be accounted of?
		 -- Isaiah 2:22
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FOR, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem
and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the
whole stay of water,
		 -- Isaiah 3:1
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The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the
prudent, and the ancient,
		 -- Isaiah 3:2
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The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and
the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
		 -- Isaiah 3:3
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And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule
over them.
		 -- Isaiah 3:4
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And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one
by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the
ancient, and the base against the honourable.
		 -- Isaiah 3:5
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When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father,
saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be
under thy hand:
		 -- Isaiah 3:6
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In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my
house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.
		 -- Isaiah 3:7
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For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and
their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
		 -- Isaiah 3:8
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The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they
declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not.  Woe unto their soul!
for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
		 -- Isaiah 3:9
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Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall
eat the fruit of their doings.
		 -- Isaiah 3:10
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Woe unto the wicked!  it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his
hands shall be given him.
		 -- Isaiah 3:11
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As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them.
O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the
way of thy paths.
		 -- Isaiah 3:12
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The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
		 -- Isaiah 3:13
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The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people,
and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil
of the poor is in your houses.
		 -- Isaiah 3:14
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What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of
the poor?  saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
		 -- Isaiah 3:15
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Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and
walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as
they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
		 -- Isaiah 3:16
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Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the
daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.
		 -- Isaiah 3:17
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In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling
ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like
the moon,
		 -- Isaiah 3:18
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The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
		 -- Isaiah 3:19
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The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the
tablets, and the earrings,
		 -- Isaiah 3:20
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The rings, and nose jewels,
		 -- Isaiah 3:21
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The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples,
and the crisping pins,
		 -- Isaiah 3:22
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The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
		 -- Isaiah 3:23
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And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be
stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair
baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning
instead of beauty.
		 -- Isaiah 3:24
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Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
		 -- Isaiah 3:25
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And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit
upon the ground.
		 -- Isaiah 3:26
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AND in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will
eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by
thy name, to take away our reproach.
		 -- Isaiah 4:1
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In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious,
and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that
are escaped of Israel.
		 -- Isaiah 4:2
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And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that
remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is
written among the living in Jerusalem:
		 -- Isaiah 4:3
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When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion,
and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by
the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
		 -- Isaiah 4:4
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And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and
upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a
flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
		 -- Isaiah 4:5
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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.
		 -- Isaiah 4:6
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Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his
vineyard.  My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
		 -- Isaiah 5:1
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And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it
with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also
made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes,
and it brought forth wild grapes.
		 -- Isaiah 5:2
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And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you,
betwixt me and my vineyard.
		 -- Isaiah 5:3
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What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it?
wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it
forth wild grapes?
		 -- Isaiah 5:4
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And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will
take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down
the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
		 -- Isaiah 5:5
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And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there
shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that
they rain no rain upon it.
		 -- Isaiah 5:6
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For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the
men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold
oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
		 -- Isaiah 5:7
%
Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field,
till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of
the earth!
		 -- Isaiah 5:8
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In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be
desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
		 -- Isaiah 5:9
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Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an
homer shall yield an ephah.
		 -- Isaiah 5:10
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Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow
strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
		 -- Isaiah 5:11
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And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their
feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the
operation of his hands.
		 -- Isaiah 5:12
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Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no
knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude
dried up with thirst.
		 -- Isaiah 5:13
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Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without
measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he
that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
		 -- Isaiah 5:14
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And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be
humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
		 -- Isaiah 5:15
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But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy
shall be sanctified in righteousness.
		 -- Isaiah 5:16
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Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of
the fat ones shall strangers eat.
		 -- Isaiah 5:17
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Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it
were with a cart rope:
		 -- Isaiah 5:18
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That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it:
and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that
we may know it!
		 -- Isaiah 5:19
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Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness
for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet
for bitter!
		 -- Isaiah 5:20
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Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their
own sight!
		 -- Isaiah 5:21
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Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to
mingle strong drink:
		 -- Isaiah 5:22
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Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of
the righteous from him!
		 -- Isaiah 5:23
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Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the
chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go
up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts,
and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
		 -- Isaiah 5:24
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Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and
he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them:
and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of
the streets.  For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand
is stretched out still.
		 -- Isaiah 5:25
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And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss
unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with
speed swiftly:
		 -- Isaiah 5:26
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None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep;
neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of
their shoes be broken:
		 -- Isaiah 5:27
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Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs
shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
		 -- Isaiah 5:28
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Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions:
yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away
safe, and none shall deliver it.
		 -- Isaiah 5:29
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And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea:
and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light
is darkened in the heavens thereof.
		 -- Isaiah 5:30
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IN the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a
throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
		 -- Isaiah 6:1
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Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he
covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he
did fly.
		 -- Isaiah 6:2
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And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of
hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
		 -- Isaiah 6:3
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And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the
house was filled with smoke.
		 -- Isaiah 6:4
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Then said I, Woe is me!  for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean
lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine
eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Isaiah 6:5
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Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand,
which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
		 -- Isaiah 6:6
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And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips;
and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
		 -- Isaiah 6:7
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Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who
will go for us?  Then said I, Here am I; send me.
		 -- Isaiah 6:8
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And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not;
and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
		 -- Isaiah 6:9
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Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut
their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears,
and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
		 -- Isaiah 6:10
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Then said I, Lord, how long?  And he answered, Until the cities be
wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be
utterly desolate,
		 -- Isaiah 6:11
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And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking
in the midst of the land.
		 -- Isaiah 6:12
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But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten:
as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they
cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
		 -- Isaiah 6:13
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AND it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of
Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son
of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it,
but could not prevail against it.
		 -- Isaiah 7:1
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And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with
Ephraim.  And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the
trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
		 -- Isaiah 7:2
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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;
		 -- Isaiah 7:3
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And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be
fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the
fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
		 -- Isaiah 7:4
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Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel
against thee, saying,
		 -- Isaiah 7:5
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Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein
for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:
		 -- Isaiah 7:6
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Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come
to pass.
		 -- Isaiah 7:7
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For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin;
and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it
be not a people.
		 -- Isaiah 7:8
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And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's
son.  If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
		 -- Isaiah 7:9
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Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,
		 -- Isaiah 7:10
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Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in
the height above.
		 -- Isaiah 7:11
%
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
		 -- Isaiah 7:12
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And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you
to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
		 -- Isaiah 7:13
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Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall
conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
		 -- Isaiah 7:14
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Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil,
and choose the good.
		 -- Isaiah 7:15
%
For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good,
the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
		 -- Isaiah 7:16
%
The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's
house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from
Judah; even the king of Assyria.
		 -- Isaiah 7:17
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the
fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the
bee that is in the land of Assyria.
		 -- Isaiah 7:18
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And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys,
and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.
		 -- Isaiah 7:19
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In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely,
by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair
of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
		 -- Isaiah 7:20
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young
cow, and two sheep;
		 -- Isaiah 7:21
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And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall
give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that
is left in the land.
		 -- Isaiah 7:22
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where
there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be
for briers and thorns.
		 -- Isaiah 7:23
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With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land
shall become briers and thorns.
		 -- Isaiah 7:24
%
And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall
not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the
sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
		 -- Isaiah 7:25
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MOREOVER the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it
with a man's pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
		 -- Isaiah 8:1
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And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest,
and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
		 -- Isaiah 8:2
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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.
		 -- Isaiah 8:3
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For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my
mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken
away before the king of Assyria.
		 -- Isaiah 8:4
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The LORD spake also unto me again, saying,
		 -- Isaiah 8:5
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Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly,
and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;
		 -- Isaiah 8:6
%
Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the
river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory:
and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
		 -- Isaiah 8:7
%
And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall
reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill
the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
		 -- Isaiah 8:8
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Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces;
and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be
broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
		 -- Isaiah 8:9
%
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word,
and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
		 -- Isaiah 8:10
%
For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that
I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
		 -- Isaiah 8:11
%
Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say,
A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
		 -- Isaiah 8:12
%
Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let
him be your dread.
		 -- Isaiah 8:13
%
And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a
rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare
to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
		 -- Isaiah 8:14
%
And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared,
and be taken.
		 -- Isaiah 8:15
%
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
		 -- Isaiah 8:16
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And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of
Jacob, and I will look for him.
		 -- Isaiah 8:17
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Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs
and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in
mount Zion.
		 -- Isaiah 8:18
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And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar
spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people
seek unto their God?  for the living to the dead?
		 -- Isaiah 8:19
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To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word,
it is because there is no light in them.
		 -- Isaiah 8:20
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And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall
come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves,
and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
		 -- Isaiah 8:21
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And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness,
dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
		 -- Isaiah 8:22
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NEVERTHELESS the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when
at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of
Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of
the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
		 -- Isaiah 9:1
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The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that
dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
		 -- Isaiah 9:2
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Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy
before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when
they divide the spoil.
		 -- Isaiah 9:3
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For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his
shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
		 -- Isaiah 9:4
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For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments
rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
		 -- Isaiah 9:5
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For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government
shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
		 -- Isaiah 9:6
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Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end,
upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to
establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever.
The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
		 -- Isaiah 9:7
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The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
		 -- Isaiah 9:8
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And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria,
that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
		 -- Isaiah 9:9
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The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the
sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
		 -- Isaiah 9:10
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Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him,
and join his enemies together;
		 -- Isaiah 9:11
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The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour
Israel with open mouth.  For all this his anger is not turned away,
but his hand is stretched out still.
		 -- Isaiah 9:12
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For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they
seek the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Isaiah 9:13
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Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and
rush, in one day.
		 -- Isaiah 9:14
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The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth
lies, he is the tail.
		 -- Isaiah 9:15
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For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led
of them are destroyed.
		 -- Isaiah 9:16
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Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall
have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite
and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly.  For all this his anger
is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
		 -- Isaiah 9:17
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For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns,
and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up
like the lifting up of smoke.
		 -- Isaiah 9:18
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Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the
people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.
		 -- Isaiah 9:19
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And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat
on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every
man the flesh of his own arm:
		 -- Isaiah 9:20
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Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be
against Judah.	For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand
is stretched out still.
		 -- Isaiah 9:21
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WOE unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness
which they have prescribed;
		 -- Isaiah 10:1
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To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from
the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may
rob the fatherless!
		 -- Isaiah 10:2
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And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation
which shall come from far?  to whom will ye flee for help?  and where
will ye leave your glory?
		 -- Isaiah 10:3
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Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall
under the slain.  For all this his anger is not turned away, but his
hand is stretched out still.
		 -- Isaiah 10:4
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O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine
indignation.
		 -- Isaiah 10:5
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I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people
of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take
the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
		 -- Isaiah 10:6
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Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is
in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
		 -- Isaiah 10:7
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For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
		 -- Isaiah 10:8
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Is not Calno as Carchemish?  is not Hamath as Arpad?  is not Samaria
as Damascus?
		 -- Isaiah 10:9
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As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images
did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
		 -- Isaiah 10:10
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Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem
and her idols?
		 -- Isaiah 10:11
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Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his
whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of
the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
		 -- Isaiah 10:12
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For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my
wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people,
and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants
like a valiant man:
		 -- Isaiah 10:13
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And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one
gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there
was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
		 -- Isaiah 10:14
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Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith?  or shall
the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it?  as if the rod
should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff
should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
		 -- Isaiah 10:15
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Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones
leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning
of a fire.
		 -- Isaiah 10:16
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And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame:
and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
		 -- Isaiah 10:17
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And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field,
both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.
		 -- Isaiah 10:18
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And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may
write them.
		 -- Isaiah 10:19
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and
such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon
him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel,
in truth.
		 -- Isaiah 10:20
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The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.
		 -- Isaiah 10:21
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For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant
of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with
righteousness.
		 -- Isaiah 10:22
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For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined,
in the midst of all the land.
		 -- Isaiah 10:23
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest
in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod,
and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.
		 -- Isaiah 10:24
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For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine
anger in their destruction.
		 -- Isaiah 10:25
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And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the
slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea,
so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
		 -- Isaiah 10:26
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken
away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke
shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
		 -- Isaiah 10:27
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He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid
up his carriages:
		 -- Isaiah 10:28
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They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba;
Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
		 -- Isaiah 10:29
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Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish,
O poor Anathoth.
		 -- Isaiah 10:30
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Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.
		 -- Isaiah 10:31
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As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against
the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
		 -- Isaiah 10:32
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Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror:
and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall
be humbled.
		 -- Isaiah 10:33
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And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon
shall fall by a mighty one.
		 -- Isaiah 10:34
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AND there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch
shall grow out of his roots:
		 -- Isaiah 11:1
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And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and
understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge
and of the fear of the LORD;
		 -- Isaiah 11:2
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And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and
he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after
the hearing of his ears:
		 -- Isaiah 11:3
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But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity
for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of
his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
		 -- Isaiah 11:4
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And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness
the girdle of his reins.
		 -- Isaiah 11:5
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The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down
with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together;
and a little child shall lead them.
		 -- Isaiah 11:6
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And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down
together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
		 -- Isaiah 11:7
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And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned
child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
		 -- Isaiah 11:8
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They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth
shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
		 -- Isaiah 11:9
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And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for
an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest
shall be glorious.
		 -- Isaiah 11:10
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand
again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall
be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush,
and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands
of the sea.
		 -- Isaiah 11:11
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And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the
outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the
four corners of the earth.
		 -- Isaiah 11:12
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The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall
be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
		 -- Isaiah 11:13
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But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west;
they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand
upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
		 -- Isaiah 11:14
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And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and
with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall
smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.
		 -- Isaiah 11:15
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And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall
be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came
up out of the land of Egypt.
		 -- Isaiah 11:16
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AND in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou
wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
		 -- Isaiah 12:1
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Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the
LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
		 -- Isaiah 12:2
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Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
		 -- Isaiah 12:3
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And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare
his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
		 -- Isaiah 12:4
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Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in
all the earth.
		 -- Isaiah 12:5
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Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One
of Israel in the midst of thee.
		 -- Isaiah 12:6
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THE burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
		 -- Isaiah 13:1
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Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them,
shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
		 -- Isaiah 13:2
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I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones
for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
		 -- Isaiah 13:3
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The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people;
a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the
LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
		 -- Isaiah 13:4
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They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD,
and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
		 -- Isaiah 13:5
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Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a
destruction from the Almighty.
		 -- Isaiah 13:6
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Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:
		 -- Isaiah 13:7
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And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them;
they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed
one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
		 -- Isaiah 13:8
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Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce
anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof
out of it.
		 -- Isaiah 13:9
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For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give
their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon
shall not cause her light to shine.
		 -- Isaiah 13:10
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And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their
iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will
lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
		 -- Isaiah 13:11
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I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the
golden wedge of Ophir.
		 -- Isaiah 13:12
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Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of
her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his
fierce anger.
		 -- Isaiah 13:13
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And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up:
they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into
his own land.
		 -- Isaiah 13:14
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Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is
joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
		 -- Isaiah 13:15
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Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their
houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
		 -- Isaiah 13:16
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Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard
silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
		 -- Isaiah 13:17
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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.
		 -- Isaiah 13:18
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And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees'
excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
		 -- Isaiah 13:19
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It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation
to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall
the shepherds make their fold there.
		 -- Isaiah 13:20
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But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall
be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs
shall dance there.
		 -- Isaiah 13:21
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And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses,
and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come,
and her days shall not be prolonged.
		 -- Isaiah 13:22
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FOR the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and
set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them,
and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
		 -- Isaiah 14:1
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And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the
house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants
and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they
were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
		 -- Isaiah 14:2
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And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest
from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein
thou wast made to serve,
		 -- Isaiah 14:3
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That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say,
How hath the oppressor ceased!	the golden city ceased!
		 -- Isaiah 14:4
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The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the
rulers.
		 -- Isaiah 14:5
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He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled
the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
		 -- Isaiah 14:6
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The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
		 -- Isaiah 14:7
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Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
		 -- Isaiah 14:8
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Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it
stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth;
it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
		 -- Isaiah 14:9
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All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we?
art thou become like unto us?
		 -- Isaiah 14:10
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Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols:
the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
		 -- Isaiah 14:11
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How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!  how art
thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
		 -- Isaiah 14:12
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For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will
exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount
of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
		 -- Isaiah 14:13
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I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the
most High.
		 -- Isaiah 14:14
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Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
		 -- Isaiah 14:15
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They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee,
saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake
kingdoms;
		 -- Isaiah 14:16
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That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof;
that opened not the house of his prisoners?
		 -- Isaiah 14:17
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All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one
in his own house.
		 -- Isaiah 14:18
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But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as
the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that
go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
		 -- Isaiah 14:19
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Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed
thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be
renowned.
		 -- Isaiah 14:20
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Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers;
that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the
world with cities.
		 -- Isaiah 14:21
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For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off
from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.
		 -- Isaiah 14:22
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I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and
I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Isaiah 14:23
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The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall
it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
		 -- Isaiah 14:24
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That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread
him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden
depart from off their shoulders.
		 -- Isaiah 14:25
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This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is
the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
		 -- Isaiah 14:26
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For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it?  and his
hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
		 -- Isaiah 14:27
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In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
		 -- Isaiah 14:28
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Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee
is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice,
and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
		 -- Isaiah 14:29
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And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down
in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay
thy remnant.
		 -- Isaiah 14:30
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Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for
there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his
appointed times.
		 -- Isaiah 14:31
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What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation?  That the LORD
hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
		 -- Isaiah 14:32
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THE burden of Moab.  Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste,
and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste,
and brought to silence;
		 -- Isaiah 15:1
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He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab
shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be
baldness, and every beard cut off.
		 -- Isaiah 15:2
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In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the
tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl,
weeping abundantly.
		 -- Isaiah 15:3
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And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even
unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life
shall be grievous unto him.
		 -- Isaiah 15:4
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My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an
heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping
shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a
cry of destruction.
		 -- Isaiah 15:5
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For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away,
the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
		 -- Isaiah 15:6
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Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid
up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
		 -- Isaiah 15:7
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For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof
unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim.
		 -- Isaiah 15:8
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For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more
upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant
of the land.
		 -- Isaiah 15:9
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SEND ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness,
unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
		 -- Isaiah 16:1
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For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the
daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
		 -- Isaiah 16:2
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Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the
midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
		 -- Isaiah 16:3
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Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from
the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler
ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
		 -- Isaiah 16:4
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And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon
it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment,
and hasting righteousness.
		 -- Isaiah 16:5
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We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his
haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
		 -- Isaiah 16:6
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Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the
foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.
		 -- Isaiah 16:7
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For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords
of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are
come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches
are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
		 -- Isaiah 16:8
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Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah:
I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting
for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.
		 -- Isaiah 16:9
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And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in
the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting:
the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their
vintage shouting to cease.
		 -- Isaiah 16:10
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Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward
parts for Kir-haresh.
		 -- Isaiah 16:11
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And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the
high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall
not prevail.
		 -- Isaiah 16:12
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This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that
time.
		 -- Isaiah 16:13
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But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years
of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that
great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.
		 -- Isaiah 16:14
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THE burden of Damascus.  Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city,
and it shall be a ruinous heap.
		 -- Isaiah 17:1
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The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall
lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
		 -- Isaiah 17:2
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The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus,
and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of
Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Isaiah 17:3
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And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be
made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
		 -- Isaiah 17:4
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And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth
the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the
valley of Rephaim.
		 -- Isaiah 17:5
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Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree,
two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in
the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.
		 -- Isaiah 17:6
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At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have
respect to the Holy One of Israel.
		 -- Isaiah 17:7
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And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither
shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves,
or the images.
		 -- Isaiah 17:8
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In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an
uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel:
and there shall be desolation.
		 -- Isaiah 17:9
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Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been
mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant
plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
		 -- Isaiah 17:10
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In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt
thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the
day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
		 -- Isaiah 17:11
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Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise
of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like
the rushing of mighty waters!
		 -- Isaiah 17:12
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The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall
rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the
chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before
the whirlwind.
		 -- Isaiah 17:13
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And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This
is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
		 -- Isaiah 17:14
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WOE to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of
Ethiopia:
		 -- Isaiah 18:1
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That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon
the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and
peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation
meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
		 -- Isaiah 18:2
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All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when
he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet,
hear ye.
		 -- Isaiah 18:3
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For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider
in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of
dew in the heat of harvest.
		 -- Isaiah 18:4
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For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is
ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning
hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.
		 -- Isaiah 18:5
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They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the
beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the
beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
		 -- Isaiah 18:6
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In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of
a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their
beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land
the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts,
the mount Zion.
		 -- Isaiah 18:7
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THE burden of Egypt.  Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and
shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his
presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
		 -- Isaiah 19:1
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And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight
every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour;
city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
		 -- Isaiah 19:2
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And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will
destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to
the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
		 -- Isaiah 19:3
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And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and
a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Isaiah 19:4
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And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted
and dried up.
		 -- Isaiah 19:5
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And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall
be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
		 -- Isaiah 19:6
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The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every
thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.
		 -- Isaiah 19:7
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The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks
shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
		 -- Isaiah 19:8
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Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks,
shall be confounded.
		 -- Isaiah 19:9
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And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices
and ponds for fish.
		 -- Isaiah 19:10
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Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors
of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of
the wise, the son of ancient kings?
		 -- Isaiah 19:11
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Where are they?  where are thy wise men?  and let them tell thee now,
and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
		 -- Isaiah 19:12
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The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived;
they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes
thereof.
		 -- Isaiah 19:13
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The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and
they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man
staggereth in his vomit.
		 -- Isaiah 19:14
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Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail,
branch or rush, may do.
		 -- Isaiah 19:15
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In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and
fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he
shaketh over it.
		 -- Isaiah 19:16
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And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh
mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of
the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it.
		 -- Isaiah 19:17
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In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language
of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city
of destruction.
		 -- Isaiah 19:18
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In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land
of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.
		 -- Isaiah 19:19
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And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts
in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the
oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he
shall deliver them.
		 -- Isaiah 19:20
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And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the
LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall
vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it.
		 -- Isaiah 19:21
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And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they
shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and
shall heal them.
		 -- Isaiah 19:22
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In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the
Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the
Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.
		 -- Isaiah 19:23
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In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria,
even a blessing in the midst of the land:
		 -- Isaiah 19:24
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Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people,
and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
		 -- Isaiah 19:25
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IN the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of
Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;
		 -- Isaiah 20:1
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At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go
and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from
thy foot.  And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
		 -- Isaiah 20:2
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And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and
barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
		 -- Isaiah 20:3
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So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the
Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their
buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
		 -- Isaiah 20:4
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And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation,
and of Egypt their glory.
		 -- Isaiah 20:5
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And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is
our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king
of Assyria: and how shall we escape?
		 -- Isaiah 20:6
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THE burden of the desert of the sea.  As whirlwinds in the south pass
through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
		 -- Isaiah 21:1
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A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth
treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth.  Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media;
all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
		 -- Isaiah 21:2
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Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me,
as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing
of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
		 -- Isaiah 21:3
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My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure
hath he turned into fear unto me.
		 -- Isaiah 21:4
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Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes,
and anoint the shield.
		 -- Isaiah 21:5
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For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare
what he seeth.
		 -- Isaiah 21:6
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And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses,
and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:
		 -- Isaiah 21:7
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And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower
in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
		 -- Isaiah 21:8
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And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen.
And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the
graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
		 -- Isaiah 21:9
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O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of
the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
		 -- Isaiah 21:10
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The burden of Dumah.  He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of
the night?  Watchman, what of the night?
		 -- Isaiah 21:11
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The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will
enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
		 -- Isaiah 21:12
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The burden upon Arabia.  In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye
travelling companies of Dedanim.
		 -- Isaiah 21:13
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The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty,
they prevented with their bread him that fled.
		 -- Isaiah 21:14
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For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent
bow, and from the grievousness of war.
		 -- Isaiah 21:15
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For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the
years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
		 -- Isaiah 21:16
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And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children
of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.
		 -- Isaiah 21:17
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THE burden of the valley of vision.  What aileth thee now, that thou
art wholly gone up to the housetops?
		 -- Isaiah 22:1
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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.
		 -- Isaiah 22:2
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All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all
that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.
		 -- Isaiah 22:3
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Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not
to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
		 -- Isaiah 22:4
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For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by
the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls,
and of crying to the mountains.
		 -- Isaiah 22:5
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And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir
uncovered the shield.
		 -- Isaiah 22:6
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And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of
chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
		 -- Isaiah 22:7
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And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that
day to the armour of the house of the forest.
		 -- Isaiah 22:8
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Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many:
and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
		 -- Isaiah 22:9
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And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye
broken down to fortify the wall.
		 -- Isaiah 22:10
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Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool:
but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto
him that fashioned it long ago.
		 -- Isaiah 22:11
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And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to
mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
		 -- Isaiah 22:12
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And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating
flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we
shall die.
		 -- Isaiah 22:13
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And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this
iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD
of hosts.
		 -- Isaiah 22:14
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Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer,
even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,
		 -- Isaiah 22:15
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What hast thou here?  and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee
out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high,
and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?
		 -- Isaiah 22:16
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Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will
surely cover thee.
		 -- Isaiah 22:17
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He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large
country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall
be the shame of thy lord's house.
		 -- Isaiah 22:18
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And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull
thee down.
		 -- Isaiah 22:19
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant
Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
		 -- Isaiah 22:20
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And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle,
and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father
to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
		 -- Isaiah 22:21
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And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he
shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
		 -- Isaiah 22:22
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And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a
glorious throne to his father's house.
		 -- Isaiah 22:23
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And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the
offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels
of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.
		 -- Isaiah 22:24
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In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened
in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden
that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
		 -- Isaiah 22:25
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THE burden of Tyre.  Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste,
so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it
is revealed to them.
		 -- Isaiah 23:1
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Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon,
that pass over the sea, have replenished.
		 -- Isaiah 23:2
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And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her
revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
		 -- Isaiah 23:3
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Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of
the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I
nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.
		 -- Isaiah 23:4
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As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at
the report of Tyre.
		 -- Isaiah 23:5
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Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
		 -- Isaiah 23:6
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Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days?  her own
feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
		 -- Isaiah 23:7
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Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose
merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
		 -- Isaiah 23:8
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The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory,
and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
		 -- Isaiah 23:9
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Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no
more strength.
		 -- Isaiah 23:10
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He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD
hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong
holds thereof.
		 -- Isaiah 23:11
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And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter
of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.
		 -- Isaiah 23:12
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Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian
founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers
thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
		 -- Isaiah 23:13
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Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
		 -- Isaiah 23:14
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten
seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of
seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
		 -- Isaiah 23:15
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Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten;
make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
		 -- Isaiah 23:16
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And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the
LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit
fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
		 -- Isaiah 23:17
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And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall
not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that
dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
		 -- Isaiah 23:18
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BEHOLD, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth
it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
		 -- Isaiah 24:1
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And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the
servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress;
as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the
borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
		 -- Isaiah 24:2
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The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD
hath spoken this word.
		 -- Isaiah 24:3
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The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away,
the haughty people of the earth do languish.
		 -- Isaiah 24:4
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The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they
have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting
covenant.
		 -- Isaiah 24:5
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Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein
are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and
few men left.
		 -- Isaiah 24:6
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The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
		 -- Isaiah 24:7
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The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth,
the joy of the harp ceaseth.
		 -- Isaiah 24:8
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They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to
them that drink it.
		 -- Isaiah 24:9
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The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no
man may come in.
		 -- Isaiah 24:10
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There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the
mirth of the land is gone.
		 -- Isaiah 24:11
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In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
		 -- Isaiah 24:12
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When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there
shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes
when the vintage is done.
		 -- Isaiah 24:13
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They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the
LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
		 -- Isaiah 24:14
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Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD
God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
		 -- Isaiah 24:15
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From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory
to the righteous.  But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me!
the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous
dealers have dealt very treacherously.
		 -- Isaiah 24:16
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Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the
earth.
		 -- Isaiah 24:17
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And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear
shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the
pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open,
and the foundations of the earth do shake.
		 -- Isaiah 24:18
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The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the
earth is moved exceedingly.
		 -- Isaiah 24:19
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The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed
like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it;
and it shall fall, and not rise again.
		 -- Isaiah 24:20
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the
host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon
the earth.
		 -- Isaiah 24:21
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And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the
pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they
be visited.
		 -- Isaiah 24:22
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Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD
of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his
ancients gloriously.
		 -- Isaiah 24:23
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O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for
thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness
and truth.
		 -- Isaiah 25:1
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For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace
of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
		 -- Isaiah 25:2
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Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible
nations shall fear thee.
		 -- Isaiah 25:3
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For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in
his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the
blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
		 -- Isaiah 25:4
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Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place;
even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible
ones shall be brought low.
		 -- Isaiah 25:5
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And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast
of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow,
of wines on the lees well refined.
		 -- Isaiah 25:6
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And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over
all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
		 -- Isaiah 25:7
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He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away
tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take
away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
		 -- Isaiah 25:8
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And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited
for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him,
we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
		 -- Isaiah 25:9
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For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be
trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.
		 -- Isaiah 25:10
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And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that
swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down
their pride together with the spoils of their hands.
		 -- Isaiah 25:11
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And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down,
lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
		 -- Isaiah 25:12
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IN that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a
strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
		 -- Isaiah 26:1
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Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth
may enter in.
		 -- Isaiah 26:2
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Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee:
because he trusteth in thee.
		 -- Isaiah 26:3
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Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting
strength:
		 -- Isaiah 26:4
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For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth
it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to
the dust.
		 -- Isaiah 26:5
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The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps
of the needy.
		 -- Isaiah 26:6
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The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the
path of the just.
		 -- Isaiah 26:7
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Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee;
the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
		 -- Isaiah 26:8
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With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within
me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth,
the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
		 -- Isaiah 26:9
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Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness:
in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold
the majesty of the LORD.
		 -- Isaiah 26:10
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LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see,
and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine
enemies shall devour them.
		 -- Isaiah 26:11
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LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our
works in us.
		 -- Isaiah 26:12
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O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us:
but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
		 -- Isaiah 26:13
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They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not
rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their
memory to perish.
		 -- Isaiah 26:14
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Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation:
thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of
the earth.
		 -- Isaiah 26:15
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LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when
thy chastening was upon them.
		 -- Isaiah 26:16
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Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery,
is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight,
O LORD.
		 -- Isaiah 26:17
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We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were
brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth;
neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
		 -- Isaiah 26:18
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Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise.
Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs,
and the earth shall cast out the dead.
		 -- Isaiah 26:19
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Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about
thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation
be overpast.
		 -- Isaiah 26:20
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For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants
of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood,
and shall no more cover her slain.
		 -- Isaiah 26:21
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IN that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish
leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent;
and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
		 -- Isaiah 27:1
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In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
		 -- Isaiah 27:2
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I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it,
I will keep it night and day.
		 -- Isaiah 27:3
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Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me
in battle?  I would go through them, I would burn them together.
		 -- Isaiah 27:4
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Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me;
and he shall make peace with me.
		 -- Isaiah 27:5
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He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom
and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
		 -- Isaiah 27:6
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Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him?	or is he slain
according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?
		 -- Isaiah 27:7
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In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth
his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
		 -- Isaiah 27:8
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By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all
the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the
altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images
shall not stand up.
		 -- Isaiah 27:9
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Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken,
and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall
he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
		 -- Isaiah 27:10
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When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women
come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding:
therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that
formed them will shew them no favour.
		 -- Isaiah 27:11
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off
from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be
gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
		 -- Isaiah 27:12
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be
blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of
Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the
LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
		 -- Isaiah 27:13
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WOE to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious
beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of
them that are overcome with wine!
		 -- Isaiah 28:1
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Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of
hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing,
shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
		 -- Isaiah 28:2
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The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
		 -- Isaiah 28:3
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And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be
a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he
that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
		 -- Isaiah 28:4
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In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a
diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,
		 -- Isaiah 28:5
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And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for
strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
		 -- Isaiah 28:6
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But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out
of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink,
they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong
drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
		 -- Isaiah 28:7
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For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no
place clean.
		 -- Isaiah 28:8
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Whom shall he teach knowledge?	and whom shall he make to understand
doctrine?  them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
		 -- Isaiah 28:9
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For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line,
line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
		 -- Isaiah 28:10
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For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
		 -- Isaiah 28:11
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To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to
rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
		 -- Isaiah 28:12
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But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept
upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a
little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared,
and taken.
		 -- Isaiah 28:13
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Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this
people which is in Jerusalem.
		 -- Isaiah 28:14
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Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell
are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through,
it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under
falsehood have we hid ourselves:
		 -- Isaiah 28:15
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation
a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation:
he that believeth shall not make haste.
		 -- Isaiah 28:16
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Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet:
and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall
overflow the hiding place.
		 -- Isaiah 28:17
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And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with
hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through,
then ye shall be trodden down by it.
		 -- Isaiah 28:18
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From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by
morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a
vexation only to understand the report.
		 -- Isaiah 28:19
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For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and
the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
		 -- Isaiah 28:20
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For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as
in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work;
and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
		 -- Isaiah 28:21
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Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for
I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined
upon the whole earth.
		 -- Isaiah 28:22
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Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
		 -- Isaiah 28:23
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Doth the plowman plow all day to sow?  doth he open and break the clods
of his ground?
		 -- Isaiah 28:24
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When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the
fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and
the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
		 -- Isaiah 28:25
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For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
		 -- Isaiah 28:26
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For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither
is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten
out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
		 -- Isaiah 28:27
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Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor
break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.
		 -- Isaiah 28:28
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This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in
counsel, and excellent in working.
		 -- Isaiah 28:29
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WOE to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt!  add ye year to year;
let them kill sacrifices.
		 -- Isaiah 29:1
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Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow:
and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
		 -- Isaiah 29:2
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And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against
thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
		 -- Isaiah 29:3
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And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground,
and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be,
as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech
shall whisper out of the dust.
		 -- Isaiah 29:4
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Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and
the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away:
yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
		 -- Isaiah 29:5
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Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with
earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of
devouring fire.
		 -- Isaiah 29:6
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And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even
all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her,
shall be as a dream of a night vision.
		 -- Isaiah 29:7
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It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth;
but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth,
and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and
his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be,
that fight against mount Zion.
		 -- Isaiah 29:8
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Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken,
but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
		 -- Isaiah 29:9
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For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath
closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
		 -- Isaiah 29:10
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And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that
is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this,
I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
		 -- Isaiah 29:11
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And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this,
I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
		 -- Isaiah 29:12
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Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their
mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart
far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
		 -- Isaiah 29:13
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Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this
people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise
men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
		 -- Isaiah 29:14
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Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD,
and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us?  and who
knoweth us?
		 -- Isaiah 29:15
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Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the
potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made
me not?  or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had
no understanding?
		 -- Isaiah 29:16
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Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a
fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
		 -- Isaiah 29:17
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And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes
of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
		 -- Isaiah 29:18
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The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among
men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
		 -- Isaiah 29:19
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For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed,
and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
		 -- Isaiah 29:20
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That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that
reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
		 -- Isaiah 29:21
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Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the
house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face
now wax pale.
		 -- Isaiah 29:22
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But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of
him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob,
and shall fear the God of Israel.
		 -- Isaiah 29:23
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They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they
that murmured shall learn doctrine.
		 -- Isaiah 29:24
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WOE to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel,
but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit,
that they may add sin to sin:
		 -- Isaiah 30:1
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That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to
strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the
shadow of Egypt!
		 -- Isaiah 30:2
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Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in
the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
		 -- Isaiah 30:3
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For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
		 -- Isaiah 30:4
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They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an
help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
		 -- Isaiah 30:5
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The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and
anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery
flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young
asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that
shall not profit them.
		 -- Isaiah 30:6
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For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have
I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
		 -- Isaiah 30:7
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Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it
may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
		 -- Isaiah 30:8
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That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will
not hear the law of the LORD:
		 -- Isaiah 30:9
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Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto
us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
		 -- Isaiah 30:10
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Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One
of Israel to cease from before us.
		 -- Isaiah 30:11
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Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word,
and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
		 -- Isaiah 30:12
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Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall,
swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
		 -- Isaiah 30:13
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And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is
broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found
in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take
water withal out of the pit.
		 -- Isaiah 30:14
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For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and
rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your
strength: and ye would not.
		 -- Isaiah 30:15
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But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee:
and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you
be swift.
		 -- Isaiah 30:16
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One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five
shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain,
and as an ensign on an hill.
		 -- Isaiah 30:17
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And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you,
and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you:
for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
		 -- Isaiah 30:18
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For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no
more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when
he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
		 -- Isaiah 30:19
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And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of
affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more,
but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
		 -- Isaiah 30:20
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And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way,
walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to
the left.
		 -- Isaiah 30:21
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Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and
the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as
a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
		 -- Isaiah 30:22
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Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground
withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and
plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
		 -- Isaiah 30:23
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The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean
provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
		 -- Isaiah 30:24
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And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill,
rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when
the towers fall.
		 -- Isaiah 30:25
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Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the
light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the
day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the
stroke of their wound.
		 -- Isaiah 30:26
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Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger,
and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation,
and his tongue as a devouring fire:
		 -- Isaiah 30:27
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And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of
the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall
be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
		 -- Isaiah 30:28
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Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept;
and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the
mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
		 -- Isaiah 30:29
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And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall
shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger,
and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest,
and hailstones.
		 -- Isaiah 30:30
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For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down,
which smote with a rod.
		 -- Isaiah 30:31
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And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD
shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles
of shaking will he fight with it.
		 -- Isaiah 30:32
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For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he
hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood;
the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
		 -- Isaiah 30:33
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WOE to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and
trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they
are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither
seek the LORD!
		 -- Isaiah 31:1
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Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his
words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against
the help of them that work iniquity.
		 -- Isaiah 31:2
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Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and
not spirit.  When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that
helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all
shall fail together.
		 -- Isaiah 31:3
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For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young
lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth
against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself
for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight
for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
		 -- Isaiah 31:4
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As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending
also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
		 -- Isaiah 31:5
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Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
		 -- Isaiah 31:6
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For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his
idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
		 -- Isaiah 31:7
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Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and
the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from
the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
		 -- Isaiah 31:8
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And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes
shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion,
and his furnace in Jerusalem.
		 -- Isaiah 31:9
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BEHOLD, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule
in judgment.
		 -- Isaiah 32:1
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And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from
the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great
rock in a weary land.
		 -- Isaiah 32:2
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And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them
that hear shall hearken.
		 -- Isaiah 32:3
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The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue
of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
		 -- Isaiah 32:4
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The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to
be bountiful.
		 -- Isaiah 32:5
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For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity,
to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make
empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty
to fail.
		 -- Isaiah 32:6
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The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices
to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
		 -- Isaiah 32:7
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But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall
he stand.
		 -- Isaiah 32:8
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Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters;
give ear unto my speech.
		 -- Isaiah 32:9
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Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the
vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
		 -- Isaiah 32:10
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Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones:
strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
		 -- Isaiah 32:11
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They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the
fruitful vine.
		 -- Isaiah 32:12
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Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon
all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
		 -- Isaiah 32:13
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Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall
be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild
asses, a pasture of flocks;
		 -- Isaiah 32:14
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Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be
a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
		 -- Isaiah 32:15
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Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain
in the fruitful field.
		 -- Isaiah 32:16
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And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of
righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
		 -- Isaiah 32:17
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And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure
dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
		 -- Isaiah 32:18
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When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be
low in a low place.
		 -- Isaiah 32:19
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Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the
feet of the ox and the ass.
		 -- Isaiah 32:20
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WOE to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest
treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee!  when thou
shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make
an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
		 -- Isaiah 33:1
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O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm
every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
		 -- Isaiah 33:2
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At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself
the nations were scattered.
		 -- Isaiah 33:3
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And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller:
as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.
		 -- Isaiah 33:4
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The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with
judgment and righteousness.
		 -- Isaiah 33:5
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And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength
of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.
		 -- Isaiah 33:6
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Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace
shall weep bitterly.
		 -- Isaiah 33:7
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The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the
covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
		 -- Isaiah 33:8
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The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down:
Sharon is like a wilderness: and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
		 -- Isaiah 33:9
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Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift
up myself.
		 -- Isaiah 33:10
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Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath,
as fire, shall devour you.
		 -- Isaiah 33:11
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And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall
they be burned in the fire.
		 -- Isaiah 33:12
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Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near,
acknowledge my might.
		 -- Isaiah 33:13
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The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites.
Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire?  who among us shall
dwell with everlasting burnings?
		 -- Isaiah 33:14
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He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth
the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes,
that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from
seeing evil;
		 -- Isaiah 33:15
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He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of
rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
		 -- Isaiah 33:16
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Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land
that is very far off.
		 -- Isaiah 33:17
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Thine heart shall meditate terror.  Where is the scribe?  where is
the receiver?  where is he that counted the towers?
		 -- Isaiah 33:18
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Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou
canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
		 -- Isaiah 33:19
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Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see
Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down;
not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any
of the cords thereof be broken.
		 -- Isaiah 33:20
%
But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and
streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant
ship pass thereby.
		 -- Isaiah 33:21
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For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king;
he will save us.
		 -- Isaiah 33:22
%
Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they
could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided;
the lame take the prey.
		 -- Isaiah 33:23
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And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell
therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
		 -- Isaiah 33:24
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COME near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth
hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth
of it.
		 -- Isaiah 34:1
%
For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon
all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them
to the slaughter.
		 -- Isaiah 34:2
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Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out
of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
		 -- Isaiah 34:3
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And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be
rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the
leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
		 -- Isaiah 34:4
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For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon
Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
		 -- Isaiah 34:5
%
The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness,
and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of
rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in
the land of Idumea.
		 -- Isaiah 34:6
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And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the
bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made
fat with fatness.
		 -- Isaiah 34:7
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For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompences
for the controversy of Zion.
		 -- Isaiah 34:8
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And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof
into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
		 -- Isaiah 34:9
%
It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up
for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall
pass through it for ever and ever.
		 -- Isaiah 34:10
%
But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and
the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line
of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
		 -- Isaiah 34:11
%
They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be
there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
		 -- Isaiah 34:12
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And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the
fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a
court for owls.
		 -- Isaiah 34:13
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The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of
the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also
shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
		 -- Isaiah 34:14
%
There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather
under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one
with her mate.
		 -- Isaiah 34:15
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Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail,
none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit
it hath gathered them.
		 -- Isaiah 34:16
%
And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them
by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation
shall they dwell therein.
		 -- Isaiah 34:17
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THE wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the
desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
		 -- Isaiah 35:1
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It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing:
the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel
and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of
our God.
		 -- Isaiah 35:2
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Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
		 -- Isaiah 35:3
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Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold,
your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will
come and save you.
		 -- Isaiah 35:4
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Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf
shall be unstopped.
		 -- Isaiah 35:5
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Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing:
for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
		 -- Isaiah 35:6
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And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs
of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass
with reeds and rushes.
		 -- Isaiah 35:7
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And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The
way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be
for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
		 -- Isaiah 35:8
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No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon,
it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
		 -- Isaiah 35:9
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And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs
and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
		 -- Isaiah 35:10
%
NOW it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that
Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of
Judah, and took them.
		 -- Isaiah 36:1
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And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto
king Hezekiah with a great army.  And he stood by the conduit of the
upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.
		 -- Isaiah 36:2
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Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house,
and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.
		 -- Isaiah 36:3
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And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great
king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
		 -- Isaiah 36:4
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I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and
strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest
against me?
		 -- Isaiah 36:5
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Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon
if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh
king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
		 -- Isaiah 36:6
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But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he,
whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said
to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?
		 -- Isaiah 36:7
%
Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria,
and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part
to set riders upon them.
		 -- Isaiah 36:8
%
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of
my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for
horsemen?
		 -- Isaiah 36:9
%
And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it?
the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
		 -- Isaiah 36:10
%
Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray
thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it:
and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people
that are on the wall.
		 -- Isaiah 36:11
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But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to
speak these words?  hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall,
that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
		 -- Isaiah 36:12
%
Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language,
and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
		 -- Isaiah 36:13
%
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be
able to deliver you.
		 -- Isaiah 36:14
%
Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will
surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of
the king of Assyria.
		 -- Isaiah 36:15
%
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an
agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every
one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one
the waters of his own cistern;
		 -- Isaiah 36:16
%
Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of
corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
		 -- Isaiah 36:17
%
Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.
Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand
of the king of Assyria?
		 -- Isaiah 36:18
%
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad?  where are the gods of
Sepharvaim?  and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
		 -- Isaiah 36:19
%
Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered
their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out
of my hand?
		 -- Isaiah 36:20
%
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's
commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
		 -- Isaiah 36:21
%
Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household,
and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to
Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
		 -- Isaiah 36:22
%
AND it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his
clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of
the LORD.
		 -- Isaiah 37:1
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And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe,
and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the
prophet the son of Amoz.
		 -- Isaiah 37:2
%
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble,
and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth,
and there is not strength to bring forth.
		 -- Isaiah 37:3
%
It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the
king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will
reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up
thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
		 -- Isaiah 37:4
%
So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
		 -- Isaiah 37:5
%
And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith
the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith
the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
		 -- Isaiah 37:6
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Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and
return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in
his own land.
		 -- Isaiah 37:7
%
So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against
Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
		 -- Isaiah 37:8
%
And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth
to make war with thee.	And when he heard it, he sent messengers to
Hezekiah, saying,
		 -- Isaiah 37:9
%
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God,
in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be
given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
		 -- Isaiah 37:10
%
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands
by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
		 -- Isaiah 37:11
%
Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have
destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden
which were in Telassar?
		 -- Isaiah 37:12
%
Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of
the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
		 -- Isaiah 37:13
%
And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and
read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it
before the LORD.
		 -- Isaiah 37:14
%
And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying,
		 -- Isaiah 37:15
%
O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims,
thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth:
thou hast made heaven and earth.
		 -- Isaiah 37:16
%
Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see:
and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the
living God.
		 -- Isaiah 37:17
%
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations,
and their countries,
		 -- Isaiah 37:18
%
And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the
work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
		 -- Isaiah 37:19
%
Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the
kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.
		 -- Isaiah 37:20
%
Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the
LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib
king of Assyria:
		 -- Isaiah 37:21
%
This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin,
the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn;
the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
		 -- Isaiah 37:22
%
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed?  and against whom hast thou
exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the
Holy One of Israel.
		 -- Isaiah 37:23
%
By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the
multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains,
to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof,
and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of
his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
		 -- Isaiah 37:24
%
I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I
dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
		 -- Isaiah 37:25
%
Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times,
that I have formed it?	now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest
be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.
		 -- Isaiah 37:26
%
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and
confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb,
as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
		 -- Isaiah 37:27
%
But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage
against me.
		 -- Isaiah 37:28
%
Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears,
therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips,
and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
		 -- Isaiah 37:29
%
And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as
groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same:
and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat
the fruit thereof.
		 -- Isaiah 37:30
%
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take
root downward, and bear fruit upward:
		 -- Isaiah 37:31
%
For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out
of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
		 -- Isaiah 37:32
%
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall
not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it
with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
		 -- Isaiah 37:33
%
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come
into this city, saith the LORD.
		 -- Isaiah 37:34
%
For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my
servant David's sake.
		 -- Isaiah 37:35
%
Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the
Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose
early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
		 -- Isaiah 37:36
%
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and
dwelt at Nineveh.
		 -- Isaiah 37:37
%
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his
god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword;
and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esar-haddon his son
reigned in his stead.
		 -- Isaiah 37:38
%
IN those days was Hezekiah sick unto death.  And Isaiah the prophet
the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD,
Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
		 -- Isaiah 38:1
%
Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,
		 -- Isaiah 38:2
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And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before
thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good
in thy sight.  And Hezekiah wept sore.
		 -- Isaiah 38:3
%
Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,
		 -- Isaiah 38:4
%
Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father,
I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto
thy days fifteen years.
		 -- Isaiah 38:5
%
And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of
Assyria: and I will defend this city.
		 -- Isaiah 38:6
%
And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do
this thing that he hath spoken;
		 -- Isaiah 38:7
%
Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down
in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward.	So the sun returned ten
degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
		 -- Isaiah 38:8
%
The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was
recovered of his sickness:
		 -- Isaiah 38:9
%
I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the
grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
		 -- Isaiah 38:10
%
I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the
living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
		 -- Isaiah 38:11
%
Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have
cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness:
from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
		 -- Isaiah 38:12
%
I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones:
from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
		 -- Isaiah 38:13
%
Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine
eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
		 -- Isaiah 38:14
%
What shall I say?  he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it:
I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
		 -- Isaiah 38:15
%
O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life
of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
		 -- Isaiah 38:16
%
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my
soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my
sins behind thy back.
		 -- Isaiah 38:17
%
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they
that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
		 -- Isaiah 38:18
%
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the
father to the children shall make known thy truth.
		 -- Isaiah 38:19
%
The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the
stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.
		 -- Isaiah 38:20
%
For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a
plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.
		 -- Isaiah 38:21
%
Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house
of the LORD?
		 -- Isaiah 38:22
%
AT that time 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.
		 -- Isaiah 39:1
%
And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious
things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious
ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in
his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion,
that Hezekiah shewed them not.
		 -- Isaiah 39:2
%
Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What
said these men?  and from whence came they unto thee?  And Hezekiah said,
They are come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon.
		 -- Isaiah 39:3
%
Then said he, What have they seen in thine house?  And Hezekiah answered,
All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my
treasures that I have not shewed them.
		 -- Isaiah 39:4
%
Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts:
		 -- Isaiah 39:5
%
Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which
thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to
Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
		 -- Isaiah 39:6
%
And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget,
shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the
king of Babylon.
		 -- Isaiah 39:7
%
Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast
spoken.  He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
		 -- Isaiah 39:8
%
COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
		 -- Isaiah 40:1
%
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare
is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received
of the LORD's hand double for all her sins.
		 -- Isaiah 40:2
%
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of
the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
		 -- Isaiah 40:3
%
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made
low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
		 -- Isaiah 40:4
%
And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it
together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
		 -- Isaiah 40:5
%
The voice said, Cry.  And he said, What shall I cry?  All flesh is grass,
and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
		 -- Isaiah 40:6
%
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD
bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
		 -- Isaiah 40:7
%
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall
stand for ever.
		 -- Isaiah 40:8
%
O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain;
O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength;
lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
		 -- Isaiah 40:9
%
Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule
for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
		 -- Isaiah 40:10
%
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with
his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that
are with young.
		 -- Isaiah 40:11
%
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out
heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure,
and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
		 -- Isaiah 40:12
%
Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath
taught him?
		 -- Isaiah 40:13
%
With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in
the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the
way of understanding?
		 -- Isaiah 40:14
%
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the
small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very
little thing.
		 -- Isaiah 40:15
%
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient
for a burnt offering.
		 -- Isaiah 40:16
%
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less
than nothing, and vanity.
		 -- Isaiah 40:17
%
To whom then will ye liken God?  or what likeness will ye compare
unto him?
		 -- Isaiah 40:18
%
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over
with gold, and casteth silver chains.
		 -- Isaiah 40:19
%
He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that
will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven
image, that shall not be moved.
		 -- Isaiah 40:20
%
Have ye not known?  have ye not heard?	hath it not been told you from
the beginning?	have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
		 -- Isaiah 40:21
%
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants
thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain,
and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
		 -- Isaiah 40:22
%
That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth
as vanity.
		 -- Isaiah 40:23
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Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their
stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them,
and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
		 -- Isaiah 40:24
%
To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal?  saith the Holy One.
		 -- Isaiah 40:25
%
Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that
bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the
greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
		 -- Isaiah 40:26
%
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from
the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
		 -- Isaiah 40:27
%
Hast thou not known?  hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God,
the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither
is weary?  there is no searching of his understanding.
		 -- Isaiah 40:28
%
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth
strength.
		 -- Isaiah 40:29
%
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall
utterly fall:
		 -- Isaiah 40:30
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But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall
mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and
they shall walk, and not faint.
		 -- Isaiah 40:31
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KEEP silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their
strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near
together to judgment.
		 -- Isaiah 41:1
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Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot,
gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings?  he gave them
as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
		 -- Isaiah 41:2
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He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone
with his feet.
		 -- Isaiah 41:3
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Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning?
I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
		 -- Isaiah 41:4
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The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew
near, and came.
		 -- Isaiah 41:5
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They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother,
Be of good courage.
		 -- Isaiah 41:6
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So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the
hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering:
and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
		 -- Isaiah 41:7
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But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of
Abraham my friend.
		 -- Isaiah 41:8
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Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from
the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have
chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
		 -- Isaiah 41:9
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Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God:
I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee
with the right hand of my righteousness.
		 -- Isaiah 41:10
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Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and
confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee
shall perish.
		 -- Isaiah 41:11
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Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended
with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a
thing of nought.
		 -- Isaiah 41:12
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For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee,
Fear not; I will help thee.
		 -- Isaiah 41:13
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Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee,
saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
		 -- Isaiah 41:14
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Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth:
thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make
the hills as chaff.
		 -- Isaiah 41:15
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Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind
shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory
in the Holy One of Israel.
		 -- Isaiah 41:16
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When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue
faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will
not forsake them.
		 -- Isaiah 41:17
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I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the
valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land
springs of water.
		 -- Isaiah 41:18
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I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the
myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and
the pine, and the box tree together:
		 -- Isaiah 41:19
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That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together,
that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel
hath created it.
		 -- Isaiah 41:20
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Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons,
saith the King of Jacob.
		 -- Isaiah 41:21
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Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew
the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know
the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.
		 -- Isaiah 41:22
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Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye
are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold
it together.
		 -- Isaiah 41:23
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Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is
he that chooseth you.
		 -- Isaiah 41:24
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I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising
of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes
as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
		 -- Isaiah 41:25
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Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know?  and beforetime,
that we may say, He is righteous?  yea, there is none that sheweth, yea,
there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
		 -- Isaiah 41:26
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The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to
Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
		 -- Isaiah 41:27
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For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no
counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
		 -- Isaiah 41:28
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Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images
are wind and confusion.
		 -- Isaiah 41:29
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BEHOLD my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth;
I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the
Gentiles.
		 -- Isaiah 42:1
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He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in
the street.
		 -- Isaiah 42:2
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A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not
quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
		 -- Isaiah 42:3
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He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the
earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
		 -- Isaiah 42:4
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Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them
out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it;
he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that
walk therein:
		 -- Isaiah 42:5
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I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand,
and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a
light of the Gentiles;
		 -- Isaiah 42:6
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To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison,
and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
		 -- Isaiah 42:7
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I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another,
neither my praise to graven images.
		 -- Isaiah 42:8
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Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare:
before they spring forth I tell you of them.
		 -- Isaiah 42:9
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Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth,
ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the
inhabitants thereof.
		 -- Isaiah 42:10
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Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the
villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing,
let them shout from the top of the mountains.
		 -- Isaiah 42:11
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Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.
		 -- Isaiah 42:12
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The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a
man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
		 -- Isaiah 42:13
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I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself:
now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
		 -- Isaiah 42:14
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I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs;
and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
		 -- Isaiah 42:15
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And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them
in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before
them, and crooked things straight.  These things will I do unto them,
and not forsake them.
		 -- Isaiah 42:16
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They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in
graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
		 -- Isaiah 42:17
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Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
		 -- Isaiah 42:18
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Who is blind, but my servant?  or deaf, as my messenger that I sent?
who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD's servant?
		 -- Isaiah 42:19
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Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he
heareth not.
		 -- Isaiah 42:20
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The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify
the law, and make it honourable.
		 -- Isaiah 42:21
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But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in
holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none
delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
		 -- Isaiah 42:22
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Who among you will give ear to this?  who will hearken and hear for the
time to come?
		 -- Isaiah 42:23
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Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers?	did not the LORD,
he against whom we have sinned?  for they would not walk in his ways,
neither were they obedient unto his law.
		 -- Isaiah 42:24
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Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength
of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not;
and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
		 -- Isaiah 42:25
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BUT now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed
thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee
by thy name; thou art mine.
		 -- Isaiah 43:1
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When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through
the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the
fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
		 -- Isaiah 43:2
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For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave
Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
		 -- Isaiah 43:3
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Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and
I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for
thy life.
		 -- Isaiah 43:4
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Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east,
and gather thee from the west;
		 -- Isaiah 43:5
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I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back:
bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
		 -- Isaiah 43:6
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Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my
glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
		 -- Isaiah 43:7
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Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
		 -- Isaiah 43:8
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Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled:
who among them can declare this, and shew us former things?  let them
bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear,
and say, It is truth.
		 -- Isaiah 43:9
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Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen:
that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me
there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
		 -- Isaiah 43:10
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I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
		 -- Isaiah 43:11
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I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no
strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD,
that I am God.
		 -- Isaiah 43:12
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Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out
of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
		 -- Isaiah 43:13
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Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your
sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles,
and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
		 -- Isaiah 43:14
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I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
		 -- Isaiah 43:15
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Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the
mighty waters;
		 -- Isaiah 43:16
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Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power;
they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct,
they are quenched as tow.
		 -- Isaiah 43:17
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Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
		 -- Isaiah 43:18
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Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye
not know it?  I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in
the desert.
		 -- Isaiah 43:19
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The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls:
because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert,
to give drink to my people, my chosen.
		 -- Isaiah 43:20
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This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
		 -- Isaiah 43:21
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But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of
me, O Israel.
		 -- Isaiah 43:22
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Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings;
neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices.  I have not caused
thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.
		 -- Isaiah 43:23
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Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled
me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with
thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.
		 -- Isaiah 43:24
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I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake,
and will not remember thy sins.
		 -- Isaiah 43:25
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Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou
mayest be justified.
		 -- Isaiah 43:26
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Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed
against me.
		 -- Isaiah 43:27
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Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given
Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
		 -- Isaiah 43:28
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YET now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
		 -- Isaiah 44:1
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Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb,
which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun,
whom I have chosen.
		 -- Isaiah 44:2
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For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the
dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon
thine offspring:
		 -- Isaiah 44:3
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And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water
courses.
		 -- Isaiah 44:4
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One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself by the
name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD,
and surname himself by the name of Israel.
		 -- Isaiah 44:5
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Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of
hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
		 -- Isaiah 44:6
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And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order
for me, since I appointed the ancient people?  and the things that are
coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.
		 -- Isaiah 44:7
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Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and
have declared it?  ye are even my witnesses.  Is there a God beside me?
yea, there is no God; I know not any.
		 -- Isaiah 44:8
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They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable
things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not,
nor know; that they may be ashamed.
		 -- Isaiah 44:9
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Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable
for nothing?
		 -- Isaiah 44:10
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Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are
of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they
shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.
		 -- Isaiah 44:11
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The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it
with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is
hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
		 -- Isaiah 44:12
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The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line;
he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and
maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man;
that it may remain in the house.
		 -- Isaiah 44:13
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He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he
strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an
ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
		 -- Isaiah 44:14
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Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm
himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god,
and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
		 -- Isaiah 44:15
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He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh;
he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith,
Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
		 -- Isaiah 44:16
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And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he
falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith,
Deliver me; for thou art my god.
		 -- Isaiah 44:17
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They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that
they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
		 -- Isaiah 44:18
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And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor
understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I
have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten
it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination?  shall I fall
down to the stock of a tree?
		 -- Isaiah 44:19
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He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he
cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
		 -- Isaiah 44:20
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Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed
thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
		 -- Isaiah 44:21
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I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud,
thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
		 -- Isaiah 44:22
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Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of
the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every
tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself
in Israel.
		 -- Isaiah 44:23
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Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb,
I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens
alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
		 -- Isaiah 44:24
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That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad;
that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
		 -- Isaiah 44:25
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That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel
of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited;
and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the
decayed places thereof:
		 -- Isaiah 44:26
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That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
		 -- Isaiah 44:27
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That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure:
even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy
foundation shall be laid.
		 -- Isaiah 44:28
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THUS saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have
holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings,
to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
		 -- Isaiah 45:1
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I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will
break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
		 -- Isaiah 45:2
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And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of
secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee
by thy name, am the God of Israel.
		 -- Isaiah 45:3
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For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called
thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
		 -- Isaiah 45:4
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I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me:
I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
		 -- Isaiah 45:5
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That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that
there is none beside me.  I am the LORD, and there is none else.
		 -- Isaiah 45:6
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I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil:
I the LORD do all these things.
		 -- Isaiah 45:7
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Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down
righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation,
and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
		 -- Isaiah 45:8
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Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker!  Let the potsherd strive with
the potsherds of the earth.  Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth
it, What makest thou?  or thy work, He hath no hands?
		 -- Isaiah 45:9
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Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou?  or to
the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
		 -- Isaiah 45:10
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Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of
things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands
command ye me.
		 -- Isaiah 45:11
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I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have
stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
		 -- Isaiah 45:12
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I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways:
he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price
nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Isaiah 45:13
%
Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and
of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall
be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and
they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee,
saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.
		 -- Isaiah 45:14
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Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
		 -- Isaiah 45:15
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They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go
to confusion together that are makers of idols.
		 -- Isaiah 45:16
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But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation:
ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
		 -- Isaiah 45:17
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For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed
the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain,
he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
		 -- Isaiah 45:18
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I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto
the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness,
I declare things that are right.
		 -- Isaiah 45:19
%
Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped
of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their
graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
		 -- Isaiah 45:20
%
Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who
hath declared this from ancient time?  who hath told it from that time?
have not I the LORD?  and there is no God else beside me; a just God
and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
		 -- Isaiah 45:21
%
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God,
and there is none else.
		 -- Isaiah 45:22
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I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness,
and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue
shall swear.
		 -- Isaiah 45:23
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Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength:
even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall
be ashamed.
		 -- Isaiah 45:24
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In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
		 -- Isaiah 45:25
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BEL boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and
upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to
the weary beast.
		 -- Isaiah 46:1
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They stoop, they bow down together, they could not deliver the burden,
but themselves are gone into captivity.
		 -- Isaiah 46:2
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Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of
Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from
the womb:
		 -- Isaiah 46:3
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And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you:
I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
		 -- Isaiah 46:4
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To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we
may be like?
		 -- Isaiah 46:5
%
They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire
a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
		 -- Isaiah 46:6
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They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place,
and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry
unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
		 -- Isaiah 46:7
%
Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye
transgressors.
		 -- Isaiah 46:8
%
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else;
I am God, and there is none like me,
		 -- Isaiah 46:9
%
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things
that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do
all my pleasure:
		 -- Isaiah 46:10
%
Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel
from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass;
I have purposed it, I will also do it.
		 -- Isaiah 46:11
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Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
		 -- Isaiah 46:12
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I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation
shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
		 -- Isaiah 46:13
%
COME down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on
the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou
shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
		 -- Isaiah 47:1
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Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg,
uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
		 -- Isaiah 47:2
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Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will
take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
		 -- Isaiah 47:3
%
As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of
Israel.
		 -- Isaiah 47:4
%
Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans:
for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
		 -- Isaiah 47:5
%
I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given
them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient
hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
		 -- Isaiah 47:6
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And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay
these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
		 -- Isaiah 47:7
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Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest
carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me;
I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
		 -- Isaiah 47:8
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But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss
of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection
for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of
thine enchantments.
		 -- Isaiah 47:9
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For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me.
Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said
in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.
		 -- Isaiah 47:10
%
Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it
riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put
it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt
not know.
		 -- Isaiah 47:11
%
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy
sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou
shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
		 -- Isaiah 47:12
%
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels.  Let now the
astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up,
and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
		 -- Isaiah 47:13
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Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall
not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be
a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
		 -- Isaiah 47:14
%
Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy
merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter;
none shall save thee.
		 -- Isaiah 47:15
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HEAR ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel,
and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name
of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth,
nor in righteousness.
		 -- Isaiah 48:1
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For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the
God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.
		 -- Isaiah 48:2
%
I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth
out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came
to pass.
		 -- Isaiah 48:3
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Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew,
and thy brow brass;
		 -- Isaiah 48:4
%
I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to
pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them,
and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
		 -- Isaiah 48:5
%
Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it?  I have shewed
thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not
know them.
		 -- Isaiah 48:6
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They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day
when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
		 -- Isaiah 48:7
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Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time
that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very
treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
		 -- Isaiah 48:8
%
For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I
refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
		 -- Isaiah 48:9
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Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in
the furnace of affliction.
		 -- Isaiah 48:10
%
For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should
my name be polluted?  and I will not give my glory unto another.
		 -- Isaiah 48:11
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Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first,
I also am the last.
		 -- Isaiah 48:12
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Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand
hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
		 -- Isaiah 48:13
%
All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared
these things?  The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on
Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
		 -- Isaiah 48:14
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I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him,
and he shall make his way prosperous.
		 -- Isaiah 48:15
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Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the
beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD,
and his Spirit, hath sent me.
		 -- Isaiah 48:16
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Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the
LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the
way that thou shouldest go.
		 -- Isaiah 48:17
%
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments!  then had thy peace been
as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
		 -- Isaiah 48:18
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Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like
the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed
from before me.
		 -- Isaiah 48:19
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Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of
singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth;
say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
		 -- Isaiah 48:20
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And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused
the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also,
and the waters gushed out.
		 -- Isaiah 48:21
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There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.
		 -- Isaiah 48:22
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LISTEN, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD
hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made
mention of my name.
		 -- Isaiah 49:1
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And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand
hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he
hid me;
		 -- Isaiah 49:2
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And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be
glorified.
		 -- Isaiah 49:3
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Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought,
and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with
my God.
		 -- Isaiah 49:4
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And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall
I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.
		 -- Isaiah 49:5
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And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to
raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel:
I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be
my salvation unto the end of the earth.
		 -- Isaiah 49:6
%
Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom
man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers,
Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD
that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
		 -- Isaiah 49:7
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Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a
day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give
thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to
inherit the desolate heritages;
		 -- Isaiah 49:8
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That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in
darkness, Shew yourselves.  They shall feed in the ways, and their
pastures shall be in all high places.
		 -- Isaiah 49:9
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They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite
them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs
of water shall he guide them.
		 -- Isaiah 49:10
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And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
		 -- Isaiah 49:11
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Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and
from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
		 -- Isaiah 49:12
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Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing,
O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy
upon his afflicted.
		 -- Isaiah 49:13
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But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
		 -- Isaiah 49:14
%
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion
on the son of her womb?  yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
		 -- Isaiah 49:15
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Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are
continually before me.
		 -- Isaiah 49:16
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Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee
waste shall go forth of thee.
		 -- Isaiah 49:17
%
Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves
together, and come to thee.  As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely
clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee,
as a bride doeth.
		 -- Isaiah 49:18
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For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction,
shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that
swallowed thee up shall be far away.
		 -- Isaiah 49:19
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The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other,
shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give
place to me that I may dwell.
		 -- Isaiah 49:20
%
Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing
I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to
and fro?  and who hath brought up these?  Behold, I was left alone;
these, where had they been?
		 -- Isaiah 49:21
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Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles,
and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in
their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
		 -- Isaiah 49:22
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And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing
mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth,
and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD:
for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
		 -- Isaiah 49:23
%
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
		 -- Isaiah 49:24
%
But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken
away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend
with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
		 -- Isaiah 49:25
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And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they
shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh
shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty
One of Jacob.
		 -- Isaiah 49:26
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THUS saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement,
whom I have put away?  or which of my creditors is it to whom I have
sold you?  Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for
your transgressions is your mother put away.
		 -- Isaiah 50:1
%
Wherefore, when I came, was there no man?  when I called, was there
none to answer?  Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem?
or have I no power to deliver?	behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea,
I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is
no water, and dieth for thirst.
		 -- Isaiah 50:2
%
I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
		 -- Isaiah 50:3
%
The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know
how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning
by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
		 -- Isaiah 50:4
%
The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither
turned away back.
		 -- Isaiah 50:5
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I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off
the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
		 -- Isaiah 50:6
%
For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded:
therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not
be ashamed.
		 -- Isaiah 50:7
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He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me?  let us stand
together: who is mine adversary?  let him come near to me.
		 -- Isaiah 50:8
%
Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me?
lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
		 -- Isaiah 50:9
%
Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his
servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light?  let him trust in
the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
		 -- Isaiah 50:10
%
Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with
sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have
kindled.  This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
		 -- Isaiah 50:11
%
HEARKEN to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD:
look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence
ye are digged.
		 -- Isaiah 51:1
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Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called
him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
		 -- Isaiah 51:2
%
For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places;
and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden
of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving,
and the voice of melody.
		 -- Isaiah 51:3
%
Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law
shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light
of the people.
		 -- Isaiah 51:4
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My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms
shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm
shall they trust.
		 -- Isaiah 51:5
%
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the
heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like
a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my
salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
		 -- Isaiah 51:6
%
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart
is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of
their revilings.
		 -- Isaiah 51:7
%
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat
them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation
from generation to generation.
		 -- Isaiah 51:8
%
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient
days, in the generations of old.  Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab,
and wounded the dragon?
		 -- Isaiah 51:9
%
Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep;
that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
		 -- Isaiah 51:10
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Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing
unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall
obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
		 -- Isaiah 51:11
%
I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest
be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be
made as grass;
		 -- Isaiah 51:12
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And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens,
and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every
day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy?
and where is the fury of the oppressor?
		 -- Isaiah 51:13
%
The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should
not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
		 -- Isaiah 51:14
%
But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared:
The LORD of hosts is his name.
		 -- Isaiah 51:15
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And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the
shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations
of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
		 -- Isaiah 51:16
%
Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of
the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of
trembling, and wrung them out.
		 -- Isaiah 51:17
%
There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth;
neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that
she hath brought up.
		 -- Isaiah 51:18
%
These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee?
desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom
shall I comfort thee?
		 -- Isaiah 51:19
%
Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a
wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke
of thy God.
		 -- Isaiah 51:20
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Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
		 -- Isaiah 51:21
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Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of
his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling,
even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:
		 -- Isaiah 51:22
%
But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have
said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy
body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
		 -- Isaiah 51:23
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AWAKE, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into
thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
		 -- Isaiah 52:1
%
Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose
thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
		 -- Isaiah 52:2
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For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye
shall be redeemed without money.
		 -- Isaiah 52:3
%
For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt
to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
		 -- Isaiah 52:4
%
Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken
away for nought?  they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the
LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
		 -- Isaiah 52:5
%
Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in
that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.
		 -- Isaiah 52:6
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How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good
tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good,
that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
		 -- Isaiah 52:7
%
Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they
sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.
		 -- Isaiah 52:8
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Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem:
for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
		 -- Isaiah 52:9
%
The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations;
and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
		 -- Isaiah 52:10
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Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye
out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
		 -- Isaiah 52:11
%
For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will
go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.
		 -- Isaiah 52:12
%
Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled,
and be very high.
		 -- Isaiah 52:13
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As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man,
and his form more than the sons of men:
		 -- Isaiah 52:14
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So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths
at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that
which they had not heard shall they consider.
		 -- Isaiah 52:15
%
WHO hath believed our report?  and to whom is the arm of the LORD
revealed?
		 -- Isaiah 53:1
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For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of
a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him,
there is no beauty that we should desire him.
		 -- Isaiah 53:2
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He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted
with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised,
and we esteemed him not.
		 -- Isaiah 53:3
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Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did
esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
		 -- Isaiah 53:4
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But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our
iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his
stripes we are healed.
		 -- Isaiah 53:5
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All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own
way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
		 -- Isaiah 53:6
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He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth:
he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her
shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
		 -- Isaiah 53:7
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He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his
generation?  for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the
transgression of my people was he stricken.
		 -- Isaiah 53:8
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And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death;
because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
		 -- Isaiah 53:9
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Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou
shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall
prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
		 -- Isaiah 53:10
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He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his
knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear
their iniquities.
		 -- Isaiah 53:11
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Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide
the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death:
and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.
		 -- Isaiah 53:12
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SING, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing,
and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are
the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife,
saith the LORD.
		 -- Isaiah 54:1
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Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains
of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen
thy stakes;
		 -- Isaiah 54:2
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For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed
shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
		 -- Isaiah 54:3
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Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded;
for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of
thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
		 -- Isaiah 54:4
%
For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy
Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he
be called.
		 -- Isaiah 54:5
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For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit,
and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
		 -- Isaiah 54:6
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For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I
gather thee.
		 -- Isaiah 54:7
%
In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with
everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy
Redeemer.
		 -- Isaiah 54:8
%
For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the
waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that
I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
		 -- Isaiah 54:9
%
For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness
shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be
removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
		 -- Isaiah 54:10
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O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will
lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
		 -- Isaiah 54:11
%
And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles,
and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
		 -- Isaiah 54:12
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And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be
the peace of thy children.
		 -- Isaiah 54:13
%
In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from
oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not
come near thee.
		 -- Isaiah 54:14
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Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever
shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
		 -- Isaiah 54:15
%
Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire,
and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created
the waster to destroy.
		 -- Isaiah 54:16
%
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue
that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.  This is the
heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me,
saith the LORD.
		 -- Isaiah 54:17
%
HO, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath
no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without
money and without price.
		 -- Isaiah 55:1
%
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread?  and your labour
for that which satisfieth not?	hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye
that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
		 -- Isaiah 55:2
%
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live;
and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies
of David.
		 -- Isaiah 55:3
%
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and
commander to the people.
		 -- Isaiah 55:4
%
Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations
that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God,
and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
		 -- Isaiah 55:5
%
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
		 -- Isaiah 55:6
%
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts:
and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him;
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
		 -- Isaiah 55:7
%
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,
saith the LORD.
		 -- Isaiah 55:8
%
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than
your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
		 -- Isaiah 55:9
%
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth
not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud,
that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
		 -- Isaiah 55:10
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So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return
unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall
prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
		 -- Isaiah 55:11
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For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains
and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the
trees of the field shall clap their hands.
		 -- Isaiah 55:12
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Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier
shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name,
for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
		 -- Isaiah 55:13
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THUS saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation
is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
		 -- Isaiah 56:1
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Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold
on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand
from doing any evil.
		 -- Isaiah 56:2
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Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the
LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people:
neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
		 -- Isaiah 56:3
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For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and
choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
		 -- Isaiah 56:4
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Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place
and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an
everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
		 -- Isaiah 56:5
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Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve
him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that
keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
		 -- Isaiah 56:6
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Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my
house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be
accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of
prayer for all people.
		 -- Isaiah 56:7
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The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I
gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
		 -- Isaiah 56:8
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All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in
the forest.
		 -- Isaiah 56:9
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His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs,
they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
		 -- Isaiah 56:10
%
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are
shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every
one for his gain, from his quarter.
		 -- Isaiah 56:11
%
Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with
strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
		 -- Isaiah 56:12
%
THE righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful
men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away
from the evil to come.
		 -- Isaiah 57:1
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He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one
walking in his uprightness.
		 -- Isaiah 57:2
%
But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer
and the whore.
		 -- Isaiah 57:3
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Against whom do ye sport yourselves?  against whom make ye a wide mouth,
and draw out the tongue?  are ye not children of transgression, a seed
of falsehood,
		 -- Isaiah 57:4
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Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the
children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
		 -- Isaiah 57:5
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Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy
lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered
a meat offering.  Should I receive comfort in these?
		 -- Isaiah 57:6
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Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither
wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
		 -- Isaiah 57:7
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Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance:
for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up;
thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou
lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.
		 -- Isaiah 57:8
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And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy
perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself
even unto hell.
		 -- Isaiah 57:9
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Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There
is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast
not grieved.
		 -- Isaiah 57:10
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And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and
hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart?  have not I held my
peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
		 -- Isaiah 57:11
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I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not
profit thee.
		 -- Isaiah 57:12
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When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall
carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his
trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
		 -- Isaiah 57:13
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And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the
stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
		 -- Isaiah 57:14
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For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose
name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that
is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble,
and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
		 -- Isaiah 57:15
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For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for
the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
		 -- Isaiah 57:16
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For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid
me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
		 -- Isaiah 57:17
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I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and
restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
		 -- Isaiah 57:18
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I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off,
and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
		 -- Isaiah 57:19
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But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose
waters cast up mire and dirt.
		 -- Isaiah 57:20
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There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
		 -- Isaiah 57:21
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CRY aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my
people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
		 -- Isaiah 58:1
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Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that
did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask
of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
		 -- Isaiah 58:2
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Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not?  wherefore have
we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge?  Behold, in the
day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
		 -- Isaiah 58:3
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Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of
wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to
be heard on high.
		 -- Isaiah 58:4
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Is it such a fast that I have chosen?  a day for a man to afflict his
soul?  is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth
and ashes under him?  wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day
to the LORD?
		 -- Isaiah 58:5
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Is not this the fast that I have chosen?  to loose the bands of
wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free,
and that ye break every yoke?
		 -- Isaiah 58:6
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Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor
that are cast out to thy house?  when thou seest the naked, that thou
cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
		 -- Isaiah 58:7
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Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall
spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee;
the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
		 -- Isaiah 58:8
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Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he
shall say, Here I am.  If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke,
the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
		 -- Isaiah 58:9
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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:
		 -- Isaiah 58:10
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And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in
drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden,
and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
		 -- Isaiah 58:11
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And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou
shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be
called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
		 -- Isaiah 58:12
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If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure
on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD,
honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding
thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
		 -- Isaiah 58:13
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Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to
ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage
of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
		 -- Isaiah 58:14
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BEHOLD, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither
his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
		 -- Isaiah 59:1
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But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your
sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
		 -- Isaiah 59:2
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For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
		 -- Isaiah 59:3
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None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in
vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
		 -- Isaiah 59:4
%
They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth
of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
		 -- Isaiah 59:5
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Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves
with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of
violence is in their hands.
		 -- Isaiah 59:6
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Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood:
their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in
their paths.
		 -- Isaiah 59:7
%
The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings:
they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not
know peace.
		 -- Isaiah 59:8
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Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us:
we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk
in darkness.
		 -- Isaiah 59:9
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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.
		 -- Isaiah 59:10
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We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment,
but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
		 -- Isaiah 59:11
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For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify
against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities,
we know them;
		 -- Isaiah 59:12
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In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from
our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from
the heart words of falsehood.
		 -- Isaiah 59:13
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And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off:
for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
		 -- Isaiah 59:14
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Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey:
and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
		 -- Isaiah 59:15
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And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no
intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his
righteousness, it sustained him.
		 -- Isaiah 59:16
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For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation
upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing,
and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
		 -- Isaiah 59:17
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According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his
adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay
recompence.
		 -- Isaiah 59:18
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So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory
from the rising of the sun.  When the enemy shall come in like a flood,
the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
		 -- Isaiah 59:19
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And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from
transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
		 -- Isaiah 59:20
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As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that
is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart
out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth
of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
		 -- Isaiah 59:21
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ARISE, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen
upon thee.
		 -- Isaiah 60:1
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For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the
people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen
upon thee.
		 -- Isaiah 60:2
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And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness
of thy rising.
		 -- Isaiah 60:3
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Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves
together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy
daughters shall be nursed at thy side.
		 -- Isaiah 60:4
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Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear,
and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted
unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
		 -- Isaiah 60:5
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The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and
Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense;
and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.
		 -- Isaiah 60:6
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All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams
of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance
on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
		 -- Isaiah 60:7
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Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
		 -- Isaiah 60:8
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Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first,
to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto
the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he
hath glorified thee.
		 -- Isaiah 60:9
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And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall
minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have
I had mercy on thee.
		 -- Isaiah 60:10
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Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut
day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles,
and that their kings may be brought.
		 -- Isaiah 60:11
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For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea,
those nations shall be utterly wasted.
		 -- Isaiah 60:12
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The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree,
and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will
make the place of my feet glorious.
		 -- Isaiah 60:13
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The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee;
and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles
of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion
of the Holy One of Israel.
		 -- Isaiah 60:14
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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.
		 -- Isaiah 60:15
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Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast
of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy
Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
		 -- Isaiah 60:16
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For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for
wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace,
and thine exactors righteousness.
		 -- Isaiah 60:17
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Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction
within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy
gates Praise.
		 -- Isaiah 60:18
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The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness
shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an
everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
		 -- Isaiah 60:19
%
Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself:
for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy
mourning shall be ended.
		 -- Isaiah 60:20
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Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land
for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may
be glorified.
		 -- Isaiah 60:21
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A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation:
I the LORD will hasten it in his time.
		 -- Isaiah 60:22
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THE Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed
me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the
brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of
the prison to them that are bound;
		 -- Isaiah 61:1
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To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance
of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
		 -- Isaiah 61:2
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To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty
for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the
spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness,
the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
		 -- Isaiah 61:3
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And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former
desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of
many generations.
		 -- Isaiah 61:4
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And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the
alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
		 -- Isaiah 61:5
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But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the
Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in
their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
		 -- Isaiah 61:6
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For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice
in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double:
everlasting joy shall be unto them.
		 -- Isaiah 61:7
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For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I
will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant
with them.
		 -- Isaiah 61:8
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And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring
among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they
are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.
		 -- Isaiah 61:9
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I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God;
for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered
me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with
ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
		 -- Isaiah 61:10
%
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the
things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause
righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
		 -- Isaiah 61:11
%
FOR Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I
will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness,
and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
		 -- Isaiah 62:1
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And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory:
and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD
shall name.
		 -- Isaiah 62:2
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Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal
diadem in the hand of thy God.
		 -- Isaiah 62:3
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Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more
be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land
Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
		 -- Isaiah 62:4
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For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee:
and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice
over thee.
		 -- Isaiah 62:5
%
I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never
hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep
not silence,
		 -- Isaiah 62:6
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And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a
praise in the earth.
		 -- Isaiah 62:7
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The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength,
Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and
the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou
hast laboured:
		 -- Isaiah 62:8
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But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they
that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
		 -- Isaiah 62:9
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Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people;
cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard
for the people.
		 -- Isaiah 62:10
%
Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to
the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward
is with him, and his work before him.
		 -- Isaiah 62:11
%
And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD:
and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
		 -- Isaiah 62:12
%
WHO is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah?
this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of
his strength?  I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
		 -- Isaiah 63:1
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Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that
treadeth in the winefat?
		 -- Isaiah 63:2
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I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with
me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury;
and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain
all my raiment.
		 -- Isaiah 63:3
%
For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed
is come.
		 -- Isaiah 63:4
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And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there
was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me;
and my fury, it upheld me.
		 -- Isaiah 63:5
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And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in
my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
		 -- Isaiah 63:6
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I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of
the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the
great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on
them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his
lovingkindnesses.
		 -- Isaiah 63:7
%
For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie:
so he was their Saviour.
		 -- Isaiah 63:8
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In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence
saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare
them, and carried them all the days of old.
		 -- Isaiah 63:9
%
But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned
to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
		 -- Isaiah 63:10
%
Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where
is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock?
where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?
		 -- Isaiah 63:11
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That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing
the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
		 -- Isaiah 63:12
%
That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they
should not stumble?
		 -- Isaiah 63:13
%
As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him
to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
		 -- Isaiah 63:14
%
Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness
and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of
thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me?  are they restrained?
		 -- Isaiah 63:15
%
Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and
Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer;
thy name is from everlasting.
		 -- Isaiah 63:16
%
O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our
heart from thy fear?  Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of
thine inheritance.
		 -- Isaiah 63:17
%
The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our
adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
		 -- Isaiah 63:18
%
We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by
thy name.
		 -- Isaiah 63:19
%
OH that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down,
that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
		 -- Isaiah 64:1
%
As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil,
to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble
at thy presence!
		 -- Isaiah 64:2
%
When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down,
the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
		 -- Isaiah 64:3
%
For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived
by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath
prepared for him that waiteth for him.
		 -- Isaiah 64:4
%
Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that
remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned:
in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
		 -- Isaiah 64:5
%
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as
filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the
wind, have taken us away.
		 -- Isaiah 64:6
%
And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to
take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed
us, because of our iniquities.
		 -- Isaiah 64:7
%
But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our
potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
		 -- Isaiah 64:8
%
Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever:
behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
		 -- Isaiah 64:9
%
Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem
a desolation.
		 -- Isaiah 64:10
%
Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is
burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
		 -- Isaiah 64:11
%
Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD?  wilt thou hold thy
peace, and afflict us very sore?
		 -- Isaiah 64:12
%
I AM sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought
me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called
by my name.
		 -- Isaiah 65:1
%
I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which
walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
		 -- Isaiah 65:2
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A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that
sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
		 -- Isaiah 65:3
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Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat
swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
		 -- Isaiah 65:4
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Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier
than thou.  These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
		 -- Isaiah 65:5
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Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will
recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
		 -- Isaiah 65:6
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Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the
LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon
the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.
		 -- Isaiah 65:7
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Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one
saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my
servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
		 -- Isaiah 65:8
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And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor
of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall
dwell there.
		 -- Isaiah 65:9
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And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place
for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
		 -- Isaiah 65:10
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But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain,
that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering
unto that number.
		 -- Isaiah 65:11
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Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to
the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake,
ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that
wherein I delighted not.
		 -- Isaiah 65:12
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but
ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be
thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
		 -- Isaiah 65:13
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Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for
sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
		 -- Isaiah 65:14
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And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord
GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
		 -- Isaiah 65:15
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That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the
God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God
of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they
are hid from mine eyes.
		 -- Isaiah 65:16
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For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall
not be remembered, nor come into mind.
		 -- Isaiah 65:17
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But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold,
I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
		 -- Isaiah 65:18
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And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of
weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
		 -- Isaiah 65:19
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There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that
hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old;
but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
		 -- Isaiah 65:20
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And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant
vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
		 -- Isaiah 65:21
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They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and
another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and
mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
		 -- Isaiah 65:22
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They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they
are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
		 -- Isaiah 65:23
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And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and
while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
		 -- Isaiah 65:24
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The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw
like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat.  They shall not
hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
		 -- Isaiah 65:25
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THUS saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my
footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me?  and where is the
place of my rest?
		 -- Isaiah 66:1
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For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been,
saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor
and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
		 -- Isaiah 66:2
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He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a
lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as
if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed
an idol.  Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth
in their abominations.
		 -- Isaiah 66:3
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I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon
them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did
not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which
I delighted not.
		 -- Isaiah 66:4
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Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; your brethren
that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD
be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
		 -- Isaiah 66:5
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A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the
LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.
		 -- Isaiah 66:6
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Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was
delivered of a man child.
		 -- Isaiah 66:7
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Who hath heard such a thing?  who hath seen such things?  Shall the earth
be made to bring forth in one day?  or shall a nation be born at once?
for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
		 -- Isaiah 66:8
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Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth?  saith the LORD:
shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb?  saith thy God.
		 -- Isaiah 66:9
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Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her:
rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
		 -- Isaiah 66:10
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That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations;
that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
		 -- Isaiah 66:11
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For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,
and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck,
ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
		 -- Isaiah 66:12
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As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall
be comforted in Jerusalem.
		 -- Isaiah 66:13
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And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall
flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward
his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
		 -- Isaiah 66:14
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For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like
a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames
of fire.
		 -- Isaiah 66:15
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For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and
the slain of the LORD shall be many.
		 -- Isaiah 66:16
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They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens
behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination,
and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
		 -- Isaiah 66:17
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For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will
gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
		 -- Isaiah 66:18
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And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of
them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to
Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame,
neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the
Gentiles.
		 -- Isaiah 66:19
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And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD
out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and
upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith
the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel
into the house of the LORD.
		 -- Isaiah 66:20
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And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.
		 -- Isaiah 66:21
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For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain
before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
		 -- Isaiah 66:22
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And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from
one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me,
saith the LORD.
		 -- Isaiah 66:23
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And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have
transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall
their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
		 -- Isaiah 66:24
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THE words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in
Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
		 -- Jeremiah 1:1
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To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon
king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
		 -- Jeremiah 1:2
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It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah,
unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of
Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
		 -- Jeremiah 1:3
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Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 1:4
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Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest
forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet
unto the nations.
		 -- Jeremiah 1:5
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Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD!  behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
		 -- Jeremiah 1:6
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But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all
that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
		 -- Jeremiah 1:7
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Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith
the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 1:8
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Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth.  And the LORD
said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
		 -- Jeremiah 1:9
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See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms,
to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to
build, and to plant.
		 -- Jeremiah 1:10
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Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what
seest thou?  And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
		 -- Jeremiah 1:11
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Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my
word to perform it.
		 -- Jeremiah 1:12
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And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What
seest thou?  And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is
toward the north.
		 -- Jeremiah 1:13
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Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth
upon all the inhabitants of the land.
		 -- Jeremiah 1:14
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For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north,
saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his
throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the
walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
		 -- Jeremiah 1:15
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And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness,
who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and
worshipped the works of their own hands.
		 -- Jeremiah 1:16
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Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all
that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound
thee before them.
		 -- Jeremiah 1:17
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For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron
pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of
Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and
against the people of the land.
		 -- Jeremiah 1:18
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And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against
thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
		 -- Jeremiah 1:19
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MOREOVER the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 2:1
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Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I
remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals,
when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:2
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Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase:
all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith
the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:3
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Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of
the house of Israel:
		 -- Jeremiah 2:4
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Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me,
that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are
become vain?
		 -- Jeremiah 2:5
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Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land
of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts
and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death,
through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
		 -- Jeremiah 2:6
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And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and
the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made
mine heritage an abomination.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:7
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The priests said not, Where is the LORD?  and they that handle the law
knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets
prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:8
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Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your
children's children will I plead.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:9
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For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and
consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:10
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Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods?  but my people
have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:11
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Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very
desolate, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:12
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For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the
fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns,
that can hold no water.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:13
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Is Israel a servant?  is he a homeborn slave?  why is he spoiled?
		 -- Jeremiah 2:14
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The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste:
his cities are burned without inhabitant.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:15
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Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:16
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Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken
the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?
		 -- Jeremiah 2:17
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And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters
of Sihor?  or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the
waters of the river?
		 -- Jeremiah 2:18
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Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall
reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter,
that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee,
saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:19
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For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou
saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every
green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:20
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Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art
thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
		 -- Jeremiah 2:21
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For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine
iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:22
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How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim?
see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift
dromedary traversing her ways;
		 -- Jeremiah 2:23
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A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her
pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away?  all they that seek
her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:24
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Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou
saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them
will I go.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:25
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As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel
ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their
prophets,
		 -- Jeremiah 2:26
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Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought
me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face:
but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:27
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But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee?  let them arise, if
they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the
number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:28
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Wherefore will ye plead with me?  ye all have transgressed against me,
saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:29
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In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction:
your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:30
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O generation, see ye the word of the LORD.  Have I been a wilderness
unto Israel?  a land of darkness?  wherefore say my people, We are lords;
we will come no more unto thee?
		 -- Jeremiah 2:31
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Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire?  yet my people
have forgotten me days without number.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:32
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Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love?  therefore hast thou also taught
the wicked ones thy ways.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:33
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Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents:
I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:34
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Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn
from me.  Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have
not sinned.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:35
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Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way?  thou also shalt be
ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:36
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Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head:
for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper
in them.
		 -- Jeremiah 2:37
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THEY say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become
another man's, shall he return unto her again?	shall not that land be
greatly polluted?  but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers;
yet return again to me, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 3:1
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Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not
been lien with.  In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in
the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and
with thy wickedness.
		 -- Jeremiah 3:2
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Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter
rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
		 -- Jeremiah 3:3
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Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide
of my youth?
		 -- Jeremiah 3:4
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Will he reserve his anger for ever?  will he keep it to the end?  Behold,
thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.
		 -- Jeremiah 3:5
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The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen
that which backsliding Israel hath done?  she is gone up upon every high
mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
		 -- Jeremiah 3:6
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And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me.
But she returned not.  And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
		 -- Jeremiah 3:7
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And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed
adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her
treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
		 -- Jeremiah 3:8
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And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she
defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
		 -- Jeremiah 3:9
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And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto
me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 3:10
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And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself
more than treacherous Judah.
		 -- Jeremiah 3:11
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Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou
backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to
fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep
anger for ever.
		 -- Jeremiah 3:12
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Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the
LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every
green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 3:13
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Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you:
and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring
you to Zion:
		 -- Jeremiah 3:14
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And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed
you with knowledge and understanding.
		 -- Jeremiah 3:15
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And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the
land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of
the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall
they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be
done any more.
		 -- Jeremiah 3:16
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At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and
all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD,
to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of
their evil heart.
		 -- Jeremiah 3:17
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In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel,
and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land
that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.
		 -- Jeremiah 3:18
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But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a
pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations?  and I said,
Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
		 -- Jeremiah 3:19
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Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye
dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 3:20
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A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of
the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have
forgotten the LORD their God.
		 -- Jeremiah 3:21
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Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings.
Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.
		 -- Jeremiah 3:22
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Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the
multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation
of Israel.
		 -- Jeremiah 3:23
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For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their
flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
		 -- Jeremiah 3:24
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We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have
sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even
unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.
		 -- Jeremiah 3:25
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IF thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if
thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou
not remove.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:1
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And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in
righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in
him shall they glory.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:2
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For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your
fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:3
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Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your
heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come
forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil
of your doings.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:4
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Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the
trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves,
and let us go into the defenced cities.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:5
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Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil
from the north, and a great destruction.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:6
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The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles
is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate;
and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:7
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For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger
of the LORD is not turned back from us.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:8
%
And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart
of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests
shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:9
%
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD!  surely thou hast greatly deceived this people
and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth
unto the soul.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:10
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At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind
of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people,
not to fan, nor to cleanse,
		 -- Jeremiah 4:11
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Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I
give sentence against them.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:12
%
Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a
whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles.	Woe unto us!  for we
are spoiled.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:13
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O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved.
How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
		 -- Jeremiah 4:14
%
For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount
Ephraim.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:15
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Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that
watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the
cities of Judah.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:16
%
As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she
hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:17
%
Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy
wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:18
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My bowels, my bowels!  I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a
noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul,
the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:19
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Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled:
suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:20
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How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
		 -- Jeremiah 4:21
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For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish
children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil,
but to do good they have no knowledge.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:22
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I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the
heavens, and they had no light.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:23
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I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved
lightly.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:24
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I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens
were fled.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:25
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I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the
cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his
fierce anger.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:26
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For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will
I not make a full end.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:27
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For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because
I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will
I turn back from it.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:28
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The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen;
they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city
shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:29
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And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do?  Though thou clothest
thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold,
though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make
thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:30
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For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as
of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter
of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying,
Woe is me now!	for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
		 -- Jeremiah 4:31
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RUN ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know,
and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be
any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
		 -- Jeremiah 5:1
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And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
		 -- Jeremiah 5:2
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O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth?  thou hast stricken them, but
they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused
to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock;
they have refused to return.
		 -- Jeremiah 5:3
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Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know
not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
		 -- Jeremiah 5:4
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I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have
known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have
altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
		 -- Jeremiah 5:5
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Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the
evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities:
every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their
transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
		 -- Jeremiah 5:6
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How shall I pardon thee for this?  thy children have forsaken me,
and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full,
they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the
harlots' houses.
		 -- Jeremiah 5:7
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They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his
neighbour's wife.
		 -- Jeremiah 5:8
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Shall I not visit for these things?  saith the LORD: and shall not my
soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
		 -- Jeremiah 5:9
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Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away
her battlements; for they are not the LORD's.
		 -- Jeremiah 5:10
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For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very
treacherously against me, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 5:11
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They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil
come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
		 -- Jeremiah 5:12
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And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus
shall it be done unto them.
		 -- Jeremiah 5:13
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Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word,
behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood,
and it shall devour them.
		 -- Jeremiah 5:14
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Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith
the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose
language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
		 -- Jeremiah 5:15
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Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
		 -- Jeremiah 5:16
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And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and
thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds:
they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish
thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
		 -- Jeremiah 5:17
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Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end
with you.
		 -- Jeremiah 5:18
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And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD
our God all these things unto us?  then shalt thou answer them, Like as
ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye
serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
		 -- Jeremiah 5:19
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Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 5:20
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Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have
eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
		 -- Jeremiah 5:21
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Fear ye not me?  saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence,
which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree,
that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves,
yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
		 -- Jeremiah 5:22
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But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted
and gone.
		 -- Jeremiah 5:23
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Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that
giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth
unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
		 -- Jeremiah 5:24
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Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have
withholden good things from you.
		 -- Jeremiah 5:25
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For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that
setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
		 -- Jeremiah 5:26
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As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore
they are become great, and waxen rich.
		 -- Jeremiah 5:27
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They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the
wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they
prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
		 -- Jeremiah 5:28
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Shall I not visit for these things?  saith the LORD: shall not my soul
be avenged on such a nation as this?
		 -- Jeremiah 5:29
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A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
		 -- Jeremiah 5:30
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The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means;
and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
		 -- Jeremiah 5:31
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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.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:1
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I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:2
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The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch
their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in
his place.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:3
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Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon.  Woe unto us!
for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:4
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Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:5
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For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a
mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly
oppression in the midst of her.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:6
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As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness:
violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief
and wounds.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:7
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Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I
make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:8
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant
of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the
baskets.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:9
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To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear?  behold,
their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word
of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:10
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Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in:
I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of
young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken,
the aged with him that is full of days.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:11
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And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives
together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land,
saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:12
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For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is
given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every
one dealeth falsely.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:13
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They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly,
saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:14
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Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination?	nay, they were
not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall
among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast
down, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:15
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Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old
paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest
for your souls.  But they said, We will not walk therein.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:16
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Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet.
But they said, We will not hearken.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:17
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Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:18
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Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the
fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words,
nor to my law, but rejected it.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:19
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To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet
cane from a far country?  your burnt offerings are not acceptable,
nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:20
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Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before
this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them;
the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:21
%
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country,
and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:22
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They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy;
their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in
array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:23
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We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken
hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:24
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Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the
enemy and fear is on every side.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:25
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O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in
ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation:
for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:26
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I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou
mayest know and try their way.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:27
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They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass
and iron; they are all corrupters.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:28
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The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder
melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:29
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Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
		 -- Jeremiah 6:30
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THE word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 7:1
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Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word,
and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at
these gates to worship the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 7:2
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and
your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
		 -- Jeremiah 7:3
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Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple
of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
		 -- Jeremiah 7:4
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For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly
execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
		 -- Jeremiah 7:5
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If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and
shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to
your hurt:
		 -- Jeremiah 7:6
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Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave
to your fathers, for ever and ever.
		 -- Jeremiah 7:7
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Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
		 -- Jeremiah 7:8
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Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn
incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
		 -- Jeremiah 7:9
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And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name,
and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
		 -- Jeremiah 7:10
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Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in
your eyes?  Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 7:11
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But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name
at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people
Israel.
		 -- Jeremiah 7:12
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And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I
spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I
called you, but ye answered not;
		 -- Jeremiah 7:13
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Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein
ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers,
as I have done to Shiloh.
		 -- Jeremiah 7:14
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And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren,
even the whole seed of Ephraim.
		 -- Jeremiah 7:15
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Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer
for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
		 -- Jeremiah 7:16
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Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets
of Jerusalem?
		 -- Jeremiah 7:17
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The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women
knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour
out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
		 -- Jeremiah 7:18
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Do they provoke me to anger?  saith the LORD: do they not provoke
themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
		 -- Jeremiah 7:19
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall
be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the
trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn,
and shall not be quenched.
		 -- Jeremiah 7:20
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings
unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
		 -- Jeremiah 7:21
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For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that
I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings
or sacrifices:
		 -- Jeremiah 7:22
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But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be
your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that
I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
		 -- Jeremiah 7:23
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But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the
counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward,
and not forward.
		 -- Jeremiah 7:24
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Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt
unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets,
daily rising up early and sending them:
		 -- Jeremiah 7:25
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Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened
their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
		 -- Jeremiah 7:26
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Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will
not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not
answer thee.
		 -- Jeremiah 7:27
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But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the
voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished,
and is cut off from their mouth.
		 -- Jeremiah 7:28
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Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a
lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the
generation of his wrath.
		 -- Jeremiah 7:29
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For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD:
they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name,
to pollute it.
		 -- Jeremiah 7:30
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And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of
the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire;
which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
		 -- Jeremiah 7:31
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Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more
be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley
of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
		 -- Jeremiah 7:32
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And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven,
and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
		 -- Jeremiah 7:33
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Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the
streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness,
the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land
shall be desolate.
		 -- Jeremiah 7:34
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AT that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings
of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and
the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
out of their graves:
		 -- Jeremiah 8:1
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And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the
host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and
after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they
have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall
be for dung upon the face of the earth.
		 -- Jeremiah 8:2
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And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them
that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither
I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Jeremiah 8:3
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Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall,
and not arise?	shall he turn away, and not return?
		 -- Jeremiah 8:4
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Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual
backsliding?  they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
		 -- Jeremiah 8:5
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I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him
of his wickedness, saying, What have I done?  every one turned to his
course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
		 -- Jeremiah 8:6
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Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle
and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my
people know not the judgment of the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 8:7
%
How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us?  Lo,
certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
		 -- Jeremiah 8:8
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The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have
rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
		 -- Jeremiah 8:9
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Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to
them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto
the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the
priest every one dealeth falsely.
		 -- Jeremiah 8:10
%
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly,
saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
		 -- Jeremiah 8:11
%
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination?	nay, they were
not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall
among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast
down, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 8:12
%
I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes
on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the
things that I have given them shall pass away from them.
		 -- Jeremiah 8:13
%
Why do we sit still?  assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the
defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath
put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have
sinned against the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 8:14
%
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and
behold trouble!
		 -- Jeremiah 8:15
%
The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled
at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come,
and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those
that dwell therein.
		 -- Jeremiah 8:16
%
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will
not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 8:17
%
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
		 -- Jeremiah 8:18
%
Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them
that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion?  is not her king
in her?  Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images,
and with strange vanities?
		 -- Jeremiah 8:19
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The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
		 -- Jeremiah 8:20
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For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black;
astonishment hath taken hold on me.
		 -- Jeremiah 8:21
%
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there?  why then is
not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
		 -- Jeremiah 8:22
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OH that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I
might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
		 -- Jeremiah 9:1
%
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that
I might leave my people, and go from them!  for they be all adulterers,
an assembly of treacherous men.
		 -- Jeremiah 9:2
%
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not
valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil,
and they know not me, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 9:3
%
Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother:
for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk
with slanders.
		 -- Jeremiah 9:4
%
And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the
truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves
to commit iniquity.
		 -- Jeremiah 9:5
%
Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse
to know me, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 9:6
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Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and
try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
		 -- Jeremiah 9:7
%
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh
peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth
his wait.
		 -- Jeremiah 9:8
%
Shall I not visit them for these things?  saith the LORD: shall not my
soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
		 -- Jeremiah 9:9
%
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the
habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up,
so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of
the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they
are gone.
		 -- Jeremiah 9:10
%
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make
the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
		 -- Jeremiah 9:11
%
Who is the wise man, that may understand this?	and who is he to whom the
mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land
perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
		 -- Jeremiah 9:12
%
And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before
them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
		 -- Jeremiah 9:13
%
But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after
Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
		 -- Jeremiah 9:14
%
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold,
I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water
of gall to drink.
		 -- Jeremiah 9:15
%
I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their
fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have
consumed them.
		 -- Jeremiah 9:16
%
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning
women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
		 -- Jeremiah 9:17
%
And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes
may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
		 -- Jeremiah 9:18
%
For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled!
we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because
our dwellings have cast us out.
		 -- Jeremiah 9:19
%
Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the
word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her
neighbour lamentation.
		 -- Jeremiah 9:20
%
For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces,
to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
		 -- Jeremiah 9:21
%
Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung
upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none
shall gather them.
		 -- Jeremiah 9:22
%
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither
let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in
his riches:
		 -- Jeremiah 9:23
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But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and
knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment,
and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith
the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 9:24
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Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which
are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
		 -- Jeremiah 9:25
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Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and
all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for
all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are
uncircumcised in the heart.
		 -- Jeremiah 9:26
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HEAR ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
		 -- Jeremiah 10:1
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Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed
at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
		 -- Jeremiah 10:2
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For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of
the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
		 -- Jeremiah 10:3
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They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and
with hammers, that it move not.
		 -- Jeremiah 10:4
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They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be
borne, because they cannot go.	Be not afraid of them; for they cannot
do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
		 -- Jeremiah 10:5
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Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great,
and thy name is great in might.
		 -- Jeremiah 10:6
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Who would not fear thee, O King of nations?  for to thee doth it
appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in
all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
		 -- Jeremiah 10:7
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But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine
of vanities.
		 -- Jeremiah 10:8
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Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz,
the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple
is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
		 -- Jeremiah 10:9
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But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting
king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not
be able to abide his indignation.
		 -- Jeremiah 10:10
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Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens
and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under
these heavens.
		 -- Jeremiah 10:11
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He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by
his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
		 -- Jeremiah 10:12
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When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens,
and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh
lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
		 -- Jeremiah 10:13
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Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by
the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no
breath in them.
		 -- Jeremiah 10:14
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They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation
they shall perish.
		 -- Jeremiah 10:15
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The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things;
and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
		 -- Jeremiah 10:16
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Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
		 -- Jeremiah 10:17
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For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of
the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.
		 -- Jeremiah 10:18
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Woe is me for my hurt!	my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is
a grief, and I must bear it.
		 -- Jeremiah 10:19
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My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are
gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my
tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
		 -- Jeremiah 10:20
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For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD:
therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
		 -- Jeremiah 10:21
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Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the
north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
		 -- Jeremiah 10:22
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O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man
that walketh to direct his steps.
		 -- Jeremiah 10:23
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O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou
bring me to nothing.
		 -- Jeremiah 10:24
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Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the
families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and
devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
		 -- Jeremiah 10:25
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THE word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 11:1
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Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah,
and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
		 -- Jeremiah 11:2
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And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be
the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,
		 -- Jeremiah 11:3
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Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out
of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and
do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people,
and I will be your God:
		 -- Jeremiah 11:4
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That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers,
to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day.
Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 11:5
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Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of
Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of
this covenant, and do them.
		 -- Jeremiah 11:6
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For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought
them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and
protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
		 -- Jeremiah 11:7
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Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in
the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them
all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they
did them not.
		 -- Jeremiah 11:8
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And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah,
and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
		 -- Jeremiah 11:9
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They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which
refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them:
the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which
I made with their fathers.
		 -- Jeremiah 11:10
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Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them,
which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto
me, I will not hearken unto them.
		 -- Jeremiah 11:11
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Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry
unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them
at all in the time of their trouble.
		 -- Jeremiah 11:12
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For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and
according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars
to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.
		 -- Jeremiah 11:13
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Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer
for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me
for their trouble.
		 -- Jeremiah 11:14
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What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness
with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee?  when thou doest evil,
then thou rejoicest.
		 -- Jeremiah 11:15
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The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit:
with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the
branches of it are broken.
		 -- Jeremiah 11:16
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For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against
thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah,
which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering
incense unto Baal.
		 -- Jeremiah 11:17
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And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou
shewedst me their doings.
		 -- Jeremiah 11:18
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But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and
I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us
destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from
the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
		 -- Jeremiah 11:19
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But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins
and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I
revealed my cause.
		 -- Jeremiah 11:20
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Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy
life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not
by our hand:
		 -- Jeremiah 11:21
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Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them:
the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters
shall die by famine:
		 -- Jeremiah 11:22
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And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the
men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.
		 -- Jeremiah 11:23
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RIGHTEOUS art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with
thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper?
wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
		 -- Jeremiah 12:1
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Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they
bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
		 -- Jeremiah 12:2
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But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart
toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare
them for the day of slaughter.
		 -- Jeremiah 12:3
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How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither,
for the wickedness of them that dwell therein?	the beasts are consumed,
and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
		 -- Jeremiah 12:4
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If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how
canst thou contend with horses?  and if in the land of peace, wherein
thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling
of Jordan?
		 -- Jeremiah 12:5
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For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt
treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee:
believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.
		 -- Jeremiah 12:6
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I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the
dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
		 -- Jeremiah 12:7
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Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against
me: therefore have I hated it.
		 -- Jeremiah 12:8
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Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about
are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come
to devour.
		 -- Jeremiah 12:9
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Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion
under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
		 -- Jeremiah 12:10
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They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me;
the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.
		 -- Jeremiah 12:11
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The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for
the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to
the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
		 -- Jeremiah 12:12
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They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to
pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues
because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 12:13
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Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the
inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold,
I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah
from among them.
		 -- Jeremiah 12:14
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And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will
return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every
man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
		 -- Jeremiah 12:15
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And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my
people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people
to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.
		 -- Jeremiah 12:16
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But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that
nation, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 12:17
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THUS saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it
upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
		 -- Jeremiah 13:1
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So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on
my loins.
		 -- Jeremiah 13:2
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And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 13:3
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Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise,
go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
		 -- Jeremiah 13:4
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So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.
		 -- Jeremiah 13:5
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And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise,
go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee
to hide there.
		 -- Jeremiah 13:6
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Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place
where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable
for nothing.
		 -- Jeremiah 13:7
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Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 13:8
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Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah,
and the great pride of Jerusalem.
		 -- Jeremiah 13:9
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This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the
imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and
to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
		 -- Jeremiah 13:10
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For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to
cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah,
saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name,
and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
		 -- Jeremiah 13:11
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Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORD God
of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say
unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled
with wine?
		 -- Jeremiah 13:12
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Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill
all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's
throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
		 -- Jeremiah 13:13
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And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons
together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy,
but destroy them.
		 -- Jeremiah 13:14
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Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.
		 -- Jeremiah 13:15
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Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before
your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light,
he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
		 -- Jeremiah 13:16
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But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for
your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears,
because the LORD's flock is carried away captive.
		 -- Jeremiah 13:17
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Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for
your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
		 -- Jeremiah 13:18
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The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them:
Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried
away captive.
		 -- Jeremiah 13:19
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Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is
the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
		 -- Jeremiah 13:20
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What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee?  for thou hast taught them
to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee,
as a woman in travail?
		 -- Jeremiah 13:21
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And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me?
For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy
heels made bare.
		 -- Jeremiah 13:22
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Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?  then may
ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
		 -- Jeremiah 13:23
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Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the
wind of the wilderness.
		 -- Jeremiah 13:24
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This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD;
because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
		 -- Jeremiah 13:25
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Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame
may appear.
		 -- Jeremiah 13:26
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I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy
whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields.  Woe unto
thee, O Jerusalem!  wilt thou not be made clean?  when shall it once be?
		 -- Jeremiah 13:27
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THE word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
		 -- Jeremiah 14:1
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Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the
ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
		 -- Jeremiah 14:2
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And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came
to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty;
they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
		 -- Jeremiah 14:3
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Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the
plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
		 -- Jeremiah 14:4
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Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there
was no grass.
		 -- Jeremiah 14:5
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And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the
wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
		 -- Jeremiah 14:6
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O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy
name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
		 -- Jeremiah 14:7
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O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why
shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that
turneth aside to tarry for a night?
		 -- Jeremiah 14:8
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Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save?
yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name;
leave us not.
		 -- Jeremiah 14:9
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Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander,
they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept
them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
		 -- Jeremiah 14:10
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Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.
		 -- Jeremiah 14:11
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When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt
offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume
them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
		 -- Jeremiah 14:12
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Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD!  behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall
not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you
assured peace in this place.
		 -- Jeremiah 14:13
%
Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I
sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them:
they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of
nought, and the deceit of their heart.
		 -- Jeremiah 14:14
%
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in
my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not
be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
		 -- Jeremiah 14:15
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And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of
Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none
to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters:
for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
		 -- Jeremiah 14:16
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Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with
tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of
my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
		 -- Jeremiah 14:17
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If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword!
and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine!
yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they
know not.
		 -- Jeremiah 14:18
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Hast thou utterly rejected Judah?  hath thy soul lothed Zion?  why hast
thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace,
and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
		 -- Jeremiah 14:19
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We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers:
for we have sinned against thee.
		 -- Jeremiah 14:20
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Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy
glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
		 -- Jeremiah 14:21
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Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain?
or can the heavens give showers?  art not thou he, O LORD our God?
therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
		 -- Jeremiah 14:22
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THEN said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me,
yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight,
and let them go forth.
		 -- Jeremiah 15:1
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And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we
go forth?  then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as
are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword;
and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the
captivity, to the captivity.
		 -- Jeremiah 15:2
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And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to
slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts
of the earth, to devour and destroy.
		 -- Jeremiah 15:3
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And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth,
because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which
he did in Jerusalem.
		 -- Jeremiah 15:4
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For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem?  or who shall bemoan thee?
or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?
		 -- Jeremiah 15:5
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Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore
will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary
with repenting.
		 -- Jeremiah 15:6
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And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave
them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from
their ways.
		 -- Jeremiah 15:7
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Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have
brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at
noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon
the city.
		 -- Jeremiah 15:8
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She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost;
her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and
confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before
their enemies, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 15:9
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Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a
man of contention to the whole earth!  I have neither lent on usury,
nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
		 -- Jeremiah 15:10
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The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will
cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time
of affliction.
		 -- Jeremiah 15:11
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Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
		 -- Jeremiah 15:12
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Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price,
and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
		 -- Jeremiah 15:13
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And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou
knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn
upon you.
		 -- Jeremiah 15:14
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O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my
persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy
sake I have suffered rebuke.
		 -- Jeremiah 15:15
%
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the
joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD
God of hosts.
		 -- Jeremiah 15:16
%
I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone
because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
		 -- Jeremiah 15:17
%
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to
be healed?  wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters
that fail?
		 -- Jeremiah 15:18
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Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee
again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious
from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee;
but return not thou unto them.
		 -- Jeremiah 15:19
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And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they
shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee:
for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 15:20
%
And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem
thee out of the hand of the terrible.
		 -- Jeremiah 15:21
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THE word of the LORD came also unto me, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 16:1
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Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters
in this place.
		 -- Jeremiah 16:2
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For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters
that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them,
and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;
		 -- Jeremiah 16:3
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They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither
shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the
earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their
carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of
the earth.
		 -- Jeremiah 16:4
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For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither
go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this
people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.
		 -- Jeremiah 16:5
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Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be
buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make
themselves bald for them:
		 -- Jeremiah 16:6
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Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them
for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to
drink for their father or for their mother.
		 -- Jeremiah 16:7
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Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to
eat and to drink.
		 -- Jeremiah 16:8
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For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will
cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the
voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom,
and the voice of the bride.
		 -- Jeremiah 16:9
%
And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these
words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced
all this great evil against us?  or what is our iniquity?  or what is
our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?
		 -- Jeremiah 16:10
%
Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me,
saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them,
and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
		 -- Jeremiah 16:11
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And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every
one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken
unto me:
		 -- Jeremiah 16:12
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Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not,
neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day
and night; where I will not shew you favour.
		 -- Jeremiah 16:13
%
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more
be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of
the land of Egypt;
		 -- Jeremiah 16:14
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But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the
land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and
I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.
		 -- Jeremiah 16:15
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Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall
fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt
them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of
the rocks.
		 -- Jeremiah 16:16
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For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face,
neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
		 -- Jeremiah 16:17
%
And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because
they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the
carcases of their detestable and abominable things.
		 -- Jeremiah 16:18
%
O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of
affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth,
and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things
wherein there is no profit.
		 -- Jeremiah 16:19
%
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
		 -- Jeremiah 16:20
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Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause
them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name
is The LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 16:21
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THE sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a
diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns
of your altars;
		 -- Jeremiah 17:1
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Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the
green trees upon the high hills.
		 -- Jeremiah 17:2
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O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy
treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all
thy borders.
		 -- Jeremiah 17:3
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And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that
I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land
which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which
shall burn for ever.
		 -- Jeremiah 17:4
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Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh
flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 17:5
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For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when
good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,
in a salt land and not inhabited.
		 -- Jeremiah 17:6
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Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
		 -- Jeremiah 17:7
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For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth
out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her
leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought,
neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
		 -- Jeremiah 17:8
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The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who
can know it?
		 -- Jeremiah 17:9
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I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man
according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
		 -- Jeremiah 17:10
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As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that
getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his
days, and at his end shall be a fool.
		 -- Jeremiah 17:11
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A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
		 -- Jeremiah 17:12
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O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed,
and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they
have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
		 -- Jeremiah 17:13
%
Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved:
for thou art my praise.
		 -- Jeremiah 17:14
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Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now.
		 -- Jeremiah 17:15
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As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee:
neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came
out of my lips was right before thee.
		 -- Jeremiah 17:16
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Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.
		 -- Jeremiah 17:17
%
Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded:
let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the
day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
		 -- Jeremiah 17:18
%
Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of
the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they
go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;
		 -- Jeremiah 17:19
%
And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah,
and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by
these gates:
		 -- Jeremiah 17:20
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Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the
sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
		 -- Jeremiah 17:21
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Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day,
neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded
your fathers.
		 -- Jeremiah 17:22
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But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck
stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
		 -- Jeremiah 17:23
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And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the
LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath
day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;
		 -- Jeremiah 17:24
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Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes
sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they,
and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem:
and this city shall remain for ever.
		 -- Jeremiah 17:25
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And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places
about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain,
and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings,
and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices
of praise, unto the house of the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 17:26
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But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to
bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath
day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour
the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
		 -- Jeremiah 17:27
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THE word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 18:1
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Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee
to hear my words.
		 -- Jeremiah 18:2
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Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work
on the wheels.
		 -- Jeremiah 18:3
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And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter:
so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to
make it.
		 -- Jeremiah 18:4
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Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 18:5
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O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter?  saith the LORD.
Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand,
O house of Israel.
		 -- Jeremiah 18:6
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At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a
kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
		 -- Jeremiah 18:7
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If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil,
I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
		 -- Jeremiah 18:8
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And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning
a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
		 -- Jeremiah 18:9
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If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent
of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
		 -- Jeremiah 18:10
%
Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against
you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his
evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.
		 -- Jeremiah 18:11
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And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices,
and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
		 -- Jeremiah 18:12
%
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath
heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
		 -- Jeremiah 18:13
%
Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of
the field?  or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another
place be forsaken?
		 -- Jeremiah 18:14
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Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity,
and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths,
to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
		 -- Jeremiah 18:15
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To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that
passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
		 -- Jeremiah 18:16
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I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy: I will shew
them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
		 -- Jeremiah 18:17
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Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for
the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor
the word from the prophet.  Come, and let us smite him with the tongue,
and let us not give heed to any of his words.
		 -- Jeremiah 18:18
%
Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend
with me.
		 -- Jeremiah 18:19
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Shall evil be recompensed for good?  for they have digged a pit for
my soul.  Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them,
and to turn away thy wrath from them.
		 -- Jeremiah 18:20
%
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their
blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of
their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let
their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
		 -- Jeremiah 18:21
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Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop
suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares
for my feet.
		 -- Jeremiah 18:22
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Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me:
forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight,
but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time
of thine anger.
		 -- Jeremiah 18:23
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THUS saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of
the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;
		 -- Jeremiah 19:1
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And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry
of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,
		 -- Jeremiah 19:2
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And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants
of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold,
I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears
shall tingle.
		 -- Jeremiah 19:3
%
Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have
burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers
have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the
blood of innocents;
		 -- Jeremiah 19:4
%
They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with
fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it,
neither came it into my mind:
		 -- Jeremiah 19:5
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Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall
no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The
valley of slaughter.
		 -- Jeremiah 19:6
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And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place;
and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by
the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give
to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
		 -- Jeremiah 19:7
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And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth
thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
		 -- Jeremiah 19:8
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And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of
their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend
in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek
their lives, shall straiten them.
		 -- Jeremiah 19:9
%
Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with
thee,
		 -- Jeremiah 19:10
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And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will
I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel,
that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet,
till there be no place to bury.
		 -- Jeremiah 19:11
%
Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants
thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:
		 -- Jeremiah 19:12
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And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall
be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose
roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have
poured out drink offerings unto other gods.
		 -- Jeremiah 19:13
%
Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy;
and he stood in the court of the LORD's house; and said to all the people,
		 -- Jeremiah 19:14
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring
upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced
against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not
hear my words.
		 -- Jeremiah 19:15
%
NOW Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in
the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
		 -- Jeremiah 20:1
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Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that
were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 20:2
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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 Magor-missabib.
		 -- Jeremiah 20:3
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For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself,
and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies,
and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand
of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon,
and shall slay them with the sword.
		 -- Jeremiah 20:4
%
Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours
thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of
the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which
shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.
		 -- Jeremiah 20:5
%
And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into
captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die,
and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast
prophesied lies.
		 -- Jeremiah 20:6
%
O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger
than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
		 -- Jeremiah 20:7
%
For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the
word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.
		 -- Jeremiah 20:8
%
Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in
his name.  But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in
my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
		 -- Jeremiah 20:9
%
For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side.  Report, say they,
and we will report it.	All my familiars watched for my halting, saying,
Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him,
and we shall take our revenge on him.
		 -- Jeremiah 20:10
%
But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors
shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed;
for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never
be forgotten.
		 -- Jeremiah 20:11
%
But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins
and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I
opened my cause.
		 -- Jeremiah 20:12
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Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul
of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
		 -- Jeremiah 20:13
%
Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother
bare me be blessed.
		 -- Jeremiah 20:14
%
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child
is born unto thee; making him very glad.
		 -- Jeremiah 20:15
%
And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented
not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at
noontide;
		 -- Jeremiah 20:16
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Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been
my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.
		 -- Jeremiah 20:17
%
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that
my days should be consumed with shame?
		 -- Jeremiah 20:18
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THE word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent
unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah
the priest, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 21:1
%
Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us
according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.
		 -- Jeremiah 21:2
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Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:
		 -- Jeremiah 21:3
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Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons
of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of
Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls,
and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.
		 -- Jeremiah 21:4
%
And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with
a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.
		 -- Jeremiah 21:5
%
And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast:
they shall die of a great pestilence.
		 -- Jeremiah 21:6
%
And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah,
and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city
from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand
of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies,
and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them
with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity,
nor have mercy.
		 -- Jeremiah 21:7
%
And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set
before you the way of life, and the way of death.
		 -- Jeremiah 21:8
%
He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine,
and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the
Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto
him for a prey.
		 -- Jeremiah 21:9
%
For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good,
saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon,
and he shall burn it with fire.
		 -- Jeremiah 21:10
%
And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of
the LORD;
		 -- Jeremiah 21:11
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O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning,
and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest
my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of
the evil of your doings.
		 -- Jeremiah 21:12
%
Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of
the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us?
or who shall enter into our habitations?
		 -- Jeremiah 21:13
%
But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the
LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour
all things round about it.
		 -- Jeremiah 21:14
%
THUS saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and
speak there this word,
		 -- Jeremiah 22:1
%
And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon
the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter
in by these gates:
		 -- Jeremiah 22:2
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Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver
the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no
violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed
innocent blood in this place.
		 -- Jeremiah 22:3
%
For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates
of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots
and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.
		 -- Jeremiah 22:4
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But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD,
that this house shall become a desolation.
		 -- Jeremiah 22:5
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For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art
Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a
wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.
		 -- Jeremiah 22:6
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And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons:
and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
		 -- Jeremiah 22:7
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And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man
to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?
		 -- Jeremiah 22:8
%
Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the
LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
		 -- Jeremiah 22:9
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Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that
goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
		 -- Jeremiah 22:10
%
For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah,
which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this
place; He shall not return thither any more:
		 -- Jeremiah 22:11
%
But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and
shall see this land no more.
		 -- Jeremiah 22:12
%
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers
by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth
him not for his work;
		 -- Jeremiah 22:13
%
That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth
him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
		 -- Jeremiah 22:14
%
Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar?  did not thy
father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well
with him?
		 -- Jeremiah 22:15
%
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him:
was not this to know me?  saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 22:16
%
But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for
to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
		 -- Jeremiah 22:17
%
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah
king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother!
or, Ah sister!	they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord!  or,
Ah his glory!
		 -- Jeremiah 22:18
%
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond
the gates of Jerusalem.
		 -- Jeremiah 22:19
%
Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from
the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.
		 -- Jeremiah 22:20
%
I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear.
This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.
		 -- Jeremiah 22:21
%
The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into
captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all
thy wickedness.
		 -- Jeremiah 22:22
%
O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how
gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman
in travail!
		 -- Jeremiah 22:23
%
As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of
Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;
		 -- Jeremiah 22:24
%
And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and
into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
		 -- Jeremiah 22:25
%
And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another
country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.
		 -- Jeremiah 22:26
%
But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they
not return.
		 -- Jeremiah 22:27
%
Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol?  is he a vessel wherein is
no pleasure?  wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast
into a land which they know not?
		 -- Jeremiah 22:28
%
O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 22:29
%
Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not
prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon
the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
		 -- Jeremiah 22:30
%
WOE be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my
pasture! saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:1
%
Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that
feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and
have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your
doings, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:2
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And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither
I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they
shall be fruitful and increase.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:3
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And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they
shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking,
saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:4
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Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a
righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute
judgment and justice in the earth.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:5
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In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and
this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:6
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Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no
more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out
of the land of Egypt;
		 -- Jeremiah 23:7
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But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the
house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither
I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:8
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Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones
shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome,
because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:9
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For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land
mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their
course is evil, and their force is not right.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:10
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For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found
their wickedness, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:11
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Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness:
they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon
them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:12
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And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal,
and caused my people Israel to err.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:13
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I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they
commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of
evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of
them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:14
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Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold,
I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall:
for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all
the land.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:15
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets
that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their
own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:16
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They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall
have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination
of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:17
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For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and
heard his word?  who hath marked his word, and heard it?
		 -- Jeremiah 23:18
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Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous
whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:19
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The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till
he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall
consider it perfectly.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:20
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I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them,
yet they prophesied.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:21
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But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear
my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and
from the evil of their doings.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:22
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Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?
		 -- Jeremiah 23:23
%
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him?
saith the LORD.  Do not I fill heaven and earth?  saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:24
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I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name,
saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:25
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How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies?
yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;
		 -- Jeremiah 23:26
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Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which
they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten
my name for Baal.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:27
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The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my
word, let him speak my word faithfully.  What is the chaff to the wheat?
saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:28
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Is not my word like as a fire?	saith the LORD; and like a hammer that
breaketh the rock in pieces?
		 -- Jeremiah 23:29
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Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal
my words every one from his neighbour.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:30
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Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues,
and say, He saith.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:31
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Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD,
and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their
lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall
not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:32
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And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee,
saying, What is the burden of the LORD?  thou shalt then say unto them,
What burden?  I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:33
%
And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say,
The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:34
%
Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his
brother, What hath the LORD answered?  and, What hath the LORD spoken?
		 -- Jeremiah 23:35
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And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man's word
shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God,
of the LORD of hosts our God.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:36
%
Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee?
and, What hath the LORD spoken?
		 -- Jeremiah 23:37
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But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD;
Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto
you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;
		 -- Jeremiah 23:38
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Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake
you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of
my presence:
		 -- Jeremiah 23:39
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And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame,
which shall not be forgotten.
		 -- Jeremiah 23:40
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THE LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before
the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had
carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and
the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem,
and had brought them to Babylon.
		 -- Jeremiah 24:1
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One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe:
and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten,
they were so bad.
		 -- Jeremiah 24:2
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Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah?	And I said, Figs;
the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten,
they are so evil.
		 -- Jeremiah 24:3
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Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 24:4
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Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will
I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have
sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
		 -- Jeremiah 24:5
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For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again
to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will
plant them, and not pluck them up.
		 -- Jeremiah 24:6
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And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they
shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto
me with their whole heart.
		 -- Jeremiah 24:7
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And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely
thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and
his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land,
and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
		 -- Jeremiah 24:8
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And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth
for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse,
in all places whither I shall drive them.
		 -- Jeremiah 24:9
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And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them,
till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to
their fathers.
		 -- Jeremiah 24:10
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THE word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in
the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was
the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
		 -- Jeremiah 25:1
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The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah,
and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 25:2
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From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even
unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD
hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking;
but ye have not hearkened.
		 -- Jeremiah 25:3
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And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising
early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your
ear to hear.
		 -- Jeremiah 25:4
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They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the
evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto
you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
		 -- Jeremiah 25:5
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And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and
provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you
no hurt.
		 -- Jeremiah 25:6
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Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke
me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.
		 -- Jeremiah 25:7
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Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard
my words,
		 -- Jeremiah 25:8
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Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the
LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will
bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and
against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them,
and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
		 -- Jeremiah 25:9
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Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of
gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride,
the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
		 -- Jeremiah 25:10
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And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and
these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
		 -- Jeremiah 25:11
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And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that
I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD,
for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it
perpetual desolations.
		 -- Jeremiah 25:12
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And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced
against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath
prophesied against all the nations.
		 -- Jeremiah 25:13
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For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also:
and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to
the works of their own hands.
		 -- Jeremiah 25:14
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For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of
this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee,
to drink it.
		 -- Jeremiah 25:15
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And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword
that I will send among them.
		 -- Jeremiah 25:16
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Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to drink,
unto whom the LORD had sent me:
		 -- Jeremiah 25:17
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To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof,
and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment,
an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;
		 -- Jeremiah 25:18
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Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all
his people;
		 -- Jeremiah 25:19
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And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and
all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah,
and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
		 -- Jeremiah 25:20
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Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
		 -- Jeremiah 25:21
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And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings
of the isles which are beyond the sea,
		 -- Jeremiah 25:22
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Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,
		 -- Jeremiah 25:23
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And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people
that dwell in the desert,
		 -- Jeremiah 25:24
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And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings
of the Medes,
		 -- Jeremiah 25:25
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And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and
all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth:
and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
		 -- Jeremiah 25:26
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Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the
God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise
no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
		 -- Jeremiah 25:27
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And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink,
then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall
certainly drink.
		 -- Jeremiah 25:28
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For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name,
and should ye be utterly unpunished?  Ye shall not be unpunished: for I
will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the
LORD of hosts.
		 -- Jeremiah 25:29
%
Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them,
The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy
habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give
a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of
the earth.
		 -- Jeremiah 25:30
%
A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a
controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give
them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 25:31
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation
to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of
the earth.
		 -- Jeremiah 25:32
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And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the
earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented,
neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.
		 -- Jeremiah 25:33
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Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye
principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your
dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
		 -- Jeremiah 25:34
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And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the
flock to escape.
		 -- Jeremiah 25:35
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A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of
the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture.
		 -- Jeremiah 25:36
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And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger
of the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 25:37
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He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate
because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce
anger.
		 -- Jeremiah 25:38
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IN the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of
Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 26:1
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Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD's house, and speak
unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD's house,
all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:
		 -- Jeremiah 26:2
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If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that
I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of
the evil of their doings.
		 -- Jeremiah 26:3
%
And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken
to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
		 -- Jeremiah 26:4
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To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you,
both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;
		 -- Jeremiah 26:5
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Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse
to all the nations of the earth.
		 -- Jeremiah 26:6
%
So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking
these words in the house of the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 26:7
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Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all
that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the
priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt
surely die.
		 -- Jeremiah 26:8
%
Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall
be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant?
And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of
the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 26:9
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When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from
the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the entry
of the new gate of the LORD's house.
		 -- Jeremiah 26:10
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Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all
the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied
against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
		 -- Jeremiah 26:11
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Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying,
The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city
all the words that ye have heard.
		 -- Jeremiah 26:12
%
Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of
the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath
pronounced against you.
		 -- Jeremiah 26:13
%
As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and
meet unto you.
		 -- Jeremiah 26:14
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But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely
bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the
inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to
speak all these words in your ears.
		 -- Jeremiah 26:15
%
Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the
prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in
the name of the LORD our God.
		 -- Jeremiah 26:16
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Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the
assembly of the people, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 26:17
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Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah,
and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of
hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become
heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
		 -- Jeremiah 26:18
%
Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death?  did he
not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of
the evil which he had pronounced against them?	Thus might we procure
great evil against our souls.
		 -- Jeremiah 26:19
%
And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah
the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who prophesied against this city
and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:
		 -- Jeremiah 26:20
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And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes,
heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah
heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;
		 -- Jeremiah 26:21
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And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of
Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.
		 -- Jeremiah 26:22
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And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim
the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the
graves of the common people.
		 -- Jeremiah 26:23
%
Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that
they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
		 -- Jeremiah 26:24
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IN the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of
Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 27:1
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Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon
thy neck,
		 -- Jeremiah 27:2
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And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the
king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon,
by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king
of Judah;
		 -- Jeremiah 27:3
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And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts,
the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;
		 -- Jeremiah 27:4
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I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground,
by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto
whom it seemed meet unto me.
		 -- Jeremiah 27:5
%
And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the
king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given
him also to serve him.
		 -- Jeremiah 27:6
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And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until
the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings
shall serve themselves of him.
		 -- Jeremiah 27:7
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And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not
serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not
put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will
I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with
the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
		 -- Jeremiah 27:8
%
Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor
to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which
speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
		 -- Jeremiah 27:9
%
For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land;
and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
		 -- Jeremiah 27:10
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But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of
Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land,
saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
		 -- Jeremiah 27:11
%
I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words,
saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and
serve him and his people, and live.
		 -- Jeremiah 27:12
%
Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and
by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will
not serve the king of Babylon?
		 -- Jeremiah 27:13
%
Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you,
saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie
unto you.
		 -- Jeremiah 27:14
%
For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my
name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the
prophets that prophesy unto you.
		 -- Jeremiah 27:15
%
Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith
the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto
you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house shall now shortly
be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
		 -- Jeremiah 27:16
%
Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore
should this city be laid waste?
		 -- Jeremiah 27:17
%
But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let
them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which
are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah,
and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
		 -- Jeremiah 27:18
%
For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning
the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the
vessels that remain in this city,
		 -- Jeremiah 27:19
%
Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away
captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to
Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
		 -- Jeremiah 27:20
%
Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the
vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the
king of Judah and of Jerusalem;
		 -- Jeremiah 27:21
%
They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the
day that I visit them, saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and
restore them to this place.
		 -- Jeremiah 27:22
%
AND it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of
Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month,
that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake
unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of
all the people, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 28:1
%
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken
the yoke of the king of Babylon.
		 -- Jeremiah 28:2
%
Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels
of the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from
this place, and carried them to Babylon:
		 -- Jeremiah 28:3
%
And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king
of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith
the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
		 -- Jeremiah 28:4
%
Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence
of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the
house of the LORD,
		 -- Jeremiah 28:5
%
Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy
words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD's
house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.
		 -- Jeremiah 28:6
%
Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in
the ears of all the people;
		 -- Jeremiah 28:7
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The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied
both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of
evil, and of pestilence.
		 -- Jeremiah 28:8
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The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet
shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath
truly sent him.
		 -- Jeremiah 28:9
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Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's
neck, and brake it.
		 -- Jeremiah 28:10
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And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus
saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years.
And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
		 -- Jeremiah 28:11
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Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that
Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet
Jeremiah, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 28:12
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Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the
yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
		 -- Jeremiah 28:13
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For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a
yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have
given him the beasts of the field also.
		 -- Jeremiah 28:14
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Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now,
Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to
trust in a lie.
		 -- Jeremiah 28:15
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Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the
face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught
rebellion against the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 28:16
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So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
		 -- Jeremiah 28:17
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NOW these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent
from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away
captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people
whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;
		 -- Jeremiah 29:1
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(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the
princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths,
were departed from Jerusalem;)
		 -- Jeremiah 29:2
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By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah,
(whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon) saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 29:3
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are
carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from
Jerusalem unto Babylon;
		 -- Jeremiah 29:4
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Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit
of them;
		 -- Jeremiah 29:5
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Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your
sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and
daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
		 -- Jeremiah 29:6
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And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried
away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof
shall ye have peace.
		 -- Jeremiah 29:7
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For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your
prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you,
neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
		 -- Jeremiah 29:8
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For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them,
saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 29:9
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For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at
Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing
you to return to this place.
		 -- Jeremiah 29:10
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For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts
of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
		 -- Jeremiah 29:11
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Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will
hearken unto you.
		 -- Jeremiah 29:12
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And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all
your heart.
		 -- Jeremiah 29:13
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And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your
captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the
places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you
again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
		 -- Jeremiah 29:14
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Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
		 -- Jeremiah 29:15
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Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne
of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your
brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
		 -- Jeremiah 29:16
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword,
the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs,
that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
		 -- Jeremiah 29:17
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And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the
pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of
the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a
reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
		 -- Jeremiah 29:18
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Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent
unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them;
but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 29:19
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Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom
I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:
		 -- Jeremiah 29:20
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of
Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie
unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
		 -- Jeremiah 29:21
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And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which
are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab,
whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
		 -- Jeremiah 29:22
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Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery
with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name,
which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith
the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 29:23
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Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 29:24
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Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou
hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem,
and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests,
saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 29:25
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The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest,
that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that
is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in
prison, and in the stocks.
		 -- Jeremiah 29:26
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Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which
maketh himself a prophet to you?
		 -- Jeremiah 29:27
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For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long:
build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit
of them.
		 -- Jeremiah 29:28
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And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the
prophet.
		 -- Jeremiah 29:29
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Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 29:30
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Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning
Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you,
and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:
		 -- Jeremiah 29:31
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Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the
Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this
people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people,
saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 29:32
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THE word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 30:1
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Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words
that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
		 -- Jeremiah 30:2
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For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the
captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause
them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall
possess it.
		 -- Jeremiah 30:3
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And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and
concerning Judah.
		 -- Jeremiah 30:4
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For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear,
and not of peace.
		 -- Jeremiah 30:5
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Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child?  wherefore do
I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail,
and all faces are turned into paleness?
		 -- Jeremiah 30:6
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Alas!  for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the
time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
		 -- Jeremiah 30:7
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For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that
I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds,
and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:
		 -- Jeremiah 30:8
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But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I
will raise up unto them.
		 -- Jeremiah 30:9
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Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be
dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed
from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be
in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
		 -- Jeremiah 30:10
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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.
		 -- Jeremiah 30:11
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For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is
grievous.
		 -- Jeremiah 30:12
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There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou
hast no healing medicines.
		 -- Jeremiah 30:13
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All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded
thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one,
for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
		 -- Jeremiah 30:14
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Why criest thou for thine affliction?  thy sorrow is incurable for the
multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have
done these things unto thee.
		 -- Jeremiah 30:15
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Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine
adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that
spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give
for a prey.
		 -- Jeremiah 30:16
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For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds,
saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion,
whom no man seeketh after.
		 -- Jeremiah 30:17
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Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's
tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded
upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.
		 -- Jeremiah 30:18
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And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that
make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will
also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
		 -- Jeremiah 30:19
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Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall
be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
		 -- Jeremiah 30:20
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And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed
from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall
approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach
unto me?  saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 30:21
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And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
		 -- Jeremiah 30:22
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Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing
whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.
		 -- Jeremiah 30:23
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The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done it,
and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days
ye shall consider it.
		 -- Jeremiah 30:24
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AT the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families
of Israel, and they shall be my people.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:1
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Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace
in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:2
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The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee
with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:3
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Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel:
thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the
dances of them that make merry.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:4
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Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters
shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:5
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For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall
cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:6
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For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among
the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save
thy people, the remnant of Israel.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:7
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Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from
the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman
with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company
shall return thither.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:8
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They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them:
I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way,
wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim
is my firstborn.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:9
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Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar
off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him,
as a shepherd doth his flock.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:10
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For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him
that was stronger than he.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:11
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Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall
flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and
for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul
shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:12
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Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old
together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them,
and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:13
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And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people
shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:14
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Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter
weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her
children, because they were not.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:15
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Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from
tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall
come again from the land of the enemy.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:16
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And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall
come again to their own border.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:17
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I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised
me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn
thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:18
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Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was
instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded,
because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:19
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Is Ephraim my dear son?  is he a pleasant child?  for since I spake
against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are
troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:20
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Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the
highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel,
turn again to these thy cities.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:21
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How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter?  for the LORD
hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:22
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use
this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall
bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice,
and mountain of holiness.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:23
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And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof
together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:24
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For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every
sorrowful soul.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:25
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Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:26
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Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel
and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:27
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And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck
up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict;
so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:28
%
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape,
and the children's teeth are set on edge.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:29
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But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the
sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:30
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Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
		 -- Jeremiah 31:31
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Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day
that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt;
which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them,
saith the LORD:
		 -- Jeremiah 31:32
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But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel;
After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts,
and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be
my people.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:33
%
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man
his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from
the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD; for I will
forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:34
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Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the
ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which
divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is
his name:
		 -- Jeremiah 31:35
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If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed
of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:36
%
Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations
of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of
Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:37
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Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to
the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:38
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And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill
Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:39
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And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all
the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate
toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up,
nor thrown down any more for ever.
		 -- Jeremiah 31:40
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THE word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah
king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.
		 -- Jeremiah 32:1
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For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah
the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the
king of Judah's house.
		 -- Jeremiah 32:2
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For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou
prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city
into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
		 -- Jeremiah 32:3
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And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the
Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of
Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall
behold his eyes;
		 -- Jeremiah 32:4
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And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I
visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall
not prosper?
		 -- Jeremiah 32:5
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And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 32:6
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Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee,
saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption
is thine to buy it.
		 -- Jeremiah 32:7
%
So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison
according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I
pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin:
for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine;
buy it for thyself.  Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 32:8
%
And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth,
and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
		 -- Jeremiah 32:9
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And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and
weighed him the money in the balances.
		 -- Jeremiah 32:10
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So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed
according to the law and custom, and that which was open:
		 -- Jeremiah 32:11
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And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah,
the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in
the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase,
before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.
		 -- Jeremiah 32:12
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And I charged Baruch before them, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 32:13
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences,
this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence
which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue
many days.
		 -- Jeremiah 32:14
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For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields
and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.
		 -- Jeremiah 32:15
%
Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the
son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 32:16
%
Ah Lord GOD!  behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy
great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
		 -- Jeremiah 32:17
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Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity
of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great,
the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,
		 -- Jeremiah 32:18
%
Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all
the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways,
and according to the fruit of his doings:
		 -- Jeremiah 32:19
%
Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this
day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name,
as at this day;
		 -- Jeremiah 32:20
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And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with
signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched
out arm, and with great terror;
		 -- Jeremiah 32:21
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And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers
to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;
		 -- Jeremiah 32:22
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And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither
walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst
them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them:
		 -- Jeremiah 32:23
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Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city
is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because
of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou
hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.
		 -- Jeremiah 32:24
%
And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money,
and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
		 -- Jeremiah 32:25
%
Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 32:26
%
Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard
for me?
		 -- Jeremiah 32:27
%
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand
of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon,
and he shall take it:
		 -- Jeremiah 32:28
%
And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire
on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have
offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods,
to provoke me to anger.
		 -- Jeremiah 32:29
%
For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done
evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only
provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 32:30
%
For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my
fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should
remove it from before my face,
		 -- Jeremiah 32:31
%
Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of
Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings,
their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah,
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
		 -- Jeremiah 32:32
%
And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught
them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to
receive instruction.
		 -- Jeremiah 32:33
%
But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name,
to defile it.
		 -- Jeremiah 32:34
%
And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the
son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through
the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into
my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
		 -- Jeremiah 32:35
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And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning
this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the
king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;
		 -- Jeremiah 32:36
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Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven
them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring
them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
		 -- Jeremiah 32:37
%
And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
		 -- Jeremiah 32:38
%
And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for
ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
		 -- Jeremiah 32:39
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And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn
away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts,
that they shall not depart from me.
		 -- Jeremiah 32:40
%
Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in
this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
		 -- Jeremiah 32:41
%
For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil
upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have
promised them.
		 -- Jeremiah 32:42
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And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate
without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
		 -- Jeremiah 32:43
%
Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them,
and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about
Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains,
and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I
will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 32:44
%
MOREOVER the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while
he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 33:1
%
Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to
establish it; the LORD is his name;
		 -- Jeremiah 33:2
%
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty
things, which thou knowest not.
		 -- Jeremiah 33:3
%
For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of
this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are
thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;
		 -- Jeremiah 33:4
%
They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the
dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury,
and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.
		 -- Jeremiah 33:5
%
Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will
reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
		 -- Jeremiah 33:6
%
And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to
return, and will build them, as at the first.
		 -- Jeremiah 33:7
%
And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned
against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have
sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me.
		 -- Jeremiah 33:8
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And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all
the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto
them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all
the prosperity that I procure unto it.
		 -- Jeremiah 33:9
%
Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which
ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the
cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate,
without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,
		 -- Jeremiah 33:10
%
The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom,
and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the
LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever:
and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of
the LORD.  For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at
the first, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 33:11
%
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate
without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be
an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
		 -- Jeremiah 33:12
%
In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the
cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about
Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under
the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 33:13
%
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing
which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.
		 -- Jeremiah 33:14
%
In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness
to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness
in the land.
		 -- Jeremiah 33:15
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In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely:
and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our
righteousness.
		 -- Jeremiah 33:16
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For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the
throne of the house of Israel;
		 -- Jeremiah 33:17
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Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt
offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
		 -- Jeremiah 33:18
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And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 33:19
%
Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my
covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in
their season;
		 -- Jeremiah 33:20
%
Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should
not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests,
my ministers.
		 -- Jeremiah 33:21
%
As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea
measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the
Levites that minister unto me.
		 -- Jeremiah 33:22
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Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 33:23
%
Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two
families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off?
thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation
before them.
		 -- Jeremiah 33:24
%
Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if
I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
		 -- Jeremiah 33:25
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Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that
I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have
mercy on them.
		 -- Jeremiah 33:26
%
THE word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of
his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against
all the cities thereof, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 34:1
%
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king
of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this
city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:
		 -- Jeremiah 34:2
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And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken,
and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of
the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and
thou shalt go to Babylon.
		 -- Jeremiah 34:3
%
Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the
LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:
		 -- Jeremiah 34:4
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But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the
former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee;
and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the
word, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 34:5
%
Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of
Judah in Jerusalem,
		 -- Jeremiah 34:6
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When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all
the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah:
for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.
		 -- Jeremiah 34:7
%
This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the
king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at
Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;
		 -- Jeremiah 34:8
%
That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant,
being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself
of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.
		 -- Jeremiah 34:9
%
Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the
covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one
his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any
more, then they obeyed, and let them go.
		 -- Jeremiah 34:10
%
But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids,
whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection
for servants and for handmaids.
		 -- Jeremiah 34:11
%
Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 34:12
%
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your
fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt,
out of the house of bondmen, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 34:13
%
At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew,
which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years,
thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not
unto me, neither inclined their ear.
		 -- Jeremiah 34:14
%
And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming
liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before
me in the house which is called by my name:
		 -- Jeremiah 34:15
%
But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant,
and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure,
to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants
and for handmaids.
		 -- Jeremiah 34:16
%
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in
proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his
neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the
sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be
removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
		 -- Jeremiah 34:17
%
And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have
not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me,
when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof,
		 -- Jeremiah 34:18
%
The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and
the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the
parts of the calf;
		 -- Jeremiah 34:19
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I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand
of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat
unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.
		 -- Jeremiah 34:20
%
And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of
their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into
the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you.
		 -- Jeremiah 34:21
%
Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this
city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire:
and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.
		 -- Jeremiah 34:22
%
THE word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim
the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 35:1
%
Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them
into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine
to drink.
		 -- Jeremiah 35:2
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Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and
his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;
		 -- Jeremiah 35:3
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And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of
the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the
chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son
of Shallum, the keeper of the door:
		 -- Jeremiah 35:4
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And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of
wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.
		 -- Jeremiah 35:5
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But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab
our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye,
nor your sons for ever:
		 -- Jeremiah 35:6
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Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have
any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many
days in the land where ye be strangers.
		 -- Jeremiah 35:7
%
Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father
in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we,
our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;
		 -- Jeremiah 35:8
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Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor
field, nor seed:
		 -- Jeremiah 35:9
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But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all
that Jonadab our father commanded us.
		 -- Jeremiah 35:10
%
But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into
the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of
the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians:
so we dwell at Jerusalem.
		 -- Jeremiah 35:11
%
Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 35:12
%
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of
Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction
to hearken to my words?  saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 35:13
%
The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not
to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but
obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you,
rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.
		 -- Jeremiah 35:14
%
I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early
and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way,
and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye
shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers:
but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.
		 -- Jeremiah 35:15
%
Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the
commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people
hath not hearkened unto me:
		 -- Jeremiah 35:16
%
Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold,
I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all
the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken
unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but
they have not answered.
		 -- Jeremiah 35:17
%
And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD
of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of
Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto
all that he hath commanded you:
		 -- Jeremiah 35:18
%
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the
son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
		 -- Jeremiah 35:19
%
AND it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah
king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 36:1
%
Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have
spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all
the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah,
even unto this day.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:2
%
It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose
to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way;
that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:3
%
Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the
mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him,
upon a roll of a book.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:4
%
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into
the house of the LORD:
		 -- Jeremiah 36:5
%
Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from
my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD's
house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears
of all Judah that come out of their cities.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:6
%
It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will
return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury
that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:7
%
And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the
prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the
LORD's house.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:8
%
And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah
king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before
the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came
from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:9
%
Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of
the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe,
in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house,
in the ears of all the people.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:10
%
When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of
the book all the words of the LORD,
		 -- Jeremiah 36:11
%
Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and,
lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah
the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the
son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:12
%
Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when
Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:13
%
Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of
Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand
the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come.
So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:14
%
And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears.	So Baruch
read it in their ears.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:15
%
Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid
both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king
of all these words.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:16
%
And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all
these words at his mouth?
		 -- Jeremiah 36:17
%
Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with
his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:18
%
Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah;
and let no man know where ye be.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:19
%
And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll
in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the
ears of the king.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:20
%
So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama
the scribe's chamber.  And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king,
and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:21
%
Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was
a fire on the hearth burning before him.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:22
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And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves,
he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on
the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on
the hearth.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:23
%
Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king,
nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:24
%
Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to
the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:25
%
But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the
son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe
and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:26
%
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had
burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of
Jeremiah, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 36:27
%
Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that
were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:28
%
And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD;
Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein,
saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land,
and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?
		 -- Jeremiah 36:29
%
Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have
none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast
out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:30
%
And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity;
and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and
upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them;
but they hearkened not.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:31
%
Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe,
the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the
words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire:
and there were added besides unto them many like words.
		 -- Jeremiah 36:32
%
AND king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son
of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land
of Judah.
		 -- Jeremiah 37:1
%
But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken
unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
		 -- Jeremiah 37:2
%
And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah
the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray
now unto the LORD our God for us.
		 -- Jeremiah 37:3
%
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not
put him into prison.
		 -- Jeremiah 37:4
%
Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans
that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from
Jerusalem.
		 -- Jeremiah 37:5
%
Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 37:6
%
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king
of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's
army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their
own land.
		 -- Jeremiah 37:7
%
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and
take it, and burn it with fire.
		 -- Jeremiah 37:8
%
Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall
surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.
		 -- Jeremiah 37:9
%
For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight
against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should
they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
		 -- Jeremiah 37:10
%
And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up
from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,
		 -- Jeremiah 37:11
%
Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin,
to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.
		 -- Jeremiah 37:12
%
And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there,
whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and
he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.
		 -- Jeremiah 37:13
%
Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans.
But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him
to the princes.
		 -- Jeremiah 37:14
%
Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put
him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made
that the prison.
		 -- Jeremiah 37:15
%
When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and
Jeremiah had remained there many days;
		 -- Jeremiah 37:16
%
Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked
him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD?
And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into
the hand of the king of Babylon.
		 -- Jeremiah 37:17
%
Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against
thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put
me in prison?
		 -- Jeremiah 37:18
%
Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king
of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
		 -- Jeremiah 37:19
%
Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication,
I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return
to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
		 -- Jeremiah 37:20
%
Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the
court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread
out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent.
Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
		 -- Jeremiah 37:21
%
THEN Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and
Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the
words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 38:1
%
Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the
sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth
to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey,
and shall live.
		 -- Jeremiah 38:2
%
Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of
the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.
		 -- Jeremiah 38:3
%
Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man
be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that
remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such
words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people,
but the hurt.
		 -- Jeremiah 38:4
%
Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king
is not he that can do any thing against you.
		 -- Jeremiah 38:5
%
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the
son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down
Jeremiah with cords.  And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire:
so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
		 -- Jeremiah 38:6
%
Now when 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;
		 -- Jeremiah 38:7
%
Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king,
saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 38:8
%
My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done
to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he
is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more
bread in the city.
		 -- Jeremiah 38:9
%
Then the king commanded 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.
		 -- Jeremiah 38:10
%
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.
		 -- Jeremiah 38:11
%
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.
		 -- Jeremiah 38:12
%
So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon:
and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
		 -- Jeremiah 38:13
%
Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into
the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto
Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.
		 -- Jeremiah 38:14
%
Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou
not surely put me to death?  and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not
hearken unto me?
		 -- Jeremiah 38:15
%
So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD
liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither
will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.
		 -- Jeremiah 38:16
%
Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts,
the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of
Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be
burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:
		 -- Jeremiah 38:17
%
But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then
shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall
burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.
		 -- Jeremiah 38:18
%
And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that
are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand,
and they mock me.
		 -- Jeremiah 38:19
%
But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee.  Obey, I beseech thee,
the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto
thee, and thy soul shall live.
		 -- Jeremiah 38:20
%
But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath
shewed me:
		 -- Jeremiah 38:21
%
And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house
shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women
shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee:
thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.
		 -- Jeremiah 38:22
%
So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans:
and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the
hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned
with fire.
		 -- Jeremiah 38:23
%
Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and
thou shalt not die.
		 -- Jeremiah 38:24
%
But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come
unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said
unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death;
also what the king said unto thee:
		 -- Jeremiah 38:25
%
Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before
the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house,
to die there.
		 -- Jeremiah 38:26
%
Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them
according to all these words that the king had commanded.  So they left
off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.
		 -- Jeremiah 38:27
%
So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem
was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
		 -- Jeremiah 38:28
%
IN the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem,
and they besieged it.
		 -- Jeremiah 39:1
%
And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth
day of the month, the city was broken up.
		 -- Jeremiah 39:2
%
And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the
middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-saris,
Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with all the residue of the princes of the
king of Babylon.
		 -- Jeremiah 39:3
%
And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them,
and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city
by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two
walls: and he went out the way of the plain.
		 -- Jeremiah 39:4
%
But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in
the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him
up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath,
where he gave judgment upon him.
		 -- Jeremiah 39:5
%
Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his
eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.
		 -- Jeremiah 39:6
%
Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry
him to Babylon.
		 -- Jeremiah 39:7
%
And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people,
with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
		 -- Jeremiah 39:8
%
Then 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.
		 -- Jeremiah 39:9
%
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.
		 -- Jeremiah 39:10
%
Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to
Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 39:11
%
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even
as he shall say unto thee.
		 -- Jeremiah 39:12
%
So 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;
		 -- Jeremiah 39:13
%
Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and
committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that
he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.
		 -- Jeremiah 39:14
%
Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in
the court of the prison, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 39:15
%
Go and speak to 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.
		 -- Jeremiah 39:16
%
But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou shalt not
be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.
		 -- Jeremiah 39:17
%
For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword,
but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy
trust in me, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 39:18
%
THE word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that 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.
		 -- Jeremiah 40:1
%
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD
thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.
		 -- Jeremiah 40:2
%
Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said:
because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice,
therefore this thing is come upon you.
		 -- Jeremiah 40:3
%
And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon
thine hand.  If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon,
come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to
come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee:
whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
		 -- Jeremiah 40:4
%
Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made
governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people:
or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go.  So the captain
of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.
		 -- Jeremiah 40:5
%
Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt
with him among the people that were left in the land.
		 -- Jeremiah 40:6
%
Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even
they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men,
and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were
not carried away captive to Babylon;
		 -- Jeremiah 40:7
%
Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,
and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of
Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son
of a Maachathite, they and their men.
		 -- Jeremiah 40:8
%
And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to
their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land,
and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
		 -- Jeremiah 40:9
%
As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which
will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil,
and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.
		 -- Jeremiah 40:10
%
Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites,
and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king
of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;
		 -- Jeremiah 40:11
%
Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven,
and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered
wine and summer fruits very much.
		 -- Jeremiah 40:12
%
Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces
that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
		 -- Jeremiah 40:13
%
And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of
the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee?
But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.
		 -- Jeremiah 40:14
%
Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly,
saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee,
that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered,
and the remnant in Judah perish?
		 -- Jeremiah 40:15
%
But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah,
Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.
		 -- Jeremiah 40:16
%
NOW it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of
the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam
to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.
		 -- Jeremiah 41:1
%
Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with
him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the
sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over
the land.
		 -- Jeremiah 41:2
%
Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah,
at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war.
		 -- Jeremiah 41:3
%
And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no
man knew it,
		 -- Jeremiah 41:4
%
That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria,
even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent,
and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand,
to bring them to the house of the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 41:5
%
And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them,
weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them,
he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.
		 -- Jeremiah 41:6
%
And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael
the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit,
he, and the men that were with him.
		 -- Jeremiah 41:7
%
But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not:
for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil,
and of honey.  So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.
		 -- Jeremiah 41:8
%
Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men,
whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had
made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah
filled it with them that were slain.
		 -- Jeremiah 41:9
%
Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were
in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained
in Mizpah, whom 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.
		 -- Jeremiah 41:10
%
But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces
that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah had done,
		 -- Jeremiah 41:11
%
Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.
		 -- Jeremiah 41:12
%
Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael
saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that
were with him, then they were glad.
		 -- Jeremiah 41:13
%
So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast
about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.
		 -- Jeremiah 41:14
%
But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men,
and went to the Ammonites.
		 -- Jeremiah 41:15
%
Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces
that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered
from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women,
and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:
		 -- Jeremiah 41:16
%
And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by
Beth-lehem, to go to enter into Egypt,
		 -- Jeremiah 41:17
%
Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael
the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king
of Babylon made governor in the land.
		 -- Jeremiah 41:18
%
THEN all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah,
and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even
unto the greatest, came near,
		 -- Jeremiah 42:1
%
And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication
be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for
all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do
behold us:)
		 -- Jeremiah 42:2
%
That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the
thing that we may do.
		 -- Jeremiah 42:3
%
Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold,
I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it
shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you,
I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.
		 -- Jeremiah 42:4
%
Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness
between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the
LORD thy God shall send thee to us.
		 -- Jeremiah 42:5
%
Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of
the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us,
when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.
		 -- Jeremiah 42:6
%
And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came
unto Jeremiah.
		 -- Jeremiah 42:7
%
Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the
forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to
the greatest,
		 -- Jeremiah 42:8
%
And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom
ye sent me to present your supplication before him;
		 -- Jeremiah 42:9
%
If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull
you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me
of the evil that I have done unto you.
		 -- Jeremiah 42:10
%
Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not
afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to
deliver you from his hand.
		 -- Jeremiah 42:11
%
And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you,
and cause you to return to your own land.
		 -- Jeremiah 42:12
%
But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice
of the LORD your God,
		 -- Jeremiah 42:13
%
Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see
no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread;
and there will we dwell:
		 -- Jeremiah 42:14
%
And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus
saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces
to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
		 -- Jeremiah 42:15
%
Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall
overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye
were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye
shall die.
		 -- Jeremiah 42:16
%
So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt
to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by
the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil
that I will bring upon them.
		 -- Jeremiah 42:17
%
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and
my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so
shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt:
and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a
reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.
		 -- Jeremiah 42:18
%
The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into
Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day.
		 -- Jeremiah 42:19
%
For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God,
saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that
the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
		 -- Jeremiah 42:20
%
And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the
voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me
unto you.
		 -- Jeremiah 42:21
%
Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the
famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and
to sojourn.
		 -- Jeremiah 42:22
%
AND it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto
all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD
their God had sent him to them, even all these words,
		 -- Jeremiah 43:1
%
Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and
all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD
our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
		 -- Jeremiah 43:2
%
But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver
us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death,
and carry us away captives into Babylon.
		 -- Jeremiah 43:3
%
So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and
all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land
of Judah.
		 -- Jeremiah 43:4
%
But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces,
took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations,
whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;
		 -- Jeremiah 43:5
%
Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every
person that 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.
		 -- Jeremiah 43:6
%
So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of
the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.
		 -- Jeremiah 43:7
%
Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 43:8
%
Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the
brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in
the sight of the men of Judah;
		 -- Jeremiah 43:9
%
And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my
servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid;
and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.
		 -- Jeremiah 43:10
%
And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such
as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity;
and such as are for the sword to the sword.
		 -- Jeremiah 43:11
%
And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall
burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with
the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall
go forth from thence in peace.
		 -- Jeremiah 43:12
%
He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land
of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn
with fire.
		 -- Jeremiah 43:13
%
THE word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in
the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph,
and in the country of Pathros, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 44:1
%
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the
evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah;
and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,
		 -- Jeremiah 44:2
%
Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me
to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods,
whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.
		 -- Jeremiah 44:3
%
Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and
sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
		 -- Jeremiah 44:4
%
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their
wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
		 -- Jeremiah 44:5
%
Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in
the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted
and desolate, as at this day.
		 -- Jeremiah 44:6
%
Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel;
Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from
you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none
to remain;
		 -- Jeremiah 44:7
%
In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning
incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to
dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse
and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
		 -- Jeremiah 44:8
%
Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness
of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own
wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed
in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
		 -- Jeremiah 44:9
%
They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor
walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before
your fathers.
		 -- Jeremiah 44:10
%
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold,
I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.
		 -- Jeremiah 44:11
%
And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go
into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed,
and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword
and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest,
by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an
astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
		 -- Jeremiah 44:12
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For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished
Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:
		 -- Jeremiah 44:13
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So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of
Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return
into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to
dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.
		 -- Jeremiah 44:14
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Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto
other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even
all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered
Jeremiah, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 44:15
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As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD,
we will not hearken unto thee.
		 -- Jeremiah 44:16
%
But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own
mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink
offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings,
and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem:
for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
		 -- Jeremiah 44:17
%
But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to
pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have
been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
		 -- Jeremiah 44:18
%
And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink
offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out
drink offerings unto her, without our men?
		 -- Jeremiah 44:19
%
Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women,
and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 44:20
%
The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets
of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and
the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not
into his mind?
		 -- Jeremiah 44:21
%
So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings,
and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is
your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an
inhabitant, as at this day.
		 -- Jeremiah 44:22
%
Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the
LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law,
nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is
happened unto you, as at this day.
		 -- Jeremiah 44:23
%
Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear
the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt:
		 -- Jeremiah 44:24
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives
have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying,
We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to
the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will
surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.
		 -- Jeremiah 44:25
%
Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the
land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD,
that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in
all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.
		 -- Jeremiah 44:26
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Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the
men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the
sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
		 -- Jeremiah 44:27
%
Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land
of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are
gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words
shall stand, mine, or theirs.
		 -- Jeremiah 44:28
%
And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish
you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand
against you for evil:
		 -- Jeremiah 44:29
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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.
		 -- Jeremiah 44:30
%
THE word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah,
when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah,
in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 45:1
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Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch;
		 -- Jeremiah 45:2
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Thou didst say, Woe is me now!	for the LORD hath added grief to my
sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.
		 -- Jeremiah 45:3
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Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which
I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will
pluck up, even this whole land.
		 -- Jeremiah 45:4
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And seekest thou great things for thyself?  seek them not: for, behold,
I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I
give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
		 -- Jeremiah 45:5
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THE word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the
Gentiles;
		 -- Jeremiah 46:1
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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.
		 -- Jeremiah 46:2
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Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
		 -- Jeremiah 46:3
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Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your
helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.
		 -- Jeremiah 46:4
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Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back?  and their
mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back:
for fear was round about, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 46:5
%
Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall
stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
		 -- Jeremiah 46:6
%
Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the
rivers?
		 -- Jeremiah 46:7
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Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers;
and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy
the city and the inhabitants thereof.
		 -- Jeremiah 46:8
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Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come
forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the
Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
		 -- Jeremiah 46:9
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For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that
he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and
it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD
of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
		 -- Jeremiah 46:10
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Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt:
in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.
		 -- Jeremiah 46:11
%
The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land:
for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen
both together.
		 -- Jeremiah 46:12
%
The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.
		 -- Jeremiah 46:13
%
Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in
Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall
devour round about thee.
		 -- Jeremiah 46:14
%
Why are thy valiant men swept away?  they stood not, because the LORD
did drive them.
		 -- Jeremiah 46:15
%
He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise,
and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity,
from the oppressing sword.
		 -- Jeremiah 46:16
%
They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed
the time appointed.
		 -- Jeremiah 46:17
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As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as
Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
		 -- Jeremiah 46:18
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O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity:
for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.
		 -- Jeremiah 46:19
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Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out
of the north.
		 -- Jeremiah 46:20
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Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they
also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand,
because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of
their visitation.
		 -- Jeremiah 46:21
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The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an
army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
		 -- Jeremiah 46:22
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They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot
be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are
innumerable.
		 -- Jeremiah 46:23
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The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into
the hand of the people of the north.
		 -- Jeremiah 46:24
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The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the
multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings;
even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:
		 -- Jeremiah 46:25
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And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives,
and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand
of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of
old, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 46:26
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But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel:
for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land
of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease,
and none shall make him afraid.
		 -- Jeremiah 46:27
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Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee;
for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee:
but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure;
yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
		 -- Jeremiah 46:28
%
THE word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the
Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
		 -- Jeremiah 47:1
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Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall
be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is
therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry,
and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
		 -- Jeremiah 47:2
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At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the
rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers
shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
		 -- Jeremiah 47:3
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Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut
off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will
spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.
		 -- Jeremiah 47:4
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Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of
their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
		 -- Jeremiah 47:5
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O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet?  put up
thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
		 -- Jeremiah 47:6
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How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against
Ashkelon, and against the sea shore?  there hath he appointed it.
		 -- Jeremiah 47:7
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AGAINST Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe
unto Nebo!  for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken:
Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:1
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There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil
against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation.  Also thou
shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:2
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A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:3
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Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:4
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For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the
going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:5
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Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:6
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For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou
shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his
priests and his princes together.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:7
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And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape:
the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the
LORD hath spoken.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:8
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Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities
thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:9
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Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be
he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:10
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Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees,
and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone
into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is
not changed.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:11
%
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send
unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his
vessels, and break their bottles.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:12
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And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed
of Beth-el their confidence.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:13
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How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?
		 -- Jeremiah 48:14
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Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young
men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the
LORD of hosts.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:15
%
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:16
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All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name,
say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!
		 -- Jeremiah 48:17
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Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit
in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall
destroy thy strong holds.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:18
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O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth,
and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?
		 -- Jeremiah 48:19
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Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in
Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
		 -- Jeremiah 48:20
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And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah,
and upon Mephaath,
		 -- Jeremiah 48:21
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And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim,
		 -- Jeremiah 48:22
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And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon,
		 -- Jeremiah 48:23
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And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land
of Moab, far or near.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:24
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The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:25
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Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab
also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:26
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For was not Israel a derision unto thee?  was he found among thieves?
for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:27
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O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and
be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:28
%
We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness,
and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:29
%
I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall
not so effect it.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:30
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Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine
heart shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:31
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O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer:
thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer:
the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:32
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And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the
land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses:
none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:33
%
From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have
they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of
three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:34
%
Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that offereth
in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:35
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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.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:36
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For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the
hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:37
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There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab,
and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein
is no pleasure, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:38
%
They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down!  how hath Moab turned
the back with shame!  so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to
all them about him.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:39
%
For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall
spread his wings over Moab.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:40
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Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's
hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:41
%
And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified
himself against the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:42
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Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of
Moab, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:43
%
He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth
up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it,
even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:44
%
They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force:
but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst
of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head
of the tumultuous ones.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:45
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Woe be unto thee, O Moab!  the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons
are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:46
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Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith
the LORD.  Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
		 -- Jeremiah 48:47
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CONCERNING the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons?
hath he no heir?  why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people
dwell in his cities?
		 -- Jeremiah 49:1
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Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an
alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a
desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall
Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:2
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Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird
you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their
king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:3
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Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding
daughter?  that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?
		 -- Jeremiah 49:4
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Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts,
from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man
right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:5
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And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon,
saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:6
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Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman?
is counsel perished from the prudent?  is their wisdom vanished?
		 -- Jeremiah 49:7
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Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring
the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:8
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If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes?
if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:9
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But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he
shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren,
and his neighbours, and he is not.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:10
%
Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy
widows trust in me.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:11
%
For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of
the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether
go unpunished?	thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely
drink of it.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:12
%
For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a
desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof
shall be perpetual wastes;
		 -- Jeremiah 49:13
%
I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the
heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up
to the battle.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:14
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For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:15
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Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O
thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height
of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle,
I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:16
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Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be
astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:17
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As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities
thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son
of man dwell in it.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:18
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Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against
the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from
her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her?  for who is
like me?  and who will appoint me the time?  and who is that shepherd
that will stand before me?
		 -- Jeremiah 49:19
%
Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom;
and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman:
Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make
their habitations desolate with them.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:20
%
The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise
thereof was heard in the Red sea.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:21
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Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over
Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as
the heart of a woman in her pangs.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:22
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Concerning Damascus.  Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have
heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea;
it cannot be quiet.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:23
%
Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath
seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:24
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How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
		 -- Jeremiah 49:25
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Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of
war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:26
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And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume
the palaces of Ben-hadad.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:27
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Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise
ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:28
%
Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to
themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels;
and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:29
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Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the
LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you,
and hath conceived a purpose against you.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:30
%
Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care,
saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:31
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And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle
a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost
corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith
the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:32
%
And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever:
there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:33
%
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in
the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
		 -- Jeremiah 49:34
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,
the chief of their might.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:35
%
And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of
heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall
be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:36
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For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before
them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my
fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them,
till I have consumed them:
		 -- Jeremiah 49:37
%
And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king
and the princes, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:38
%
But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again
the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 49:39
%
THE word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of
the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:1
%
Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard;
publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded,
Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are
broken in pieces.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:2
%
For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall
make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove,
they shall depart, both man and beast.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:3
%
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel
shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping:
they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:4
%
They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying,
Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that
shall not be forgotten.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:5
%
My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go
astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from
mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:6
%
All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We
offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation
of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:7
%
Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the
Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:8
%
For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly
of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves
in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall
be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:9
%
And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied,
saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:10
%
Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine
heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow
as bulls;
		 -- Jeremiah 50:11
%
Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed:
behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land,
and a desert.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:12
%
Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall
be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished,
and hiss at all her plagues.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:13
%
Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the
bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:14
%
Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations
are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the
LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:15
%
Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the
time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every
one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:16
%
Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the
king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon hath broken his bones.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:17
%
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold,
I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the
king of Assyria.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:18
%
And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on
Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim
and Gilead.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:19
%
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel
shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah,
and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:20
%
Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the
inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the
LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:21
%
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:22
%
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is
Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
		 -- Jeremiah 50:23
%
I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and
thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast
striven against the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:24
%
The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of
his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the
land of the Chaldeans.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:25
%
Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her
up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:26
%
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them!
for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:27
%
The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon,
to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of
his temple.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:28
%
Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow,
camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her
according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her:
for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:29
%
Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of
war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:30
%
Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts:
for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:31
%
And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up:
and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round
about him.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:32
%
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children
of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held
them fast; they refused to let them go.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:33
%
Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall
throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and
disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:34
%
A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants
of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:35
%
A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her
mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:36
%
A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the
mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as
women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:37
%
A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the
land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:38
%
Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the
islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it
shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from
generation to generation.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:39
%
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof,
saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of
man dwell therein.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:40
%
Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many
kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:41
%
They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew
mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon
horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee,
O daughter of Babylon.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:42
%
The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed
feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:43
%
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the
habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from
her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her?  for who is
like me?  and who will appoint me the time?  and who is that shepherd
that will stand before me?
		 -- Jeremiah 50:44
%
Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against
Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the
Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he
shall make their habitation desolate with them.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:45
%
At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry
is heard among the nations.
		 -- Jeremiah 50:46
%
THUS saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and
against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me,
a destroying wind;
		 -- Jeremiah 51:1
%
And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty
her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:2
%
Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him
that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men;
destroy ye utterly all her host.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:3
%
Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that
are thrust through in her streets.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:4
%
For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD
of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One
of Israel.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:5
%
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not
cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance;
he will render unto her a recompence.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:6
%
Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the
earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the
nations are mad.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:7
%
Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for
her pain, if so be she may be healed.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:8
%
We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and
let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto
heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:9
%
The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare
in Zion the work of the LORD our God.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:10
%
Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the
spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon,
to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance
of his temple.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:11
%
Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong,
set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised
and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:12
%
O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end
is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:13
%
The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill
thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout
against thee.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:14
%
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by
his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:15
%
When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens;
and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh
lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:16
%
Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by
the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no
breath in them.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:17
%
They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation
they shall perish.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:18
%
The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things:
and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:19
%
Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break
in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
		 -- Jeremiah 51:20
%
And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with
thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;
		 -- Jeremiah 51:21
%
With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will
I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces
the young man and the maid;
		 -- Jeremiah 51:22
%
I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and
with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen;
and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:23
%
And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea
all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:24
%
Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which
destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee,
and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:25
%
And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for
foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:26
%
Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations,
prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms
of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause
the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:27
%
Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains
thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:28
%
And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall
be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation
without an inhabitant.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:29
%
The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in
their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have
burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:30
%
One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another,
to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,
		 -- Jeremiah 51:31
%
And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with
fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:32
%
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of
Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little
while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:33
%
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me,
he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon,
he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:34
%
The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the
inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,
shall Jerusalem say.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:35
%
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take
vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:36
%
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an
astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:37
%
They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:38
%
In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken,
that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith
the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:39
%
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with
he goats.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:40
%
How is Sheshach taken!	and how is the praise of the whole earth
surprised!  how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
		 -- Jeremiah 51:41
%
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of
the waves thereof.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:42
%
Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein
no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:43
%
And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his
mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow
together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:44
%
My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his
soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:45
%
And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard
in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another
year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:46
%
Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven
images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her
slain shall fall in the midst of her.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:47
%
Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for
Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith
the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:48
%
As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall
fall the slain of all the earth.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:49
%
Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the
LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:50
%
We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our
faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD's house.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:51
%
Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment
upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:52
%
Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify
the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her,
saith the LORD.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:53
%
A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the
land of the Chaldeans:
		 -- Jeremiah 51:54
%
Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great
voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice
is uttered:
		 -- Jeremiah 51:55
%
Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty
men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of
recompences shall surely requite.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:56
%
And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and
her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep,
and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:57
%
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly
broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people
shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:58
%
The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah,
the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into
Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet
prince.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:59
%
So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon,
even all these words that are written against Babylon.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:60
%
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see,
and shalt read all these words;
		 -- Jeremiah 51:61
%
Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place,
to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast,
but that it shall be desolate for ever.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:62
%
And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that
thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:
		 -- Jeremiah 51:63
%
And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the
evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary.  Thus far are
the words of Jeremiah.
		 -- Jeremiah 51:64
%
ZEDEKIAH was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.  And his mother's name was Hamutal
the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:1
%
And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to
all that Jehoiakim had done.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:2
%
For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah,
till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled
against the king of Babylon.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:3
%
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month,
in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon
came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it,
and built forts against it round about.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:4
%
So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:5
%
And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was
sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:6
%
Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth
out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls,
which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city
round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:7
%
But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook
Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered
from him.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:8
%
Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to
Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:9
%
And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes:
he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:10
%
Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him
in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the
day of his death.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:11
%
Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the
nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan,
captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,
		 -- Jeremiah 52:12
%
And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses
of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:
		 -- Jeremiah 52:13
%
And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the
guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:14
%
Then 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.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:15
%
But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of
the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:16
%
Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the
bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans
brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:17
%
The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls,
and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered,
took they away.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:18
%
And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons,
and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of
gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain
of the guard away.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:19
%
The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the
bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass
of all these vessels was without weight.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:20
%
And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits;
and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof
was four fingers: it was hollow.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:21
%
And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter
was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round
about, all of brass.  The second pillar also and the pomegranates were
like unto these.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:22
%
And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the
pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:23
%
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah
the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
		 -- Jeremiah 52:24
%
He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the
men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person,
which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host,
who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people
of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:25
%
So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to
the king of Babylon to Riblah.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:26
%
And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the
land of Hamath.  Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:27
%
This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the
seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:
		 -- Jeremiah 52:28
%
In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from
Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:
		 -- Jeremiah 52:29
%
In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar 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.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:30
%
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity
of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and
twentieth day of the month, that 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,
		 -- Jeremiah 52:31
%
And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the
kings that were with him in Babylon,
		 -- Jeremiah 52:32
%
And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before
him all the days of his life.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:33
%
And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of
Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days
of his life.
		 -- Jeremiah 52:34
%
HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people!  how is she
become as a widow!  she that was great among the nations, and princess
among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
		 -- Lamentations 1:1
%
She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among
all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt
treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
		 -- Lamentations 1:2
%
Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of
great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest:
all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
		 -- Lamentations 1:3
%
The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all
her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted,
and she is in bitterness.
		 -- Lamentations 1:4
%
Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath
afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are
gone into captivity before the enemy.
		 -- Lamentations 1:5
%
And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes
are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without
strength before the pursuer.
		 -- Lamentations 1:6
%
Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries
all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people
fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries
saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.
		 -- Lamentations 1:7
%
Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that
honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea,
she sigheth, and turneth backward.
		 -- Lamentations 1:8
%
Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end;
therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter.  O LORD,
behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.
		 -- Lamentations 1:9
%
The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things:
for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou
didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.
		 -- Lamentations 1:10
%
All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant
things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I
am become vile.
		 -- Lamentations 1:11
%
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by?  behold, and see if there
be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the
LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
		 -- Lamentations 1:12
%
From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against
them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath
made me desolate and faint all the day.
		 -- Lamentations 1:13
%
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed,
and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord
hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
		 -- Lamentations 1:14
%
The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me:
he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord
hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.
		 -- Lamentations 1:15
%
For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water,
because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my
children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
		 -- Lamentations 1:16
%
Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the
LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be
round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.
		 -- Lamentations 1:17
%
The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment:
hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my
young men are gone into captivity.
		 -- Lamentations 1:18
%
I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders
gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve
their souls.
		 -- Lamentations 1:19
%
Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart
is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword
bereaveth, at home there is as death.
		 -- Lamentations 1:20
%
They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies
have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou
wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.
		 -- Lamentations 1:21
%
Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou
hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many,
and my heart is faint.
		 -- Lamentations 1:22
%
HOW hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his
anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel,
and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
		 -- Lamentations 2:1
%
The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not
pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter
of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the
kingdom and the princes thereof.
		 -- Lamentations 2:2
%
He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath
drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against
Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
		 -- Lamentations 2:3
%
He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an
adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle
of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
		 -- Lamentations 2:4
%
The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed
up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased
in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
		 -- Lamentations 2:5
%
And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a
garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath
caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath
despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
		 -- Lamentations 2:6
%
The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath
given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have
made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.
		 -- Lamentations 2:7
%
The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion:
he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from
destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they
languished together.
		 -- Lamentations 2:8
%
Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars:
her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more;
her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.
		 -- Lamentations 2:9
%
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence:
they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with
sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
		 -- Lamentations 2:10
%
Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is
poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people;
because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
		 -- Lamentations 2:11
%
They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine?  when they swooned
as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured
out into their mothers' bosom.
		 -- Lamentations 2:12
%
What thing shall I take to witness for thee?  what thing shall I liken
to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem?  what shall I equal to thee, that I
may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion?  for thy breach is great
like the sea: who can heal thee?
		 -- Lamentations 2:13
%
Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have
not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen
for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
		 -- Lamentations 2:14
%
All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head
at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call
The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
		 -- Lamentations 2:15
%
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and
gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is
the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
		 -- Lamentations 2:16
%
The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his
word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and
hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee,
he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
		 -- Lamentations 2:17
%
Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let
tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let
not the apple of thine eye cease.
		 -- Lamentations 2:18
%
Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out
thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands
toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in
the top of every street.
		 -- Lamentations 2:19
%
Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this.  Shall the
women eat their fruit, and children of a span long?  shall the priest
and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
		 -- Lamentations 2:20
%
The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and
my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day
of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
		 -- Lamentations 2:21
%
Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in
the day of the LORD's anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have
swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.
		 -- Lamentations 2:22
%
I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
		 -- Lamentations 3:1
%
He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
		 -- Lamentations 3:2
%
Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all
the day.
		 -- Lamentations 3:3
%
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
		 -- Lamentations 3:4
%
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
		 -- Lamentations 3:5
%
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
		 -- Lamentations 3:6
%
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain
heavy.
		 -- Lamentations 3:7
%
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
		 -- Lamentations 3:8
%
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
		 -- Lamentations 3:9
%
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
		 -- Lamentations 3:10
%
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made
me desolate.
		 -- Lamentations 3:11
%
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
		 -- Lamentations 3:12
%
He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
		 -- Lamentations 3:13
%
I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
		 -- Lamentations 3:14
%
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
		 -- Lamentations 3:15
%
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me
with ashes.
		 -- Lamentations 3:16
%
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
		 -- Lamentations 3:17
%
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
		 -- Lamentations 3:18
%
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
		 -- Lamentations 3:19
%
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
		 -- Lamentations 3:20
%
This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
		 -- Lamentations 3:21
%
It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his
compassions fail not.
		 -- Lamentations 3:22
%
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
		 -- Lamentations 3:23
%
The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
		 -- Lamentations 3:24
%
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh
him.
		 -- Lamentations 3:25
%
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation
of the LORD.
		 -- Lamentations 3:26
%
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
		 -- Lamentations 3:27
%
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
		 -- Lamentations 3:28
%
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
		 -- Lamentations 3:29
%
He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with
reproach.
		 -- Lamentations 3:30
%
For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
		 -- Lamentations 3:31
%
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the
multitude of his mercies.
		 -- Lamentations 3:32
%
For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
		 -- Lamentations 3:33
%
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
		 -- Lamentations 3:34
%
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
		 -- Lamentations 3:35
%
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
		 -- Lamentations 3:36
%
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth
it not?
		 -- Lamentations 3:37
%
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
		 -- Lamentations 3:38
%
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of
his sins?
		 -- Lamentations 3:39
%
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
		 -- Lamentations 3:40
%
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
		 -- Lamentations 3:41
%
We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
		 -- Lamentations 3:42
%
Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou
hast not pitied.
		 -- Lamentations 3:43
%
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not
pass through.
		 -- Lamentations 3:44
%
Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the
people.
		 -- Lamentations 3:45
%
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
		 -- Lamentations 3:46
%
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
		 -- Lamentations 3:47
%
Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the
daughter of my people.
		 -- Lamentations 3:48
%
Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
		 -- Lamentations 3:49
%
Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
		 -- Lamentations 3:50
%
Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
		 -- Lamentations 3:51
%
Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
		 -- Lamentations 3:52
%
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
		 -- Lamentations 3:53
%
Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
		 -- Lamentations 3:54
%
I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
		 -- Lamentations 3:55
%
Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
		 -- Lamentations 3:56
%
Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst,
Fear not.
		 -- Lamentations 3:57
%
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed
my life.
		 -- Lamentations 3:58
%
O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
		 -- Lamentations 3:59
%
Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
		 -- Lamentations 3:60
%
Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations
against me;
		 -- Lamentations 3:61
%
The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me
all the day.
		 -- Lamentations 3:62
%
Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
		 -- Lamentations 3:63
%
Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their
hands.
		 -- Lamentations 3:64
%
Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.
		 -- Lamentations 3:65
%
Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
		 -- Lamentations 3:66
%
HOW is the gold become dim!  how is the most fine gold changed!
the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.
		 -- Lamentations 4:1
%
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed
as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
		 -- Lamentations 4:2
%
Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young
ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in
the wilderness.
		 -- Lamentations 4:3
%
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for
thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
		 -- Lamentations 4:4
%
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that
were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
		 -- Lamentations 4:5
%
For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is
greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as
in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.
		 -- Lamentations 4:6
%
Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they
were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
		 -- Lamentations 4:7
%
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets:
their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like
a stick.
		 -- Lamentations 4:8
%
They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with
hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of
the field.
		 -- Lamentations 4:9
%
The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were
their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
		 -- Lamentations 4:10
%
The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger,
and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations
thereof.
		 -- Lamentations 4:11
%
The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not
have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into
the gates of Jerusalem.
		 -- Lamentations 4:12
%
For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that
have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,
		 -- Lamentations 4:13
%
They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted
themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
		 -- Lamentations 4:14
%
They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch
not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen,
They shall no more sojourn there.
		 -- Lamentations 4:15
%
The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they
respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.
		 -- Lamentations 4:16
%
As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we
have watched for a nation that could not save us.
		 -- Lamentations 4:17
%
They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near,
our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
		 -- Lamentations 4:18
%
Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued
us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
		 -- Lamentations 4:19
%
The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their
pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
		 -- Lamentations 4:20
%
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of
Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken,
and shalt make thyself naked.
		 -- Lamentations 4:21
%
The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion;
he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine
iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.
		 -- Lamentations 4:22
%
REMEMBER, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
		 -- Lamentations 5:1
%
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
		 -- Lamentations 5:2
%
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
		 -- Lamentations 5:3
%
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
		 -- Lamentations 5:4
%
Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
		 -- Lamentations 5:5
%
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be
satisfied with bread.
		 -- Lamentations 5:6
%
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
		 -- Lamentations 5:7
%
Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of
their hand.
		 -- Lamentations 5:8
%
We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of
the wilderness.
		 -- Lamentations 5:9
%
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
		 -- Lamentations 5:10
%
They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
		 -- Lamentations 5:11
%
Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not
honoured.
		 -- Lamentations 5:12
%
They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
		 -- Lamentations 5:13
%
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
		 -- Lamentations 5:14
%
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
		 -- Lamentations 5:15
%
The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
		 -- Lamentations 5:16
%
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
		 -- Lamentations 5:17
%
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk
upon it.
		 -- Lamentations 5:18
%
Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to
generation.
		 -- Lamentations 5:19
%
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
		 -- Lamentations 5:20
%
Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days
as of old.
		 -- Lamentations 5:21
%
But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
		 -- Lamentations 5:22
%
NOW it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the
fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of
Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:1
%
In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king
Jehoiachin's captivity,
		 -- Ezekiel 1:2
%
The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of
Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of
the LORD was there upon him.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:3
%
And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great
cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out
of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:4
%
Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures.
And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:5
%
And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:6
%
And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was
like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of
burnished brass.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:7
%
And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides;
and they four had their faces and their wings.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:8
%
Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went;
they went every one straight forward.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:9
%
As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man,
and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face
of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:10
%
Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings
of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:11
%
And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go,
they went; and they turned not when they went.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:12
%
As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like
burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and
down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of
the fire went forth lightning.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:13
%
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash
of lightning.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:14
%
Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth
by the living creatures, with his four faces.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:15
%
The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of
a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their
work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:16
%
When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not
when they went.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:17
%
As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their
rings were full of eyes round about them four.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:18
%
And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the
living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:19
%
Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit
to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit
of the living creature was in the wheels.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:20
%
When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and
when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over
against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:21
%
And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature
was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their
heads above.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:22
%
And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the
other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had
two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:23
%
And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise
of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech,
as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:24
%
And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads,
when they stood, and had let down their wings.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:25
%
And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of
a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness
of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:26
%
And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about
within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the
appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance
of fire, and it had brightness round about.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:27
%
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain,
so was the appearance of the brightness round about.  This was the
appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD.  And when I saw it,
I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
		 -- Ezekiel 1:28
%
AND he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak
unto thee.
		 -- Ezekiel 2:1
%
And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon
my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.
		 -- Ezekiel 2:2
%
And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel,
to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their
fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.
		 -- Ezekiel 2:3
%
For they are impudent children and stiffhearted.  I do send thee unto
them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 2:4
%
And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for
they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a
prophet among them.
		 -- Ezekiel 2:5
%
And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their
words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among
scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks,
though they be a rebellious house.
		 -- Ezekiel 2:6
%
And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or
whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
		 -- Ezekiel 2:7
%
But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious
like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
		 -- Ezekiel 2:8
%
And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of
a book was therein;
		 -- Ezekiel 2:9
%
And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without:
and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
		 -- Ezekiel 2:10
%
MOREOVER he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this
roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
		 -- Ezekiel 3:1
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So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.
		 -- Ezekiel 3:2
%
And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy
bowels with this roll that I give thee.  Then did I eat it; and it was
in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
		 -- Ezekiel 3:3
%
And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel,
and speak with my words unto them.
		 -- Ezekiel 3:4
%
For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard
language, but to the house of Israel;
		 -- Ezekiel 3:5
%
Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose
words thou canst not understand.  Surely, had I sent thee to them,
they would have hearkened unto thee.
		 -- Ezekiel 3:6
%
But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not
hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.
		 -- Ezekiel 3:7
%
Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead
strong against their foreheads.
		 -- Ezekiel 3:8
%
As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not,
neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
		 -- Ezekiel 3:9
%
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak
unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.
		 -- Ezekiel 3:10
%
And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy
people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
		 -- Ezekiel 3:11
%
Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great
rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place.
		 -- Ezekiel 3:12
%
I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched
one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise
of a great rushing.
		 -- Ezekiel 3:13
%
So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness,
in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
		 -- Ezekiel 3:14
%
Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river
of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among
them seven days.
		 -- Ezekiel 3:15
%
And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD
came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 3:16
%
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel:
therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
		 -- Ezekiel 3:17
%
When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him
not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to
save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his
blood will I require at thine hand.
		 -- Ezekiel 3:18
%
Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness,
nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast
delivered thy soul.
		 -- Ezekiel 3:19
%
Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and
commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die:
because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and
his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his
blood will I require at thine hand.
		 -- Ezekiel 3:20
%
Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not,
and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also
thou hast delivered thy soul.
		 -- Ezekiel 3:21
%
And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise,
go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.
		 -- Ezekiel 3:22
%
Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of
the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar:
and I fell on my face.
		 -- Ezekiel 3:23
%
Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with
me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house.
		 -- Ezekiel 3:24
%
But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and
shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:
		 -- Ezekiel 3:25
%
And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou
shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a
rebellious house.
		 -- Ezekiel 3:26
%
But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say
unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear;
and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
		 -- Ezekiel 3:27
%
THOU also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and
pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:
		 -- Ezekiel 4:1
%
And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount
against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against
it round about.
		 -- Ezekiel 4:2
%
Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron
between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be
besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it.	This shall be a sign to
the house of Israel.
		 -- Ezekiel 4:3
%
Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of
Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie
upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.
		 -- Ezekiel 4:4
%
For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the
number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear
the iniquity of the house of Israel.
		 -- Ezekiel 4:5
%
And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side,
and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days:
I have appointed thee each day for a year.
		 -- Ezekiel 4:6
%
Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and
thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
		 -- Ezekiel 4:7
%
And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee
from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
		 -- Ezekiel 4:8
%
Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles,
and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread
thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon
thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
		 -- Ezekiel 4:9
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And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a
day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
		 -- Ezekiel 4:10
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Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from
time to time shalt thou drink.
		 -- Ezekiel 4:11
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And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung
that cometh out of man, in their sight.
		 -- Ezekiel 4:12
%
And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their
defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
		 -- Ezekiel 4:13
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Then said I, Ah Lord GOD!  behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for
from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of
itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into
my mouth.
		 -- Ezekiel 4:14
%
Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung,
and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
		 -- Ezekiel 4:15
%
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of
bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care;
and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
		 -- Ezekiel 4:16
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That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another,
and consume away for their iniquity.
		 -- Ezekiel 4:17
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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 weight, and divide the hair.
		 -- Ezekiel 5:1
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Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when
the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part,
and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in
the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
		 -- Ezekiel 5:2
%
Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
		 -- Ezekiel 5:3
%
Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and
burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the
house of Israel.
		 -- Ezekiel 5:4
%
Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst
of the nations and countries that are round about her.
		 -- Ezekiel 5:5
%
And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations,
and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they
have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.
		 -- Ezekiel 5:6
%
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the
nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes,
neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the
judgments of the nations that are round about you;
		 -- Ezekiel 5:7
%
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and
will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.
		 -- Ezekiel 5:8
%
And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will
not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.
		 -- Ezekiel 5:9
%
Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the
sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee,
and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.
		 -- Ezekiel 5:10
%
Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast
defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine
abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine
eye spare, neither will I have any pity.
		 -- Ezekiel 5:11
%
A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall
they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by
the sword round about thee and I will scatter a third part into all the
winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
		 -- Ezekiel 5:12
%
Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest
upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD
have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.
		 -- Ezekiel 5:13
%
Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that
are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
		 -- Ezekiel 5:14
%
So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment
unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments
in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes.  I the LORD have
spoken it.
		 -- Ezekiel 5:15
%
When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be
for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will
increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
		 -- Ezekiel 5:16
%
So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave
thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring
the sword upon thee.  I the LORD have spoken it.
		 -- Ezekiel 5:17
%
AND the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 6:1
%
Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy
against them,
		 -- Ezekiel 6:2
%
And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus
saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers,
and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you,
and I will destroy your high places.
		 -- Ezekiel 6:3
%
And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken:
and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
		 -- Ezekiel 6:4
%
And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their
idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
		 -- Ezekiel 6:5
%
In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high
places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made
desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may
be cut down, and your works may be abolished.
		 -- Ezekiel 6:6
%
And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I
am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 6:7
%
Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the
sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.
		 -- Ezekiel 6:8
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And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither
they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish
heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a
whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils
which they have committed in all their abominations.
		 -- Ezekiel 6:9
%
And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain
that I would do this evil unto them.
		 -- Ezekiel 6:10
%
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot,
and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel!
for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
		 -- Ezekiel 6:11
%
He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near
shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall
die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.
		 -- Ezekiel 6:12
%
Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be
among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all
the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every
thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.
		 -- Ezekiel 6:13
%
So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate,
yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their
habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 6:14
%
MOREOVER the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 7:1
%
Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel;
An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:2
%
Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee,
and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee
all thine abominations.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:3
%
And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will
recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the
midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:4
%
Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:5
%
An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:6
%
The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the
time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of
the mountains.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:7
%
Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine
anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will
recompense thee for all thine abominations.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:8
%
And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense
thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst
of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:9
%
Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod
hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:10
%
Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain,
nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be
wailing for them.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:11
%
The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice,
nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:12
%
For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they
were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof,
which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the
iniquity of his life.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:13
%
They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to
the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:14
%
The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that
is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city,
famine and pestilence shall devour him.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:15
%
But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains
like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his
iniquity.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:16
%
All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:17
%
They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover
them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their
heads.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:18
%
They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be
removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them
in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls,
neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their
iniquity.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:19
%
As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made
the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein:
therefore have I set it far from them.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:20
%
And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to
the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:21
%
My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret
place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:22
%
Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is
full of violence.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:23
%
Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess
their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and
their holy places shall be defiled.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:24
%
Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:25
%
Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour;
then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish
from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:26
%
The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation,
and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto
them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them;
and they shall know that I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 7:27
%
AND it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth
day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat
before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.
		 -- Ezekiel 8:1
%
Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the
appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even
upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.
		 -- Ezekiel 8:2
%
And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head;
and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought
me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that
looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy,
which provoketh to jealousy.
		 -- Ezekiel 8:3
%
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the
vision that I saw in the plain.
		 -- Ezekiel 8:4
%
Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward
the north.  So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold
northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
		 -- Ezekiel 8:5
%
He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do?
even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here,
that I should go far off from my sanctuary?  but turn thee yet again,
and thou shalt see greater abominations.
		 -- Ezekiel 8:6
%
And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold
a hole in the wall.
		 -- Ezekiel 8:7
%
Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had
digged in the wall, behold a door.
		 -- Ezekiel 8:8
%
And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they
do here.
		 -- Ezekiel 8:9
%
So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and
abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed
upon the wall round about.
		 -- Ezekiel 8:10
%
And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of
Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with
every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
		 -- Ezekiel 8:11
%
Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the
house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery?
for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
		 -- Ezekiel 8:12
%
He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater
abominations that they do.
		 -- Ezekiel 8:13
%
Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's house which
was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
		 -- Ezekiel 8:14
%
Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet
again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
		 -- Ezekiel 8:15
%
And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and, behold,
at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar,
were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of
the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun
toward the east.
		 -- Ezekiel 8:16
%
Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man?  Is it a
light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations
which they commit here?  for they have filled the land with violence,
and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch
to their nose.
		 -- Ezekiel 8:17
%
Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither
will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice,
yet will I not hear them.
		 -- Ezekiel 8:18
%
HE cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that
have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying
weapon in his hand.
		 -- Ezekiel 9:1
%
And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth
toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one
man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his
side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.
		 -- Ezekiel 9:2
%
And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon
he was, to the threshold of the house.	And he called to the man clothed
with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side;
		 -- Ezekiel 9:3
%
And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the
midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh
and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
		 -- Ezekiel 9:4
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And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the
city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
		 -- Ezekiel 9:5
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Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and
women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at
my sanctuary.  Then they began at the ancient men which were before
the house.
		 -- Ezekiel 9:6
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And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the
slain: go ye forth.  And they went forth, and slew in the city.
		 -- Ezekiel 9:7
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And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that
I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy
all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?
		 -- Ezekiel 9:8
%
Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is
exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of
perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the
LORD seeth not.
		 -- Ezekiel 9:9
%
And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity,
but I will recompense their way upon their head.
		 -- Ezekiel 9:10
%
And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his
side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.
		 -- Ezekiel 9:11
%
THEN I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head
of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone,
as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
		 -- Ezekiel 10:1
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And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between
the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals
of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city.
And he went in in my sight.
		 -- Ezekiel 10:2
%
Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man
went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
		 -- Ezekiel 10:3
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Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over
the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud,
and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD's glory.
		 -- Ezekiel 10:4
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And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court,
as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.
		 -- Ezekiel 10:5
%
And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with
linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the
cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels.
		 -- Ezekiel 10:6
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And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims unto
the fire that was between the cherubims, and took thereof, and put it into
the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it, and went out.
		 -- Ezekiel 10:7
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And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand under
their wings.
		 -- Ezekiel 10:8
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And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel
by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance
of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone.
		 -- Ezekiel 10:9
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And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel
had been in the midst of a wheel.
		 -- Ezekiel 10:10
%
When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as
they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it;
they turned not as they went.
		 -- Ezekiel 10:11
%
And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings,
and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they
four had.
		 -- Ezekiel 10:12
%
As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel.
		 -- Ezekiel 10:13
%
And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub,
and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a
lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
		 -- Ezekiel 10:14
%
And the cherubims were lifted up.  This is the living creature that I
saw by the river of Chebar.
		 -- Ezekiel 10:15
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And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the
cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same
wheels also turned not from beside them.
		 -- Ezekiel 10:16
%
When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted
up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
		 -- Ezekiel 10:17
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Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house,
and stood over the cherubims.
		 -- Ezekiel 10:18
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And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth
in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them,
and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD's house;
and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
		 -- Ezekiel 10:19
%
This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the
river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims.
		 -- Ezekiel 10:20
%
Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the
likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
		 -- Ezekiel 10:21
%
And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the
river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one
straight forward.
		 -- Ezekiel 10:22
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MOREOVER the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of
the LORD's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the
gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur,
and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
		 -- Ezekiel 11:1
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Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief,
and give wicked counsel in this city:
		 -- Ezekiel 11:2
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Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron,
and we be the flesh.
		 -- Ezekiel 11:3
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Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.
		 -- Ezekiel 11:4
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And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus
saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the
things that come into your mind, every one of them.
		 -- Ezekiel 11:5
%
Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the
streets thereof with the slain.
		 -- Ezekiel 11:6
%
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the
midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I
will bring you forth out of the midst of it.
		 -- Ezekiel 11:7
%
Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the
Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 11:8
%
And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the
hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
		 -- Ezekiel 11:9
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Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel;
and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 11:10
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This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in
the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:
		 -- Ezekiel 11:11
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And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my
statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners
of the heathen that are round about you.
		 -- Ezekiel 11:12
%
And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah
died.  Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and
said, Ah Lord GOD!  wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
		 -- Ezekiel 11:13
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Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 11:14
%
Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred,
and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants
of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land
given in possession.
		 -- Ezekiel 11:15
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Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Although I have cast them far off
among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries,
yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they
shall come.
		 -- Ezekiel 11:16
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Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from
the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been
scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
		 -- Ezekiel 11:17
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And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable
things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
		 -- Ezekiel 11:18
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And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you;
and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them
an heart of flesh:
		 -- Ezekiel 11:19
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That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them:
and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
		 -- Ezekiel 11:20
%
But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable
things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their
own heads, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 11:21
%
Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them;
and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
		 -- Ezekiel 11:22
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And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood
upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
		 -- Ezekiel 11:23
%
Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the
Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity.  So the vision
that I had seen went up from me.
		 -- Ezekiel 11:24
%
Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD
had shewed me.
		 -- Ezekiel 11:25
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THE word of the LORD also came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 12:1
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Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which
have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not:
for they are a rebellious house.
		 -- Ezekiel 12:2
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Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove
by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another
place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a
rebellious house.
		 -- Ezekiel 12:3
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Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff
for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they
that go forth into captivity.
		 -- Ezekiel 12:4
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Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.
		 -- Ezekiel 12:5
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In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth
in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground:
for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.
		 -- Ezekiel 12:6
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And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff
for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand;
I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in
their sight.
		 -- Ezekiel 12:7
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And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 12:8
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Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said
unto thee, What doest thou?
		 -- Ezekiel 12:9
%
Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; This burden concerneth the
prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them.
		 -- Ezekiel 12:10
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Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them:
they shall remove and go into captivity.
		 -- Ezekiel 12:11
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And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the
twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry
out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with
his eyes.
		 -- Ezekiel 12:12
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My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare:
and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall
he not see it, though he shall die there.
		 -- Ezekiel 12:13
%
And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him,
and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
		 -- Ezekiel 12:14
%
And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among
the nations, and disperse them in the countries.
		 -- Ezekiel 12:15
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But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and
from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among
the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 12:16
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Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 12:17
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Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling
and with carefulness;
		 -- Ezekiel 12:18
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And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat
their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment,
that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the
violence of all them that dwell therein.
		 -- Ezekiel 12:19
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And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land
shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 12:20
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And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 12:21
%
Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel,
saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
		 -- Ezekiel 12:22
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Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb
to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say
unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.
		 -- Ezekiel 12:23
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For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination
within the house of Israel.
		 -- Ezekiel 12:24
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For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak
shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days,
O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the
Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 12:25
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Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 12:26
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Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that
he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that
are far off.
		 -- Ezekiel 12:27
%
Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall none of
my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall
be done, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 12:28
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AND the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 13:1
%
Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and
say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the
word of the LORD;
		 -- Ezekiel 13:2
%
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow
their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
		 -- Ezekiel 13:3
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O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
		 -- Ezekiel 13:4
%
Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the
house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 13:5
%
They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith:
and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that
they would confirm the word.
		 -- Ezekiel 13:6
%
Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination,
whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken?
		 -- Ezekiel 13:7
%
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and
seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 13:8
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And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine
lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they
be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they
enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 13:9
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Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and
there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it
with untempered morter:
		 -- Ezekiel 13:10
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Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall:
there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall
fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
		 -- Ezekiel 13:11
%
Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is
the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?
		 -- Ezekiel 13:12
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy
wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger,
and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.
		 -- Ezekiel 13:13
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So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter,
and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall
be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst
thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 13:14
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Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have
daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no
more, neither they that daubed it;
		 -- Ezekiel 13:15
%
To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem,
and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith
the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 13:16
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Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of
thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou
against them,
		 -- Ezekiel 13:17
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And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows
to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to
hunt souls!  Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the
souls alive that come unto you?
		 -- Ezekiel 13:18
%
And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for
pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the
souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear
your lies?
		 -- Ezekiel 13:19
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Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows,
wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them
from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt
to make them fly.
		 -- Ezekiel 13:20
%
Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand,
and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know
that I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 13:21
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Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I
have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he
should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
		 -- Ezekiel 13:22
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Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will
deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 13:23
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THEN came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
		 -- Ezekiel 14:1
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And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 14:2
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Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put
the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be
enquired of at all by them?
		 -- Ezekiel 14:3
%
Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart,
and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and
cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according
to the multitude of his idols;
		 -- Ezekiel 14:4
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That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they
are all estranged from me through their idols.
		 -- Ezekiel 14:5
%
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent,
and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all
your abominations.
		 -- Ezekiel 14:6
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For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth
in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in
his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face,
and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will
answer him by myself:
		 -- Ezekiel 14:7
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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 LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 14:8
%
And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD
have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him,
and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
		 -- Ezekiel 14:9
%
And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of
the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;
		 -- Ezekiel 14:10
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That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be
polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be
my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 14:11
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The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 14:12
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Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously,
then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of
the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man
and beast from it:
		 -- Ezekiel 14:13
%
Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should
deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 14:14
%
If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so
that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:
		 -- Ezekiel 14:15
%
Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they
shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered,
but the land shall be desolate.
		 -- Ezekiel 14:16
%
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land;
so that I cut off man and beast from it:
		 -- Ezekiel 14:17
%
Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD,
they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be
delivered themselves.
		 -- Ezekiel 14:18
%
Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it
in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:
		 -- Ezekiel 14:19
%
Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD,
they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver
their own souls by their righteousness.
		 -- Ezekiel 14:20
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For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore
judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome
beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
		 -- Ezekiel 14:21
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Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought
forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you,
and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted
concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning
all that I have brought upon it.
		 -- Ezekiel 14:22
%
And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings:
and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have
done in it, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 14:23
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AND the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 15:1
%
Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch
which is among the trees of the forest?
		 -- Ezekiel 15:2
%
Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work?  or will men take a pin of
it to hang any vessel thereon?
		 -- Ezekiel 15:3
%
Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the
ends of it, and the midst of it is burned.  Is it meet for any work?
		 -- Ezekiel 15:4
%
Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall
it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it
is burned?
		 -- Ezekiel 15:5
%
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of
the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the
inhabitants of Jerusalem.
		 -- Ezekiel 15:6
%
And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire,
and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD,
when I set my face against them.
		 -- Ezekiel 15:7
%
And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass,
saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 15:8
%
AGAIN the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 16:1
%
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
		 -- Ezekiel 16:2
%
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy
nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy
mother an Hittite.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:3
%
And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut,
neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted
at all, nor swaddled at all.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:4
%
None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion
upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of
thy person, in the day that thou wast born.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:5
%
And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood,
I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto
thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:6
%
I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast
increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments:
thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast
naked and bare.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:7
%
Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the
time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness:
yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith
the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:8
%
Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood
from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:9
%
I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin,
and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:10
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I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands,
and a chain on thy neck.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:11
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And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a
beautiful crown upon thine head.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:12
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Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of
fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour,
and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst
prosper into a kingdom.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:13
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And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was
perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the
Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:14
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But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because
of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed
by; his it was.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:15
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And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with
divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall
not come, neither shall it be so.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:16
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Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which
I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit
whoredom with them,
		 -- Ezekiel 16:17
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And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast
set mine oil and mine incense before them.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:18
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My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith
I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and
thus it was, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:19
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Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast
borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured.
Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,
		 -- Ezekiel 16:20
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That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to
pass through the fire for them?
		 -- Ezekiel 16:21
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And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered
the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted
in thy blood.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:22
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And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee!
saith the Lord GOD;)
		 -- Ezekiel 16:23
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That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee
an high place in every street.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:24
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Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made
thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that
passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:25
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Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours,
great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:26
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Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have
diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them
that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of
thy lewd way.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:27
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Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast
unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest
not be satisfied.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:28
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Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto
Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:29
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How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these
things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;
		 -- Ezekiel 16:30
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In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and
makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot,
in that thou scornest hire;
		 -- Ezekiel 16:31
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But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead
of her husband!
		 -- Ezekiel 16:32
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They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy
lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for
thy whoredom.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:33
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And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas
none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward,
and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:34
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Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD:
		 -- Ezekiel 16:35
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy
nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with
all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children,
which thou didst give unto them;
		 -- Ezekiel 16:36
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Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken
pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou
hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will
discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:37
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And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are
judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:38
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And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down
thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall
strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and
leave thee naked and bare.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:39
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They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone
thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:40
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And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon
thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from
playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:41
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So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart
from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:42
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Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted
me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy
way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit this
lewdness above all thine abominations.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:43
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Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee,
saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:44
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Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children;
and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and
their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:45
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And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at
thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand,
is Sodom and her daughters.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:46
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Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their
abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast
corrupted more than they in all thy ways.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:47
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As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor
her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:48
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Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness
of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters,
neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:49
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And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore
I took them away as I saw good.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:50
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Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied
thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in
all thine abominations which thou hast done.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:51
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Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy
sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more
righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame,
in that thou hast justified thy sisters.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:52
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When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her
daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I
bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them:
		 -- Ezekiel 16:53
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That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all
that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:54
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When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former
estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate,
then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:55
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For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of
thy pride,
		 -- Ezekiel 16:56
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Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of
the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters
of the Philistines, which despise thee round about.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:57
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Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:58
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For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done,
which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:59
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Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy
youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:60
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Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive
thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee
for daughters, but not by thy covenant.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:61
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And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I
am the LORD:
		 -- Ezekiel 16:62
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That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth
any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all
that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 16:63
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AND the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 17:1
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Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house
of Israel;
		 -- Ezekiel 17:2
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And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings,
longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon,
and took the highest branch of the cedar:
		 -- Ezekiel 17:3
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He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land
of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
		 -- Ezekiel 17:4
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He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field;
he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.
		 -- Ezekiel 17:5
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And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches
turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became
a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
		 -- Ezekiel 17:6
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There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers:
and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth
her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her
plantation.
		 -- Ezekiel 17:7
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It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth
branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.
		 -- Ezekiel 17:8
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Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper?  shall he not pull
up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither?
it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great
power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.
		 -- Ezekiel 17:9
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Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper?  shall it not utterly
wither, when the east wind toucheth it?  it shall wither in the furrows
where it grew.
		 -- Ezekiel 17:10
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Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 17:11
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Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean?
tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath
taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him
to Babylon;
		 -- Ezekiel 17:12
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And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and
hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:
		 -- Ezekiel 17:13
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That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but
that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.
		 -- Ezekiel 17:14
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But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt,
that they might give him horses and much people.  Shall he prosper?
shall he escape that doeth such things?  or shall he break the covenant,
and be delivered?
		 -- Ezekiel 17:15
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As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth
that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake,
even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
		 -- Ezekiel 17:16
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Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for
him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off
many persons:
		 -- Ezekiel 17:17
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Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had
given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.
		 -- Ezekiel 17:18
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that
he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I
recompense upon his own head.
		 -- Ezekiel 17:19
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And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare,
and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his
trespass that he hath trespassed against me.
		 -- Ezekiel 17:20
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And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and
they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know
that I the LORD have spoken it.
		 -- Ezekiel 17:21
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the
high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young
twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:
		 -- Ezekiel 17:22
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In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall
bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under
it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches
thereof shall they dwell.
		 -- Ezekiel 17:23
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And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought
down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green
tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken
and have done it.
		 -- Ezekiel 17:24
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THE word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 18:1
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What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel,
saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth
are set on edge?
		 -- Ezekiel 18:2
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As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to
use this proverb in Israel.
		 -- Ezekiel 18:3
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Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul
of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
		 -- Ezekiel 18:4
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But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
		 -- Ezekiel 18:5
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And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes
to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's
wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,
		 -- Ezekiel 18:6
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And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge,
hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry,
and hath covered the naked with a garment;
		 -- Ezekiel 18:7
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He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase,
that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment
between man and man,
		 -- Ezekiel 18:8
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Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly;
he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 18:9
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If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth
the like to any one of these things,
		 -- Ezekiel 18:10
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And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the
mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
		 -- Ezekiel 18:11
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Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not
restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath
committed abomination,
		 -- Ezekiel 18:12
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Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live?
he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely
die; his blood shall be upon him.
		 -- Ezekiel 18:13
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Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he
hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,
		 -- Ezekiel 18:14
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That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to
the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,
		 -- Ezekiel 18:15
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Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath
spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath
covered the naked with a garment,
		 -- Ezekiel 18:16
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That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury
nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes;
he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
		 -- Ezekiel 18:17
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As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by
violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he
shall die in his iniquity.
		 -- Ezekiel 18:18
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Yet say ye, Why?  doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father?
When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept
all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
		 -- Ezekiel 18:19
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The soul that sinneth, it shall die.  The son shall not bear the iniquity
of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son:
the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness
of the wicked shall be upon him.
		 -- Ezekiel 18:20
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But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed,
and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he
shall surely live, he shall not die.
		 -- Ezekiel 18:21
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All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned
unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
		 -- Ezekiel 18:22
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Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?	saith the Lord
GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
		 -- Ezekiel 18:23
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But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth
iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked
man doeth, shall he live?  All his righteousness that he hath done shall
not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his
sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
		 -- Ezekiel 18:24
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Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal.  Hear now, O house of
Israel; Is not my way equal?  are not your ways unequal?
		 -- Ezekiel 18:25
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When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth
iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall
he die.
		 -- Ezekiel 18:26
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Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath
committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his
soul alive.
		 -- Ezekiel 18:27
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Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions
that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
		 -- Ezekiel 18:28
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Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal.  O house
of Israel, are not my ways equal?  are not your ways unequal?
		 -- Ezekiel 18:29
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Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to
his ways, saith the Lord GOD.  Repent, and turn yourselves from all your
transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
		 -- Ezekiel 18:30
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Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed;
and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house
of Israel?
		 -- Ezekiel 18:31
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For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD:
wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
		 -- Ezekiel 18:32
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MOREOVER take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
		 -- Ezekiel 19:1
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And say, What is thy mother?  A lioness: she lay down among lions,
she nourished her whelps among young lions.
		 -- Ezekiel 19:2
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And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it
learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
		 -- Ezekiel 19:3
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The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they
brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
		 -- Ezekiel 19:4
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Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she
took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
		 -- Ezekiel 19:5
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And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and
learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
		 -- Ezekiel 19:6
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And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities;
and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of
his roaring.
		 -- Ezekiel 19:7
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Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces,
and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
		 -- Ezekiel 19:8
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And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of
Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be
heard upon the mountains of Israel.
		 -- Ezekiel 19:9
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Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was
fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
		 -- Ezekiel 19:10
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And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and
her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in
her height with the multitude of her branches.
		 -- Ezekiel 19:11
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But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the
east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered;
the fire consumed them.
		 -- Ezekiel 19:12
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And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
		 -- Ezekiel 19:13
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And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her
fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule.	This is
a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
		 -- Ezekiel 19:14
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AND it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth
day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire
of the LORD, and sat before me.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:1
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Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 20:2
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Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus
saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me?  As I live, saith the
Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:3
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Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them?  cause them to
know the abominations of their fathers:
		 -- Ezekiel 20:4
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And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose
Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob,
and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up
mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God;
		 -- Ezekiel 20:5
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In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of
the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with
milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
		 -- Ezekiel 20:6
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Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his
eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD
your God.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:7
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But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did
not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did
they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury
upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land
of Egypt.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:8
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But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before
the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known
unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:9
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Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought
them into the wilderness.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:10
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And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a
man do, he shall even live in them.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:11
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Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them,
that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:12
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But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked
not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do,
he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted:
then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness,
to consume them.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:13
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But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before
the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:14
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Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would
not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk
and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
		 -- Ezekiel 20:15
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Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes,
but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:16
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Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I
make an end of them in the wilderness.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:17
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But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the
statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile
yourselves with their idols:
		 -- Ezekiel 20:18
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I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments,
and do them;
		 -- Ezekiel 20:19
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And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you,
that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:20
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Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in
my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do,
he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said,
I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them
in the wilderness.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:21
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Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name's sake, that
it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight
I brought them forth.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:22
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I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would
scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
		 -- Ezekiel 20:23
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Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes,
and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers'
idols.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:24
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Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments
whereby they should not live;
		 -- Ezekiel 20:25
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And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass
through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them
desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:26
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Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them,
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me,
in that they have committed a trespass against me.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:27
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For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up
mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all
the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they
presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their
sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:28
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Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go?	And the
name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:29
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Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are
ye polluted after the manner of your fathers?  and commit ye whoredom
after their abominations?
		 -- Ezekiel 20:30
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For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through
the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day:
and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel?  As I live, saith
the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:31
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And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say,
We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve
wood and stone.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:32
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As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a
stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:
		 -- Ezekiel 20:33
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And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of
the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a
stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:34
%
And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will
I plead with you face to face.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:35
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Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of
Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:36
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And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into
the bond of the covenant:
		 -- Ezekiel 20:37
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And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress
against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn,
and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that
I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:38
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As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye
every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me:
but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:39
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For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel,
saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in
the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require
your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your
holy things.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:40
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I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from
the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been
scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:41
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And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the
land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to
give it to your fathers.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:42
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And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye
have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for
all your evils that ye have committed.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:43
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And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for
my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your
corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:44
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Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 20:45
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Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the
south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
		 -- Ezekiel 20:46
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And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus
saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall
devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame
shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall
be burned therein.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:47
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And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not
be quenched.
		 -- Ezekiel 20:48
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Then said I, Ah Lord GOD!  they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
		 -- Ezekiel 20:49
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AND the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 21:1
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Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the
holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
		 -- Ezekiel 21:2
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And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against
thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off
from thee the righteous and the wicked.
		 -- Ezekiel 21:3
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Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked,
therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh
from the south to the north:
		 -- Ezekiel 21:4
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That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out
of his sheath: it shall not return any more.
		 -- Ezekiel 21:5
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Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and
with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
		 -- Ezekiel 21:6
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And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou?
that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every
heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit
shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh,
and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 21:7
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Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 21:8
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Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword,
a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:
		 -- Ezekiel 21:9
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It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may
glitter: should we then make mirth?  it contemneth the rod of my son,
as every tree.
		 -- Ezekiel 21:10
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And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword
is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
		 -- Ezekiel 21:11
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Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be
upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be
upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.
		 -- Ezekiel 21:12
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Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod?
it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 21:13
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Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together,
and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain:
it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into
their privy chambers.
		 -- Ezekiel 21:14
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I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their
heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright,
it is wrapped up for the slaughter.
		 -- Ezekiel 21:15
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Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left,
whithersoever thy face is set.
		 -- Ezekiel 21:16
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I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest:
I the LORD have said it.
		 -- Ezekiel 21:17
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The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 21:18
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Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the
king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land:
and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.
		 -- Ezekiel 21:19
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Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites,
and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.
		 -- Ezekiel 21:20
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For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of
the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted
with images, he looked in the liver.
		 -- Ezekiel 21:21
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At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains,
to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting,
to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to
build a fort.
		 -- Ezekiel 21:22
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And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them
that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity,
that they may be taken.
		 -- Ezekiel 21:23
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity
to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that
in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come
to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.
		 -- Ezekiel 21:24
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And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when
iniquity shall have an end,
		 -- Ezekiel 21:25
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this
shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.
		 -- Ezekiel 21:26
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I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until
he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
		 -- Ezekiel 21:27
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And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning
the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword,
the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because
of the glittering:
		 -- Ezekiel 21:28
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Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee,
to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked,
whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.
		 -- Ezekiel 21:29
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Shall I cause it to return into his sheath?  I will judge thee in the
place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.
		 -- Ezekiel 21:30
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And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee
in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men,
and skilful to destroy.
		 -- Ezekiel 21:31
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Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of
the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it.
		 -- Ezekiel 21:32
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MOREOVER the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 22:1
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Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city?
yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:2
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Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the
midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself
to defile herself.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:3
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Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled
thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy
days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I
made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:4
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Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee,
which art infamous and much vexed.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:5
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Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to
shed blood.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:6
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In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee
have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed
the fatherless and the widow.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:7
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Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:8
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In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat
upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:9
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In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they
humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:10
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And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another
hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled
his sister, his father's daughter.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:11
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In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and
increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion,
and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:12
%
Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which
thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:13
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Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that
I shall deal with thee?  I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:14
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And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the
countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:15
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And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the
heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:16
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And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 22:17
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Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass,
and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even
the dross of silver.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:18
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross,
behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:19
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As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the
midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I
gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there,
and melt you.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:20
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Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath,
and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:21
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As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted
in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out
my fury upon you.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:22
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And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 22:23
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Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor
rained upon in the day of indignation.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:24
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There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring
lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the
treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the
midst thereof.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:25
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Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things:
they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have
they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid
their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:26
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Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey,
to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:27
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And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity,
and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the
LORD hath not spoken.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:28
%
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery,
and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger
wrongfully.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:29
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And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and
stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it:
but I found none.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:30
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Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed
them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon
their heads, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 22:31
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THE word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 23:1
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Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
		 -- Ezekiel 23:2
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And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in
their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised
the teats of their virginity.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:3
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And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister:
and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters.  Thus were their
names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:4
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And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her
lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,
		 -- Ezekiel 23:5
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Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable
young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:6
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Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the
chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their
idols she defiled herself.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:7
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Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they
lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured
their whoredom upon her.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:8
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Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the
hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:9
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These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters,
and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they
had executed judgment upon her.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:10
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And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her
inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in
her whoredoms.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:11
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She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed
most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable
young men.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:12
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Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way,
		 -- Ezekiel 23:13
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And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed
upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,
		 -- Ezekiel 23:14
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Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon
their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the
Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:
		 -- Ezekiel 23:15
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And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent
messengers unto them into Chaldea.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:16
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And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled
her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind
was alienated from them.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:17
%
So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then
my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from
her sister.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:18
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Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of
her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:19
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For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses,
and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:20
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Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising
thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:21
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Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise
up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will
bring them against thee on every side;
		 -- Ezekiel 23:22
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The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and
all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains
and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:23
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And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels,
and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler
and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them,
and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:24
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And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously
with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant
shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters;
and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:25
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They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair
jewels.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:26
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Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom
brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine
eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:27
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For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand
of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind
is alienated:
		 -- Ezekiel 23:28
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And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy
labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy
whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:29
%
I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after
the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:30
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Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her
cup into thine hand.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:31
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and
large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth
much.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:32
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Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of
astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:33
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Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the
sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it,
saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:34
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me,
and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and
thy whoredoms.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:35
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The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah
and Aholibah?  yea, declare unto them their abominations;
		 -- Ezekiel 23:36
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That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with
their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons,
whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:37
%
Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in
the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:38
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For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came
the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they
done in the midst of mine house.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:39
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And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a
messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself,
paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments,
		 -- Ezekiel 23:40
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And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon
thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:41
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And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men
of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put
bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:42
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Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit
whoredoms with her, and she with them?
		 -- Ezekiel 23:43
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Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the
harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:44
%
And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of
adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because
they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:45
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For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon them, and
will give them to be removed and spoiled.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:46
%
And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with
their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn
up their houses with fire.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:47
%
Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may
be taught not to do after your lewdness.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:48
%
And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the
sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 23:49
%
AGAIN in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the
month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 24:1
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Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day:
the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.
		 -- Ezekiel 24:2
%
And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus
saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:
		 -- Ezekiel 24:3
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Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh,
and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
		 -- Ezekiel 24:4
%
Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make
it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.
		 -- Ezekiel 24:5
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Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot
whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it!  bring it
out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
		 -- Ezekiel 24:6
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For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock;
she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
		 -- Ezekiel 24:7
%
That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her
blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
		 -- Ezekiel 24:8
%
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city!  I will even
make the pile for fire great.
		 -- Ezekiel 24:9
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Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well,
and let the bones be burned.
		 -- Ezekiel 24:10
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Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be
hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it,
that the scum of it may be consumed.
		 -- Ezekiel 24:11
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She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth
out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.
		 -- Ezekiel 24:12
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In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou
wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more,
till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.
		 -- Ezekiel 24:13
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I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I
will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according
to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith
the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 24:14
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Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 24:15
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Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with
a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears
run down.
		 -- Ezekiel 24:16
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Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine
head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy
lips, and eat not the bread of men.
		 -- Ezekiel 24:17
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So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died;
and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
		 -- Ezekiel 24:18
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And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things
are to us, that thou doest so?
		 -- Ezekiel 24:19
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Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 24:20
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Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will
profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of
your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your
daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.
		 -- Ezekiel 24:21
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And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat
the bread of men.
		 -- Ezekiel 24:22
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And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet:
ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities,
and mourn one toward another.
		 -- Ezekiel 24:23
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Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done
shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 24:24
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Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them
their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and
that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,
		 -- Ezekiel 24:25
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That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee
to hear it with thine ears?
		 -- Ezekiel 24:26
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In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou
shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them;
and they shall know that I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 24:27
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THE word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 25:1
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Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;
		 -- Ezekiel 25:2
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And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith
the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it
was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate;
and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity;
		 -- Ezekiel 25:3
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Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a
possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their
dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink
thy milk.
		 -- Ezekiel 25:4
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And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a
couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 25:5
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For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands,
and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite
against the land of Israel;
		 -- Ezekiel 25:6
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Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver
thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people,
and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee;
and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 25:7
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold,
the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;
		 -- Ezekiel 25:8
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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,
		 -- Ezekiel 25:9
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Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in
possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations.
		 -- Ezekiel 25:10
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And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am
the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 25:11
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house
of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged
himself upon them;
		 -- Ezekiel 25:12
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand
upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it
desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.
		 -- Ezekiel 25:13
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And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel:
and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my
fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 25:14
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge,
and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the
old hatred;
		 -- Ezekiel 25:15
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand
upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy
the remnant of the sea coast.
		 -- Ezekiel 25:16
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And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes;
and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance
upon them.
		 -- Ezekiel 25:17
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AND it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month,
that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 26:1
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Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is
broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall
be replenished, now she is laid waste:
		 -- Ezekiel 26:2
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus,
and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth
his waves to come up.
		 -- Ezekiel 26:3
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And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers:
I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
		 -- Ezekiel 26:4
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It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea:
for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a spoil
to the nations.
		 -- Ezekiel 26:5
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And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword;
and they shall know that I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 26:6
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For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with
horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much
people.
		 -- Ezekiel 26:7
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He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall
make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up
the buckler against thee.
		 -- Ezekiel 26:8
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And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he
shall break down thy towers.
		 -- Ezekiel 26:9
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By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee:
thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels,
and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter
into a city wherein is made a breach.
		 -- Ezekiel 26:10
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With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he
shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go
down to the ground.
		 -- Ezekiel 26:11
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And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy
merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy
pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy
dust in the midst of the water.
		 -- Ezekiel 26:12
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And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy
harps shall be no more heard.
		 -- Ezekiel 26:13
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And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to
spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD have spoken
it, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 26:14
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Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound
of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the
midst of thee?
		 -- Ezekiel 26:15
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Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones,
and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they
shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground,
and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.
		 -- Ezekiel 26:16
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And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art
thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city,
which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their
terror to be on all that haunt it!
		 -- Ezekiel 26:17
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Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that
are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.
		 -- Ezekiel 26:18
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For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city,
like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep
upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;
		 -- Ezekiel 26:19
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When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with
the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth,
in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou
be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;
		 -- Ezekiel 26:20
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I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be
sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 26:21
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THE word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 27:1
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Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
		 -- Ezekiel 27:2
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And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea,
which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord
GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:3
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Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected
thy beauty.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:4
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They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have
taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:5
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Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the
Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles
of Chittim.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:6
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Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest
forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that
which covered thee.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:7
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The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men,
O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:8
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The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers:
all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy
thy merchandise.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:9
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They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war:
they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:10
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The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and
the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy
walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:11
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Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of
riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:12
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Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the
persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:13
%
They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen
and mules.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:14
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The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of
thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:15
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Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy
making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered
work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:16
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Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in
thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:17
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Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making,
for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:18
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Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron,
cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:19
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Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:20
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Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs,
and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:21
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The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied
in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones,
and gold.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:22
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Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad,
were thy merchants.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:23
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These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes,
and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords,
and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:24
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The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast
replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:25
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Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken
thee in the midst of the seas.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:26
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Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots,
thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war,
that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee,
shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:27
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The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:28
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And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea,
shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;
		 -- Ezekiel 27:29
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And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry
bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow
themselves in the ashes:
		 -- Ezekiel 27:30
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And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them
with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart
and bitter wailing.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:31
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And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and
lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed
in the midst of the sea?
		 -- Ezekiel 27:32
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When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people;
thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches
and of thy merchandise.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:33
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In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of
the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee
shall fall.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:34
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All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their
kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:35
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The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror,
and never shalt be any more.
		 -- Ezekiel 27:36
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THE word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 28:1
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Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I
sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man,
and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
		 -- Ezekiel 28:2
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Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can
hide from thee:
		 -- Ezekiel 28:3
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With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches,
and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
		 -- Ezekiel 28:4
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By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches,
and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
		 -- Ezekiel 28:5
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as
the heart of God;
		 -- Ezekiel 28:6
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Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of
the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy
wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
		 -- Ezekiel 28:7
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They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of
them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
		 -- Ezekiel 28:8
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Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God?  but thou
shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.
		 -- Ezekiel 28:9
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Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers:
for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 28:10
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Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 28:11
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Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto
him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom,
and perfect in beauty.
		 -- Ezekiel 28:12
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Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy
covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx,
and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold:
the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in
the day that thou wast created.
		 -- Ezekiel 28:13
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Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so:
thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down
in the midst of the stones of fire.
		 -- Ezekiel 28:14
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Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created,
till iniquity was found in thee.
		 -- Ezekiel 28:15
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By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee
with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane
out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub,
from the midst of the stones of fire.
		 -- Ezekiel 28:16
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Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted
thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground,
I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
		 -- Ezekiel 28:17
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Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities,
by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire
from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to
ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
		 -- Ezekiel 28:18
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All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee:
thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
		 -- Ezekiel 28:19
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Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 28:20
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Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,
		 -- Ezekiel 28:21
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And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon;
and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that
I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall
be sanctified in her.
		 -- Ezekiel 28:22
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For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and
the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her
on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 28:23
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And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel,
nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised
them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 28:24
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel
from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified
in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land
that I have given to my servant Jacob.
		 -- Ezekiel 28:25
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And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant
vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed
judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they
shall know that I am the LORD their God.
		 -- Ezekiel 28:26
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IN the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month,
the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 29:1
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Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy
against him, and against all Egypt:
		 -- Ezekiel 29:2
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Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee,
Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of
his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it
for myself.
		 -- Ezekiel 29:3
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But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers
to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of
thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
		 -- Ezekiel 29:4
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And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish
of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be
brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts
of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.
		 -- Ezekiel 29:5
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And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because
they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
		 -- Ezekiel 29:6
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When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all
their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest
all their loins to be at a stand.
		 -- Ezekiel 29:7
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee,
and cut off man and beast out of thee.
		 -- Ezekiel 29:8
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And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know
that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have
made it.
		 -- Ezekiel 29:9
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Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will
make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of
Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.
		 -- Ezekiel 29:10
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No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass
through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
		 -- Ezekiel 29:11
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And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries
that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste
shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among
the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
		 -- Ezekiel 29:12
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Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather
the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:
		 -- Ezekiel 29:13
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And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to
return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation;
and they shall be there a base kingdom.
		 -- Ezekiel 29:14
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It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself
any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall
no more rule over the nations.
		 -- Ezekiel 29:15
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And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which
bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them:
but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 29:16
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And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month,
in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 29:17
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Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve
a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every
shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus,
for the service that he had served against it:
		 -- Ezekiel 29:18
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt
unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and
take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.
		 -- Ezekiel 29:19
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I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served
against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 29:20
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In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth,
and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them;
and they shall know that I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 29:21
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THE word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 30:1
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Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe
worth the day!
		 -- Ezekiel 30:2
%
For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day;
it shall be the time of the heathen.
		 -- Ezekiel 30:3
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And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia,
when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her
multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.
		 -- Ezekiel 30:4
%
Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and
the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
		 -- Ezekiel 30:5
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Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the
pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they
fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 30:6
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And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are
desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that
are wasted.
		 -- Ezekiel 30:7
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And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt,
and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.
		 -- Ezekiel 30:8
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In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the
careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in
the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.
		 -- Ezekiel 30:9
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to
cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
		 -- Ezekiel 30:10
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He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought
to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt,
and fill the land with the slain.
		 -- Ezekiel 30:11
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And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the
wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the
hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.
		 -- Ezekiel 30:12
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause
their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince
of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
		 -- Ezekiel 30:13
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And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will
execute judgments in No.
		 -- Ezekiel 30:14
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And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut
off the multitude of No.
		 -- Ezekiel 30:15
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And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall
be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.
		 -- Ezekiel 30:16
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The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword: and
these cities shall go into captivity.
		 -- Ezekiel 30:17
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At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there
the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her:
as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into
captivity.
		 -- Ezekiel 30:18
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Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am
the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 30:19
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And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the
seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 30:20
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Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo,
it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it,
to make it strong to hold the sword.
		 -- Ezekiel 30:21
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of
Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken;
and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
		 -- Ezekiel 30:22
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And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse
them through the countries.
		 -- Ezekiel 30:23
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And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword
in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before
him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.
		 -- Ezekiel 30:24
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But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of
Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when
I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall
stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.
		 -- Ezekiel 30:25
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And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them
among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 30:26
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AND it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the
first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 31:1
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Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude;
Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
		 -- Ezekiel 31:2
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Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with
a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the
thick boughs.
		 -- Ezekiel 31:3
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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.
		 -- Ezekiel 31:4
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Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and
his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the
multitude of waters, when he shot forth.
		 -- Ezekiel 31:5
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All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his
branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and
under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
		 -- Ezekiel 31:6
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Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for
his root was by great waters.
		 -- Ezekiel 31:7
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The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were
not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches;
nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
		 -- Ezekiel 31:8
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I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the
trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.
		 -- Ezekiel 31:9
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself
in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his
heart is lifted up in his height;
		 -- Ezekiel 31:10
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I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the
heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his
wickedness.
		 -- Ezekiel 31:11
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And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have
left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are
fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all
the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
		 -- Ezekiel 31:12
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Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the
beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:
		 -- Ezekiel 31:13
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To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves
for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs,
neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water:
for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth,
in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
		 -- Ezekiel 31:14
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I
caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the
floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon
to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
		 -- Ezekiel 31:15
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I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him
down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of
Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be
comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
		 -- Ezekiel 31:16
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They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the
sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the
midst of the heathen.
		 -- Ezekiel 31:17
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To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees
of Eden?  yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto
the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the
uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword.  This is Pharaoh
and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 31:18
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AND it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the
first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 32:1
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Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say
unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a
whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst
the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:2
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee
with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:3
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Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the
open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon
thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:4
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And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with
thy height.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:5
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I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even
to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:6
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And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the
stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon
shall not give her light.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:7
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All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set
darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:8
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I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy
destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast
not known.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:9
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Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be
horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them;
and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life,
in the day of thy fall.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:10
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For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come
upon thee.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:11
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By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the
terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of
Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:12
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I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters;
neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of
beasts trouble them.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:13
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Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like
oil, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:14
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When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be
destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that
dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:15
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This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of
the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt,
and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:16
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It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the
month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 32:17
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Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even
her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of
the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:18
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Whom dost thou pass in beauty?	go down, and be thou laid with the
uncircumcised.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:19
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They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she
is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:20
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The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell
with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised,
slain by the sword.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:21
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Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of
them slain, fallen by the sword:
		 -- Ezekiel 32:22
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Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round
about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused
terror in the land of the living.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:23
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There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them
slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the
nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the
living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:24
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They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude:
her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by
the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living,
yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit:
he is put in the midst of them that be slain.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:25
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There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round
about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they
caused their terror in the land of the living.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:26
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And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the
uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war:
and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities
shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in
the land of the living.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:27
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Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt
lie with them that are slain with the sword.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:28
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There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might
are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the
uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:29
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There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians,
which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed
of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by
the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:30
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Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude,
even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:31
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For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be
laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with
the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 32:32
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AGAIN the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 33:1
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Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them,
When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a
man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:
		 -- Ezekiel 33:2
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If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet,
and warn the people;
		 -- Ezekiel 33:3
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Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning;
if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his
own head.
		 -- Ezekiel 33:4
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He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall
be upon him.  But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
		 -- Ezekiel 33:5
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But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the
people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among
them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at
the watchman's hand.
		 -- Ezekiel 33:6
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So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of
Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them
from me.
		 -- Ezekiel 33:7
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When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou
dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall
die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
		 -- Ezekiel 33:8
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Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he
do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast
delivered thy soul.
		 -- Ezekiel 33:9
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Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye
speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we
pine away in them, how should we then live?
		 -- Ezekiel 33:10
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Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the
death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn
ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
		 -- Ezekiel 33:11
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Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The
righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his
transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall
thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall
the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that
he sinneth.
		 -- Ezekiel 33:12
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When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust
to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses
shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed,
he shall die for it.
		 -- Ezekiel 33:13
%
Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn
from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
		 -- Ezekiel 33:14
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If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in
the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live,
he shall not die.
		 -- Ezekiel 33:15
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None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him:
he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
		 -- Ezekiel 33:16
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Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal:
but as for them, their way is not equal.
		 -- Ezekiel 33:17
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When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth
iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
		 -- Ezekiel 33:18
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But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful
and right, he shall live thereby.
		 -- Ezekiel 33:19
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Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal.  O ye house of Israel,
I will judge you every one after his ways.
		 -- Ezekiel 33:20
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And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth
month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of
Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.
		 -- Ezekiel 33:21
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Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was
escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning;
and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
		 -- Ezekiel 33:22
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Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 33:23
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Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak,
saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many;
the land is given us for inheritance.
		 -- Ezekiel 33:24
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Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood,
and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye
possess the land?
		 -- Ezekiel 33:25
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Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one
his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?
		 -- Ezekiel 33:26
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Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they
that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the
open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be
in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
		 -- Ezekiel 33:27
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For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength
shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none
shall pass through.
		 -- Ezekiel 33:28
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Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most
desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.
		 -- Ezekiel 33:29
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Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking
against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak
one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you,
and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 33:30
%
And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before
thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them:
for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after
their covetousness.
		 -- Ezekiel 33:31
%
And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a
pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy
words, but they do them not.
		 -- Ezekiel 33:32
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And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know
that a prophet hath been among them.
		 -- Ezekiel 33:33
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AND the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 34:1
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Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say
unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the
shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves!  should not the shepherds
feed the flocks?
		 -- Ezekiel 34:2
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Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are
fed: but ye feed not the flock.
		 -- Ezekiel 34:3
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The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which
was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have
ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that
which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
		 -- Ezekiel 34:4
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And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became
meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
		 -- Ezekiel 34:5
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My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill:
yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none
did search or seek after them.
		 -- Ezekiel 34:6
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Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
		 -- Ezekiel 34:7
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As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey,
and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there
was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the
shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
		 -- Ezekiel 34:8
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Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
		 -- Ezekiel 34:9
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will
require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the
flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will
deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
		 -- Ezekiel 34:10
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For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep,
and seek them out.
		 -- Ezekiel 34:11
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As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep
that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out
of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
		 -- Ezekiel 34:12
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And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the
countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon
the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places
of the country.
		 -- Ezekiel 34:13
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I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel
shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat
pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
		 -- Ezekiel 34:14
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I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the
Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 34:15
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I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven
away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that
which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed
them with judgment.
		 -- Ezekiel 34:16
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And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge
between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
		 -- Ezekiel 34:17
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Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture,
but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures?
and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with
your feet?
		 -- Ezekiel 34:18
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And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet;
and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
		 -- Ezekiel 34:19
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will
judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
		 -- Ezekiel 34:20
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Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the
diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
		 -- Ezekiel 34:21
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Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and
I will judge between cattle and cattle.
		 -- Ezekiel 34:22
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And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even
my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
		 -- Ezekiel 34:23
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And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among
them; I the LORD have spoken it.
		 -- Ezekiel 34:24
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And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil
beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the
wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
		 -- Ezekiel 34:25
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And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing;
and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be
showers of blessing.
		 -- Ezekiel 34:26
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And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield
her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that
I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered
them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
		 -- Ezekiel 34:27
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And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast
of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall
make them afraid.
		 -- Ezekiel 34:28
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And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no
more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the
heathen any more.
		 -- Ezekiel 34:29
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Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that
they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 34:30
%
And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God,
saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 34:31
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MOREOVER the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 35:1
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Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
		 -- Ezekiel 35:2
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And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am
against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will
make thee most desolate.
		 -- Ezekiel 35:3
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I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt
know that I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 35:4
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Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of
the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their
calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:
		 -- Ezekiel 35:5
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Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood,
and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood
shall pursue thee.
		 -- Ezekiel 35:6
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Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that
passeth out and him that returneth.
		 -- Ezekiel 35:7
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And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in
thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with
the sword.
		 -- Ezekiel 35:8
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I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return:
and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 35:9
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Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall
be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:
		 -- Ezekiel 35:10
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Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to
thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of
thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when
I have judged thee.
		 -- Ezekiel 35:11
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And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy
blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel,
saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.
		 -- Ezekiel 35:12
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Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied
your words against me: I have heard them.
		 -- Ezekiel 35:13
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make
thee desolate.
		 -- Ezekiel 35:14
%
As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel,
because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate,
O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that
I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 35:15
%
ALSO, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say,
Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD:
		 -- Ezekiel 36:1
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha,
even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
		 -- Ezekiel 36:2
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Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have
made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might
be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in
the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:
		 -- Ezekiel 36:3
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Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus
saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers,
and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are
forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen
that are round about;
		 -- Ezekiel 36:4
%
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have
I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea,
which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all
their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:5
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Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the
mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus
saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury,
because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:
		 -- Ezekiel 36:6
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely
the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:7
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But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches,
and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:8
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For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be
tilled and sown:
		 -- Ezekiel 36:9
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And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of
it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:
		 -- Ezekiel 36:10
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And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and
bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do
better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am
the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:11
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Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they
shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt
no more henceforth bereave them of men.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:12
%
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest
up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;
		 -- Ezekiel 36:13
%
Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations
any more, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:14
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Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any
more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more,
neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:15
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Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 36:16
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Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they
defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before
me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:17
%
Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed
upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:
		 -- Ezekiel 36:18
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And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through
the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I
judged them.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:19
%
And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned
my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD,
and are gone forth out of his land.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:20
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But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned
among the heathen, whither they went.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:21
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Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not
this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake,
which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:22
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And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen,
which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know
that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in
you before their eyes.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:23
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For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all
countries, and will bring you into your own land.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:24
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Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from
all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:25
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A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you:
and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give
you an heart of flesh.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:26
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And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes,
and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:27
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And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall
be my people, and I will be your God.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:28
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I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for
the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:29
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And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field,
that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:30
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Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not
good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities
and for your abominations.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:31
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Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you:
be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:32
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from
all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and
the wastes shall be builded.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:33
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And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the
sight of all that passed by.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:34
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And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden
of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced,
and are inhabited.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:35
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Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the
LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the
LORD have spoken it, and I will do it.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:36
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house
of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:37
%
As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts;
so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall
know that I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 36:38
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THE hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the
LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
		 -- Ezekiel 37:1
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And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very
many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
		 -- Ezekiel 37:2
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And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live?	And I answered,
O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
		 -- Ezekiel 37:3
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Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them,
O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 37:4
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Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath
to enter into you, and ye shall live:
		 -- Ezekiel 37:5
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And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and
cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye
shall know that I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 37:6
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So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was
a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to
his bone.
		 -- Ezekiel 37:7
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And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them,
and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
		 -- Ezekiel 37:8
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Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man,
and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds,
O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
		 -- Ezekiel 37:9
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So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them,
and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
		 -- Ezekiel 37:10
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Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of
Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost:
we are cut off for our parts.
		 -- Ezekiel 37:11
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Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold,
O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of
your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
		 -- Ezekiel 37:12
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And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves,
O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
		 -- Ezekiel 37:13
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And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place
you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it,
and performed it, saith the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 37:14
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The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 37:15
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Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it,
For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take
another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim,
and for all the house of Israel his companions:
		 -- Ezekiel 37:16
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And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one
in thine hand.
		 -- Ezekiel 37:17
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And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying,
Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
		 -- Ezekiel 37:18
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Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick
of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel
his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah,
and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
		 -- Ezekiel 37:19
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And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before
their eyes.
		 -- Ezekiel 37:20
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And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the
children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and
will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
		 -- Ezekiel 37:21
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And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel;
and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two
nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
		 -- Ezekiel 37:22
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Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with
their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will
save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and
will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
		 -- Ezekiel 37:23
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And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one
shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes,
and do them.
		 -- Ezekiel 37:24
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And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant,
wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even
they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and
my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
		 -- Ezekiel 37:25
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Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an
everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them,
and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
		 -- Ezekiel 37:26
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My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and
they shall be my people.
		 -- Ezekiel 37:27
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And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my
sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
		 -- Ezekiel 37:28
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AND the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Ezekiel 38:1
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Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince
of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
		 -- Ezekiel 38:2
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And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog,
the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
		 -- Ezekiel 38:3
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And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring
thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed
with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields,
all of them handling swords:
		 -- Ezekiel 38:4
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Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
		 -- Ezekiel 38:5
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Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters,
and all his bands: and many people with thee.
		 -- Ezekiel 38:6
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Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company
that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
		 -- Ezekiel 38:7
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After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt
come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered
out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been
always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall
dwell safely all of them.
		 -- Ezekiel 38:8
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Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to
cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
		 -- Ezekiel 38:9
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time
shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
		 -- Ezekiel 38:10
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And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages;
I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them
dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
		 -- Ezekiel 38:11
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To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate
places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered
out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in
the midst of the land.
		 -- Ezekiel 38:12
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Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions
thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil?  hast thou
gathered thy company to take a prey?  to carry away silver and gold,
to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
		 -- Ezekiel 38:13
%
Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord
GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou
not know it?
		 -- Ezekiel 38:14
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And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and
many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company,
and a mighty army:
		 -- Ezekiel 38:15
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And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover
the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against
my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee,
O Gog, before their eyes.
		 -- Ezekiel 38:16
%
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time
by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days
many years that I would bring thee against them?
		 -- Ezekiel 38:17
%
And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the
land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
		 -- Ezekiel 38:18
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For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in
that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
		 -- Ezekiel 38:19
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So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts
of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all
the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence,
and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall,
and every wall shall fall to the ground.
		 -- Ezekiel 38:20
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And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains,
saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
		 -- Ezekiel 38:21
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And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will
rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are
with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
		 -- Ezekiel 38:22
%
Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in
the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 38:23
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THEREFORE, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith
the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of
Meshech and Tubal:
		 -- Ezekiel 39:1
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And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and
will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee
upon the mountains of Israel:
		 -- Ezekiel 39:2
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And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine
arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
		 -- Ezekiel 39:3
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Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,
and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous
birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
		 -- Ezekiel 39:4
%
Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the
Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 39:5
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And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly
in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 39:6
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So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel;
and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen
shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
		 -- Ezekiel 39:7
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Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day
whereof I have spoken.
		 -- Ezekiel 39:8
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And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall
set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers,
the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they
shall burn them with fire seven years:
		 -- Ezekiel 39:9
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So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any
out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they
shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them,
saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 39:10
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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.
		 -- Ezekiel 39:11
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And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they
may cleanse the land.
		 -- Ezekiel 39:12
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Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them
a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 39:13
%
And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through
the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of
the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
		 -- Ezekiel 39:14
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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.
		 -- Ezekiel 39:15
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And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah.  Thus shall they cleanse
the land.
		 -- Ezekiel 39:16
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And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered
fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come;
gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for
you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may
eat flesh, and drink blood.
		 -- Ezekiel 39:17
%
Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes
of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them
fatlings of Bashan.
		 -- Ezekiel 39:18
%
And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken,
of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
		 -- Ezekiel 39:19
%
Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty
men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 39:20
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And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see
my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
		 -- Ezekiel 39:21
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So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that
day and forward.
		 -- Ezekiel 39:22
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And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity
for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid
I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies:
so fell they all by the sword.
		 -- Ezekiel 39:23
%
According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions
have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
		 -- Ezekiel 39:24
%
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity
of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be
jealous for my holy name;
		 -- Ezekiel 39:25
%
After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby
they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land,
and none made them afraid.
		 -- Ezekiel 39:26
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When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out
of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of
many nations;
		 -- Ezekiel 39:27
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Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which cause them to
be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto
their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
		 -- Ezekiel 39:28
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Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out
my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 39:29
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IN the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the
year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that
the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon
me, and brought me thither.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:1
%
In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set
me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on
the south.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:2
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And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance
was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand,
and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:3
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And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear
with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee;
for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought
hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:4
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And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the
man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand
breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the
height, one reed.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:5
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Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up
the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one
reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:6
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And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and
between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the
gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:7
%
He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:8
%
Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts
thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:9
%
And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side,
and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts
had one measure on this side and on that side.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:10
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And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and
the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:11
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The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this side,
and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little chambers were
six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:12
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He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof
of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:13
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He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court
round about the gate.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:14
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And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch
of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:15
%
And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts
within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows
were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:16
%
Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers,
and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon
the pavement.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:17
%
And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of
the gates was the lower pavement.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:18
%
Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto
the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward
and northward.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:19
%
And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he
measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:20
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And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on
that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the
measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the
breadth five and twenty cubits.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:21
%
And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after
the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up
unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:22
%
And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the
north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred
cubits.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:23
%
After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the
south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according
to these measures.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:24
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And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about,
like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five
and twenty cubits.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:25
%
And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were
before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on
that side, upon the posts thereof.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:26
%
And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured
from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:27
%
And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured
the south gate according to these measures;
		 -- Ezekiel 40:28
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And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches
thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and
in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five
and twenty cubits broad.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:29
%
And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five
cubits broad.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:30
%
And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were
upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:31
%
And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured
the gate according to these measures.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:32
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And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches
thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows therein
and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and
five and twenty cubits broad.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:33
%
And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees
were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the
going up to it had eight steps.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:34
%
And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to these
measures;
		 -- Ezekiel 40:35
%
The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof,
and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the
breadth five and twenty cubits.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:36
%
And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were
upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going
up to it had eight steps.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:37
%
And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates,
where they washed the burnt offering.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:38
%
And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables
on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering
and the trespass offering.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:39
%
And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate,
were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of the
gate, were two tables.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:40
%
Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side
of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their sacrifices.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:41
%
And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit
and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high:
whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt
offering and the sacrifice.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:42
%
And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon
the tables was the flesh of the offering.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:43
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And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner
court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was
toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect
toward the north.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:44
%
And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south,
is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:45
%
And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests,
the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok
among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister unto him.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:46
%
So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits
broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:47
%
And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post
of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side:
and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three
cubits on that side.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:48
%
The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits;
and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there
were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
		 -- Ezekiel 40:49
%
AFTERWARD he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six
cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side,
which was the breadth of the tabernacle.
		 -- Ezekiel 41:1
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And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were
five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he
measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.
		 -- Ezekiel 41:2
%
Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits;
and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.
		 -- Ezekiel 41:3
%
So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth,
twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most
holy place.
		 -- Ezekiel 41:4
%
After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of
every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.
		 -- Ezekiel 41:5
%
And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order;
and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side
chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold
in the wall of the house.
		 -- Ezekiel 41:6
%
And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side
chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round
about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward,
and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.
		 -- Ezekiel 41:7
%
I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the
side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
		 -- Ezekiel 41:8
%
The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was
five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers
that were within.
		 -- Ezekiel 41:9
%
And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about
the house on every side.
		 -- Ezekiel 41:10
%
And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left,
one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the
breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.
		 -- Ezekiel 41:11
%
Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward
the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five
cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits.
		 -- Ezekiel 41:12
%
So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place,
and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long;
		 -- Ezekiel 41:13
%
Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place
toward the east, an hundred cubits.
		 -- Ezekiel 41:14
%
And he measured the length of the building over against the separate
place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side
and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and
the porches of the court;
		 -- Ezekiel 41:15
%
The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on
their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about,
and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;
		 -- Ezekiel 41:16
%
To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by
all the wall round about within and without, by measure.
		 -- Ezekiel 41:17
%
And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was
between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;
		 -- Ezekiel 41:18
%
So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side,
and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side:
it was made through all the house round about.
		 -- Ezekiel 41:19
%
From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made,
and on the wall of the temple.
		 -- Ezekiel 41:20
%
The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary;
the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.
		 -- Ezekiel 41:21
%
The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two
cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls
thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is
before the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 41:22
%
And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
		 -- Ezekiel 41:23
%
And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for
the one door, and two leaves for the other door.
		 -- Ezekiel 41:24
%
And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and
palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks
upon the face of the porch without.
		 -- Ezekiel 41:25
%
And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the
other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of
the house, and thick planks.
		 -- Ezekiel 41:26
%
THEN he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north:
and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate
place, and which was before the building toward the north.
		 -- Ezekiel 42:1
%
Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the
breadth was fifty cubits.
		 -- Ezekiel 42:2
%
Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over
against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against
gallery in three stories.
		 -- Ezekiel 42:3
%
And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way
of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.
		 -- Ezekiel 42:4
%
Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than
these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.
		 -- Ezekiel 42:5
%
For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of
the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest
and the middlemost from the ground.
		 -- Ezekiel 42:6
%
And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the
utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was
fifty cubits.
		 -- Ezekiel 42:7
%
For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty
cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits.
		 -- Ezekiel 42:8
%
And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one
goeth into them from the utter court.
		 -- Ezekiel 42:9
%
The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the
east, over against the separate place, and over against the building.
		 -- Ezekiel 42:10
%
And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which
were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all
their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according
to their doors.
		 -- Ezekiel 42:11
%
And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south
was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall
toward the east, as one entereth into them.
		 -- Ezekiel 42:12
%
Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are
before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that
approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they
lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering,
and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.
		 -- Ezekiel 42:13
%
When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy
place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments
wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments,
and shall approach to those things which are for the people.
		 -- Ezekiel 42:14
%
Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me
forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured
it round about.
		 -- Ezekiel 42:15
%
He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds,
with the measuring reed round about.
		 -- Ezekiel 42:16
%
He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed
round about.
		 -- Ezekiel 42:17
%
He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.
		 -- Ezekiel 42:18
%
He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with
the measuring reed.
		 -- Ezekiel 42:19
%
He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred
reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the
sanctuary and the profane place.
		 -- Ezekiel 42:20
%
AFTERWARD he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward
the east:
		 -- Ezekiel 43:1
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And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east:
and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with
his glory.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:2
%
And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even
according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city:
and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar;
and I fell upon my face.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:3
%
And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate
whose prospect is toward the east.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:4
%
So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and,
behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:5
%
And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood
by me.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:6
%
And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place
of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children
of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more
defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the
carcases of their kings in their high places.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:7
%
In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by
my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my
holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I
have consumed them in mine anger.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:8
%
Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings,
far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:9
%
Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may
be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:10
%
And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form
of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof,
and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the
ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof:
and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof,
and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:11
%
This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole
limit thereof round about shall be most holy.  Behold, this is the law
of the house.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:12
%
And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is
a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the
breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about
shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:13
%
And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be
two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even
to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:14
%
So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall
be four horns.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:15
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And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the
four squares thereof.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:16
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And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the
four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit;
and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look
toward the east.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:17
%
And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; These are the
ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer
burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:18
%
And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of
Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD,
a young bullock for a sin offering.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:19
%
And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns
of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round
about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:20
%
Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn
it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:21
%
And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish
for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse
it with the bullock.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:22
%
When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young
bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:23
%
And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast
salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto
the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:24
%
Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering:
they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock,
without blemish.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:25
%
Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall
consecrate themselves.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:26
%
And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth
day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon
the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the
Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 43:27
%
THEN he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary
which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:1
%
Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be
opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of
Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:2
%
It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before
the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall
go out by the way of the same.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:3
%
Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I
looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD:
and I fell upon my face.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:4
%
And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine
eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning
all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof;
and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of
the sanctuary.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:5
%
And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel,
Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of
all your abominations,
		 -- Ezekiel 44:6
%
In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in
heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it,
even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they
have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:7
%
And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set
keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:8
%
Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor
uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger
that is among the children of Israel.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:9
%
And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray,
which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear
their iniquity.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:10
%
Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates
of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt
offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before
them to minister unto them.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:11
%
Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the
house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine
hand against them, saith the Lord GOD and they shall bear their iniquity.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:12
%
And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto
me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place:
but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they
have committed.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:13
%
But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the
service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:14
%
But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge
of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they
shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before
me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:
		 -- Ezekiel 44:15
%
They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table,
to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:16
%
And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the
inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall
come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court,
and within.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:17
%
They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen
breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing
that causeth sweat.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:18
%
And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court
to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered,
and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments;
and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:19
%
Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long;
they shall only poll their heads.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:20
%
Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:21
%
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put
away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel,
or a widow that had a priest before.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:22
%
And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and
profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:23
%
And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it
according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes
in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:24
%
And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for
father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for
sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:25
%
And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:26
%
And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court,
to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith
the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:27
%
And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance:
and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:28
%
They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass
offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:29
%
And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation
of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall
also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause
the blessing to rest in thine house.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:30
%
The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn,
whether it be fowl or beast.
		 -- Ezekiel 44:31
%
MOREOVER, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall
offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length
shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth
shall be ten thousand.	This shall be holy in all the borders thereof
round about.
		 -- Ezekiel 45:1
%
Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with
five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round
about for the suburbs thereof.
		 -- Ezekiel 45:2
%
And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty
thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the
sanctuary and the most holy place.
		 -- Ezekiel 45:3
%
The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of
the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the LORD: and it
shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.
		 -- Ezekiel 45:4
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And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of
breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for
themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.
		 -- Ezekiel 45:5
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And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad,
and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy
portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.
		 -- Ezekiel 45:6
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And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other
side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the
city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession
of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward:
and the length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west
border unto the east border.
		 -- Ezekiel 45:7
%
In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no
more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the
house of Israel according to their tribes.
		 -- Ezekiel 45:8
%
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove
violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your
exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 45:9
%
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
		 -- Ezekiel 45:10
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The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain
the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer:
the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
		 -- Ezekiel 45:11
%
And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty
shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
		 -- Ezekiel 45:12
%
This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of
an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an
homer of barley:
		 -- Ezekiel 45:13
%
Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the
tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths;
for ten baths are an homer:
		 -- Ezekiel 45:14
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And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures
of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace
offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 45:15
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All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince
in Israel.
		 -- Ezekiel 45:16
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And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat
offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons,
and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall
prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering,
and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.
		 -- Ezekiel 45:17
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of the
month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse
the sanctuary:
		 -- Ezekiel 45:18
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And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it
upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of
the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.
		 -- Ezekiel 45:19
%
And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that
erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.
		 -- Ezekiel 45:20
%
In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have
the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
		 -- Ezekiel 45:21
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And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the
people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.
		 -- Ezekiel 45:22
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And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the
LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days;
and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.
		 -- Ezekiel 45:23
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And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an
ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah.
		 -- Ezekiel 45:24
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In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do
the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering,
according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering,
and according to the oil.
		 -- Ezekiel 45:25
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THUS saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward
the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall
be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
		 -- Ezekiel 46:1
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And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without,
and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare
his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the
threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not
be shut until the evening.
		 -- Ezekiel 46:2
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Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate
before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons.
		 -- Ezekiel 46:3
%
And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD in the
sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.
		 -- Ezekiel 46:4
%
And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering
for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
		 -- Ezekiel 46:5
%
And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without
blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish.
		 -- Ezekiel 46:6
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And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an
ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain
unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
		 -- Ezekiel 46:7
%
And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch
of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.
		 -- Ezekiel 46:8
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But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn
feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship
shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the
way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he
shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall
go forth over against it.
		 -- Ezekiel 46:9
%
And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in;
and when they go forth, shall go forth.
		 -- Ezekiel 46:10
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And in the feast and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an
ephah to a bullock, and ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able
to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
		 -- Ezekiel 46:11
%
Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace
offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open him the gate
that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering
and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go
forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.
		 -- Ezekiel 46:12
%
Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the LORD of a lamb of
the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning.
		 -- Ezekiel 46:13
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And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the sixth
part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper with
the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual ordinance
unto the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 46:14
%
Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the oil,
every morning for a continual burnt offering.
		 -- Ezekiel 46:15
%
Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons,
the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be their possession
by inheritance.
		 -- Ezekiel 46:16
%
But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it
shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince:
but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them.
		 -- Ezekiel 46:17
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Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by
oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give
his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not
scattered every man from his possession.
		 -- Ezekiel 46:18
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After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate,
into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north:
and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward.
		 -- Ezekiel 46:19
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Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the
trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat
offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify
the people.
		 -- Ezekiel 46:20
%
Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass
by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the
court there was a court.
		 -- Ezekiel 46:21
%
In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits
long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure.
		 -- Ezekiel 46:22
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And there was a row of building round about in them, round about them
four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows round about.
		 -- Ezekiel 46:23
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Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the
ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.
		 -- Ezekiel 46:24
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AFTERWARD he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold,
waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for
the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came
down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of
the altar.
		 -- Ezekiel 47:1
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Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about
the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward;
and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.
		 -- Ezekiel 47:2
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And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward,
he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters;
the waters were to the ankles.
		 -- Ezekiel 47:3
%
Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the
waters were to the knees.  Again he measured a thousand, and brought me
through; the waters were to the loins.
		 -- Ezekiel 47:4
%
Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not
pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that
could not be passed over.
		 -- Ezekiel 47:5
%
And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this?  Then he brought
me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.
		 -- Ezekiel 47:6
%
Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many
trees on the one side and on the other.
		 -- Ezekiel 47:7
%
Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country,
and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought
forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
		 -- Ezekiel 47:8
%
And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth,
whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a
very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for
they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
		 -- Ezekiel 47:9
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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.
		 -- Ezekiel 47:10
%
But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed;
they shall be given to salt.
		 -- Ezekiel 47:11
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And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side,
shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall
the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according
to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and
the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
		 -- Ezekiel 47:12
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall
inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall
have two portions.
		 -- Ezekiel 47:13
%
And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which
I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall
fall unto you for inheritance.
		 -- Ezekiel 47:14
%
And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from
the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;
		 -- Ezekiel 47:15
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Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and
the border of Hamath; Hazar-hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.
		 -- Ezekiel 47:16
%
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.
		 -- Ezekiel 47:17
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And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and
from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto
the east sea.  And this is the east side.
		 -- Ezekiel 47:18
%
And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in
Kadesh, the river to the great sea.  And this is the south side southward.
		 -- Ezekiel 47:19
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The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man
come over against Hamath.  This is the west side.
		 -- Ezekiel 47:20
%
So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.
		 -- Ezekiel 47:21
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And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an
inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which
shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in
the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance
with you among the tribes of Israel.
		 -- Ezekiel 47:22
%
And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth,
there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 47:23
%
NOW these are the names of the tribes.	From the north end to the coast
of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border
of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides
east and west; a portion for Dan.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:1
%
And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a
portion for Asher.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:2
%
And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side,
a portion for Naphtali.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:3
%
And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side,
a portion for Manasseh.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:4
%
And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side,
a portion for Ephraim.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:5
%
And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side,
a portion for Reuben.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:6
%
And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side,
a portion for Judah.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:7
%
And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall
be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds
in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side
unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:8
%
The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and
twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:9
%
And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward
the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten
thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and
toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary
of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:10
%
It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok;
which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of
Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:11
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And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing
most holy by the border of the Levites.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:12
%
And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall have five
and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the
length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:13
%
And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the
firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:14
%
And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five
and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling,
and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:15
%
And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand
and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred,
and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side
four thousand and five hundred.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:16
%
And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and
fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east
two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:17
%
And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion
shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be
over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof
shall be for food unto them that serve the city.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:18
%
And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes
of Israel.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:19
%
All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty
thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession
of the city.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:20
%
And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other
of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against
the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border,
and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west
border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy
oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:21
%
Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of
the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the
border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:22
%
As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side,
Benjamin shall have a portion.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:23
%
And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side,
Simeon shall have a portion.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:24
%
And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side,
Issachar a portion.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:25
%
And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side,
Zebulun a portion.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:26
%
And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side,
Gad a portion.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:27
%
And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall
be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river
toward the great sea.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:28
%
This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel
for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:29
%
And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand
and five hundred measures.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:30
%
And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of
Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah,
one gate of Levi.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:31
%
And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates;
and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:32
%
And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three
gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:33
%
At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates;
one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:34
%
It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city
from that day shall be, The LORD is there.
		 -- Ezekiel 48:35
%
IN the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.
		 -- Daniel 1:1
%
And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the
vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar
to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure
house of his god.
		 -- Daniel 1:2
%
And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he
should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed,
and of the princes;
		 -- Daniel 1:3
%
Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all
wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as
had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might
teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
		 -- Daniel 1:4
%
And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and
of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the
end thereof they might stand before the king.
		 -- Daniel 1:5
%
Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael,
and Azariah:
		 -- Daniel 1:6
%
Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel
the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael,
of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed-nego.
		 -- Daniel 1:7
%
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the
portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he
requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
		 -- Daniel 1:8
%
Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince
of the eunuchs.
		 -- Daniel 1:9
%
And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king,
who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your
faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort?  then shall
ye make me endanger my head to the king.
		 -- Daniel 1:10
%
Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over
Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
		 -- Daniel 1:11
%
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse
to eat, and water to drink.
		 -- Daniel 1:12
%
Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance
of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou
seest, deal with thy servants.
		 -- Daniel 1:13
%
So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
		 -- Daniel 1:14
%
And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and
fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the
king's meat.
		 -- Daniel 1:15
%
Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they
should drink; and gave them pulse.
		 -- Daniel 1:16
%
As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all
learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and
dreams.
		 -- Daniel 1:17
%
Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them
in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
		 -- Daniel 1:18
%
And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like
Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before
the king.
		 -- Daniel 1:19
%
And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired
of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and
astrologers that were in all his realm.
		 -- Daniel 1:20
%
And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.
		 -- Daniel 1:21
%
AND in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar
dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake
from him.
		 -- Daniel 2:1
%
Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers,
and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams.
So they came and stood before the king.
		 -- Daniel 2:2
%
And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was
troubled to know the dream.
		 -- Daniel 2:3
%
Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever:
tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation,
		 -- Daniel 2:4
%
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if
ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof,
ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
		 -- Daniel 2:5
%
But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive
of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream,
and the interpretation thereof.
		 -- Daniel 2:6
%
They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream,
and we will shew the interpretation of it.
		 -- Daniel 2:7
%
The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the
time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
		 -- Daniel 2:8
%
But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree
for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me,
till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know
that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.
		 -- Daniel 2:9
%
The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon
the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king,
lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer,
or Chaldean.
		 -- Daniel 2:10
%
And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other
that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is
not with flesh.
		 -- Daniel 2:11
%
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to
destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
		 -- Daniel 2:12
%
And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they
sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
		 -- Daniel 2:13
%
Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of
the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
		 -- Daniel 2:14
%
He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so
hasty from the king?  Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
		 -- Daniel 2:15
%
Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time,
and that he would shew the king the interpretation.
		 -- Daniel 2:16
%
Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah,
Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
		 -- Daniel 2:17
%
That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this
secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of
the wise men of Babylon.
		 -- Daniel 2:18
%
Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision.  Then Daniel
blessed the God of heaven.
		 -- Daniel 2:19
%
Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever:
for wisdom and might are his:
		 -- Daniel 2:20
%
And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth
up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that
know understanding:
		 -- Daniel 2:21
%
He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the
darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
		 -- Daniel 2:22
%
I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given
me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of
thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.
		 -- Daniel 2:23
%
Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained
to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him;
Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and
I will shew unto the king the interpretation.
		 -- Daniel 2:24
%
Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus
unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make
known unto the king the interpretation.
		 -- Daniel 2:25
%
The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar,
Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and
the interpretation thereof?
		 -- Daniel 2:26
%
Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret
which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers,
the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
		 -- Daniel 2:27
%
But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known
to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days.  Thy dream,
and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
		 -- Daniel 2:28
%
As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what
should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh
known to thee what shall come to pass.
		 -- Daniel 2:29
%
But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I
have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the
interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of
thy heart.
		 -- Daniel 2:30
%
Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image.  This great image,
whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof
was terrible.
		 -- Daniel 2:31
%
This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver,
his belly and his thighs of brass,
		 -- Daniel 2:32
%
His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
		 -- Daniel 2:33
%
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the
image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
		 -- Daniel 2:34
%
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold,
broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer
threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found
for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain,
and filled the whole earth.
		 -- Daniel 2:35
%
This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before
the king.
		 -- Daniel 2:36
%
Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee
a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
		 -- Daniel 2:37
%
And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and
the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made
thee ruler over them all.  Thou art this head of gold.
		 -- Daniel 2:38
%
And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another
third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
		 -- Daniel 2:39
%
And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh
in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these,
shall it break in pieces and bruise.
		 -- Daniel 2:40
%
And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and
part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of
the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with
miry clay.
		 -- Daniel 2:41
%
And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the
kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
		 -- Daniel 2:42
%
And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle
themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another,
even as iron is not mixed with clay.
		 -- Daniel 2:43
%
And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom,
which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to
other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms,
and it shall stand for ever.
		 -- Daniel 2:44
%
Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain
without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the
clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the
king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and
the interpretation thereof sure.
		 -- Daniel 2:45
%
Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel,
and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours
unto him.
		 -- Daniel 2:46
%
The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your
God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets,
seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.
		 -- Daniel 2:47
%
Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts,
and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the
governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
		 -- Daniel 2:48
%
Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat
in the gate of the king.
		 -- Daniel 2:49
%
NEBUCHADNEZZAR the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore
cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain
of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
		 -- Daniel 3:1
%
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the
governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors,
the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the
dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
		 -- Daniel 3:2
%
Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers,
the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were
gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar
the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar
had set up.
		 -- Daniel 3:3
%
Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations,
and languages,
		 -- Daniel 3:4
%
That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut,
psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship
the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
		 -- Daniel 3:5
%
And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast
into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
		 -- Daniel 3:6
%
Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet,
flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people,
the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden
image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
		 -- Daniel 3:7
%
Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
		 -- Daniel 3:8
%
They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
		 -- Daniel 3:9
%
Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the
sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer,
and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
		 -- Daniel 3:10
%
And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into
the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
		 -- Daniel 3:11
%
There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province
of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and 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.
		 -- Daniel 3:12
%
Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-nego.  Then they brought these men before the king.
		 -- Daniel 3:13
%
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?
		 -- Daniel 3:14
%
Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet,
flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick,
ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye
worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning
fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
		 -- Daniel 3:15
%
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O
Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
		 -- Daniel 3:16
%
If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning
fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
		 -- Daniel 3:17
%
But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy
gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
		 -- Daniel 3:18
%
Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was
changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake,
and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more
than it was wont to be heated.
		 -- Daniel 3:19
%
And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning
fiery furnace.
		 -- Daniel 3:20
%
Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats,
and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning
fiery furnace.
		 -- Daniel 3:21
%
Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace
exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-nego.
		 -- Daniel 3:22
%
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound
into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
		 -- Daniel 3:23
%
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and
spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound
into the midst of the fire?  They answered and said unto the king, True,
O king.
		 -- Daniel 3:24
%
He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of
the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the
Son of God.
		 -- Daniel 3:25
%
Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace,
and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and 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.
		 -- Daniel 3:26
%
And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors,
being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had
no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats
changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
		 -- Daniel 3:27
%
Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach,
Meshach, and 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.
		 -- Daniel 3:28
%
Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language,
which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and
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.
		 -- Daniel 3:29
%
Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province
of Babylon.
		 -- Daniel 3:30
%
NEBUCHADNEZZAR the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that
dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
		 -- Daniel 4:1
%
I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath
wrought toward me.
		 -- Daniel 4:2
%
How great are his signs!  and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is
an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
		 -- Daniel 4:3
%
I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace:
		 -- Daniel 4:4
%
I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and
the visions of my head troubled me.
		 -- Daniel 4:5
%
Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before
me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.
		 -- Daniel 4:6
%
Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the
soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make
known unto me the interpretation thereof.
		 -- Daniel 4:7
%
But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar,
according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy
gods: and before him I told the dream, saying,
		 -- Daniel 4:8
%
O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit
of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the
visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.
		 -- Daniel 4:9
%
Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree
in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.
		 -- Daniel 4:10
%
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven,
and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
		 -- Daniel 4:11
%
The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was
meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls
of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
		 -- Daniel 4:12
%
I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and
an holy one came down from heaven;
		 -- Daniel 4:13
%
He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his
branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts
get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:
		 -- Daniel 4:14
%
Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band
of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet
with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the
grass of the earth:
		 -- Daniel 4:15
%
Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given
unto him; and let seven times pass over him.
		 -- Daniel 4:16
%
This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word
of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most
High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will,
and setteth up over it the basest of men.
		 -- Daniel 4:17
%
This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen.  Now thou, O Belteshazzar,
declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my
kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou
art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.
		 -- Daniel 4:18
%
Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and
his thoughts troubled him.  The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let
not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee.  Belteshazzar
answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and
the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
		 -- Daniel 4:19
%
The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height
reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;
		 -- Daniel 4:20
%
Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for
all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches
the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:
		 -- Daniel 4:21
%
It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is
grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
		 -- Daniel 4:22
%
And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from
heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the
stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and
brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the
dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field,
till seven times pass over him;
		 -- Daniel 4:23
%
This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most
High, which is come upon my lord the king:
		 -- Daniel 4:24
%
That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with
the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen,
and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall
pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom
of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
		 -- Daniel 4:25
%
And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy
kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that
the heavens do rule.
		 -- Daniel 4:26
%
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off
thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the
poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
		 -- Daniel 4:27
%
All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.
		 -- Daniel 4:28
%
At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom
of Babylon.
		 -- Daniel 4:29
%
The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built
for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour
of my majesty?
		 -- Daniel 4:30
%
While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven,
saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is
departed from thee.
		 -- Daniel 4:31
%
And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the
beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and
seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High
ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
		 -- Daniel 4:32
%
The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was
driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with
the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers,
and his nails like birds' claws.
		 -- Daniel 4:33
%
And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto
heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the
most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose
dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation
to generation:
		 -- Daniel 4:34
%
And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth
according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of
the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
		 -- Daniel 4:35
%
At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my
kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors
and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and
excellent majesty was added unto me.
		 -- Daniel 4:36
%
Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven,
all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk
in pride he is able to abase.
		 -- Daniel 4:37
%
BELSHAZZAR the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords,
and drank wine before the thousand.
		 -- Daniel 5:1
%
Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden
and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the
temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives,
and his concubines, might drink therein.
		 -- Daniel 5:2
%
Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of
the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes,
his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
		 -- Daniel 5:3
%
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass,
of iron, of wood, and of stone.
		 -- Daniel 5:4
%
In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over
against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's
palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
		 -- Daniel 5:5
%
Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him,
so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one
against another.
		 -- Daniel 5:6
%
The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the
soothsayers.  And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon,
Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof,
shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck,
and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
		 -- Daniel 5:7
%
Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing,
nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
		 -- Daniel 5:8
%
Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was
changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
		 -- Daniel 5:9
%
Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into
the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever:
let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:
		 -- Daniel 5:10
%
There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods;
and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like
the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar
thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians,
astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
		 -- Daniel 5:11
%
Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding,
interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of
doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar:
now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
		 -- Daniel 5:12
%
Then was Daniel brought in before the king.  And the king spake and
said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of
the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry?
		 -- Daniel 5:13
%
I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee,
and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
		 -- Daniel 5:14
%
And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before
me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the
interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of
the thing:
		 -- Daniel 5:15
%
And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and
dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me
the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a
chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
		 -- Daniel 5:16
%
Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to
thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing
unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
		 -- Daniel 5:17
%
O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom,
and majesty, and glory, and honour:
		 -- Daniel 5:18
%
And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages,
trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would
he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
		 -- Daniel 5:19
%
But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he
was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
		 -- Daniel 5:20
%
And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like
the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with
grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he
knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he
appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
		 -- Daniel 5:21
%
And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though
thou knewest all this;
		 -- Daniel 5:22
%
But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have
brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords,
thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast
praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone,
which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath
is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
		 -- Daniel 5:23
%
Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
		 -- Daniel 5:24
%
And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
		 -- Daniel 5:25
%
This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy
kingdom, and finished it.
		 -- Daniel 5:26
%
TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
		 -- Daniel 5:27
%
PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
		 -- Daniel 5:28
%
Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put
a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him,
that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
		 -- Daniel 5:29
%
In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
		 -- Daniel 5:30
%
And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two
years old.
		 -- Daniel 5:31
%
IT pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes,
which should be over the whole kingdom;
		 -- Daniel 6:1
%
And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the
princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
		 -- Daniel 6:2
%
Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because
an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over
the whole realm.
		 -- Daniel 6:3
%
Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel
concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault;
forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found
in him.
		 -- Daniel 6:4
%
Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel,
except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
		 -- Daniel 6:5
%
Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and
said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
		 -- Daniel 6:6
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All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the
counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish
a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask
a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king,
he shall be cast into the den of lions.
		 -- Daniel 6:7
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Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be
not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which
altereth not.
		 -- Daniel 6:8
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Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
		 -- Daniel 6:9
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Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house;
and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled
upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before
his God, as he did aforetime.
		 -- Daniel 6:10
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Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication
before his God.
		 -- Daniel 6:11
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Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's
decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a
petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall
be cast into the den of lions?	The king answered and said, The thing is
true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
		 -- Daniel 6:12
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Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the
children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the
decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.
		 -- Daniel 6:13
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Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with
himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured
till the going down of the sun to deliver him.
		 -- Daniel 6:14
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Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know,
O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor
statute which the king establisheth may be changed.
		 -- Daniel 6:15
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Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the
den of lions.  Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom
thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
		 -- Daniel 6:16
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And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the
king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords;
that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
		 -- Daniel 6:17
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Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither
were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went
from him.
		 -- Daniel 6:18
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Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto
the den of lions.
		 -- Daniel 6:19
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And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel:
and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living
God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee
from the lions?
		 -- Daniel 6:20
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Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
		 -- Daniel 6:21
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My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they
have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me;
and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
		 -- Daniel 6:22
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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.
		 -- Daniel 6:23
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And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused
Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children,
and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all
their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
		 -- Daniel 6:24
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Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that
dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
		 -- Daniel 6:25
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I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and
fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast
for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his
dominion shall be even unto the end.
		 -- Daniel 6:26
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He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven
and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
		 -- Daniel 6:27
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So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of
Cyrus the Persian.
		 -- Daniel 6:28
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IN the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and
visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the
sum of the matters.
		 -- Daniel 7:1
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Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the
four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
		 -- Daniel 7:2
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And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
		 -- Daniel 7:3
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The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the
wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and
made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
		 -- Daniel 7:4
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And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up
itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between
the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
		 -- Daniel 7:5
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After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon
the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads;
and dominion was given to it.
		 -- Daniel 7:6
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After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast,
dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron
teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the
feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it;
and it had ten horns.
		 -- Daniel 7:7
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I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another
little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up
by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man,
and a mouth speaking great things.
		 -- Daniel 7:8
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I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit,
whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure
wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
		 -- Daniel 7:9
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A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands
ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him:
the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
		 -- Daniel 7:10
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I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn
spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed,
and given to the burning flame.
		 -- Daniel 7:11
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As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away:
yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
		 -- Daniel 7:12
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I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came
with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they
brought him near before him.
		 -- Daniel 7:13
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And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all
people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an
everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that
which shall not be destroyed.
		 -- Daniel 7:14
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I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the
visions of my head troubled me.
		 -- Daniel 7:15
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I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all
this.  So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
		 -- Daniel 7:16
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These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise
out of the earth.
		 -- Daniel 7:17
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But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the
kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
		 -- Daniel 7:18
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Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from
all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his
nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue
with his feet;
		 -- Daniel 7:19
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And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came
up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and
a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than
his fellows.
		 -- Daniel 7:20
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I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed
against them;
		 -- Daniel 7:21
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Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of
the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
		 -- Daniel 7:22
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Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,
which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole
earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
		 -- Daniel 7:23
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And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:
and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first,
and he shall subdue three kings.
		 -- Daniel 7:24
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And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear
out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws:
and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the
dividing of time.
		 -- Daniel 7:25
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But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion,
to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
		 -- Daniel 7:26
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And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under
the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most
High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall
serve and obey him.
		 -- Daniel 7:27
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Hitherto is the end of the matter.  As for me Daniel, my cogitations much
troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in
my heart.
		 -- Daniel 7:28
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IN the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto
me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.
		 -- Daniel 8:1
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And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at
Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in
a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
		 -- Daniel 8:2
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Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before
the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but
one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
		 -- Daniel 8:3
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I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no
beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver
out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.
		 -- Daniel 8:4
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And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the
face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had
a notable horn between his eyes.
		 -- Daniel 8:5
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And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing
before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
		 -- Daniel 8:6
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And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler
against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no
power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground,
and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out
of his hand.
		 -- Daniel 8:7
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Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the
great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the
four winds of heaven.
		 -- Daniel 8:8
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And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding
great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant
land.
		 -- Daniel 8:9
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And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some
of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
		 -- Daniel 8:10
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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.
		 -- Daniel 8:11
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And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of
transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised,
and prospered.
		 -- Daniel 8:12
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Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that
certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the
daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the
sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
		 -- Daniel 8:13
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And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then
shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
		 -- Daniel 8:14
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And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and
sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the
appearance of a man.
		 -- Daniel 8:15
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And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called,
and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
		 -- Daniel 8:16
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So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell
upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the
time of the end shall be the vision.
		 -- Daniel 8:17
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Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward
the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
		 -- Daniel 8:18
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And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last
end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.
		 -- Daniel 8:19
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The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media
and Persia.
		 -- Daniel 8:20
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And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is
between his eyes is the first king.
		 -- Daniel 8:21
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Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall
stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
		 -- Daniel 8:22
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And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are
come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark
sentences, shall stand up.
		 -- Daniel 8:23
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And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall
destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy
the mighty and the holy people.
		 -- Daniel 8:24
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And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand;
and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy
many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall
be broken without hand.
		 -- Daniel 8:25
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And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true:
wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
		 -- Daniel 8:26
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And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up,
and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but
none understood it.
		 -- Daniel 8:27
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IN the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the
Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
		 -- Daniel 9:1
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In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number
of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet,
that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
		 -- Daniel 9:2
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And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications,
with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
		 -- Daniel 9:3
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And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said,
O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to
them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
		 -- Daniel 9:4
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We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and
have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
		 -- Daniel 9:5
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Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake
in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the
people of the land.
		 -- Daniel 9:6
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O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces,
as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all
the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass
that they have trespassed against thee.
		 -- Daniel 9:7
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O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes,
and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
		 -- Daniel 9:8
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To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have
rebelled against him;
		 -- Daniel 9:9
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Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws,
which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
		 -- Daniel 9:10
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Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that
they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us,
and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God,
because we have sinned against him.
		 -- Daniel 9:11
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And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against
our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under
the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
		 -- Daniel 9:12
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As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us:
yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn
from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
		 -- Daniel 9:13
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Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us:
for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth:
for we obeyed not his voice.
		 -- Daniel 9:14
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And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the
land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at
this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
		 -- Daniel 9:15
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O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine
anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy
mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers,
Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
		 -- Daniel 9:16
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Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his
supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is
desolate, for the Lord's sake.
		 -- Daniel 9:17
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O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our
desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not
present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for
thy great mercies.
		 -- Daniel 9:18
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O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for
thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by
thy name.
		 -- Daniel 9:19
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And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the
sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD
my God for the holy mountain of my God;
		 -- Daniel 9:20
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Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I
had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly,
touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
		 -- Daniel 9:21
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And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now
come forth to give thee skill and understanding.
		 -- Daniel 9:22
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At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I
am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand
the matter, and consider the vision.
		 -- Daniel 9:23
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Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city,
to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make
reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness,
and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
		 -- Daniel 9:24
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Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the
commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince
shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be
built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
		 -- Daniel 9:25
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And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not
for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy
the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood,
and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
		 -- Daniel 9:26
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And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the
midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,
and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate,
even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon
the desolate.
		 -- Daniel 9:27
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IN the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto
Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true,
but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had
understanding of the vision.
		 -- Daniel 10:1
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In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
		 -- Daniel 10:2
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I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth,
neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
		 -- Daniel 10:3
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And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the
side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;
		 -- Daniel 10:4
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Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed
in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:
		 -- Daniel 10:5
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His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of
lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like
in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice
of a multitude.
		 -- Daniel 10:6
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And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw
not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled
to hide themselves.
		 -- Daniel 10:7
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Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained
no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption,
and I retained no strength.
		 -- Daniel 10:8
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Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his
words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the
ground.
		 -- Daniel 10:9
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And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon
the palms of my hands.
		 -- Daniel 10:10
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And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words
that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent.
And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.
		 -- Daniel 10:11
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Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou
didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy
God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
		 -- Daniel 10:12
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But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty
days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me;
and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
		 -- Daniel 10:13
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Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in
the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.
		 -- Daniel 10:14
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And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the
ground, and I became dumb.
		 -- Daniel 10:15
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And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips:
then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before
me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have
retained no strength.
		 -- Daniel 10:16
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For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord?  for as
for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there
breath left in me.
		 -- Daniel 10:17
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Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man,
and he strengthened me,
		 -- Daniel 10:18
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And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong,
yea, be strong.  And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened,
and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.
		 -- Daniel 10:19
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Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee?	and now will
I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth,
lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.
		 -- Daniel 10:20
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But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth:
and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael
your prince.
		 -- Daniel 10:21
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ALSO I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm
and to strengthen him.
		 -- Daniel 11:1
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And now will I shew thee the truth.  Behold, there shall stand up yet
three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all:
and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the
realm of Grecia.
		 -- Daniel 11:2
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And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion,
and do according to his will.
		 -- Daniel 11:3
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And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall
be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity,
nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be
plucked up, even for others beside those.
		 -- Daniel 11:4
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And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and
he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be
a great dominion.
		 -- Daniel 11:5
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And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the
king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make
an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall
he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought
her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
		 -- Daniel 11:6
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But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which
shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king
of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:
		 -- Daniel 11:7
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And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes,
and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall
continue more years than the king of the north.
		 -- Daniel 11:8
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So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return
into his own land.
		 -- Daniel 11:9
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But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great
forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through:
then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.
		 -- Daniel 11:10
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And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth
and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set
forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.
		 -- Daniel 11:11
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And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted
up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be
strengthened by it.
		 -- Daniel 11:12
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For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude
greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years
with a great army and with much riches.
		 -- Daniel 11:13
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And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the
south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish
the vision; but they shall fall.
		 -- Daniel 11:14
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So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the
most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither
his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.
		 -- Daniel 11:15
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But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and
none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land,
which by his hand shall be consumed.
		 -- Daniel 11:16
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He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole
kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give
him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on
his side, neither be for him.
		 -- Daniel 11:17
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After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many:
but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him
to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.
		 -- Daniel 11:18
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Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he
shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
		 -- Daniel 11:19
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Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the
kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger,
nor in battle.
		 -- Daniel 11:20
%
And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall
not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably,
and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
		 -- Daniel 11:21
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And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him,
and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
		 -- Daniel 11:22
%
And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he
shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
		 -- Daniel 11:23
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He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province;
and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers'
fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches:
yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even
for a time.
		 -- Daniel 11:24
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And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the
south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up
to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand:
for they shall forecast devices against him.
		 -- Daniel 11:25
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Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and
his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
		 -- Daniel 11:26
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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.
		 -- Daniel 11:27
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Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall
be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to
his own land.
		 -- Daniel 11:28
%
At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but
it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
		 -- Daniel 11:29
%
For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be
grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant:
so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them
that forsake the holy covenant.
		 -- Daniel 11:30
%
And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary
of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall
place the abomination that maketh desolate.
		 -- Daniel 11:31
%
And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by
flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong,
and do exploits.
		 -- Daniel 11:32
%
And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet
they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil,
many days.
		 -- Daniel 11:33
%
Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help:
but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
		 -- Daniel 11:34
%
And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge,
and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet
for a time appointed.
		 -- Daniel 11:35
%
And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself,
and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things
against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be
accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
		 -- Daniel 11:36
%
Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women,
nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
		 -- Daniel 11:37
%
But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his
fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious
stones, and pleasant things.
		 -- Daniel 11:38
%
Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he
shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to
rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
		 -- Daniel 11:39
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And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him:
and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind,
with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall
enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
		 -- Daniel 11:40
%
He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be
overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab,
and the chief of the children of Ammon.
		 -- Daniel 11:41
%
He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land
of Egypt shall not escape.
		 -- Daniel 11:42
%
But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and
over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians
shall be at his steps.
		 -- Daniel 11:43
%
But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him:
therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to
make away many.
		 -- Daniel 11:44
%
And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in
the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall
help him.
		 -- Daniel 11:45
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AND at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth
for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble,
such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time:
and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be
found written in the book.
		 -- Daniel 12:1
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And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some
to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
		 -- Daniel 12:2
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And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament;
and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
		 -- Daniel 12:3
%
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time
of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
		 -- Daniel 12:4
%
Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on
this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the
bank of the river.
		 -- Daniel 12:5
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And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of
the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
		 -- Daniel 12:6
%
And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the
river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and
sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times,
and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power
of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
		 -- Daniel 12:7
%
And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall
be the end of these things?
		 -- Daniel 12:8
%
And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed
till the time of the end.
		 -- Daniel 12:9
%
Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall
do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise
shall understand.
		 -- Daniel 12:10
%
And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the
abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two
hundred and ninety days.
		 -- Daniel 12:11
%
Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred
and five and thirty days.
		 -- Daniel 12:12
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But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in
thy lot at the end of the days.
		 -- Daniel 12:13
%
THE word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days
of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days
of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
		 -- Hosea 1:1
%
The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea.  And the LORD said to
Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms:
for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.
		 -- Hosea 1:2
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So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived,
and bare him a son.
		 -- Hosea 1:3
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And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little
while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu,
and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
		 -- Hosea 1:4
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And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of
Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
		 -- Hosea 1:5
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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 1:6
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But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by
the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by
battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
		 -- Hosea 1:7
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Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.
		 -- Hosea 1:8
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Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are not my people, and I
will not be your God.
		 -- Hosea 1:9
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Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the
sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass,
that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people,
there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
		 -- Hosea 1:10
%
Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered
together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out
of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
		 -- Hosea 1:11
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SAY ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
		 -- Hosea 2:1
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Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I
her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight,
and her adulteries from between her breasts;
		 -- Hosea 2:2
%
Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born,
and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her
with thirst.
		 -- Hosea 2:3
%
And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children
of whoredoms.
		 -- Hosea 2:4
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For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath
done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me
my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
		 -- Hosea 2:5
%
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall,
that she shall not find her paths.
		 -- Hosea 2:6
%
And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them;
and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say,
I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with
me than now.
		 -- Hosea 2:7
%
For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and
multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.
		 -- Hosea 2:8
%
Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof,
and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax
given to cover her nakedness.
		 -- Hosea 2:9
%
And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and
none shall deliver her out of mine hand.
		 -- Hosea 2:10
%
I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons,
and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
		 -- Hosea 2:11
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And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said,
These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them
a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
		 -- Hosea 2:12
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And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense
to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and
she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.
		 -- Hosea 2:13
%
Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness,
and speak comfortably unto her.
		 -- Hosea 2:14
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And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor
for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth,
and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
		 -- Hosea 2:15
%
And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi;
and shalt call me no more Baali.
		 -- Hosea 2:16
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For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they
shall no more be remembered by their name.
		 -- Hosea 2:17
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And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the
field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of
the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out
of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
		 -- Hosea 2:18
%
And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me
in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
		 -- Hosea 2:19
%
I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know
the LORD.
		 -- Hosea 2:20
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And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD,
I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
		 -- Hosea 2:21
%
And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they
shall hear Jezreel.
		 -- Hosea 2:22
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And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her
that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my
people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
		 -- Hosea 2:23
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THEN said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend,
yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children
of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.
		 -- Hosea 3:1
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So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of
barley, and an half homer of barley:
		 -- Hosea 3:2
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And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not
play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also
be for thee.
		 -- Hosea 3:3
%
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and
without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and
without an ephod, and without teraphim:
		 -- Hosea 3:4
%
Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their
God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in
the latter days.
		 -- Hosea 3:5
%
HEAR the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a
controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth,
nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
		 -- Hosea 4:1
%
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing
adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
		 -- Hosea 4:2
%
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall
languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven;
yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
		 -- Hosea 4:3
%
Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they
that strive with the priest.
		 -- Hosea 4:4
%
Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall
with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
		 -- Hosea 4:5
%
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected
knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me:
seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy
children.
		 -- Hosea 4:6
%
As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I
change their glory into shame.
		 -- Hosea 4:7
%
They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their
iniquity.
		 -- Hosea 4:8
%
And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them
for their ways, and reward them their doings.
		 -- Hosea 4:9
%
For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and
shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.
		 -- Hosea 4:10
%
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
		 -- Hosea 4:11
%
My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto
them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have
gone a whoring from under their God.
		 -- Hosea 4:12
%
They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the
hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is
good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses
shall commit adultery.
		 -- Hosea 4:13
%
I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your
spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with
whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth
not understand shall fall.
		 -- Hosea 4:14
%
Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and
come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear,
The LORD liveth.
		 -- Hosea 4:15
%
For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed
them as a lamb in a large place.
		 -- Hosea 4:16
%
Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
		 -- Hosea 4:17
%
Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers
with shame do love, Give ye.
		 -- Hosea 4:18
%
The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed
because of their sacrifices.
		 -- Hosea 4:19
%
HEAR ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye
ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have
been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
		 -- Hosea 5:1
%
And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a
rebuker of them all.
		 -- Hosea 5:2
%
I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim,
thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
		 -- Hosea 5:3
%
They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit
of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
		 -- Hosea 5:4
%
And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel
and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
		 -- Hosea 5:5
%
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD;
but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
		 -- Hosea 5:6
%
They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten
strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
		 -- Hosea 5:7
%
Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at
Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin.
		 -- Hosea 5:8
%
Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of
Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
		 -- Hosea 5:9
%
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I
will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
		 -- Hosea 5:10
%
Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked
after the commandment.
		 -- Hosea 5:11
%
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah
as rottenness.
		 -- Hosea 5:12
%
When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim
to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you,
nor cure you of your wound.
		 -- Hosea 5:13
%
For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house
of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none
shall rescue him.
		 -- Hosea 5:14
%
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence,
and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
		 -- Hosea 5:15
%
COME, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will
heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
		 -- Hosea 6:1
%
After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up,
and we shall live in his sight.
		 -- Hosea 6:2
%
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth
is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain,
as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
		 -- Hosea 6:3
%
O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee?  O Judah, what shall I do unto thee?
for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth
away.
		 -- Hosea 6:4
%
Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the
words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
		 -- Hosea 6:5
%
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more
than burnt offerings.
		 -- Hosea 6:6
%
But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt
treacherously against me.
		 -- Hosea 6:7
%
Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.
		 -- Hosea 6:8
%
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder
in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
		 -- Hosea 6:9
%
I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the
whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
		 -- Hosea 6:10
%
Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the
captivity of my people.
		 -- Hosea 6:11
%
WHEN I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was
discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood;
and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.
		 -- Hosea 7:1
%
And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their
wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before
my face.
		 -- Hosea 7:2
%
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with
their lies.
		 -- Hosea 7:3
%
They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth
from raising after he hath kneeded the dough, until it be leavened.
		 -- Hosea 7:4
%
In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of
wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
		 -- Hosea 7:5
%
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in
wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as
a flaming fire.
		 -- Hosea 7:6
%
They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their
kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
		 -- Hosea 7:7
%
Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake
not turned.
		 -- Hosea 7:8
%
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray
hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
		 -- Hosea 7:9
%
And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return
to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
		 -- Hosea 7:10
%
Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt,
they go to Assyria.
		 -- Hosea 7:11
%
When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down
as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation
hath heard.
		 -- Hosea 7:12
%
Woe unto them!	for they have fled from me: destruction unto them!
because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them,
yet they have spoken lies against me.
		 -- Hosea 7:13
%
And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon
their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel
against me.
		 -- Hosea 7:14
%
Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine
mischief against me.
		 -- Hosea 7:15
%
They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow:
their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue:
this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
		 -- Hosea 7:16
%
SET the trumpet to thy mouth.  He shall come as an eagle against the house
of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed
against my law.
		 -- Hosea 8:1
%
Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
		 -- Hosea 8:2
%
Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
		 -- Hosea 8:3
%
They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I
knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols,
that they may be cut off.
		 -- Hosea 8:4
%
Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against
them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
		 -- Hosea 8:5
%
For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God:
but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
		 -- Hosea 8:6
%
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath
no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers
shall swallow it up.
		 -- Hosea 8:7
%
Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel
wherein is no pleasure.
		 -- Hosea 8:8
%
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim
hath hired lovers.
		 -- Hosea 8:9
%
Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them,
and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.
		 -- Hosea 8:10
%
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him
to sin.
		 -- Hosea 8:11
%
I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted
as a strange thing.
		 -- Hosea 8:12
%
They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it;
but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity,
and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
		 -- Hosea 8:13
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For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah
hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities,
and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
		 -- Hosea 8:14
%
REJOICE not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a
whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.
		 -- Hosea 9:1
%
The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall
fail in her.
		 -- Hosea 9:2
%
They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return to
Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
		 -- Hosea 9:3
%
They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be
pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of
mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for
their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.
		 -- Hosea 9:4
%
What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of
the LORD?
		 -- Hosea 9:5
%
For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them
up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver,
nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.
		 -- Hosea 9:6
%
The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come;
Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad,
for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.
		 -- Hosea 9:7
%
The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of
a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.
		 -- Hosea 9:8
%
They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore
he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
		 -- Hosea 9:9
%
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the
firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal-peor,
and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were
according as they loved.
		 -- Hosea 9:10
%
As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth,
and from the womb, and from the conception.
		 -- Hosea 9:11
%
Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there
shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
		 -- Hosea 9:12
%
Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim
shall bring forth his children to the murderer.
		 -- Hosea 9:13
%
Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give?  give them a miscarrying womb
and dry breasts.
		 -- Hosea 9:14
%
All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the
wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will
love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
		 -- Hosea 9:15
%
Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit:
yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of
their womb.
		 -- Hosea 9:16
%
My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him:
and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
		 -- Hosea 9:17
%
ISRAEL is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according
to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according
to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
		 -- Hosea 10:1
%
Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break
down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
		 -- Hosea 10:2
%
For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD;
what then should a king do to us?
		 -- Hosea 10:3
%
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus
judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
		 -- Hosea 10:4
%
The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of 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 10:5
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It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim
shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
		 -- Hosea 10:6
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As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.
		 -- Hosea 10:7
%
The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed:
the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall
say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
		 -- Hosea 10:8
%
O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the
battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.
		 -- Hosea 10:9
%
It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall
be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their
two furrows.
		 -- Hosea 10:10
%
And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the
corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride;
Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.
		 -- Hosea 10:11
%
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your
fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain
righteousness upon you.
		 -- Hosea 10:12
%
Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the
fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of
thy mighty men.
		 -- Hosea 10:13
%
Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses
shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle:
the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
		 -- Hosea 10:14
%
So shall Beth-el do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a
morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
		 -- Hosea 10:15
%
WHEN Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
		 -- Hosea 11:1
%
As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim,
and burned incense to graven images.
		 -- Hosea 11:2
%
I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew
not that I healed them.
		 -- Hosea 11:3
%
I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them
as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
		 -- Hosea 11:4
%
He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be
his king, because they refused to return.
		 -- Hosea 11:5
%
And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches,
and devour them, because of their own counsels.
		 -- Hosea 11:6
%
And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them
to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
		 -- Hosea 11:7
%
How shall I give thee up, Ephraim?  how shall I deliver thee, Israel?
how shall I make thee as Admah?  how shall I set thee as Zeboim?
mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
		 -- Hosea 11:8
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I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to
destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst
of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
		 -- Hosea 11:9
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They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall
roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
		 -- Hosea 11:10
%
They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land
of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.
		 -- Hosea 11:11
%
Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with
deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.
		 -- Hosea 11:12
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EPHRAIM feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily
increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the
Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
		 -- Hosea 12:1
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The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob
according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
		 -- Hosea 12:2
%
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had
power with God:
		 -- Hosea 12:3
%
Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made
supplication unto him: he found him in Beth-el, and there he spake
with us;
		 -- Hosea 12:4
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Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
		 -- Hosea 12:5
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Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on
thy God continually.
		 -- Hosea 12:6
%
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth
to oppress.
		 -- Hosea 12:7
%
And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance:
in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
		 -- Hosea 12:8
%
And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee
to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.
		 -- Hosea 12:9
%
I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions,
and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
		 -- Hosea 12:10
%
Is there iniquity in Gilead?  surely they are vanity: they sacrifice
bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of
the fields.
		 -- Hosea 12:11
%
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife,
and for a wife he kept sheep.
		 -- Hosea 12:12
%
And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet
was he preserved.
		 -- Hosea 12:13
%
Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave
his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
		 -- Hosea 12:14
%
WHEN Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he
offended in Baal, he died.
		 -- Hosea 13:1
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And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of
their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it
the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice
kiss the calves.
		 -- Hosea 13:2
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Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that
passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the
floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
		 -- Hosea 13:3
%
Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know
no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
		 -- Hosea 13:4
%
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
		 -- Hosea 13:5
%
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled,
and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
		 -- Hosea 13:6
%
Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will
I observe them:
		 -- Hosea 13:7
%
I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will
rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion:
the wild beast shall tear them.
		 -- Hosea 13:8
%
O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
		 -- Hosea 13:9
%
I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy
cities?  and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
		 -- Hosea 13:10
%
I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
		 -- Hosea 13:11
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The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.
		 -- Hosea 13:12
%
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise
son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth
of children.
		 -- Hosea 13:13
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I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from
death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction:
repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
		 -- Hosea 13:14
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Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come,
the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring
shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil
the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
		 -- Hosea 13:15
%
Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God:
they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces,
and their women with child shall be ripped up.
		 -- Hosea 13:16
%
O ISRAEL, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine
iniquity.
		 -- Hosea 14:1
%
Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all
iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of
our lips.
		 -- Hosea 14:2
%
Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we
say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the
fatherless findeth mercy.
		 -- Hosea 14:3
%
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger
is turned away from him.
		 -- Hosea 14:4
%
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast
forth his roots as Lebanon.
		 -- Hosea 14:5
%
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree,
and his smell as Lebanon.
		 -- Hosea 14:6
%
They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as
the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine
of Lebanon.
		 -- Hosea 14:7
%
Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols?  I have
heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy
fruit found.
		 -- Hosea 14:8
%
Who is wise, and he shall understand these things?  prudent, and he shall
know them?  for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk
in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
		 -- Hosea 14:9
%
THE word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
		 -- Joel 1:1
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Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land.
Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
		 -- Joel 1:2
%
Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children,
and their children another generation.
		 -- Joel 1:3
%
That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that
which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which
the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
		 -- Joel 1:4
%
Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine,
because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
		 -- Joel 1:5
%
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number,
whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a
great lion.
		 -- Joel 1:6
%
He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it
clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
		 -- Joel 1:7
%
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
		 -- Joel 1:8
%
The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of
the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn.
		 -- Joel 1:9
%
The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new
wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
		 -- Joel 1:10
%
Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat
and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
		 -- Joel 1:11
%
The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree,
the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field,
are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
		 -- Joel 1:12
%
Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar:
come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat
offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
		 -- Joel 1:13
%
Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all
the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and
cry unto the LORD,
		 -- Joel 1:14
%
Alas for the day!  for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a
destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
		 -- Joel 1:15
%
Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the
house of our God?
		 -- Joel 1:16
%
The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate,
the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
		 -- Joel 1:17
%
How do the beasts groan!  the herds of cattle are perplexed, because
they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
		 -- Joel 1:18
%
O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of
the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
		 -- Joel 1:19
%
The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters
are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
		 -- Joel 1:20
%
BLOW ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain:
let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD
cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
		 -- Joel 2:1
%
A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick
darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and
a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more
after it, even to the years of many generations.
		 -- Joel 2:2
%
A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is
as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness;
yea, and nothing shall escape them.
		 -- Joel 2:3
%
The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen,
so shall they run.
		 -- Joel 2:4
%
Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap,
like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong
people set in battle array.
		 -- Joel 2:5
%
Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall
gather blackness.
		 -- Joel 2:6
%
They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of
war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not
break their ranks:
		 -- Joel 2:7
%
Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path:
and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
		 -- Joel 2:8
%
They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall,
they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows
like a thief.
		 -- Joel 2:9
%
The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun
and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
		 -- Joel 2:10
%
And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very
great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD
is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
		 -- Joel 2:11
%
Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your
heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
		 -- Joel 2:12
%
And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD
your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great
kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
		 -- Joel 2:13
%
Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him;
even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?
		 -- Joel 2:14
%
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
		 -- Joel 2:15
%
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders,
gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom
go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
		 -- Joel 2:16
%
Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and
the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not
thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them:
wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
		 -- Joel 2:17
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Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
		 -- Joel 2:18
%
Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send
you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and
I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:
		 -- Joel 2:19
%
But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive
him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea,
and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up,
and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
		 -- Joel 2:20
%
Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.
		 -- Joel 2:21
%
Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness
do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do
yield their strength.
		 -- Joel 2:22
%
Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God:
for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to
come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the
first month.
		 -- Joel 2:23
%
And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with
wine and oil.
		 -- Joel 2:24
%
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the
cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which
I sent among you.
		 -- Joel 2:25
%
And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of
the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people
shall never be ashamed.
		 -- Joel 2:26
%
And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the
LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
		 -- Joel 2:27
%
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit
upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your
old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
		 -- Joel 2:28
%
And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I
pour out my spirit.
		 -- Joel 2:29
%
And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire,
and pillars of smoke.
		 -- Joel 2:30
%
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before
the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
		 -- Joel 2:31
%
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the
LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be
deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD
shall call.
		 -- Joel 2:32
%
FOR, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again
the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
		 -- Joel 3:1
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I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley
of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my
heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted
my land.
		 -- Joel 3:2
%
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot,
and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
		 -- Joel 3:3
%
Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts
of Palestine?  will ye render me a recompence?	and if ye recompense me,
swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
		 -- Joel 3:4
%
Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your
temples my goodly pleasant things:
		 -- Joel 3:5
%
The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold
unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
		 -- Joel 3:6
%
Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them,
and will return your recompence upon your own head:
		 -- Joel 3:7
%
And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children
of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off:
for the LORD hath spoken it.
		 -- Joel 3:8
%
Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men,
let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
		 -- Joel 3:9
%
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears:
let the weak say, I am strong.
		 -- Joel 3:10
%
Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves
together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
		 -- Joel 3:11
%
Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat:
for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
		 -- Joel 3:12
%
Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down;
for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
		 -- Joel 3:13
%
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the
LORD is near in the valley of decision.
		 -- Joel 3:14
%
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw
their shining.
		 -- Joel 3:15
%
The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem;
and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope
of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
		 -- Joel 3:16
%
So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy
mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers
pass through her any more.
		 -- Joel 3:17
%
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop
down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers
of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the
house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
		 -- Joel 3:18
%
Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness,
for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed
innocent blood in their land.
		 -- Joel 3:19
%
But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to
generation.
		 -- Joel 3:20
%
For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD
dwelleth in Zion.
		 -- Joel 3:21
%
THE words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw
concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of
Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
		 -- Amos 1:1
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And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from
Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the
top of Carmel shall wither.
		 -- Amos 1:2
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four,
I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed
Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:
		 -- Amos 1:3
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But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the
palaces of Ben-hadad.
		 -- Amos 1:4
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I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the
plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden:
and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.
		 -- Amos 1:5
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four,
I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away
captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:
		 -- Amos 1:6
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But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the
palaces thereof:
		 -- Amos 1:7
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And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth
the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron:
and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Amos 1:8
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four,
I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up
the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:
		 -- Amos 1:9
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But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the
palaces thereof.
		 -- Amos 1:10
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four,
I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his
brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did
tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
		 -- Amos 1:11
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But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces
of Bozrah.
		 -- Amos 1:12
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon,
and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they
have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge
their border:
		 -- Amos 1:13
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But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the
palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in
the day of the whirlwind:
		 -- Amos 1:14
%
And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together,
saith the LORD.
		 -- Amos 1:15
%
THUS saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four,
I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones
of the king of Edom into lime:
		 -- Amos 2:1
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But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of
Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the
sound of the trumpet:
		 -- Amos 2:2
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And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all
the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.
		 -- Amos 2:3
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four,
I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised
the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies
caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
		 -- Amos 2:4
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But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces
of Jerusalem.
		 -- Amos 2:5
%
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four,
I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the
righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
		 -- Amos 2:6
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That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn
aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the
same maid, to profane my holy name:
		 -- Amos 2:7
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And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar,
and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
		 -- Amos 2:8
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Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height
of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit
from above, and his roots from beneath.
		 -- Amos 2:9
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Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years
through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
		 -- Amos 2:10
%
And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for
Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.
		 -- Amos 2:11
%
But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets,
saying, Prophesy not.
		 -- Amos 2:12
%
Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full
of sheaves.
		 -- Amos 2:13
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Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall
not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
		 -- Amos 2:14
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Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of
foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse
deliver himself.
		 -- Amos 2:15
%
And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that
day, saith the LORD.
		 -- Amos 2:16
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HEAR this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of
Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of
Egypt, saying,
		 -- Amos 3:1
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You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will
punish you for all your iniquities.
		 -- Amos 3:2
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Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
		 -- Amos 3:3
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Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion
cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
		 -- Amos 3:4
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Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall
one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
		 -- Amos 3:5
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Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall
there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
		 -- Amos 3:6
%
Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto
his servants the prophets.
		 -- Amos 3:7
%
The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken,
who can but prophesy?
		 -- Amos 3:8
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Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of
Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and
behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the
midst thereof.
		 -- Amos 3:9
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For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence
and robbery in their palaces.
		 -- Amos 3:10
%
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even
round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee,
and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
		 -- Amos 3:11
%
Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the
lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be
taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus
in a couch.
		 -- Amos 3:12
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Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God
of hosts,
		 -- Amos 3:13
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That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon
him I will also visit the altars of Beth-el: and the horns of the altar
shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
		 -- Amos 3:14
%
And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses
of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith
the LORD.
		 -- Amos 3:15
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HEAR this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria,
which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters,
Bring, and let us drink.
		 -- Amos 4:1
%
The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come
upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity
with fishhooks.
		 -- Amos 4:2
%
And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before
her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD.
		 -- Amos 4:3
%
Come to Beth-el, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and
bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:
		 -- Amos 4:4
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And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and
publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel,
saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Amos 4:5
%
And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and
want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me,
saith the LORD.
		 -- Amos 4:6
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And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet
three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city,
and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon,
and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
		 -- Amos 4:7
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So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they
were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
		 -- Amos 4:8
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I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and
your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased,
the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith
the LORD.
		 -- Amos 4:9
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I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your
young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses;
and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils:
yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
		 -- Amos 4:10
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I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not
returned unto me, saith the LORD.
		 -- Amos 4:11
%
Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this
unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
		 -- Amos 4:12
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For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and
declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness,
and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of
hosts, is his name.
		 -- Amos 4:13
%
HEAR ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation,
O house of Israel.
		 -- Amos 5:1
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The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken
upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
		 -- Amos 5:2
%
For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall
leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten,
to the house of Israel.
		 -- Amos 5:3
%
For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye
shall live:
		 -- Amos 5:4
%
But seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba:
for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come
to nought.
		 -- Amos 5:5
%
Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the
house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.
		 -- Amos 5:6
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Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the
earth,
		 -- Amos 5:7
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Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow
of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that
calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face
of the earth: The LORD is his name:
		 -- Amos 5:8
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That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled
shall come against the fortress.
		 -- Amos 5:9
%
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh
uprightly.
		 -- Amos 5:10
%
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from
him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall
not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not
drink wine of them.
		 -- Amos 5:11
%
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they
afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in
the gate from their right.
		 -- Amos 5:12
%
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an
evil time.
		 -- Amos 5:13
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Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of
hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
		 -- Amos 5:14
%
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate:
it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant
of Joseph.
		 -- Amos 5:15
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Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall
be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and
they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of
lamentation to wailing.
		 -- Amos 5:16
%
And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee,
saith the LORD.
		 -- Amos 5:17
%
Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for
you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
		 -- Amos 5:18
%
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the
house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
		 -- Amos 5:19
%
Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark,
and no brightness in it?
		 -- Amos 5:20
%
I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn
assemblies.
		 -- Amos 5:21
%
Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not
accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
		 -- Amos 5:22
%
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the
melody of thy viols.
		 -- Amos 5:23
%
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
		 -- Amos 5:24
%
Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty
years, O house of Israel?
		 -- Amos 5:25
%
But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images,
the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
		 -- Amos 5:26
%
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith
the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.
		 -- Amos 5:27
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WOE to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of
Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of
Israel came!
		 -- Amos 6:1
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Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great:
then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these
kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?
		 -- Amos 6:2
%
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to
come near;
		 -- Amos 6:3
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That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches,
and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of
the stall;
		 -- Amos 6:4
%
That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments
of musick, like David;
		 -- Amos 6:5
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That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments:
but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
		 -- Amos 6:6
%
Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive,
and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
		 -- Amos 6:7
%
The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts,
I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will
I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
		 -- Amos 6:8
%
And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that
they shall die.
		 -- Amos 6:9
%
And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out
the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of
the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he
say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
		 -- Amos 6:10
%
For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with
breaches, and the little house with clefts.
		 -- Amos 6:11
%
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have
turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
		 -- Amos 6:12
%
Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to
us horns by our own strength?
		 -- Amos 6:13
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But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel,
saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the
entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
		 -- Amos 6:14
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THUS hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers
in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo,
it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.
		 -- Amos 7:1
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And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass
of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom
shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
		 -- Amos 7:2
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The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
		 -- Amos 7:3
%
Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called
to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
		 -- Amos 7:4
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Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob
arise? for he is small.
		 -- Amos 7:5
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The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
		 -- Amos 7:6
%
Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a
plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
		 -- Amos 7:7
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And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A
plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the
midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:
		 -- Amos 7:8
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And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of
Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam
with the sword.
		 -- Amos 7:9
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Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel,
saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of
Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
		 -- Amos 7:10
%
For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall
surely be led away captive out of their own land.
		 -- Amos 7:11
%
Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the
land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
		 -- Amos 7:12
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But prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it is the king's chapel,
and it is the king's court.
		 -- Amos 7:13
%
Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was
I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
		 -- Amos 7:14
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And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me,
Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
		 -- Amos 7:15
%
Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not
against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
		 -- Amos 7:16
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Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city,
and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land
shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and
Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.
		 -- Amos 7:17
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THUS hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer
fruit.
		 -- Amos 8:1
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And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer
fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of
Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
		 -- Amos 8:2
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And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the
Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall
cast them forth with silence.
		 -- Amos 8:3
%
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the
land to fail,
		 -- Amos 8:4
%
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the
sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the
shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
		 -- Amos 8:5
%
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;
yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
		 -- Amos 8:6
%
The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never
forget any of their works.
		 -- Amos 8:7
%
Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth
therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast
out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
		 -- Amos 8:8
%
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will
cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the
clear day:
		 -- Amos 8:9
%
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into
lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness
upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son,
and the end thereof as a bitter day.
		 -- Amos 8:10
%
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in
the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing
the words of the LORD:
		 -- Amos 8:11
%
And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the
east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall
not find it.
		 -- Amos 8:12
%
In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
		 -- Amos 8:13
%
They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth;
and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never
rise up again.
		 -- Amos 8:14
%
I SAW the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of
the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them;
and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them
shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
		 -- Amos 9:1
%
Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they
climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
		 -- Amos 9:2
%
And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and
take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom
of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
		 -- Amos 9:3
%
And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I
command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon
them for evil, and not for good.
		 -- Amos 9:4
%
And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt,
and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like
a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
		 -- Amos 9:5
%
It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded
his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea,
and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
		 -- Amos 9:6
%
Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of
Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of
Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
		 -- Amos 9:7
%
Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I
will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not
utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.
		 -- Amos 9:8
%
For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all
nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least
grain fall upon the earth.
		 -- Amos 9:9
%
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil
shall not overtake nor prevent us.
		 -- Amos 9:10
%
In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen,
and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and
I will build it as in the days of old:
		 -- Amos 9:11
%
That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen,
which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.
		 -- Amos 9:12
%
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake
the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the
mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
		 -- Amos 9:13
%
And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they
shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant
vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens,
and eat the fruit of them.
		 -- Amos 9:14
%
And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled
up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.
		 -- Amos 9:15
%
THE vision of Obadiah.	Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have
heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen,
Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
		 -- Obadiah 1:1
%
Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly
despised.
		 -- Obadiah 1:2
%
The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the
clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart,
Who shall bring me down to the ground?
		 -- Obadiah 1:3
%
Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest
among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
		 -- Obadiah 1:4
%
If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut
off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough?	if the
grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?
		 -- Obadiah 1:5
%
How are the things of Esau searched out!  how are his hidden things
sought up!
		 -- Obadiah 1:6
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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.
		 -- Obadiah 1:7
%
Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out
of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
		 -- Obadiah 1:8
%
And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every
one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
		 -- Obadiah 1:9
%
For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee,
and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
		 -- Obadiah 1:10
%
In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the
strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into
his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.
		 -- Obadiah 1:11
%
But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day
that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over
the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest
thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
		 -- Obadiah 1:12
%
Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of
their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction
in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in
the day of their calamity;
		 -- Obadiah 1:13
%
Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of
his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of
his that did remain in the day of distress.
		 -- Obadiah 1:14
%
For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done,
it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
		 -- Obadiah 1:15
%
For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen
drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down,
and they shall be as though they had not been.
		 -- Obadiah 1:16
%
But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness;
and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
		 -- Obadiah 1:17
%
And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame,
and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and
devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau;
for the LORD hath spoken it.
		 -- Obadiah 1:18
%
And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the
plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim,
and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
		 -- Obadiah 1:19
%
And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess
that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of
Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
		 -- Obadiah 1:20
%
And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau;
and the kingdom shall be the LORD's.
		 -- Obadiah 1:21
%
NOW the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
		 -- Jonah 1:1
%
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their
wickedness is come up before me.
		 -- Jonah 1:2
%
But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD,
and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid
the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish
from the presence of the LORD.
		 -- Jonah 1:3
%
But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty
tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
		 -- Jonah 1:4
%
Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and
cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it
of them.  But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay,
and was fast asleep.
		 -- Jonah 1:5
%
So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou,
O sleeper?  arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon
us, that we perish not.
		 -- Jonah 1:6
%
And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that
we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us.  So they cast lots,
and the lot fell upon Jonah.
		 -- Jonah 1:7
%
Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this
evil is upon us; What is thine occupation?  and whence comest thou?
what is thy country?  and of what people art thou?
		 -- Jonah 1:8
%
And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of
heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.
		 -- Jonah 1:9
%
Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou
done this?  For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD,
because he had told them.
		 -- Jonah 1:10
%
Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may
be calm unto us?  for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.
		 -- Jonah 1:11
%
And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so
shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great
tempest is upon you.
		 -- Jonah 1:12
%
Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could
not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.
		 -- Jonah 1:13
%
Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD,
we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon
us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.
		 -- Jonah 1:14
%
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea
ceased from her raging.
		 -- Jonah 1:15
%
Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto
the LORD, and made vows.
		 -- Jonah 1:16
%
Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.  And Jonah
was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
		 -- Jonah 1:17
%
THEN Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,
		 -- Jonah 2:1
%
And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he
heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
		 -- Jonah 2:2
%
For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the
floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
		 -- Jonah 2:3
%
Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward
thy holy temple.
		 -- Jonah 2:4
%
The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me
round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
		 -- Jonah 2:5
%
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars
was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption,
O LORD my God.
		 -- Jonah 2:6
%
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came
in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
		 -- Jonah 2:7
%
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
		 -- Jonah 2:8
%
But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will
pay that that I have vowed.  Salvation is of the LORD.
		 -- Jonah 2:9
%
And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the
dry land.
		 -- Jonah 2:10
%
AND the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
		 -- Jonah 3:1
%
Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching
that I bid thee.
		 -- Jonah 3:2
%
So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD.
Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
		 -- Jonah 3:3
%
And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried,
and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
		 -- Jonah 3:4
%
So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put
on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
		 -- Jonah 3:5
%
For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne,
and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat
in ashes.
		 -- Jonah 3:6
%
And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the
decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast,
herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
		 -- Jonah 3:7
%
But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto
God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence
that is in their hands.
		 -- Jonah 3:8
%
Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce
anger, that we perish not?
		 -- Jonah 3:9
%
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and
God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them;
and he did it not.
		 -- Jonah 3:10
%
BUT it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
		 -- Jonah 4:1
%
And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not
this my saying, when I was yet in my country?  Therefore I fled before
unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful,
slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
		 -- Jonah 4:2
%
Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is
better for me to die than to live.
		 -- Jonah 4:3
%
Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?
		 -- Jonah 4:4
%
So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city,
and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he
might see what would become of the city.
		 -- Jonah 4:5
%
And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah,
that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief.
So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.
		 -- Jonah 4:6
%
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote
the gourd that it withered.
		 -- Jonah 4:7
%
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement
east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted,
and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than
to live.
		 -- Jonah 4:8
%
And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd?
And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
		 -- Jonah 4:9
%
Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou
hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night,
and perished in a night:
		 -- Jonah 4:10
%
And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than
sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand
and their left hand; and also much cattle?
		 -- Jonah 4:11
%
THE word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of
Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning
Samaria and Jerusalem.
		 -- Micah 1:1
%
Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let
the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
		 -- Micah 1:2
%
For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down,
and tread upon the high places of the earth.
		 -- Micah 1:3
%
And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be
cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down
a steep place.
		 -- Micah 1:4
%
For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the
house of Israel.  What is the transgression of Jacob?  is it not Samaria?
and what are the high places of Judah?	are they not Jerusalem?
		 -- Micah 1:5
%
Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings
of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley,
and I will discover the foundations thereof.
		 -- Micah 1:6
%
And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the
hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof
will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot,
and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.
		 -- Micah 1:7
%
Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will
make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
		 -- Micah 1:8
%
For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto
the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
		 -- Micah 1:9
%
Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah
roll thyself in the dust.
		 -- Micah 1:10
%
Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the
inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel; he
shall receive of you his standing.
		 -- Micah 1:11
%
For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came
down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
		 -- Micah 1:12
%
O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is
the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions
of Israel were found in thee.
		 -- Micah 1:13
%
Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-gath: the houses of
Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
		 -- Micah 1:14
%
Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall
come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
		 -- Micah 1:15
%
Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy
baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
		 -- Micah 1:16
%
WOE to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds!
when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power
of their hand.
		 -- Micah 2:1
%
And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and
take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and
his heritage.
		 -- Micah 2:2
%
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise
an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go
haughtily: for this time is evil.
		 -- Micah 2:3
%
In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with
a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed
the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me!  turning away
he hath divided our fields.
		 -- Micah 2:4
%
Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the
congregation of the LORD.
		 -- Micah 2:5
%
Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy
to them, that they shall not take shame.
		 -- Micah 2:6
%
O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD
straitened?  are these his doings?  do not my words do good to him that
walketh uprightly?
		 -- Micah 2:7
%
Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe
with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.
		 -- Micah 2:8
%
The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses;
from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
		 -- Micah 2:9
%
Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted,
it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.
		 -- Micah 2:10
%
If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will
prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the
prophet of this people.
		 -- Micah 2:11
%
I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the
remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah,
as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by
reason of the multitude of men.
		 -- Micah 2:12
%
The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed
through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass
before them, and the LORD on the head of them.
		 -- Micah 2:13
%
AND I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the
house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
		 -- Micah 3:1
%
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off
them, and their flesh from off their bones;
		 -- Micah 3:2
%
Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them;
and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot,
and as flesh within the caldron.
		 -- Micah 3:3
%
Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will
even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves
ill in their doings.
		 -- Micah 3:4
%
Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err,
that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into
their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
		 -- Micah 3:5
%
Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision;
and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun
shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
		 -- Micah 3:6
%
Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea,
they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
		 -- Micah 3:7
%
But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment,
and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel
his sin.
		 -- Micah 3:8
%
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of
the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
		 -- Micah 3:9
%
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
		 -- Micah 3:10
%
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for
hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon
the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us?  none evil can come upon us.
		 -- Micah 3:11
%
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem
shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of
the forest.
		 -- Micah 3:12
%
BUT in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the
house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains,
and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
		 -- Micah 4:1
%
And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the
mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will
teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall
go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
		 -- Micah 4:2
%
And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off;
and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into
pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither
shall they learn war any more.
		 -- Micah 4:3
%
But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree;
and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath
spoken it.
		 -- Micah 4:4
%
For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will
walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.
		 -- Micah 4:5
%
In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I
will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
		 -- Micah 4:6
%
And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far
off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion
from henceforth, even for ever.
		 -- Micah 4:7
%
And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion,
unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come
to the daughter of Jerusalem.
		 -- Micah 4:8
%
Now why dost thou cry out aloud?  is there no king in thee?  is thy
counsellor perished?  for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.
		 -- Micah 4:9
%
Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman
in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt
dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt
thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of
thine enemies.
		 -- Micah 4:10
%
Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be
defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.
		 -- Micah 4:11
%
But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his
counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
		 -- Micah 4:12
%
Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and
I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people:
and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto
the Lord of the whole earth.
		 -- Micah 4:13
%
NOW gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege
against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the
cheek.
		 -- Micah 5:1
%
But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands
of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler
in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
		 -- Micah 5:2
%
Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth
hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto
the children of Israel.
		 -- Micah 5:3
%
And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty
of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he
be great unto the ends of the earth.
		 -- Micah 5:4
%
And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our
land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against
him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
		 -- Micah 5:5
%
And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land
of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the
Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within
our borders.
		 -- Micah 5:6
%
And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew
from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man,
nor waiteth for the sons of men.
		 -- Micah 5:7
%
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of
many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion
among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down,
and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
		 -- Micah 5:8
%
Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine
enemies shall be cut off.
		 -- Micah 5:9
%
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut
off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
		 -- Micah 5:10
%
And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy
strong holds:
		 -- Micah 5:11
%
And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have
no more soothsayers:
		 -- Micah 5:12
%
Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of
the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
		 -- Micah 5:13
%
And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I
destroy thy cities.
		 -- Micah 5:14
%
And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such
as they have not heard.
		 -- Micah 5:15
%
HEAR ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains,
and let the hills hear thy voice.
		 -- Micah 6:1
%
Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD's controversy, and ye strong foundations
of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he
will plead with Israel.
		 -- Micah 6:2
%
O my people, what have I done unto thee?  and wherein have I wearied thee?
testify against me.
		 -- Micah 6:3
%
For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out
of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
		 -- Micah 6:4
%
O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what
Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye
may know the righteousness of the LORD.
		 -- Micah 6:5
%
Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high
God?  shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a
year old?
		 -- Micah 6:6
%
Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands
of rivers of oil?  shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
		 -- Micah 6:7
%
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require
of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with
thy God?
		 -- Micah 6:8
%
The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see
thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
		 -- Micah 6:9
%
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked,
and the scant measure that is abominable?
		 -- Micah 6:10
%
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of
deceitful weights?
		 -- Micah 6:11
%
For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants
thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
		 -- Micah 6:12
%
Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee
desolate because of thy sins.
		 -- Micah 6:13
%
Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be
in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver;
and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
		 -- Micah 6:14
%
Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives,
but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not
drink wine.
		 -- Micah 6:15
%
For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab,
and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation,
and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the
reproach of my people.
		 -- Micah 6:16
%
WOE is me!  for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as
the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul
desired the firstripe fruit.
		 -- Micah 7:1
%
The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright
among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his
brother with a net.
		 -- Micah 7:2
%
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh,
and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his
mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
		 -- Micah 7:3
%
The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn
hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be
their perplexity.
		 -- Micah 7:4
%
Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the
doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
		 -- Micah 7:5
%
For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her
mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies
are the men of his own house.
		 -- Micah 7:6
%
Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my
salvation: my God will hear me.
		 -- Micah 7:7
%
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when
I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
		 -- Micah 7:8
%
I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against
him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring
me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
		 -- Micah 7:9
%
Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which
said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God?  mine eyes shall behold her:
now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
		 -- Micah 7:10
%
In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree
be far removed.
		 -- Micah 7:11
%
In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the
fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea
to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
		 -- Micah 7:12
%
Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell
therein, for the fruit of their doings.
		 -- Micah 7:13
%
Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell
solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan
and Gilead, as in the days of old.
		 -- Micah 7:14
%
According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew
unto him marvellous things.
		 -- Micah 7:15
%
The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall
lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
		 -- Micah 7:16
%
They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their
holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God,
and shall fear because of thee.
		 -- Micah 7:17
%
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by
the transgression of the remnant of his heritage?  he retaineth not his
anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
		 -- Micah 7:18
%
He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our
iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
		 -- Micah 7:19
%
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which
thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
		 -- Micah 7:20
%
THE burden of Nineveh.	The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
		 -- Nahum 1:1
%
God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is
furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth
wrath for his enemies.
		 -- Nahum 1:2
%
The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit
the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm,
and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
		 -- Nahum 1:3
%
He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers:
Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
		 -- Nahum 1:4
%
The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned
at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
		 -- Nahum 1:5
%
Who can stand before his indignation?  and who can abide in the fierceness
of his anger?  his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown
down by him.
		 -- Nahum 1:6
%
The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth
them that trust in him.
		 -- Nahum 1:7
%
But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place
thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
		 -- Nahum 1:8
%
What do ye imagine against the LORD?  he will make an utter end:
affliction shall not rise up the second time.
		 -- Nahum 1:9
%
For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken
as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
		 -- Nahum 1:10
%
There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD,
a wicked counsellor.
		 -- Nahum 1:11
%
Thus saith the LORD: Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus
shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through.  Though I have
afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
		 -- Nahum 1:12
%
For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds
in sunder.
		 -- Nahum 1:13
%
And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of
thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven
image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
		 -- Nahum 1:14
%
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings,
that publisheth peace!	O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows:
for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
		 -- Nahum 1:15
%
HE that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition,
watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
		 -- Nahum 2:1
%
For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency
of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their
vine branches.
		 -- Nahum 2:2
%
The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet:
the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation,
and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
		 -- Nahum 2:3
%
The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against
another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run
like the lightnings.
		 -- Nahum 2:4
%
He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they
shall make hast to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.
		 -- Nahum 2:5
%
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be
dissolved.
		 -- Nahum 2:6
%
And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her
maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their
breasts.
		 -- Nahum 2:7
%
But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away.
Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
		 -- Nahum 2:8
%
Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none
end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
		 -- Nahum 2:9
%
She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees
smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them
all gather blackness.
		 -- Nahum 2:10
%
Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young
lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp,
and none made them afraid?
		 -- Nahum 2:11
%
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for
his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
		 -- Nahum 2:12
%
Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her
chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and
I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers
shall no more be heard.
		 -- Nahum 2:13
%
WOE to the bloody city!  it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey
departeth not;
		 -- Nahum 3:1
%
The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and
of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
		 -- Nahum 3:2
%
The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear:
and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases;
and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:
		 -- Nahum 3:3
%
Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot,
the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms,
and families through her witchcrafts.
		 -- Nahum 3:4
%
Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover
thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness,
and the kingdoms thy shame.
		 -- Nahum 3:5
%
And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will
set thee as a gazingstock.
		 -- Nahum 3:6
%
And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall
flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her?
whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
		 -- Nahum 3:7
%
Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers,
that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her
wall was from the sea?
		 -- Nahum 3:8
%
Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim
were thy helpers.
		 -- Nahum 3:9
%
Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children
also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast
lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
		 -- Nahum 3:10
%
Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek
strength because of the enemy.
		 -- Nahum 3:11
%
All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs:
if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.
		 -- Nahum 3:12
%
Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land
shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
		 -- Nahum 3:13
%
Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay,
and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.
		 -- Nahum 3:14
%
There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall
eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm,
make thyself many as the locusts.
		 -- Nahum 3:15
%
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the
cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.
		 -- Nahum 3:16
%
Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great
grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the
sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
		 -- Nahum 3:17
%
Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the
dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth
them.
		 -- Nahum 3:18
%
There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear
the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath
not thy wickedness passed continually?
		 -- Nahum 3:19
%
THE burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
		 -- Habakkuk 1:1
%
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear!  even cry out unto
thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
		 -- Habakkuk 1:2
%
Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance?
for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up
strife and contention.
		 -- Habakkuk 1:3
%
Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for
the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment
proceedeth.
		 -- Habakkuk 1:4
%
Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I
will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be
told you.
		 -- Habakkuk 1:5
%
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which
shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces
that are not theirs.
		 -- Habakkuk 1:6
%
They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall
proceed of themselves.
		 -- Habakkuk 1:7
%
Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce
than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves,
and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that
hasteth to eat.
		 -- Habakkuk 1:8
%
They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east
wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
		 -- Habakkuk 1:9
%
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto
them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust,
and take it.
		 -- Habakkuk 1:10
%
Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing
this his power unto his god.
		 -- Habakkuk 1:11
%
Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One?  we shall
not die.  O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God,
thou hast established them for correction.
		 -- Habakkuk 1:12
%
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on
iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously,
and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more
righteous than he?
		 -- Habakkuk 1:13
%
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that
have no ruler over them?
		 -- Habakkuk 1:14
%
They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net,
and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
		 -- Habakkuk 1:15
%
Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag;
because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
		 -- Habakkuk 1:16
%
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay
the nations?
		 -- Habakkuk 1:17
%
I WILL stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to
see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
		 -- Habakkuk 2:1
%
And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain
upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
		 -- Habakkuk 2:2
%
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall
speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely
come, it will not tarry.
		 -- Habakkuk 2:3
%
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just
shall live by his faith.
		 -- Habakkuk 2:4
%
Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither
keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death,
and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth
unto him all people:
		 -- Habakkuk 2:5
%
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb
against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his!
how long?  and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
		 -- Habakkuk 2:6
%
Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that
shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
		 -- Habakkuk 2:7
%
Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people
shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the
land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
		 -- Habakkuk 2:8
%
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may
set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
		 -- Habakkuk 2:9
%
Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people,
and hast sinned against thy soul.
		 -- Habakkuk 2:10
%
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber
shall answer it.
		 -- Habakkuk 2:11
%
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city
by iniquity!
		 -- Habakkuk 2:12
%
Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in
the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
		 -- Habakkuk 2:13
%
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD,
as the waters cover the sea.
		 -- Habakkuk 2:14
%
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle
to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their
nakedness!
		 -- Habakkuk 2:15
%
Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy
foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD's right hand shall be turned
unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.
		 -- Habakkuk 2:16
%
For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts,
which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of
the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
		 -- Habakkuk 2:17
%
What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it;
the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work
trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
		 -- Habakkuk 2:18
%
Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise,
it shall teach!  Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there
is no breath at all in the midst of it.
		 -- Habakkuk 2:19
%
But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence
before him.
		 -- Habakkuk 2:20
%
A PRAYER of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.
		 -- Habakkuk 3:1
%
O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy
work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known;
in wrath remember mercy.
		 -- Habakkuk 3:2
%
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran.  Selah.  His glory
covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
		 -- Habakkuk 3:3
%
And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand:
and there was the hiding of his power.
		 -- Habakkuk 3:4
%
Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
		 -- Habakkuk 3:5
%
He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the
nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual
hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
		 -- Habakkuk 3:6
%
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land
of Midian did tremble.
		 -- Habakkuk 3:7
%
Was the LORD displeased against the rivers?  was thine anger against
the rivers?  was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon
thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?
		 -- Habakkuk 3:8
%
Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes,
even thy word.	Selah.	Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
		 -- Habakkuk 3:9
%
The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water
passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
		 -- Habakkuk 3:10
%
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine
arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
		 -- Habakkuk 3:11
%
Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the
heathen in anger.
		 -- Habakkuk 3:12
%
Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation
with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the
wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck.  Selah.
		 -- Habakkuk 3:13
%
Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages:
they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to
devour the poor secretly.
		 -- Habakkuk 3:14
%
Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of
great waters.
		 -- Habakkuk 3:15
%
When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness
entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in
the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade
them with his troops.
		 -- Habakkuk 3:16
%
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the
vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield
no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be
no herd in the stalls:
		 -- Habakkuk 3:17
%
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
		 -- Habakkuk 3:18
%
The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet,
and he will make me to walk upon mine high places.  To the chief singer
on my stringed instruments.
		 -- Habakkuk 3:19
%
THE word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the
son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of
Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
		 -- Zephaniah 1:1
%
I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
		 -- Zephaniah 1:2
%
I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven,
and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked;
and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
		 -- Zephaniah 1:3
%
I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants
of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place,
and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;
		 -- Zephaniah 1:4
%
And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them
that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;
		 -- Zephaniah 1:5
%
And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not
sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.
		 -- Zephaniah 1:6
%
Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is
at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
		 -- Zephaniah 1:7
%
And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD's sacrifice, that I
will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are
clothed with strange apparel.
		 -- Zephaniah 1:8
%
In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold,
which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
		 -- Zephaniah 1:9
%
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall
be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second,
and a great crashing from the hills.
		 -- Zephaniah 1:10
%
Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down;
all they that bear silver are cut off.
		 -- Zephaniah 1:11
%
And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem
with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that
say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
		 -- Zephaniah 1:12
%
Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation:
they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant
vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
		 -- Zephaniah 1:13
%
The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even
the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
		 -- Zephaniah 1:14
%
That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of
wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of
clouds and thick darkness,
		 -- Zephaniah 1:15
%
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against
the high towers.
		 -- Zephaniah 1:16
%
And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men,
because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be
poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
		 -- Zephaniah 1:17
%
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in
the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by
the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of
all them that dwell in the land.
		 -- Zephaniah 1:18
%
GATHER yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;
		 -- Zephaniah 2:1
%
Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before
the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD's
anger come upon you.
		 -- Zephaniah 2:2
%
Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his
judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid
in the day of the LORD's anger.
		 -- Zephaniah 2:3
%
For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive
out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
		 -- Zephaniah 2:4
%
Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites!
the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the
Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
		 -- Zephaniah 2:5
%
And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and
folds for flocks.
		 -- Zephaniah 2:6
%
And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they
shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down
in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away
their captivity.
		 -- Zephaniah 2:7
%
I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of
Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves
against their border.
		 -- Zephaniah 2:8
%
Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel,
Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah,
even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation:
the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people
shall possess them.
		 -- Zephaniah 2:9
%
This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and
magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Zephaniah 2:10
%
The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods
of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place,
even all the isles of the heathen.
		 -- Zephaniah 2:11
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Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
		 -- Zephaniah 2:12
%
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria;
and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.
		 -- Zephaniah 2:13
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And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the
nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper
lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall
be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
		 -- Zephaniah 2:14
%
This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart,
I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a
place for beasts to lie down in!  every one that passeth by her shall
hiss, and wag his hand.
		 -- Zephaniah 2:15
%
WOE to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
		 -- Zephaniah 3:1
%
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not
in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
		 -- Zephaniah 3:2
%
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves;
they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
		 -- Zephaniah 3:3
%
Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted
the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
		 -- Zephaniah 3:4
%
The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every
morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the
unjust knoweth no shame.
		 -- Zephaniah 3:5
%
I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their
streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that
there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
		 -- Zephaniah 3:6
%
I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so
their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but
they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
		 -- Zephaniah 3:7
%
Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise
up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I
may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all
my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of
my jealousy.
		 -- Zephaniah 3:8
%
For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all
call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.
		 -- Zephaniah 3:9
%
From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of
my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.
		 -- Zephaniah 3:10
%
In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou
hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst
of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty
because of my holy mountain.
		 -- Zephaniah 3:11
%
I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people,
and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
		 -- Zephaniah 3:12
%
The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither
shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed
and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
		 -- Zephaniah 3:13
%
Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all
the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
		 -- Zephaniah 3:14
%
The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy:
the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt
not see evil any more.
		 -- Zephaniah 3:15
%
In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion,
Let not thine hands be slack.
		 -- Zephaniah 3:16
%
The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will
rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over
thee with singing.
		 -- Zephaniah 3:17
%
I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are
of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.
		 -- Zephaniah 3:18
%
Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save
her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get
them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
		 -- Zephaniah 3:19
%
At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you:
for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth,
when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.
		 -- Zephaniah 3:20
%
IN the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first
day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the
son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
		 -- Haggai 1:1
%
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is
not come, the time that the LORD's house should be built.
		 -- Haggai 1:2
%
Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
		 -- Haggai 1:3
%
Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house
lie waste?
		 -- Haggai 1:4
%
Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
		 -- Haggai 1:5
%
Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough;
ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is
none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag
with holes.
		 -- Haggai 1:6
%
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
		 -- Haggai 1:7
%
Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will
take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.
		 -- Haggai 1:8
%
Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it
home, I did blow upon it.  Why?  saith the LORD of hosts.  Because of
mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
		 -- Haggai 1:9
%
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed
from her fruit.
		 -- Haggai 1:10
%
And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains,
and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon
that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle,
and upon all the labour of the hands.
		 -- Haggai 1:11
%
Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech,
the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice
of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD
their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.
		 -- Haggai 1:12
%
Then spake Haggai the LORD's messenger in the LORD's message unto the
people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.
		 -- Haggai 1:13
%
And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,
governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the
high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they
came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,
		 -- Haggai 1:14
%
In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of
Darius the king.
		 -- Haggai 1:15
%
IN the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came
the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying,
		 -- Haggai 2:1
%
Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to
Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the
people, saying,
		 -- Haggai 2:2
%
Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory?  and how
do ye see it now?  is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?
		 -- Haggai 2:3
%
Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O
Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people
of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD
of hosts:
		 -- Haggai 2:4
%
According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of
Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.
		 -- Haggai 2:5
%
For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and
I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
		 -- Haggai 2:6
%
And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come:
and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Haggai 2:7
%
The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Haggai 2:8
%
The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former,
saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the
LORD of hosts.
		 -- Haggai 2:9
%
In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of
Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
		 -- Haggai 2:10
%
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law,
saying,
		 -- Haggai 2:11
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If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do
touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy?
And the priests answered and said, No.
		 -- Haggai 2:12
%
Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of
these, shall it be unclean?  And the priests answered and said, It shall
be unclean.
		 -- Haggai 2:13
%
Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation
before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that
which they offer there is unclean.
		 -- Haggai 2:14
%
And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a
stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:
		 -- Haggai 2:15
%
Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures,
there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty
vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.
		 -- Haggai 2:16
%
I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the
labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD.
		 -- Haggai 2:17
%
Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day
of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD's
temple was laid, consider it.
		 -- Haggai 2:18
%
Is the seed yet in the barn?  yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree,
and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from
this day will I bless you.
		 -- Haggai 2:19
%
And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth
day of the month, saying,
		 -- Haggai 2:20
%
Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens
and the earth;
		 -- Haggai 2:21
%
And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the
strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the
chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders
shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
		 -- Haggai 2:22
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In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel,
my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as
a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Haggai 2:23
%
IN the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the
LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet,
saying,
		 -- Zechariah 1:1
%
The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.
		 -- Zechariah 1:2
%
Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto
me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD
of hosts.
		 -- Zechariah 1:3
%
Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried,
saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways,
and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me,
saith the LORD.
		 -- Zechariah 1:4
%
Your fathers, where are they?  and the prophets, do they live for ever?
		 -- Zechariah 1:5
%
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets,
did they not take hold of your fathers?  and they returned and said,
Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways,
and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
		 -- Zechariah 1:6
%
Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the
month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD
unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
		 -- Zechariah 1:7
%
I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood
among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were
there red horses, speckled, and white.
		 -- Zechariah 1:8
%
Then said I, O my lord, what are these?  And the angel that talked with
me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.
		 -- Zechariah 1:9
%
And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These
are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.
		 -- Zechariah 1:10
%
And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle
trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and,
behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.
		 -- Zechariah 1:11
%
Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how
long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah,
against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
		 -- Zechariah 1:12
%
And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and
comfortable words.
		 -- Zechariah 1:13
%
So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus
saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with
a great jealousy.
		 -- Zechariah 1:14
%
And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I
was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
		 -- Zechariah 1:15
%
Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies:
my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall
be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
		 -- Zechariah 1:16
%
Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through
prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort
Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
		 -- Zechariah 1:17
%
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
		 -- Zechariah 1:18
%
And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these?  And he
answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel,
and Jerusalem.
		 -- Zechariah 1:19
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And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.
		 -- Zechariah 1:20
%
Then said I, What come these to do?  And he spake, saying, These are the
horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head:
but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles,
which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.
		 -- Zechariah 1:21
%
I LIFTED up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring
line in his hand.
		 -- Zechariah 2:1
%
Then said I, Whither goest thou?  And he said unto me, To measure
Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length
thereof.
		 -- Zechariah 2:2
%
And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel
went out to meet him,
		 -- Zechariah 2:3
%
And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem
shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and
cattle therein:
		 -- Zechariah 2:4
%
For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about,
and will be the glory in the midst of her.
		 -- Zechariah 2:5
%
Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the
LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven,
saith the LORD.
		 -- Zechariah 2:6
%
Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
		 -- Zechariah 2:7
%
For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto
the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the
apple of his eye.
		 -- Zechariah 2:8
%
For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil
to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.
		 -- Zechariah 2:9
%
Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell
in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.
		 -- Zechariah 2:10
%
And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be
my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know
that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
		 -- Zechariah 2:11
%
And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall
choose Jerusalem again.
		 -- Zechariah 2:12
%
Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his
holy habitation.
		 -- Zechariah 2:13
%
AND he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of
the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
		 -- Zechariah 3:1
%
And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the
LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked
out of the fire?
		 -- Zechariah 3:2
%
Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
		 -- Zechariah 3:3
%
And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying,
Take away the filthy garments from him.  And unto him he said, Behold,
I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee
with change of raiment.
		 -- Zechariah 3:4
%
And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head.  So they set a fair
mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments.  And the angel of
the LORD stood by.
		 -- Zechariah 3:5
%
And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying,
		 -- Zechariah 3:6
%
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou
wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt
also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these
that stand by.
		 -- Zechariah 3:7
%
Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before
thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my
servant the BRANCH.
		 -- Zechariah 3:8
%
For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone
shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith
the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
		 -- Zechariah 3:9
%
In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his
neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.
		 -- Zechariah 3:10
%
AND the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man
that is wakened out of his sleep,
		 -- Zechariah 4:1
%
And said unto me, What seest thou?  And I said, I have looked, and behold
a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven
lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the
top thereof:
		 -- Zechariah 4:2
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And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the
other upon the left side thereof.
		 -- Zechariah 4:3
%
So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What
are these, my lord?
		 -- Zechariah 4:4
%
Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest
thou not what these be?  And I said, No, my lord.
		 -- Zechariah 4:5
%
Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD
unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit,
saith the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Zechariah 4:6
%
Who art thou, O great mountain?  before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a
plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings,
crying, Grace, grace unto it.
		 -- Zechariah 4:7
%
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Zechariah 4:8
%
The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his
hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts
hath sent me unto you.
		 -- Zechariah 4:9
%
For who hath despised the day of small things?	for they shall rejoice,
and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they
are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
		 -- Zechariah 4:10
%
Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon
the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?
		 -- Zechariah 4:11
%
And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches
which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
		 -- Zechariah 4:12
%
And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be?  And I said,
No, my lord.
		 -- Zechariah 4:13
%
Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord
of the whole earth.
		 -- Zechariah 4:14
%
THEN I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying
roll.
		 -- Zechariah 5:1
%
And he said unto me, What seest thou?  And I answered, I see a flying
roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof
ten cubits.
		 -- Zechariah 5:2
%
Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face
of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on
this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off
as on that side according to it.
		 -- Zechariah 5:3
%
I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into
the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely
by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall
consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
		 -- Zechariah 5:4
%
Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift
up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.
		 -- Zechariah 5:5
%
And I said, What is it?  And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth.
He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth.
		 -- Zechariah 5:6
%
And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman
that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
		 -- Zechariah 5:7
%
And he said, This is wickedness.  And he cast it into the midst of the
ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.
		 -- Zechariah 5:8
%
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two
women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings
of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.
		 -- Zechariah 5:9
%
Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear
the ephah?
		 -- Zechariah 5:10
%
And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it
shall be established, and set there upon her own base.
		 -- Zechariah 5:11
%
AND I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there
came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains
were mountains of brass.
		 -- Zechariah 6:1
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In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black
horses;
		 -- Zechariah 6:2
%
And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled
and bay horses.
		 -- Zechariah 6:3
%
Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are
these, my lord?
		 -- Zechariah 6:4
%
And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the
heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
		 -- Zechariah 6:5
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The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country;
and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the
south country.
		 -- Zechariah 6:6
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And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro
through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through
the earth.  So they walked to and fro through the earth.
		 -- Zechariah 6:7
%
Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go
toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.
		 -- Zechariah 6:8
%
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
		 -- Zechariah 6:9
%
Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah,
which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into
the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;
		 -- Zechariah 6:10
%
Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head
of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;
		 -- Zechariah 6:11
%
And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying,
Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of
his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:
		 -- Zechariah 6:12
%
Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory,
and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon
his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
		 -- Zechariah 6:13
%
And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and
to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD.
		 -- Zechariah 6:14
%
And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the
LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you.
And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of
the LORD your God.
		 -- Zechariah 6:15
%
AND it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word
of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month,
even in Chisleu;
		 -- Zechariah 7:1
%
When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech,
and their men, to pray before the LORD,
		 -- Zechariah 7:2
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And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of
hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month,
separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
		 -- Zechariah 7:3
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Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,
		 -- Zechariah 7:4
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Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying,
When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those
seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
		 -- Zechariah 7:5
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And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves,
and drink for yourselves?
		 -- Zechariah 7:6
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Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former
prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities
thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?
		 -- Zechariah 7:7
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And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,
		 -- Zechariah 7:8
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Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew
mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
		 -- Zechariah 7:9
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And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor;
and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
		 -- Zechariah 7:10
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But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped
their ears, that they should not hear.
		 -- Zechariah 7:11
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Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear
the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by
the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Zechariah 7:12
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Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear;
so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:
		 -- Zechariah 7:13
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But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they
knew not.  Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed
through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
		 -- Zechariah 7:14
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AGAIN the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,
		 -- Zechariah 8:1
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy,
and I was jealous for her with great fury.
		 -- Zechariah 8:2
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Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the
midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth;
and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.
		 -- Zechariah 8:3
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women
dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his
hand for very age.
		 -- Zechariah 8:4
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And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in
the streets thereof.
		 -- Zechariah 8:5
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the
remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in
mine eyes?  saith the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Zechariah 8:6
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the
east country, and from the west country;
		 -- Zechariah 8:7
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And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem:
and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in
righteousness.
		 -- Zechariah 8:8
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear
in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in
the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid,
that the temple might be built.
		 -- Zechariah 8:9
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For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast;
neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of
the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.
		 -- Zechariah 8:10
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But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former
days, saith the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Zechariah 8:11
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For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the
ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew;
and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
		 -- Zechariah 8:12
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And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen,
O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall
be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.
		 -- Zechariah 8:13
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For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your
fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not:
		 -- Zechariah 8:14
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So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to
the house of Judah: fear ye not.
		 -- Zechariah 8:15
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These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to
his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
		 -- Zechariah 8:16
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And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and
love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.
		 -- Zechariah 8:17
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And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying,
		 -- Zechariah 8:18
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast
of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth,
shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts;
therefore love the truth and peace.
		 -- Zechariah 8:19
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there
shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:
		 -- Zechariah 8:20
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And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go
speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will
go also.
		 -- Zechariah 8:21
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Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts
in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.
		 -- Zechariah 8:22
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that
ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall
take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you:
for we have heard that God is with you.
		 -- Zechariah 8:23
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THE burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus
shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes
of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.
		 -- Zechariah 9:1
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And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be
very wise.
		 -- Zechariah 9:2
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And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the
dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
		 -- Zechariah 9:3
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Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the
sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.
		 -- Zechariah 9:4
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Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very
sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king
shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
		 -- Zechariah 9:5
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And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of
the Philistines.
		 -- Zechariah 9:6
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And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations
from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for
our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
		 -- Zechariah 9:7
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And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him
that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor
shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
		 -- Zechariah 9:8
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Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem:
behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation;
lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
		 -- Zechariah 9:9
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And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem,
and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the
heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the
river even to the ends of the earth.
		 -- Zechariah 9:10
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As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy
prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
		 -- Zechariah 9:11
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Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I
declare that I will render double unto thee;
		 -- Zechariah 9:12
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When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised
up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the
sword of a mighty man.
		 -- Zechariah 9:13
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And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as
the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go
with whirlwinds of the south.
		 -- Zechariah 9:14
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The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue
with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine;
and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.
		 -- Zechariah 9:15
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And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his
people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an
ensign upon his land.
		 -- Zechariah 9:16
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For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty!  corn shall
make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
		 -- Zechariah 9:17
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ASK ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD
shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one
grass in the field.
		 -- Zechariah 10:1
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For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie,
and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went
their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.
		 -- Zechariah 10:2
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Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats:
for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and
hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.
		 -- Zechariah 10:3
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Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the
battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.
		 -- Zechariah 10:4
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And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the
mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the
LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
		 -- Zechariah 10:5
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And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of
Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon
them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the
LORD their God, and will hear them.
		 -- Zechariah 10:6
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And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall
rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad;
their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.
		 -- Zechariah 10:7
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I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and
they shall increase as they have increased.
		 -- Zechariah 10:8
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And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far
countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.
		 -- Zechariah 10:9
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I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them
out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon;
and place shall not be found for them.
		 -- Zechariah 10:10
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And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the
waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the
pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall
depart away.
		 -- Zechariah 10:11
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And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down
in his name, saith the LORD.
		 -- Zechariah 10:12
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OPEN thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
		 -- Zechariah 11:1
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Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled:
howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.
		 -- Zechariah 11:2
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There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is
spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan
is spoiled.
		 -- Zechariah 11:3
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Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
		 -- Zechariah 11:4
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Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they
that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own
shepherds pity them not.
		 -- Zechariah 11:5
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For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD:
but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand,
and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out
of their hand I will not deliver them.
		 -- Zechariah 11:6
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And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock.
And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other
I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
		 -- Zechariah 11:7
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Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them,
and their soul also abhorred me.
		 -- Zechariah 11:8
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Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that
that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every
one the flesh of another.
		 -- Zechariah 11:9
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And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it assunder, that I might
break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
		 -- Zechariah 11:10
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And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited
upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
		 -- Zechariah 11:11
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And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not,
forbear.  So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
		 -- Zechariah 11:12
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And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that
I was prised at of them.  And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and
cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
		 -- Zechariah 11:13
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Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the
brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
		 -- Zechariah 11:14
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And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a
foolish shepherd.
		 -- Zechariah 11:15
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For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit
those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that
that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the
flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
		 -- Zechariah 11:16
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Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock!  the sword shall be
upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up,
and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
		 -- Zechariah 11:17
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THE burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which
stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth,
and formeth the spirit of man within him.
		 -- Zechariah 12:1
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Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people
round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and
against Jerusalem.
		 -- Zechariah 12:2
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And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people:
all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all
the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
		 -- Zechariah 12:3
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In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment,
and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of
Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
		 -- Zechariah 12:4
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And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of
Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.
		 -- Zechariah 12:5
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In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire
among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall
devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and
Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
		 -- Zechariah 12:6
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The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of
the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not
magnify themselves against Judah.
		 -- Zechariah 12:7
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In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he
that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house
of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.
		 -- Zechariah 12:8
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all
the nations that come against Jerusalem.
		 -- Zechariah 12:9
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And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall
look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him,
as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him,
as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
		 -- Zechariah 12:10
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In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning
of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
		 -- Zechariah 12:11
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And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house
of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan
apart, and their wives apart;
		 -- Zechariah 12:12
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The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family
of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;
		 -- Zechariah 12:13
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All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
		 -- Zechariah 12:14
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IN that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and
to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
		 -- Zechariah 13:1
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And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I
will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no
more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean
spirit to pass out of the land.
		 -- Zechariah 13:2
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And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his
father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not
live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and
his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
		 -- Zechariah 13:3
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed
every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they
wear a rough garment to deceive:
		 -- Zechariah 13:4
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But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught
me to keep cattle from my youth.
		 -- Zechariah 13:5
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And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands?  Then he
shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
		 -- Zechariah 13:6
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Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my
fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall
be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
		 -- Zechariah 13:7
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And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts
therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
		 -- Zechariah 13:8
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And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them
as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall
call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people:
and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
		 -- Zechariah 13:9
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BEHOLD, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in
the midst of thee.
		 -- Zechariah 14:1
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For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city
shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half
of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people
shall not be cut off from the city.
		 -- Zechariah 14:2
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Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when
he fought in the day of battle.
		 -- Zechariah 14:3
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And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is
before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in
the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall
be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward
the north, and half of it toward the south.
		 -- Zechariah 14:4
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And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of
the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye
fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah:
and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
		 -- Zechariah 14:5
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear,
nor dark:
		 -- Zechariah 14:6
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But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor
night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
		 -- Zechariah 14:7
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And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from
Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward
the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
		 -- Zechariah 14:8
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And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there
be one LORD, and his name one.
		 -- Zechariah 14:9
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All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of
Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from
Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate,
and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.
		 -- Zechariah 14:10
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And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction;
but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
		 -- Zechariah 14:11
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And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people
that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while
they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their
holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
		 -- Zechariah 14:12
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD
shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his
neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
		 -- Zechariah 14:13
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And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen
round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel,
in great abundance.
		 -- Zechariah 14:14
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And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel,
and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents,
as this plague.
		 -- Zechariah 14:15
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And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations
which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to
worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
		 -- Zechariah 14:16
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And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the
earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon
them shall be no rain.
		 -- Zechariah 14:17
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And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain;
there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen
that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
		 -- Zechariah 14:18
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This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations
that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
		 -- Zechariah 14:19
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In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO
THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD's house shall be like the bowls before
the altar.
		 -- Zechariah 14:20
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Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the
LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them,
and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite
in the house of the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Zechariah 14:21
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THE burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
		 -- Malachi 1:1
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I have loved you, saith the LORD.  Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us?
Was not Esau Jacob's brother?  saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
		 -- Malachi 1:2
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And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the
dragons of the wilderness.
		 -- Malachi 1:3
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Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build
the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but
I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness,
and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
		 -- Malachi 1:4
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And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified
from the border of Israel.
		 -- Malachi 1:5
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A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a
father, where is mine honour?  and if I be a master, where is my fear?
saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name.
And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
		 -- Malachi 1:6
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Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we
polluted thee?	In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.
		 -- Malachi 1:7
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And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil?  and if ye offer
the lame and sick, is it not evil?  offer it now unto thy governor; will
he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person?	saith the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Malachi 1:8
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And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this
hath been by your means: will he regard your persons?  saith the LORD
of hosts.
		 -- Malachi 1:9
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Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought?  neither
do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought.  I have no pleasure in you,
saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
		 -- Malachi 1:10
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For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my
name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall
be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great
among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Malachi 1:11
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But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is
polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.
		 -- Malachi 1:12
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Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it!  and ye have snuffed at
it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and
the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept
this of your hand?  saith the LORD.
		 -- Malachi 1:13
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But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth,
and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King,
saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
		 -- Malachi 1:14
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AND now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
		 -- Malachi 2:1
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If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory
unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon
you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already,
because ye do not lay it to heart.
		 -- Malachi 2:2
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Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces,
even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
		 -- Malachi 2:3
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And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my
covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Malachi 2:4
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My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for
the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
		 -- Malachi 2:5
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The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his
lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away
from iniquity.
		 -- Malachi 2:6
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For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the
law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Malachi 2:7
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But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at
the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Malachi 2:8
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Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the
people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in
the law.
		 -- Malachi 2:9
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Have we not all one father?  hath not one God created us?  why do we deal
treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant
of our fathers?
		 -- Malachi 2:10
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Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel
and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which
he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
		 -- Malachi 2:11
%
The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar,
out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto
the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Malachi 2:12
%
And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears,
with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the
offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
		 -- Malachi 2:13
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Yet ye say, Wherefore?	Because the LORD hath been witness between thee
and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously:
yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
		 -- Malachi 2:14
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And did not he make one?  Yet had he the residue of the spirit.
And wherefore one?  That he might seek a godly seed.  Therefore take
heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife
of his youth.
		 -- Malachi 2:15
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For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away:
for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts:
therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
		 -- Malachi 2:16
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Ye have wearied the LORD with your words.  Yet ye say, Wherein have we
wearied him?  When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight
of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
		 -- Malachi 2:17
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BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me:
and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the
messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come,
saith the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Malachi 3:1
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But who may abide the day of his coming?  and who shall stand when
he appeareth?  for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
		 -- Malachi 3:2
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And he shall sit as a refiner and purifer of silver: and he shall purify
the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer
unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
		 -- Malachi 3:3
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Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD,
as in the days of old, and as in former years.
		 -- Malachi 3:4
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And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness
against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false
swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages,
the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from
his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Malachi 3:5
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For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not
consumed.
		 -- Malachi 3:6
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Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances,
and have not kept them.  Return unto me, and I will return unto you,
saith the LORD of hosts.  But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
		 -- Malachi 3:7
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Will a man rob God?  Yet ye have robbed me.  But ye say, Wherein have
we robbed thee?  In tithes and offerings.
		 -- Malachi 3:8
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Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
		 -- Malachi 3:9
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Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in
mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I
will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing,
that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
		 -- Malachi 3:10
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And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy
the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before
the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Malachi 3:11
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And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome
land, saith the LORD of hosts.
		 -- Malachi 3:12
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Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD.	Yet ye say,
What have we spoken so much against thee?
		 -- Malachi 3:13
%
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we
have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the
LORD of hosts?
		 -- Malachi 3:14
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And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set
up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
		 -- Malachi 3:15
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Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD
hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before
him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
		 -- Malachi 3:16
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And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make
up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that
serveth him.
		 -- Malachi 3:17
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Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked,
between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
		 -- Malachi 3:18
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FOR, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the
proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that
cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave
them neither root nor branch.
		 -- Malachi 4:1
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But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with
healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of
the stall.
		 -- Malachi 4:2
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And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the
soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD
of hosts.
		 -- Malachi 4:3
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Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in
Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
		 -- Malachi 4:4
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Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the
great and dreadful day of the LORD:
		 -- Malachi 4:5
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And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart
of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with
a curse.
		 -- Malachi 4:6
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THE book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son
of Abraham.
		 -- Matthew 1:1
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Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and
his brethren;
		 -- Matthew 1:2
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And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom;
and Esrom begat Aram;
		 -- Matthew 1:3
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And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat
Salmon;
		 -- Matthew 1:4
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And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed
begat Jesse;
		 -- Matthew 1:5
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And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her
that had been the wife of Urias;
		 -- Matthew 1:6
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And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
		 -- Matthew 1:7
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And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
		 -- Matthew 1:8
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And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;
		 -- Matthew 1:9
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And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat
Josias;
		 -- Matthew 1:10
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And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were
carried away to Babylon:
		 -- Matthew 1:11
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And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel;
and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
		 -- Matthew 1:12
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And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat
Azor;
		 -- Matthew 1:13
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And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;
		 -- Matthew 1:14
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And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat
Jacob;
		 -- Matthew 1:15
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And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus,
who is called Christ.
		 -- Matthew 1:16
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So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations;
and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen
generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are
fourteen generations.
		 -- Matthew 1:17
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Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary
was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with
child of the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Matthew 1:18
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Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her
a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
		 -- Matthew 1:19
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But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord
appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear
not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her
is of the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Matthew 1:20
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And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS:
for he shall save his people from their sins.
		 -- Matthew 1:21
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Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of
the Lord by the prophet, saying,
		 -- Matthew 1:22
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Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son,
and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is,
God with us.
		 -- Matthew 1:23
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Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had
bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
		 -- Matthew 1:24
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And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he
called his name JESUS.
		 -- Matthew 1:25
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NOW when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the
king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
		 -- Matthew 2:1
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Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews?  for we have seen
his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
		 -- Matthew 2:2
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When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all
Jerusalem with him.
		 -- Matthew 2:3
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And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people
together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
		 -- Matthew 2:4
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And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written
by the prophet,
		 -- Matthew 2:5
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And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the
princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule
my people Israel.
		 -- Matthew 2:6
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Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them
diligently what time the star appeared.
		 -- Matthew 2:7
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And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for
the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that
I may come and worship him also.
		 -- Matthew 2:8
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When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which
they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over
where the young child was.
		 -- Matthew 2:9
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When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
		 -- Matthew 2:10
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And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary
his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened
their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense,
and myrrh.
		 -- Matthew 2:11
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And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod,
they departed into their own country another way.
		 -- Matthew 2:12
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And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth
to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his
mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word:
for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
		 -- Matthew 2:13
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When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and
departed into Egypt:
		 -- Matthew 2:14
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And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which
was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called
my son.
		 -- Matthew 2:15
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Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding
wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem,
and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according
to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
		 -- Matthew 2:16
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Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
		 -- Matthew 2:17
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In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great
mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted,
because they are not.
		 -- Matthew 2:18
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But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a
dream to Joseph in Egypt,
		 -- Matthew 2:19
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Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the
land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.
		 -- Matthew 2:20
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And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into
the land of Israel.
		 -- Matthew 2:21
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But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his
father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned
of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
		 -- Matthew 2:22
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And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
		 -- Matthew 2:23
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IN those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of
Judaea,
		 -- Matthew 3:1
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And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
		 -- Matthew 3:2
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For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The
voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight.
		 -- Matthew 3:3
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And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle
about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
		 -- Matthew 3:4
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Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round
about Jordan,
		 -- Matthew 3:5
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And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
		 -- Matthew 3:6
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But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism,
he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee
from the wrath to come?
		 -- Matthew 3:7
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Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
		 -- Matthew 3:8
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And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father:
for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children
unto Abraham.
		 -- Matthew 3:9
%
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every
tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into
the fire.
		 -- Matthew 3:10
%
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh
after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he
shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
		 -- Matthew 3:11
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Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and
gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with
unquenchable fire.
		 -- Matthew 3:12
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Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
		 -- Matthew 3:13
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But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and
comest thou to me?
		 -- Matthew 3:14
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And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it
becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.  Then he suffered him.
		 -- Matthew 3:15
%
And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water:
and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God
descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
		 -- Matthew 3:16
%
And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I
am well pleased.
		 -- Matthew 3:17
%
THEN was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted
of the devil.
		 -- Matthew 4:1
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And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward
an hungred.
		 -- Matthew 4:2
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And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God,
command that these stones be made bread.
		 -- Matthew 4:3
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But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread
alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
		 -- Matthew 4:4
%
Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a
pinnacle of the temple,
		 -- Matthew 4:5
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And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for
it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in
their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot
against a stone.
		 -- Matthew 4:6
%
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord
thy God.
		 -- Matthew 4:7
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Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and
sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
		 -- Matthew 4:8
%
And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall
down and worship me.
		 -- Matthew 4:9
%
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written,
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
		 -- Matthew 4:10
%
Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered
unto him.
		 -- Matthew 4:11
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Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed
into Galilee;
		 -- Matthew 4:12
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And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the
sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
		 -- Matthew 4:13
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That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
		 -- Matthew 4:14
%
The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea,
beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
		 -- Matthew 4:15
%
The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat
in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
		 -- Matthew 4:16
%
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom
of heaven is at hand.
		 -- Matthew 4:17
%
And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called
Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they
were fishers.
		 -- Matthew 4:18
%
And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
		 -- Matthew 4:19
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And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
		 -- Matthew 4:20
%
And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of
Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father,
mending their nets; and he called them.
		 -- Matthew 4:21
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And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
		 -- Matthew 4:22
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And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and
preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness
and all manner of disease among the people.
		 -- Matthew 4:23
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And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all
sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and
those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick,
and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
		 -- Matthew 4:24
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And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from
Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.
		 -- Matthew 4:25
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AND seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was
set, his disciples came unto him:
		 -- Matthew 5:1
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And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
		 -- Matthew 5:2
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Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
		 -- Matthew 5:3
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Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
		 -- Matthew 5:4
%
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
		 -- Matthew 5:5
%
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for
they shall be filled.
		 -- Matthew 5:6
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Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
		 -- Matthew 5:7
%
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
		 -- Matthew 5:8
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Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
		 -- Matthew 5:9
%
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs
is the kingdom of heaven.
		 -- Matthew 5:10
%
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall
say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
		 -- Matthew 5:11
%
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven:
for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
		 -- Matthew 5:12
%
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour,
wherewith shall it be salted?  it is thenceforth good for nothing,
but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
		 -- Matthew 5:13
%
Ye are the light of the world.	A city that is set on an hill cannot
be hid.
		 -- Matthew 5:14
%
Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a
candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
		 -- Matthew 5:15
%
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
		 -- Matthew 5:16
%
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not
come to destroy, but to fulfil.
		 -- Matthew 5:17
%
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one
tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
		 -- Matthew 5:18
%
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall
teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven:
but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great
in the kingdom of heaven.
		 -- Matthew 5:19
%
For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the
righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter
into the kingdom of heaven.
		 -- Matthew 5:20
%
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill;
and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
		 -- Matthew 5:21
%
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a
cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his
brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say,
Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
		 -- Matthew 5:22
%
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest
that thy brother hath ought against thee;
		 -- Matthew 5:23
%
Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled
to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
		 -- Matthew 5:24
%
Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him;
lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge
deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
		 -- Matthew 5:25
%
Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till
thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
		 -- Matthew 5:26
%
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not
commit adultery:
		 -- Matthew 5:27
%
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her
hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
		 -- Matthew 5:28
%
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee:
for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish,
and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
		 -- Matthew 5:29
%
And if thy right hand offend thee, cut if off, and cast it from thee:
for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish,
and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
		 -- Matthew 5:30
%
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her
a writing of divorcement:
		 -- Matthew 5:31
%
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for
the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever
shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
		 -- Matthew 5:32
%
Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou
shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
		 -- Matthew 5:33
%
But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is
God's throne:
		 -- Matthew 5:34
%
Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it
is the city of the great King.
		 -- Matthew 5:35
%
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one
hair white or black.
		 -- Matthew 5:36
%
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is
more than these cometh of evil.
		 -- Matthew 5:37
%
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth
for a tooth:
		 -- Matthew 5:38
%
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite
thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
		 -- Matthew 5:39
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And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let
him have thy cloke also.
		 -- Matthew 5:40
%
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
		 -- Matthew 5:41
%
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee
turn not thou away.
		 -- Matthew 5:42
%
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour,
and hate thine enemy.
		 -- Matthew 5:43
%
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do
good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you,
and persecute you;
		 -- Matthew 5:44
%
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he
maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on
the just and on the unjust.
		 -- Matthew 5:45
%
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye?  do not even
the publicans the same?
		 -- Matthew 5:46
%
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others?
do not even the publicans so?
		 -- Matthew 5:47
%
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is
perfect.
		 -- Matthew 5:48
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TAKE heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them:
otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
		 -- Matthew 6:1
%
Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee,
as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they
may have glory of men.	Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
		 -- Matthew 6:2
%
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right
hand doeth:
		 -- Matthew 6:3
%
That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret
himself shall reward thee openly.
		 -- Matthew 6:4
%
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for
they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the
streets, that they may be seen of men.	Verily I say unto you, They have
their reward.
		 -- Matthew 6:5
%
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast
shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father
which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
		 -- Matthew 6:6
%
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they
think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
		 -- Matthew 6:7
%
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things
ye have need of, before ye ask him.
		 -- Matthew 6:8
%
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
		 -- Matthew 6:9
%
Thy kingdom come.  Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
		 -- Matthew 6:10
%
Give us this day our daily bread.
		 -- Matthew 6:11
%
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
		 -- Matthew 6:12
%
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is
the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.  Amen.
		 -- Matthew 6:13
%
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also
forgive you:
		 -- Matthew 6:14
%
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father
forgive your trespasses.
		 -- Matthew 6:15
%
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance:
for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast.
Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
		 -- Matthew 6:16
%
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
		 -- Matthew 6:17
%
That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in
secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
		 -- Matthew 6:18
%
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
		 -- Matthew 6:19
%
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
		 -- Matthew 6:20
%
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
		 -- Matthew 6:21
%
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single,
thy whole body shall be full of light.
		 -- Matthew 6:22
%
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness.
If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that
darkness!
		 -- Matthew 6:23
%
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and
love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.
Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
		 -- Matthew 6:24
%
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall
eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.
Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
		 -- Matthew 6:25
%
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap,
nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them.  Are ye
not much better than they?
		 -- Matthew 6:26
%
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
		 -- Matthew 6:27
%
And why take ye thought for raiment?  Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
		 -- Matthew 6:28
%
And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these.
		 -- Matthew 6:29
%
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is,
and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you,
O ye of little faith?
		 -- Matthew 6:30
%
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat?  or, What shall
we drink?  or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
		 -- Matthew 6:31
%
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly
Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
		 -- Matthew 6:32
%
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all
these things shall be added unto you.
		 -- Matthew 6:33
%
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take
thought for the things of itself.  Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof.
		 -- Matthew 6:34
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JUDGE not, that ye be not judged.
		 -- Matthew 7:1
%
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what
measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
		 -- Matthew 7:2
%
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but
considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
		 -- Matthew 7:3
%
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of
thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
		 -- Matthew 7:4
%
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then
shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
		 -- Matthew 7:5
%
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls
before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again
and rend you.
		 -- Matthew 7:6
%
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it
shall be opened unto you:
		 -- Matthew 7:7
%
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and
to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
		 -- Matthew 7:8
%
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give
him a stone?
		 -- Matthew 7:9
%
Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
		 -- Matthew 7:10
%
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children,
how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to
them that ask him?
		 -- Matthew 7:11
%
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,
do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
		 -- Matthew 7:12
%
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the
way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
		 -- Matthew 7:13
%
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto
life, and few there be that find it.
		 -- Matthew 7:14
%
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but
inwardly they are ravening wolves.
		 -- Matthew 7:15
%
Ye shall know them by their fruits.  Do men gather grapes of thorns,
or figs of thistles?
		 -- Matthew 7:16
%
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree
bringeth forth evil fruit.
		 -- Matthew 7:17
%
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree
bring forth good fruit.
		 -- Matthew 7:18
%
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast
into the fire.
		 -- Matthew 7:19
%
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
		 -- Matthew 7:20
%
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom
of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
		 -- Matthew 7:21
%
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in
thy name?  and in thy name have cast out devils?  and in thy name done
many wonderful works?
		 -- Matthew 7:22
%
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me,
ye that work iniquity.
		 -- Matthew 7:23
%
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them,
I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
		 -- Matthew 7:24
%
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and
beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
		 -- Matthew 7:25
%
And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not,
shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
		 -- Matthew 7:26
%
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and
beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
		 -- Matthew 7:27
%
And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were
astonished at his doctrine:
		 -- Matthew 7:28
%
For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
		 -- Matthew 7:29
%
WHEN he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
		 -- Matthew 8:1
%
And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if
thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
		 -- Matthew 8:2
%
And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be
thou clean.  And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
		 -- Matthew 8:3
%
And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew
thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a
testimony unto them.
		 -- Matthew 8:4
%
And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a
centurion, beseeching him,
		 -- Matthew 8:5
%
And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously
tormented.
		 -- Matthew 8:6
%
And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
		 -- Matthew 8:7
%
The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou
shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant
shall be healed.
		 -- Matthew 8:8
%
For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to
this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to
my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
		 -- Matthew 8:9
%
When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed,
Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
		 -- Matthew 8:10
%
And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall
sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
		 -- Matthew 8:11
%
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness:
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
		 -- Matthew 8:12
%
And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed,
so be it done unto thee.  And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
		 -- Matthew 8:13
%
And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid,
and sick of a fever.
		 -- Matthew 8:14
%
And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and
ministered unto them.
		 -- Matthew 8:15
%
When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed
with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all
that were sick:
		 -- Matthew 8:16
%
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet,
saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
		 -- Matthew 8:17
%
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to
depart unto the other side.
		 -- Matthew 8:18
%
And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee
whithersoever thou goest.
		 -- Matthew 8:19
%
And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the
air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
		 -- Matthew 8:20
%
And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go
and bury my father.
		 -- Matthew 8:21
%
But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
		 -- Matthew 8:22
%
And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.
		 -- Matthew 8:23
%
And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the
ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
		 -- Matthew 8:24
%
And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us:
we perish.
		 -- Matthew 8:25
%
And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?  Then he
arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
		 -- Matthew 8:26
%
But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even
the winds and the sea obey him!
		 -- Matthew 8:27
%
And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes,
there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs,
exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
		 -- Matthew 8:28
%
And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus,
thou Son of God?  art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
		 -- Matthew 8:29
%
And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
		 -- Matthew 8:30
%
So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to
go away into the herd of swine.
		 -- Matthew 8:31
%
And he said unto them, Go.  And when they were come out, they went into
the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently
down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
		 -- Matthew 8:32
%
And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and
told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.
		 -- Matthew 8:33
%
And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him,
they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.
		 -- Matthew 8:34
%
AND he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.
		 -- Matthew 9:1
%
And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a
bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son,
be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
		 -- Matthew 9:2
%
And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man
blasphemeth.
		 -- Matthew 9:3
%
And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in
your hearts?
		 -- Matthew 9:4
%
For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say,
Arise, and walk?
		 -- Matthew 9:5
%
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive
sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed,
and go unto thine house.
		 -- Matthew 9:6
%
And he arose, and departed to his house.
		 -- Matthew 9:7
%
But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God,
which had given such power unto men.
		 -- Matthew 9:8
%
And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew,
sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me.
And he arose, and followed him.
		 -- Matthew 9:9
%
And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many
publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
		 -- Matthew 9:10
%
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth
your Master with publicans and sinners?
		 -- Matthew 9:11
%
But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need
not a physician, but they that are sick.
		 -- Matthew 9:12
%
But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not
sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to
repentance.
		 -- Matthew 9:13
%
Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the
Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
		 -- Matthew 9:14
%
And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn,
as long as the bridegroom is with them?  but the days will come, when
the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
		 -- Matthew 9:15
%
No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is
put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
		 -- Matthew 9:16
%
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break,
and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine
into new bottles, and both are preserved.
		 -- Matthew 9:17
%
While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler,
and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and
lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
		 -- Matthew 9:18
%
And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.
		 -- Matthew 9:19
%
And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve
years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
		 -- Matthew 9:20
%
For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall
be whole.
		 -- Matthew 9:21
%
But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter,
be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was
made whole from that hour.
		 -- Matthew 9:22
%
And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and
the people making a noise,
		 -- Matthew 9:23
%
He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth.
And they laughed him to scorn.
		 -- Matthew 9:24
%
But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand,
and the maid arose.
		 -- Matthew 9:25
%
And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.
		 -- Matthew 9:26
%
And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying,
and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.
		 -- Matthew 9:27
%
And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus
saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this?	They said unto
him, Yea, Lord.
		 -- Matthew 9:28
%
Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it
unto you.
		 -- Matthew 9:29
%
And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying,
See that no man know it.
		 -- Matthew 9:30
%
But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that
country.
		 -- Matthew 9:31
%
As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with
a devil.
		 -- Matthew 9:32
%
And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes
marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
		 -- Matthew 9:33
%
But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of
the devils.
		 -- Matthew 9:34
%
And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their
synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every
sickness and every disease among the people.
		 -- Matthew 9:35
%
But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them,
because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no
shepherd.
		 -- Matthew 9:36
%
Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but
the labourers are few;
		 -- Matthew 9:37
%
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth
labourers into his harvest.
		 -- Matthew 9:38
%
AND when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power
against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of
sickness and all manner of disease.
		 -- Matthew 10:1
%
Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon,
who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee,
and John his brother;
		 -- Matthew 10:2
%
Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the
son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
		 -- Matthew 10:3
%
Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
		 -- Matthew 10:4
%
These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into
the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
		 -- Matthew 10:5
%
But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
		 -- Matthew 10:6
%
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
		 -- Matthew 10:7
%
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils:
freely ye have received, freely give.
		 -- Matthew 10:8
%
Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
		 -- Matthew 10:9
%
Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet
staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
		 -- Matthew 10:10
%
And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is
worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
		 -- Matthew 10:11
%
And when ye come into an house, salute it.
		 -- Matthew 10:12
%
And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be
not worthy, let your peace return to you.
		 -- Matthew 10:13
%
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart
out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
		 -- Matthew 10:14
%
Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom
and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
		 -- Matthew 10:15
%
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore
wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
		 -- Matthew 10:16
%
But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and
they will scourge you in their synagogues;
		 -- Matthew 10:17
%
And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a
testimony against them and the Gentiles.
		 -- Matthew 10:18
%
But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak:
for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
		 -- Matthew 10:19
%
For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh
in you.
		 -- Matthew 10:20
%
And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father
the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and
cause them to be put to death.
		 -- Matthew 10:21
%
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth
to the end shall be saved.
		 -- Matthew 10:22
%
But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for
verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel,
till the Son of man be come.
		 -- Matthew 10:23
%
The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
		 -- Matthew 10:24
%
It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant
as his lord.  If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub,
how much more shall they call them of his household?
		 -- Matthew 10:25
%
Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not
be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
		 -- Matthew 10:26
%
What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear
in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
		 -- Matthew 10:27
%
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul:
but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
		 -- Matthew 10:28
%
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing?  and one of them shall not
fall on the ground without your Father.
		 -- Matthew 10:29
%
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
		 -- Matthew 10:30
%
Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
		 -- Matthew 10:31
%
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also
before my Father which is in heaven.
		 -- Matthew 10:32
%
But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my
Father which is in heaven.
		 -- Matthew 10:33
%
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace,
but a sword.
		 -- Matthew 10:34
%
For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the
daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother
in law.
		 -- Matthew 10:35
%
And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
		 -- Matthew 10:36
%
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and
he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
		 -- Matthew 10:37
%
And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy
of me.
		 -- Matthew 10:38
%
He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for
my sake shall find it.
		 -- Matthew 10:39
%
He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth
him that sent me.
		 -- Matthew 10:40
%
He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a
prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of
a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.
		 -- Matthew 10:41
%
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup
of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you,
he shall in no wise lose his reward.
		 -- Matthew 10:42
%
AND it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve
disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.
		 -- Matthew 11:1
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Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two
of his disciples,
		 -- Matthew 11:2
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And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for
another?
		 -- Matthew 11:3
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Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things
which ye do hear and see:
		 -- Matthew 11:4
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The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed,
and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel
preached to them.
		 -- Matthew 11:5
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And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
		 -- Matthew 11:6
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And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning
John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see?  A reed shaken with
the wind?
		 -- Matthew 11:7
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But what went ye out for to see?  A man clothed in soft raiment?  behold,
they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
		 -- Matthew 11:8
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But what went ye out for to see?  A prophet?  yea, I say unto you,
and more than a prophet.
		 -- Matthew 11:9
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For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before
thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
		 -- Matthew 11:10
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Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not
risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least
in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
		 -- Matthew 11:11
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And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven
suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
		 -- Matthew 11:12
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For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
		 -- Matthew 11:13
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And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
		 -- Matthew 11:14
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He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
		 -- Matthew 11:15
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But whereunto shall I liken this generation?  It is like unto children
sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
		 -- Matthew 11:16
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And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have
mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
		 -- Matthew 11:17
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For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
		 -- Matthew 11:18
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The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man
gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.
But wisdom is justified of her children.
		 -- Matthew 11:19
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Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works
were done, because they repented not:
		 -- Matthew 11:20
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Woe unto thee, Chorazin!  woe unto thee, Bethsaida!  for if the mighty
works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they
would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
		 -- Matthew 11:21
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But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at
the day of judgment, than for you.
		 -- Matthew 11:22
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And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought
down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee,
had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
		 -- Matthew 11:23
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But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of
Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
		 -- Matthew 11:24
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At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of
heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and
prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
		 -- Matthew 11:25
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Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
		 -- Matthew 11:26
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All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the
Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son,
and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
		 -- Matthew 11:27
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Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest.
		 -- Matthew 11:28
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Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart:
and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
		 -- Matthew 11:29
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For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
		 -- Matthew 11:30
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AT that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his
disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and
to eat.
		 -- Matthew 12:1
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But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples
do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
		 -- Matthew 12:2
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But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an
hungred, and they that were with him;
		 -- Matthew 12:3
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How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which
was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him,
but only for the priests?
		 -- Matthew 12:4
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Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests
in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
		 -- Matthew 12:5
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But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
		 -- Matthew 12:6
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But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not
sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
		 -- Matthew 12:7
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For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
		 -- Matthew 12:8
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And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
		 -- Matthew 12:9
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And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered.  And they asked
him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days?	that they might
accuse him.
		 -- Matthew 12:10
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And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall
have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he
not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
		 -- Matthew 12:11
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How much then is a man better than a sheep?  Wherefore it is lawful to
do well on the sabbath days.
		 -- Matthew 12:12
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Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand.  And he stretched
it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
		 -- Matthew 12:13
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Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they
might destroy him.
		 -- Matthew 12:14
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But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great
multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
		 -- Matthew 12:15
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And charged them that they should not make him known:
		 -- Matthew 12:16
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That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying.
		 -- Matthew 12:17
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Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is
well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment
to the Gentiles.
		 -- Matthew 12:18
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He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in
the streets.
		 -- Matthew 12:19
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A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench,
till he send forth judgment unto victory.
		 -- Matthew 12:20
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And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
		 -- Matthew 12:21
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Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb:
and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
		 -- Matthew 12:22
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And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
		 -- Matthew 12:23
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But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast
out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
		 -- Matthew 12:24
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And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided
against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided
against itself shall not stand:
		 -- Matthew 12:25
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And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall
then his kingdom stand?
		 -- Matthew 12:26
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And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast
them out?  therefore they shall be your judges.
		 -- Matthew 12:27
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But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God
is come unto you.
		 -- Matthew 12:28
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Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods,
except he first bind the strong man?  and then he will spoil his house.
		 -- Matthew 12:29
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He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me
scattereth abroad.
		 -- Matthew 12:30
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Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be
forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not
be forgiven unto men.
		 -- Matthew 12:31
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And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be
forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall
not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
		 -- Matthew 12:32
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Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree
corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
		 -- Matthew 12:33
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O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things?
for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
		 -- Matthew 12:34
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A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good
things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil
things.
		 -- Matthew 12:35
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But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they
shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
		 -- Matthew 12:36
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For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt
be condemned.
		 -- Matthew 12:37
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Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying,
Master, we would see a sign from thee.
		 -- Matthew 12:38
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But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation
seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the
sign of the prophet Jonas:
		 -- Matthew 12:39
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For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly;
so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of
the earth.
		 -- Matthew 12:40
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The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and
shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and,
behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
		 -- Matthew 12:41
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The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation,
and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the
earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon
is here.
		 -- Matthew 12:42
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When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry
places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
		 -- Matthew 12:43
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Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out;
and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
		 -- Matthew 12:44
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Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked
than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of
that man is worse than the first.  Even so shall it be also unto this
wicked generation.
		 -- Matthew 12:45
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While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren
stood without, desiring to speak with him.
		 -- Matthew 12:46
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Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without,
desiring to speak with thee.
		 -- Matthew 12:47
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But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother?
and who are my brethren?
		 -- Matthew 12:48
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And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold
my mother and my brethren!
		 -- Matthew 12:49
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For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the
same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
		 -- Matthew 12:50
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THE same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
		 -- Matthew 13:1
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And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went
into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
		 -- Matthew 13:2
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And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower
went forth to sow;
		 -- Matthew 13:3
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And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came
and devoured them up:
		 -- Matthew 13:4
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Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith
they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
		 -- Matthew 13:5
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And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root,
they withered away.
		 -- Matthew 13:6
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And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
		 -- Matthew 13:7
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But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an
hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
		 -- Matthew 13:8
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Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
		 -- Matthew 13:9
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And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them
in parables?
		 -- Matthew 13:10
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He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know
the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
		 -- Matthew 13:11
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For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more
abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even
that he hath.
		 -- Matthew 13:12
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Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not;
and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
		 -- Matthew 13:13
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And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing
ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and
shall not perceive:
		 -- Matthew 13:14
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For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of
hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should
see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand
with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
		 -- Matthew 13:15
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But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
		 -- Matthew 13:16
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For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have
desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and
to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
		 -- Matthew 13:17
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Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
		 -- Matthew 13:18
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When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not,
then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in
his heart.  This is he which received seed by the way side.
		 -- Matthew 13:19
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But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that
heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
		 -- Matthew 13:20
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Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when
tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he
is offended.
		 -- Matthew 13:21
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He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word;
and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the
word, and he becometh unfruitful.
		 -- Matthew 13:22
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But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the
word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth,
some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
		 -- Matthew 13:23
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Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven
is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
		 -- Matthew 13:24
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But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat,
and went his way.
		 -- Matthew 13:25
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But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared
the tares also.
		 -- Matthew 13:26
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So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst
not thou sow good seed in thy field?  from whence then hath it tares?
		 -- Matthew 13:27
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He said unto them, An enemy hath done this.  The servants said unto him,
Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
		 -- Matthew 13:28
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But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also
the wheat with them.
		 -- Matthew 13:29
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Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I
will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind
them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
		 -- Matthew 13:30
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Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is
like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
		 -- Matthew 13:31
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Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the
greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air
come and lodge in the branches thereof.
		 -- Matthew 13:32
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Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto
leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the
whole was leavened.
		 -- Matthew 13:33
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All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without
a parable spake he not unto them:
		 -- Matthew 13:34
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That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,
I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been
kept secret from the foundation of the world.
		 -- Matthew 13:35
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Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his
disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the
tares of the field.
		 -- Matthew 13:36
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He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son
of man;
		 -- Matthew 13:37
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The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom;
but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
		 -- Matthew 13:38
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The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the
world; and the reapers are the angels.
		 -- Matthew 13:39
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As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it
be in the end of this world.
		 -- Matthew 13:40
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The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out
of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
		 -- Matthew 13:41
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And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and
gnashing of teeth.
		 -- Matthew 13:42
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Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of
their Father.  Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
		 -- Matthew 13:43
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Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the
which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and
selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
		 -- Matthew 13:44
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Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking
goodly pearls:
		 -- Matthew 13:45
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Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that
he had, and bought it.
		 -- Matthew 13:46
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Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the
sea, and gathered of every kind:
		 -- Matthew 13:47
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Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered
the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
		 -- Matthew 13:48
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So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth,
and sever the wicked from among the just,
		 -- Matthew 13:49
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And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing
and gnashing of teeth.
		 -- Matthew 13:50
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Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things?  They say
unto him, Yea, Lord.
		 -- Matthew 13:51
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Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto
the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which
bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
		 -- Matthew 13:52
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And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he
departed thence.
		 -- Matthew 13:53
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And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their
synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath
this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?
		 -- Matthew 13:54
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Is not this the carpenter's son?  is not his mother called Mary?  and his
brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
		 -- Matthew 13:55
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And his sisters, are they not all with us?  Whence then hath this man
all these things?
		 -- Matthew 13:56
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And they were offended in him.	But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is
not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
		 -- Matthew 13:57
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And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
		 -- Matthew 13:58
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AT that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,
		 -- Matthew 14:1
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And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from
the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
		 -- Matthew 14:2
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For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison
for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.
		 -- Matthew 14:3
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For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
		 -- Matthew 14:4
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And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude,
because they counted him as a prophet.
		 -- Matthew 14:5
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But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced
before them, and pleased Herod.
		 -- Matthew 14:6
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Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.
		 -- Matthew 14:7
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And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John
Baptist's head in a charger.
		 -- Matthew 14:8
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And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which
sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.
		 -- Matthew 14:9
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And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
		 -- Matthew 14:10
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And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she
brought it to her mother.
		 -- Matthew 14:11
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And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went
and told Jesus.
		 -- Matthew 14:12
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When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place
apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot
out of the cities.
		 -- Matthew 14:13
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And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with
compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
		 -- Matthew 14:14
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And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a
desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that
they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
		 -- Matthew 14:15
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But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.
		 -- Matthew 14:16
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And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
		 -- Matthew 14:17
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He said, Bring them hither to me.
		 -- Matthew 14:18
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And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the
five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed,
and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to
the multitude.
		 -- Matthew 14:19
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And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments
that remained twelve baskets full.
		 -- Matthew 14:20
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And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women
and children.
		 -- Matthew 14:21
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And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and
to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
		 -- Matthew 14:22
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And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain
apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
		 -- Matthew 14:23
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But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for
the wind was contrary.
		 -- Matthew 14:24
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And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on
the sea.
		 -- Matthew 14:25
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And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled,
saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
		 -- Matthew 14:26
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But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I;
be not afraid.
		 -- Matthew 14:27
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And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto
thee on the water.
		 -- Matthew 14:28
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And he said, Come.  And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he
walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
		 -- Matthew 14:29
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But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink,
he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
		 -- Matthew 14:30
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And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said
unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
		 -- Matthew 14:31
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And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.
		 -- Matthew 14:32
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Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a
truth thou art the Son of God.
		 -- Matthew 14:33
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And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.
		 -- Matthew 14:34
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And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into
all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;
		 -- Matthew 14:35
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And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment:
and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
		 -- Matthew 14:36
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THEN came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
		 -- Matthew 15:1
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Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders?  for they
wash not their hands when they eat bread.
		 -- Matthew 15:2
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But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the
commandment of God by your tradition?
		 -- Matthew 15:3
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For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that
curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
		 -- Matthew 15:4
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But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift,
by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
		 -- Matthew 15:5
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And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free.  Thus have
ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
		 -- Matthew 15:6
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Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
		 -- Matthew 15:7
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This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with
their lips; but their heart is far from me.
		 -- Matthew 15:8
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But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments
of men.
		 -- Matthew 15:9
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And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
		 -- Matthew 15:10
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Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh
out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
		 -- Matthew 15:11
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Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the
Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
		 -- Matthew 15:12
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But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath
not planted, shall be rooted up.
		 -- Matthew 15:13
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Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind.  And if the blind
lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
		 -- Matthew 15:14
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Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
		 -- Matthew 15:15
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And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
		 -- Matthew 15:16
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Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth
into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
		 -- Matthew 15:17
%
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart;
and they defile the man.
		 -- Matthew 15:18
%
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries,
fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
		 -- Matthew 15:19
%
These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands
defileth not a man.
		 -- Matthew 15:20
%
Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
		 -- Matthew 15:21
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And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried
unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter
is grievously vexed with a devil.
		 -- Matthew 15:22
%
But he answered her not a word.  And his disciples came and besought him,
saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
		 -- Matthew 15:23
%
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the
house of Israel.
		 -- Matthew 15:24
%
Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
		 -- Matthew 15:25
%
But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread,
and to cast it to dogs.
		 -- Matthew 15:26
%
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall
from their masters' table.
		 -- Matthew 15:27
%
Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be
it unto thee even as thou wilt.  And her daughter was made whole from
that very hour.
		 -- Matthew 15:28
%
And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee;
and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
		 -- Matthew 15:29
%
And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame,
blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet;
and he healed them:
		 -- Matthew 15:30
%
Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak,
the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they
glorified the God of Israel.
		 -- Matthew 15:31
%
Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on
the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have
nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint
in the way.
		 -- Matthew 15:32
%
And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in
the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
		 -- Matthew 15:33
%
And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye?  And they said,
Seven, and a few little fishes.
		 -- Matthew 15:34
%
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
		 -- Matthew 15:35
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And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake
them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
		 -- Matthew 15:36
%
And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken
meat that was left seven baskets full.
		 -- Matthew 15:37
%
And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
		 -- Matthew 15:38
%
And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts
of Magdala.
		 -- Matthew 15:39
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THE Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him
that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
		 -- Matthew 16:1
%
He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be
fair weather: for the sky is red.
		 -- Matthew 16:2
%
And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red
and lowring, O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but
can ye not discern the signs of the times?
		 -- Matthew 16:3
%
A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there
shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas.
And he left them, and departed.
		 -- Matthew 16:4
%
And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten
to take bread.
		 -- Matthew 16:5
%
Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the
Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
		 -- Matthew 16:6
%
And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken
no bread.
		 -- Matthew 16:7
%
Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith,
why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
		 -- Matthew 16:8
%
Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five
thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
		 -- Matthew 16:9
%
Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye
took up?
		 -- Matthew 16:10
%
How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning
bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of
the Sadducees?
		 -- Matthew 16:11
%
Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of
bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
		 -- Matthew 16:12
%
When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his
disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
		 -- Matthew 16:13
%
And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias;
and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
		 -- Matthew 16:14
%
He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
		 -- Matthew 16:15
%
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the
living God.
		 -- Matthew 16:16
%
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona:
for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which
is in heaven.
		 -- Matthew 16:17
%
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will
build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
		 -- Matthew 16:18
%
And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and
whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and
whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
		 -- Matthew 16:19
%
Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was
Jesus the Christ.
		 -- Matthew 16:20
%
From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he
must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief
priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
		 -- Matthew 16:21
%
Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee,
Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
		 -- Matthew 16:22
%
But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art
an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God,
but those that be of men.
		 -- Matthew 16:23
%
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me,
let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
		 -- Matthew 16:24
%
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose
his life for my sake shall find it.
		 -- Matthew 16:25
%
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose
his own soul?  or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
		 -- Matthew 16:26
%
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels;
and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
		 -- Matthew 16:27
%
Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not
taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
		 -- Matthew 16:28
%
AND after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother,
and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
		 -- Matthew 17:1
%
And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun,
and his raiment was white as the light.
		 -- Matthew 17:2
%
And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.
		 -- Matthew 17:3
%
Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be
here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee,
and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
		 -- Matthew 17:4
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While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold
a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom
I am well pleased; hear ye him.
		 -- Matthew 17:5
%
And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were
sore afraid.
		 -- Matthew 17:6
%
And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
		 -- Matthew 17:7
%
And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.
		 -- Matthew 17:8
%
And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell
the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
		 -- Matthew 17:9
%
And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias
must first come?
		 -- Matthew 17:10
%
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come,
and restore all things.
		 -- Matthew 17:11
%
But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not,
but have done unto him whatsoever they listed.	Likewise shall also the
Son of man suffer of them.
		 -- Matthew 17:12
%
Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
		 -- Matthew 17:13
%
And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man,
kneeling down to him, and saying,
		 -- Matthew 17:14
%
Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for
ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
		 -- Matthew 17:15
%
And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
		 -- Matthew 17:16
%
Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation,
how long shall I be with you?  how long shall I suffer you?  bring him
hither to me.
		 -- Matthew 17:17
%
And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child
was cured from that very hour.
		 -- Matthew 17:18
%
Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast
him out?
		 -- Matthew 17:19
%
And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say
unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say
unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove;
and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
		 -- Matthew 17:20
%
Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
		 -- Matthew 17:21
%
And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man
shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
		 -- Matthew 17:22
%
And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again.
And they were exceeding sorry.
		 -- Matthew 17:23
%
And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money
came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?
		 -- Matthew 17:24
%
He saith, Yes.	And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him,
saying, What thinkest thou, Simon?  of whom do the kings of the earth
take custom or tribute?  of their own children, or of strangers?
		 -- Matthew 17:25
%
Peter saith unto him, Of strangers.  Jesus saith unto him, Then are the
children free.
		 -- Matthew 17:26
%
Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and
cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou
hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take,
and give unto them for me and thee.
		 -- Matthew 17:27
%
AT the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the
greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
		 -- Matthew 18:1
%
And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst
of them,
		 -- Matthew 18:2
%
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as
little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
		 -- Matthew 18:3
%
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same
is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
		 -- Matthew 18:4
%
And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
		 -- Matthew 18:5
%
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me,
it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck,
and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
		 -- Matthew 18:6
%
Woe unto the world because of offences!  for it must needs be that
offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
		 -- Matthew 18:7
%
Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast
them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed,
rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
		 -- Matthew 18:8
%
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it
is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having
two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
		 -- Matthew 18:9
%
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto
you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father
which is in heaven.
		 -- Matthew 18:10
%
For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
		 -- Matthew 18:11
%
How think ye?  if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be
gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the
mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
		 -- Matthew 18:12
%
And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more
of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
		 -- Matthew 18:13
%
Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one
of these little ones should perish.
		 -- Matthew 18:14
%
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him
his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast
gained thy brother.
		 -- Matthew 18:15
%
But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more,
that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
		 -- Matthew 18:16
%
And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if
he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man
and a publican.
		 -- Matthew 18:17
%
Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in
heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
		 -- Matthew 18:18
%
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching
any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father
which is in heaven.
		 -- Matthew 18:19
%
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in
the midst of them.
		 -- Matthew 18:20
%
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin
against me, and I forgive him?	till seven times?
		 -- Matthew 18:21
%
Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but,
Until seventy times seven.
		 -- Matthew 18:22
%
Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which
would take account of his servants.
		 -- Matthew 18:23
%
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed
him ten thousand talents.
		 -- Matthew 18:24
%
But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold,
and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
		 -- Matthew 18:25
%
The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord,
have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
		 -- Matthew 18:26
%
Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him,
and forgave him the debt.
		 -- Matthew 18:27
%
But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants,
which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him
by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
		 -- Matthew 18:28
%
And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying,
Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
		 -- Matthew 18:29
%
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay
the debt.
		 -- Matthew 18:30
%
So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry,
and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
		 -- Matthew 18:31
%
Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked
servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
		 -- Matthew 18:32
%
Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even
as I had pity on thee?
		 -- Matthew 18:33
%
And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he
should pay all that was due unto him.
		 -- Matthew 18:34
%
So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your
hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
		 -- Matthew 18:35
%
AND it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he
departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;
		 -- Matthew 19:1
%
And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
		 -- Matthew 19:2
%
The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him,
Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
		 -- Matthew 19:3
%
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made
them at the beginning made them male and female,
		 -- Matthew 19:4
%
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall
cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
		 -- Matthew 19:5
%
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh.  What therefore God
hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
		 -- Matthew 19:6
%
They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of
divorcement, and to put her away?
		 -- Matthew 19:7
%
He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered
you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
		 -- Matthew 19:8
%
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for
fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso
marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
		 -- Matthew 19:9
%
His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife,
it is not good to marry.
		 -- Matthew 19:10
%
But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to
whom it is given.
		 -- Matthew 19:11
%
For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's
womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and
there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of
heaven's sake.	He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
		 -- Matthew 19:12
%
Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put
his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
		 -- Matthew 19:13
%
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come
unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
		 -- Matthew 19:14
%
And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.
		 -- Matthew 19:15
%
And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing
shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
		 -- Matthew 19:16
%
And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good?  there is none good
but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the
commandments.
		 -- Matthew 19:17
%
He saith unto him, Which?  Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou
shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear
false witness,
		 -- Matthew 19:18
%
Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour
as thyself.
		 -- Matthew 19:19
%
The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth
up: what lack I yet?
		 -- Matthew 19:20
%
Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast,
and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come
and follow me.
		 -- Matthew 19:21
%
But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for
he had great possessions.
		 -- Matthew 19:22
%
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich
man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
		 -- Matthew 19:23
%
And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the
eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
		 -- Matthew 19:24
%
When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying,
Who then can be saved?
		 -- Matthew 19:25
%
But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible;
but with God all things are possible.
		 -- Matthew 19:26
%
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all,
and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
		 -- Matthew 19:27
%
And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have
followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the
throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the
twelve tribes of Israel.
		 -- Matthew 19:28
%
And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or
father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake,
shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
		 -- Matthew 19:29
%
But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.
		 -- Matthew 19:30
%
FOR the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder,
which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
		 -- Matthew 20:1
%
And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent
them into his vineyard.
		 -- Matthew 20:2
%
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in
the marketplace,
		 -- Matthew 20:3
%
And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is
right I will give you.	And they went their way.
		 -- Matthew 20:4
%
Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
		 -- Matthew 20:5
%
And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle,
and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
		 -- Matthew 20:6
%
They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us.  He saith unto them, Go
ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.
		 -- Matthew 20:7
%
So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward,
Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last
unto the first.
		 -- Matthew 20:8
%
And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received
every man a penny.
		 -- Matthew 20:9
%
But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received
more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
		 -- Matthew 20:10
%
And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of
the house,
		 -- Matthew 20:11
%
Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them
equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
		 -- Matthew 20:12
%
But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong:
didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
		 -- Matthew 20:13
%
Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as
unto thee.
		 -- Matthew 20:14
%
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own?  Is thine eye
evil, because I am good?
		 -- Matthew 20:15
%
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called,
but few chosen.
		 -- Matthew 20:16
%
And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the
way, and said unto them,
		 -- Matthew 20:17
%
Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed
unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him
to death,
		 -- Matthew 20:18
%
And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to
crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
		 -- Matthew 20:19
%
Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons,
worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
		 -- Matthew 20:20
%
And he said unto her, What wilt thou?  She saith unto him, Grant that
these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on
the left, in thy kingdom.
		 -- Matthew 20:21
%
But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask.  Are ye able to
drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the
baptism that I am baptized with?  They say unto him, We are able.
		 -- Matthew 20:22
%
And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized
with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand,
and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for
whom it is prepared of my Father.
		 -- Matthew 20:23
%
And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the
two brethren.
		 -- Matthew 20:24
%
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the
Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise
authority upon them.
		 -- Matthew 20:25
%
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you,
let him be your minister;
		 -- Matthew 20:26
%
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
		 -- Matthew 20:27
%
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister,
and to give his life a ransom for many.
		 -- Matthew 20:28
%
And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
		 -- Matthew 20:29
%
And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that
Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son
of David.
		 -- Matthew 20:30
%
And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but
they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
		 -- Matthew 20:31
%
And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I
shall do unto you?
		 -- Matthew 20:32
%
They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
		 -- Matthew 20:33
%
So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately
their eyes received sight, and they followed him.
		 -- Matthew 20:34
%
AND when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage,
unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
		 -- Matthew 21:1
%
Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway
ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring
them unto me.
		 -- Matthew 21:2
%
And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of
them; and straightway he will send them.
		 -- Matthew 21:3
%
All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the
prophet, saying,
		 -- Matthew 21:4
%
Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek,
and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
		 -- Matthew 21:5
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And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
		 -- Matthew 21:6
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And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and
they set him thereon.
		 -- Matthew 21:7
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And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut
down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
		 -- Matthew 21:8
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And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying,
Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of
the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
		 -- Matthew 21:9
%
And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying,
Who is this?
		 -- Matthew 21:10
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And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
		 -- Matthew 21:11
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And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold
and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers,
and the seats of them that sold doves,
		 -- Matthew 21:12
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And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house
of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
		 -- Matthew 21:13
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And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
		 -- Matthew 21:14
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And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he
did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the
Son of David; they were sore displeased,
		 -- Matthew 21:15
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And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say?  And Jesus saith unto
them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings
thou hast perfected praise?
		 -- Matthew 21:16
%
And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged
there.
		 -- Matthew 21:17
%
Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
		 -- Matthew 21:18
%
And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing
thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee
henceforward for ever.	And presently the fig tree withered away.
		 -- Matthew 21:19
%
And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the
fig tree withered away!
		 -- Matthew 21:20
%
Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have
faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the
fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed,
and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
		 -- Matthew 21:21
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And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall
receive.
		 -- Matthew 21:22
%
And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of
the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority
doest thou these things?  and who gave thee this authority?
		 -- Matthew 21:23
%
And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing,
which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I
do these things.
		 -- Matthew 21:24
%
The baptism of John, whence was it?  from heaven, or of men?  And they
reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will
say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
		 -- Matthew 21:25
%
But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as
a prophet.
		 -- Matthew 21:26
%
And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell.  And he said unto them,
Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
		 -- Matthew 21:27
%
But what think ye?  A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first,
and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
		 -- Matthew 21:28
%
He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
		 -- Matthew 21:29
%
And he came to the second, and said likewise.  And he answered and said,
I go, sir: and went not.
		 -- Matthew 21:30
%
Whether of them twain did the will of his father?  They say unto him,
The first.  Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the
publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
		 -- Matthew 21:31
%
For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him
not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye
had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
		 -- Matthew 21:32
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Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a
vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and
built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
		 -- Matthew 21:33
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And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the
husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
		 -- Matthew 21:34
%
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another,
and stoned another.
		 -- Matthew 21:35
%
Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto
them likewise.
		 -- Matthew 21:36
%
But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence
my son.
		 -- Matthew 21:37
%
But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This
is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
		 -- Matthew 21:38
%
And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
		 -- Matthew 21:39
%
When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto
those husbandmen?
		 -- Matthew 21:40
%
They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will
let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the
fruits in their seasons.
		 -- Matthew 21:41
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Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone
which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner:
this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
		 -- Matthew 21:42
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Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you,
and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
		 -- Matthew 21:43
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And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever
it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
		 -- Matthew 21:44
%
And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they
perceived that he spake of them.
		 -- Matthew 21:45
%
But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude,
because they took him for a prophet.
		 -- Matthew 21:46
%
AND Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
		 -- Matthew 22:1
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The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage
for his son,
		 -- Matthew 22:2
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And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding:
and they would not come.
		 -- Matthew 22:3
%
Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden,
Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed,
and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
		 -- Matthew 22:4
%
But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another
to his merchandise:
		 -- Matthew 22:5
%
And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and
slew them.
		 -- Matthew 22:6
%
But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his
armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
		 -- Matthew 22:7
%
Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were
bidden were not worthy.
		 -- Matthew 22:8
%
Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to
the marriage.
		 -- Matthew 22:9
%
So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all
as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished
with guests.
		 -- Matthew 22:10
%
And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which
had not on a wedding garment:
		 -- Matthew 22:11
%
And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a
wedding garment?  And he was speechless.
		 -- Matthew 22:12
%
Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take
him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.
		 -- Matthew 22:13
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For many are called, but few are chosen.
		 -- Matthew 22:14
%
Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him
in his talk.
		 -- Matthew 22:15
%
And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying,
Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth,
neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
		 -- Matthew 22:16
%
Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou?	Is it lawful to give tribute
unto Caesar, or not?
		 -- Matthew 22:17
%
But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me,
ye hypocrites?
		 -- Matthew 22:18
%
Shew me the tribute money.  And they brought unto him a penny.
		 -- Matthew 22:19
%
And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
		 -- Matthew 22:20
%
They say unto him, Caesar's.  Then saith he unto them, Render therefore
unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that
are God's.
		 -- Matthew 22:21
%
When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went
their way.
		 -- Matthew 22:22
%
The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no
resurrection, and asked him,
		 -- Matthew 22:23
%
Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother
shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
		 -- Matthew 22:24
%
Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married
a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
		 -- Matthew 22:25
%
Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
		 -- Matthew 22:26
%
And last of all the woman died also.
		 -- Matthew 22:27
%
Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven?
for they all had her.
		 -- Matthew 22:28
%
Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures,
nor the power of God.
		 -- Matthew 22:29
%
For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage,
but are as the angels of God in heaven.
		 -- Matthew 22:30
%
But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that
which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
		 -- Matthew 22:31
%
I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
		 -- Matthew 22:32
%
And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.
		 -- Matthew 22:33
%
But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence,
they were gathered together.
		 -- Matthew 22:34
%
Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him,
and saying,
		 -- Matthew 22:35
%
Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
		 -- Matthew 22:36
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Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
		 -- Matthew 22:37
%
This is the first and great commandment.
		 -- Matthew 22:38
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And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
		 -- Matthew 22:39
%
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
		 -- Matthew 22:40
%
While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
		 -- Matthew 22:41
%
Saying, What think ye of Christ?  whose son is he?  They say unto him,
The Son of David.
		 -- Matthew 22:42
%
He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
		 -- Matthew 22:43
%
The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine
enemies thy footstool?
		 -- Matthew 22:44
%
If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
		 -- Matthew 22:45
%
And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from
that day forth ask him any more questions.
		 -- Matthew 22:46
%
THEN spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
		 -- Matthew 23:1
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Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
		 -- Matthew 23:2
%
All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do;
but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
		 -- Matthew 23:3
%
For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on
men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of
their fingers.
		 -- Matthew 23:4
%
But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their
phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
		 -- Matthew 23:5
%
And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the
synagogues,
		 -- Matthew 23:6
%
And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
		 -- Matthew 23:7
%
But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and
all ye are brethren.
		 -- Matthew 23:8
%
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father,
which is in heaven.
		 -- Matthew 23:9
%
Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
		 -- Matthew 23:10
%
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
		 -- Matthew 23:11
%
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall
humble himself shall be exalted.
		 -- Matthew 23:12
%
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!  for ye shut up
the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves,
neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
		 -- Matthew 23:13
%
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!  for ye devour widows'
houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive
the greater damnation.
		 -- Matthew 23:14
%
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!  for ye compass sea
and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold
more the child of hell than yourselves.
		 -- Matthew 23:15
%
Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the
temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the
temple, he is a debtor!
		 -- Matthew 23:16
%
Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that
sanctifieth the gold?
		 -- Matthew 23:17
%
And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever
sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
		 -- Matthew 23:18
%
Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that
sanctifieth the gift?
		 -- Matthew 23:19
%
Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all
things thereon.
		 -- Matthew 23:20
%
And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that
dwelleth therein.
		 -- Matthew 23:21
%
And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and
by him that sitteth thereon.
		 -- Matthew 23:22
%
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!  for ye pay tithe of
mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of
the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and
not to leave the other undone.
		 -- Matthew 23:23
%
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
		 -- Matthew 23:24
%
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!  for ye make clean
the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of
extortion and excess.
		 -- Matthew 23:25
%
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and
platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
		 -- Matthew 23:26
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Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!  for ye are like unto
whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within
full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
		 -- Matthew 23:27
%
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are
full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
		 -- Matthew 23:28
%
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!  because ye build the
tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
		 -- Matthew 23:29
%
And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have
been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
		 -- Matthew 23:30
%
Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of
them which killed the prophets.
		 -- Matthew 23:31
%
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
		 -- Matthew 23:32
%
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation
of hell?
		 -- Matthew 23:33
%
Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes:
and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye
scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
		 -- Matthew 23:34
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That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from
the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias,
whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
		 -- Matthew 23:35
%
Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
		 -- Matthew 23:36
%
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them
which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children
together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye
would not!
		 -- Matthew 23:37
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Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
		 -- Matthew 23:38
%
For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say,
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
		 -- Matthew 23:39
%
AND Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came
to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
		 -- Matthew 24:1
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And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things?	verily I say
unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that
shall not be thrown down.
		 -- Matthew 24:2
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And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him
privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be?  and what shall
be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
		 -- Matthew 24:3
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And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
		 -- Matthew 24:4
%
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive
many.
		 -- Matthew 24:5
%
And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not
troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
		 -- Matthew 24:6
%
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers
places.
		 -- Matthew 24:7
%
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
		 -- Matthew 24:8
%
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you:
and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
		 -- Matthew 24:9
%
And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall
hate one another.
		 -- Matthew 24:10
%
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
		 -- Matthew 24:11
%
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
		 -- Matthew 24:12
%
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
		 -- Matthew 24:13
%
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for
a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
		 -- Matthew 24:14
%
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of
by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let
him understand:)
		 -- Matthew 24:15
%
Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
		 -- Matthew 24:16
%
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of
his house:
		 -- Matthew 24:17
%
Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
		 -- Matthew 24:18
%
And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in
those days!
		 -- Matthew 24:19
%
But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the
sabbath day:
		 -- Matthew 24:20
%
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning
of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
		 -- Matthew 24:21
%
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved:
but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
		 -- Matthew 24:22
%
Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there;
believe it not.
		 -- Matthew 24:23
%
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew
great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall
deceive the very elect.
		 -- Matthew 24:24
%
Behold, I have told you before.
		 -- Matthew 24:25
%
Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert;
go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
		 -- Matthew 24:26
%
For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the
west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
		 -- Matthew 24:27
%
For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.
		 -- Matthew 24:28
%
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened,
and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from
heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
		 -- Matthew 24:29
%
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then
shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of
man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
		 -- Matthew 24:30
%
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they
shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of
heaven to the other.
		 -- Matthew 24:31
%
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender,
and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
		 -- Matthew 24:32
%
So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near,
even at the doors.
		 -- Matthew 24:33
%
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these
things be fulfilled.
		 -- Matthew 24:34
%
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
		 -- Matthew 24:35
%
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven,
but my Father only.
		 -- Matthew 24:36
%
But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of
man be.
		 -- Matthew 24:37
%
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and
drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered
into the ark,
		 -- Matthew 24:38
%
And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also
the coming of the Son of man be.
		 -- Matthew 24:39
%
Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other
left.
		 -- Matthew 24:40
%
Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and
the other left.
		 -- Matthew 24:41
%
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
		 -- Matthew 24:42
%
But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch
the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered
his house to be broken up.
		 -- Matthew 24:43
%
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son
of man cometh.
		 -- Matthew 24:44
%
Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler
over his household, to give them meat in due season?
		 -- Matthew 24:45
%
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
		 -- Matthew 24:46
%
Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
		 -- Matthew 24:47
%
But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth
his coming;
		 -- Matthew 24:48
%
And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with
the drunken;
		 -- Matthew 24:49
%
The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him,
and in an hour that he is not aware of,
		 -- Matthew 24:50
%
And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the
hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
		 -- Matthew 24:51
%
THEN shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took
their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
		 -- Matthew 25:1
%
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
		 -- Matthew 25:2
%
They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
		 -- Matthew 25:3
%
But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
		 -- Matthew 25:4
%
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
		 -- Matthew 25:5
%
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh;
go ye out to meet him.
		 -- Matthew 25:6
%
Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
		 -- Matthew 25:7
%
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps
are gone out.
		 -- Matthew 25:8
%
But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us
and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
		 -- Matthew 25:9
%
And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were
ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
		 -- Matthew 25:10
%
Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
		 -- Matthew 25:11
%
But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
		 -- Matthew 25:12
%
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the
Son of man cometh.
		 -- Matthew 25:13
%
For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country,
who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
		 -- Matthew 25:14
%
And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one;
to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took
his journey.
		 -- Matthew 25:15
%
Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same,
and made them other five talents.
		 -- Matthew 25:16
%
And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
		 -- Matthew 25:17
%
But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his
lord's money.
		 -- Matthew 25:18
%
After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth
with them.
		 -- Matthew 25:19
%
And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five
talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold,
I have gained beside them five talents more.
		 -- Matthew 25:20
%
His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou
hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many
things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
		 -- Matthew 25:21
%
He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou
deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents
beside them.
		 -- Matthew 25:22
%
His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast
been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things:
enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
		 -- Matthew 25:23
%
Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew
thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and
gathering where thou hast not strawed:
		 -- Matthew 25:24
%
And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there
thou hast that is thine.
		 -- Matthew 25:25
%
His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant,
thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have
not strawed:
		 -- Matthew 25:26
%
Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then
at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
		 -- Matthew 25:27
%
Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath
ten talents.
		 -- Matthew 25:28
%
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance:
but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
		 -- Matthew 25:29
%
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall
be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
		 -- Matthew 25:30
%
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels
with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
		 -- Matthew 25:31
%
And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them
one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
		 -- Matthew 25:32
%
And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
		 -- Matthew 25:33
%
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed
of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation
of the world:
		 -- Matthew 25:34
%
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave
me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
		 -- Matthew 25:35
%
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison,
and ye came unto me.
		 -- Matthew 25:36
%
Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an
hungred, and fed thee?	or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
		 -- Matthew 25:37
%
When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in?	or naked, and clothed
thee?
		 -- Matthew 25:38
%
Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
		 -- Matthew 25:39
%
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you,
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren,
ye have done it unto me.
		 -- Matthew 25:40
%
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me,
ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
		 -- Matthew 25:41
%
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave
me no drink:
		 -- Matthew 25:42
%
I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not:
sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
		 -- Matthew 25:43
%
Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an
hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison,
and did not minister unto thee?
		 -- Matthew 25:44
%
Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as
ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
		 -- Matthew 25:45
%
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous
into life eternal.
		 -- Matthew 25:46
%
AND it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said
unto his disciples,
		 -- Matthew 26:1
%
Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son
of man is betrayed to be crucified.
		 -- Matthew 26:2
%
Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the
elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called
Caiaphas,
		 -- Matthew 26:3
%
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
		 -- Matthew 26:4
%
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among
the people.
		 -- Matthew 26:5
%
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
		 -- Matthew 26:6
%
There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious
ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
		 -- Matthew 26:7
%
But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what
purpose is this waste?
		 -- Matthew 26:8
%
For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
		 -- Matthew 26:9
%
When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman?
for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
		 -- Matthew 26:10
%
For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
		 -- Matthew 26:11
%
For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for
my burial.
		 -- Matthew 26:12
%
Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the
whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told
for a memorial of her.
		 -- Matthew 26:13
%
Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief
priests,
		 -- Matthew 26:14
%
And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you?
And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
		 -- Matthew 26:15
%
And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
		 -- Matthew 26:16
%
Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came
to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to
eat the passover?
		 -- Matthew 26:17
%
And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master
saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with
my disciples.
		 -- Matthew 26:18
%
And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready
the passover.
		 -- Matthew 26:19
%
Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.
		 -- Matthew 26:20
%
And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you
shall betray me.
		 -- Matthew 26:21
%
And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say
unto him, Lord, is it I?
		 -- Matthew 26:22
%
And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish,
the same shall betray me.
		 -- Matthew 26:23
%
The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by
whom the Son of man is betrayed!  it had been good for that man if he
had not been born.
		 -- Matthew 26:24
%
Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I?
He said unto him, Thou hast said.
		 -- Matthew 26:25
%
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it,
and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
		 -- Matthew 26:26
%
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying,
Drink ye all of it;
		 -- Matthew 26:27
%
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for
the remission of sins.
		 -- Matthew 26:28
%
But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine,
until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
		 -- Matthew 26:29
%
And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
		 -- Matthew 26:30
%
Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this
night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of
the flock shall be scattered abroad.
		 -- Matthew 26:31
%
But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
		 -- Matthew 26:32
%
Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended
because of thee, yet will I never be offended.
		 -- Matthew 26:33
%
Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before
the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
		 -- Matthew 26:34
%
Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not
deny thee.  Likewise also said all the disciples.
		 -- Matthew 26:35
%
Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith
unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
		 -- Matthew 26:36
%
And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be
sorrowful and very heavy.
		 -- Matthew 26:37
%
Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death:
tarry ye here, and watch with me.
		 -- Matthew 26:38
%
And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying,
O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless
not as I will, but as thou wilt.
		 -- Matthew 26:39
%
And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith
unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
		 -- Matthew 26:40
%
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is
willing, but the flesh is weak.
		 -- Matthew 26:41
%
He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if
this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
		 -- Matthew 26:42
%
And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
		 -- Matthew 26:43
%
And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying
the same words.
		 -- Matthew 26:44
%
Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now,
and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is
betrayed into the hands of sinners.
		 -- Matthew 26:45
%
Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.
		 -- Matthew 26:46
%
And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with
him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests
and elders of the people.
		 -- Matthew 26:47
%
Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall
kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.
		 -- Matthew 26:48
%
And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.
		 -- Matthew 26:49
%
And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come?  Then came they,
and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
		 -- Matthew 26:50
%
And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand,
and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote
off his ear.
		 -- Matthew 26:51
%
Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for
all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
		 -- Matthew 26:52
%
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently
give me more than twelve legions of angels?
		 -- Matthew 26:53
%
But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
		 -- Matthew 26:54
%
In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as
against a thief with swords and staves for to take me?	I sat daily with
you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
		 -- Matthew 26:55
%
But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be
fulfilled.  Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
		 -- Matthew 26:56
%
And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high
priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
		 -- Matthew 26:57
%
But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went
in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.
		 -- Matthew 26:58
%
Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false
witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
		 -- Matthew 26:59
%
But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they
none.  At the last came two false witnesses,
		 -- Matthew 26:60
%
And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God,
and to build it in three days.
		 -- Matthew 26:61
%
And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing?
what is it which these witness against thee?
		 -- Matthew 26:62
%
But Jesus held his peace.  And the high priest answered and said unto
him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be
the Christ, the Son of God.
		 -- Matthew 26:63
%
Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you,
Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power,
and coming in the clouds of heaven.
		 -- Matthew 26:64
%
Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy;
what further need have we of witnesses?  behold, now ye have heard
his blasphemy.
		 -- Matthew 26:65
%
What think ye?	They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
		 -- Matthew 26:66
%
Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him
with the palms of their hands,
		 -- Matthew 26:67
%
Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?
		 -- Matthew 26:68
%
Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying,
Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.
		 -- Matthew 26:69
%
But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.
		 -- Matthew 26:70
%
And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said
unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.
		 -- Matthew 26:71
%
And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.
		 -- Matthew 26:72
%
And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter,
Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.
		 -- Matthew 26:73
%
Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man.
And immediately the cock crew.
		 -- Matthew 26:74
%
And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the
cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.  And he went out, and wept bitterly.
		 -- Matthew 26:75
%
WHEN the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people
took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
		 -- Matthew 27:1
%
And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to
Pontius Pilate the governor.
		 -- Matthew 27:2
%
Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned,
repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the
chief priests and elders,
		 -- Matthew 27:3
%
Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood.
And they said, What is that to us?  see thou to that.
		 -- Matthew 27:4
%
And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed,
and went and hanged himself.
		 -- Matthew 27:5
%
And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful
for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
		 -- Matthew 27:6
%
And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury
strangers in.
		 -- Matthew 27:7
%
Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
		 -- Matthew 27:8
%
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was
valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;
		 -- Matthew 27:9
%
And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
		 -- Matthew 27:10
%
And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying,
Art thou the King of the Jews?	And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.
		 -- Matthew 27:11
%
And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered
nothing.
		 -- Matthew 27:12
%
Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness
against thee?
		 -- Matthew 27:13
%
And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled
greatly.
		 -- Matthew 27:14
%
Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a
prisoner, whom they would.
		 -- Matthew 27:15
%
And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
		 -- Matthew 27:16
%
Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them,
Whom will ye that I release unto you?  Barabbas, or Jesus which is
called Christ?
		 -- Matthew 27:17
%
For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
		 -- Matthew 27:18
%
When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him,
saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered
many things this day in a dream because of him.
		 -- Matthew 27:19
%
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should
ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
		 -- Matthew 27:20
%
The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye
that I release unto you?  They said, Barabbas.
		 -- Matthew 27:21
%
Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called
Christ?  They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
		 -- Matthew 27:22
%
And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done?  But they cried out
the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
		 -- Matthew 27:23
%
When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult
was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude,
saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
		 -- Matthew 27:24
%
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on
our children.
		 -- Matthew 27:25
%
Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus,
he delivered him to be crucified.
		 -- Matthew 27:26
%
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall,
and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
		 -- Matthew 27:27
%
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
		 -- Matthew 27:28
%
And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head,
and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and
mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
		 -- Matthew 27:29
%
And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
		 -- Matthew 27:30
%
And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him,
and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.
		 -- Matthew 27:31
%
And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him
they compelled to bear his cross.
		 -- Matthew 27:32
%
And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say,
a place of a skull,
		 -- Matthew 27:33
%
They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted
thereof, he would not drink.
		 -- Matthew 27:34
%
And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that
it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my
garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
		 -- Matthew 27:35
%
And sitting down they watched him there;
		 -- Matthew 27:36
%
And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING
OF THE JEWS.
		 -- Matthew 27:37
%
Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand,
and another on the left.
		 -- Matthew 27:38
%
And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
		 -- Matthew 27:39
%
And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three
days, save thyself.  If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
		 -- Matthew 27:40
%
Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and
elders, said,
		 -- Matthew 27:41
%
He saved others; himself he cannot save.  If he be the King of Israel,
let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
		 -- Matthew 27:42
%
He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he
said, I am the Son of God.
		 -- Matthew 27:43
%
The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in
his teeth.
		 -- Matthew 27:44
%
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the
ninth hour.
		 -- Matthew 27:45
%
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli,
Eli, lama sabachthani?	that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou
forsaken me?
		 -- Matthew 27:46
%
Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man
calleth for Elias.
		 -- Matthew 27:47
%
And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with
vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
		 -- Matthew 27:48
%
The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
		 -- Matthew 27:49
%
Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
		 -- Matthew 27:50
%
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to
the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
		 -- Matthew 27:51
%
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept
arose,
		 -- Matthew 27:52
%
And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the
holy city, and appeared unto many.
		 -- Matthew 27:53
%
Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus,
saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly,
saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
		 -- Matthew 27:54
%
And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from
Galilee, ministering unto him:
		 -- Matthew 27:55
%
Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses,
and the mother of Zebedee's children.
		 -- Matthew 27:56
%
When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph,
who also himself was Jesus' disciple:
		 -- Matthew 27:57
%
He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.  Then Pilate commanded
the body to be delivered.
		 -- Matthew 27:58
%
And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
		 -- Matthew 27:59
%
And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock:
and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
		 -- Matthew 27:60
%
And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against
the sepulchre.
		 -- Matthew 27:61
%
Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief
priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
		 -- Matthew 27:62
%
Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive,
After three days I will rise again.
		 -- Matthew 27:63
%
Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day,
lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the
people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than
the first.
		 -- Matthew 27:64
%
Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as
ye can.
		 -- Matthew 27:65
%
So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting
a watch.
		 -- Matthew 27:66
%
IN the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of
the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
		 -- Matthew 28:1
%
And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord
descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door,
and sat upon it.
		 -- Matthew 28:2
%
His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
		 -- Matthew 28:3
%
And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
		 -- Matthew 28:4
%
And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know
that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
		 -- Matthew 28:5
%
He is not here: for he is risen, as he said.  Come, see the place where
the Lord lay.
		 -- Matthew 28:6
%
And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead;
and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him:
lo, I have told you.
		 -- Matthew 28:7
%
And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy;
and did run to bring his disciples word.
		 -- Matthew 28:8
%
And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying,
All hail.  And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
		 -- Matthew 28:9
%
Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they
go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
		 -- Matthew 28:10
%
Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city,
and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.
		 -- Matthew 28:11
%
And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel,
they gave large money unto the soldiers,
		 -- Matthew 28:12
%
Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while
we slept.
		 -- Matthew 28:13
%
And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and
secure you.
		 -- Matthew 28:14
%
So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is
commonly reported among the Jews until this day.
		 -- Matthew 28:15
%
Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where
Jesus had appointed them.
		 -- Matthew 28:16
%
And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.
		 -- Matthew 28:17
%
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me
in heaven and in earth.
		 -- Matthew 28:18
%
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
		 -- Matthew 28:19
%
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.  Amen.
		 -- Matthew 28:20
%
THE beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
		 -- Mark 1:1
%
As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before
thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
		 -- Mark 1:2
%
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight.
		 -- Mark 1:3
%
John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance
for the remission of sins.
		 -- Mark 1:4
%
And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem,
and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their
sins.
		 -- Mark 1:5
%
And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin
about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
		 -- Mark 1:6
%
And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the
latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
		 -- Mark 1:7
%
I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with
the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Mark 1:8
%
And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of
Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
		 -- Mark 1:9
%
And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened,
and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
		 -- Mark 1:10
%
And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased.
		 -- Mark 1:11
%
And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness.
		 -- Mark 1:12
%
And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and
was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
		 -- Mark 1:13
%
Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching
the gospel of the kingdom of God,
		 -- Mark 1:14
%
And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand:
repent ye, and believe the gospel.
		 -- Mark 1:15
%
Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his
brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
		 -- Mark 1:16
%
And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become
fishers of men.
		 -- Mark 1:17
%
And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.
		 -- Mark 1:18
%
And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son
of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending
their nets.
		 -- Mark 1:19
%
And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in
the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
		 -- Mark 1:20
%
And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he
entered into the synagogue, and taught.
		 -- Mark 1:21
%
And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that
had authority, and not as the scribes.
		 -- Mark 1:22
%
And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he
cried out,
		 -- Mark 1:23
%
Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of
Nazareth?  art thou come to destroy us?  I know thee who thou art,
the Holy One of God.
		 -- Mark 1:24
%
And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.
		 -- Mark 1:25
%
And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice,
he came out of him.
		 -- Mark 1:26
%
And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves,
saying, What thing is this?  what new doctrine is this?  for with
authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.
		 -- Mark 1:27
%
And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round
about Galilee.
		 -- Mark 1:28
%
And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered
into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
		 -- Mark 1:29
%
But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him
of her.
		 -- Mark 1:30
%
And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately
the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
		 -- Mark 1:31
%
And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were
diseased, and them that were possessed with devils.
		 -- Mark 1:32
%
And all the city was gathered together at the door.
		 -- Mark 1:33
%
And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many
devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.
		 -- Mark 1:34
%
And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out,
and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
		 -- Mark 1:35
%
And Simon and they that were with him followed after him.
		 -- Mark 1:36
%
And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee.
		 -- Mark 1:37
%
And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach
there also: for therefore came I forth.
		 -- Mark 1:38
%
And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast
out devils.
		 -- Mark 1:39
%
And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him,
and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
		 -- Mark 1:40
%
And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him,
and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
		 -- Mark 1:41
%
And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him,
and he was cleansed.
		 -- Mark 1:42
%
And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away;
		 -- Mark 1:43
%
And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way,
shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things
which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
		 -- Mark 1:44
%
But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the
matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city,
but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.
		 -- Mark 1:45
%
AND again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised
that he was in the house.
		 -- Mark 2:1
%
And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no
room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached
the word unto them.
		 -- Mark 2:2
%
And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne
of four.
		 -- Mark 2:3
%
And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered
the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down
the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
		 -- Mark 2:4
%
When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son,
thy sins be forgiven thee.
		 -- Mark 2:5
%
But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in
their hearts,
		 -- Mark 2:6
%
Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies?  who can forgive sins but
God only?
		 -- Mark 2:7
%
And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned
within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in
your hearts?
		 -- Mark 2:8
%
Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven
thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
		 -- Mark 2:9
%
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive
sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
		 -- Mark 2:10
%
I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine
house.
		 -- Mark 2:11
%
And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them
all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying,
We never saw it on this fashion.
		 -- Mark 2:12
%
And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted
unto him, and he taught them.
		 -- Mark 2:13
%
And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the
receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me.  And he arose and
followed him.
		 -- Mark 2:14
%
And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many
publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples:
for there were many, and they followed him.
		 -- Mark 2:15
%
And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners,
they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with
publicans and sinners?
		 -- Mark 2:16
%
When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no
need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the
righteous, but sinners to repentance.
		 -- Mark 2:17
%
And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they
come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees
fast, but thy disciples fast not?
		 -- Mark 2:18
%
And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast,
while the bridegroom is with them?  as long as they have the bridegroom
with them, they cannot fast.
		 -- Mark 2:19
%
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them,
and then shall they fast in those days.
		 -- Mark 2:20
%
No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the
new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is
made worse.
		 -- Mark 2:21
%
And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth
burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be
marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
		 -- Mark 2:22
%
And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath
day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
		 -- Mark 2:23
%
And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day
that which is not lawful?
		 -- Mark 2:24
%
And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had
need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
		 -- Mark 2:25
%
How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest,
and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests,
and gave also to them which were with him?
		 -- Mark 2:26
%
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for
the sabbath:
		 -- Mark 2:27
%
Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
		 -- Mark 2:28
%
AND he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which
had a withered hand.
		 -- Mark 3:1
%
And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day;
that they might accuse him.
		 -- Mark 3:2
%
And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
		 -- Mark 3:3
%
And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days,
or to do evil?	to save life, or to kill?  But they held their peace.
		 -- Mark 3:4
%
And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved
for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth
thine hand.  And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole
as the other.
		 -- Mark 3:5
%
And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the
Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
		 -- Mark 3:6
%
But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great
multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,
		 -- Mark 3:7
%
And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they
about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great
things he did, came unto him.
		 -- Mark 3:8
%
And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him
because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
		 -- Mark 3:9
%
For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch
him, as many as had plagues.
		 -- Mark 3:10
%
And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried,
saying, Thou art the Son of God.
		 -- Mark 3:11
%
And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.
		 -- Mark 3:12
%
And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would:
and they came unto him.
		 -- Mark 3:13
%
And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might
send them forth to preach,
		 -- Mark 3:14
%
And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:
		 -- Mark 3:15
%
And Simon he surnamed Peter;
		 -- Mark 3:16
%
And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he
surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
		 -- Mark 3:17
%
And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and
James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
		 -- Mark 3:18
%
And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.
		 -- Mark 3:19
%
And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much
as eat bread.
		 -- Mark 3:20
%
And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him:
for they said, He is beside himself.
		 -- Mark 3:21
%
And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub,
and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
		 -- Mark 3:22
%
And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can
Satan cast out Satan?
		 -- Mark 3:23
%
And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
		 -- Mark 3:24
%
And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
		 -- Mark 3:25
%
And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand,
but hath an end.
		 -- Mark 3:26
%
No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except
he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
		 -- Mark 3:27
%
Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men,
and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
		 -- Mark 3:28
%
But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness,
but is in danger of eternal damnation:
		 -- Mark 3:29
%
Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
		 -- Mark 3:30
%
There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without,
sent unto him, calling him.
		 -- Mark 3:31
%
And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy
mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
		 -- Mark 3:32
%
And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?
		 -- Mark 3:33
%
And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold
my mother and my brethren!
		 -- Mark 3:34
%
For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my
sister, and mother.
		 -- Mark 3:35
%
AND he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto
him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea;
and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
		 -- Mark 4:1
%
And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his
doctrine,
		 -- Mark 4:2
%
Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
		 -- Mark 4:3
%
And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the
fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
		 -- Mark 4:4
%
And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and
immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
		 -- Mark 4:5
%
But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root,
it withered away.
		 -- Mark 4:6
%
And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it,
and it yielded no fruit.
		 -- Mark 4:7
%
And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and
increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some
an hundred.
		 -- Mark 4:8
%
And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
		 -- Mark 4:9
%
And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked
of him the parable.
		 -- Mark 4:10
%
And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the
kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are
done in parables:
		 -- Mark 4:11
%
That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear,
and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their
sins should be forgiven them.
		 -- Mark 4:12
%
And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable?  and how then will ye
know all parables?
		 -- Mark 4:13
%
The sower soweth the word.
		 -- Mark 4:14
%
And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they
have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was
sown in their hearts.
		 -- Mark 4:15
%
And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when
they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
		 -- Mark 4:16
%
And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward,
when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately
they are offended.
		 -- Mark 4:17
%
And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
		 -- Mark 4:18
%
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the
lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh
unfruitful.
		 -- Mark 4:19
%
And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word,
and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty,
and some an hundred.
		 -- Mark 4:20
%
And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel,
or under a bed?  and not to be set on a candlestick?
		 -- Mark 4:21
%
For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was
any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
		 -- Mark 4:22
%
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
		 -- Mark 4:23
%
And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete,
it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
		 -- Mark 4:24
%
For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him
shall be taken even that which he hath.
		 -- Mark 4:25
%
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into
the ground;
		 -- Mark 4:26
%
And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring
and grow up, he knoweth not how.
		 -- Mark 4:27
%
For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then
the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
		 -- Mark 4:28
%
But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle,
because the harvest is come.
		 -- Mark 4:29
%
And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God?  or with what
comparison shall we compare it?
		 -- Mark 4:30
%
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth,
is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
		 -- Mark 4:31
%
But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs,
and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge
under the shadow of it.
		 -- Mark 4:32
%
And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were
able to hear it.
		 -- Mark 4:33
%
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone,
he expounded all things to his disciples.
		 -- Mark 4:34
%
And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us
pass over unto the other side.
		 -- Mark 4:35
%
And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was
in the ship.  And there were also with him other little ships.
		 -- Mark 4:36
%
And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship,
so that it was now full.
		 -- Mark 4:37
%
And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they
awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
		 -- Mark 4:38
%
And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace,
be still.  And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
		 -- Mark 4:39
%
And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful?  how is it that ye have
no faith?
		 -- Mark 4:40
%
And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of
man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
		 -- Mark 4:41
%
AND they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of
the Gadarenes.
		 -- Mark 5:1
%
And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of
the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
		 -- Mark 5:2
%
Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no,
not with chains:
		 -- Mark 5:3
%
Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the
chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces:
neither could any man tame him.
		 -- Mark 5:4
%
And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs,
crying, and cutting himself with stones.
		 -- Mark 5:5
%
But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
		 -- Mark 5:6
%
And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee,
Jesus, thou Son of the most high God?  I adjure thee by God, that thou
torment me not.
		 -- Mark 5:7
%
For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
		 -- Mark 5:8
%
And he asked him, What is thy name?  And he answered, saying, My name
is Legion: for we are many.
		 -- Mark 5:9
%
And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the
country.
		 -- Mark 5:10
%
Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
		 -- Mark 5:11
%
And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that
we may enter into them.
		 -- Mark 5:12
%
And forthwith Jesus gave them leave.  And the unclean spirits went out,
and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place
into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
		 -- Mark 5:13
%
And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the
country.  And they went out to see what it was that was done.
		 -- Mark 5:14
%
And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil,
and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and
they were afraid.
		 -- Mark 5:15
%
And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed
with the devil, and also concerning the swine.
		 -- Mark 5:16
%
And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
		 -- Mark 5:17
%
And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the
devil prayed him that he might be with him.
		 -- Mark 5:18
%
Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy
friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee,
and hath had compassion on thee.
		 -- Mark 5:19
%
And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things
Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
		 -- Mark 5:20
%
And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much
people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.
		 -- Mark 5:21
%
And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by
name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,
		 -- Mark 5:22
%
And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point
of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be
healed; and she shall live.
		 -- Mark 5:23
%
And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.
		 -- Mark 5:24
%
And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
		 -- Mark 5:25
%
And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that
she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
		 -- Mark 5:26
%
When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched
his garment.
		 -- Mark 5:27
%
For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
		 -- Mark 5:28
%
And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in
her body that she was healed of that plague.
		 -- Mark 5:29
%
And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him,
turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
		 -- Mark 5:30
%
And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee,
and sayest thou, Who touched me?
		 -- Mark 5:31
%
And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.
		 -- Mark 5:32
%
But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her,
came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
		 -- Mark 5:33
%
And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in
peace, and be whole of thy plague.
		 -- Mark 5:34
%
While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house
certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master
any further?
		 -- Mark 5:35
%
As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler
of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
		 -- Mark 5:36
%
And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John
the brother of James.
		 -- Mark 5:37
%
And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the
tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
		 -- Mark 5:38
%
And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado,
and weep?  the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
		 -- Mark 5:39
%
And they laughed him to scorn.	But when he had put them all out, he
taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with
him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.
		 -- Mark 5:40
%
And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi;
which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
		 -- Mark 5:41
%
And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of
twelve years.  And they were astonished with a great astonishment.
		 -- Mark 5:42
%
And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded
that something should be given her to eat.
		 -- Mark 5:43
%
AND he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his
disciples follow him.
		 -- Mark 6:1
%
And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue:
and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this
man these things?  and what wisdom is this which is given unto him,
that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?
		 -- Mark 6:2
%
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and
Joses, and of Juda, and Simon?	and are not his sisters here with us?
And they were offended at him.
		 -- Mark 6:3
%
But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his
own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
		 -- Mark 6:4
%
And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon
a few sick folk, and healed them.
		 -- Mark 6:5
%
And he marvelled because of their unbelief.  And he went round about
the villages, teaching.
		 -- Mark 6:6
%
And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two
and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
		 -- Mark 6:7
%
And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey,
save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
		 -- Mark 6:8
%
But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.
		 -- Mark 6:9
%
And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house,
there abide till ye depart from that place.
		 -- Mark 6:10
%
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence,
shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them.  Verily I
say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the
day of judgment, than for that city.
		 -- Mark 6:11
%
And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
		 -- Mark 6:12
%
And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick,
and healed them.
		 -- Mark 6:13
%
And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he
said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty
works do shew forth themselves in him.
		 -- Mark 6:14
%
Others said, That it is Elias.	And others said, That it is a prophet,
or as one of the prophets.
		 -- Mark 6:15
%
But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded:
he is risen from the dead.
		 -- Mark 6:16
%
For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound
him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had
married her.
		 -- Mark 6:17
%
For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy
brother's wife.
		 -- Mark 6:18
%
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him;
but she could not:
		 -- Mark 6:19
%
For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy,
and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard
him gladly.
		 -- Mark 6:20
%
And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a
supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;
		 -- Mark 6:21
%
And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and
pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel,
Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.
		 -- Mark 6:22
%
And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it
thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
		 -- Mark 6:23
%
And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask?  And she
said, The head of John the Baptist.
		 -- Mark 6:24
%
And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying,
I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the
Baptist.
		 -- Mark 6:25
%
And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their
sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
		 -- Mark 6:26
%
And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to
be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
		 -- Mark 6:27
%
And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the
damsel gave it to her mother.
		 -- Mark 6:28
%
And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse,
and laid it in a tomb.
		 -- Mark 6:29
%
And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him
all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.
		 -- Mark 6:30
%
And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place,
and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no
leisure so much as to eat.
		 -- Mark 6:31
%
And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.
		 -- Mark 6:32
%
And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot
thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.
		 -- Mark 6:33
%
And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with
compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd:
and he began to teach them many things.
		 -- Mark 6:34
%
And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said,
This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:
		 -- Mark 6:35
%
Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into
the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
		 -- Mark 6:36
%
He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat.  And they say unto
him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them
to eat?
		 -- Mark 6:37
%
He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye?  go and see.  And when they
knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
		 -- Mark 6:38
%
And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green
grass.
		 -- Mark 6:39
%
And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
		 -- Mark 6:40
%
And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to
heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples
to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.
		 -- Mark 6:41
%
And they did all eat, and were filled.
		 -- Mark 6:42
%
And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.
		 -- Mark 6:43
%
And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.
		 -- Mark 6:44
%
And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to
go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.
		 -- Mark 6:45
%
And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.
		 -- Mark 6:46
%
And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he
alone on the land.
		 -- Mark 6:47
%
And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them:
and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking
upon the sea, and would have passed by them.
		 -- Mark 6:48
%
But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been
a spirit, and cried out:
		 -- Mark 6:49
%
For they all saw him, and were troubled.  And immediately he talked with
them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.
		 -- Mark 6:50
%
And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they
were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.
		 -- Mark 6:51
%
For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart
was hardened.
		 -- Mark 6:52
%
And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret,
and drew to the shore.
		 -- Mark 6:53
%
And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him,
		 -- Mark 6:54
%
And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about
in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.
		 -- Mark 6:55
%
And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they
laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if
it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were
made whole.
		 -- Mark 6:56
%
THEN came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes,
which came from Jerusalem.
		 -- Mark 7:1
%
And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is
to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
		 -- Mark 7:2
%
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft,
eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
		 -- Mark 7:3
%
And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not.
And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as
the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
		 -- Mark 7:4
%
Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples
according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen
hands?
		 -- Mark 7:5
%
He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you
hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me.
		 -- Mark 7:6
%
Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the
commandments of men.
		 -- Mark 7:7
%
For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men,
as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
		 -- Mark 7:8
%
And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God,
that ye may keep your own tradition.
		 -- Mark 7:9
%
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth
father or mother, let him die the death:
		 -- Mark 7:10
%
But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban,
that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
he shall be free.
		 -- Mark 7:11
%
And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
		 -- Mark 7:12
%
Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye
have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
		 -- Mark 7:13
%
And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them,
Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
		 -- Mark 7:14
%
There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile
him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile
the man.
		 -- Mark 7:15
%
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
		 -- Mark 7:16
%
And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples
asked him concerning the parable.
		 -- Mark 7:17
%
And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also?  Do ye
not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man,
it cannot defile him;
		 -- Mark 7:18
%
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth
out into the draught, purging all meats?
		 -- Mark 7:19
%
And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
		 -- Mark 7:20
%
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts,
adulteries, fornications, murders,
		 -- Mark 7:21
%
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye,
blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
		 -- Mark 7:22
%
All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
		 -- Mark 7:23
%
And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon,
and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could
not be hid.
		 -- Mark 7:24
%
For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard
of him, and came and fell at his feet:
		 -- Mark 7:25
%
The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him
that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
		 -- Mark 7:26
%
But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is
not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
		 -- Mark 7:27
%
And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the
table eat of the children's crumbs.
		 -- Mark 7:28
%
And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out
of thy daughter.
		 -- Mark 7:29
%
And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and
her daughter laid upon the bed.
		 -- Mark 7:30
%
And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto
the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
		 -- Mark 7:31
%
And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his
speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
		 -- Mark 7:32
%
And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his
ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
		 -- Mark 7:33
%
And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha,
that is, Be opened.
		 -- Mark 7:34
%
And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was
loosed, and he spake plain.
		 -- Mark 7:35
%
And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged
them, so much the more a great deal they published it;
		 -- Mark 7:36
%
And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well:
he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
		 -- Mark 7:37
%
IN those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat,
Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,
		 -- Mark 8:1
%
I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me
three days, and have nothing to eat:
		 -- Mark 8:2
%
And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by
the way: for divers of them came from far.
		 -- Mark 8:3
%
And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men
with bread here in the wilderness?
		 -- Mark 8:4
%
And he asked them, How many loaves have ye?  And they said, Seven.
		 -- Mark 8:5
%
And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the
seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to
set before them; and they did set them before the people.
		 -- Mark 8:6
%
And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set
them also before them.
		 -- Mark 8:7
%
So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat
that was left seven baskets.
		 -- Mark 8:8
%
And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.
		 -- Mark 8:9
%
And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into
the parts of Dalmanutha.
		 -- Mark 8:10
%
And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking
of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
		 -- Mark 8:11
%
And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation
seek after a sign?  verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given
unto this generation.
		 -- Mark 8:12
%
And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the
other side.
		 -- Mark 8:13
%
Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the
ship with them more than one loaf.
		 -- Mark 8:14
%
And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the
Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
		 -- Mark 8:15
%
And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have
no bread.
		 -- Mark 8:16
%
And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye
have no bread?	perceive ye not yet, neither understand?  have ye your
heart yet hardened?
		 -- Mark 8:17
%
Having eyes, see ye not?  and having ears, hear ye not?  and do ye
not remember?
		 -- Mark 8:18
%
When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full
of fragments took ye up?  They say unto him, Twelve.
		 -- Mark 8:19
%
And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments
took ye up?  And they said, Seven.
		 -- Mark 8:20
%
And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
		 -- Mark 8:21
%
And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and
besought him to touch him.
		 -- Mark 8:22
%
And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town;
and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked
him if he saw ought.
		 -- Mark 8:23
%
And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
		 -- Mark 8:24
%
After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up:
and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.
		 -- Mark 8:25
%
And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town,
nor tell it to any in the town.
		 -- Mark 8:26
%
And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea
Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them,
Whom do men say that I am?
		 -- Mark 8:27
%
And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others,
One of the prophets.
		 -- Mark 8:28
%
And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?  And Peter answereth
and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
		 -- Mark 8:29
%
And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
		 -- Mark 8:30
%
And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things,
and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes,
and be killed, and after three days rise again.
		 -- Mark 8:31
%
And he spake that saying openly.  And Peter took him, and began to
rebuke him.
		 -- Mark 8:32
%
But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked
Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the
things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
		 -- Mark 8:33
%
And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also,
he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself,
and take up his cross, and follow me.
		 -- Mark 8:34
%
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose
his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
		 -- Mark 8:35
%
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and
lose his own soul?
		 -- Mark 8:36
%
Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
		 -- Mark 8:37
%
Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this
adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be
ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
		 -- Mark 8:38
%
AND he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of
them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have
seen the kingdom of God come with power.
		 -- Mark 9:1
%
And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John,
and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he
was transfigured before them.
		 -- Mark 9:2
%
And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller
on earth can white them.
		 -- Mark 9:3
%
And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking
with Jesus.
		 -- Mark 9:4
%
And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be
here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses,
and one for Elias.
		 -- Mark 9:5
%
For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.
		 -- Mark 9:6
%
And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of
the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
		 -- Mark 9:7
%
And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more,
save Jesus only with themselves.
		 -- Mark 9:8
%
And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should
tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen
from the dead.
		 -- Mark 9:9
%
And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another
what the rising from the dead should mean.
		 -- Mark 9:10
%
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first
come?
		 -- Mark 9:11
%
And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth
all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer
many things, and be set at nought.
		 -- Mark 9:12
%
But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto
him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.
		 -- Mark 9:13
%
And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them,
and the scribes questioning with them.
		 -- Mark 9:14
%
And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed
and, running to him saluted him.
		 -- Mark 9:15
%
And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them?
		 -- Mark 9:16
%
And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto
thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;
		 -- Mark 9:17
%
And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and
gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples
that they should cast him out; and they could not.
		 -- Mark 9:18
%
He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I
be with you?  how long shall I suffer you?  bring him unto me.
		 -- Mark 9:19
%
And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the
spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
		 -- Mark 9:20
%
And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him?
And he said, Of a child.
		 -- Mark 9:21
%
And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to
destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us,
and help us.
		 -- Mark 9:22
%
Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to
him that believeth.
		 -- Mark 9:23
%
And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears,
Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
		 -- Mark 9:24
%
When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the
foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee,
come out of him, and enter no more into him.
		 -- Mark 9:25
%
And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he
was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
		 -- Mark 9:26
%
But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.
		 -- Mark 9:27
%
And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately,
Why could not we cast him out?
		 -- Mark 9:28
%
And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer
and fasting.
		 -- Mark 9:29
%
And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not
that any man should know it.
		 -- Mark 9:30
%
For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is
delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that
he is killed, he shall rise the third day.
		 -- Mark 9:31
%
But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
		 -- Mark 9:32
%
And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What
was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?
		 -- Mark 9:33
%
But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among
themselves, who should be the greatest.
		 -- Mark 9:34
%
And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man
desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
		 -- Mark 9:35
%
And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had
taken him in his arms, he said unto them,
		 -- Mark 9:36
%
Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me:
and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.
		 -- Mark 9:37
%
And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils
in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he
followeth not us.
		 -- Mark 9:38
%
But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a
miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
		 -- Mark 9:39
%
For he that is not against us is on our part.
		 -- Mark 9:40
%
For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because
ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
		 -- Mark 9:41
%
And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me,
it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and
he were cast into the sea.
		 -- Mark 9:42
%
And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter
into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire
that never shall be quenched:
		 -- Mark 9:43
%
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
		 -- Mark 9:44
%
And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter
halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire
that never shall be quenched:
		 -- Mark 9:45
%
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
		 -- Mark 9:46
%
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to
enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be
cast into hell fire:
		 -- Mark 9:47
%
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
		 -- Mark 9:48
%
For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be
salted with salt.
		 -- Mark 9:49
%
Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye
season it?  Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
		 -- Mark 9:50
%
AND he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the
farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and,
as he was wont, he taught them again.
		 -- Mark 10:1
%
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to
put away his wife?  tempting him.
		 -- Mark 10:2
%
And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
		 -- Mark 10:3
%
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to
put her away.
		 -- Mark 10:4
%
And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart
he wrote you this precept.
		 -- Mark 10:5
%
But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
		 -- Mark 10:6
%
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to
his wife;
		 -- Mark 10:7
%
And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain,
but one flesh.
		 -- Mark 10:8
%
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
		 -- Mark 10:9
%
And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter.
		 -- Mark 10:10
%
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry
another, committeth adultery against her.
		 -- Mark 10:11
%
And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another,
she committeth adultery.
		 -- Mark 10:12
%
And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them:
and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
		 -- Mark 10:13
%
But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them,
Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of
such is the kingdom of God.
		 -- Mark 10:14
%
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God
as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
		 -- Mark 10:15
%
And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed
them.
		 -- Mark 10:16
%
And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and
kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may
inherit eternal life?
		 -- Mark 10:17
%
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good?  there is none good
but one, that is, God.
		 -- Mark 10:18
%
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill,
Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father
and mother.
		 -- Mark 10:19
%
And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed
from my youth.
		 -- Mark 10:20
%
Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou
lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor,
and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross,
and follow me.
		 -- Mark 10:21
%
And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great
possessions.
		 -- Mark 10:22
%
And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly
shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
		 -- Mark 10:23
%
And the disciples were astonished at his words.  But Jesus answereth
again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust
in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
		 -- Mark 10:24
%
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a
rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
		 -- Mark 10:25
%
And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who
then can be saved?
		 -- Mark 10:26
%
And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not
with God: for with God all things are possible.
		 -- Mark 10:27
%
Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have
followed thee.
		 -- Mark 10:28
%
And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that
hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife,
or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,
		 -- Mark 10:29
%
But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and
brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with
persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
		 -- Mark 10:30
%
But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.
		 -- Mark 10:31
%
And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before
them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid.
And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should
happen unto him,
		 -- Mark 10:32
%
Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be
delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall
condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:
		 -- Mark 10:33
%
And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him,
and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
		 -- Mark 10:34
%
And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master,
we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.
		 -- Mark 10:35
%
And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?
		 -- Mark 10:36
%
They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand,
and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.
		 -- Mark 10:37
%
But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of
the cup that I drink of?  and be baptized with the baptism that I am
baptized with?
		 -- Mark 10:38
%
And they said unto him, We can.  And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall
indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am
baptized withal shall ye be baptized:
		 -- Mark 10:39
%
But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give;
but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.
		 -- Mark 10:40
%
And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James
and John.
		 -- Mark 10:41
%
But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they
which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them;
and their great ones exercise authority upon them.
		 -- Mark 10:42
%
But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you,
shall be your minister:
		 -- Mark 10:43
%
And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
		 -- Mark 10:44
%
For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister,
and to give his life a ransom for many.
		 -- Mark 10:45
%
And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples
and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus,
sat by the highway side begging.
		 -- Mark 10:46
%
And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out,
and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
		 -- Mark 10:47
%
And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the
more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
		 -- Mark 10:48
%
And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called.	And they call
the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.
		 -- Mark 10:49
%
And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.
		 -- Mark 10:50
%
And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto
thee?  The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.
		 -- Mark 10:51
%
And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole.
And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
		 -- Mark 10:52
%
AND when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at
the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,
		 -- Mark 11:1
%
And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you:
and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon
never man sat; loose him, and bring him.
		 -- Mark 11:2
%
And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this?  say ye that the Lord hath
need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.
		 -- Mark 11:3
%
And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in
a place where two ways met; and they loose him.
		 -- Mark 11:4
%
And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing
the colt?
		 -- Mark 11:5
%
And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.
		 -- Mark 11:6
%
And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him;
and he sat upon him.
		 -- Mark 11:7
%
And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches
off the trees, and strawed them in the way.
		 -- Mark 11:8
%
And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna;
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:
		 -- Mark 11:9
%
Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of
the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.
		 -- Mark 11:10
%
And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he
had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come,
he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.
		 -- Mark 11:11
%
And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
		 -- Mark 11:12
%
And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might
find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but
leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
		 -- Mark 11:13
%
And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter
for ever.  And his disciples heard it.
		 -- Mark 11:14
%
And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began
to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the
tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
		 -- Mark 11:15
%
And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through
the temple.
		 -- Mark 11:16
%
And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be
called of all nations the house of prayer?  but ye have made it a den
of thieves.
		 -- Mark 11:17
%
And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might
destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished
at his doctrine.
		 -- Mark 11:18
%
And when even was come, he went out of the city.
		 -- Mark 11:19
%
And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up
from the roots.
		 -- Mark 11:20
%
And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the
fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
		 -- Mark 11:21
%
And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
		 -- Mark 11:22
%
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain,
Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in
his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come
to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
		 -- Mark 11:23
%
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray,
believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
		 -- Mark 11:24
%
And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that
your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
		 -- Mark 11:25
%
But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven
forgive your trespasses.
		 -- Mark 11:26
%
And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple,
there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,
		 -- Mark 11:27
%
And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things?  and who
gave thee this authority to do these things?
		 -- Mark 11:28
%
And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one
question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do
these things.
		 -- Mark 11:29
%
The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?  answer me.
		 -- Mark 11:30
%
And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven;
he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?
		 -- Mark 11:31
%
But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted
John, that he was a prophet indeed.
		 -- Mark 11:32
%
And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell.	And Jesus
answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do
these things.
		 -- Mark 11:33
%
AND he began to speak unto them by parables.  A certain man planted a
vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat,
and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far
country.
		 -- Mark 12:1
%
And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might
receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
		 -- Mark 12:2
%
And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
		 -- Mark 12:3
%
And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones,
and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.
		 -- Mark 12:4
%
And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating
some, and killing some.
		 -- Mark 12:5
%
Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last
unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
		 -- Mark 12:6
%
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come,
let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
		 -- Mark 12:7
%
And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
		 -- Mark 12:8
%
What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do?  he will come and
destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
		 -- Mark 12:9
%
And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected
is become the head of the corner:
		 -- Mark 12:10
%
This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
		 -- Mark 12:11
%
And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they
knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him,
and went their way.
		 -- Mark 12:12
%
And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians,
to catch him in his words.
		 -- Mark 12:13
%
And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art
true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men,
but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to
Caesar, or not?
		 -- Mark 12:14
%
Shall we give, or shall we not give?  But he, knowing their hypocrisy,
said unto them, Why tempt ye me?  bring me a penny, that I may see it.
		 -- Mark 12:15
%
And they brought it.  And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and
superscription?  And they said unto him, Caesar's.
		 -- Mark 12:16
%
And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that
are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.  And they marvelled
at him.
		 -- Mark 12:17
%
Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection;
and they asked him, saying,
		 -- Mark 12:18
%
Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife
behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife,
and raise up seed unto his brother.
		 -- Mark 12:19
%
Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left
no seed.
		 -- Mark 12:20
%
And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the
third likewise.
		 -- Mark 12:21
%
And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.
		 -- Mark 12:22
%
In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall
she be of them?  for the seven had her to wife.
		 -- Mark 12:23
%
And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye
know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
		 -- Mark 12:24
%
For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are
given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
		 -- Mark 12:25
%
And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book
of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of
Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
		 -- Mark 12:26
%
He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore
do greatly err.
		 -- Mark 12:27
%
And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together,
and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the
first commandment of all?
		 -- Mark 12:28
%
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear,
O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
		 -- Mark 12:29
%
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the
first commandment.
		 -- Mark 12:30
%
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour
as thyself.  There is none other commandment greater than these.
		 -- Mark 12:31
%
And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth:
for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
		 -- Mark 12:32
%
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and
with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour
as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
		 -- Mark 12:33
%
And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou
art not far from the kingdom of God.  And no man after that durst ask
him any question.
		 -- Mark 12:34
%
And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the
scribes that Christ is the Son of David?
		 -- Mark 12:35
%
For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord,
Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
		 -- Mark 12:36
%
David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son?
And the common people heard him gladly.
		 -- Mark 12:37
%
And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love
to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,
		 -- Mark 12:38
%
And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
		 -- Mark 12:39
%
Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers:
these shall receive greater damnation.
		 -- Mark 12:40
%
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast
money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
		 -- Mark 12:41
%
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which
make a farthing.
		 -- Mark 12:42
%
And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say
unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which
have cast into the treasury:
		 -- Mark 12:43
%
For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did
cast in all that she had, even all her living.
		 -- Mark 12:44
%
AND as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him,
Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!
		 -- Mark 13:1
%
And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings?
there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be
thrown down.
		 -- Mark 13:2
%
And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter
and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
		 -- Mark 13:3
%
Tell us, when shall these things be?  and what shall be the sign when
all these things shall be fulfilled?
		 -- Mark 13:4
%
And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:
		 -- Mark 13:5
%
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive
many.
		 -- Mark 13:6
%
And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled:
for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
		 -- Mark 13:7
%
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and
there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines
and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
		 -- Mark 13:8
%
But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils;
and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before
rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.
		 -- Mark 13:9
%
And the gospel must first be published among all nations.
		 -- Mark 13:10
%
But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought
beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever
shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that
speak, but the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Mark 13:11
%
Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the
son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause
them to be put to death.
		 -- Mark 13:12
%
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall
endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
		 -- Mark 13:13
%
But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by
Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth
understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
		 -- Mark 13:14
%
And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither
enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:
		 -- Mark 13:15
%
And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up
his garment.
		 -- Mark 13:16
%
But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in
those days!
		 -- Mark 13:17
%
And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
		 -- Mark 13:18
%
For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning
of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
		 -- Mark 13:19
%
And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be
saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened
the days.
		 -- Mark 13:20
%
And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is
there; believe him not:
		 -- Mark 13:21
%
For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs
and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
		 -- Mark 13:22
%
But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
		 -- Mark 13:23
%
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened,
and the moon shall not give her light,
		 -- Mark 13:24
%
And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven
shall be shaken.
		 -- Mark 13:25
%
And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great
power and glory.
		 -- Mark 13:26
%
And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect
from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost
part of heaven.
		 -- Mark 13:27
%
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender,
and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
		 -- Mark 13:28
%
So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass,
know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
		 -- Mark 13:29
%
Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all
these things be done.
		 -- Mark 13:30
%
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
		 -- Mark 13:31
%
But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which
are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
		 -- Mark 13:32
%
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
		 -- Mark 13:33
%
For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his
house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work,
and commanded the porter to watch.
		 -- Mark 13:34
%
Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh,
at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
		 -- Mark 13:35
%
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
		 -- Mark 13:36
%
And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
		 -- Mark 13:37
%
AFTER two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread:
and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by
craft, and put him to death.
		 -- Mark 14:1
%
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the
people.
		 -- Mark 14:2
%
And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat,
there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very
precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
		 -- Mark 14:3
%
And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said,
Why was this waste of the ointment made?
		 -- Mark 14:4
%
For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have
been given to the poor.  And they murmured against her.
		 -- Mark 14:5
%
And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her?  she hath wrought a
good work on me.
		 -- Mark 14:6
%
For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do
them good: but me ye have not always.
		 -- Mark 14:7
%
She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body
to the burying.
		 -- Mark 14:8
%
Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached
throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken
of for a memorial of her.
		 -- Mark 14:9
%
And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests,
to betray him unto them.
		 -- Mark 14:10
%
And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money.
And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
		 -- Mark 14:11
%
And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover,
his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that
thou mayest eat the passover?
		 -- Mark 14:12
%
And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye
into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water:
follow him.
		 -- Mark 14:13
%
And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The
Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover
with my disciples?
		 -- Mark 14:14
%
And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there
make ready for us.
		 -- Mark 14:15
%
And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he
had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
		 -- Mark 14:16
%
And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.
		 -- Mark 14:17
%
And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of
you which eateth with me shall betray me.
		 -- Mark 14:18
%
And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I?
and another said, Is it I?
		 -- Mark 14:19
%
And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth
with me in the dish.
		 -- Mark 14:20
%
The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that
man by whom the Son of man is betrayed!  good were it for that man if
he had never been born.
		 -- Mark 14:21
%
And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and
gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.
		 -- Mark 14:22
%
And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them:
and they all drank of it.
		 -- Mark 14:23
%
And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is
shed for many.
		 -- Mark 14:24
%
Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine,
until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.
		 -- Mark 14:25
%
And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
		 -- Mark 14:26
%
And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this
night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall
be scattered.
		 -- Mark 14:27
%
But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.
		 -- Mark 14:28
%
But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I.
		 -- Mark 14:29
%
And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even
in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.
		 -- Mark 14:30
%
But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not
deny thee in any wise.	Likewise also said they all.
		 -- Mark 14:31
%
And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to
his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.
		 -- Mark 14:32
%
And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore
amazed, and to be very heavy;
		 -- Mark 14:33
%
And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry
ye here, and watch.
		 -- Mark 14:34
%
And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that,
if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.
		 -- Mark 14:35
%
And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away
this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
		 -- Mark 14:36
%
And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon,
sleepest thou?	couldest not thou watch one hour?
		 -- Mark 14:37
%
Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.  The spirit truly is
ready, but the flesh is weak.
		 -- Mark 14:38
%
And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words.
		 -- Mark 14:39
%
And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were
heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.
		 -- Mark 14:40
%
And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and
take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man
is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
		 -- Mark 14:41
%
Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand.
		 -- Mark 14:42
%
And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve,
and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief
priests and the scribes and the elders.
		 -- Mark 14:43
%
And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I
shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely.
		 -- Mark 14:44
%
And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith,
Master, master; and kissed him.
		 -- Mark 14:45
%
And they laid their hands on him, and took him.
		 -- Mark 14:46
%
And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the
high priest, and cut off his ear.
		 -- Mark 14:47
%
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a
thief, with swords and with staves to take me?
		 -- Mark 14:48
%
I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but
the scriptures must be fulfilled.
		 -- Mark 14:49
%
And they all forsook him, and fled.
		 -- Mark 14:50
%
And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast
about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:
		 -- Mark 14:51
%
And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
		 -- Mark 14:52
%
And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled
all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.
		 -- Mark 14:53
%
And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest:
and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.
		 -- Mark 14:54
%
And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against
Jesus to put him to death; and found none.
		 -- Mark 14:55
%
For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not
together.
		 -- Mark 14:56
%
And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,
		 -- Mark 14:57
%
We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands,
and within three days I will build another made without hands.
		 -- Mark 14:58
%
But neither so did their witness agree together.
		 -- Mark 14:59
%
And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying,
Answerest thou nothing?  what is it which these witness against thee?
		 -- Mark 14:60
%
But he held his peace, and answered nothing.  Again the high priest
asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
		 -- Mark 14:61
%
And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the
right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
		 -- Mark 14:62
%
Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any
further witnesses?
		 -- Mark 14:63
%
Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye?  And they all condemned him
to be guilty of death.
		 -- Mark 14:64
%
And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him,
and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the
palms of their hands.
		 -- Mark 14:65
%
And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids
of the high priest:
		 -- Mark 14:66
%
And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said,
And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth.
		 -- Mark 14:67
%
But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest.
And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.
		 -- Mark 14:68
%
And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This
is one of them.
		 -- Mark 14:69
%
And he denied it again.  And a little after, they that stood by said
again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean,
and thy speech agreeth thereto.
		 -- Mark 14:70
%
But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom
ye speak.
		 -- Mark 14:71
%
And the second time the cock crew.  And Peter called to mind the word
that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny
me thrice.  And when he thought thereon, he wept.
		 -- Mark 14:72
%
AND straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation
with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus,
and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.
		 -- Mark 15:1
%
And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews?  And he answering
said unto him, Thou sayest it.
		 -- Mark 15:2
%
And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing.
		 -- Mark 15:3
%
And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing?  behold how
many things they witness against thee.
		 -- Mark 15:4
%
But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.
		 -- Mark 15:5
%
Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they
desired.
		 -- Mark 15:6
%
And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had
made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.
		 -- Mark 15:7
%
And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever
done unto them.
		 -- Mark 15:8
%
But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the
King of the Jews?
		 -- Mark 15:9
%
For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.
		 -- Mark 15:10
%
But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release
Barabbas unto them.
		 -- Mark 15:11
%
And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I
shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?
		 -- Mark 15:12
%
And they cried out again, Crucify him.
		 -- Mark 15:13
%
Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done?  And they cried
out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.
		 -- Mark 15:14
%
And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them,
and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
		 -- Mark 15:15
%
And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they
call together the whole band.
		 -- Mark 15:16
%
And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and
put it about his head,
		 -- Mark 15:17
%
And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
		 -- Mark 15:18
%
And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him,
and bowing their knees worshipped him.
		 -- Mark 15:19
%
And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and
put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.
		 -- Mark 15:20
%
And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the
country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
		 -- Mark 15:21
%
And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted,
The place of a skull.
		 -- Mark 15:22
%
And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received
it not.
		 -- Mark 15:23
%
And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots
upon them, what every man should take.
		 -- Mark 15:24
%
And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
		 -- Mark 15:25
%
And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF
THE JEWS.
		 -- Mark 15:26
%
And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and
the other on his left.
		 -- Mark 15:27
%
And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with
the transgressors.
		 -- Mark 15:28
%
And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying,
Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
		 -- Mark 15:29
%
Save thyself, and come down from the cross.
		 -- Mark 15:30
%
Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the
scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
		 -- Mark 15:31
%
Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may
see and believe.  And they that were crucified with him reviled him.
		 -- Mark 15:32
%
And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land
until the ninth hour.
		 -- Mark 15:33
%
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi,
Eloi, lama sabachthani?  which is, being interpreted, My God, my God,
why hast thou forsaken me?
		 -- Mark 15:34
%
And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he
calleth Elias.
		 -- Mark 15:35
%
And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed,
and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will
come to take him down.
		 -- Mark 15:36
%
And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
		 -- Mark 15:37
%
And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
		 -- Mark 15:38
%
And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried
out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
		 -- Mark 15:39
%
There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene,
and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
		 -- Mark 15:40
%
(Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;)
and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.
		 -- Mark 15:41
%
And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is,
the day before the sabbath,
		 -- Mark 15:42
%
Joseph of Arimathaea, and honourable counsellor, which also waited for
the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved
the body of Jesus.
		 -- Mark 15:43
%
And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the
centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
		 -- Mark 15:44
%
And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
		 -- Mark 15:45
%
And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen,
and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a
stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
		 -- Mark 15:46
%
And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.
		 -- Mark 15:47
%
AND when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of
James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and
anoint him.
		 -- Mark 16:1
%
And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto
the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
		 -- Mark 16:2
%
And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from
the door of the sepulchre?
		 -- Mark 16:3
%
And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it
was very great.
		 -- Mark 16:4
%
And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the
right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
		 -- Mark 16:5
%
And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth,
which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where
they laid him.
		 -- Mark 16:6
%
But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you
into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.
		 -- Mark 16:7
%
And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they
trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for
they were afraid.
		 -- Mark 16:8
%
Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared
first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
		 -- Mark 16:9
%
And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned
and wept.
		 -- Mark 16:10
%
And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her,
believed not.
		 -- Mark 16:11
%
After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked,
and went into the country.
		 -- Mark 16:12
%
And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them.
		 -- Mark 16:13
%
Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided
them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed
not them which had seen him after he was risen.
		 -- Mark 16:14
%
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel
to every creature.
		 -- Mark 16:15
%
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth
not shall be damned.
		 -- Mark 16:16
%
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they
cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
		 -- Mark 16:17
%
They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall
not hurt them: they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
		 -- Mark 16:18
%
So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into
heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
		 -- Mark 16:19
%
And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them,
and confirming the word with signs following.  Amen.
		 -- Mark 16:20
%
FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration
of those things which are most surely believed among us,
		 -- Luke 1:1
%
Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were
eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
		 -- Luke 1:2
%
It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all
things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent
Theophilus,
		 -- Luke 1:3
%
That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast
been instructed.
		 -- Luke 1:4
%
THERE was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named
Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of
Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
		 -- Luke 1:5
%
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments
and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
		 -- Luke 1:6
%
And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both
were now well stricken in years.
		 -- Luke 1:7
%
And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before
God in the order of his course,
		 -- Luke 1:8
%
According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn
incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
		 -- Luke 1:9
%
And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time
of incense.
		 -- Luke 1:10
%
And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right
side of the altar of incense.
		 -- Luke 1:11
%
And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
		 -- Luke 1:12
%
But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard;
and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his
name John.
		 -- Luke 1:13
%
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
		 -- Luke 1:14
%
For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither
wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost,
even from his mother's womb.
		 -- Luke 1:15
%
And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
		 -- Luke 1:16
%
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn
the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the
wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
		 -- Luke 1:17
%
And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this?  for I am
an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
		 -- Luke 1:18
%
And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the
presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these
glad tidings.
		 -- Luke 1:19
%
And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day
that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words,
which shall be fulfilled in their season.
		 -- Luke 1:20
%
And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so
long in the temple.
		 -- Luke 1:21
%
And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived
that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them,
and remained speechless.
		 -- Luke 1:22
%
And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were
accomplished, he departed to his own house.
		 -- Luke 1:23
%
And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five
months, saying,
		 -- Luke 1:24
%
Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me,
to take away my reproach among men.
		 -- Luke 1:25
%
And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city
of Galilee, named Nazareth,
		 -- Luke 1:26
%
To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of
David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
		 -- Luke 1:27
%
And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly
favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
		 -- Luke 1:28
%
And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her
mind what manner of salutation this should be.
		 -- Luke 1:29
%
And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour
with God.
		 -- Luke 1:30
%
And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son,
and shalt call his name JESUS.
		 -- Luke 1:31
%
He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the
Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
		 -- Luke 1:32
%
And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom
there shall be no end.
		 -- Luke 1:33
%
Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
		 -- Luke 1:34
%
And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon
thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore
also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the
Son of God.
		 -- Luke 1:35
%
And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her
old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
		 -- Luke 1:36
%
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
		 -- Luke 1:37
%
And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according
to thy word.  And the angel departed from her.
		 -- Luke 1:38
%
And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste,
into a city of Juda;
		 -- Luke 1:39
%
And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.
		 -- Luke 1:40
%
And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary,
the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
		 -- Luke 1:41
%
And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among
women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
		 -- Luke 1:42
%
And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
		 -- Luke 1:43
%
For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears,
the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
		 -- Luke 1:44
%
And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of
those things which were told her from the Lord.
		 -- Luke 1:45
%
And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
		 -- Luke 1:46
%
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
		 -- Luke 1:47
%
For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold,
from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
		 -- Luke 1:48
%
For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
		 -- Luke 1:49
%
And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
		 -- Luke 1:50
%
He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in
the imagination of their hearts.
		 -- Luke 1:51
%
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of
low degree.
		 -- Luke 1:52
%
He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent
empty away.
		 -- Luke 1:53
%
He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
		 -- Luke 1:54
%
As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
		 -- Luke 1:55
%
And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.
		 -- Luke 1:56
%
Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she
brought forth a son.
		 -- Luke 1:57
%
And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great
mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
		 -- Luke 1:58
%
And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the
child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
		 -- Luke 1:59
%
And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.
		 -- Luke 1:60
%
And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by
this name.
		 -- Luke 1:61
%
And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
		 -- Luke 1:62
%
And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John.
And they marvelled all.
		 -- Luke 1:63
%
And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake,
and praised God.
		 -- Luke 1:64
%
And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings
were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.
		 -- Luke 1:65
%
And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What
manner of child shall this be!	And the hand of the Lord was with him.
		 -- Luke 1:66
%
And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied,
saying,
		 -- Luke 1:67
%
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed
his people,
		 -- Luke 1:68
%
And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his
servant David;
		 -- Luke 1:69
%
As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since
the world began:
		 -- Luke 1:70
%
That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that
hate us;
		 -- Luke 1:71
%
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy
covenant;
		 -- Luke 1:72
%
The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
		 -- Luke 1:73
%
That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of
our enemies might serve him without fear,
		 -- Luke 1:74
%
In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
		 -- Luke 1:75
%
And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou
shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
		 -- Luke 1:76
%
To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of
their sins,
		 -- Luke 1:77
%
Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high
hath visited us,
		 -- Luke 1:78
%
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.
		 -- Luke 1:79
%
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts
till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
		 -- Luke 1:80
%
AND it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from
Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
		 -- Luke 2:1
%
(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
		 -- Luke 2:2
%
And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
		 -- Luke 2:3
%
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into
Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he
was of the house and lineage of David:)
		 -- Luke 2:4
%
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
		 -- Luke 2:5
%
And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished
that she should be delivered.
		 -- Luke 2:6
%
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling
clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them
in the inn.
		 -- Luke 2:7
%
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field,
keeping watch over their flock by night.
		 -- Luke 2:8
%
And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord
shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
		 -- Luke 2:9
%
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good
tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
		 -- Luke 2:10
%
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is
Christ the Lord.
		 -- Luke 2:11
%
And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in
swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
		 -- Luke 2:12
%
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host
praising God, and saying,
		 -- Luke 2:13
%
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
		 -- Luke 2:14
%
And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven,
the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem,
and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known
unto us.
		 -- Luke 2:15
%
And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying
in a manger.
		 -- Luke 2:16
%
And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was
told them concerning this child.
		 -- Luke 2:17
%
And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them
by the shepherds.
		 -- Luke 2:18
%
But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
		 -- Luke 2:19
%
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the
things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
		 -- Luke 2:20
%
And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child,
his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he
was conceived in the womb.
		 -- Luke 2:21
%
And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were
accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
		 -- Luke 2:22
%
(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the
womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
		 -- Luke 2:23
%
And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of
the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
		 -- Luke 2:24
%
And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and
the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel:
and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
		 -- Luke 2:25
%
And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see
death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
		 -- Luke 2:26
%
And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought
in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
		 -- Luke 2:27
%
Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
		 -- Luke 2:28
%
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
		 -- Luke 2:29
%
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
		 -- Luke 2:30
%
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
		 -- Luke 2:31
%
A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
		 -- Luke 2:32
%
And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken
of him.
		 -- Luke 2:33
%
And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this
child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for
a sign which shall be spoken against;
		 -- Luke 2:34
%
(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts
of many hearts may be revealed.
		 -- Luke 2:35
%
And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the
tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband
seven years from her virginity;
		 -- Luke 2:36
%
And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not
from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
		 -- Luke 2:37
%
And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord,
and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
		 -- Luke 2:38
%
And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord,
they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
		 -- Luke 2:39
%
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom:
and the grace of God was upon him.
		 -- Luke 2:40
%
Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
		 -- Luke 2:41
%
And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the
custom of the feast.
		 -- Luke 2:42
%
And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus
tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.
		 -- Luke 2:43
%
But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey;
and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
		 -- Luke 2:44
%
And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem,
seeking him.
		 -- Luke 2:45
%
And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple,
sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking
them questions.
		 -- Luke 2:46
%
And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
		 -- Luke 2:47
%
And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him,
Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us?	behold, thy father and I have
sought thee sorrowing.
		 -- Luke 2:48
%
And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me?  wist ye not that
I must be about my Father's business?
		 -- Luke 2:49
%
And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
		 -- Luke 2:50
%
And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto
them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
		 -- Luke 2:51
%
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
		 -- Luke 2:52
%
NOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate
being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his
brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis,
and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
		 -- Luke 3:1
%
Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto
John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
		 -- Luke 3:2
%
And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of
repentance for the remission of sins;
		 -- Luke 3:3
%
As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying,
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight.
		 -- Luke 3:4
%
Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be
brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways
shall be made smooth;
		 -- Luke 3:5
%
And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
		 -- Luke 3:6
%
Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O
generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
		 -- Luke 3:7
%
Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say
within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you,
That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
		 -- Luke 3:8
%
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree
therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast
into the fire.
		 -- Luke 3:9
%
And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
		 -- Luke 3:10
%
He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart
to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
		 -- Luke 3:11
%
Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master,
what shall we do?
		 -- Luke 3:12
%
And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
		 -- Luke 3:13
%
And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do?
And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely;
and be content with your wages.
		 -- Luke 3:14
%
And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts
of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
		 -- Luke 3:15
%
John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water;
but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not
worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
		 -- Luke 3:16
%
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and
will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with
fire unquenchable.
		 -- Luke 3:17
%
And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.
		 -- Luke 3:18
%
But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother
Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
		 -- Luke 3:19
%
Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
		 -- Luke 3:20
%
Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also
being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
		 -- Luke 3:21
%
And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him,
and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son;
in thee I am well pleased.
		 -- Luke 3:22
%
And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was
supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
		 -- Luke 3:23
%
Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the
son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph,
		 -- Luke 3:24
%
Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was
the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,
		 -- Luke 3:25
%
Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was
the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda,
		 -- Luke 3:26
%
Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son
of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri,
		 -- Luke 3:27
%
Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the
son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er,
		 -- Luke 3:28
%
Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the
son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,
		 -- Luke 3:29
%
Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the
son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,
		 -- Luke 3:30
%
Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the
son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,
		 -- Luke 3:31
%
Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the
son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson,
		 -- Luke 3:32
%
Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the
son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda,
		 -- Luke 3:33
%
Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the
son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,
		 -- Luke 3:34
%
Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the
son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,
		 -- Luke 3:35
%
Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was
the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,
		 -- Luke 3:36
%
Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the
son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,
		 -- Luke 3:37
%
Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son
of Adam, which was the son of God.
		 -- Luke 3:38
%
AND Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was
led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
		 -- Luke 4:1
%
Being forty days tempted of the devil.	And in those days he did eat
nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
		 -- Luke 4:2
%
And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this
stone that it be made bread.
		 -- Luke 4:3
%
And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live
by bread alone, but by every word of God.
		 -- Luke 4:4
%
And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all
the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
		 -- Luke 4:5
%
And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the
glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will
I give it.
		 -- Luke 4:6
%
If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
		 -- Luke 4:7
%
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for
it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt
thou serve.
		 -- Luke 4:8
%
And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple,
and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from
hence:
		 -- Luke 4:9
%
For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep
thee:
		 -- Luke 4:10
%
And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash
thy foot against a stone.
		 -- Luke 4:11
%
And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the
Lord thy God.
		 -- Luke 4:12
%
And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him
for a season.
		 -- Luke 4:13
%
And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there
went out a fame of him through all the region round about.
		 -- Luke 4:14
%
And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.
		 -- Luke 4:15
%
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom
was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for
to read.
		 -- Luke 4:16
%
And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias.
And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
		 -- Luke 4:17
%
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach
the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to
preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty them that are bruised,
		 -- Luke 4:18
%
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
		 -- Luke 4:19
%
And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and
sat down.  And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were
fastened on him.
		 -- Luke 4:20
%
And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in
your ears.
		 -- Luke 4:21
%
And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which
proceeded out of his mouth.  And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
		 -- Luke 4:22
%
And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician,
heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here
in thy country.
		 -- Luke 4:23
%
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own
country.
		 -- Luke 4:24
%
But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of
Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when
great famine was throughout all the land;
		 -- Luke 4:25
%
But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon,
unto a woman that was a widow.
		 -- Luke 4:26
%
And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet;
and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
		 -- Luke 4:27
%
And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled
with wrath,
		 -- Luke 4:28
%
And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow
of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him
down headlong.
		 -- Luke 4:29
%
But he passing through the midst of them went his way,
		 -- Luke 4:30
%
And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the
sabbath days.
		 -- Luke 4:31
%
And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.
		 -- Luke 4:32
%
And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean
devil, and cried out with a loud voice,
		 -- Luke 4:33
%
Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of
Nazareth?  art thou come to destroy us?  I know thee who thou art;
the Holy One of God.
		 -- Luke 4:34
%
And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.
And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him,
and hurt him not.
		 -- Luke 4:35
%
And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word
is this!  for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits,
and they come out.
		 -- Luke 4:36
%
And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.
		 -- Luke 4:37
%
And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house.
And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought
him for her.
		 -- Luke 4:38
%
And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and
immediately she arose and ministered unto them.
		 -- Luke 4:39
%
Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers
diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of
them, and healed them.
		 -- Luke 4:40
%
And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ
the Son of God.  And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for
they knew that he was Christ.
		 -- Luke 4:41
%
And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the
people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should
not depart from them.
		 -- Luke 4:42
%
And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities
also: for therefore am I sent.
		 -- Luke 4:43
%
And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.
		 -- Luke 4:44
%
AND it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the
word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
		 -- Luke 5:1
%
And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out
of them, and were washing their nets.
		 -- Luke 5:2
%
And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed
him that he would thrust out a little from the land.  And he sat down,
and taught the people out of the ship.
		 -- Luke 5:3
%
Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the
deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
		 -- Luke 5:4
%
And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night,
and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
		 -- Luke 5:5
%
And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes:
and their net brake.
		 -- Luke 5:6
%
And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship,
that they should come and help them.  And they came, and filled both
the ships, so that they began to sink.
		 -- Luke 5:7
%
When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart
from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
		 -- Luke 5:8
%
For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of
the fishes which they had taken:
		 -- Luke 5:9
%
And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners
with Simon.  And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou
shalt catch men.
		 -- Luke 5:10
%
And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and
followed him.
		 -- Luke 5:11
%
And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full
of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying,
Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
		 -- Luke 5:12
%
And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean.
And immediately the leprosy departed from him.
		 -- Luke 5:13
%
And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the
priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded,
for a testimony unto them.
		 -- Luke 5:14
%
But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes
came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
		 -- Luke 5:15
%
And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
		 -- Luke 5:16
%
And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there
were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out
of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of
the Lord was present to heal them.
		 -- Luke 5:17
%
And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy:
and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
		 -- Luke 5:18
%
And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because
of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through
the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.
		 -- Luke 5:19
%
And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are
forgiven thee.
		 -- Luke 5:20
%
And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this
which speaketh blasphemies?  Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
		 -- Luke 5:21
%
But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them,
What reason ye in your hearts?
		 -- Luke 5:22
%
Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise
up and walk?
		 -- Luke 5:23
%
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to
forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee,
Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.
		 -- Luke 5:24
%
And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay,
and departed to his own house, glorifying God.
		 -- Luke 5:25
%
And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with
fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.
		 -- Luke 5:26
%
And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi,
sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.
		 -- Luke 5:27
%
And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
		 -- Luke 5:28
%
And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great
company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.
		 -- Luke 5:29
%
But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying,
Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
		 -- Luke 5:30
%
And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a
physician; but they that are sick.
		 -- Luke 5:31
%
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
		 -- Luke 5:32
%
And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and
make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine
eat and drink?
		 -- Luke 5:33
%
And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast,
while the bridegroom is with them?
		 -- Luke 5:34
%
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them,
and then shall they fast in those days.
		 -- Luke 5:35
%
And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new
garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent,
and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
		 -- Luke 5:36
%
And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will
burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
		 -- Luke 5:37
%
But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
		 -- Luke 5:38
%
No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith,
The old is better.
		 -- Luke 5:39
%
AND it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went
through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn,
and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
		 -- Luke 6:1
%
And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is
not lawful to do on the sabbath days?
		 -- Luke 6:2
%
And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what
David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;
		 -- Luke 6:3
%
How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread,
and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat
but for the priests alone?
		 -- Luke 6:4
%
And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
		 -- Luke 6:5
%
And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the
synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.
		 -- Luke 6:6
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And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the
sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.
		 -- Luke 6:7
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But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered
hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst.  And he arose and stood
forth.
		 -- Luke 6:8
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Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the
sabbath days to do good, or to do evil?  to save life, or to destroy it?
		 -- Luke 6:9
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And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth
thy hand.  And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
		 -- Luke 6:10
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And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what
they might do to Jesus.
		 -- Luke 6:11
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And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to
pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
		 -- Luke 6:12
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And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he
chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
		 -- Luke 6:13
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Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John,
Philip and Bartholomew,
		 -- Luke 6:14
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Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,
		 -- Luke 6:15
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And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was
the traitor.
		 -- Luke 6:16
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And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of
his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and
Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear
him, and to be healed of their diseases;
		 -- Luke 6:17
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And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.
		 -- Luke 6:18
%
And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out
of him, and healed them all.
		 -- Luke 6:19
%
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor:
for yours is the kingdom of God.
		 -- Luke 6:20
%
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled.  Blessed are ye
that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
		 -- Luke 6:21
%
Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate
you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name
as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
		 -- Luke 6:22
%
Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward
is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the
prophets.
		 -- Luke 6:23
%
But woe unto you that are rich!  for ye have received your consolation.
		 -- Luke 6:24
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Woe unto you that are full!  for ye shall hunger.  Woe unto you that
laugh now!  for ye shall mourn and weep.
		 -- Luke 6:25
%
Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you!  for so did their
fathers to the false prophets.
		 -- Luke 6:26
%
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which
hate you,
		 -- Luke 6:27
%
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
		 -- Luke 6:28
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And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other;
and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.
		 -- Luke 6:29
%
Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy
goods ask them not again.
		 -- Luke 6:30
%
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
		 -- Luke 6:31
%
For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye?  for sinners
also love those that love them.
		 -- Luke 6:32
%
And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye?
for sinners also do even the same.
		 -- Luke 6:33
%
And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye?
for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
		 -- Luke 6:34
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But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing
again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of
the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
		 -- Luke 6:35
%
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
		 -- Luke 6:36
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Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be
condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
		 -- Luke 6:37
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Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down,
and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom.
For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to
you again.
		 -- Luke 6:38
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And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind?
shall they not both fall into the ditch?
		 -- Luke 6:39
%
The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect
shall be as his master.
		 -- Luke 6:40
%
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but
perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
		 -- Luke 6:41
%
Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the
mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam
that is in thine own eye?  Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out
of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote
that is in thy brother's eye.
		 -- Luke 6:42
%
For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt
tree bring forth good fruit.
		 -- Luke 6:43
%
For every tree is known by his own fruit.  For of thorns men do not
gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
		 -- Luke 6:44
%
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that
which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart
bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart
his mouth speaketh.
		 -- Luke 6:45
%
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
		 -- Luke 6:46
%
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will
shew you to whom he is like:
		 -- Luke 6:47
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He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the
foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently
upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
		 -- Luke 6:48
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But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a
foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did
beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house
was great.
		 -- Luke 6:49
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NOW when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people,
he entered into Capernaum.
		 -- Luke 7:1
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And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick,
and ready to die.
		 -- Luke 7:2
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And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews,
beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.
		 -- Luke 7:3
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And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That
he was worthy for whom he should do this:
		 -- Luke 7:4
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For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.
		 -- Luke 7:5
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Then Jesus went with them.  And when he was now not far from the house,
the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not
thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:
		 -- Luke 7:6
%
Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in
a word, and my servant shall be healed.
		 -- Luke 7:7
%
For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and
I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh;
and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
		 -- Luke 7:8
%
When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about,
and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not
found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
		 -- Luke 7:9
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And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole
that had been sick.
		 -- Luke 7:10
%
And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain;
and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.
		 -- Luke 7:11
%
Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead
man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and
much people of the city was with her.
		 -- Luke 7:12
%
And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her,
Weep not.
		 -- Luke 7:13
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And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still.
And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
		 -- Luke 7:14
%
And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak.  And he delivered him
to his mother.
		 -- Luke 7:15
%
And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a
great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.
		 -- Luke 7:16
%
And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout
all the region round about.
		 -- Luke 7:17
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And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things.
		 -- Luke 7:18
%
And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus,
saying, Art thou he that should come?  or look we for another?
		 -- Luke 7:19
%
When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us
unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come?  or look we for another?
		 -- Luke 7:20
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And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues,
and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.
		 -- Luke 7:21
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Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what
things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk,
the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor
the gospel is preached.
		 -- Luke 7:22
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And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
		 -- Luke 7:23
%
And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the
people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see?
A reed shaken with the wind?
		 -- Luke 7:24
%
But what went ye out for to see?  A man clothed in soft raiment?  Behold,
they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings'
courts.
		 -- Luke 7:25
%
But what went ye out for to see?  A prophet?  Yea, I say unto you,
and much more than a prophet.
		 -- Luke 7:26
%
This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before
thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
		 -- Luke 7:27
%
For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not
a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the
kingdom of God is greater than he.
		 -- Luke 7:28
%
And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God,
being baptized with the baptism of John.
		 -- Luke 7:29
%
But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against
themselves, being not baptized of him.
		 -- Luke 7:30
%
And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this
generation?  and to what are they like?
		 -- Luke 7:31
%
They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one
to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced;
we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
		 -- Luke 7:32
%
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and
ye say, He hath a devil.
		 -- Luke 7:33
%
The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a
gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
		 -- Luke 7:34
%
But wisdom is justified of all her children.
		 -- Luke 7:35
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And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him.  And he
went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.
		 -- Luke 7:36
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And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew
that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster
box of ointment,
		 -- Luke 7:37
%
And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with
tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet,
and anointed them with the ointment.
		 -- Luke 7:38
%
Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within
himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who
and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
		 -- Luke 7:39
%
And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto
thee.  And he saith, Master, say on.
		 -- Luke 7:40
%
There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five
hundred pence, and the other fifty.
		 -- Luke 7:41
%
And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both.  Tell me
therefore, which of them will love him most?
		 -- Luke 7:42
%
Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most.
And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
		 -- Luke 7:43
%
And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman?
I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she
hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
		 -- Luke 7:44
%
Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath
not ceased to kiss my feet.
		 -- Luke 7:45
%
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my
feet with ointment.
		 -- Luke 7:46
%
Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for
she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
		 -- Luke 7:47
%
And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
		 -- Luke 7:48
%
And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves,
Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
		 -- Luke 7:49
%
And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
		 -- Luke 7:50
%
AND it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and
village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God:
and the twelve were with him,
		 -- Luke 8:1
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And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities,
Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,
		 -- Luke 8:2
%
And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many
others, which ministered unto him of their substance.
		 -- Luke 8:3
%
And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out
of every city, he spake by a parable:
		 -- Luke 8:4
%
A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way
side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
		 -- Luke 8:5
%
And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered
away, because it lacked moisture.
		 -- Luke 8:6
%
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and
choked it.
		 -- Luke 8:7
%
And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an
hundredfold.  And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath
ears to hear, let him hear.
		 -- Luke 8:8
%
And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
		 -- Luke 8:9
%
And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom
of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see,
and hearing they might not understand.
		 -- Luke 8:10
%
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
		 -- Luke 8:11
%
Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and
taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and
be saved.
		 -- Luke 8:12
%
They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with
joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of
temptation fall away.
		 -- Luke 8:13
%
And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard,
go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life,
and bring no fruit to perfection.
		 -- Luke 8:14
%
But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart,
having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
		 -- Luke 8:15
%
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or
putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which
enter in may see the light.
		 -- Luke 8:16
%
For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any
thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
		 -- Luke 8:17
%
Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be
given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which
he seemeth to have.
		 -- Luke 8:18
%
Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him
for the press.
		 -- Luke 8:19
%
And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren
stand without, desiring to see thee.
		 -- Luke 8:20
%
And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these
which hear the word of God, and do it.
		 -- Luke 8:21
%
Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his
disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of
the lake.  And they launched forth.
		 -- Luke 8:22
%
But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind
on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.
		 -- Luke 8:23
%
And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish.
Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and
they ceased, and there was a calm.
		 -- Luke 8:24
%
And he said unto them, Where is your faith?  And they being afraid
wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this!  for he
commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.
		 -- Luke 8:25
%
And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against
Galilee.
		 -- Luke 8:26
%
And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain
man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in
any house, but in the tombs.
		 -- Luke 8:27
%
When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a
loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God
most high?  I beseech thee, torment me not.
		 -- Luke 8:28
%
(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man.
For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and
in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into
the wilderness.)
		 -- Luke 8:29
%
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name?	And he said, Legion:
because many devils were entered into him.
		 -- Luke 8:30
%
And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into
the deep.
		 -- Luke 8:31
%
And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain:
and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them.
And he suffered them.
		 -- Luke 8:32
%
Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and
the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
		 -- Luke 8:33
%
When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told
it in the city and in the country.
		 -- Luke 8:34
%
Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the
man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus,
clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
		 -- Luke 8:35
%
They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of
the devils was healed.
		 -- Luke 8:36
%
Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about
besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear:
and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.
		 -- Luke 8:37
%
Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he
might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,
		 -- Luke 8:38
%
Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto
thee.  And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how
great things Jesus had done unto him.
		 -- Luke 8:39
%
And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly
received him: for they were all waiting for him.
		 -- Luke 8:40
%
And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the
synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he
would come into his house:
		 -- Luke 8:41
%
For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay
a dying.  But as he went the people thronged him.
		 -- Luke 8:42
%
And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all
her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
		 -- Luke 8:43
%
Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately
her issue of blood stanched.
		 -- Luke 8:44
%
And Jesus said, Who touched me?  When all denied, Peter and they that
were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee,
and sayest thou, Who touched me?
		 -- Luke 8:45
%
And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is
gone out of me.
		 -- Luke 8:46
%
And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and
falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people
for what cause she had touched him and how she was healed immediately.
		 -- Luke 8:47
%
And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made
thee whole; go in peace.
		 -- Luke 8:48
%
While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's
house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master.
		 -- Luke 8:49
%
But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only,
and she shall be made whole.
		 -- Luke 8:50
%
And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter,
and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden.
		 -- Luke 8:51
%
And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead,
but sleepeth.
		 -- Luke 8:52
%
And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
		 -- Luke 8:53
%
And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying,
Maid, arise.
		 -- Luke 8:54
%
And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded
to give her meat.
		 -- Luke 8:55
%
And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should
tell no man what was done.
		 -- Luke 8:56
%
THEN he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and
authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
		 -- Luke 9:1
%
And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
		 -- Luke 9:2
%
And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves,
nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.
		 -- Luke 9:3
%
And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart.
		 -- Luke 9:4
%
And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake
off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
		 -- Luke 9:5
%
And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel,
and healing every where.
		 -- Luke 9:6
%
Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was
perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen from
the dead;
		 -- Luke 9:7
%
And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one of the
old prophets was risen again.
		 -- Luke 9:8
%
And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear
such things?  And he desired to see him.
		 -- Luke 9:9
%
And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had
done.  And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place
belonging to the city called Bethsaida.
		 -- Luke 9:10
%
And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them,
and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need
of healing.
		 -- Luke 9:11
%
And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said
unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and
country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a
desert place.
		 -- Luke 9:12
%
But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat.  And they said, We have no
more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat
for all this people.
		 -- Luke 9:13
%
For they were about five thousand men.	And he said to his disciples,
Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
		 -- Luke 9:14
%
And they did so, and made them all sit down.
		 -- Luke 9:15
%
Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to
heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set
before the multitude.
		 -- Luke 9:16
%
And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments
that remained to them twelve baskets.
		 -- Luke 9:17
%
And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him:
and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?
		 -- Luke 9:18
%
They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others
say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.
		 -- Luke 9:19
%
He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am?  Peter answering said,
The Christ of God.
		 -- Luke 9:20
%
And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that
thing;
		 -- Luke 9:21
%
Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the
elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the
third day.
		 -- Luke 9:22
%
And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
		 -- Luke 9:23
%
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose
his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
		 -- Luke 9:24
%
For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose
himself, or be cast away?
		 -- Luke 9:25
%
For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the
Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his
Father's, and of the holy angels.
		 -- Luke 9:26
%
But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not
taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
		 -- Luke 9:27
%
And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took
Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
		 -- Luke 9:28
%
And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his
raiment was white and glistering.
		 -- Luke 9:29
%
And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias:
		 -- Luke 9:30
%
Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish
at Jerusalem.
		 -- Luke 9:31
%
But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when
they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.
		 -- Luke 9:32
%
And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus,
Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles;
one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what
he said.
		 -- Luke 9:33
%
While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they
feared as they entered into the cloud.
		 -- Luke 9:34
%
And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son:
hear him.
		 -- Luke 9:35
%
And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone.  And they kept it
close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they
had seen.
		 -- Luke 9:36
%
And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come down from
the hill, much people met him.
		 -- Luke 9:37
%
And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech
thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.
		 -- Luke 9:38
%
And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth
him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him.
		 -- Luke 9:39
%
And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not.
		 -- Luke 9:40
%
And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long
shall I be with you, and suffer you?  Bring thy son hither.
		 -- Luke 9:41
%
And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him.
And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered
him again to his father.
		 -- Luke 9:42
%
And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God.  But while they
wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his
disciples,
		 -- Luke 9:43
%
Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be
delivered into the hands of men.
		 -- Luke 9:44
%
But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they
perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.
		 -- Luke 9:45
%
Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest.
		 -- Luke 9:46
%
And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set
him by him,
		 -- Luke 9:47
%
And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name
receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me:
for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.
		 -- Luke 9:48
%
And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in
thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us.
		 -- Luke 9:49
%
And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us
is for us.
		 -- Luke 9:50
%
And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received
up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
		 -- Luke 9:51
%
And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a
village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.
		 -- Luke 9:52
%
And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would
go to Jerusalem.
		 -- Luke 9:53
%
And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt
thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them,
even as Elias did?
		 -- Luke 9:54
%
But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of
spirit ye are of.
		 -- Luke 9:55
%
For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
And they went to another village.
		 -- Luke 9:56
%
And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said
unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
		 -- Luke 9:57
%
And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have
nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
		 -- Luke 9:58
%
And he said unto another, Follow me.  But he said, Lord, suffer me first
to go and bury my father.
		 -- Luke 9:59
%
Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach
the kingdom of God.
		 -- Luke 9:60
%
And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go
bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.
		 -- Luke 9:61
%
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough,
and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
		 -- Luke 9:62
%
AFTER these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them
two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself
would come.
		 -- Luke 10:1
%
Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers
are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send
forth labourers into his harvest.
		 -- Luke 10:2
%
Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
		 -- Luke 10:3
%
Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
		 -- Luke 10:4
%
And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
		 -- Luke 10:5
%
And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not,
it shall turn to you again.
		 -- Luke 10:6
%
And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they
give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire.  Go not from house to house.
		 -- Luke 10:7
%
And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things
as are set before you:
		 -- Luke 10:8
%
And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of
God is come nigh unto you.
		 -- Luke 10:9
%
But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your
ways out into the streets of the same, and say,
		 -- Luke 10:10
%
Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off
against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of
God is come nigh unto you.
		 -- Luke 10:11
%
But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom,
than for that city.
		 -- Luke 10:12
%
Woe unto thee, Chorazin!  woe unto thee, Bethsaida!  for if the mighty
works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you,
they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
		 -- Luke 10:13
%
But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment,
than for you.
		 -- Luke 10:14
%
And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down
to hell.
		 -- Luke 10:15
%
He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me;
and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
		 -- Luke 10:16
%
And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils
are subject unto us through thy name.
		 -- Luke 10:17
%
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
		 -- Luke 10:18
%
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and
over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
		 -- Luke 10:19
%
Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto
you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
		 -- Luke 10:20
%
In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father,
Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise
and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so
it seemed good in thy sight.
		 -- Luke 10:21
%
All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the
Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to
whom the Son will reveal him.
		 -- Luke 10:22
%
And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are
the eyes which see the things that ye see:
		 -- Luke 10:23
%
For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those
things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things
which ye hear, and have not heard them.
		 -- Luke 10:24
%
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master,
what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
		 -- Luke 10:25
%
He said unto him, What is written in the law?  how readest thou?
		 -- Luke 10:26
%
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all
thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
		 -- Luke 10:27
%
And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou
shalt live.
		 -- Luke 10:28
%
But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my
neighbour?
		 -- Luke 10:29
%
And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to
Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment,
and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
		 -- Luke 10:30
%
And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he
saw him, he passed by on the other side.
		 -- Luke 10:31
%
And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him,
and passed by on the other side.
		 -- Luke 10:32
%
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when
he saw him, he had compassion on him,
		 -- Luke 10:33
%
And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and
set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
		 -- Luke 10:34
%
And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them
to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou
spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
		 -- Luke 10:35
%
Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that
fell among the thieves?
		 -- Luke 10:36
%
And he said, He that shewed mercy on him.  Then said Jesus unto him,
Go, and do thou likewise.
		 -- Luke 10:37
%
Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village:
and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
		 -- Luke 10:38
%
And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and
heard his word.
		 -- Luke 10:39
%
But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said,
Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone?
bid her therefore that she help me.
		 -- Luke 10:40
%
And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful
and troubled about many things:
		 -- Luke 10:41
%
But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which
shall not be taken away from her.
		 -- Luke 10:42
%
AND it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when
he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray,
as John also taught his disciples.
		 -- Luke 11:1
%
And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.  Thy kingdom come.  Thy will be done, as in heaven,
so in earth.
		 -- Luke 11:2
%
Give us day by day our daily bread.
		 -- Luke 11:3
%
And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted
to us.	And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
		 -- Luke 11:4
%
And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go
unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
		 -- Luke 11:5
%
For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing
to set before him?
		 -- Luke 11:6
%
And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is
now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
		 -- Luke 11:7
%
I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his
friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many
as he needeth.
		 -- Luke 11:8
%
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall
find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
		 -- Luke 11:9
%
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and
to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
		 -- Luke 11:10
%
If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give
him a stone?  or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
		 -- Luke 11:11
%
Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
		 -- Luke 11:12
%
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children:
how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them
that ask him?
		 -- Luke 11:13
%
And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb.  And it came to pass,
when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.
		 -- Luke 11:14
%
But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief
of the devils.
		 -- Luke 11:15
%
And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
		 -- Luke 11:16
%
But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided
against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a
house falleth.
		 -- Luke 11:17
%
If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand?
because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.
		 -- Luke 11:18
%
And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out?
therefore shall they be your judges.
		 -- Luke 11:19
%
But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom
of God is come upon you.
		 -- Luke 11:20
%
When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
		 -- Luke 11:21
%
But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him,
he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth
his spoils.
		 -- Luke 11:22
%
He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with
me scattereth.
		 -- Luke 11:23
%
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry
places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my
house whence I came out.
		 -- Luke 11:24
%
And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
		 -- Luke 11:25
%
Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than
himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that
man is worse than the first.
		 -- Luke 11:26
%
And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the
company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that
bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
		 -- Luke 11:27
%
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God,
and keep it.
		 -- Luke 11:28
%
And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say,
This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign
be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
		 -- Luke 11:29
%
For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of
man be to this generation.
		 -- Luke 11:30
%
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of
this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts
of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than
Solomon is here.
		 -- Luke 11:31
%
The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation,
and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and,
behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
		 -- Luke 11:32
%
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place,
neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in
may see the light.
		 -- Luke 11:33
%
The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single,
thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy
body also is full of darkness.
		 -- Luke 11:34
%
Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
		 -- Luke 11:35
%
If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the
whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle
doth give thee light.
		 -- Luke 11:36
%
And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him:
and he went in, and sat down to meat.
		 -- Luke 11:37
%
And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed
before dinner.
		 -- Luke 11:38
%
And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside
of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening
and wickedness.
		 -- Luke 11:39
%
Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is
within also?
		 -- Luke 11:40
%
But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things
are clean unto you.
		 -- Luke 11:41
%
But woe unto you, Pharisees!  for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner
of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to
have done, and not to leave the other undone.
		 -- Luke 11:42
%
Woe unto you, Pharisees!  for ye love the uppermost seats in the
synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
		 -- Luke 11:43
%
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!  for ye are as graves
which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.
		 -- Luke 11:44
%
Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying
thou reproachest us also.
		 -- Luke 11:45
%
And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers!  for ye lade men with burdens
grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one
of your fingers.
		 -- Luke 11:46
%
Woe unto you!  for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your
fathers killed them.
		 -- Luke 11:47
%
Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they
indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
		 -- Luke 11:48
%
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and
apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
		 -- Luke 11:49
%
That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation
of the world, may be required of this generation;
		 -- Luke 11:50
%
From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished
between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be
required of this generation.
		 -- Luke 11:51
%
Woe unto you, lawyers!	for ye have taken away the key of knowledge:
ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
		 -- Luke 11:52
%
And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees
began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
		 -- Luke 11:53
%
Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth,
that they might accuse him.
		 -- Luke 11:54
%
IN the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable
multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began
to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the
Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
		 -- Luke 12:1
%
For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid,
that shall not be known.
		 -- Luke 12:2
%
Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the
light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be
proclaimed upon the housetops.
		 -- Luke 12:3
%
And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body,
and after that have no more that they can do.
		 -- Luke 12:4
%
But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he
hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
		 -- Luke 12:5
%
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is
forgotten before God?
		 -- Luke 12:6
%
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.	Fear not
therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
		 -- Luke 12:7
%
Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall
the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
		 -- Luke 12:8
%
But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels
of God.
		 -- Luke 12:9
%
And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be
forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it
shall not be forgiven.
		 -- Luke 12:10
%
And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and
powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what
ye shall say:
		 -- Luke 12:11
%
For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
		 -- Luke 12:12
%
And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother,
that he divide the inheritance with me.
		 -- Luke 12:13
%
And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
		 -- Luke 12:14
%
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's
life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
		 -- Luke 12:15
%
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich
man brought forth plentifully:
		 -- Luke 12:16
%
And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have
no room where to bestow my fruits?
		 -- Luke 12:17
%
And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater;
and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
		 -- Luke 12:18
%
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many
years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
		 -- Luke 12:19
%
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required
of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
		 -- Luke 12:20
%
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
		 -- Luke 12:21
%
And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought
for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall
put on.
		 -- Luke 12:22
%
The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
		 -- Luke 12:23
%
Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have
storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better
than the fowls?
		 -- Luke 12:24
%
And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
		 -- Luke 12:25
%
If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye
thought for the rest?
		 -- Luke 12:26
%
Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and
yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like
one of these.
		 -- Luke 12:27
%
If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to
morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of
little faith?
		 -- Luke 12:28
%
And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be
ye of doubtful mind.
		 -- Luke 12:29
%
For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your
Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
		 -- Luke 12:30
%
But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be
added unto you.
		 -- Luke 12:31
%
Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give
you the kingdom.
		 -- Luke 12:32
%
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax
not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief
approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
		 -- Luke 12:33
%
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
		 -- Luke 12:34
%
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
		 -- Luke 12:35
%
And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will
return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open
unto him immediately.
		 -- Luke 12:36
%
Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find
watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make
them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
		 -- Luke 12:37
%
And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch,
and find them so, blessed are those servants.
		 -- Luke 12:38
%
And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the
thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house
to be broken through.
		 -- Luke 12:39
%
Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when
ye think not.
		 -- Luke 12:40
%
Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us,
or even to all?
		 -- Luke 12:41
%
And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his
lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of
meat in due season?
		 -- Luke 12:42
%
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
		 -- Luke 12:43
%
Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that
he hath.
		 -- Luke 12:44
%
But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink,
and to be drunken;
		 -- Luke 12:45
%
The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for
him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder,
and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
		 -- Luke 12:46
%
And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself,
neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
		 -- Luke 12:47
%
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall
be beaten with few stripes.  For unto whomsoever much is given, of him
shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they
will ask the more.
		 -- Luke 12:48
%
I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already
kindled?
		 -- Luke 12:49
%
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till
it be accomplished!
		 -- Luke 12:50
%
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth?  I tell you, Nay;
but rather division:
		 -- Luke 12:51
%
For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three
against two, and two against three.
		 -- Luke 12:52
%
The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the
father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the
mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter
in law against her mother in law.
		 -- Luke 12:53
%
And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west,
straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
		 -- Luke 12:54
%
And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it
cometh to pass.
		 -- Luke 12:55
%
Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth;
but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
		 -- Luke 12:56
%
Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
		 -- Luke 12:57
%
When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in
the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest
he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer,
and the officer cast thee into prison.
		 -- Luke 12:58
%
I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very
last mite.
		 -- Luke 12:59
%
THERE were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans,
whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
		 -- Luke 13:1
%
And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans
were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?
		 -- Luke 13:2
%
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
		 -- Luke 13:3
%
Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them,
think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
		 -- Luke 13:4
%
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
		 -- Luke 13:5
%
He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his
vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
		 -- Luke 13:6
%
Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three
years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down;
why cumbereth it the ground?
		 -- Luke 13:7
%
And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also,
till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
		 -- Luke 13:8
%
And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut
it down.
		 -- Luke 13:9
%
And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
		 -- Luke 13:10
%
And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen
years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
		 -- Luke 13:11
%
And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman,
thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
		 -- Luke 13:12
%
And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight,
and glorified God.
		 -- Luke 13:13
%
And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that
Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There
are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be
healed, and not on the sabbath day.
		 -- Luke 13:14
%
The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one
of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead
him away to watering?
		 -- Luke 13:15
%
And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan
hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the
sabbath day?
		 -- Luke 13:16
%
And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and
all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
		 -- Luke 13:17
%
Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like?  and whereunto shall
I resemble it?
		 -- Luke 13:18
%
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his
garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air
lodged in the branches of it.
		 -- Luke 13:19
%
And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
		 -- Luke 13:20
%
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal,
till the whole was leavened.
		 -- Luke 13:21
%
And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying
toward Jerusalem.
		 -- Luke 13:22
%
Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved?  And he said
unto them,
		 -- Luke 13:23
%
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will
seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
		 -- Luke 13:24
%
When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door,
and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord,
Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you
not whence ye are:
		 -- Luke 13:25
%
Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence,
and thou hast taught in our streets.
		 -- Luke 13:26
%
But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from
me, all ye workers of iniquity.
		 -- Luke 13:27
%
There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham,
and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God,
and you yourselves thrust out.
		 -- Luke 13:28
%
And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north,
and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
		 -- Luke 13:29
%
And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first
which shall be last.
		 -- Luke 13:30
%
The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him,
Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.
		 -- Luke 13:31
%
And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out
devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall
be perfected.
		 -- Luke 13:32
%
Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following:
for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
		 -- Luke 13:33
%
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that
are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together,
as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
		 -- Luke 13:34
%
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you,
Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is
he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
		 -- Luke 13:35
%
AND it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief
Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
		 -- Luke 14:1
%
And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.
		 -- Luke 14:2
%
And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it
lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
		 -- Luke 14:3
%
And they held their peace.  And he took him, and healed him, and let
him go;
		 -- Luke 14:4
%
And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen
into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
		 -- Luke 14:5
%
And they could not answer him again to these things.
		 -- Luke 14:6
%
And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked
how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
		 -- Luke 14:7
%
When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest
room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;
		 -- Luke 14:8
%
And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place;
and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.
		 -- Luke 14:9
%
But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when
he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher:
then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat
with thee.
		 -- Luke 14:10
%
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth
himself shall be exalted.
		 -- Luke 14:11
%
Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or
a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen,
nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence
be made thee.
		 -- Luke 14:12
%
But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame,
the blind:
		 -- Luke 14:13
%
And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou
shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
		 -- Luke 14:14
%
And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he
said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
		 -- Luke 14:15
%
Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:
		 -- Luke 14:16
%
And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden,
Come; for all things are now ready.
		 -- Luke 14:17
%
And they all with one consent began to make excuse.  The first said unto
him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it:
I pray thee have me excused.
		 -- Luke 14:18
%
And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them:
I pray thee have me excused.
		 -- Luke 14:19
%
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
		 -- Luke 14:20
%
So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things.  Then the master
of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the
streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the
maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
		 -- Luke 14:21
%
And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet
there is room.
		 -- Luke 14:22
%
And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges,
and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
		 -- Luke 14:23
%
For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste
of my supper.
		 -- Luke 14:24
%
And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said
unto them,
		 -- Luke 14:25
%
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife,
and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also,
he cannot be my disciple.
		 -- Luke 14:26
%
And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be
my disciple.
		 -- Luke 14:27
%
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first,
and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
		 -- Luke 14:28
%
Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish
it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
		 -- Luke 14:29
%
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
		 -- Luke 14:30
%
Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down
first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him
that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
		 -- Luke 14:31
%
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage,
and desireth conditions of peace.
		 -- Luke 14:32
%
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath,
he cannot be my disciple.
		 -- Luke 14:33
%
Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it
be seasoned?
		 -- Luke 14:34
%
It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast
it out.  He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
		 -- Luke 14:35
%
THEN drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
		 -- Luke 15:1
%
And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth
sinners, and eateth with them.
		 -- Luke 15:2
%
And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
		 -- Luke 15:3
%
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth
not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which
is lost, until he find it?
		 -- Luke 15:4
%
And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
		 -- Luke 15:5
%
And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours,
saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which
was lost.
		 -- Luke 15:6
%
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner
that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need
no repentance.
		 -- Luke 15:7
%
Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece,
doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till
she find it?
		 -- Luke 15:8
%
And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours
together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I
had lost.
		 -- Luke 15:9
%
Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of
God over one sinner that repenteth.
		 -- Luke 15:10
%
And he said, A certain man had two sons:
		 -- Luke 15:11
%
And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion
of goods that falleth to me.  And he divided unto them his living.
		 -- Luke 15:12
%
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took
his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with
riotous living.
		 -- Luke 15:13
%
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land;
and he began to be in want.
		 -- Luke 15:14
%
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent
him into his fields to feed swine.
		 -- Luke 15:15
%
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine
did eat: and no man gave unto him.
		 -- Luke 15:16
%
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my
father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
		 -- Luke 15:17
%
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have
sinned against heaven, and before thee,
		 -- Luke 15:18
%
And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired
servants.
		 -- Luke 15:19
%
And he arose, and came to his father.  But when he was yet a great way
off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his
neck, and kissed him.
		 -- Luke 15:20
%
And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in
thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
		 -- Luke 15:21
%
But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put
it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
		 -- Luke 15:22
%
And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and
be merry:
		 -- Luke 15:23
%
For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.
And they began to be merry.
		 -- Luke 15:24
%
Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the
house, he heard musick and dancing.
		 -- Luke 15:25
%
And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
		 -- Luke 15:26
%
And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed
the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
		 -- Luke 15:27
%
And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out,
and intreated him.
		 -- Luke 15:28
%
And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve
thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou
never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
		 -- Luke 15:29
%
But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living
with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
		 -- Luke 15:30
%
And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have
is thine.
		 -- Luke 15:31
%
It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother
was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
		 -- Luke 15:32
%
AND he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which
had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted
his goods.
		 -- Luke 16:1
%
And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee?
give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
		 -- Luke 16:2
%
Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do?	for my lord
taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
		 -- Luke 16:3
%
I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship,
they may receive me into their houses.
		 -- Luke 16:4
%
So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto
the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
		 -- Luke 16:5
%
And he said, An hundred measures of oil.  And he said unto him, Take
thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
		 -- Luke 16:6
%
Then said he to another, And how much owest thou?  And he said, An
hundred measures of wheat.  And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and
write fourscore.
		 -- Luke 16:7
%
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely:
for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the
children of light.
		 -- Luke 16:8
%
And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon
of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into
everlasting habitations.
		 -- Luke 16:9
%
He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much:
and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
		 -- Luke 16:10
%
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who
will commit to your trust the true riches?
		 -- Luke 16:11
%
And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who
shall give you that which is your own?
		 -- Luke 16:12
%
No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and
love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.
Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
		 -- Luke 16:13
%
And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things:
and they derided him.
		 -- Luke 16:14
%
And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men;
but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among
men is abomination in the sight of God.
		 -- Luke 16:15
%
The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom
of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
		 -- Luke 16:16
%
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the
law to fail.
		 -- Luke 16:17
%
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth
adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband
committeth adultery.
		 -- Luke 16:18
%
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen,
and fared sumptuously every day:
		 -- Luke 16:19
%
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate,
full of sores,
		 -- Luke 16:20
%
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's
table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
		 -- Luke 16:21
%
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels
into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
		 -- Luke 16:22
%
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham
afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
		 -- Luke 16:23
%
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus,
that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue;
for I am tormented in this flame.
		 -- Luke 16:24
%
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy
good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted,
and thou art tormented.
		 -- Luke 16:25
%
And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed:
so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they
pass to us, that would come from thence.
		 -- Luke 16:26
%
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send
him to my father's house:
		 -- Luke 16:27
%
For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also
come into this place of torment.
		 -- Luke 16:28
%
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them
hear them.
		 -- Luke 16:29
%
And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead,
they will repent.
		 -- Luke 16:30
%
And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither
will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
		 -- Luke 16:31
%
THEN said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will
come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!
		 -- Luke 17:1
%
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and
he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
		 -- Luke 17:2
%
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him;
and if he repent, forgive him.
		 -- Luke 17:3
%
And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times
in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
		 -- Luke 17:4
%
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
		 -- Luke 17:5
%
And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might
say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou
planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
		 -- Luke 17:6
%
But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say
unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down
to meat?
		 -- Luke 17:7
%
And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and
gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward
thou shalt eat and drink?
		 -- Luke 17:8
%
Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded
him?  I trow not.
		 -- Luke 17:9
%
So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are
commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that
which was our duty to do.
		 -- Luke 17:10
%
And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through
the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
		 -- Luke 17:11
%
And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that
were lepers, which stood afar off:
		 -- Luke 17:12
%
And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy
on us.
		 -- Luke 17:13
%
And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the
priests.  And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.
		 -- Luke 17:14
%
And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with
a loud voice glorified God,
		 -- Luke 17:15
%
And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was
a Samaritan.
		 -- Luke 17:16
%
And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed?	but where are
the nine?
		 -- Luke 17:17
%
There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this
stranger.
		 -- Luke 17:18
%
And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
		 -- Luke 17:19
%
And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God
should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not
with observation:
		 -- Luke 17:20
%
Neither shall they say, Lo here!  or, lo there!  for, behold, the kingdom
of God is within you.
		 -- Luke 17:21
%
And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire
to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
		 -- Luke 17:22
%
And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them,
nor follow them.
		 -- Luke 17:23
%
For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven,
shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man
be in his day.
		 -- Luke 17:24
%
But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
		 -- Luke 17:25
%
And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of
the Son of man.
		 -- Luke 17:26
%
They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage,
until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and
destroyed them all.
		 -- Luke 17:27
%
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank,
they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
		 -- Luke 17:28
%
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone
from heaven, and destroyed them all.
		 -- Luke 17:29
%
Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
		 -- Luke 17:30
%
In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the
house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field,
let him likewise not return back.
		 -- Luke 17:31
%
Remember Lot's wife.
		 -- Luke 17:32
%
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall
lose his life shall preserve it.
		 -- Luke 17:33
%
I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one
shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
		 -- Luke 17:34
%
Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the
other left.
		 -- Luke 17:35
%
Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
		 -- Luke 17:36
%
And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord?  And he said unto them,
Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
		 -- Luke 17:37
%
AND he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to
pray, and not to faint;
		 -- Luke 18:1
%
Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither
regarded man:
		 -- Luke 18:2
%
And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying,
Avenge me of mine adversary.
		 -- Luke 18:3
%
And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself,
Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
		 -- Luke 18:4
%
Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her
continual coming she weary me.
		 -- Luke 18:5
%
And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
		 -- Luke 18:6
%
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him,
though he bear long with them?
		 -- Luke 18:7
%
I tell you that he will avenge them speedily.  Nevertheless when the
Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
		 -- Luke 18:8
%
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that
they were righteous, and despised others:
		 -- Luke 18:9
%
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the
other a publican.
		 -- Luke 18:10
%
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee,
that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or
even as this publican.
		 -- Luke 18:11
%
I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
		 -- Luke 18:12
%
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his
eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to
me a sinner.
		 -- Luke 18:13
%
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the
other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that
humbleth himself shall be exalted.
		 -- Luke 18:14
%
And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but
when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
		 -- Luke 18:15
%
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come
unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
		 -- Luke 18:16
%
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God
as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.
		 -- Luke 18:17
%
And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to
inherit eternal life?
		 -- Luke 18:18
%
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good?  none is good, save
one, that is, God.
		 -- Luke 18:19
%
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill,
Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
		 -- Luke 18:20
%
And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.
		 -- Luke 18:21
%
Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou
one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and
thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
		 -- Luke 18:22
%
And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
		 -- Luke 18:23
%
And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall
they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
		 -- Luke 18:24
%
For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a
rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
		 -- Luke 18:25
%
And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?
		 -- Luke 18:26
%
And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible
with God.
		 -- Luke 18:27
%
Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.
		 -- Luke 18:28
%
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that
hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the
kingdom of God's sake,
		 -- Luke 18:29
%
Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the
world to come life everlasting.
		 -- Luke 18:30
%
Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up
to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning
the Son of man shall be accomplished.
		 -- Luke 18:31
%
For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and
spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
		 -- Luke 18:32
%
And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he
shall rise again.
		 -- Luke 18:33
%
And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from
them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
		 -- Luke 18:34
%
And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain
blind man sat by the way side begging:
		 -- Luke 18:35
%
And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
		 -- Luke 18:36
%
And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.
		 -- Luke 18:37
%
And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
		 -- Luke 18:38
%
And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace:
but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
		 -- Luke 18:39
%
And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he
was come near, he asked him,
		 -- Luke 18:40
%
Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee?  And he said, Lord,
that I may receive my sight.
		 -- Luke 18:41
%
And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee.
		 -- Luke 18:42
%
And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God:
and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.
		 -- Luke 18:43
%
AND Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.
		 -- Luke 19:1
%
And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among
the publicans, and he was rich.
		 -- Luke 19:2
%
And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press,
because he was little of stature.
		 -- Luke 19:3
%
And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him:
for he was to pass that way.
		 -- Luke 19:4
%
And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said
unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide
at thy house.
		 -- Luke 19:5
%
And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.
		 -- Luke 19:6
%
And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be
guest with a man that is a sinner.
		 -- Luke 19:7
%
And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of
my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man
by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
		 -- Luke 19:8
%
And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house,
forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
		 -- Luke 19:9
%
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
		 -- Luke 19:10
%
And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because
he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of
God should immediately appear.
		 -- Luke 19:11
%
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive
for himself a kingdom, and to return.
		 -- Luke 19:12
%
And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said
unto them, Occupy till I come.
		 -- Luke 19:13
%
But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We
will not have this man to reign over us.
		 -- Luke 19:14
%
And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the
kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom
he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained
by trading.
		 -- Luke 19:15
%
Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
		 -- Luke 19:16
%
And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been
faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
		 -- Luke 19:17
%
And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
		 -- Luke 19:18
%
And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
		 -- Luke 19:19
%
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have
kept laid up in a napkin:
		 -- Luke 19:20
%
For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that
thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
		 -- Luke 19:21
%
And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou
wicked servant.  Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that
I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
		 -- Luke 19:22
%
Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming
I might have required mine own with usury?
		 -- Luke 19:23
%
And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give
it to him that hath ten pounds.
		 -- Luke 19:24
%
(And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)
		 -- Luke 19:25
%
For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and
from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.
		 -- Luke 19:26
%
But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them,
bring hither, and slay them before me.
		 -- Luke 19:27
%
And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.
		 -- Luke 19:28
%
And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany,
at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
		 -- Luke 19:29
%
Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your
entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him,
and bring him hither.
		 -- Luke 19:30
%
And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him?  thus shall ye say unto him,
Because the Lord hath need of him.
		 -- Luke 19:31
%
And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said
unto them.
		 -- Luke 19:32
%
And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them,
Why loose ye the colt?
		 -- Luke 19:33
%
And they said, The Lord hath need of him.
		 -- Luke 19:34
%
And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt,
and they set Jesus thereon.
		 -- Luke 19:35
%
And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way.
		 -- Luke 19:36
%
And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives,
the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God
with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;
		 -- Luke 19:37
%
Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace
in heaven, and glory in the highest.
		 -- Luke 19:38
%
And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master,
rebuke thy disciples.
		 -- Luke 19:39
%
And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should
hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
		 -- Luke 19:40
%
And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
		 -- Luke 19:41
%
Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the
things which belong unto thy peace!  but now they are hid from thine eyes.
		 -- Luke 19:42
%
For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench
about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
		 -- Luke 19:43
%
And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee;
and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou
knewest not the time of thy visitation.
		 -- Luke 19:44
%
And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein,
and them that bought;
		 -- Luke 19:45
%
Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but
ye have made it a den of thieves.
		 -- Luke 19:46
%
And he taught daily in the temple.  But the chief priests and the scribes
and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
		 -- Luke 19:47
%
And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very
attentive to hear him.
		 -- Luke 19:48
%
AND it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people
in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes
came upon him with the elders,
		 -- Luke 20:1
%
And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou
these things?  or who is he that gave thee this authority?
		 -- Luke 20:2
%
And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing;
and answer me:
		 -- Luke 20:3
%
The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
		 -- Luke 20:4
%
And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven;
he will say, Why then believed ye him not?
		 -- Luke 20:5
%
But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be
persuaded that John was a prophet.
		 -- Luke 20:6
%
And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.
		 -- Luke 20:7
%
And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do
these things.
		 -- Luke 20:8
%
Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted
a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country
for a long time.
		 -- Luke 20:9
%
And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should
give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him,
and sent him away empty.
		 -- Luke 20:10
%
And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated
him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
		 -- Luke 20:11
%
And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.
		 -- Luke 20:12
%
Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do?  I will send my
beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.
		 -- Luke 20:13
%
But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying,
This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
		 -- Luke 20:14
%
So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.  What therefore
shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
		 -- Luke 20:15
%
He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard
to others.  And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
		 -- Luke 20:16
%
And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone
which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
		 -- Luke 20:17
%
Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever
it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
		 -- Luke 20:18
%
And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands
on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken
this parable against them.
		 -- Luke 20:19
%
And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves
just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might
deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
		 -- Luke 20:20
%
And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest
rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way
of God truly:
		 -- Luke 20:21
%
Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?
		 -- Luke 20:22
%
But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
		 -- Luke 20:23
%
Shew me a penny.  Whose image and superscription hath it?  They answered
and said, Caesar's.
		 -- Luke 20:24
%
And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be
Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.
		 -- Luke 20:25
%
And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they
marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
		 -- Luke 20:26
%
Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any
resurrection; and they asked him,
		 -- Luke 20:27
%
Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a
wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife,
and raise up seed unto his brother.
		 -- Luke 20:28
%
There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died
without children.
		 -- Luke 20:29
%
And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.
		 -- Luke 20:30
%
And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left
no children, and died.
		 -- Luke 20:31
%
Last of all the woman died also.
		 -- Luke 20:32
%
Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she?  for seven had
her to wife.
		 -- Luke 20:33
%
And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry,
and are given in marriage:
		 -- Luke 20:34
%
But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the
resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
		 -- Luke 20:35
%
Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels;
and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
		 -- Luke 20:36
%
Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he
calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God
of Jacob.
		 -- Luke 20:37
%
For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
		 -- Luke 20:38
%
Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.
		 -- Luke 20:39
%
And after that they durst not ask him any question at all.
		 -- Luke 20:40
%
And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son?
		 -- Luke 20:41
%
And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord,
Sit thou on my right hand,
		 -- Luke 20:42
%
Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
		 -- Luke 20:43
%
David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?
		 -- Luke 20:44
%
Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples,
		 -- Luke 20:45
%
Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love
greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues,
and the chief rooms at feasts;
		 -- Luke 20:46
%
Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same
shall receive greater damnation.
		 -- Luke 20:47
%
AND he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the
treasury.
		 -- Luke 21:1
%
And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
		 -- Luke 21:2
%
And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast
in more than they all:
		 -- Luke 21:3
%
For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God:
but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
		 -- Luke 21:4
%
And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones
and gifts, he said,
		 -- Luke 21:5
%
As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which
there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be
thrown down.
		 -- Luke 21:6
%
And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be?
and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?
		 -- Luke 21:7
%
And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come
in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not
therefore after them.
		 -- Luke 21:8
%
But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for
these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
		 -- Luke 21:9
%
Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom:
		 -- Luke 21:10
%
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and
pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from
heaven.
		 -- Luke 21:11
%
But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute
you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought
before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
		 -- Luke 21:12
%
And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
		 -- Luke 21:13
%
Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye
shall answer:
		 -- Luke 21:14
%
For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall
not be able to gainsay nor resist.
		 -- Luke 21:15
%
And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks,
and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
		 -- Luke 21:16
%
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
		 -- Luke 21:17
%
But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
		 -- Luke 21:18
%
In your patience possess ye your souls.
		 -- Luke 21:19
%
And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that
the desolation thereof is nigh.
		 -- Luke 21:20
%
Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them
which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in
the countries enter thereinto.
		 -- Luke 21:21
%
For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written
may be fulfilled.
		 -- Luke 21:22
%
But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in
those days!  for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath
upon this people.
		 -- Luke 21:23
%
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away
captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the
Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
		 -- Luke 21:24
%
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars;
and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and
the waves roaring;
		 -- Luke 21:25
%
Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things
which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
		 -- Luke 21:26
%
And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and
great glory.
		 -- Luke 21:27
%
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up
your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
		 -- Luke 21:28
%
And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
		 -- Luke 21:29
%
When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer
is now nigh at hand.
		 -- Luke 21:30
%
So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the
kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
		 -- Luke 21:31
%
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all
be fulfilled.
		 -- Luke 21:32
%
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
		 -- Luke 21:33
%
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged
with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that
day come upon you unawares.
		 -- Luke 21:34
%
For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the
whole earth.
		 -- Luke 21:35
%
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy
to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before
the Son of man.
		 -- Luke 21:36
%
And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went
out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.
		 -- Luke 21:37
%
And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple,
for to hear him.
		 -- Luke 21:38
%
NOW the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.
		 -- Luke 22:1
%
And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for
they feared the people.
		 -- Luke 22:2
%
Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of
the twelve.
		 -- Luke 22:3
%
And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains,
how he might betray him unto them.
		 -- Luke 22:4
%
And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.
		 -- Luke 22:5
%
And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the
absence of the multitude.
		 -- Luke 22:6
%
Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.
		 -- Luke 22:7
%
And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover,
that we may eat.
		 -- Luke 22:8
%
And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?
		 -- Luke 22:9
%
And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there
shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the
house where he entereth in.
		 -- Luke 22:10
%
And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto
thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with
my disciples?
		 -- Luke 22:11
%
And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.
		 -- Luke 22:12
%
And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready
the passover.
		 -- Luke 22:13
%
And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him.
		 -- Luke 22:14
%
And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover
with you before I suffer:
		 -- Luke 22:15
%
For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled
in the kingdom of God.
		 -- Luke 22:16
%
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide
it among yourselves:
		 -- Luke 22:17
%
For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until
the kingdom of God shall come.
		 -- Luke 22:18
%
And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them,
saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance
of me.
		 -- Luke 22:19
%
Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament
in my blood, which is shed for you.
		 -- Luke 22:20
%
But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.
		 -- Luke 22:21
%
And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that
man by whom he is betrayed!
		 -- Luke 22:22
%
And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that
should do this thing.
		 -- Luke 22:23
%
And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted
the greatest.
		 -- Luke 22:24
%
And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over
them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
		 -- Luke 22:25
%
But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be
as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
		 -- Luke 22:26
%
For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth?
is not he that sitteth at meat?  but I am among you as he that serveth.
		 -- Luke 22:27
%
Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations.
		 -- Luke 22:28
%
And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;
		 -- Luke 22:29
%
That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones
judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
		 -- Luke 22:30
%
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you,
that he may sift you as wheat:
		 -- Luke 22:31
%
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art
converted, strengthen thy brethren.
		 -- Luke 22:32
%
And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison,
and to death.
		 -- Luke 22:33
%
And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day,
before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.
		 -- Luke 22:34
%
And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and
shoes, lacked ye any thing?  And they said, Nothing.
		 -- Luke 22:35
%
Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it,
and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his
garment, and buy one.
		 -- Luke 22:36
%
For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished
in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things
concerning me have an end.
		 -- Luke 22:37
%
And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords.  And he said unto them,
It is enough.
		 -- Luke 22:38
%
And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives;
and his disciples also followed him.
		 -- Luke 22:39
%
And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not
into temptation.
		 -- Luke 22:40
%
And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down,
and prayed,
		 -- Luke 22:41
%
Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless
not my will, but thine, be done.
		 -- Luke 22:42
%
And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
		 -- Luke 22:43
%
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it
were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
		 -- Luke 22:44
%
And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found
them sleeping for sorrow,
		 -- Luke 22:45
%
And said unto them, Why sleep ye?  rise and pray, lest ye enter into
temptation.
		 -- Luke 22:46
%
And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas,
one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.
		 -- Luke 22:47
%
But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?
		 -- Luke 22:48
%
When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him,
Lord, shall we smite with the sword?
		 -- Luke 22:49
%
And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his
right ear.
		 -- Luke 22:50
%
And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far.  And he touched his ear,
and healed him.
		 -- Luke 22:51
%
Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and
the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief,
with swords and staves?
		 -- Luke 22:52
%
When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands
against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
		 -- Luke 22:53
%
Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's
house.	And Peter followed afar off.
		 -- Luke 22:54
%
And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set
down together, Peter sat down among them.
		 -- Luke 22:55
%
But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked
upon him, and said, This man was also with him.
		 -- Luke 22:56
%
And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not.
		 -- Luke 22:57
%
And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them.
And Peter said, Man, I am not.
		 -- Luke 22:58
%
And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed,
saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is a Galilaean.
		 -- Luke 22:59
%
And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest.  And immediately,
while he yet spake, the cock crew.
		 -- Luke 22:60
%
And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter.  And Peter remembered the
word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou
shalt deny me thrice.
		 -- Luke 22:61
%
And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
		 -- Luke 22:62
%
And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.
		 -- Luke 22:63
%
And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and
asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
		 -- Luke 22:64
%
And many other things blasphemously spake they against him.
		 -- Luke 22:65
%
And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests
and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,
		 -- Luke 22:66
%
Art thou the Christ?  tell us.	And he said unto them, If I tell you,
ye will not believe:
		 -- Luke 22:67
%
And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go.
		 -- Luke 22:68
%
Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.
		 -- Luke 22:69
%
Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God?  And he said unto them,
Ye say that I am.
		 -- Luke 22:70
%
And they said, What need we any further witness?  for we ourselves have
heard of his own mouth.
		 -- Luke 22:71
%
AND the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.
		 -- Luke 23:1
%
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting
the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he
himself is Christ a King.
		 -- Luke 23:2
%
And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews?  And he
answered him and said, Thou sayest it.
		 -- Luke 23:3
%
Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault
in this man.
		 -- Luke 23:4
%
And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people,
teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
		 -- Luke 23:5
%
When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean.
		 -- Luke 23:6
%
And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction,
he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.
		 -- Luke 23:7
%
And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous
to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him;
and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.
		 -- Luke 23:8
%
Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing.
		 -- Luke 23:9
%
And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.
		 -- Luke 23:10
%
And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and
arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
		 -- Luke 23:11
%
And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before
they were at enmity between themselves.
		 -- Luke 23:12
%
And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers
and the people,
		 -- Luke 23:13
%
Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth
the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found
no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:
		 -- Luke 23:14
%
No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of
death is done unto him.
		 -- Luke 23:15
%
I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
		 -- Luke 23:16
%
(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
		 -- Luke 23:17
%
And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release
unto us Barabbas:
		 -- Luke 23:18
%
(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast
into prison.)
		 -- Luke 23:19
%
Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
		 -- Luke 23:20
%
But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.
		 -- Luke 23:21
%
And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done?
I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him,
and let him go.
		 -- Luke 23:22
%
And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be
crucified.  And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
		 -- Luke 23:23
%
And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
		 -- Luke 23:24
%
And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into
prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
		 -- Luke 23:25
%
And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian,
coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might
bear it after Jesus.
		 -- Luke 23:26
%
And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which
also bewailed and lamented him.
		 -- Luke 23:27
%
But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for
me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
		 -- Luke 23:28
%
For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed
are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never
gave suck.
		 -- Luke 23:29
%
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the
hills, Cover us.
		 -- Luke 23:30
%
For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in
the dry?
		 -- Luke 23:31
%
And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put
to death.
		 -- Luke 23:32
%
And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there
they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the
other on the left.
		 -- Luke 23:33
%
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
		 -- Luke 23:34
%
And the people stood beholding.  And the rulers also with them derided
him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ,
the chosen of God.
		 -- Luke 23:35
%
And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
		 -- Luke 23:36
%
And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
		 -- Luke 23:37
%
And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek,
and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
		 -- Luke 23:38
%
And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying,
If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
		 -- Luke 23:39
%
But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God,
seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
		 -- Luke 23:40
%
And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but
this man hath done nothing amiss.
		 -- Luke 23:41
%
And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy
kingdom.
		 -- Luke 23:42
%
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be
with me in paradise.
		 -- Luke 23:43
%
And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the
earth until the ninth hour.
		 -- Luke 23:44
%
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the
midst.
		 -- Luke 23:45
%
And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy
hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
		 -- Luke 23:46
%
Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying,
Certainly this was a righteous man.
		 -- Luke 23:47
%
And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things
which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.
		 -- Luke 23:48
%
And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee,
stood afar off, beholding these things.
		 -- Luke 23:49
%
And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a
good man, and a just:
		 -- Luke 23:50
%
(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of
Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom
of God.
		 -- Luke 23:51
%
This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
		 -- Luke 23:52
%
And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre
that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
		 -- Luke 23:53
%
And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
		 -- Luke 23:54
%
And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after,
and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
		 -- Luke 23:55
%
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the
sabbath day according to the commandment.
		 -- Luke 23:56
%
NOW upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they
came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared,
and certain others with them.
		 -- Luke 24:1
%
And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
		 -- Luke 24:2
%
And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
		 -- Luke 24:3
%
And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold,
two men stood by them in shining garments:
		 -- Luke 24:4
%
And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they
said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
		 -- Luke 24:5
%
He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he
was yet in Galilee,
		 -- Luke 24:6
%
Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men,
and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
		 -- Luke 24:7
%
And they remembered his words,
		 -- Luke 24:8
%
And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the
eleven, and to all the rest.
		 -- Luke 24:9
%
It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other
women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.
		 -- Luke 24:10
%
And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
		 -- Luke 24:11
%
Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he
beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in
himself at that which was come to pass.
		 -- Luke 24:12
%
And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus,
which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
		 -- Luke 24:13
%
And they talked together of all these things which had happened.
		 -- Luke 24:14
%
And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned,
Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
		 -- Luke 24:15
%
But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.
		 -- Luke 24:16
%
And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye
have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
		 -- Luke 24:17
%
And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him,
Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things
which are come to pass therein these days?
		 -- Luke 24:18
%
And he said unto them, What things?  And they said unto him, Concerning
Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before
God and all the people:
		 -- Luke 24:19
%
And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned
to death, and have crucified him.
		 -- Luke 24:20
%
But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel:
and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.
		 -- Luke 24:21
%
Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which
were early at the sepulchre;
		 -- Luke 24:22
%
And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also
seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.
		 -- Luke 24:23
%
And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found
it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.
		 -- Luke 24:24
%
Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that
the prophets have spoken:
		 -- Luke 24:25
%
Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into
his glory?
		 -- Luke 24:26
%
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in
all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
		 -- Luke 24:27
%
And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as
though he would have gone further.
		 -- Luke 24:28
%
But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening,
and the day is far spent.  And he went in to tarry with them.
		 -- Luke 24:29
%
And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and
blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
		 -- Luke 24:30
%
And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of
their sight.
		 -- Luke 24:31
%
And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while
he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
		 -- Luke 24:32
%
And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found
the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,
		 -- Luke 24:33
%
Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
		 -- Luke 24:34
%
And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of
them in breaking of bread.
		 -- Luke 24:35
%
And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and
saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
		 -- Luke 24:36
%
But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen
a spirit.
		 -- Luke 24:37
%
And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled?  and why do thoughts arise
in your hearts?
		 -- Luke 24:38
%
Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see;
for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
		 -- Luke 24:39
%
And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.
		 -- Luke 24:40
%
And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them,
Have ye here any meat?
		 -- Luke 24:41
%
And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
		 -- Luke 24:42
%
And he took it, and did eat before them.
		 -- Luke 24:43
%
And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I
was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in
the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
		 -- Luke 24:44
%
Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the
scriptures,
		 -- Luke 24:45
%
And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to
suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
		 -- Luke 24:46
%
And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name
among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
		 -- Luke 24:47
%
And ye are witnesses of these things.
		 -- Luke 24:48
%
And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in
the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
		 -- Luke 24:49
%
And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands,
and blessed them.
		 -- Luke 24:50
%
And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them,
and carried up into heaven.
		 -- Luke 24:51
%
And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
		 -- Luke 24:52
%
And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God.	Amen.
		 -- Luke 24:53
%
IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God.
		 -- John 1:1
%
The same was in the beginning with God.
		 -- John 1:2
%
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that
was made.
		 -- John 1:3
%
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
		 -- John 1:4
%
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
		 -- John 1:5
%
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
		 -- John 1:6
%
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men
through him might believe.
		 -- John 1:7
%
He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
		 -- John 1:8
%
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into
the world.
		 -- John 1:9
%
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew
him not.
		 -- John 1:10
%
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
		 -- John 1:11
%
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons
of God, even to them that believe on his name:
		 -- John 1:12
%
Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the
will of man, but of God.
		 -- John 1:13
%
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory,
the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
		 -- John 1:14
%
John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake,
He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
		 -- John 1:15
%
And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
		 -- John 1:16
%
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
		 -- John 1:17
%
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in
the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
		 -- John 1:18
%
And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites
from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
		 -- John 1:19
%
And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
		 -- John 1:20
%
And they asked him, What then?	Art thou Elias?  And he saith, I am not.
Art thou that prophet?	And he answered, No.
		 -- John 1:21
%
Then said they unto him, Who art thou?	that we may give an answer to
them that sent us.  What sayest thou of thyself?
		 -- John 1:22
%
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight
the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
		 -- John 1:23
%
And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
		 -- John 1:24
%
And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou
be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
		 -- John 1:25
%
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth
one among you, whom ye know not;
		 -- John 1:26
%
He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's
latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
		 -- John 1:27
%
These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was
baptizing.
		 -- John 1:28
%
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the
Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
		 -- John 1:29
%
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred
before me: for he was before me.
		 -- John 1:30
%
And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel,
therefore am I come baptizing with water.
		 -- John 1:31
%
And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven
like a dove, and it abode upon him.
		 -- John 1:32
%
And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the
same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending,
and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
		 -- John 1:33
%
And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
		 -- John 1:34
%
Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;
		 -- John 1:35
%
And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
		 -- John 1:36
%
And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
		 -- John 1:37
%
Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What
seek ye?  They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted,
Master,) where dwellest thou?
		 -- John 1:38
%
He saith unto them, Come and see.  They came and saw where he dwelt,
and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
		 -- John 1:39
%
One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew,
Simon Peter's brother.
		 -- John 1:40
%
He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have
found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
		 -- John 1:41
%
And he brought him to Jesus.  And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou
art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by
interpretation, A stone.
		 -- John 1:42
%
The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip,
and saith unto him, Follow me.
		 -- John 1:43
%
Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
		 -- John 1:44
%
Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of
whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth,
the son of Joseph.
		 -- John 1:45
%
And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of
Nazareth?  Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
		 -- John 1:46
%
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite
indeed, in whom is no guile!
		 -- John 1:47
%
Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me?  Jesus answered and
said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the
fig tree, I saw thee.
		 -- John 1:48
%
Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God;
thou art the King of Israel.
		 -- John 1:49
%
Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee
under the fig tree, believest thou?  thou shalt see greater things
than these.
		 -- John 1:50
%
And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye
shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending
upon the Son of man.
		 -- John 1:51
%
AND the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother
of Jesus was there:
		 -- John 2:1
%
And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
		 -- John 2:2
%
And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have
no wine.
		 -- John 2:3
%
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee?  mine hour is
not yet come.
		 -- John 2:4
%
His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
		 -- John 2:5
%
And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of
the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
		 -- John 2:6
%
Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water.  And they filled
them up to the brim.
		 -- John 2:7
%
And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of
the feast.  And they bare it.
		 -- John 2:8
%
When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine,
and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;)
the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,
		 -- John 2:9
%
And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine;
and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast
kept the good wine until now.
		 -- John 2:10
%
This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested
forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
		 -- John 2:11
%
After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his
brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.
		 -- John 2:12
%
And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
		 -- John 2:13
%
And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and
the changers of money sitting:
		 -- John 2:14
%
And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of
the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers'
money, and overthrew the tables;
		 -- John 2:15
%
And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not
my Father's house an house of merchandise.
		 -- John 2:16
%
And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine
house hath eaten me up.
		 -- John 2:17
%
Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us,
seeing that thou doest these things?
		 -- John 2:18
%
Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three
days I will raise it up.
		 -- John 2:19
%
Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building,
and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
		 -- John 2:20
%
But he spake of the temple of his body.
		 -- John 2:21
%
When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered
that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and
the word which Jesus had said.
		 -- John 2:22
%
Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many
believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
		 -- John 2:23
%
But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
		 -- John 2:24
%
And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was
in man.
		 -- John 2:25
%
THERE was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
		 -- John 3:1
%
The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that
thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that
thou doest, except God be with him.
		 -- John 3:2
%
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
		 -- John 3:3
%
Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old?  can he
enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
		 -- John 3:4
%
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born
of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
		 -- John 3:5
%
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the
Spirit is spirit.
		 -- John 3:6
%
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
		 -- John 3:7
%
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof,
but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every
one that is born of the Spirit.
		 -- John 3:8
%
Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
		 -- John 3:9
%
Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and
knowest not these things?
		 -- John 3:10
%
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify
that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
		 -- John 3:11
%
If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye
believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
		 -- John 3:12
%
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven,
even the Son of man which is in heaven.
		 -- John 3:13
%
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the
Son of man be lifted up:
		 -- John 3:14
%
That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
		 -- John 3:15
%
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
		 -- John 3:16
%
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that
the world through him might be saved.
		 -- John 3:17
%
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is
condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only
begotten Son of God.
		 -- John 3:18
%
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and
men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
		 -- John 3:19
%
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the
light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
		 -- John 3:20
%
But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made
manifest, that they are wrought in God.
		 -- John 3:21
%
After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea;
and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
		 -- John 3:22
%
And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was
much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
		 -- John 3:23
%
For John was not yet cast into prison.
		 -- John 3:24
%
Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the
Jews about purifying.
		 -- John 3:25
%
And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee
beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth,
and all men come to him.
		 -- John 3:26
%
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given
him from heaven.
		 -- John 3:27
%
Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but
that I am sent before him.
		 -- John 3:28
%
He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the
bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because
of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
		 -- John 3:29
%
He must increase, but I must decrease.
		 -- John 3:30
%
He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is
earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is
above all.
		 -- John 3:31
%
And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth
his testimony.
		 -- John 3:32
%
He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
		 -- John 3:33
%
For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not
the Spirit by measure unto him.
		 -- John 3:34
%
The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
		 -- John 3:35
%
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth
not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
		 -- John 3:36
%
WHEN therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made
and baptized more disciples than John,
		 -- John 4:1
%
(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)
		 -- John 4:2
%
He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
		 -- John 4:3
%
And he must needs go through Samaria.
		 -- John 4:4
%
Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to
the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
		 -- John 4:5
%
Now Jacob's well was there.  Jesus therefore, being wearied with his
journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
		 -- John 4:6
%
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her,
Give me to drink.
		 -- John 4:7
%
(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
		 -- John 4:8
%
Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being
a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria?  for the Jews
have no dealings with the Samaritans.
		 -- John 4:9
%
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and
who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked
of him, and he would have given thee living water.
		 -- John 4:10
%
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the
well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
		 -- John 4:11
%
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and
drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
		 -- John 4:12
%
Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall
thirst again:
		 -- John 4:13
%
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never
thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of
water springing up into everlasting life.
		 -- John 4:14
%
The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not,
neither come hither to draw.
		 -- John 4:15
%
Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
		 -- John 4:16
%
The woman answered and said, I have no husband.  Jesus said unto her,
Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
		 -- John 4:17
%
For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy
husband: in that saidst thou truly.
		 -- John 4:18
%
The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
		 -- John 4:19
%
Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem
is the place where men ought to worship.
		 -- John 4:20
%
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall
neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
		 -- John 4:21
%
Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is
of the Jews.
		 -- John 4:22
%
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship
the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to
worship him.
		 -- John 4:23
%
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit
and in truth.
		 -- John 4:24
%
The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called
Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
		 -- John 4:25
%
Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
		 -- John 4:26
%
And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the
woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou?  or, Why talkest thou with her?
		 -- John 4:27
%
The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and
saith to the men,
		 -- John 4:28
%
Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this
the Christ?
		 -- John 4:29
%
Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.
		 -- John 4:30
%
In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
		 -- John 4:31
%
But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
		 -- John 4:32
%
Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him
ought to eat?
		 -- John 4:33
%
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me,
and to finish his work.
		 -- John 4:34
%
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest?  behold,
I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are
white already to harvest.
		 -- John 4:35
%
And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life
eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice
together.
		 -- John 4:36
%
And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
		 -- John 4:37
%
I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured,
and ye are entered into their labours.
		 -- John 4:38
%
And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying
of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
		 -- John 4:39
%
So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he
would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
		 -- John 4:40
%
And many more believed because of his own word;
		 -- John 4:41
%
And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for
we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ,
the Saviour of the world.
		 -- John 4:42
%
Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.
		 -- John 4:43
%
For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own
country.
		 -- John 4:44
%
Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having
seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also
went unto the feast.
		 -- John 4:45
%
So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine.
And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.
		 -- John 4:46
%
When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went
unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son:
for he was at the point of death.
		 -- John 4:47
%
Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will
not believe.
		 -- John 4:48
%
The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
		 -- John 4:49
%
Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth.  And the man believed
the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.
		 -- John 4:50
%
And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying,
Thy son liveth.
		 -- John 4:51
%
Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend.  And they said
unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
		 -- John 4:52
%
So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said
unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.
		 -- John 4:53
%
This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out
of Judaea into Galilee.
		 -- John 4:54
%
AFTER this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
		 -- John 5:1
%
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called
in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
		 -- John 5:2
%
In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered,
waiting for the moving of the water.
		 -- John 5:3
%
For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled
the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped
in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
		 -- John 5:4
%
And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight
years.
		 -- John 5:5
%
When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in
that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
		 -- John 5:6
%
The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water
is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another
steppeth down before me.
		 -- John 5:7
%
Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
		 -- John 5:8
%
And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked:
and on the same day was the sabbath.
		 -- John 5:9
%
The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day:
it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
		 -- John 5:10
%
He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up
thy bed, and walk.
		 -- John 5:11
%
Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy
bed, and walk?
		 -- John 5:12
%
And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed
himself away, a multitude being in that place.
		 -- John 5:13
%
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold,
thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
		 -- John 5:14
%
The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made
him whole.
		 -- John 5:15
%
And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him,
because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
		 -- John 5:16
%
But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
		 -- John 5:17
%
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only
had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making
himself equal with God.
		 -- John 5:18
%
Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do:
for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
		 -- John 5:19
%
For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself
doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
		 -- John 5:20
%
For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the
Son quickeneth whom he will.
		 -- John 5:21
%
For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto
the Son:
		 -- John 5:22
%
That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father.
He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath
sent him.
		 -- John 5:23
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth
on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into
condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
		 -- John 5:24
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when
the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear
shall live.
		 -- John 5:25
%
For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to
have life in himself;
		 -- John 5:26
%
And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is
the Son of man.
		 -- John 5:27
%
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are
in the graves shall hear his voice,
		 -- John 5:28
%
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection
of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
		 -- John 5:29
%
I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment
is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father
which hath sent me.
		 -- John 5:30
%
If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
		 -- John 5:31
%
There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness
which he witnesseth of me is true.
		 -- John 5:32
%
Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
		 -- John 5:33
%
But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye
might be saved.
		 -- John 5:34
%
He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season
to rejoice in his light.
		 -- John 5:35
%
But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the
Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness
of me, that the Father hath sent me.
		 -- John 5:36
%
And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me.
Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
		 -- John 5:37
%
And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye
believe not.
		 -- John 5:38
%
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and
they are they which testify of me.
		 -- John 5:39
%
And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
		 -- John 5:40
%
I receive not honour from men.
		 -- John 5:41
%
But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
		 -- John 5:42
%
I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall
come in his own name, him ye will receive.
		 -- John 5:43
%
How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not
the honour that cometh from God only?
		 -- John 5:44
%
Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that
accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
		 -- John 5:45
%
For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
		 -- John 5:46
%
But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
		 -- John 5:47
%
AFTER these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea
of Tiberias.
		 -- John 6:1
%
And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which
he did on them that were diseased.
		 -- John 6:2
%
And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
		 -- John 6:3
%
And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
		 -- John 6:4
%
When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him,
he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
		 -- John 6:5
%
And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
		 -- John 6:6
%
Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient
for them, that every one of them may take a little.
		 -- John 6:7
%
One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,
		 -- John 6:8
%
There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes:
but what are they among so many?
		 -- John 6:9
%
And Jesus said, Make the men sit down.	Now there was much grass in
the place.  So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
		 -- John 6:10
%
And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed
to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and
likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
		 -- John 6:11
%
When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments
that remain, that nothing be lost.
		 -- John 6:12
%
Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with
the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above
unto them that had eaten.
		 -- John 6:13
%
Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said,
This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
		 -- John 6:14
%
When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force,
to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
		 -- John 6:15
%
And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,
		 -- John 6:16
%
And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum.  And it
was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
		 -- John 6:17
%
And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.
		 -- John 6:18
%
So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they
see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they
were afraid.
		 -- John 6:19
%
But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.
		 -- John 6:20
%
Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship
was at the land whither they went.
		 -- John 6:21
%
The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the
sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto
his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples
into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;
		 -- John 6:22
%
(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where
they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)
		 -- John 6:23
%
When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his
disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking
for Jesus.
		 -- John 6:24
%
And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto
him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
		 -- John 6:25
%
Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me,
not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves,
and were filled.
		 -- John 6:26
%
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth
unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for
him hath God the Father sealed.
		 -- John 6:27
%
Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works
of God?
		 -- John 6:28
%
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye
believe on him whom he hath sent.
		 -- John 6:29
%
They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may
see, and believe thee?	what dost thou work?
		 -- John 6:30
%
Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them
bread from heaven to eat.
		 -- John 6:31
%
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave
you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread
from heaven.
		 -- John 6:32
%
For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth
life unto the world.
		 -- John 6:33
%
Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
		 -- John 6:34
%
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me
shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
		 -- John 6:35
%
But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
		 -- John 6:36
%
All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to
me I will in no wise cast out.
		 -- John 6:37
%
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of
him that sent me.
		 -- John 6:38
%
And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he
hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at
the last day.
		 -- John 6:39
%
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the
Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise
him up at the last day.
		 -- John 6:40
%
The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which
came down from heaven.
		 -- John 6:41
%
And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and
mother we know?  how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
		 -- John 6:42
%
Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
		 -- John 6:43
%
No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him:
and I will raise him up at the last day.
		 -- John 6:44
%
It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God.
Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father,
cometh unto me.
		 -- John 6:45
%
Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath
seen the Father.
		 -- John 6:46
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting
life.
		 -- John 6:47
%
I am that bread of life.
		 -- John 6:48
%
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
		 -- John 6:49
%
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat
thereof, and not die.
		 -- John 6:50
%
I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of
this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is
my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
		 -- John 6:51
%
The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man
give us his flesh to eat?
		 -- John 6:52
%
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat
the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
		 -- John 6:53
%
Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I
will raise him up at the last day.
		 -- John 6:54
%
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
		 -- John 6:55
%
He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I
in him.
		 -- John 6:56
%
As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that
eateth me, even he shall live by me.
		 -- John 6:57
%
This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did
eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
		 -- John 6:58
%
These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
		 -- John 6:59
%
Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This
is an hard saying; who can hear it?
		 -- John 6:60
%
When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said
unto them, Doth this offend you?
		 -- John 6:61
%
What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
		 -- John 6:62
%
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words
that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
		 -- John 6:63
%
But there are some of you that believe not.  For Jesus knew from the
beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
		 -- John 6:64
%
And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me,
except it were given unto him of my Father.
		 -- John 6:65
%
From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more
with him.
		 -- John 6:66
%
Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
		 -- John 6:67
%
Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go?  thou hast
the words of eternal life.
		 -- John 6:68
%
And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the
living God.
		 -- John 6:69
%
Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is
a devil?
		 -- John 6:70
%
He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should
betray him, being one of the twelve.
		 -- John 6:71
%
AFTER these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in
Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
		 -- John 7:1
%
Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.
		 -- John 7:2
%
His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea,
that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
		 -- John 7:3
%
For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh
to be known openly.  If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
		 -- John 7:4
%
For neither did his brethren believe in him.
		 -- John 7:5
%
Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is
alway ready.
		 -- John 7:6
%
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it,
that the works thereof are evil.
		 -- John 7:7
%
Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time
is not yet full come.
		 -- John 7:8
%
When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.
		 -- John 7:9
%
But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast,
not openly, but as it were in secret.
		 -- John 7:10
%
Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
		 -- John 7:11
%
And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some
said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.
		 -- John 7:12
%
Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
		 -- John 7:13
%
Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple,
and taught.
		 -- John 7:14
%
And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having
never learned?
		 -- John 7:15
%
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that
sent me.
		 -- John 7:16
%
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it
be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
		 -- John 7:17
%
He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his
glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
		 -- John 7:18
%
Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law?
Why go ye about to kill me?
		 -- John 7:19
%
The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to
kill thee?
		 -- John 7:20
%
Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all
marvel.
		 -- John 7:21
%
Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses,
but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
		 -- John 7:22
%
If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses
should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man
every whit whole on the sabbath day?
		 -- John 7:23
%
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
		 -- John 7:24
%
Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek
to kill?
		 -- John 7:25
%
But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him.  Do the
rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
		 -- John 7:26
%
Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man
knoweth whence he is.
		 -- John 7:27
%
Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me,
and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent
me is true, whom ye know not.
		 -- John 7:28
%
But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
		 -- John 7:29
%
Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his
hour was not yet come.
		 -- John 7:30
%
And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh,
will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?
		 -- John 7:31
%
The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him;
and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
		 -- John 7:32
%
Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then
I go unto him that sent me.
		 -- John 7:33
%
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye
cannot come.
		 -- John 7:34
%
Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall
not find him?  will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and
teach the Gentiles?
		 -- John 7:35
%
What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall
not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?
		 -- John 7:36
%
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried,
saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
		 -- John 7:37
%
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly
shall flow rivers of living water.
		 -- John 7:38
%
(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should
receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was
not yet glorified.)
		 -- John 7:39
%
Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a
truth this is the Prophet.
		 -- John 7:40
%
Others said, This is the Christ.  But some said, Shall Christ come out
of Galilee?
		 -- John 7:41
%
Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David,
and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
		 -- John 7:42
%
So there was a division among the people because of him.
		 -- John 7:43
%
And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
		 -- John 7:44
%
Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said
unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
		 -- John 7:45
%
The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
		 -- John 7:46
%
Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
		 -- John 7:47
%
Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
		 -- John 7:48
%
But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
		 -- John 7:49
%
Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one
of them,)
		 -- John 7:50
%
Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
		 -- John 7:51
%
They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee?  Search,
and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
		 -- John 7:52
%
And every man went unto his own house.
		 -- John 7:53
%
JESUS went unto the mount of Olives.
		 -- John 8:1
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And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the
people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
		 -- John 8:2
%
And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery;
and when they had set her in the midst,
		 -- John 8:3
%
They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the
very act.
		 -- John 8:4
%
Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what
sayest thou?
		 -- John 8:5
%
This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him.
But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as
though he heard them not.
		 -- John 8:6
%
So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto
them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
		 -- John 8:7
%
And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
		 -- John 8:8
%
And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went
out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus
was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
		 -- John 8:9
%
When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto
her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
		 -- John 8:10
%
She said, No man, Lord.  And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn
thee: go, and sin no more.
		 -- John 8:11
%
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world:
he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the
light of life.
		 -- John 8:12
%
The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself;
thy record is not true.
		 -- John 8:13
%
Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself,
yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go;
but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
		 -- John 8:14
%
Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
		 -- John 8:15
%
And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and
the Father that sent me.
		 -- John 8:16
%
It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.
		 -- John 8:17
%
I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth
witness of me.
		 -- John 8:18
%
Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father?  Jesus answered, Ye neither
know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my
Father also.
		 -- John 8:19
%
These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple:
and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
		 -- John 8:20
%
Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me,
and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
		 -- John 8:21
%
Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself?  because he saith, Whither I
go, ye cannot come.
		 -- John 8:22
%
And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of
this world; I am not of this world.
		 -- John 8:23
%
I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye
believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
		 -- John 8:24
%
Then said they unto him, Who art thou?	And Jesus saith unto them,
Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.
		 -- John 8:25
%
I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is
true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
		 -- John 8:26
%
They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
		 -- John 8:27
%
Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then
shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my
Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
		 -- John 8:28
%
And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone;
for I do always those things that please him.
		 -- John 8:29
%
As he spake these words, many believed on him.
		 -- John 8:30
%
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in
my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
		 -- John 8:31
%
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
		 -- John 8:32
%
They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to
any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
		 -- John 8:33
%
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth
sin is the servant of sin.
		 -- John 8:34
%
And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth
ever.
		 -- John 8:35
%
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
		 -- John 8:36
%
I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my
word hath no place in you.
		 -- John 8:37
%
I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye
have seen with your father.
		 -- John 8:38
%
They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father.  Jesus saith unto
them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
		 -- John 8:39
%
But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which
I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
		 -- John 8:40
%
Ye do the deeds of your father.  Then said they to him, We be not born
of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
		 -- John 8:41
%
Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for
I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he
sent me.
		 -- John 8:42
%
Why do ye not understand my speech?  even because ye cannot hear my word.
		 -- John 8:43
%
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do.
He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because
there is no truth in him.  When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own:
for he is a liar, and the father of it.
		 -- John 8:44
%
And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
		 -- John 8:45
%
Which of you convinceth me of sin?  And if I say the truth, why do ye
not believe me?
		 -- John 8:46
%
He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not,
because ye are not of God.
		 -- John 8:47
%
Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou
art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
		 -- John 8:48
%
Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do
dishonour me.
		 -- John 8:49
%
And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
		 -- John 8:50
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never
see death.
		 -- John 8:51
%
Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil.
Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my
saying, he shall never taste of death.
		 -- John 8:52
%
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead?  and the prophets
are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
		 -- John 8:53
%
Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father
that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
		 -- John 8:54
%
Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him
not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
		 -- John 8:55
%
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
		 -- John 8:56
%
Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast
thou seen Abraham?
		 -- John 8:57
%
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was,
I am.
		 -- John 8:58
%
Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went
out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
		 -- John 8:59
%
AND as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
		 -- John 9:1
%
And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man,
or his parents, that he was born blind?
		 -- John 9:2
%
Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that
the works of God should be made manifest in him.
		 -- John 9:3
%
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night
cometh, when no man can work.
		 -- John 9:4
%
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
		 -- John 9:5
%
When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the
spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
		 -- John 9:6
%
And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by
interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and
came seeing.
		 -- John 9:7
%
The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he
was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
		 -- John 9:8
%
Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.
		 -- John 9:9
%
Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?
		 -- John 9:10
%
He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed
mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I
went and washed, and I received sight.
		 -- John 9:11
%
Then said they unto him, Where is he?  He said, I know not.
		 -- John 9:12
%
They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.
		 -- John 9:13
%
And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
		 -- John 9:14
%
Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight.
He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.
		 -- John 9:15
%
Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because
he keepeth not the sabbath day.  Others said, How can a man that is a
sinner do such miracles?  And there was a division among them.
		 -- John 9:16
%
They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath
opened thine eyes?  He said, He is a prophet.
		 -- John 9:17
%
But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind,
and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had
received his sight.
		 -- John 9:18
%
And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind?
how then doth he now see?
		 -- John 9:19
%
His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and
that he was born blind:
		 -- John 9:20
%
But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes,
we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.
		 -- John 9:21
%
These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the
Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ,
he should be put out of the synagogue.
		 -- John 9:22
%
Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.
		 -- John 9:23
%
Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give
God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.
		 -- John 9:24
%
He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one
thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
		 -- John 9:25
%
Then said they to him again, What did he to thee?  how opened he thine
eyes?
		 -- John 9:26
%
He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore
would ye hear it again?  will ye also be his disciples?
		 -- John 9:27
%
Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses'
disciples.
		 -- John 9:28
%
We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from
whence he is.
		 -- John 9:29
%
The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing,
that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.
		 -- John 9:30
%
Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper
of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
		 -- John 9:31
%
Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of
one that was born blind.
		 -- John 9:32
%
If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
		 -- John 9:33
%
They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins,
and dost thou teach us?  And they cast him out.
		 -- John 9:34
%
Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him,
he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
		 -- John 9:35
%
He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?
		 -- John 9:36
%
And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that
talketh with thee.
		 -- John 9:37
%
And he said, Lord, I believe.  And he worshipped him.
		 -- John 9:38
%
And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which
see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
		 -- John 9:39
%
And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and
said unto him, Are we blind also?
		 -- John 9:40
%
Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now
ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
		 -- John 9:41
%
VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into
the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and
a robber.
		 -- John 10:1
%
But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
		 -- John 10:2
%
To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth
his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
		 -- John 10:3
%
And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the
sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
		 -- John 10:4
%
And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they
know not the voice of strangers.
		 -- John 10:5
%
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things
they were which he spake unto them.
		 -- John 10:6
%
Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am
the door of the sheep.
		 -- John 10:7
%
All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did
not hear them.
		 -- John 10:8
%
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall
go in and out, and find pasture.
		 -- John 10:9
%
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:
I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more
abundantly.
		 -- John 10:10
%
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
		 -- John 10:11
%
But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep
are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth:
and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
		 -- John 10:12
%
The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for
the sheep.
		 -- John 10:13
%
I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
		 -- John 10:14
%
As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my
life for the sheep.
		 -- John 10:15
%
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must
bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and
one shepherd.
		 -- John 10:16
%
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I
might take it again.
		 -- John 10:17
%
No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself.	I have power to
lay it down, and I have power to take it again.  This commandment have
I received of my Father.
		 -- John 10:18
%
There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
		 -- John 10:19
%
And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
		 -- John 10:20
%
Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil.	Can a
devil open the eyes of the blind?
		 -- John 10:21
%
And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
		 -- John 10:22
%
And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
		 -- John 10:23
%
Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost
thou make us to doubt?	If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
		 -- John 10:24
%
Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I
do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
		 -- John 10:25
%
But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
		 -- John 10:26
%
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
		 -- John 10:27
%
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither
shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
		 -- John 10:28
%
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able
to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
		 -- John 10:29
%
I and my Father are one.
		 -- John 10:30
%
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
		 -- John 10:31
%
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father;
for which of those works do ye stone me?
		 -- John 10:32
%
The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but
for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
		 -- John 10:33
%
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
		 -- John 10:34
%
If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture
cannot be broken;
		 -- John 10:35
%
Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world,
Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
		 -- John 10:36
%
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
		 -- John 10:37
%
But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may
know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
		 -- John 10:38
%
Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
		 -- John 10:39
%
And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first
baptized; and there he abode.
		 -- John 10:40
%
And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things
that John spake of this man were true.
		 -- John 10:41
%
And many believed on him there.
		 -- John 10:42
%
NOW a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary
and her sister Martha.
		 -- John 11:1
%
(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his
feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
		 -- John 11:2
%
Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou
lovest is sick.
		 -- John 11:3
%
When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but
for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
		 -- John 11:4
%
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
		 -- John 11:5
%
When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still
in the same place where he was.
		 -- John 11:6
%
Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
		 -- John 11:7
%
His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee;
and goest thou thither again?
		 -- John 11:8
%
Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day?	If any man walk
in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
		 -- John 11:9
%
But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light
in him.
		 -- John 11:10
%
These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend
Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
		 -- John 11:11
%
Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
		 -- John 11:12
%
Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken
of taking of rest in sleep.
		 -- John 11:13
%
Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
		 -- John 11:14
%
And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may
believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
		 -- John 11:15
%
Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples,
Let us also go, that we may die with him.
		 -- John 11:16
%
Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days
already.
		 -- John 11:17
%
Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
		 -- John 11:18
%
And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning
their brother.
		 -- John 11:19
%
Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him:
but Mary sat still in the house.
		 -- John 11:20
%
Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother
had not died.
		 -- John 11:21
%
But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will
give it thee.
		 -- John 11:22
%
Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
		 -- John 11:23
%
Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection
at the last day.
		 -- John 11:24
%
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that
believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
		 -- John 11:25
%
And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.  Believest
thou this?
		 -- John 11:26
%
She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ,
the Son of God, which should come into the world.
		 -- John 11:27
%
And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister
secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
		 -- John 11:28
%
As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.
		 -- John 11:29
%
Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where
Martha met him.
		 -- John 11:30
%
The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when
they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her,
saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
		 -- John 11:31
%
Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at
his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother
had not died.
		 -- John 11:32
%
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which
came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
		 -- John 11:33
%
And said, Where have ye laid him?  They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
		 -- John 11:34
%
Jesus wept.
		 -- John 11:35
%
Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
		 -- John 11:36
%
And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the
blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
		 -- John 11:37
%
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave.	It was
a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
		 -- John 11:38
%
Jesus said, Take ye away the stone.  Martha, the sister of him that was
dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been
dead four days.
		 -- John 11:39
%
Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest
believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
		 -- John 11:40
%
Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid.
And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou
hast heard me.
		 -- John 11:41
%
And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which
stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
		 -- John 11:42
%
And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus,
come forth.
		 -- John 11:43
%
And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes:
and his face was bound about with a napkin.  Jesus saith unto them,
Loose him, and let him go.
		 -- John 11:44
%
Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which
Jesus did, believed on him.
		 -- John 11:45
%
But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what
things Jesus had done.
		 -- John 11:46
%
Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said,
What do we?  for this man doeth many miracles.
		 -- John 11:47
%
If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans
shall come and take away both our place and nation.
		 -- John 11:48
%
And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year,
said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
		 -- John 11:49
%
Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for
the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
		 -- John 11:50
%
And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year,
he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
		 -- John 11:51
%
And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together
in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
		 -- John 11:52
%
Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him
to death.
		 -- John 11:53
%
Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence
unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim,
and there continued with his disciples.
		 -- John 11:54
%
And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country
up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
		 -- John 11:55
%
Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood
in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?
		 -- John 11:56
%
Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment,
that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might
take him.
		 -- John 11:57
%
THEN Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus
was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
		 -- John 12:1
%
There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of
them that sat at the table with him.
		 -- John 12:2
%
Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed
the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was
filled with the odour of the ointment.
		 -- John 12:3
%
Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which
should betray him,
		 -- John 12:4
%
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to
the poor?
		 -- John 12:5
%
This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief,
and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
		 -- John 12:6
%
Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she
kept this.
		 -- John 12:7
%
For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
		 -- John 12:8
%
Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came
not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he
had raised from the dead.
		 -- John 12:9
%
But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
		 -- John 12:10
%
Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed
on Jesus.
		 -- John 12:11
%
On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard
that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
		 -- John 12:12
%
Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried,
Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of
the Lord.
		 -- John 12:13
%
And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,
		 -- John 12:14
%
Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an
ass's colt.
		 -- John 12:15
%
These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus
was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him,
and that they had done these things unto him.
		 -- John 12:16
%
The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of
his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.
		 -- John 12:17
%
For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had
done this miracle.
		 -- John 12:18
%
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye
prevail nothing?  behold, the world is gone after him.
		 -- John 12:19
%
And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at
the feast:
		 -- John 12:20
%
The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee,
and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.
		 -- John 12:21
%
Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.
		 -- John 12:22
%
And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man
should be glorified.
		 -- John 12:23
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the
ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth
much fruit.
		 -- John 12:24
%
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in
this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
		 -- John 12:25
%
If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also
my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
		 -- John 12:26
%
Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say?	Father, save me from
this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
		 -- John 12:27
%
Father, glorify thy name.  Then came there a voice from heaven, saying,
I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
		 -- John 12:28
%
The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered:
others said, An angel spake to him.
		 -- John 12:29
%
Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for
your sakes.
		 -- John 12:30
%
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world
be cast out.
		 -- John 12:31
%
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
		 -- John 12:32
%
This he said, signifying what death he should die.
		 -- John 12:33
%
The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth
for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up?  who is
this Son of man?
		 -- John 12:34
%
Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you.
Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that
walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
		 -- John 12:35
%
While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children
of light.  These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself
from them.
		 -- John 12:36
%
But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed
not on him:
		 -- John 12:37
%
That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake,
Lord, who hath believed our report?  and to whom hath the arm of the
Lord been revealed?
		 -- John 12:38
%
Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,
		 -- John 12:39
%
He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not
see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted,
and I should heal them.
		 -- John 12:40
%
These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
		 -- John 12:41
%
Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but
because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be
put out of the synagogue:
		 -- John 12:42
%
For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
		 -- John 12:43
%
Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me,
but on him that sent me.
		 -- John 12:44
%
And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.
		 -- John 12:45
%
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should
not abide in darkness.
		 -- John 12:46
%
And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I
came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
		 -- John 12:47
%
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth
him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the
last day.
		 -- John 12:48
%
For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave
me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
		 -- John 12:49
%
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak
therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
		 -- John 12:50
%
NOW before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was
come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having
loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
		 -- John 13:1
%
And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas
Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
		 -- John 13:2
%
Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands,
and that he was come from God, and went to God;
		 -- John 13:3
%
He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel,
and girded himself.
		 -- John 13:4
%
After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples'
feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
		 -- John 13:5
%
Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou
wash my feet?
		 -- John 13:6
%
Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but
thou shalt know hereafter.
		 -- John 13:7
%
Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet.  Jesus answered him,
If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
		 -- John 13:8
%
Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands
and my head.
		 -- John 13:9
%
Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet,
but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
		 -- John 13:10
%
For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all
clean.
		 -- John 13:11
%
So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was
set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?
		 -- John 13:12
%
Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
		 -- John 13:13
%
If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought
to wash one another's feet.
		 -- John 13:14
%
For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
		 -- John 13:15
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord;
neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
		 -- John 13:16
%
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
		 -- John 13:17
%
I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture
may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel
against me.
		 -- John 13:18
%
Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may
believe that I am he.
		 -- John 13:19
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send
receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
		 -- John 13:20
%
When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified,
and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
		 -- John 13:21
%
Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake.
		 -- John 13:22
%
Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus
loved.
		 -- John 13:23
%
Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should
be of whom he spake.
		 -- John 13:24
%
He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?
		 -- John 13:25
%
Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have
dipped it.  And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot,
the son of Simon.
		 -- John 13:26
%
And after the sop Satan entered into him.  Then said Jesus unto him,
That thou doest, do quickly.
		 -- John 13:27
%
Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.
		 -- John 13:28
%
For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said
unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or,
that he should give something to the poor.
		 -- John 13:29
%
He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night.
		 -- John 13:30
%
Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man
glorified, and God is glorified in him.
		 -- John 13:31
%
If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself,
and shall straightway glorify him.
		 -- John 13:32
%
Little children, yet a little while I am with you.  Ye shall seek me:
and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say
to you.
		 -- John 13:33
%
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have
loved you, that ye also love one another.
		 -- John 13:34
%
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love
one to another.
		 -- John 13:35
%
Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou?  Jesus answered
him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow
me afterwards.
		 -- John 13:36
%
Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now?  I will lay
down my life for thy sake.
		 -- John 13:37
%
Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake?  Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied
me thrice.
		 -- John 13:38
%
LET not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
		 -- John 14:1
%
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have
told you.  I go to prepare a place for you.
		 -- John 14:2
%
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive
you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
		 -- John 14:3
%
And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
		 -- John 14:4
%
Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how
can we know the way?
		 -- John 14:5
%
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man
cometh unto the Father, but by me.
		 -- John 14:6
%
If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from
henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
		 -- John 14:7
%
Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
		 -- John 14:8
%
Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast
thou not known me, Philip?  he that hath seen me hath seen the Father;
and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
		 -- John 14:9
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Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me?
the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father
that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
		 -- John 14:10
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Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe
me for the very works' sake.
		 -- John 14:11
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Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works
that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do;
because I go unto my Father.
		 -- John 14:12
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And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father
may be glorified in the Son.
		 -- John 14:13
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If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
		 -- John 14:14
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If ye love me, keep my commandments.
		 -- John 14:15
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And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter,
that he may abide with you for ever;
		 -- John 14:16
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Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth
him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you,
and shall be in you.
		 -- John 14:17
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I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
		 -- John 14:18
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Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me:
because I live, ye shall live also.
		 -- John 14:19
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At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I
in you.
		 -- John 14:20
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He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me:
and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him,
and will manifest myself to him.
		 -- John 14:21
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Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt
manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
		 -- John 14:22
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Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my
words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make
our abode with him.
		 -- John 14:23
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He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear
is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
		 -- John 14:24
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These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
		 -- John 14:25
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But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send
in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your
remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
		 -- John 14:26
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Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world
giveth, give I unto you.  Let not your heart be troubled, neither let
it be afraid.
		 -- John 14:27
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Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you.
If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father:
for my Father is greater than I.
		 -- John 14:28
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And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come
to pass, ye might believe.
		 -- John 14:29
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Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world
cometh, and hath nothing in me.
		 -- John 14:30
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But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father
gave me commandment, even so I do.  Arise, let us go hence.
		 -- John 14:31
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I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
		 -- John 15:1
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Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch
that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
		 -- John 15:2
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Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
		 -- John 15:3
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Abide in me, and I in you.  As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself,
except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
		 -- John 15:4
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I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him,
the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
		 -- John 15:5
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If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered;
and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
		 -- John 15:6
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If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will,
and it shall be done unto you.
		 -- John 15:7
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Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be
my disciples.
		 -- John 15:8
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As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
		 -- John 15:9
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If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have
kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
		 -- John 15:10
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These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you,
and that your joy might be full.
		 -- John 15:11
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This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
		 -- John 15:12
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Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for
his friends.
		 -- John 15:13
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Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
		 -- John 15:14
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Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what
his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I
have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
		 -- John 15:15
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Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that
ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain:
that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
		 -- John 15:16
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These things I command you, that ye love one another.
		 -- John 15:17
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If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
		 -- John 15:18
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If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye
are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore
the world hateth you.
		 -- John 15:19
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Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than
his lord.  If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you;
if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
		 -- John 15:20
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But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because
they know not him that sent me.
		 -- John 15:21
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If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now
they have no cloke for their sin.
		 -- John 15:22
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He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
		 -- John 15:23
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If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had
not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
		 -- John 15:24
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But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written
in their law, They hated me without a cause.
		 -- John 15:25
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But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the
Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father,
he shall testify of me:
		 -- John 15:26
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And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the
beginning.
		 -- John 15:27
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THESE things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
		 -- John 16:1
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They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that
whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
		 -- John 16:2
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And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the
Father, nor me.
		 -- John 16:3
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But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may
remember that I told you of them.  And these things I said not unto you
at the beginning, because I was with you.
		 -- John 16:4
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But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me,
Whither goest thou?
		 -- John 16:5
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But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled
your heart.
		 -- John 16:6
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Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go
away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but
if I depart, I will send him unto you.
		 -- John 16:7
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And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of
righteousness, and of judgment:
		 -- John 16:8
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Of sin, because they believe not on me;
		 -- John 16:9
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Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
		 -- John 16:10
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Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
		 -- John 16:11
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I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
		 -- John 16:12
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Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all
truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear,
that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
		 -- John 16:13
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He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it
unto you.
		 -- John 16:14
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All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he
shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
		 -- John 16:15
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A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while,
and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
		 -- John 16:16
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Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that
he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again,
a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?
		 -- John 16:17
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They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while?
we cannot tell what he saith.
		 -- John 16:18
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Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them,
Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye
shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?
		 -- John 16:19
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Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the
world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall
be turned into joy.
		 -- John 16:20
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A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come:
but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more
the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
		 -- John 16:21
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And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your
heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
		 -- John 16:22
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And in that day ye shall ask me nothing.  Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
		 -- John 16:23
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Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive,
that your joy may be full.
		 -- John 16:24
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These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh,
when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you
plainly of the Father.
		 -- John 16:25
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At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will
pray the Father for you:
		 -- John 16:26
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For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have
believed that I came out from God.
		 -- John 16:27
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I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave
the world, and go to the Father.
		 -- John 16:28
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His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest
no proverb.
		 -- John 16:29
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Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any
man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
		 -- John 16:30
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Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?
		 -- John 16:31
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Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered,
every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone,
because the Father is with me.
		 -- John 16:32
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These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace.
In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have
overcome the world.
		 -- John 16:33
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THESE words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said,
Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may
glorify thee:
		 -- John 17:1
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As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal
life to as many as thou hast given him.
		 -- John 17:2
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And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God,
and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
		 -- John 17:3
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I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou
gavest me to do.
		 -- John 17:4
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And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory
which I had with thee before the world was.
		 -- John 17:5
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I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of
the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept
thy word.
		 -- John 17:6
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Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are
of thee.
		 -- John 17:7
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For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they
have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee,
and they have believed that thou didst send me.
		 -- John 17:8
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I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast
given me; for they are thine.
		 -- John 17:9
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And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
		 -- John 17:10
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And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I
come to thee.  Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou
hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
		 -- John 17:11
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While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that
thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of
perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
		 -- John 17:12
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And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they
might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
		 -- John 17:13
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I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they
are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
		 -- John 17:14
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I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou
shouldest keep them from the evil.
		 -- John 17:15
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They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
		 -- John 17:16
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Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
		 -- John 17:17
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As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into
the world.
		 -- John 17:18
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And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified
through the truth.
		 -- John 17:19
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Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe
on me through their word;
		 -- John 17:20
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That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee,
that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou
hast sent me.
		 -- John 17:21
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And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be
one, even as we are one:
		 -- John 17:22
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I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and
that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them,
as thou hast loved me.
		 -- John 17:23
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Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where
I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou
lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
		 -- John 17:24
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O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee,
and these have known that thou hast sent me.
		 -- John 17:25
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And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the
love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
		 -- John 17:26
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WHEN Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples
over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered,
and his disciples.
		 -- John 18:1
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And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes
resorted thither with his disciples.
		 -- John 18:2
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Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief
priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and
weapons.
		 -- John 18:3
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Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth,
and said unto them, Whom seek ye?
		 -- John 18:4
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They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth.  Jesus saith unto them, I am he.
And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.
		 -- John 18:5
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As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward,
and fell to the ground.
		 -- John 18:6
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Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye?  And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
		 -- John 18:7
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Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me,
let these go their way:
		 -- John 18:8
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That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou
gavest me have I lost none.
		 -- John 18:9
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Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's
servant, and cut off his right ear.  The servant's name was Malchus.
		 -- John 18:10
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Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup
which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
		 -- John 18:11
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Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus,
and bound him,
		 -- John 18:12
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And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas,
which was the high priest that same year.
		 -- John 18:13
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Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient
that one man should die for the people.
		 -- John 18:14
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And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple
was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace
of the high priest.
		 -- John 18:15
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But Peter stood at the door without.  Then went out that other disciple,
which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the
door, and brought in Peter.
		 -- John 18:16
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Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also
one of this man's disciples?  He saith, I am not.
		 -- John 18:17
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And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals;
for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them,
and warmed himself.
		 -- John 18:18
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The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.
		 -- John 18:19
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Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the
synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in
secret have I said nothing.
		 -- John 18:20
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Why askest thou me?  ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them:
behold, they know what I said.
		 -- John 18:21
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And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck
Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high
priest so?
		 -- John 18:22
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Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil:
but if well, why smitest thou me?
		 -- John 18:23
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Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
		 -- John 18:24
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And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself.  They said therefore unto him,
Art not thou also one of his disciples?  He denied it, and said, I am not.
		 -- John 18:25
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One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear
Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
		 -- John 18:26
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Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.
		 -- John 18:27
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Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was
early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they
should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
		 -- John 18:28
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Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye
against this man?
		 -- John 18:29
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They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would
not have delivered him up unto thee.
		 -- John 18:30
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Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to
your law.  The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to
put any man to death:
		 -- John 18:31
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That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying
what death he should die.
		 -- John 18:32
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Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus,
and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?
		 -- John 18:33
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Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others
tell it thee of me?
		 -- John 18:34
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Pilate answered, Am I a Jew?  Thine own nation and the chief priests
have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?
		 -- John 18:35
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Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of
this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered
to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
		 -- John 18:36
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Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then?  Jesus answered,
Thou sayest that I am a king.  To this end was I born, and for this
cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth.
Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
		 -- John 18:37
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Pilate saith unto him, What is truth?  And when he had said this, he
went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no
fault at all.
		 -- John 18:38
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But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover:
will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
		 -- John 18:39
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Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas.
Now Barabbas was a robber.
		 -- John 18:40
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THEN Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
		 -- John 19:1
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And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head,
and they put on him a purple robe,
		 -- John 19:2
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And said, Hail, King of the Jews!  and they smote him with their hands.
		 -- John 19:3
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Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring
him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
		 -- John 19:4
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Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe.
And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
		 -- John 19:5
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When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out,
saying, Crucify him, crucify him.  Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him,
and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
		 -- John 19:6
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The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die,
because he made himself the Son of God.
		 -- John 19:7
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When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
		 -- John 19:8
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And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence
art thou?  But Jesus gave him no answer.
		 -- John 19:9
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Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me?	knowest thou
not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
		 -- John 19:10
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Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except
it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee
hath the greater sin.
		 -- John 19:11
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And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried
out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend:
whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
		 -- John 19:12
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When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and
sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement,
but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
		 -- John 19:13
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And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour:
and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
		 -- John 19:14
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But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him.	Pilate
saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King?  The chief priest answered,
We have no king but Caesar.
		 -- John 19:15
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Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified.  And they
took Jesus, and led him away.
		 -- John 19:16
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And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a
skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
		 -- John 19:17
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Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one,
and Jesus in the midst.
		 -- John 19:18
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And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross.  And the writing was,
JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
		 -- John 19:19
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This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was
crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek,
and Latin.
		 -- John 19:20
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Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King
of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
		 -- John 19:21
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Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
		 -- John 19:22
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Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments,
and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now
the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
		 -- John 19:23
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They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots
for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which
saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did
cast lots.  These things therefore the soldiers did.
		 -- John 19:24
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Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister,
Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
		 -- John 19:25
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When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by,
whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
		 -- John 19:26
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Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother!  And from that hour
that disciple took her unto his own home.
		 -- John 19:27
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After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that
the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
		 -- John 19:28
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Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge
with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
		 -- John 19:29
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When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished:
and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
		 -- John 19:30
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The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies
should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath
day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken,
and that they might be taken away.
		 -- John 19:31
%
Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the
other which was crucified with him.
		 -- John 19:32
%
But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they
brake not his legs:
		 -- John 19:33
%
But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith
came there out blood and water.
		 -- John 19:34
%
And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth
that he saith true, that ye might believe.
		 -- John 19:35
%
For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled,
A bone of him shall not be broken.
		 -- John 19:36
%
And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they
pierced.
		 -- John 19:37
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And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but
secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away
the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave.  He came therefore, and
took the body of Jesus.
		 -- John 19:38
%
And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night,
and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
		 -- John 19:39
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Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with
the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
		 -- John 19:40
%
Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the
garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
		 -- John 19:41
%
There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day;
for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
		 -- John 19:42
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THE first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was
yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the
sepulchre.
		 -- John 20:1
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Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple,
whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord
out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.
		 -- John 20:2
%
Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the
sepulchre.
		 -- John 20:3
%
So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter,
and came first to the sepulchre.
		 -- John 20:4
%
And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying;
yet went he not in.
		 -- John 20:5
%
Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre,
and seeth the linen clothes lie,
		 -- John 20:6
%
And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes,
but wrapped together in a place by itself.
		 -- John 20:7
%
Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre,
and he saw, and believed.
		 -- John 20:8
%
For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from
the dead.
		 -- John 20:9
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Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.
		 -- John 20:10
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But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she
stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
		 -- John 20:11
%
And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the
other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
		 -- John 20:12
%
And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou?  She saith unto them,
Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have
laid him.
		 -- John 20:13
%
And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus
standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
		 -- John 20:14
%
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou?	whom seekest thou?  She,
supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne
him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
		 -- John 20:15
%
Jesus saith unto her, Mary.  She turned herself, and saith unto him,
Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
		 -- John 20:16
%
Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my
Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father,
and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
		 -- John 20:17
%
Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord,
and that he had spoken these things unto her.
		 -- John 20:18
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Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the
doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews,
came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
		 -- John 20:19
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And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side.
Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.
		 -- John 20:20
%
Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent
me, even so send I you.
		 -- John 20:21
%
And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them,
Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
		 -- John 20:22
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Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever
sins ye retain, they are retained.
		 -- John 20:23
%
But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when
Jesus came.
		 -- John 20:24
%
The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord.
But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the
nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand
into his side, I will not believe.
		 -- John 20:25
%
And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with
them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst,
and said, Peace be unto you.
		 -- John 20:26
%
Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and
reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless,
but believing.
		 -- John 20:27
%
And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
		 -- John 20:28
%
Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast
believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
		 -- John 20:29
%
And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples,
which are not written in this book:
		 -- John 20:30
%
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
		 -- John 20:31
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AFTER these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the
sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself.
		 -- John 21:1
%
There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and
Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of
his disciples.
		 -- John 21:2
%
Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing.  They say unto him, We also
go with thee.  They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately;
and that night they caught nothing.
		 -- John 21:3
%
But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the
disciples knew not that it was Jesus.
		 -- John 21:4
%
Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat?  They answered
him, No.
		 -- John 21:5
%
And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and
ye shall find.	They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw
it for the multitude of fishes.
		 -- John 21:6
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Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord.
Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's
coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.
		 -- John 21:7
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And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from
land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.
		 -- John 21:8
%
As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there,
and fish laid thereon, and bread.
		 -- John 21:9
%
Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.
		 -- John 21:10
%
Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes,
and hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet
was not the net broken.
		 -- John 21:11
%
Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine.  And none of the disciples durst
ask him, Who art thou?	knowing that it was the Lord.
		 -- John 21:12
%
Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.
		 -- John 21:13
%
This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples,
after that he was risen from the dead.
		 -- John 21:14
%
So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas,
lovest thou me more than these?  He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou
knowest that I love thee.  He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
		 -- John 21:15
%
He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest
thou me?  He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee.
He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
		 -- John 21:16
%
He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me?
Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me?
And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that
I love thee.  Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
		 -- John 21:17
%
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou 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 21:18
%
This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God.	And when
he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.
		 -- John 21:19
%
Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following;
which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he
that betrayeth thee?
		 -- John 21:20
%
Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?
		 -- John 21:21
%
Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that
to thee?  follow thou me.
		 -- John 21:22
%
Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple
should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but,
If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
		 -- John 21:23
%
This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these
things: and we know that his testimony is true.
		 -- John 21:24
%
And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they
should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could
not contain the books that should be written.  Amen.
		 -- John 21:25
%
THE former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began
both to do and teach,
		 -- Acts 1:1
%
Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy
Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
		 -- Acts 1:2
%
To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible
proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things
pertaining to the kingdom of God:
		 -- Acts 1:3
%
And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should
not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which,
saith he, ye have heard of me.
		 -- Acts 1:4
%
For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the
Holy Ghost not many days hence.
		 -- Acts 1:5
%
When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord,
wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
		 -- Acts 1:6
%
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons,
which the Father hath put in his own power.
		 -- Acts 1:7
%
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:
and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea,
and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
		 -- Acts 1:8
%
And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up;
and a cloud received him out of their sight.
		 -- Acts 1:9
%
And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold,
two men stood by them in white apparel;
		 -- Acts 1:10
%
Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?
this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come
in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
		 -- Acts 1:11
%
Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which
is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
		 -- Acts 1:12
%
And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where
abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas,
Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes,
and Judas the brother of James.
		 -- Acts 1:13
%
These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with
the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
		 -- Acts 1:14
%
And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said,
(the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)
		 -- Acts 1:15
%
Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which
the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas,
which was guide to them that took Jesus.
		 -- Acts 1:16
%
For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
		 -- Acts 1:17
%
Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling
headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
		 -- Acts 1:18
%
And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that
field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The
field of blood.
		 -- Acts 1:19
%
For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate,
and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
		 -- Acts 1:20
%
Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that
the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
		 -- Acts 1:21
%
Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was
taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his
resurrection.
		 -- Acts 1:22
%
And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus,
and Matthias.
		 -- Acts 1:23
%
And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all
men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
		 -- Acts 1:24
%
That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas
by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
		 -- Acts 1:25
%
And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he
was numbered with the eleven apostles.
		 -- Acts 1:26
%
AND when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one
accord in one place.
		 -- Acts 2:1
%
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind,
and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
		 -- Acts 2:2
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And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat
upon each of them.
		 -- Acts 2:3
%
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with
other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
		 -- Acts 2:4
%
And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every
nation under heaven.
		 -- Acts 2:5
%
Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were
confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
		 -- Acts 2:6
%
And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold,
are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
		 -- Acts 2:7
%
And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
		 -- Acts 2:8
%
Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia,
and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
		 -- Acts 2:9
%
Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene,
and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
		 -- Acts 2:10
%
Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful
works of God.
		 -- Acts 2:11
%
And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another,
What meaneth this?
		 -- Acts 2:12
%
Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
		 -- Acts 2:13
%
But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said
unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this
known unto you, and hearken to my words:
		 -- Acts 2:14
%
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third
hour of the day.
		 -- Acts 2:15
%
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
		 -- Acts 2:16
%
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of
my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
		 -- Acts 2:17
%
And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days
of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
		 -- Acts 2:18
%
And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath;
blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
		 -- Acts 2:19
%
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before
that great and notable day of the Lord come:
		 -- Acts 2:20
%
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the
Lord shall be saved.
		 -- Acts 2:21
%
Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved
of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by
him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
		 -- Acts 2:22
%
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God,
ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
		 -- Acts 2:23
%
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it
was not possible that he should be holden of it.
		 -- Acts 2:24
%
For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my
face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
		 -- Acts 2:25
%
Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also
my flesh shall rest in hope:
		 -- Acts 2:26
%
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer
thine Holy One to see corruption.
		 -- Acts 2:27
%
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of
joy with thy countenance.
		 -- Acts 2:28
%
Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David,
that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto
this day.
		 -- Acts 2:29
%
Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath
to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would
raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
		 -- Acts 2:30
%
He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul
was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
		 -- Acts 2:31
%
This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
		 -- Acts 2:32
%
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received
of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this,
which ye now see and hear.
		 -- Acts 2:33
%
For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The
LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
		 -- Acts 2:34
%
Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
		 -- Acts 2:35
%
Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made
that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
		 -- Acts 2:36
%
Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto
Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
		 -- Acts 2:37
%
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in
the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive
the gift of the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Acts 2:38
%
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are
afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
		 -- Acts 2:39
%
And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save
yourselves from this untoward generation.
		 -- Acts 2:40
%
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day
there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
		 -- Acts 2:41
%
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship,
and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
		 -- Acts 2:42
%
And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by
the apostles.
		 -- Acts 2:43
%
And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
		 -- Acts 2:44
%
And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as
every man had need.
		 -- Acts 2:45
%
And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking
bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness
of heart,
		 -- Acts 2:46
%
Praising God, and having favour with all the people.  And the Lord added
to the church daily such as should be saved.
		 -- Acts 2:47
%
NOW Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer,
being the ninth hour.
		 -- Acts 3:1
%
And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they
laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask
alms of them that entered into the temple;
		 -- Acts 3:2
%
Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.
		 -- Acts 3:3
%
And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.
		 -- Acts 3:4
%
And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.
		 -- Acts 3:5
%
Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give
I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
		 -- Acts 3:6
%
And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately
his feet and ankle bones received strength.
		 -- Acts 3:7
%
And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the
temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
		 -- Acts 3:8
%
And all the people saw him walking and praising God:
		 -- Acts 3:9
%
And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate
of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that
which had happened unto him.
		 -- Acts 3:10
%
And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the
people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's,
greatly wondering.
		 -- Acts 3:11
%
And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel,
why marvel ye at this?	or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by
our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
		 -- Acts 3:12
%
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers,
hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in
the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
		 -- Acts 3:13
%
But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be
granted unto you;
		 -- Acts 3:14
%
And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead;
whereof we are witnesses.
		 -- Acts 3:15
%
And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom
ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this
perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
		 -- Acts 3:16
%
And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also
your rulers.
		 -- Acts 3:17
%
But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his
prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
		 -- Acts 3:18
%
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out,
when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
		 -- Acts 3:19
%
And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
		 -- Acts 3:20
%
Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things,
which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the
world began.
		 -- Acts 3:21
%
For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God
raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in
all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
		 -- Acts 3:22
%
And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that
prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
		 -- Acts 3:23
%
Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after,
as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
		 -- Acts 3:24
%
Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made
with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the
kindreds of the earth be blessed.
		 -- Acts 3:25
%
Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you,
in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
		 -- Acts 3:26
%
AND as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the
temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
		 -- Acts 4:1
%
Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus
the resurrection from the dead.
		 -- Acts 4:2
%
And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day:
for it was now eventide.
		 -- Acts 4:3
%
Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of
the men was about five thousand.
		 -- Acts 4:4
%
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders,
and scribes,
		 -- Acts 4:5
%
And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as
many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together
at Jerusalem.
		 -- Acts 4:6
%
And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power,
or by what name, have ye done this?
		 -- Acts 4:7
%
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of
the people, and elders of Israel,
		 -- Acts 4:8
%
If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man,
by what means he is made whole;
		 -- Acts 4:9
%
Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the
name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised
from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
		 -- Acts 4:10
%
This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is
become the head of the corner.
		 -- Acts 4:11
%
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name
under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
		 -- Acts 4:12
%
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that
they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took
knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
		 -- Acts 4:13
%
And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could
say nothing against it.
		 -- Acts 4:14
%
But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they
conferred among themselves,
		 -- Acts 4:15
%
Saying, What shall we do to these men?	for that indeed a notable miracle
hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem;
and we cannot deny it.
		 -- Acts 4:16
%
But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten
them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
		 -- Acts 4:17
%
And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach
in the name of Jesus.
		 -- Acts 4:18
%
But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in
the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
		 -- Acts 4:19
%
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
		 -- Acts 4:20
%
So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding
nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men
glorified God for that which was done.
		 -- Acts 4:21
%
For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing
was shewed.
		 -- Acts 4:22
%
And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that
the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
		 -- Acts 4:23
%
And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one
accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth,
and the sea, and all that in them is:
		 -- Acts 4:24
%
Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage,
and the people imagine vain things?
		 -- Acts 4:25
%
The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together
against the Lord, and against his Christ.
		 -- Acts 4:26
%
For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed,
both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of
Israel, were gathered together,
		 -- Acts 4:27
%
For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to
be done.
		 -- Acts 4:28
%
And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants,
that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
		 -- Acts 4:29
%
By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may
be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
		 -- Acts 4:30
%
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled
together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake
the word of God with boldness.
		 -- Acts 4:31
%
And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul:
neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed
was his own; but they had all things common.
		 -- Acts 4:32
%
And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of
the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
		 -- Acts 4:33
%
Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were
possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the
things that were sold,
		 -- Acts 4:34
%
And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto
every man according as he had need.
		 -- Acts 4:35
%
And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being
interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country
of Cyprus,
		 -- Acts 4:36
%
Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles'
feet.
		 -- Acts 4:37
%
BUT a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a
possession,
		 -- Acts 5:1
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And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and
brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
		 -- Acts 5:2
%
But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to
the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
		 -- Acts 5:3
%
Whiles it remained, was it not thine own?  and after it was sold,
was it not in thine own power?	why hast thou conceived this thing in
thine heart?  thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
		 -- Acts 5:4
%
And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and
great fear came on all them that heard these things.
		 -- Acts 5:5
%
And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried
him.
		 -- Acts 5:6
%
And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not
knowing what was done, came in.
		 -- Acts 5:7
%
And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much?
And she said, Yea, for so much.
		 -- Acts 5:8
%
Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt
the Spirit of the Lord?  behold, the feet of them which have buried thy
husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
		 -- Acts 5:9
%
Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost:
and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth,
buried her by her husband.
		 -- Acts 5:10
%
And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard
these things.
		 -- Acts 5:11
%
And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought
among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.
		 -- Acts 5:12
%
And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people
magnified them.
		 -- Acts 5:13
%
And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men
and women.)
		 -- Acts 5:14
%
Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid
them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing
by might overshadow some of them.
		 -- Acts 5:15
%
There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem,
bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits:
and they were healed every one.
		 -- Acts 5:16
%
Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which
is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
		 -- Acts 5:17
%
And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
		 -- Acts 5:18
%
But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought
them forth, and said,
		 -- Acts 5:19
%
Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this
life.
		 -- Acts 5:20
%
And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the
morning, and taught.  But the high priest came, and they that were with
him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children
of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
		 -- Acts 5:21
%
But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they
returned, and told,
		 -- Acts 5:22
%
Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers
standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no
man within.
		 -- Acts 5:23
%
Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief
priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would
grow.
		 -- Acts 5:24
%
Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in
prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
		 -- Acts 5:25
%
Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without
violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
		 -- Acts 5:26
%
And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and
the high priest asked them,
		 -- Acts 5:27
%
Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in
this name?  and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine,
and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
		 -- Acts 5:28
%
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey
God rather than men.
		 -- Acts 5:29
%
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
		 -- Acts 5:30
%
Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour,
for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
		 -- Acts 5:31
%
And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost,
whom God hath given to them that obey him.
		 -- Acts 5:32
%
When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to
slay them.
		 -- Acts 5:33
%
Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a
doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded
to put the apostles forth a little space;
		 -- Acts 5:34
%
And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye
intend to do as touching these men.
		 -- Acts 5:35
%
For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody;
to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who
was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought
to nought.
		 -- Acts 5:36
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After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and
drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many
as obeyed him, were dispersed.
		 -- Acts 5:37
%
And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone:
for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:
		 -- Acts 5:38
%
But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even
to fight against God.
		 -- Acts 5:39
%
And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten
them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus,
and let them go.
		 -- Acts 5:40
%
And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they
were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
		 -- Acts 5:41
%
And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach
and preach Jesus Christ.
		 -- Acts 5:42
%
AND in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied,
there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because
their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
		 -- Acts 6:1
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Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said,
It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
		 -- Acts 6:2
%
Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report,
full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
		 -- Acts 6:3
%
But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry
of the word.
		 -- Acts 6:4
%
And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen,
a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus,
and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
		 -- Acts 6:5
%
Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid
their hands on them.
		 -- Acts 6:6
%
And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied
in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient
to the faith.
		 -- Acts 6:7
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And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles
among the people.
		 -- Acts 6:8
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Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue
of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of
Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
		 -- Acts 6:9
%
And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which
he spake.
		 -- Acts 6:10
%
Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous
words against Moses, and against God.
		 -- Acts 6:11
%
And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and
came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
		 -- Acts 6:12
%
And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak
blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
		 -- Acts 6:13
%
For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy
this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
		 -- Acts 6:14
%
And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face
as it had been the face of an angel.
		 -- Acts 6:15
%
THEN said the high priest, Are these things so?
		 -- Acts 7:1
%
And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory
appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he
dwelt in Charran,
		 -- Acts 7:2
%
And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred,
and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
		 -- Acts 7:3
%
Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran:
and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land,
wherein ye now dwell.
		 -- Acts 7:4
%
And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his
foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession,
and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
		 -- Acts 7:5
%
And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange
land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them
evil four hundred years.
		 -- Acts 7:6
%
And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God:
and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
		 -- Acts 7:7
%
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac,
and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob
begat the twelve patriarchs.
		 -- Acts 7:8
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And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God
was with him,
		 -- Acts 7:9
%
And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and
wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor
over Egypt and all his house.
		 -- Acts 7:10
%
Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and
great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
		 -- Acts 7:11
%
But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our
fathers first.
		 -- Acts 7:12
%
And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's
kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
		 -- Acts 7:13
%
Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred,
threescore and fifteen souls.
		 -- Acts 7:14
%
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
		 -- Acts 7:15
%
And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham
bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
		 -- Acts 7:16
%
But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to
Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
		 -- Acts 7:17
%
Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
		 -- Acts 7:18
%
The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our
fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they
might not live.
		 -- Acts 7:19
%
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up
in his father's house three months:
		 -- Acts 7:20
%
And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished
him for her own son.
		 -- Acts 7:21
%
And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty
in words and in deeds.
		 -- Acts 7:22
%
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit
his brethren the children of Israel.
		 -- Acts 7:23
%
And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him
that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
		 -- Acts 7:24
%
For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his
hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
		 -- Acts 7:25
%
And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would
have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye
wrong one to another?
		 -- Acts 7:26
%
But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made
thee a ruler and a judge over us?
		 -- Acts 7:27
%
Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
		 -- Acts 7:28
%
Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian,
where he begat two sons.
		 -- Acts 7:29
%
And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness
of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
		 -- Acts 7:30
%
When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to
behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,
		 -- Acts 7:31
%
Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of
Isaac, and the God of Jacob.  Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
		 -- Acts 7:32
%
Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the
place where thou standest is holy ground.
		 -- Acts 7:33
%
I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt,
and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them.
And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
		 -- Acts 7:34
%
This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge?
the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the
angel which appeared to him in the bush.
		 -- Acts 7:35
%
He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the
land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
		 -- Acts 7:36
%
This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet
shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me;
him shall ye hear.
		 -- Acts 7:37
%
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which
spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the
lively oracles to give unto us:
		 -- Acts 7:38
%
To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in
their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
		 -- Acts 7:39
%
Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses,
which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become
of him.
		 -- Acts 7:40
%
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol,
and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
		 -- Acts 7:41
%
Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it
is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye
offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years
in the wilderness?
		 -- Acts 7:42
%
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god
Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you
away beyond Babylon.
		 -- Acts 7:43
%
Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had
appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the
fashion that he had seen.
		 -- Acts 7:44
%
Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the
possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our
fathers, unto the days of David;
		 -- Acts 7:45
%
Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the
God of Jacob.
		 -- Acts 7:46
%
But Solomon built him an house.
		 -- Acts 7:47
%
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith
the prophet,
		 -- Acts 7:48
%
Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye
build me?  saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
		 -- Acts 7:49
%
Hath not my hand made all these things?
		 -- Acts 7:50
%
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist
the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
		 -- Acts 7:51
%
Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted?  and they have
slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom
ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
		 -- Acts 7:52
%
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not
kept it.
		 -- Acts 7:53
%
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they
gnashed on him with their teeth.
		 -- Acts 7:54
%
But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven,
and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
		 -- Acts 7:55
%
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing
on the right hand of God.
		 -- Acts 7:56
%
Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran
upon him with one accord,
		 -- Acts 7:57
%
And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid
down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
		 -- Acts 7:58
%
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus,
receive my spirit.
		 -- Acts 7:59
%
And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this
sin to their charge.  And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
		 -- Acts 7:60
%
AND Saul was consenting unto his death.  And at that time there was a
great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they
were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria,
except the apostles.
		 -- Acts 8:1
%
And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation
over him.
		 -- Acts 8:2
%
As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house,
and haling men and women committed them to prison.
		 -- Acts 8:3
%
Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching
the word.
		 -- Acts 8:4
%
Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ
unto them.
		 -- Acts 8:5
%
And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip
spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
		 -- Acts 8:6
%
For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were
possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame,
were healed.
		 -- Acts 8:7
%
And there was great joy in that city.
		 -- Acts 8:8
%
But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same
city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that
himself was some great one:
		 -- Acts 8:9
%
To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying,
This man is the great power of God.
		 -- Acts 8:10
%
And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched
them with sorceries.
		 -- Acts 8:11
%
But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the
kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both
men and women.
		 -- Acts 8:12
%
Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued
with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which
were done.
		 -- Acts 8:13
%
Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had
received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
		 -- Acts 8:14
%
Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive
the Holy Ghost:
		 -- Acts 8:15
%
(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in
the name of the Lord Jesus.)
		 -- Acts 8:16
%
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Acts 8:17
%
And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the
Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
		 -- Acts 8:18
%
Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may
receive the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Acts 8:19
%
But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast
thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
		 -- Acts 8:20
%
Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not
right in the sight of God.
		 -- Acts 8:21
%
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the
thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
		 -- Acts 8:22
%
For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond
of iniquity.
		 -- Acts 8:23
%
Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of
these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
		 -- Acts 8:24
%
And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord,
returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of
the Samaritans.
		 -- Acts 8:25
%
And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go
toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza,
which is desert.
		 -- Acts 8:26
%
And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great
authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of
all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
		 -- Acts 8:27
%
Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
		 -- Acts 8:28
%
Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this
chariot.
		 -- Acts 8:29
%
And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias,
and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
		 -- Acts 8:30
%
And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me?  And he desired
Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
		 -- Acts 8:31
%
The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep
to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he
not his mouth:
		 -- Acts 8:32
%
In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare
his generation?  for his life is taken from the earth.
		 -- Acts 8:33
%
And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh
the prophet this?  of himself, or of some other man?
		 -- Acts 8:34
%
Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and
preached unto him Jesus.
		 -- Acts 8:35
%
And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the
eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
		 -- Acts 8:36
%
And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest.
And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
		 -- Acts 8:37
%
And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both
into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
		 -- Acts 8:38
%
And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord
caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his
way rejoicing.
		 -- Acts 8:39
%
But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all
the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
		 -- Acts 8:40
%
AND Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the
disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
		 -- Acts 9:1
%
And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he
found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring
them bound unto Jerusalem.
		 -- Acts 9:2
%
And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined
round about him a light from heaven:
		 -- Acts 9:3
%
And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul,
why persecutest thou me?
		 -- Acts 9:4
%
And he said, Who art thou, Lord?  And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom
thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
		 -- Acts 9:5
%
And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?
And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall
be told thee what thou must do.
		 -- Acts 9:6
%
And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice,
but seeing no man.
		 -- Acts 9:7
%
And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no
man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.
		 -- Acts 9:8
%
And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
		 -- Acts 9:9
%
And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him
said the Lord in a vision, Ananias.  And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.
		 -- Acts 9:10
%
And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is
called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul,
of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,
		 -- Acts 9:11
%
And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting
his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.
		 -- Acts 9:12
%
Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much
evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
		 -- Acts 9:13
%
And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call
on thy name.
		 -- Acts 9:14
%
But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto
me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children
of Israel:
		 -- Acts 9:15
%
For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
		 -- Acts 9:16
%
And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his
hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared
unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest
receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Acts 9:17
%
And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he
received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
		 -- Acts 9:18
%
And when he had received meat, he was strengthened.  Then was Saul
certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
		 -- Acts 9:19
%
And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the
Son of God.
		 -- Acts 9:20
%
But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that
destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither
for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?
		 -- Acts 9:21
%
But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which
dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
		 -- Acts 9:22
%
And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to
kill him:
		 -- Acts 9:23
%
But their laying await was known of Saul.  And they watched the gates
day and night to kill him.
		 -- Acts 9:24
%
Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in
a basket.
		 -- Acts 9:25
%
And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the
disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he
was a disciple.
		 -- Acts 9:26
%
But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto
them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him,
and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
		 -- Acts 9:27
%
And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.
		 -- Acts 9:28
%
And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against
the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
		 -- Acts 9:29
%
Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and
sent him forth to Tarsus.
		 -- Acts 9:30
%
Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria,
and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort
of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
		 -- Acts 9:31
%
And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came
down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.
		 -- Acts 9:32
%
And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed
eight years, and was sick of the palsy.
		 -- Acts 9:33
%
And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise,
and make thy bed.  And he arose immediately.
		 -- Acts 9:34
%
And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.
		 -- Acts 9:35
%
Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by
interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and
almsdeeds which she did.
		 -- Acts 9:36
%
And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom
when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.
		 -- Acts 9:37
%
And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard
that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he
would not delay to come to them.
		 -- Acts 9:38
%
Then Peter arose and went with them.  When he was come, they brought
him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and
shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
		 -- Acts 9:39
%
But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning
him to the body said, Tabitha, arise.  And she opened her eyes: and when
she saw Peter, she sat up.
		 -- Acts 9:40
%
And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the
saints and widows, presented her alive.
		 -- Acts 9:41
%
And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.
		 -- Acts 9:42
%
And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon
a tanner.
		 -- Acts 9:43
%
THERE was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of
the band called the Italian band,
		 -- Acts 10:1
%
A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave
much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
		 -- Acts 10:2
%
He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel
of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
		 -- Acts 10:3
%
And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord?
And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a
memorial before God.
		 -- Acts 10:4
%
And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:
		 -- Acts 10:5
%
He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side:
he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
		 -- Acts 10:6
%
And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called
two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited
on him continually;
		 -- Acts 10:7
%
And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them
to Joppa.
		 -- Acts 10:8
%
On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city,
Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
		 -- Acts 10:9
%
And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made
ready, he fell into a trance,
		 -- Acts 10:10
%
And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had
been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
		 -- Acts 10:11
%
Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild
beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
		 -- Acts 10:12
%
And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
		 -- Acts 10:13
%
But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is
common or unclean.
		 -- Acts 10:14
%
And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath
cleansed, that call not thou common.
		 -- Acts 10:15
%
This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
		 -- Acts 10:16
%
Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen
should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made
enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate,
		 -- Acts 10:17
%
And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were
lodged there.
		 -- Acts 10:18
%
While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold,
three men seek thee.
		 -- Acts 10:19
%
Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing:
for I have sent them.
		 -- Acts 10:20
%
Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius;
and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye
are come?
		 -- Acts 10:21
%
And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth
God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned
from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear
words of thee.
		 -- Acts 10:22
%
Then called he them in, and lodged them.  And on the morrow Peter went
away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him.
		 -- Acts 10:23
%
And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea.  And Cornelius waited
for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.
		 -- Acts 10:24
%
And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet,
and worshipped him.
		 -- Acts 10:25
%
But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
		 -- Acts 10:26
%
And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come
together.
		 -- Acts 10:27
%
And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a
man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation;
but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
		 -- Acts 10:28
%
Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for:
I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?
		 -- Acts 10:29
%
And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at
the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me
in bright clothing,
		 -- Acts 10:30
%
And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in
remembrance in the sight of God.
		 -- Acts 10:31
%
Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter;
he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who,
when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.
		 -- Acts 10:32
%
Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou
art come.  Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear
all things that are commanded thee of God.
		 -- Acts 10:33
%
Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God
is no respecter of persons:
		 -- Acts 10:34
%
But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness,
is accepted with him.
		 -- Acts 10:35
%
The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by
Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
		 -- Acts 10:36
%
That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea,
and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
		 -- Acts 10:37
%
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power:
who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the
devil; for God was with him.
		 -- Acts 10:38
%
And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the
Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
		 -- Acts 10:39
%
Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;
		 -- Acts 10:40
%
Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to
us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
		 -- Acts 10:41
%
And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it
is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
		 -- Acts 10:42
%
To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever
believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
		 -- Acts 10:43
%
While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which
heard the word.
		 -- Acts 10:44
%
And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as
came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the
gift of the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Acts 10:45
%
For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God.  Then answered
Peter,
		 -- Acts 10:46
%
Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have
received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
		 -- Acts 10:47
%
And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord.  Then prayed
they him to tarry certain days.
		 -- Acts 10:48
%
AND the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles
had also received the word of God.
		 -- Acts 11:1
%
And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the
circumcision contended with him,
		 -- Acts 11:2
%
Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
		 -- Acts 11:3
%
But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by
order unto them, saying,
		 -- Acts 11:4
%
I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision,
A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from
heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
		 -- Acts 11:5
%
Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw
fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things,
and fowls of the air.
		 -- Acts 11:6
%
And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
		 -- Acts 11:7
%
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time
entered into my mouth.
		 -- Acts 11:8
%
But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed,
that call not thou common.
		 -- Acts 11:9
%
And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
		 -- Acts 11:10
%
And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the
house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.
		 -- Acts 11:11
%
And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting.	Moreover these
six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house:
		 -- Acts 11:12
%
And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood
and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname
is Peter;
		 -- Acts 11:13
%
Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.
		 -- Acts 11:14
%
And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the
beginning.
		 -- Acts 11:15
%
Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed
baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Acts 11:16
%
Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who
believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?
		 -- Acts 11:17
%
When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God,
saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
		 -- Acts 11:18
%
Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose
about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch,
preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.
		 -- Acts 11:19
%
And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were
come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.
		 -- Acts 11:20
%
And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed,
and turned unto the Lord.
		 -- Acts 11:21
%
Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was
in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far
as Antioch.
		 -- Acts 11:22
%
Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted
them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
		 -- Acts 11:23
%
For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much
people was added unto the Lord.
		 -- Acts 11:24
%
Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:
		 -- Acts 11:25
%
And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch.  And it came
to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church,
and taught much people.  And the disciples were called Christians first
in Antioch.
		 -- Acts 11:26
%
And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
		 -- Acts 11:27
%
And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit
that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came
to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
		 -- Acts 11:28
%
Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to
send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
		 -- Acts 11:29
%
Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas
and Saul.
		 -- Acts 11:30
%
NOW about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex
certain of the church.
		 -- Acts 12:1
%
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
		 -- Acts 12:2
%
And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take
Peter also.  (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
		 -- Acts 12:3
%
And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him
to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to
bring him forth to the people.
		 -- Acts 12:4
%
Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing
of the church unto God for him.
		 -- Acts 12:5
%
And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was
sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers
before the door kept the prison.
		 -- Acts 12:6
%
And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in
the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying,
Arise up quickly.  And his chains fell off from his hands.
		 -- Acts 12:7
%
And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals.
And so he did.	And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee,
and follow me.
		 -- Acts 12:8
%
And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which
was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.
		 -- Acts 12:9
%
When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron
gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord:
and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the
angel departed from him.
		 -- Acts 12:10
%
And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety,
that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand
of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
		 -- Acts 12:11
%
And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary
the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered
together praying.
		 -- Acts 12:12
%
And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken,
named Rhoda.
		 -- Acts 12:13
%
And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness,
but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.
		 -- Acts 12:14
%
And they said unto her, Thou art mad.  But she constantly affirmed that
it was even so.  Then said they, It is his angel.
		 -- Acts 12:15
%
But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and
saw him, they were astonished.
		 -- Acts 12:16
%
But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared
unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison.  And he said,
Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren.  And he departed,
and went into another place.
		 -- Acts 12:17
%
Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers,
what was become of Peter.
		 -- Acts 12:18
%
And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the
keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death.  And he went
down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.
		 -- Acts 12:19
%
And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came
with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain
their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the
king's country.
		 -- Acts 12:20
%
And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne,
and made an oration unto them.
		 -- Acts 12:21
%
And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not
of a man.
		 -- Acts 12:22
%
And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not
God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
		 -- Acts 12:23
%
But the word of God grew and multiplied.
		 -- Acts 12:24
%
And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled
their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.
		 -- Acts 12:25
%
NOW there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and
teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of
Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch,
and Saul.
		 -- Acts 13:1
%
As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate
me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
		 -- Acts 13:2
%
And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them,
they sent them away.
		 -- Acts 13:3
%
So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia;
and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
		 -- Acts 13:4
%
And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the
synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.
		 -- Acts 13:5
%
And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain
sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus:
		 -- Acts 13:6
%
Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man;
who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
		 -- Acts 13:7
%
But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood
them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
		 -- Acts 13:8
%
Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set
his eyes on him,
		 -- Acts 13:9
%
And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the
devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert
the right ways of the Lord?
		 -- Acts 13:10
%
And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be
blind, not seeing the sun for a season.  And immediately there fell on
him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him
by the hand.
		 -- Acts 13:11
%
Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished
at the doctrine of the Lord.
		 -- Acts 13:12
%
Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in
Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
		 -- Acts 13:13
%
But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia,
and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
		 -- Acts 13:14
%
And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the
synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any
word of exhortation for the people, say on.
		 -- Acts 13:15
%
Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel,
and ye that fear God, give audience.
		 -- Acts 13:16
%
The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the
people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an
high arm brought he them out of it.
		 -- Acts 13:17
%
And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the
wilderness.
		 -- Acts 13:18
%
And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he
divided their land to them by lot.
		 -- Acts 13:19
%
And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred
and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
		 -- Acts 13:20
%
And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son
of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
		 -- Acts 13:21
%
And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their
king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the
son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
		 -- Acts 13:22
%
Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel
a Saviour, Jesus:
		 -- Acts 13:23
%
When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance
to all the people of Israel.
		 -- Acts 13:24
%
And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am?
I am not he.  But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of
his feet I am not worthy to loose.
		 -- Acts 13:25
%
Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among
you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
		 -- Acts 13:26
%
For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him
not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day,
they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
		 -- Acts 13:27
%
And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate
that he should be slain.
		 -- Acts 13:28
%
And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him
down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
		 -- Acts 13:29
%
But God raised him from the dead:
		 -- Acts 13:30
%
And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee
to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.
		 -- Acts 13:31
%
And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was
made unto the fathers,
		 -- Acts 13:32
%
God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath
raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou
art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
		 -- Acts 13:33
%
And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to
return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure
mercies of David.
		 -- Acts 13:34
%
Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine
Holy One to see corruption.
		 -- Acts 13:35
%
For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God,
fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
		 -- Acts 13:36
%
But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
		 -- Acts 13:37
%
Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man
is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
		 -- Acts 13:38
%
And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which
ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
		 -- Acts 13:39
%
Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the
prophets;
		 -- Acts 13:40
%
Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your
days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it
unto you.
		 -- Acts 13:41
%
And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought
that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
		 -- Acts 13:42
%
Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious
proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded
them to continue in the grace of God.
		 -- Acts 13:43
%
And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear
the word of God.
		 -- Acts 13:44
%
But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and
spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting
and blaspheming.
		 -- Acts 13:45
%
Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the
word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put
it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo,
we turn to the Gentiles.
		 -- Acts 13:46
%
For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light
of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of
the earth.
		 -- Acts 13:47
%
And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word
of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
		 -- Acts 13:48
%
And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.
		 -- Acts 13:49
%
But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief
men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas,
and expelled them out of their coasts.
		 -- Acts 13:50
%
But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto
Iconium.
		 -- Acts 13:51
%
And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Acts 13:52
%
AND it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the
synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the
Jews and also of the Greeks believed.
		 -- Acts 14:1
%
But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds
evil affected against the brethren.
		 -- Acts 14:2
%
Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave
testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to
be done by their hands.
		 -- Acts 14:3
%
But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews,
and part with the apostles.
		 -- Acts 14:4
%
And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of
the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them,
		 -- Acts 14:5
%
They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia,
and unto the region that lieth round about:
		 -- Acts 14:6
%
And there they preached the gospel.
		 -- Acts 14:7
%
And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a
cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:
		 -- Acts 14:8
%
The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving
that he had faith to be healed,
		 -- Acts 14:9
%
Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet.  And he leaped
and walked.
		 -- Acts 14:10
%
And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices,
saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the
likeness of men.
		 -- Acts 14:11
%
And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was
the chief speaker.
		 -- Acts 14:12
%
Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and
garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.
		 -- Acts 14:13
%
Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their
clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,
		 -- Acts 14:14
%
And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things?  We also are men of like
passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these
vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea,
and all things that are therein:
		 -- Acts 14:15
%
Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
		 -- Acts 14:16
%
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good,
and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts
with food and gladness.
		 -- Acts 14:17
%
And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had
not done sacrifice unto them.
		 -- Acts 14:18
%
And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who
persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city,
supposing he had been dead.
		 -- Acts 14:19
%
Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came
into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
		 -- Acts 14:20
%
And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many,
they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch,
		 -- Acts 14:21
%
Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue
in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the
kingdom of God.
		 -- Acts 14:22
%
And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed
with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
		 -- Acts 14:23
%
And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
		 -- Acts 14:24
%
And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down into Attalia:
		 -- Acts 14:25
%
And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to
the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.
		 -- Acts 14:26
%
And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they
rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the
door of faith unto the Gentiles.
		 -- Acts 14:27
%
And there they abode long time with the disciples.
		 -- Acts 14:28
%
AND certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said,
Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
		 -- Acts 15:1
%
When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation
with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other
of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about
this question.
		 -- Acts 15:2
%
And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice
and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused
great joy unto all the brethren.
		 -- Acts 15:3
%
And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church,
and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God
had done with them.
		 -- Acts 15:4
%
But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed,
saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to
keep the law of Moses.
		 -- Acts 15:5
%
And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
		 -- Acts 15:6
%
And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them,
Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among
us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel,
and believe.
		 -- Acts 15:7
%
And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the
Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
		 -- Acts 15:8
%
And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts
by faith.
		 -- Acts 15:9
%
Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the
disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
		 -- Acts 15:10
%
But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall
be saved, even as they.
		 -- Acts 15:11
%
Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and
Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the
Gentiles by them.
		 -- Acts 15:12
%
And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and
brethren, hearken unto me:
		 -- Acts 15:13
%
Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to
take out of them a people for his name.
		 -- Acts 15:14
%
And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
		 -- Acts 15:15
%
After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David,
which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I
will set it up:
		 -- Acts 15:16
%
That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles,
upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
		 -- Acts 15:17
%
Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
		 -- Acts 15:18
%
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among
the Gentiles are turned to God:
		 -- Acts 15:19
%
But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols,
and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
		 -- Acts 15:20
%
For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being
read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
		 -- Acts 15:21
%
Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to
send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas;
namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
		 -- Acts 15:22
%
And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders
and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles
in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
		 -- Acts 15:23
%
Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have
troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be
circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
		 -- Acts 15:24
%
It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen
men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
		 -- Acts 15:25
%
Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
		 -- Acts 15:26
%
We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same
things by mouth.
		 -- Acts 15:27
%
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no
greater burden than these necessary things;
		 -- Acts 15:28
%
That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from
things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves,
ye shall do well.  Fare ye well.
		 -- Acts 15:29
%
So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had
gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
		 -- Acts 15:30
%
Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.
		 -- Acts 15:31
%
And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren
with many words, and confirmed them.
		 -- Acts 15:32
%
And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from
the brethren unto the apostles.
		 -- Acts 15:33
%
Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.
		 -- Acts 15:34
%
Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the
word of the Lord, with many others also.
		 -- Acts 15:35
%
And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit
our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord,
and see how they do.
		 -- Acts 15:36
%
And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.
		 -- Acts 15:37
%
But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them
from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
		 -- Acts 15:38
%
And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder
one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
		 -- Acts 15:39
%
And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren
unto the grace of God.
		 -- Acts 15:40
%
And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.
		 -- Acts 15:41
%
THEN came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was
there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess,
and believed; but his father was a Greek:
		 -- Acts 16:1
%
Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and
Iconium.
		 -- Acts 16:2
%
Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him
because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that
his father was a Greek.
		 -- Acts 16:3
%
And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees
for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were
at Jerusalem.
		 -- Acts 16:4
%
And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in
number daily.
		 -- Acts 16:5
%
Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia,
and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
		 -- Acts 16:6
%
After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but
the Spirit suffered them not.
		 -- Acts 16:7
%
And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.
		 -- Acts 16:8
%
And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of
Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
		 -- Acts 16:9
%
And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into
Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach
the gospel unto them.
		 -- Acts 16:10
%
Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to
Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;
		 -- Acts 16:11
%
And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of
Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.
		 -- Acts 16:12
%
And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer
was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which
resorted thither.
		 -- Acts 16:13
%
And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of
Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened,
that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
		 -- Acts 16:14
%
And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying,
If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house,
and abide there.  And she constrained us.
		 -- Acts 16:15
%
And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed
with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain
by soothsaying:
		 -- Acts 16:16
%
The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the
servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.
		 -- Acts 16:17
%
And this did she many days.  But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to
the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.
And he came out the same hour.
		 -- Acts 16:18
%
And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they
caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
		 -- Acts 16:19
%
And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews,
do exceedingly trouble our city,
		 -- Acts 16:20
%
And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to
observe, being Romans.
		 -- Acts 16:21
%
And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates
rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
		 -- Acts 16:22
%
And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison,
charging the jailor to keep them safely:
		 -- Acts 16:23
%
Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison,
and made their feet fast in the stocks.
		 -- Acts 16:24
%
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and
the prisoners heard them.
		 -- Acts 16:25
%
And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations
of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened,
and every one's bands were loosed.
		 -- Acts 16:26
%
And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the
prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself,
supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
		 -- Acts 16:27
%
But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we
are all here.
		 -- Acts 16:28
%
Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell
down before Paul and Silas,
		 -- Acts 16:29
%
And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
		 -- Acts 16:30
%
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved,
and thy house.
		 -- Acts 16:31
%
And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in
his house.
		 -- Acts 16:32
%
And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes;
and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
		 -- Acts 16:33
%
And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them,
and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
		 -- Acts 16:34
%
And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let
those men go.
		 -- Acts 16:35
%
And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates
have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.
		 -- Acts 16:36
%
But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned,
being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us
out privily?  nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
		 -- Acts 16:37
%
And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared,
when they heard that they were Romans.
		 -- Acts 16:38
%
And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them
to depart out of the city.
		 -- Acts 16:39
%
And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia
and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
		 -- Acts 16:40
%
NOW when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to
Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
		 -- Acts 17:1
%
And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days
reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
		 -- Acts 17:2
%
Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen
again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you,
is Christ.
		 -- Acts 17:3
%
And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of
the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
		 -- Acts 17:4
%
But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain
lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the
city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring
them out to the people.
		 -- Acts 17:5
%
And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto
the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside
down are come hither also;
		 -- Acts 17:6
%
Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of
Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
		 -- Acts 17:7
%
And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard
these things.
		 -- Acts 17:8
%
And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let
them go.
		 -- Acts 17:9
%
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea:
who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
		 -- Acts 17:10
%
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received
the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily,
whether those things were so.
		 -- Acts 17:11
%
Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were
Greeks, and of men, not a few.
		 -- Acts 17:12
%
But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God
was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up
the people.
		 -- Acts 17:13
%
And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to
the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
		 -- Acts 17:14
%
And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a
commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed,
they departed.
		 -- Acts 17:15
%
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him,
when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
		 -- Acts 17:16
%
Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout
persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
		 -- Acts 17:17
%
Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks,
encountered him.  And some said, What will this babbler say?  other some,
He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached
unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
		 -- Acts 17:18
%
And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know
what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
		 -- Acts 17:19
%
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know
therefore what these things mean.
		 -- Acts 17:20
%
(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time
in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
		 -- Acts 17:21
%
Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens,
I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
		 -- Acts 17:22
%
For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this
inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.  Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship,
him declare I unto you.
		 -- Acts 17:23
%
God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord
of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
		 -- Acts 17:24
%
Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing,
seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
		 -- Acts 17:25
%
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the
face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed,
and the bounds of their habitation;
		 -- Acts 17:26
%
That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him,
and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
		 -- Acts 17:27
%
For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of
your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
		 -- Acts 17:28
%
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think
that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art
and man's device.
		 -- Acts 17:29
%
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all
men every where to repent:
		 -- Acts 17:30
%
Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in
righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given
assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
		 -- Acts 17:31
%
And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and
others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
		 -- Acts 17:32
%
So Paul departed from among them.
		 -- Acts 17:33
%
Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was
Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
		 -- Acts 17:34
%
AFTER these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
		 -- Acts 18:1
%
And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from
Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded
all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.
		 -- Acts 18:2
%
And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought:
for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
		 -- Acts 18:3
%
And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews
and the Greeks.
		 -- Acts 18:4
%
And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed
in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
		 -- Acts 18:5
%
And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment,
and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean:
from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
		 -- Acts 18:6
%
And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named
Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.
		 -- Acts 18:7
%
And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord
with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and
were baptized.
		 -- Acts 18:8
%
Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid,
but speak, and hold not thy peace:
		 -- Acts 18:9
%
For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I
have much people in this city.
		 -- Acts 18:10
%
And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God
among them.
		 -- Acts 18:11
%
And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection
with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
		 -- Acts 18:12
%
Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
		 -- Acts 18:13
%
And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews,
If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would
that I should bear with you:
		 -- Acts 18:14
%
But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to
it; for I will be no judge of such matters.
		 -- Acts 18:15
%
And he drave them from the judgment seat.
		 -- Acts 18:16
%
Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue,
and beat him before the judgment seat.	And Gallio cared for none of
those things.
		 -- Acts 18:17
%
And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took
his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him
Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
		 -- Acts 18:18
%
And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into
the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
		 -- Acts 18:19
%
When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;
		 -- Acts 18:20
%
But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast
that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will.
And he sailed from Ephesus.
		 -- Acts 18:21
%
And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church,
he went down to Antioch.
		 -- Acts 18:22
%
And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the
country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.
		 -- Acts 18:23
%
And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man,
and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
		 -- Acts 18:24
%
This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in
the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord,
knowing only the baptism of John.
		 -- Acts 18:25
%
And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and
Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him
the way of God more perfectly.
		 -- Acts 18:26
%
And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote,
exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped
them much which had believed through grace:
		 -- Acts 18:27
%
For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the
scriptures that Jesus was Christ.
		 -- Acts 18:28
%
AND it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having
passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain
disciples,
		 -- Acts 19:1
%
He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?
And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be
any Holy Ghost.
		 -- Acts 19:2
%
And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized?  And they said,
Unto John's baptism.
		 -- Acts 19:3
%
Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance,
saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should
come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
		 -- Acts 19:4
%
When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
		 -- Acts 19:5
%
And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them;
and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
		 -- Acts 19:6
%
And all the men were about twelve.
		 -- Acts 19:7
%
And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three
months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
		 -- Acts 19:8
%
But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of
that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the
disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
		 -- Acts 19:9
%
And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which
dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
		 -- Acts 19:10
%
And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
		 -- Acts 19:11
%
So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons,
and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out
of them.
		 -- Acts 19:12
%
Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call
over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying,
We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
		 -- Acts 19:13
%
And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests,
which did so.
		 -- Acts 19:14
%
And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know;
but who are ye?
		 -- Acts 19:15
%
And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame
them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house
naked and wounded.
		 -- Acts 19:16
%
And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus;
and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
		 -- Acts 19:17
%
And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.
		 -- Acts 19:18
%
Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together,
and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them,
and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
		 -- Acts 19:19
%
So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
		 -- Acts 19:20
%
After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he
had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying,
After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
		 -- Acts 19:21
%
So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus
and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.
		 -- Acts 19:22
%
And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.
		 -- Acts 19:23
%
For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver
shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
		 -- Acts 19:24
%
Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said,
Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.
		 -- Acts 19:25
%
Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout
all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying
that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
		 -- Acts 19:26
%
So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also
that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her
magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
		 -- Acts 19:27
%
And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out,
saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
		 -- Acts 19:28
%
And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius
and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they
rushed with one accord into the theatre.
		 -- Acts 19:29
%
And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples
suffered him not.
		 -- Acts 19:30
%
And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him,
desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre.
		 -- Acts 19:31
%
Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was
confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.
		 -- Acts 19:32
%
And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him
forward.  And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his
defence unto the people.
		 -- Acts 19:33
%
But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space
of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
		 -- Acts 19:34
%
And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of
Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the
Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image
which fell down from Jupiter?
		 -- Acts 19:35
%
Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be
quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
		 -- Acts 19:36
%
For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of
churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
		 -- Acts 19:37
%
Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a
matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let
them implead one another.
		 -- Acts 19:38
%
But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be
determined in a lawful assembly.
		 -- Acts 19:39
%
For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar,
there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.
		 -- Acts 19:40
%
And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
		 -- Acts 19:41
%
AND after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples,
and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.
		 -- Acts 20:1
%
And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much
exhortation, he came into Greece,
		 -- Acts 20:2
%
And there abode three months.  And when the Jews laid wait for him, as
he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
		 -- Acts 20:3
%
And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the
Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and
Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
		 -- Acts 20:4
%
These going before tarried for us at Troas.
		 -- Acts 20:5
%
And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread,
and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.
		 -- Acts 20:6
%
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together
to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow;
and continued his speech until midnight.
		 -- Acts 20:7
%
And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered
together.
		 -- Acts 20:8
%
And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being
fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down
with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
		 -- Acts 20:9
%
And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble
not yourselves; for his life is in him.
		 -- Acts 20:10
%
When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten,
and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.
		 -- Acts 20:11
%
And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.
		 -- Acts 20:12
%
And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to
take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot.
		 -- Acts 20:13
%
And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.
		 -- Acts 20:14
%
And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the
next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next
day we came to Miletus.
		 -- Acts 20:15
%
For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend
the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at
Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
		 -- Acts 20:16
%
And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
		 -- Acts 20:17
%
And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the
first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you
at all seasons,
		 -- Acts 20:18
%
Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and
temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
		 -- Acts 20:19
%
And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed
you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
		 -- Acts 20:20
%
Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward
God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
		 -- Acts 20:21
%
And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing
the things that shall befall me there:
		 -- Acts 20:22
%
Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds
and afflictions abide me.
		 -- Acts 20:23
%
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto
myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry,
which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the
grace of God.
		 -- Acts 20:24
%
And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching
the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
		 -- Acts 20:25
%
Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood
of all men.
		 -- Acts 20:26
%
For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
		 -- Acts 20:27
%
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the
which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God,
which he hath purchased with his own blood.
		 -- Acts 20:28
%
For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in
among you, not sparing the flock.
		 -- Acts 20:29
%
Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things,
to draw away disciples after them.
		 -- Acts 20:30
%
Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased
not to warn every one night and day with tears.
		 -- Acts 20:31
%
And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace,
which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all
them which are sanctified.
		 -- Acts 20:32
%
I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
		 -- Acts 20:33
%
Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my
necessities, and to them that were with me.
		 -- Acts 20:34
%
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support
the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said,
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
		 -- Acts 20:35
%
And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
		 -- Acts 20:36
%
And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,
		 -- Acts 20:37
%
Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should
see his face no more.  And they accompanied him unto the ship.
		 -- Acts 20:38
%
AND it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had
launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following
unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:
		 -- Acts 21:1
%
And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and
set forth.
		 -- Acts 21:2
%
Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and
sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade
her burden.
		 -- Acts 21:3
%
And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul
through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
		 -- Acts 21:4
%
And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way;
and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we
were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.
		 -- Acts 21:5
%
And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they
returned home again.
		 -- Acts 21:6
%
And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais,
and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.
		 -- Acts 21:7
%
And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto
Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which
was one of the seven; and abode with him.
		 -- Acts 21:8
%
And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
		 -- Acts 21:9
%
And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain
prophet, named Agabus.
		 -- Acts 21:10
%
And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own
hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews
at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver
him into the hands of the Gentiles.
		 -- Acts 21:11
%
And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought
him not to go up to Jerusalem.
		 -- Acts 21:12
%
Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart?  for I
am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name
of the Lord Jesus.
		 -- Acts 21:13
%
And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the
Lord be done.
		 -- Acts 21:14
%
And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.
		 -- Acts 21:15
%
There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and
brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we
should lodge.
		 -- Acts 21:16
%
And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
		 -- Acts 21:17
%
And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders
were present.
		 -- Acts 21:18
%
And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God
had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
		 -- Acts 21:19
%
And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him,
Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe;
and they are all zealous of the law:
		 -- Acts 21:20
%
And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which
are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to
circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.
		 -- Acts 21:21
%
What is it therefore?  the multitude must needs come together: for they
will hear that thou art come.
		 -- Acts 21:22
%
Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a
vow on them;
		 -- Acts 21:23
%
Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them,
that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things,
whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou
thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
		 -- Acts 21:24
%
As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded
that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves
from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and
from fornication.
		 -- Acts 21:25
%
Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them
entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of
purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one
of them.
		 -- Acts 21:26
%
And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia,
when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid
hands on him,
		 -- Acts 21:27
%
Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men
every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further
brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
		 -- Acts 21:28
%
(For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian,
whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)
		 -- Acts 21:29
%
And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took
Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.
		 -- Acts 21:30
%
And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain
of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
		 -- Acts 21:31
%
Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them:
and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating
of Paul.
		 -- Acts 21:32
%
Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be
bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
		 -- Acts 21:33
%
And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when
he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be
carried into the castle.
		 -- Acts 21:34
%
And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the
soldiers for the violence of the people.
		 -- Acts 21:35
%
For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.
		 -- Acts 21:36
%
And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain,
May I speak unto thee?	Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
		 -- Acts 21:37
%
Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar,
and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?
		 -- Acts 21:38
%
But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia,
a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto
the people.
		 -- Acts 21:39
%
And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned
with the hand unto the people.	And when there was made a great silence,
he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
		 -- Acts 21:40
%
MEN, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
		 -- Acts 22:1
%
(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they
kept the more silence: and he saith,)
		 -- Acts 22:2
%
I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet
brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to
the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God,
as ye all are this day.
		 -- Acts 22:3
%
And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into
prisons both men and women.
		 -- Acts 22:4
%
As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of
the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and
went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem,
for to be punished.
		 -- Acts 22:5
%
And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto
Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light
round about me.
		 -- Acts 22:6
%
And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul,
Saul, why persecutest thou me?
		 -- Acts 22:7
%
And I answered, Who art thou, Lord?  And he said unto me, I am Jesus of
Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
		 -- Acts 22:8
%
And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but
they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
		 -- Acts 22:9
%
And I said, What shall I do, Lord?  And the Lord said unto me, Arise,
and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things
which are appointed for thee to do.
		 -- Acts 22:10
%
And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the
hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.
		 -- Acts 22:11
%
And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report
of all the Jews which dwelt there,
		 -- Acts 22:12
%
Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy
sight.	And the same hour I looked up upon him.
		 -- Acts 22:13
%
And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest
know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of
his mouth.
		 -- Acts 22:14
%
For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen
and heard.
		 -- Acts 22:15
%
And now why tarriest thou?  arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy
sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
		 -- Acts 22:16
%
And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even
while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;
		 -- Acts 22:17
%
And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of
Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
		 -- Acts 22:18
%
And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue
them that believed on thee:
		 -- Acts 22:19
%
And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by,
and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
		 -- Acts 22:20
%
And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the
Gentiles.
		 -- Acts 22:21
%
And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their
voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not
fit that he should live.
		 -- Acts 22:22
%
And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into
the air,
		 -- Acts 22:23
%
The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade
that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore
they cried so against him.
		 -- Acts 22:24
%
And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that
stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman,
and uncondemned?
		 -- Acts 22:25
%
When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain,
saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
		 -- Acts 22:26
%
Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman?
He said, Yea.
		 -- Acts 22:27
%
And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom.
And Paul said, But I was free born.
		 -- Acts 22:28
%
Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him:
and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman,
and because he had bound him.
		 -- Acts 22:29
%
On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he
was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the
chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down,
and set him before them.
		 -- Acts 22:30
%
AND Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren,
I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
		 -- Acts 23:1
%
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite
him on the mouth.
		 -- Acts 23:2
%
Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for
sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten
contrary to the law?
		 -- Acts 23:3
%
And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest?
		 -- Acts 23:4
%
Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest:
for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.
		 -- Acts 23:5
%
But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other
Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee,
the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am
called in question.
		 -- Acts 23:6
%
And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees
and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
		 -- Acts 23:7
%
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel,
nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
		 -- Acts 23:8
%
And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees'
part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a
spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
		 -- Acts 23:9
%
And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest
Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers
to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him
into the castle.
		 -- Acts 23:10
%
And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer,
Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear
witness also at Rome.
		 -- Acts 23:11
%
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound
themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink
till they had killed Paul.
		 -- Acts 23:12
%
And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.
		 -- Acts 23:13
%
And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound
ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have
slain Paul.
		 -- Acts 23:14
%
Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he
bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something
more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready
to kill him.
		 -- Acts 23:15
%
And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and
entered into the castle, and told Paul.
		 -- Acts 23:16
%
Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this
young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.
		 -- Acts 23:17
%
So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the
prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto
thee, who hath something to say unto thee.
		 -- Acts 23:18
%
Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside
privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?
		 -- Acts 23:19
%
And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest
bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would enquire
somewhat of him more perfectly.
		 -- Acts 23:20
%
But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them
more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they
will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they
ready, looking for a promise from thee.
		 -- Acts 23:21
%
So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him,
See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.
		 -- Acts 23:22
%
And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred
soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen
two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
		 -- Acts 23:23
%
And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe
unto Felix the governor.
		 -- Acts 23:24
%
And he wrote a letter after this manner:
		 -- Acts 23:25
%
Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.
		 -- Acts 23:26
%
This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them:
then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he
was a Roman.
		 -- Acts 23:27
%
And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him,
I brought him forth into their council:
		 -- Acts 23:28
%
Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have
nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.
		 -- Acts 23:29
%
And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent
straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say
before thee what they had against him.	Farewell.
		 -- Acts 23:30
%
Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him
by night to Antipatris.
		 -- Acts 23:31
%
On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to
the castle:
		 -- Acts 23:32
%
Who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the epistle to the
governor, presented Paul also before him.
		 -- Acts 23:33
%
And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province
he was.  And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;
		 -- Acts 23:34
%
I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come.  And he
commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.
		 -- Acts 23:35
%
AND after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders,
and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor
against Paul.
		 -- Acts 24:1
%
And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying,
Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds
are done unto this nation by thy providence,
		 -- Acts 24:2
%
We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all
thankfulness.
		 -- Acts 24:3
%
Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee
that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.
		 -- Acts 24:4
%
For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition
among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect
of the Nazarenes:
		 -- Acts 24:5
%
Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would
have judged according to our law.
		 -- Acts 24:6
%
But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took
him away out of our hands,
		 -- Acts 24:7
%
Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself
mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.
		 -- Acts 24:8
%
And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.
		 -- Acts 24:9
%
Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak,
answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge
unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:
		 -- Acts 24:10
%
Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days
since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.
		 -- Acts 24:11
%
And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither
raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
		 -- Acts 24:12
%
Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
		 -- Acts 24:13
%
But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy,
so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are
written in the law and in the prophets:
		 -- Acts 24:14
%
And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there
shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
		 -- Acts 24:15
%
And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of
offence toward God, and toward men.
		 -- Acts 24:16
%
Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.
		 -- Acts 24:17
%
Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple,
neither with multitude, nor with tumult.
		 -- Acts 24:18
%
Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought
against me.
		 -- Acts 24:19
%
Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me,
while I stood before the council,
		 -- Acts 24:20
%
Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them,
Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you
this day.
		 -- Acts 24:21
%
And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that
way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall
come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.
		 -- Acts 24:22
%
And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty,
and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come
unto him.
		 -- Acts 24:23
%
And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was
a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
		 -- Acts 24:24
%
And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come,
Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a
convenient season, I will call for thee.
		 -- Acts 24:25
%
He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might
loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
		 -- Acts 24:26
%
But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix,
willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.
		 -- Acts 24:27
%
NOW when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended
from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
		 -- Acts 25:1
%
Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul,
and besought him,
		 -- Acts 25:2
%
And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem,
laying wait in the way to kill him.
		 -- Acts 25:3
%
But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he
himself would depart shortly thither.
		 -- Acts 25:4
%
Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me,
and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.
		 -- Acts 25:5
%
And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto
Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul
to be brought.
		 -- Acts 25:6
%
And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood
round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which
they could not prove.
		 -- Acts 25:7
%
While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews,
neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any
thing at all.
		 -- Acts 25:8
%
But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said,
Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things
before me?
		 -- Acts 25:9
%
Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be
judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.
		 -- Acts 25:10
%
For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death,
I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these
accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them.  I appeal unto Caesar.
		 -- Acts 25:11
%
Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou
appealed unto Caesar?  unto Caesar shalt thou go.
		 -- Acts 25:12
%
And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to
salute Festus.
		 -- Acts 25:13
%
And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause
unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:
		 -- Acts 25:14
%
About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders
of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him.
		 -- Acts 25:15
%
To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any
man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to
face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid
against him.
		 -- Acts 25:16
%
Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the morrow
I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth.
		 -- Acts 25:17
%
Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation
of such things as I supposed:
		 -- Acts 25:18
%
But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of
one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
		 -- Acts 25:19
%
And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether
he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.
		 -- Acts 25:20
%
But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus,
I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.
		 -- Acts 25:21
%
Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself.
To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
		 -- Acts 25:22
%
And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp,
and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and
principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth.
		 -- Acts 25:23
%
And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with
us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt
with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to
live any longer.
		 -- Acts 25:24
%
But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that
he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.
		 -- Acts 25:25
%
Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have
brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa,
that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.
		 -- Acts 25:26
%
For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to
signify the crimes laid against him.
		 -- Acts 25:27
%
THEN Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself.
Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:
		 -- Acts 26:1
%
I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this
day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:
		 -- Acts 26:2
%
Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions
which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
		 -- Acts 26:3
%
My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own
nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
		 -- Acts 26:4
%
Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the
most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
		 -- Acts 26:5
%
And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God
unto our fathers:
		 -- Acts 26:6
%
Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and
night, hope to come.  For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused
of the Jews.
		 -- Acts 26:7
%
Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should
raise the dead?
		 -- Acts 26:8
%
I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary
to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
		 -- Acts 26:9
%
Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut
up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when
they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
		 -- Acts 26:10
%
And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to
blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them
even unto strange cities.
		 -- Acts 26:11
%
Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the
chief priests,
		 -- Acts 26:12
%
At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the
brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed
with me.
		 -- Acts 26:13
%
And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto
me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
		 -- Acts 26:14
%
And I said, Who art thou, Lord?  And he said, I am Jesus whom thou
persecutest.
		 -- Acts 26:15
%
But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this
purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which
thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
		 -- Acts 26:16
%
Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now
I send thee,
		 -- Acts 26:17
%
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from
the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins,
and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
		 -- Acts 26:18
%
Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
		 -- Acts 26:19
%
But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout
all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should
repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
		 -- Acts 26:20
%
For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to
kill me.
		 -- Acts 26:21
%
Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day,
witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those
which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
		 -- Acts 26:22
%
That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should
rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the
Gentiles.
		 -- Acts 26:23
%
And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul,
thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
		 -- Acts 26:24
%
But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words
of truth and soberness.
		 -- Acts 26:25
%
For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely:
for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for
this thing was not done in a corner.
		 -- Acts 26:26
%
King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets?  I know that thou believest.
		 -- Acts 26:27
%
Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.
		 -- Acts 26:28
%
And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that
hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except
these bonds.
		 -- Acts 26:29
%
And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and
Bernice, and they that sat with them:
		 -- Acts 26:30
%
And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying,
This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
		 -- Acts 26:31
%
Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty,
if he had not appealed unto Caesar.
		 -- Acts 26:32
%
AND when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered
Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of
Augustus' band.
		 -- Acts 27:1
%
And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail
by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica,
being with us.
		 -- Acts 27:2
%
And the next day we touched at Sidon.  And Julius courteously entreated
Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.
		 -- Acts 27:3
%
And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because
the winds were contrary.
		 -- Acts 27:4
%
And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came
to Myra, a city of Lycia.
		 -- Acts 27:5
%
And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy;
and he put us therein.
		 -- Acts 27:6
%
And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over
against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over
against Salmone;
		 -- Acts 27:7
%
And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens;
nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.
		 -- Acts 27:8
%
Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous,
because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them,
		 -- Acts 27:9
%
And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt
and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives.
		 -- Acts 27:10
%
Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship,
more than those things which were spoken by Paul.
		 -- Acts 27:11
%
And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part
advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to
Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth
toward the south west and north west.
		 -- Acts 27:12
%
And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained
their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.
		 -- Acts 27:13
%
But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called
Euroclydon.
		 -- Acts 27:14
%
And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind,
we let her drive.
		 -- Acts 27:15
%
And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much
work to come by the boat:
		 -- Acts 27:16
%
Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship;
and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail,
and so were driven.
		 -- Acts 27:17
%
And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they
lightened the ship;
		 -- Acts 27:18
%
And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
		 -- Acts 27:19
%
And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small
tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
		 -- Acts 27:20
%
But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said,
Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete,
and to have gained this harm and loss.
		 -- Acts 27:21
%
And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of
any man's life among you, but of the ship.
		 -- Acts 27:22
%
For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom
I serve,
		 -- Acts 27:23
%
Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo,
God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
		 -- Acts 27:24
%
Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be
even as it was told me.
		 -- Acts 27:25
%
Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
		 -- Acts 27:26
%
But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down
in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to
some country;
		 -- Acts 27:27
%
And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little
further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
		 -- Acts 27:28
%
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four
anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
		 -- Acts 27:29
%
And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let
down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast
anchors out of the foreship,
		 -- Acts 27:30
%
Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in
the ship, ye cannot be saved.
		 -- Acts 27:31
%
Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
		 -- Acts 27:32
%
And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat,
saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued
fasting, having taken nothing.
		 -- Acts 27:33
%
Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health:
for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.
		 -- Acts 27:34
%
And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in
presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.
		 -- Acts 27:35
%
Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.
		 -- Acts 27:36
%
And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
		 -- Acts 27:37
%
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out
the wheat into the sea.
		 -- Acts 27:38
%
And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain
creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible,
to thrust in the ship.
		 -- Acts 27:39
%
And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto
the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the
wind, and made toward shore.
		 -- Acts 27:40
%
And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground;
and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder
part was broken with the violence of the waves.
		 -- Acts 27:41
%
And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them
should swim out, and escape.
		 -- Acts 27:42
%
But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose;
and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first
into the sea, and get to land:
		 -- Acts 27:43
%
And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship.
And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.
		 -- Acts 27:44
%
AND when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called
Melita.
		 -- Acts 28:1
%
And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled
a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and
because of the cold.
		 -- Acts 28:2
%
And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire,
there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
		 -- Acts 28:3
%
And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they
said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he
hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
		 -- Acts 28:4
%
And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
		 -- Acts 28:5
%
Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead
suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come
to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
		 -- Acts 28:6
%
In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island,
whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days
courteously.
		 -- Acts 28:7
%
And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever
and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his
hands on him, and healed him.
		 -- Acts 28:8
%
So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island,
came, and were healed:
		 -- Acts 28:9
%
Who also honoured us with many honours; and when we departed, they laded
us with such things as were necessary.
		 -- Acts 28:10
%
And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had
wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
		 -- Acts 28:11
%
And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.
		 -- Acts 28:12
%
And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after
one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli:
		 -- Acts 28:13
%
Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days:
and so we went toward Rome.
		 -- Acts 28:14
%
And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us
as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he
thanked God, and took courage.
		 -- Acts 28:15
%
And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the
captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a
soldier that kept him.
		 -- Acts 28:16
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And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of
the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them,
Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people,
or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem
into the hands of the Romans.
		 -- Acts 28:17
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Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was
no cause of death in me.
		 -- Acts 28:18
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But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto
Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.
		 -- Acts 28:19
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For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak
with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
		 -- Acts 28:20
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And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea
concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake
any harm of thee.
		 -- Acts 28:21
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But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this
sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.
		 -- Acts 28:22
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And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into
his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God,
persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out
of the prophets, from morning till evening.
		 -- Acts 28:23
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And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.
		 -- Acts 28:24
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And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that
Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet
unto our fathers,
		 -- Acts 28:25
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Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall
not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
		 -- Acts 28:26
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For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull
of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with
their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart,
and should be converted, and I should heal them.
		 -- Acts 28:27
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Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto
the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
		 -- Acts 28:28
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And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great
reasoning among themselves.
		 -- Acts 28:29
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And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all
that came in unto him,
		 -- Acts 28:30
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Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern
the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
		 -- Acts 28:31
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PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto
the gospel of God,
		 -- Romans 1:1
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(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
		 -- Romans 1:2
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Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of
David according to the flesh;
		 -- Romans 1:3
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And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit
of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
		 -- Romans 1:4
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By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the
faith among all nations, for his name:
		 -- Romans 1:5
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Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
		 -- Romans 1:6
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To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to
you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
		 -- Romans 1:7
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First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith
is spoken of throughout the whole world.
		 -- Romans 1:8
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For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his
Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
		 -- Romans 1:9
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Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous
journey by the will of God to come unto you.
		 -- Romans 1:10
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For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift,
to the end ye may be established;
		 -- Romans 1:11
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That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith
both of you and me.
		 -- Romans 1:12
%
Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed
to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit
among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
		 -- Romans 1:13
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I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise,
and to the unwise.
		 -- Romans 1:14
%
So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that
are at Rome also.
		 -- Romans 1:15
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For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of
God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and
also to the Greek.
		 -- Romans 1:16
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For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith:
as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
		 -- Romans 1:17
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For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness
and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
		 -- Romans 1:18
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Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath
shewed it unto them.
		 -- Romans 1:19
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For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are
clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his
eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
		 -- Romans 1:20
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Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither
were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish
heart was darkened.
		 -- Romans 1:21
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Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
		 -- Romans 1:22
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And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to
corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
		 -- Romans 1:23
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Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of
their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
		 -- Romans 1:24
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Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the
creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever.  Amen.
		 -- Romans 1:25
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For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their
women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
		 -- Romans 1:26
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And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned
in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is
unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error
which was meet.
		 -- Romans 1:27
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And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God
gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not
convenient;
		 -- Romans 1:28
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Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness,
covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit,
malignity; whisperers,
		 -- Romans 1:29
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Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of
evil things, disobedient to parents,
		 -- Romans 1:30
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Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection,
implacable, unmerciful:
		 -- Romans 1:31
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Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are
worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that
do them.
		 -- Romans 1:32
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THEREFORE thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest:
for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that
judgest doest the same things.
		 -- Romans 2:1
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But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against
them which commit such things.
		 -- Romans 2:2
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And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things,
and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
		 -- Romans 2:3
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Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and
longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to
repentance?
		 -- Romans 2:4
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But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself
wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment
of God;
		 -- Romans 2:5
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Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
		 -- Romans 2:6
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To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and
honour and immortality, eternal life:
		 -- Romans 2:7
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But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey
unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
		 -- Romans 2:8
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Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the
Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
		 -- Romans 2:9
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But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the
Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
		 -- Romans 2:10
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For there is no respect of persons with God.
		 -- Romans 2:11
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For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law:
and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
		 -- Romans 2:12
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(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of
the law shall be justified.
		 -- Romans 2:13
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For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the
things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto
themselves:
		 -- Romans 2:14
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Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience
also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else
excusing one another;)
		 -- Romans 2:15
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In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ
according to my gospel.
		 -- Romans 2:16
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Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy
boast of God,
		 -- Romans 2:17
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And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent,
being instructed out of the law;
		 -- Romans 2:18
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And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light
of them which are in darkness,
		 -- Romans 2:19
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An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form
of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
		 -- Romans 2:20
%
Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself?
thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
		 -- Romans 2:21
%
Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit
adultery?  thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
		 -- Romans 2:22
%
Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law
dishonourest thou God?
		 -- Romans 2:23
%
For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it
is written.
		 -- Romans 2:24
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For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be
a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
		 -- Romans 2:25
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Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law,
shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
		 -- Romans 2:26
%
And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law,
judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
		 -- Romans 2:27
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For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision,
which is outward in the flesh:
		 -- Romans 2:28
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But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the
heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men,
but of God.
		 -- Romans 2:29
%
WHAT advantage then hath the Jew?  or what profit is there of
circumcision?
		 -- Romans 3:1
%
Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the
oracles of God.
		 -- Romans 3:2
%
For what if some did not believe?  shall their unbelief make the faith
of God without effect?
		 -- Romans 3:3
%
God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written,
That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome
when thou art judged.
		 -- Romans 3:4
%
But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall
we say?  Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance?  (I speak as a man)
		 -- Romans 3:5
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God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
		 -- Romans 3:6
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For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory;
why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
		 -- Romans 3:7
%
And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that
we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come?  whose damnation is just.
		 -- Romans 3:8
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What then?  are we better than they?  No, in no wise: for we have before
proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
		 -- Romans 3:9
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As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
		 -- Romans 3:10
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There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
		 -- Romans 3:11
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They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable;
there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
		 -- Romans 3:12
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Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used
deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
		 -- Romans 3:13
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Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
		 -- Romans 3:14
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Their feet are swift to shed blood:
		 -- Romans 3:15
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Destruction and misery are in their ways:
		 -- Romans 3:16
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And the way of peace have they not known:
		 -- Romans 3:17
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There is no fear of God before their eyes.
		 -- Romans 3:18
%
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who
are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world
may become guilty before God.
		 -- Romans 3:19
%
Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in
his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
		 -- Romans 3:20
%
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being
witnessed by the law and the prophets;
		 -- Romans 3:21
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Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto
all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
		 -- Romans 3:22
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For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
		 -- Romans 3:23
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Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in
Christ Jesus:
		 -- Romans 3:24
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Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood,
to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past,
through the forbearance of God;
		 -- Romans 3:25
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To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just,
and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
		 -- Romans 3:26
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Where is boasting then?  It is excluded.  By what law?	of works?  Nay:
but by the law of faith.
		 -- Romans 3:27
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Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds
of the law.
		 -- Romans 3:28
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Is he the God of the Jews only?  is he not also of the Gentiles?  Yes,
of the Gentiles also:
		 -- Romans 3:29
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Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith,
and uncircumcision through faith.
		 -- Romans 3:30
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Do we then make void the law through faith?  God forbid: yea, we establish
the law.
		 -- Romans 3:31
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WHAT shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the
flesh, hath found?
		 -- Romans 4:1
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For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but
not before God.
		 -- Romans 4:2
%
For what saith the scripture?  Abraham believed God, and it was counted
unto him for righteousness.
		 -- Romans 4:3
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Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
		 -- Romans 4:4
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But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the
ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
		 -- Romans 4:5
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Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God
imputeth righteousness without works,
		 -- Romans 4:6
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Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins
are covered.
		 -- Romans 4:7
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Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
		 -- Romans 4:8
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Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the
uncircumcision also?  for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham
for righteousness.
		 -- Romans 4:9
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How was it then reckoned?  when he was in circumcision, or in
uncircumcision?  Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
		 -- Romans 4:10
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And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness
of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be
the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised;
that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
		 -- Romans 4:11
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And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision
only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham,
which he had being yet uncircumcised.
		 -- Romans 4:12
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For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to
Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness
of faith.
		 -- Romans 4:13
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For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the
promise made of none effect:
		 -- Romans 4:14
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Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no
transgression.
		 -- Romans 4:15
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Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the
promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the
law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father
of us all,
		 -- Romans 4:16
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(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before
him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth
those things which be not as though they were.
		 -- Romans 4:17
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Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of
many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
		 -- Romans 4:18
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And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead,
when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of
Sara's womb:
		 -- Romans 4:19
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He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong
in faith, giving glory to God;
		 -- Romans 4:20
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And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also
to perform.
		 -- Romans 4:21
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And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
		 -- Romans 4:22
%
Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;
		 -- Romans 4:23
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But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that
raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
		 -- Romans 4:24
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Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our
justification.
		 -- Romans 4:25
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THEREFORE being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ:
		 -- Romans 5:1
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By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand,
and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
		 -- Romans 5:2
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And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that
tribulation worketh patience;
		 -- Romans 5:3
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And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
		 -- Romans 5:4
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And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in
our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
		 -- Romans 5:5
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For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for
the ungodly.
		 -- Romans 5:6
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For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a
good man some would even dare to die.
		 -- Romans 5:7
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But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us.
		 -- Romans 5:8
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Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from
wrath through him.
		 -- Romans 5:9
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For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of
his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
		 -- Romans 5:10
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And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
by whom we have now received the atonement.
		 -- Romans 5:11
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Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin;
and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
		 -- Romans 5:12
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(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when
there is no law.
		 -- Romans 5:13
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Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had
not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the
figure of him that was to come.
		 -- Romans 5:14
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But not as the offence, so also is the free gift.  For if through the
offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift
by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
		 -- Romans 5:15
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And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment
was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto
justification.
		 -- Romans 5:16
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For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which
receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign
in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
		 -- Romans 5:17
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Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to
condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came
upon all men unto justification of life.
		 -- Romans 5:18
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For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the
obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
		 -- Romans 5:19
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Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound.  But where sin
abounded, grace did much more abound:
		 -- Romans 5:20
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That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through
righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
		 -- Romans 5:21
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WHAT shall we say then?  Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
		 -- Romans 6:1
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God forbid.  How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
		 -- Romans 6:2
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Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were
baptized into his death?
		 -- Romans 6:3
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Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as
Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so
we also should walk in newness of life.
		 -- Romans 6:4
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For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death,
we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
		 -- Romans 6:5
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Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of
sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
		 -- Romans 6:6
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For he that is dead is freed from sin.
		 -- Romans 6:7
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Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live
with him:
		 -- Romans 6:8
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Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath
no more dominion over him.
		 -- Romans 6:9
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For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth,
he liveth unto God.
		 -- Romans 6:10
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Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive
unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
		 -- Romans 6:11
%
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it
in the lusts thereof.
		 -- Romans 6:12
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Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin:
but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead,
and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
		 -- Romans 6:13
%
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law,
but under grace.
		 -- Romans 6:14
%
What then?  shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under
grace?	God forbid.
		 -- Romans 6:15
%
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his
servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of
obedience unto righteousness?
		 -- Romans 6:16
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But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed
from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
		 -- Romans 6:17
%
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
		 -- Romans 6:18
%
I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh:
for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to
iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to
righteousness unto holiness.
		 -- Romans 6:19
%
For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
		 -- Romans 6:20
%
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed?
for the end of those things is death.
		 -- Romans 6:21
%
But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have
your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
		 -- Romans 6:22
%
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
		 -- Romans 6:23
%
KNOW ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that
the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
		 -- Romans 7:1
%
For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband
so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from
the law of her husband.
		 -- Romans 7:2
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So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man,
she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is
free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married
to another man.
		 -- Romans 7:3
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Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of
Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised
from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
		 -- Romans 7:4
%
For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law,
did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
		 -- Romans 7:5
%
But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were
held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness
of the letter.
		 -- Romans 7:6
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What shall we say then?  Is the law sin?  God forbid.  Nay, I had not
known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had
said, Thou shalt not covet.
		 -- Romans 7:7
%
But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner
of concupiscence.  For without the law sin was dead.
		 -- Romans 7:8
%
For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came,
sin revived, and I died.
		 -- Romans 7:9
%
And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
		 -- Romans 7:10
%
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it
slew me.
		 -- Romans 7:11
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Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
		 -- Romans 7:12
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Was then that which is good made death unto me?  God forbid.  But sin,
that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good;
that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
		 -- Romans 7:13
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For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
		 -- Romans 7:14
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For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but
what I hate, that do I.
		 -- Romans 7:15
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If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it
is good.
		 -- Romans 7:16
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Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
		 -- Romans 7:17
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For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing:
for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good
I find not.
		 -- Romans 7:18
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For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not,
that I do.
		 -- Romans 7:19
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Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that
dwelleth in me.
		 -- Romans 7:20
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I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
		 -- Romans 7:21
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For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
		 -- Romans 7:22
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But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind,
and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
		 -- Romans 7:23
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O wretched man that I am!  who shall deliver me from the body of this
death?
		 -- Romans 7:24
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I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord.  So then with the mind I
myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
		 -- Romans 7:25
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THERE is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
		 -- Romans 8:1
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For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from
the law of sin and death.
		 -- Romans 8:2
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For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh,
God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin,
condemned sin in the flesh:
		 -- Romans 8:3
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That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk
not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
		 -- Romans 8:4
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For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh;
but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
		 -- Romans 8:5
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For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life
and peace.
		 -- Romans 8:6
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Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to
the law of God, neither indeed can be.
		 -- Romans 8:7
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So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
		 -- Romans 8:8
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But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit
of God dwell in you.  Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ,
he is none of his.
		 -- Romans 8:9
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And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit
is life because of righteousness.
		 -- Romans 8:10
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But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you,
he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal
bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
		 -- Romans 8:11
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Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after
the flesh.
		 -- Romans 8:12
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For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the
Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
		 -- Romans 8:13
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For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
		 -- Romans 8:14
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For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye
have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
		 -- Romans 8:15
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The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the
children of God:
		 -- Romans 8:16
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And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ;
if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
		 -- Romans 8:17
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For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to
be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
		 -- Romans 8:18
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For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation
of the sons of God.
		 -- Romans 8:19
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For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason
of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
		 -- Romans 8:20
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Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of
corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
		 -- Romans 8:21
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For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain
together until now.
		 -- Romans 8:22
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And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of
the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the
adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
		 -- Romans 8:23
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For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what
a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
		 -- Romans 8:24
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But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
		 -- Romans 8:25
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Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what
we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession
for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
		 -- Romans 8:26
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And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit,
because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will
of God.
		 -- Romans 8:27
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And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God,
to them who are the called according to his purpose.
		 -- Romans 8:28
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For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to
the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
		 -- Romans 8:29
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Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he
called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also
glorified.
		 -- Romans 8:30
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What shall we then say to these things?  If God be for us, who can be
against us?
		 -- Romans 8:31
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He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how
shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
		 -- Romans 8:32
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Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect?  It is God that
justifieth.
		 -- Romans 8:33
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Who is he that condemneth?  It is Christ that died, yea rather, that
is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh
intercession for us.
		 -- Romans 8:34
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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?	shall tribulation,
or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
		 -- Romans 8:35
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As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are
accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
		 -- Romans 8:36
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Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that
loved us.
		 -- Romans 8:37
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For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
		 -- Romans 8:38
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Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate
us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
		 -- Romans 8:39
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I SAY the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me
witness in the Holy Ghost,
		 -- Romans 9:1
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That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
		 -- Romans 9:2
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For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren,
my kinsmen according to the flesh:
		 -- Romans 9:3
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Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory,
and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God,
and the promises;
		 -- Romans 9:4
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Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came,
who is over all, God blessed for ever.	Amen.
		 -- Romans 9:5
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Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect.  For they are not
all Israel, which are of Israel:
		 -- Romans 9:6
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Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children:
but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
		 -- Romans 9:7
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That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the
children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
		 -- Romans 9:8
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For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara
shall have a son.
		 -- Romans 9:9
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And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by
our father Isaac;
		 -- Romans 9:10
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(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or
evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of
works, but of him that calleth;)
		 -- Romans 9:11
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It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
		 -- Romans 9:12
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As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
		 -- Romans 9:13
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What shall we say then?  Is there unrighteousness with God?  God forbid.
		 -- Romans 9:14
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For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy,
and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
		 -- Romans 9:15
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So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of
God that sheweth mercy.
		 -- Romans 9:16
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For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have
I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name
might be declared throughout all the earth.
		 -- Romans 9:17
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Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will
he hardeneth.
		 -- Romans 9:18
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Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault?  For who hath
resisted his will?
		 -- Romans 9:19
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Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God?  Shall the thing
formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
		 -- Romans 9:20
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Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one
vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
		 -- Romans 9:21
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What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known,
endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to
destruction:
		 -- Romans 9:22
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And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of
mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
		 -- Romans 9:23
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Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the
Gentiles?
		 -- Romans 9:24
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As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my
people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
		 -- Romans 9:25
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And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them,
Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the
living God.
		 -- Romans 9:26
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Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children
of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
		 -- Romans 9:27
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For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because
a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
		 -- Romans 9:28
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And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed,
we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
		 -- Romans 9:29
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What shall we say then?  That the Gentiles, which followed not after
righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness
which is of faith.
		 -- Romans 9:30
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But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not
attained to the law of righteousness.
		 -- Romans 9:31
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Wherefore?  Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the
works of the law.  For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
		 -- Romans 9:32
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As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of
offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
		 -- Romans 9:33
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BRETHREN, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they
might be saved.
		 -- Romans 10:1
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For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according
to knowledge.
		 -- Romans 10:2
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For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to
establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto
the righteousness of God.
		 -- Romans 10:3
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For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that
believeth.
		 -- Romans 10:4
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For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the
man which doeth those things shall live by them.
		 -- Romans 10:5
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But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not
in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven?  (that is, to bring Christ
down from above:)
		 -- Romans 10:6
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Or, Who shall descend into the deep?  (that is, to bring up Christ again
from the dead.)
		 -- Romans 10:7
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But what saith it?  The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in
thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
		 -- Romans 10:8
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That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt
believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou
shalt be saved.
		 -- Romans 10:9
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For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation.
		 -- Romans 10:10
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For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
		 -- Romans 10:11
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For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same
Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
		 -- Romans 10:12
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For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
		 -- Romans 10:13
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How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed?  and how
shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard?	and how shall
they hear without a preacher?
		 -- Romans 10:14
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And how shall they preach, except they be sent?  as it is written,
How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace,
and bring glad tidings of good things!
		 -- Romans 10:15
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But they have not all obeyed the gospel.  For Esaias saith, Lord, who
hath believed our report?
		 -- Romans 10:16
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So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
		 -- Romans 10:17
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But I say, Have they not heard?  Yes verily, their sound went into all
the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
		 -- Romans 10:18
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But I say, Did not Israel know?  First Moses saith, I will provoke you
to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will
anger you.
		 -- Romans 10:19
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But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me
not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.
		 -- Romans 10:20
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But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands
unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
		 -- Romans 10:21
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I SAY then, Hath God cast away his people?  God forbid.  For I also am
an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
		 -- Romans 11:1
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God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew.  Wot ye not what
the scripture saith of Elias?  how he maketh intercession to God against
Israel, saying,
		 -- Romans 11:2
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Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars;
and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
		 -- Romans 11:3
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But what saith the answer of God unto him?  I have reserved to myself
seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
		 -- Romans 11:4
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Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to
the election of grace.
		 -- Romans 11:5
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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.
		 -- Romans 11:6
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What then?  Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the
election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
		 -- Romans 11:7
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(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber,
eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;)
unto this day.
		 -- Romans 11:8
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And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a
stumbling block, and a recompence unto them:
		 -- Romans 11:9
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Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their
back alway.
		 -- Romans 11:10
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I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall?  God forbid:
but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles,
for to provoke them to jealousy.
		 -- Romans 11:11
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Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing
of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
		 -- Romans 11:12
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For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles,
I magnify mine office:
		 -- Romans 11:13
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If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh,
and might save some of them.
		 -- Romans 11:14
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For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what
shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
		 -- Romans 11:15
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For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root
be holy, so are the branches.
		 -- Romans 11:16
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And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive
tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root
and fatness of the olive tree;
		 -- Romans 11:17
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Boast not against the branches.  But if thou boast, thou bearest not
the root, but the root thee.
		 -- Romans 11:18
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Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be
graffed in.
		 -- Romans 11:19
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Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest
by faith.  Be not highminded, but fear:
		 -- Romans 11:20
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For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare
not thee.
		 -- Romans 11:21
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Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell,
severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness:
otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
		 -- Romans 11:22
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And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in:
for God is able to graff them in again.
		 -- Romans 11:23
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For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature,
and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much
more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their
own olive tree?
		 -- Romans 11:24
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For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery,
lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is
happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
		 -- Romans 11:25
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And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come
out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
		 -- Romans 11:26
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For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
		 -- Romans 11:27
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As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching
the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.
		 -- Romans 11:28
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For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
		 -- Romans 11:29
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For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained
mercy through their unbelief:
		 -- Romans 11:30
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Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they
also may obtain mercy.
		 -- Romans 11:31
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For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy
upon all.
		 -- Romans 11:32
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O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
		 -- Romans 11:33
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For who hath known the mind of the Lord?  or who hath been his counsellor?
		 -- Romans 11:34
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Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him
again?
		 -- Romans 11:35
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For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be
glory for ever.  Amen.
		 -- Romans 11:36
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I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your
reasonable service.
		 -- Romans 12:1
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And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing
of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable,
and perfect, will of God.
		 -- Romans 12:2
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For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among
you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but
to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure
of faith.
		 -- Romans 12:3
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For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the
same office:
		 -- Romans 12:4
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So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one
of another.
		 -- Romans 12:5
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Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us,
whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
		 -- Romans 12:6
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Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth,
on teaching;
		 -- Romans 12:7
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Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it
with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy,
with cheerfulness.
		 -- Romans 12:8
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Let love be without dissimulation.  Abhor that which is evil; cleave to
that which is good.
		 -- Romans 12:9
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Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour
preferring one another;
		 -- Romans 12:10
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Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
		 -- Romans 12:11
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Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
		 -- Romans 12:12
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Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
		 -- Romans 12:13
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Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
		 -- Romans 12:14
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Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
		 -- Romans 12:15
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Be of the same mind one toward another.  Mind not high things, but
condescend to men of low estate.  Be not wise in your own conceits.
		 -- Romans 12:16
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Recompense to no man evil for evil.  Provide things honest in the sight
of all men.
		 -- Romans 12:17
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If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
		 -- Romans 12:18
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Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath:
for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
		 -- Romans 12:19
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Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink:
for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
		 -- Romans 12:20
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Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
		 -- Romans 12:21
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LET every soul be subject unto the higher powers.  For there is no power
but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
		 -- Romans 13:1
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Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God:
and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
		 -- Romans 13:2
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For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil.  Wilt thou
then not be afraid of the power?  do that which is good, and thou shalt
have praise of the same:
		 -- Romans 13:3
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For he is the minister of God to thee for good.  But if thou do that which
is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the
minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
		 -- Romans 13:4
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Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for
conscience sake.
		 -- Romans 13:5
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For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers,
attending continually upon this very thing.
		 -- Romans 13:6
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Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due;
custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
		 -- Romans 13:7
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Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another
hath fulfilled the law.
		 -- Romans 13:8
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For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt
not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet;
and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in
this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
		 -- Romans 13:9
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Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling
of the law.
		 -- Romans 13:10
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And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of
sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
		 -- Romans 13:11
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The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off
the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
		 -- Romans 13:12
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Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness,
not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
		 -- Romans 13:13
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But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh,
to fulfil the lusts thereof.
		 -- Romans 13:14
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HIM that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful
disputations.
		 -- Romans 14:1
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For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak,
eateth herbs.
		 -- Romans 14:2
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Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him
which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
		 -- Romans 14:3
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Who art thou that judgest another man's servant?  to his own master he
standeth or falleth.  Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to
make him stand.
		 -- Romans 14:4
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One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day
alike.	Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
		 -- Romans 14:5
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He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that
regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it.  He that eateth,
eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not,
to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
		 -- Romans 14:6
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For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
		 -- Romans 14:7
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For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die
unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
		 -- Romans 14:8
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For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might
be Lord both of the dead and living.
		 -- Romans 14:9
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But why dost thou judge thy brother?  or why dost thou set at nought
thy brother?  for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
		 -- Romans 14:10
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For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess to God.
		 -- Romans 14:11
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So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
		 -- Romans 14:12
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Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather,
that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's
way.
		 -- Romans 14:13
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I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean
of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it
is unclean.
		 -- Romans 14:14
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But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not
charitably.  Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
		 -- Romans 14:15
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Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
		 -- Romans 14:16
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For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and
peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Romans 14:17
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For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and
approved of men.
		 -- Romans 14:18
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Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things
wherewith one may edify another.
		 -- Romans 14:19
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For meat destroy not the work of God.  All things indeed are pure;
but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
		 -- Romans 14:20
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It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby
thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
		 -- Romans 14:21
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Hast thou faith?  have it to thyself before God.  Happy is he that
condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
		 -- Romans 14:22
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And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith:
for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
		 -- Romans 14:23
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WE then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak,
and not to please ourselves.
		 -- Romans 15:1
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Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
		 -- Romans 15:2
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For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches
of them that reproached thee fell on me.
		 -- Romans 15:3
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For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our
learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might
have hope.
		 -- Romans 15:4
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Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one
toward another according to Christ Jesus:
		 -- Romans 15:5
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That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
		 -- Romans 15:6
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Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the
glory of God.
		 -- Romans 15:7
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Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the
truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
		 -- Romans 15:8
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And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written,
For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto
thy name.
		 -- Romans 15:9
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And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
		 -- Romans 15:10
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And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.
		 -- Romans 15:11
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And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that
shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
		 -- Romans 15:12
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Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that
ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Romans 15:13
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And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full
of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
		 -- Romans 15:14
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Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some
sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me
of God,
		 -- Romans 15:15
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That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles,
ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles
might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Romans 15:16
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I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things
which pertain to God.
		 -- Romans 15:17
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For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath
not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
		 -- Romans 15:18
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Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God;
so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully
preached the gospel of Christ.
		 -- Romans 15:19
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Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named,
lest I should build upon another man's foundation:
		 -- Romans 15:20
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But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see:
and they that have not heard shall understand.
		 -- Romans 15:21
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For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.
		 -- Romans 15:22
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But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire
these many years to come unto you;
		 -- Romans 15:23
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Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust
to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you,
if first I be somewhat filled with your company.
		 -- Romans 15:24
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But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.
		 -- Romans 15:25
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For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain
contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.
		 -- Romans 15:26
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It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are.  For if the
Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty
is also to minister unto them in carnal things.
		 -- Romans 15:27
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When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit,
I will come by you into Spain.
		 -- Romans 15:28
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And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness
of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
		 -- Romans 15:29
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Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for
the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers
to God for me;
		 -- Romans 15:30
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That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and
that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;
		 -- Romans 15:31
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That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you
be refreshed.
		 -- Romans 15:32
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Now the God of peace be with you all.  Amen.
		 -- Romans 15:33
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I COMMEND unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church
which is at Cenchrea:
		 -- Romans 16:1
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That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist
her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a
succourer of many, and of myself also.
		 -- Romans 16:2
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Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:
		 -- Romans 16:3
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Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I
give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
		 -- Romans 16:4
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Likewise greet the church that is in their house.  Salute my wellbeloved
Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.
		 -- Romans 16:5
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Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.
		 -- Romans 16:6
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Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who
are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
		 -- Romans 16:7
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Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.
		 -- Romans 16:8
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Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.
		 -- Romans 16:9
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Salute Apelles approved in Christ.  Salute them which are of Aristobulus'
household.
		 -- Romans 16:10
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Salute Herodion my kinsman.  Greet them that be of the household of
Narcissus, which are in the Lord.
		 -- Romans 16:11
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Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord.  Salute the beloved
Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.
		 -- Romans 16:12
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Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
		 -- Romans 16:13
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Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren
which are with them.
		 -- Romans 16:14
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Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas,
and all the saints which are with them.
		 -- Romans 16:15
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Salute one another with an holy kiss.  The churches of Christ salute you.
		 -- Romans 16:16
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Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences
contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
		 -- Romans 16:17
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For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own
belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the
simple.
		 -- Romans 16:18
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For your obedience is come abroad unto all men.  I am glad therefore
on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good,
and simple concerning evil.
		 -- Romans 16:19
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And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.  Amen.
		 -- Romans 16:20
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Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen,
salute you.
		 -- Romans 16:21
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I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord.
		 -- Romans 16:22
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Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you.  Erastus the
chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.
		 -- Romans 16:23
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.  Amen.
		 -- Romans 16:24
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Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel,
and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the
mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
		 -- Romans 16:25
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But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets,
according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all
nations for the obedience of faith:
		 -- Romans 16:26
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To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever.  Amen.
		 -- Romans 16:27
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PAUL, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God,
and Sosthenes our brother,
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:1
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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 Corinthians 1:2
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Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord
Jesus Christ.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:3
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I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is
given you by Jesus Christ;
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:4
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That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in
all knowledge;
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:5
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Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:6
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So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:7
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Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in
the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:8
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God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son
Jesus Christ our Lord.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:9
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Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that
ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you;
but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the
same judgment.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:10
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For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which
are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:11
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Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of
Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:12
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Is Christ divided?  was Paul crucified for you?  or were ye baptized in
the name of Paul?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:13
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I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:14
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Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:15
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And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not
whether I baptized any other.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:16
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For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with
wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:17
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For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness;
but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:18
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For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring
to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:19
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Where is the wise?  where is the scribe?  where is the disputer of
this world?  hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:20
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For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God,
it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:21
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For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:22
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But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto
the Greeks foolishness;
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:23
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But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power
of God, and the wisdom of God.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:24
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Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of
God is stronger than men.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:25
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For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the
flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:26
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But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise;
and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things
which are mighty;
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:27
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And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God
chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:28
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That no flesh should glory in his presence.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:29
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But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom,
and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:30
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That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in
the Lord.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 1:31
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AND I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech
or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 2:1
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For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ,
and him crucified.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 2:2
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And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 2:3
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And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's
wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 2:4
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That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power
of God.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 2:5
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Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom
of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 2:6
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But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom,
which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 2:7
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Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it,
they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 2:8
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But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have
entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for
them that love him.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 2:9
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But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth
all things, yea, the deep things of God.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 2:10
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For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is
in him?  even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 2:11
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Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is
of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 2:12
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Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth,
but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with
spiritual.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 2:13
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But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for
they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they
are spiritually discerned.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 2:14
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But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged
of no man.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 2:15
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For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him?
But we have the mind of Christ.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 2:16
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AND I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto
carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 3:1
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I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not
able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 3:2
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For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife,
and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 3:3
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For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye
not carnal?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 3:4
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Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed,
even as the Lord gave to every man?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 3:5
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I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 3:6
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So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth;
but God that giveth the increase.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 3:7
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Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall
receive his own reward according to his own labour.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 3:8
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For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are
God's building.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 3:9
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According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise
masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon.
But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 3:10
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For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus
Christ.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 3:11
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Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones,
wood, hay, stubble;
		 -- 1 Corinthians 3:12
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Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it,
because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's
work of what sort it is.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 3:13
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If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive
a reward.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 3:14
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If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself
shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 3:15
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Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God
dwelleth in you?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 3:16
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If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the
temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 3:17
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Let no man deceive himself.  If any man among you seemeth to be wise in
this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 3:18
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For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.  For it is written,
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 3:19
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And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 3:20
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Therefore let no man glory in men.  For all things are yours;
		 -- 1 Corinthians 3:21
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Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death,
or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
		 -- 1 Corinthians 3:22
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And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 3:23
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LET a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards
of the mysteries of God.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 4:1
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Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 4:2
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But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you,
or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 4:3
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For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that
judgeth me is the Lord.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 4:4
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Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both
will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest
the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 4:5
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And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself
and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think
of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for
one against another.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 4:6
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For who maketh thee to differ from another?  and what hast thou that thou
didst not receive?  now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory,
as if thou hadst not received it?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 4:7
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Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us:
and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 4:8
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For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were
appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to
angels, and to men.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 4:9
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We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak,
but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 4:10
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Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked,
and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
		 -- 1 Corinthians 4:11
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And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being
persecuted, we suffer it:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 4:12
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Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and
are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 4:13
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I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 4:14
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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 Corinthians 4:15
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Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 4:16
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For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son,
and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my
ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 4:17
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Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 4:18
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But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not
the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 4:19
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For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 4:20
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What will ye?  shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the
spirit of meekness?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 4:21
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IT is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such
fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one
should have his father's wife.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 5:1
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And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath
done this deed might be taken away from among you.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 5:2
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For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged
already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done
this deed,
		 -- 1 Corinthians 5:3
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In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together,
and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
		 -- 1 Corinthians 5:4
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To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh,
that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 5:5
%
Your glorying is not good.  Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth
the whole lump?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 5:6
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Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye
are unleavened.  For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 5:7
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Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with
the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of
sincerity and truth.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 5:8
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I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 5:9
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Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the
covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go
out of the world.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 5:10
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But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that
is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a
railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 5:11
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For what have I to do to judge them also that are without?  do not ye
judge them that are within?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 5:12
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But them that are without God judgeth.	Therefore put away from among
yourselves that wicked person.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 5:13
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DARE any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the
unjust, and not before the saints?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 6:1
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Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world?  and if the world
shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 6:2
%
Know ye not that we shall judge angels?  how much more things that
pertain to this life?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 6:3
%
If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them
to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 6:4
%
I speak to your shame.	Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you?
no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 6:5
%
But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 6:6
%
Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law
one with another.  Why do ye not rather take wrong?  why do ye not rather
suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 6:7
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Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 6:8
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Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?
Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,
nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
		 -- 1 Corinthians 6:9
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Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners,
shall inherit the kingdom of God.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 6:10
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And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified,
but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit
of our God.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 6:11
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All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all
things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power
of any.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 6:12
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Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both
it and them.  Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord;
and the Lord for the body.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 6:13
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And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his
own power.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 6:14
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Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ?  shall I then
take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot?
God forbid.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 6:15
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What?  know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body?
for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 6:16
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But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 6:17
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Flee fornication.  Every sin that a man doeth is without the body;
but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 6:18
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What?  know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which
is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 6:19
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For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body,
and in your spirit, which are God's.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 6:20
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NOW concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a
man not to touch a woman.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:1
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Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife,
and let every woman have her own husband.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:2
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Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also
the wife unto the husband.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:3
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The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise
also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:4
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Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that
ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again,
that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:5
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But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:6
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For I would that all men were even as I myself.  But every man hath his
proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:7
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I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they
abide even as I.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:8
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But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry
than to burn.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:9
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And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the
wife depart from her husband:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:10
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But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to
her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:11
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But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that
believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put
her away.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:12
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And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be
pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:13
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For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving
wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean;
but now are they holy.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:14
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But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart.	A brother or a sister
is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:15
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For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband?
or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:16
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But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every
one, so let him walk.  And so ordain I in all churches.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:17
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Is any man called being circumcised?  let him not become uncircumcised.
Is any called in uncircumcision?  let him not be circumcised.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:18
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Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping
of the commandments of God.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:19
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Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:20
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Art thou called being a servant?  care not for it: but if thou mayest
be made free, use it rather.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:21
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For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman:
likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:22
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Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:23
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Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:24
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Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my
judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:25
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I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say,
that it is good for a man so to be.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:26
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Art thou bound unto a wife?  seek not to be loosed.  Art thou loosed
from a wife?  seek not a wife.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:27
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But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry,
she hath not sinned.  Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh:
but I spare you.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:28
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But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both
they that have wives be as though they had none;
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:29
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And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as
though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:30
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And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this
world passeth away.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:31
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But I would have you without carefulness.  He that is unmarried careth
for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:32
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But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world,
how he may please his wife.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:33
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There is difference also between a wife and a virgin.  The unmarried woman
careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and
in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world,
how she may please her husband.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:34
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And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon
you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord
without distraction.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:35
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But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin,
if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what
he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:36
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Nevertheless, he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity,
but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that
he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:37
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So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth
her not in marriage doeth better.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:38
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The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if
her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will;
only in the Lord.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:39
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But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also
that I have the Spirit of God.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 7:40
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NOW as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have
knowledge.  Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 8:1
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And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet
as he ought to know.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 8:2
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But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 8:3
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As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered
in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world,
and that there is none other God but one.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 8:4
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For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth,
(as there be gods many, and lords many,)
		 -- 1 Corinthians 8:5
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But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we
in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 8:6
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Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience
of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol;
and their conscience being weak is defiled.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 8:7
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But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the
better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 8:8
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But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a
stumblingblock to them that are weak.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 8:9
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For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's
temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to
eat those things which are offered to idols;
		 -- 1 Corinthians 8:10
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And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom
Christ died?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 8:11
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But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience,
ye sin against Christ.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 8:12
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Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while
the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 8:13
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AM I not an apostle?  am I not free?  have I not seen Jesus Christ
our Lord?  are not ye my work in the Lord?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:1
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If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the
seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:2
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Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:3
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Have we not power to eat and to drink?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:4
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Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other
apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:5
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Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:6
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Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges?  who planteth a vineyard,
and eateth not of the fruit thereof?  or who feedeth a flock, and eateth
not of the milk of the flock?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:7
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Say I these things as a man?  or saith not the law the same also?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:8
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For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth
of the ox that treadeth out the corn.  Doth God take care for oxen?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:9
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Or saith he it altogether for our sakes?  For our sakes, no doubt, this
is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that
thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:10
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If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we
shall reap your carnal things?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:11
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If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather?
Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest
we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:12
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Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the
things of the temple?  and they which wait at the alter are partakers
with the alter?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:13
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Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should
live of the gospel.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:14
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But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things,
that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die,
than that any man should make my glorying void.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:15
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For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity
is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:16
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For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will,
a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:17
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What is my reward then?  Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may
make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in
the gospel.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:18
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For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto
all, that I might gain the more.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:19
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And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them
that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that
are under the law;
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:20
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To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law
to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are
without law.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:21
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To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all
things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:22
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And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof
with you.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:23
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Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth
the prize?  So run, that ye may obtain.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:24
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And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things.
Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:25
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I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that
beateth the air:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:26
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But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by
any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 9:27
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MOREOVER, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that
all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:1
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And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:2
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And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:3
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And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that
spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:4
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But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown
in the wilderness.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:5
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Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust
after evil things, as they also lusted.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:6
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Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The
people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:7
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Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell
in one day three and twenty thousand.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:8
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Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were
destroyed of serpents.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:9
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Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of
the destroyer.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:10
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Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are
written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:11
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Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:12
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There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but
God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye
are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that
ye may be able to bear it.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:13
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Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:14
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I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:15
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The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood
of Christ?  The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the
body of Christ?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:16
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For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers
of that one bread.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:17
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Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices
partakers of the alter?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:18
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What say I then?  that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered
in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:19
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But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice
to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship
with devils.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:20
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Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot
be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:21
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Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy?  are we stronger than he?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:22
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All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all
things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:23
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Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:24
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Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for
conscience sake:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:25
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For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:26
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If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to
go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience
sake.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:27
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But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols,
eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the
earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:28
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Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty
judged of another man's conscience?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:29
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For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for
which I give thanks?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:30
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Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the
glory of God.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:31
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Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the
church of God:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:32
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Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit,
but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 10:33
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BE ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:1
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Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep
the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:2
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But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and
the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:3
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Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth
his head.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:4
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But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered
dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:5
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For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a
shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:6
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For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the
image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:7
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For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:8
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Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:9
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For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of
the angels.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:10
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Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman
without the man, in the Lord.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:11
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For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman;
but all things of God.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:12
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Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:13
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Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair,
it is a shame unto him?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:14
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But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is
given her for a covering.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:15
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But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither
the churches of God.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:16
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Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come
together not for the better, but for the worse.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:17
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For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there
be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:18
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For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved
may be made manifest among you.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:19
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When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the
Lord's supper.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:20
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For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is
hungry, and another is drunken.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:21
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What?  have ye not houses to eat and to drink in?  or despise ye the
church of God, and shame them that have not?  What shall I say to you?
shall I praise you in this?  I praise you not.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:22
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For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you,
That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:23
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And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is
my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:24
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After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying,
This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye
drink it, in remembrance of me.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:25
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For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the
Lord's death till he come.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:26
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Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord,
unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:27
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But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and
drink of that cup.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:28
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For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation
to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:29
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For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:30
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For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:31
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But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should
not be condemned with the world.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:32
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Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for
another.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:33
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And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together
unto condemnation.  And the rest will I set in order when I come.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 11:34
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NOW concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:1
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Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols,
even as ye were led.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:2
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Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit
of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is
the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:3
%
Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:4
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And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:5
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And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which
worketh all in all.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:6
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But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit
withal.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:7
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For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the
word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:8
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To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by
the same Spirit;
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:9
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To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another
discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another
the interpretation of tongues:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:10
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But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to
every man severally as he will.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:11
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For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of
that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:12
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For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews
or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink
into one Spirit.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:13
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For the body is not one member, but many.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:14
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If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body;
is it therefore not of the body?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:15
%
And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body;
is it therefore not of the body?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:16
%
If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing?	If the whole
were hearing, where were the smelling?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:17
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But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it
hath pleased him.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:18
%
And if they were all one member, where were the body?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:19
%
But now are they many members, yet but one body.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:20
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And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again
the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:21
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Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble,
are necessary:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:22
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And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable,
upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have
more abundant comeliness.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:23
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For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body
together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:24
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That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should
have the same care one for another.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:25
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And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one
member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:26
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Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:27
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And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets,
thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps,
governments, diversities of tongues.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:28
%
Are all apostles?  are all prophets?  are all teachers?  are all workers
of miracles?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:29
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Have all the gifts of healing?	do all speak with tongues?  do all
interpret?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:30
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But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more
excellent way.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 12:31
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THOUGH I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not
charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 13:1
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And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries,
and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove
mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 13:2
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And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my
body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 13:3
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Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth
not itself, is not puffed up,
		 -- 1 Corinthians 13:4
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Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily
provoked, thinketh no evil;
		 -- 1 Corinthians 13:5
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Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
		 -- 1 Corinthians 13:6
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Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth
all things.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 13:7
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Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail;
whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge,
it shall vanish away.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 13:8
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For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 13:9
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But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall
be done away.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 13:10
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When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I
thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 13:11
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For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I
know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 13:12
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And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of
these is charity.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 13:13
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FOLLOW after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye
may prophesy.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:1
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For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men,
but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he
speaketh mysteries.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:2
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But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation,
and comfort.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:3
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He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that
prophesieth edifieth the church.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:4
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I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied:
for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues,
except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:5
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Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall
I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by
knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:6
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And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except
they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is
piped or harped?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:7
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For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself
to the battle?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:8
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So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood,
how shall it be known what is spoken?  for ye shall speak into the air.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:9
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There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of
them is without signification.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:10
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Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that
speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:11
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Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that
ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:12
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Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may
interpret.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:13
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For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my
understanding is unfruitful.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:14
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What is it then?  I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the
understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with
the understanding also.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:15
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Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth
the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he
understandeth not what thou sayest?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:16
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For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:17
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I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:18
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Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding,
that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in
an unknown tongue.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:19
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Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye
children, but in understanding be men.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:20
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In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will
I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me,
saith the Lord.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:21
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Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them
that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not,
but for them which believe.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:22
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If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and
all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned,
or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:23
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But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one
unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:24
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And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down
on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:25
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How is it then, brethren?  when ye come together, every one of you
hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath
an interpretation.  Let all things be done unto edifying.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:26
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If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most
by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:27
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But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church;
and let him speak to himself, and to God.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:28
%
Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:29
%
If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold
his peace.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:30
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For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may
be comforted.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:31
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And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:32
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For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches
of the saints.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:33
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Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted
unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as
also saith the law.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:34
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And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home:
for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:35
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What?  came the word of God out from you?  or came it unto you only?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:36
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If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him
acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments
of the Lord.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:37
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But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:38
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Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with
tongues.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:39
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Let all things be done decently and in order.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 14:40
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MOREOVER, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto
you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:1
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By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you,
unless ye have believed in vain.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:2
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For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how
that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:3
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And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according
to the scriptures:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:4
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And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:5
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After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom
the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:6
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After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:7
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And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:8
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For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an
apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:9
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But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed
upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all:
yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:10
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Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:11
%
Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among
you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:12
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But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:13
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And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith
is also vain.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:14
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Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified
of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that
the dead rise not.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:15
%
For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:16
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And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:17
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Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:18
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If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most
miserable.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:19
%
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of
them that slept.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:20
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For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of
the dead.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:21
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For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:22
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But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they
that are Christ's at his coming.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:23
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Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God,
even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority
and power.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:24
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For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:25
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The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:26
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For he hath put all things under his feet.  But when he saith all things
are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put
all things under him.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:27
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And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also
himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may
be all in all.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:28
%
Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead
rise not at all?  why are they then baptized for the dead?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:29
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And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:30
%
I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord,
I die daily.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:31
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If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what
advantageth it me, if the dead rise not?  let us eat and drink; for to
morrow we die.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:32
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Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:33
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Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of
God: I speak this to your shame.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:34
%
But some man will say, How are the dead raised up?  and with what body
do they come?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:35
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Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:36
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And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be,
but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:37
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But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his
own body.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:38
%
All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men,
another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:39
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There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory
of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:40
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There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another
glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:41
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So also is the resurrection of the dead.  It is sown in corruption;
it is raised in incorruption:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:42
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It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness;
it is raised in power:
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:43
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It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.  There is a
natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:44
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And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the
last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:45
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Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural;
and afterward that which is spiritual.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:46
%
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord
from heaven.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:47
%
As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the
heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:48
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And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the
image of the heavenly.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:49
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Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom
of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:50
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Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all
be changed,
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:51
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In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the
trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we
shall be changed.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:52
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For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put
on immortality.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:53
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So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal
shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying
that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:54
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O death, where is thy sting?  O grave, where is thy victory?
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:55
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The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:56
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But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:57
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Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always
abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour
is not in vain in the Lord.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 15:58
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NOW concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to
the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 16:1
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Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store,
as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 16:2
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And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will
I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 16:3
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And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 16:4
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Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do
pass through Macedonia.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 16:5
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And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may
bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 16:6
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For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with
you, if the Lord permit.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 16:7
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But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 16:8
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For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many
adversaries.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 16:9
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Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he
worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 16:10
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Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that
he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 16:11
%
As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you
with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time;
but he will come when he shall have convenient time.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 16:12
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Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 16:13
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Let all your things be done with charity.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 16:14
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I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is
the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to
the ministry of the saints,)
		 -- 1 Corinthians 16:15
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That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with
us, and laboureth.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 16:16
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I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for
that which was lacking on your part they have supplied.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 16:17
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For they have refreshed my spirit and yours: therefore acknowledge ye
them that are such.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 16:18
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The churches of Asia salute you.  Aquila and Priscilla salute you much
in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 16:19
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All the brethren greet you.  Greet ye one another with an holy kiss.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 16:20
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The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 16:21
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If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maran-atha.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 16:22
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 16:23
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My love be with you all in Christ Jesus.  Amen.
		 -- 1 Corinthians 16:24
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PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our
brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints
which are in all Achaia:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 1:1
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Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus
Christ.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 1:2
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Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of
mercies, and the God of all comfort;
		 -- 2 Corinthians 1:3
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Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort
them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves
are comforted of God.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 1:4
%
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also
aboundeth by Christ.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 1:5
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And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation,
which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we
also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation
and salvation.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 1:6
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And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of
the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 1:7
%
For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came
to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength,
insomuch that we despaired even of life:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 1:8
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But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust
in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 1:9
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Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we
trust that he will yet deliver us;
		 -- 2 Corinthians 1:10
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Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon
us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 1:11
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For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in
simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace
of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly
to you-ward.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 1:12
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For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge;
and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;
		 -- 2 Corinthians 1:13
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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 Corinthians 1:14
%
And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye
might have a second benefit;
		 -- 2 Corinthians 1:15
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And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia
unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 1:16
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When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness?	or the things
that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there
should be yea yea, and nay nay?
		 -- 2 Corinthians 1:17
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But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 1:18
%
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even
by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 1:19
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For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the
glory of God by us.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 1:20
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Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us,
is God;
		 -- 2 Corinthians 1:21
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Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our
hearts.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 1:22
%
Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came
not as yet unto Corinth.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 1:23
%
Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your
joy: for by faith ye stand.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 1:24
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BUT I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you
in heaviness.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 2:1
%
For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the
same which is made sorry by me?
		 -- 2 Corinthians 2:2
%
And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow
from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all,
that my joy is the joy of you all.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 2:3
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For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with
many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the
love which I have more abundantly unto you.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 2:4
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But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part:
that I may not overcharge you all.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 2:5
%
Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 2:6
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So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him,
lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 2:7
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Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 2:8
%
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you,
whether ye be obedient in all things.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 2:9
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To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing,
to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
		 -- 2 Corinthians 2:10
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Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of
his devices.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 2:11
%
Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door
was opened unto me of the Lord,
		 -- 2 Corinthians 2:12
%
I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but
taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 2:13
%
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ,
and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 2:14
%
For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved,
and in them that perish:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 2:15
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To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the
savour of life unto life.  And who is sufficient for these things?
		 -- 2 Corinthians 2:16
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For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of
sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 2:17
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DO we begin again to commend ourselves?  or need we, as some others,
epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
		 -- 2 Corinthians 3:1
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Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 3:2
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Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ
ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living
God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 3:3
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And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 3:4
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Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of
ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
		 -- 2 Corinthians 3:5
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Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of
the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit
giveth life.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 3:6
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But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was
glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold
the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to
be done away:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 3:7
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How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
		 -- 2 Corinthians 3:8
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For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the
ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 3:9
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For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect,
by reason of the glory that excelleth.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 3:10
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For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which
remaineth is glorious.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 3:11
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Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 3:12
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And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of
Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 3:13
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But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same
vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is
done away in Christ.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 3:14
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But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 3:15
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Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 3:16
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Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there
is liberty.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 3:17
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But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the
Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by
the Spirit of the Lord.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 3:18
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THEREFORE seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy,
we faint not;
		 -- 2 Corinthians 4:1
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But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in
craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation
of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight
of God.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 4:2
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But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 4:3
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In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which
believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is
the image of God, should shine unto them.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 4:4
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For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves
your servants for Jesus' sake.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 4:5
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For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined
in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God
in the face of Jesus Christ.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 4:6
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But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of
the power may be of God, and not of us.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 4:7
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We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed,
but not in despair;
		 -- 2 Corinthians 4:8
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Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
		 -- 2 Corinthians 4:9
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Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the
life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 4:10
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For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that
the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 4:11
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So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 4:12
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We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I
believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore
speak;
		 -- 2 Corinthians 4:13
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Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also
by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 4:14
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For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through
the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 4:15
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For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet
the inward man is renewed day by day.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 4:16
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For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a
far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
		 -- 2 Corinthians 4:17
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While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which
are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things
which are not seen are eternal.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 4:18
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FOR we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved,
we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in
the heavens.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 5:1
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For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our
house which is from heaven:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 5:2
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If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 5:3
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For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for
that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be
swallowed up of life.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 5:4
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Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath
given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 5:5
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Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home
in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 5:6
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(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
		 -- 2 Corinthians 5:7
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We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body,
and to be present with the Lord.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 5:8
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Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted
of him.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 5:9
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For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one
may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done,
whether it be good or bad.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 5:10
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Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made
manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 5:11
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For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to
glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which
glory in appearance, and not in heart.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 5:12
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For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober,
it is for your cause.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 5:13
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For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if
one died for all, then were all dead:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 5:14
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And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth
live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 5:15
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Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have
known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 5:16
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Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are
passed away; behold, all things are become new.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 5:17
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And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus
Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
		 -- 2 Corinthians 5:18
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To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself,
not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the
word of reconciliation.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 5:19
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Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you
by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 5:20
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For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might
be made the righteousness of God in him.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 5:21
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WE then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive
not the grace of God in vain.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 6:1
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(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day
of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time;
behold, now is the day of salvation.)
		 -- 2 Corinthians 6:2
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Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 6:3
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But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much
patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
		 -- 2 Corinthians 6:4
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In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings,
in fastings;
		 -- 2 Corinthians 6:5
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By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy
Ghost, by love unfeigned,
		 -- 2 Corinthians 6:6
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By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness
on the right hand and on the left,
		 -- 2 Corinthians 6:7
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By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers,
and yet true;
		 -- 2 Corinthians 6:8
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As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as
chastened, and not killed;
		 -- 2 Corinthians 6:9
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As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as
having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 6:10
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O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 6:11
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Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 6:12
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Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye
also enlarged.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 6:13
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Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship
hath righteousness with unrighteousness?  and what communion hath light
with darkness?
		 -- 2 Corinthians 6:14
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And what concord hath Christ with Belial?  or what part hath he that
believeth with an infidel?
		 -- 2 Corinthians 6:15
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And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols?  for ye are the
temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and
walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 6:16
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Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord,
and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
		 -- 2 Corinthians 6:17
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And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters,
saith the Lord Almighty.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 6:18
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HAVING therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves
from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the
fear of God.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 7:1
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Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have
defrauded no man.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 7:2
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I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in
our hearts to die and live with you.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 7:3
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Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you:
I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 7:4
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For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we
were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 7:5
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Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted
us by the coming of Titus;
		 -- 2 Corinthians 7:6
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And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was
comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning,
your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 7:7
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For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I
did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry,
though it were but for a season.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 7:8
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Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to
repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might
receive damage by us in nothing.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 7:9
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For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of:
but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 7:10
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For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort,
what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves,
yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea,
what zeal, yea, what revenge!  In all things ye have approved yourselves
to be clear in this matter.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 7:11
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Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had
done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care
for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 7:12
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Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the
more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by
you all.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 7:13
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For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as
we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made
before Titus, is found a truth.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 7:14
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And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he
remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye
received him.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 7:15
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I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 7:16
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MOREOVER, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on
the churches of Macedonia;
		 -- 2 Corinthians 8:1
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How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and
their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 8:2
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For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were
willing of themselves;
		 -- 2 Corinthians 8:3
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Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take
upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 8:4
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And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to
the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 8:5
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Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also
finish in you the same grace also.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 8:6
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Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and
knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye
abound in this grace also.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 8:7
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I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others,
and to prove the sincerity of your love.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 8:8
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For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich,
yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might
be rich.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 8:9
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And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have
begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 8:10
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Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to
will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 8:11
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For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that
a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 8:12
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For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 8:13
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But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply
for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want:
that there may be equality:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 8:14
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As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he
that had gathered little had no lack.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 8:15
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But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of
Titus for you.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 8:16
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For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his
own accord he went unto you.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 8:17
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And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel
throughout all the churches;
		 -- 2 Corinthians 8:18
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And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel
with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of
the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 8:19
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Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is
administered by us:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 8:20
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Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also
in the sight of men.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 8:21
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And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved
diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great
confidence which I have in you.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 8:22
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Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellowhelper
concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they are the messengers
of the churches, and the glory of Christ.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 8:23
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Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your
love, and of our boasting on your behalf.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 8:24
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FOR as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me
to write to you:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 9:1
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For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to
them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath
provoked very many.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 9:2
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Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain
in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 9:3
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Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we
(that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 9:4
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Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would
go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had
notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty,
and not as of covetousness.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 9:5
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But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly;
and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 9:6
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Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give;
not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 9:7
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And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always
having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 9:8
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(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor:
his righteousness remaineth for ever.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 9:9
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Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your
food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your
righteousness;)
		 -- 2 Corinthians 9:10
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Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through
us thanksgiving to God.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 9:11
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For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of
the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;
		 -- 2 Corinthians 9:12
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Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your
professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal
distribution unto them, and unto all men;
		 -- 2 Corinthians 9:13
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And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding
grace of God in you.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 9:14
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Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 9:15
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NOW I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ,
who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 10:1
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But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that
confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of
us as if we walked according to the flesh.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 10:2
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For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 10:3
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(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God
to the pulling down of strong holds;)
		 -- 2 Corinthians 10:4
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Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself
against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought
to the obedience of Christ;
		 -- 2 Corinthians 10:5
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And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience
is fulfilled.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 10:6
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Do ye look on things after the outward appearance?  If any man trust to
himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that,
as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 10:7
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For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord
hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should
not be ashamed:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 10:8
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That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 10:9
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For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily
presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 10:10
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Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when
we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 10:11
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For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with
some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves,
and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 10:12
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But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to
the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to
reach even unto you.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 10:13
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For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached
not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the
gospel of Christ:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 10:14
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Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's
labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall
be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,
		 -- 2 Corinthians 10:15
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To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in
another man's line of things made ready to our hand.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 10:16
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But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 10:17
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For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord
commendeth.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 10:18
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WOULD to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear
with me.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:1
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For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you
to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:2
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But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his
subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is
in Christ.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:3
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For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached,
or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another
gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:4
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For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:5
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But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been
throughly made manifest among you in all things.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:6
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Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted,
because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:7
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I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:8
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And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man:
for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia
supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome
unto you, and so will I keep myself.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:9
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As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting
in the regions of Achaia.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:10
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Wherefore?  because I love you not?  God knoweth.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:11
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But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which
desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:12
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For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves
into the apostles of Christ.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:13
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And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:14
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Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the
ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:15
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I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool
receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:16
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That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were
foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:17
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Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:18
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For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:19
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For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if
a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:20
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I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak.  Howbeit
whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:21
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Are they Hebrews?  so am I.  Are they Israelites?  so am I.  Are they
the seed of Abraham?  so am I.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:22
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Are they ministers of Christ?  (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours
more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent,
in deaths oft.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:23
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Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:24
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Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered
shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:25
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In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in
perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in
the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils
among false brethren;
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:26
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In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst,
in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:27
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Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily,
the care of all the churches.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:28
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Who is weak, and I am not weak?  who is offended, and I burn not?
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:29
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If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine
infirmities.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:30
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The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for
evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:31
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In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the
Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:32
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And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped
his hands.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 11:33
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IT is not expedient for me doubtless to glory.	I will come to visions
and revelations of the Lord.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 12:1
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I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body,
I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
such an one caught up to the third heaven.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 12:2
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And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot
tell: God knoweth;)
		 -- 2 Corinthians 12:3
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How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words,
which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 12:4
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Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in
mine infirmities.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 12:5
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For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will
say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above
that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 12:6
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And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the
revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger
of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 12:7
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For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 12:8
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And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength
is made perfect in weakness.  Most gladly therefore will I rather glory
in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 12:9
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Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities,
in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak,
then am I strong.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 12:10
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I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to
have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest
apostles, though I be nothing.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 12:11
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Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience,
in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 12:12
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For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be
that I myself was not burdensome to you?  forgive me this wrong.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 12:13
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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 Corinthians 12:14
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And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more
abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 12:15
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But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught
you with guile.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 12:16
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Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?
		 -- 2 Corinthians 12:17
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I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother.  Did Titus make a gain of
you?  walked we not in the same spirit?  walked we not in the same steps?
		 -- 2 Corinthians 12:18
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Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you?  we speak before God
in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 12:19
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For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would,
and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be
debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings,
tumults:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 12:20
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And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I
shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the
uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 12:21
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THIS is the third time I am coming to you.  In the mouth of two or three
witnesses shall every word be established.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 13:1
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I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second
time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned,
and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:
		 -- 2 Corinthians 13:2
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Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is
not weak, but is mighty in you.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 13:3
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For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power
of God.  For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the
power of God toward you.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 13:4
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Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves.
Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye
be reprobates?
		 -- 2 Corinthians 13:5
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But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 13:6
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Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved,
but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 13:7
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For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 13:8
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For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we
wish, even your perfection.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 13:9
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Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should
use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to
edification, and not to destruction.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 13:10
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Finally, brethren, farewell.  Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one
mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 13:11
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Greet one another with an holy kiss.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 13:12
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All the saints salute you.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 13:13
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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion
of the Holy Ghost, be with you all.  Amen.
		 -- 2 Corinthians 13:14
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PAUL, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ,
and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)
		 -- Galatians 1:1
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And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:
		 -- Galatians 1:2
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Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus
Christ,
		 -- Galatians 1:3
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Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present
evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
		 -- Galatians 1:4
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To whom be glory for ever and ever.  Amen.
		 -- Galatians 1:5
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I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the
grace of Christ unto another gospel:
		 -- Galatians 1:6
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Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would
pervert the gospel of Christ.
		 -- Galatians 1:7
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But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto
you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
		 -- Galatians 1:8
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As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel
unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
		 -- Galatians 1:9
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For do I now persuade men, or God?  or do I seek to please men?  for if
I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
		 -- Galatians 1:10
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But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me
is not after man.
		 -- Galatians 1:11
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For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the
revelation of Jesus Christ.
		 -- Galatians 1:12
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For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion,
how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
		 -- Galatians 1:13
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And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own
nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
		 -- Galatians 1:14
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But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and
called me by his grace,
		 -- Galatians 1:15
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To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen;
immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
		 -- Galatians 1:16
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Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me;
but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
		 -- Galatians 1:17
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Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode
with him fifteen days.
		 -- Galatians 1:18
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But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother.
		 -- Galatians 1:19
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Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
		 -- Galatians 1:20
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Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
		 -- Galatians 1:21
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And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:
		 -- Galatians 1:22
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But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now
preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
		 -- Galatians 1:23
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And they glorified God in me.
		 -- Galatians 1:24
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THEN fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas,
and took Titus with me also.
		 -- Galatians 2:1
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And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel
which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of
reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
		 -- Galatians 2:2
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But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to
be circumcised:
		 -- Galatians 2:3
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And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in
privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they
might bring us into bondage:
		 -- Galatians 2:4
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To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth
of the gospel might continue with you.
		 -- Galatians 2:5
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But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh
no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed to
be somewhat in conference added nothing to me:
		 -- Galatians 2:6
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But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision
was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;
		 -- Galatians 2:7
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(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the
circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
		 -- Galatians 2:8
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And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived
the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right
hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto
the circumcision.
		 -- Galatians 2:9
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Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also
was forward to do.
		 -- Galatians 2:10
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But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because
he was to be blamed.
		 -- Galatians 2:11
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For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles:
but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them
which were of the circumcision.
		 -- Galatians 2:12
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And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas
also was carried away with their dissimulation.
		 -- Galatians 2:13
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But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth
of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a
Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why
compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
		 -- Galatians 2:14
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We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
		 -- Galatians 2:15
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Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the
faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we
might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the
law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
		 -- Galatians 2:16
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But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are
found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin?  God forbid.
		 -- Galatians 2:17
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For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a
transgressor.
		 -- Galatians 2:18
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For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
		 -- Galatians 2:19
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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.
		 -- Galatians 2:20
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I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law,
then Christ is dead in vain.
		 -- Galatians 2:21
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O FOOLISH Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey
the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth,
crucified among you?
		 -- Galatians 3:1
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This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of
the law, or by the hearing of faith?
		 -- Galatians 3:2
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Are ye so foolish?  having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect
by the flesh?
		 -- Galatians 3:3
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Have ye suffered so many things in vain?  if it be yet in vain.
		 -- Galatians 3:4
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He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles
among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing
of faith?
		 -- Galatians 3:5
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Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for
righteousness.
		 -- Galatians 3:6
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Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children
of Abraham.
		 -- Galatians 3:7
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And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through
faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall
all nations be blessed.
		 -- Galatians 3:8
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So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
		 -- Galatians 3:9
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For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it
is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which
are written in the book of the law to do them.
		 -- Galatians 3:10
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But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is
evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
		 -- Galatians 3:11
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And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live
in them.
		 -- Galatians 3:12
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Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse
for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
		 -- Galatians 3:13
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That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus
Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
		 -- Galatians 3:14
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Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's
covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
		 -- Galatians 3:15
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Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made.  He saith not,
And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
		 -- Galatians 3:16
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And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in
Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot
disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
		 -- Galatians 3:17
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For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God
gave it to Abraham by promise.
		 -- Galatians 3:18
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Wherefore then serveth the law?  It was added because of transgressions,
till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was
ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
		 -- Galatians 3:19
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Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
		 -- Galatians 3:20
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Is the law then against the promises of God?  God forbid: for if there
had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness
should have been by the law.
		 -- Galatians 3:21
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But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by
faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
		 -- Galatians 3:22
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But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the
faith which should afterwards be revealed.
		 -- Galatians 3:23
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Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we
might be justified by faith.
		 -- Galatians 3:24
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But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
		 -- Galatians 3:25
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For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
		 -- Galatians 3:26
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For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
		 -- Galatians 3:27
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There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there
is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
		 -- Galatians 3:28
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And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according
to the promise.
		 -- Galatians 3:29
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NOW I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing
from a servant, though he be lord of all;
		 -- Galatians 4:1
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But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
		 -- Galatians 4:2
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Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements
of the world:
		 -- Galatians 4:3
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But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son,
made of a woman, made under the law,
		 -- Galatians 4:4
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To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption
of sons.
		 -- Galatians 4:5
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And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into
your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
		 -- Galatians 4:6
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Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an
heir of God through Christ.
		 -- Galatians 4:7
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Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by
nature are no gods.
		 -- Galatians 4:8
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But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how
turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire
again to be in bondage?
		 -- Galatians 4:9
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Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
		 -- Galatians 4:10
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I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
		 -- Galatians 4:11
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Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not
injured me at all.
		 -- Galatians 4:12
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Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto
you at the first.
		 -- Galatians 4:13
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And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected;
but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
		 -- Galatians 4:14
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Where is then the blessedness ye spake of?  for I bear you record, that,
if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and
have given them to me.
		 -- Galatians 4:15
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Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
		 -- Galatians 4:16
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They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you,
that ye might affect them.
		 -- Galatians 4:17
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But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not
only when I am present with you.
		 -- Galatians 4:18
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My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be
formed in you,
		 -- Galatians 4:19
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I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand
in doubt of you.
		 -- Galatians 4:20
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Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
		 -- Galatians 4:21
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For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid,
the other by a freewoman.
		 -- Galatians 4:22
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But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the
freewoman was by promise.
		 -- Galatians 4:23
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Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one
from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
		 -- Galatians 4:24
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For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which
now is, and is in bondage with her children.
		 -- Galatians 4:25
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But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
		 -- Galatians 4:26
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For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and
cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children
than she which hath an husband.
		 -- Galatians 4:27
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Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
		 -- Galatians 4:28
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But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was
born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
		 -- Galatians 4:29
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Nevertheless what saith the scripture?	Cast out the bondwoman and her
son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of
the freewoman.
		 -- Galatians 4:30
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So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
		 -- Galatians 4:31
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STAND fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free,
and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
		 -- Galatians 5:1
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Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall
profit you nothing.
		 -- Galatians 5:2
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For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor
to do the whole law.
		 -- Galatians 5:3
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Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified
by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
		 -- Galatians 5:4
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For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
		 -- Galatians 5:5
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For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor
uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
		 -- Galatians 5:6
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Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
		 -- Galatians 5:7
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This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.
		 -- Galatians 5:8
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A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
		 -- Galatians 5:9
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I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise
minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever
he be.
		 -- Galatians 5:10
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And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer
persecution?  then is the offence of the cross ceased.
		 -- Galatians 5:11
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I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
		 -- Galatians 5:12
%
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty
for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
		 -- Galatians 5:13
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For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love
thy neighbour as thyself.
		 -- Galatians 5:14
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But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed
one of another.
		 -- Galatians 5:15
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This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust
of the flesh.
		 -- Galatians 5:16
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For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the
flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot
do the things that ye would.
		 -- Galatians 5:17
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But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
		 -- Galatians 5:18
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Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery,
fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
		 -- Galatians 5:19
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Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife,
seditions, heresies,
		 -- Galatians 5:20
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Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which
I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which
do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
		 -- Galatians 5:21
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith,
		 -- Galatians 5:22
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Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
		 -- Galatians 5:23
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And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections
and lusts.
		 -- Galatians 5:24
%
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
		 -- Galatians 5:25
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Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying
one another.
		 -- Galatians 5:26
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BRETHREN, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual,
restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself,
lest thou also be tempted.
		 -- Galatians 6:1
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Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
		 -- Galatians 6:2
%
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he
deceiveth himself.
		 -- Galatians 6:3
%
But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing
in himself alone, and not in another.
		 -- Galatians 6:4
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For every man shall bear his own burden.
		 -- Galatians 6:5
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Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth
in all good things.
		 -- Galatians 6:6
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Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that
shall he also reap.
		 -- Galatians 6:7
%
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but
he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
		 -- Galatians 6:8
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And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap,
if we faint not.
		 -- Galatians 6:9
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As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially
unto them who are of the household of faith.
		 -- Galatians 6:10
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Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand.
		 -- Galatians 6:11
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As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you
to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the
cross of Christ.
		 -- Galatians 6:12
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For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire
to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
		 -- Galatians 6:13
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But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus
Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
		 -- Galatians 6:14
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For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor
uncircumcision, but a new creature.
		 -- Galatians 6:15
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And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy,
and upon the Israel of God.
		 -- Galatians 6:16
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From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks
of the Lord Jesus.
		 -- Galatians 6:17
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Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.  Amen.
		 -- Galatians 6:18
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PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which
are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
		 -- Ephesians 1:1
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Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord
Jesus Christ.
		 -- Ephesians 1:2
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed
us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
		 -- Ephesians 1:3
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According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world,
that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
		 -- Ephesians 1:4
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Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ
to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
		 -- Ephesians 1:5
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To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted
in the beloved.
		 -- Ephesians 1:6
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In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of his grace;
		 -- Ephesians 1:7
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Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
		 -- Ephesians 1:8
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Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good
pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
		 -- Ephesians 1:9
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That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together
in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on
earth; even in him:
		 -- Ephesians 1:10
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In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated
according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel
of his own will:
		 -- Ephesians 1:11
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That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
		 -- Ephesians 1:12
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In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the
gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were
sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
		 -- Ephesians 1:13
%
Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the
purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
		 -- Ephesians 1:14
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Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and
love unto all the saints,
		 -- Ephesians 1:15
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Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
		 -- Ephesians 1:16
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That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give
unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
		 -- Ephesians 1:17
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The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what
is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his
inheritance in the saints,
		 -- Ephesians 1:18
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And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe,
according to the working of his mighty power,
		 -- Ephesians 1:19
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Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set
him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
		 -- Ephesians 1:20
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Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every
name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is
to come:
		 -- Ephesians 1:21
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And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over
all things to the church,
		 -- Ephesians 1:22
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Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
		 -- Ephesians 1:23
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AND you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
		 -- Ephesians 2:1
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Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world,
according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now
worketh in the children of disobedience:
		 -- Ephesians 2:2
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Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts
of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind;
and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
		 -- Ephesians 2:3
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But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
		 -- Ephesians 2:4
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Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ,
(by grace ye are saved;)
		 -- Ephesians 2:5
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And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly
places in Christ Jesus:
		 -- Ephesians 2:6
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That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace
in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
		 -- Ephesians 2:7
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For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:
it is the gift of God:
		 -- Ephesians 2:8
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Not of works, lest any man should boast.
		 -- Ephesians 2:9
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For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works,
which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
		 -- Ephesians 2:10
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Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh,
who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision
in the flesh made by hands;
		 -- Ephesians 2:11
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That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the
commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise,
having no hope, and without God in the world:
		 -- Ephesians 2:12
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But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by
the blood of Christ.
		 -- Ephesians 2:13
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For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the
middle wall of partition between us;
		 -- Ephesians 2:14
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Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments
contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man,
so making peace;
		 -- Ephesians 2:15
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And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross,
having slain the enmity thereby:
		 -- Ephesians 2:16
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And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that
were nigh.
		 -- Ephesians 2:17
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For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
		 -- Ephesians 2:18
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Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens
with the saints, and of the household of God;
		 -- Ephesians 2:19
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And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus
Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
		 -- Ephesians 2:20
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In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy
temple in the Lord:
		 -- Ephesians 2:21
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In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through
the Spirit.
		 -- Ephesians 2:22
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FOR this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
		 -- Ephesians 3:1
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If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given
me to you-ward:
		 -- Ephesians 3:2
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How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote
afore in few words,
		 -- Ephesians 3:3
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Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery
of Christ)
		 -- Ephesians 3:4
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Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is
now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
		 -- Ephesians 3:5
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That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and
partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
		 -- Ephesians 3:6
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Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of
God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
		 -- Ephesians 3:7
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Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given,
that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
		 -- Ephesians 3:8
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And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which
from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all
things by Jesus Christ:
		 -- Ephesians 3:9
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To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly
places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
		 -- Ephesians 3:10
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According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus
our Lord:
		 -- Ephesians 3:11
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In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
		 -- Ephesians 3:12
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Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which
is your glory.
		 -- Ephesians 3:13
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For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
		 -- Ephesians 3:14
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Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
		 -- Ephesians 3:15
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That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be
strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
		 -- Ephesians 3:16
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That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted
and grounded in love,
		 -- Ephesians 3:17
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May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length,
and depth, and height;
		 -- Ephesians 3:18
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And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might
be filled with all the fulness of God.
		 -- Ephesians 3:19
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Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we
ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
		 -- Ephesians 3:20
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Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages,
world without end.  Amen.
		 -- Ephesians 3:21
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I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy
of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
		 -- Ephesians 4:1
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With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one
another in love;
		 -- Ephesians 4:2
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Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
		 -- Ephesians 4:3
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There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of
your calling;
		 -- Ephesians 4:4
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One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
		 -- Ephesians 4:5
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One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in
you all.
		 -- Ephesians 4:6
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But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the
gift of Christ.
		 -- Ephesians 4:7
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Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive,
and gave gifts unto men.
		 -- Ephesians 4:8
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(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into
the lower parts of the earth?
		 -- Ephesians 4:9
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He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens,
that he might fill all things.)
		 -- Ephesians 4:10
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And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists;
and some, pastors and teachers;
		 -- Ephesians 4:11
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For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ:
		 -- Ephesians 4:12
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Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the
Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the
fulness of Christ:
		 -- Ephesians 4:13
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That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried
about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning
craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
		 -- Ephesians 4:14
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But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things,
which is the head, even Christ:
		 -- Ephesians 4:15
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From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that
which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the
measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of
itself in love.
		 -- Ephesians 4:16
%
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk
not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
		 -- Ephesians 4:17
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Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of
God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of
their heart:
		 -- Ephesians 4:18
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Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness,
to work all uncleanness with greediness.
		 -- Ephesians 4:19
%
But ye have not so learned Christ;
		 -- Ephesians 4:20
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If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the
truth is in Jesus:
		 -- Ephesians 4:21
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That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which
is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
		 -- Ephesians 4:22
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And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
		 -- Ephesians 4:23
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And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in
righteousness and true holiness.
		 -- Ephesians 4:24
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Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour:
for we are members one of another.
		 -- Ephesians 4:25
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Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
		 -- Ephesians 4:26
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Neither give place to the devil.
		 -- Ephesians 4:27
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Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working
with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him
that needeth.
		 -- Ephesians 4:28
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Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is
good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
		 -- Ephesians 4:29
%
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the
day of redemption.
		 -- Ephesians 4:30
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Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking,
be put away from you, with all malice:
		 -- Ephesians 4:31
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And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another,
even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
		 -- Ephesians 4:32
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BE ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
		 -- Ephesians 5:1
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And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself
for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
		 -- Ephesians 5:2
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But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be
once named among you, as becometh saints;
		 -- Ephesians 5:3
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Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not
convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
		 -- Ephesians 5:4
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For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous
man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ
and of God.
		 -- Ephesians 5:5
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Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things
cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
		 -- Ephesians 5:6
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Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
		 -- Ephesians 5:7
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For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk
as children of light:
		 -- Ephesians 5:8
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(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness
and truth;)
		 -- Ephesians 5:9
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Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
		 -- Ephesians 5:10
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And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather
reprove them.
		 -- Ephesians 5:11
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For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them
in secret.
		 -- Ephesians 5:12
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But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for
whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
		 -- Ephesians 5:13
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Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead,
and Christ shall give thee light.
		 -- Ephesians 5:14
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See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
		 -- Ephesians 5:15
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Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
		 -- Ephesians 5:16
%
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the
Lord is.
		 -- Ephesians 5:17
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And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with
the Spirit;
		 -- Ephesians 5:18
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Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing
and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
		 -- Ephesians 5:19
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Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ;
		 -- Ephesians 5:20
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Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
		 -- Ephesians 5:21
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Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
		 -- Ephesians 5:22
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For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of
the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
		 -- Ephesians 5:23
%
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to
their own husbands in every thing.
		 -- Ephesians 5:24
%
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and
gave himself for it;
		 -- Ephesians 5:25
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That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by
the word,
		 -- Ephesians 5:26
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That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot,
or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without
blemish.
		 -- Ephesians 5:27
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So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies.  He that loveth
his wife loveth himself.
		 -- Ephesians 5:28
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For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth
it, even as the Lord the church:
		 -- Ephesians 5:29
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For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
		 -- Ephesians 5:30
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For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be
joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
		 -- Ephesians 5:31
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This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
		 -- Ephesians 5:32
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Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even
as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
		 -- Ephesians 5:33
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CHILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
		 -- Ephesians 6:1
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Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with
promise;)
		 -- Ephesians 6:2
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That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
		 -- Ephesians 6:3
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And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up
in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
		 -- Ephesians 6:4
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Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the
flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto
Christ;
		 -- Ephesians 6:5
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Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ,
doing the will of God from the heart;
		 -- Ephesians 6:6
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With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:
		 -- Ephesians 6:7
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Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he
receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
		 -- Ephesians 6:8
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And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening:
knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of
persons with him.
		 -- Ephesians 6:9
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Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his
might.
		 -- Ephesians 6:10
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Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against
the wiles of the devil.
		 -- Ephesians 6:11
%
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world,
against spiritual wickedness in high places.
		 -- Ephesians 6:12
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Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to
withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
		 -- Ephesians 6:13
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Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on
the breastplate of righteousness;
		 -- Ephesians 6:14
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And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
		 -- Ephesians 6:15
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Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to
quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
		 -- Ephesians 6:16
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And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is
the word of God:
		 -- Ephesians 6:17
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Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and
watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
		 -- Ephesians 6:18
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And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my
mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
		 -- Ephesians 6:19
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For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly,
as I ought to speak.
		 -- Ephesians 6:20
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But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved
brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you
all things:
		 -- Ephesians 6:21
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Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our
affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.
		 -- Ephesians 6:22
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Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and
the Lord Jesus Christ.
		 -- Ephesians 6:23
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Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity.
Amen.
		 -- Ephesians 6:24
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PAUL and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in
Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
		 -- Philippians 1:1
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Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord
Jesus Christ.
		 -- Philippians 1:2
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I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
		 -- Philippians 1:3
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Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
		 -- Philippians 1:4
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For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
		 -- Philippians 1:5
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Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work
in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
		 -- Philippians 1:6
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Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have
you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and
confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
		 -- Philippians 1:7
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For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of
Jesus Christ.
		 -- Philippians 1:8
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And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge
and in all judgment;
		 -- Philippians 1:9
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That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere
and without offence till the day of Christ;
		 -- Philippians 1:10
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Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ,
unto the glory and praise of God.
		 -- Philippians 1:11
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But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened
unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
		 -- Philippians 1:12
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So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all
other places;
		 -- Philippians 1:13
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And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds,
are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
		 -- Philippians 1:14
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Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of
good will:
		 -- Philippians 1:15
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The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add
affliction to my bonds:
		 -- Philippians 1:16
%
But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the
gospel.
		 -- Philippians 1:17
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What then?  notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth,
Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
		 -- Philippians 1:18
%
For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer,
and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
		 -- Philippians 1:19
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According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall
be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ
shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
		 -- Philippians 1:20
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For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
		 -- Philippians 1:21
%
But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I
shall choose I wot not.
		 -- Philippians 1:22
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For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be
with Christ; which is far better:
		 -- Philippians 1:23
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Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
		 -- Philippians 1:24
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And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with
you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;
		 -- Philippians 1:25
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That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my
coming to you again.
		 -- Philippians 1:26
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Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that
whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs,
that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for
the faith of the gospel;
		 -- Philippians 1:27
%
And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident
token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
		 -- Philippians 1:28
%
For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe
on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
		 -- Philippians 1:29
%
Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
		 -- Philippians 1:30
%
IF there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love,
if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
		 -- Philippians 2:1
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Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of
one accord, of one mind.
		 -- Philippians 2:2
%
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of
mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
		 -- Philippians 2:3
%
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things
of others.
		 -- Philippians 2:4
%
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
		 -- Philippians 2:5
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Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal
with God:
		 -- Philippians 2:6
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But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a
servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
		 -- Philippians 2:7
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And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
		 -- Philippians 2:8
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Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which
is above every name:
		 -- Philippians 2:9
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That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven,
and things in earth, and things under the earth;
		 -- Philippians 2:10
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And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
glory of God the Father.
		 -- Philippians 2:11
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Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence
only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with
fear and trembling.
		 -- Philippians 2:12
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For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good
pleasure.
		 -- Philippians 2:13
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Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
		 -- Philippians 2:14
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That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke,
in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as
lights in the world;
		 -- Philippians 2:15
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Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ,
that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
		 -- Philippians 2:16
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Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith,
I joy, and rejoice with you all.
		 -- Philippians 2:17
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For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
		 -- Philippians 2:18
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But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that
I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.
		 -- Philippians 2:19
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For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.
		 -- Philippians 2:20
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For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.
		 -- Philippians 2:21
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But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath
served with me in the gospel.
		 -- Philippians 2:22
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Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it
will go with me.
		 -- Philippians 2:23
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But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
		 -- Philippians 2:24
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Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother,
and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he
that ministered to my wants.
		 -- Philippians 2:25
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For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye
had heard that he had been sick.
		 -- Philippians 2:26
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For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and
not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
		 -- Philippians 2:27
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I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again,
ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
		 -- Philippians 2:28
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Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such
in reputation:
		 -- Philippians 2:29
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Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding
his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
		 -- Philippians 2:30
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FINALLY, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord.  To write the same things to
you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.
		 -- Philippians 3:1
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Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
		 -- Philippians 3:2
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For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice
in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
		 -- Philippians 3:3
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Though I might also have confidence in the flesh.  If any other man
thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
		 -- Philippians 3:4
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Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of
Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
		 -- Philippians 3:5
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Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness
which is in the law, blameless.
		 -- Philippians 3:6
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But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
		 -- Philippians 3:7
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Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the
knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of
all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
		 -- Philippians 3:8
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And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the
law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness
which is of God by faith:
		 -- Philippians 3:9
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That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship
of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
		 -- Philippians 3:10
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If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
		 -- Philippians 3:11
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Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect:
but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am
apprehended of Christ Jesus.
		 -- Philippians 3:12
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Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I
do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto
those things which are before,
		 -- Philippians 3:13
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I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in
Christ Jesus.
		 -- Philippians 3:14
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Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any
thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
		 -- Philippians 3:15
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Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same
rule, let us mind the same thing.
		 -- Philippians 3:16
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Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as
ye have us for an ensample.
		 -- Philippians 3:17
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(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even
weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
		 -- Philippians 3:18
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Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is
in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
		 -- Philippians 3:19
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For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the
Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
		 -- Philippians 3:20
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Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his
glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue
all things unto himself.
		 -- Philippians 3:21
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THEREFORE, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown,
so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
		 -- Philippians 4:1
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I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind
in the Lord.
		 -- Philippians 4:2
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And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which
laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my
fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.
		 -- Philippians 4:3
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Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
		 -- Philippians 4:4
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Let your moderation be known unto all men.  The Lord is at hand.
		 -- Philippians 4:5
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Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication
with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
		 -- Philippians 4:6
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And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your
hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
		 -- Philippians 4:7
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Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things
are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report;
if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
		 -- Philippians 4:8
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Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard,
and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
		 -- Philippians 4:9
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But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of
me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked
opportunity.
		 -- Philippians 4:10
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Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever
state I am, therewith to be content.
		 -- Philippians 4:11
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I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where
and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry,
both to abound and to suffer need.
		 -- Philippians 4:12
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I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
		 -- Philippians 4:13
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Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my
affliction.
		 -- Philippians 4:14
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Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when
I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning
giving and receiving, but ye only.
		 -- Philippians 4:15
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For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.
		 -- Philippians 4:16
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Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to
your account.
		 -- Philippians 4:17
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But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the
things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice
acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
		 -- Philippians 4:18
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But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory
by Christ Jesus.
		 -- Philippians 4:19
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Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever.  Amen.
		 -- Philippians 4:20
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Salute every saint in Christ Jesus.  The brethren which are with me
greet you.
		 -- Philippians 4:21
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All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's household.
		 -- Philippians 4:22
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.  Amen.
		 -- Philippians 4:23
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PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus
our brother,
		 -- Colossians 1:1
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To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace
be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
		 -- Colossians 1:2
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We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying
always for you,
		 -- Colossians 1:3
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Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye
have to all the saints,
		 -- Colossians 1:4
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For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before
in the word of the truth of the gospel;
		 -- Colossians 1:5
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Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth
fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew
the grace of God in truth:
		 -- Colossians 1:6
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As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you
a faithful minister of Christ;
		 -- Colossians 1:7
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Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
		 -- Colossians 1:8
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For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray
for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of
his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
		 -- Colossians 1:9
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That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful
in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
		 -- Colossians 1:10
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Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all
patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
		 -- Colossians 1:11
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Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers
of the inheritance of the saints in light:
		 -- Colossians 1:12
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Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated
us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
		 -- Colossians 1:13
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In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness
of sins:
		 -- Colossians 1:14
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Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
		 -- Colossians 1:15
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For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are
in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions,
or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
		 -- Colossians 1:16
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And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
		 -- Colossians 1:17
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And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the
firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
		 -- Colossians 1:18
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For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
		 -- Colossians 1:19
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And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile
all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth,
or things in heaven.
		 -- Colossians 1:20
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And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked
works, yet now hath he reconciled
		 -- Colossians 1:21
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In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and
unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
		 -- Colossians 1:22
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If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved
away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was
preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made
a minister;
		 -- Colossians 1:23
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Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is
behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake,
which is the church:
		 -- Colossians 1:24
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Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which
is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
		 -- Colossians 1:25
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Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations,
but now is made manifest to his saints:
		 -- Colossians 1:26
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To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this
mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
		 -- Colossians 1:27
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Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom;
that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
		 -- Colossians 1:28
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Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh
in me mightily.
		 -- Colossians 1:29
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FOR I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for
them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
		 -- Colossians 2:1
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That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love,
and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the
acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
		 -- Colossians 2:2
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In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
		 -- Colossians 2:3
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And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
		 -- Colossians 2:4
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For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit,
joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith
in Christ.
		 -- Colossians 2:5
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As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
		 -- Colossians 2:6
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Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been
taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
		 -- Colossians 2:7
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Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit,
after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not
after Christ.
		 -- Colossians 2:8
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For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
		 -- Colossians 2:9
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And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality
and power:
		 -- Colossians 2:10
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In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands,
in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision
of Christ:
		 -- Colossians 2:11
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Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through
the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
		 -- Colossians 2:12
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And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh,
hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
		 -- Colossians 2:13
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Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which
was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
		 -- Colossians 2:14
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And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them
openly, triumphing over them in it.
		 -- Colossians 2:15
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Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of
an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
		 -- Colossians 2:16
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Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
		 -- Colossians 2:17
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Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and
worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen,
vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
		 -- Colossians 2:18
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And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands
having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the
increase of God.
		 -- Colossians 2:19
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Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world,
why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
		 -- Colossians 2:20
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(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
		 -- Colossians 2:21
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Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and
doctrines of men?
		 -- Colossians 2:22
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Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility,
and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of
the flesh.
		 -- Colossians 2:23
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IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above,
where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
		 -- Colossians 3:1
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Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
		 -- Colossians 3:2
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For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
		 -- Colossians 3:3
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When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear
with him in glory.
		 -- Colossians 3:4
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Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication,
uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness,
which is idolatry:
		 -- Colossians 3:5
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For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of
disobedience:
		 -- Colossians 3:6
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In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
		 -- Colossians 3:7
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But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy,
filthy communication out of your mouth.
		 -- Colossians 3:8
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Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with
his deeds;
		 -- Colossians 3:9
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And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the
image of him that created him:
		 -- Colossians 3:10
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Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision,
Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
		 -- Colossians 3:11
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Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of
mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
		 -- Colossians 3:12
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Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a
quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
		 -- Colossians 3:13
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And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of
perfectness.
		 -- Colossians 3:14
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And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are
called in one body; and be ye thankful.
		 -- Colossians 3:15
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Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching
and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
		 -- Colossians 3:16
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And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord
Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
		 -- Colossians 3:17
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Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
		 -- Colossians 3:18
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Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
		 -- Colossians 3:19
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Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing
unto the Lord.
		 -- Colossians 3:20
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Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
		 -- Colossians 3:21
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Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not
with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
		 -- Colossians 3:22
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And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
		 -- Colossians 3:23
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Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance:
for ye serve the Lord Christ.
		 -- Colossians 3:24
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But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done:
and there is no respect of persons.
		 -- Colossians 3:25
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MASTERS, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing
that ye also have a Master in heaven.
		 -- Colossians 4:1
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Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
		 -- Colossians 4:2
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Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of
utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
		 -- Colossians 4:3
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That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
		 -- Colossians 4:4
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Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
		 -- Colossians 4:5
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Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may
know how ye ought to answer every man.
		 -- Colossians 4:6
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All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother,
and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord:
		 -- Colossians 4:7
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Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your
estate, and comfort your hearts;
		 -- Colossians 4:8
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With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you.
They shall make known unto you all things which are done here.
		 -- Colossians 4:9
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Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son to
Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you,
receive him;)
		 -- Colossians 4:10
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And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision.  These
only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a
comfort unto me.
		 -- Colossians 4:11
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Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always
labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and
complete in all the will of God.
		 -- Colossians 4:12
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For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that
are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.
		 -- Colossians 4:13
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Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
		 -- Colossians 4:14
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Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church
which is in his house.
		 -- Colossians 4:15
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And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also
in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle
from Laodicea.
		 -- Colossians 4:16
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And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received
in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
		 -- Colossians 4:17
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The salutation by the hand of me Paul.	Remember my bonds.  Grace be
with you.  Amen.
		 -- Colossians 4:18
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PAUL, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians
which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto
you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 1:1
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We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in
our prayers;
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 1:2
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Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love,
and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and
our Father;
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 1:3
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Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 1:4
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For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and
in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men
we were among you for your sake.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 1:5
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And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word
in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 1:6
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So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 1:7
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For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and
Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad;
so that we need not to speak any thing.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 1:8
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For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you,
and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 1:9
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And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead,
even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 1:10
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FOR yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was
not in vain:
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 2:1
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But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated,
as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the
gospel of God with much contention.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 2:2
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For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 2:3
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But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even
so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 2:4
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For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a
cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 2:5
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Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we
might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 2:6
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But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 2:7
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So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted
unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because
ye were dear unto us.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 2:8
%
For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night
and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached
unto you the gospel of God.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 2:9
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Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably
we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 2:10
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As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you,
as a father doth his children,
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 2:11
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That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom
and glory.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 2:12
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For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye
received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the
word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually
worketh also in you that believe.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 2:13
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For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea
are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own
countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 2:14
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Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have
persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 2:15
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Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill
up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 2:16
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But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence,
not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with
great desire.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 2:17
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Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again;
but Satan hindered us.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 2:18
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For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing?  Are not even ye
in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 2:19
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For ye are our glory and joy.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 2:20
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WHEREFORE when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left
at Athens alone;
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 3:1
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And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our
fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort
you concerning your faith:
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 3:2
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That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know
that we are appointed thereunto.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 3:3
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For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should
suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 3:4
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For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your
faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour
be in vain.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 3:5
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But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings
of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always,
desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 3:6
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Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction
and distress by your faith:
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 3:7
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For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 3:8
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For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy
wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 3:9
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Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might
perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 3:10
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Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our
way unto you.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 3:11
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And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another,
and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 3:12
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To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before
God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all
his saints.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 3:13
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FURTHERMORE then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord
Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please
God, so ye would abound more and more.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 4:1
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For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 4:2
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For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should
abstain from fornication:
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 4:3
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That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in
sanctification and honour;
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 4:4
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Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 4:5
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That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because
that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned
you and testified.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 4:6
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For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 4:7
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He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also
given unto us his holy Spirit.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 4:8
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But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for
ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 4:9
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And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia:
but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 4:10
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And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work
with your own hands, as we commanded you;
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 4:11
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That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may
have lack of nothing.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 4:12
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But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which
are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 4:13
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For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also
which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 4:14
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For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are
alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them
which are asleep.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 4:15
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For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the
voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ
shall rise first:
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 4:16
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Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them
in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with
the Lord.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 4:17
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Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 4:18
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BUT of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write
unto you.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:1
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For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a
thief in the night.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:2
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For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh
upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:3
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But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake
you as a thief.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:4
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Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are
not of the night, nor of darkness.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:5
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Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:6
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For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are
drunken in the night.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:7
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But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of
faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:8
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For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our
Lord Jesus Christ,
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:9
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Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together
with him.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:10
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Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as
also ye do.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:11
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And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you,
and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:12
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And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake.  And be
at peace among yourselves.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:13
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Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the
feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:14
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See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that
which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:15
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Rejoice evermore.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:16
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Pray without ceasing.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:17
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In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus
concerning you.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:18
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Quench not the Spirit.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:19
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Despise not prophesyings.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:20
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Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:21
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Abstain from all appearance of evil.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:22
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And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole
spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:23
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Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:24
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Brethren, pray for us.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:25
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Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:26
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I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy
brethren.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:27
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.  Amen.
		 -- 1 Thessalonians 5:28
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PAUL, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians
in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 1:1
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Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 1:2
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We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet,
because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every
one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 1:3
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So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience
and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 1:4
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Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may
be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 1:5
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Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to
them that trouble you;
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 1:6
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And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be
revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 1:7
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In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that
obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 1:8
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Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of
the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 1:9
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When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in
all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed)
in that day.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 1:10
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Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you
worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness,
and the work of faith with power:
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 1:11
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That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye
in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 1:12
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NOW we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and by our gathering together unto him,
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 2:1
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That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor
by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 2:2
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Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except
there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the
son of perdition;
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 2:3
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Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that
is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing
himself that he is God.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 2:4
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Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 2:5
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And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 2:6
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For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth
will let, until he be taken out of the way.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 2:7
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And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume
with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of
his coming:
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 2:8
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Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and
signs and lying wonders,
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 2:9
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And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 2:10
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And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should
believe a lie:
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 2:11
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That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure
in unrighteousness.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 2:12
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But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved
of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation
through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 2:13
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Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 2:14
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Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have
been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 2:15
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Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which
hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope
through grace,
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 2:16
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Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 2:17
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FINALLY, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free
course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 3:1
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And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all
men have not faith.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 3:2
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But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 3:3
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And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and
will do the things which we command you.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 3:4
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And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the
patient waiting for Christ.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 3:5
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Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly,
and not after the tradition which he received of us.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 3:6
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For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not
ourselves disorderly among you;
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 3:7
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Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour
and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 3:8
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Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto
you to follow us.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 3:9
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For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would
not work, neither should he eat.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 3:10
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For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working
not at all, but are busybodies.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 3:11
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Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ,
that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 3:12
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But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 3:13
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And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and
have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 3:14
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Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 3:15
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Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means.
The Lord be with you all.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 3:16
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The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every
epistle: so I write.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 3:17
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.  Amen.
		 -- 2 Thessalonians 3:18
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PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour,
and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
		 -- 1 Timothy 1:1
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Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from
God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
		 -- 1 Timothy 1:2
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As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia,
that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
		 -- 1 Timothy 1:3
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Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister
questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
		 -- 1 Timothy 1:4
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Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of
a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
		 -- 1 Timothy 1:5
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From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;
		 -- 1 Timothy 1:6
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Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say,
nor whereof they affirm.
		 -- 1 Timothy 1:7
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But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
		 -- 1 Timothy 1:8
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Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for
the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for
unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers,
for manslayers,
		 -- 1 Timothy 1:9
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For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for
menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other
thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
		 -- 1 Timothy 1:10
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According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed
to my trust.
		 -- 1 Timothy 1:11
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And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he
counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
		 -- 1 Timothy 1:12
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Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I
obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
		 -- 1 Timothy 1:13
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And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love
which is in Christ Jesus.
		 -- 1 Timothy 1:14
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This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ
Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
		 -- 1 Timothy 1:15
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Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ
might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should
hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
		 -- 1 Timothy 1:16
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Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God,
be honour and glory for ever and ever.	Amen.
		 -- 1 Timothy 1:17
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This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies
which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
		 -- 1 Timothy 1:18
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Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away
concerning faith have made shipwreck:
		 -- 1 Timothy 1:19
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Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan,
that they may learn not to blaspheme.
		 -- 1 Timothy 1:20
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I EXHORT therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers,
intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
		 -- 1 Timothy 2:1
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For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet
and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
		 -- 1 Timothy 2:2
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For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
		 -- 1 Timothy 2:3
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Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of
the truth.
		 -- 1 Timothy 2:4
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For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man
Christ Jesus;
		 -- 1 Timothy 2:5
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Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
		 -- 1 Timothy 2:6
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Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth
in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
		 -- 1 Timothy 2:7
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I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands,
without wrath and doubting.
		 -- 1 Timothy 2:8
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In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with
shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls,
or costly array;
		 -- 1 Timothy 2:9
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But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
		 -- 1 Timothy 2:10
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Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
		 -- 1 Timothy 2:11
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But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man,
but to be in silence.
		 -- 1 Timothy 2:12
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For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
		 -- 1 Timothy 2:13
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And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the
transgression.
		 -- 1 Timothy 2:14
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Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in
faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
		 -- 1 Timothy 2:15
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THIS is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth
a good work.
		 -- 1 Timothy 3:1
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A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant,
sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
		 -- 1 Timothy 3:2
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Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient,
not a brawler, not covetous;
		 -- 1 Timothy 3:3
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One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection
with all gravity;
		 -- 1 Timothy 3:4
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(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care
of the church of God?)
		 -- 1 Timothy 3:5
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Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the
condemnation of the devil.
		 -- 1 Timothy 3:6
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Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he
fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
		 -- 1 Timothy 3:7
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Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much
wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
		 -- 1 Timothy 3:8
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Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
		 -- 1 Timothy 3:9
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And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a
deacon, being found blameless.
		 -- 1 Timothy 3:10
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Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in
all things.
		 -- 1 Timothy 3:11
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Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and
their own houses well.
		 -- 1 Timothy 3:12
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For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves
a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
		 -- 1 Timothy 3:13
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These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
		 -- 1 Timothy 3:14
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But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave
thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God,
the pillar and ground of the truth.
		 -- 1 Timothy 3:15
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And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was
manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached
unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
		 -- 1 Timothy 3:16
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NOW the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall
depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines
of devils;
		 -- 1 Timothy 4:1
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Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a
hot iron;
		 -- 1 Timothy 4:2
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Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God
hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and
know the truth.
		 -- 1 Timothy 4:3
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For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be
received with thanksgiving:
		 -- 1 Timothy 4:4
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For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
		 -- 1 Timothy 4:5
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If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be
a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and
of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
		 -- 1 Timothy 4:6
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But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather
unto godliness.
		 -- 1 Timothy 4:7
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For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto
all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which
is to come.
		 -- 1 Timothy 4:8
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This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
		 -- 1 Timothy 4:9
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For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust
in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those
that believe.
		 -- 1 Timothy 4:10
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These things command and teach.
		 -- 1 Timothy 4:11
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Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers,
in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
		 -- 1 Timothy 4:12
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Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
		 -- 1 Timothy 4:13
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Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy,
with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
		 -- 1 Timothy 4:14
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Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy
profiting may appear to all.
		 -- 1 Timothy 4:15
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Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in
doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
		 -- 1 Timothy 4:16
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REBUKE not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men
as brethren;
		 -- 1 Timothy 5:1
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The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
		 -- 1 Timothy 5:2
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Honour widows that are widows indeed.
		 -- 1 Timothy 5:3
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But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to
shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and
acceptable before God.
		 -- 1 Timothy 5:4
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Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and
continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
		 -- 1 Timothy 5:5
%
But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
		 -- 1 Timothy 5:6
%
And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.
		 -- 1 Timothy 5:7
%
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own
house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
		 -- 1 Timothy 5:8
%
Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old,
having been the wife of one man,
		 -- 1 Timothy 5:9
%
Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she
have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have
relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
		 -- 1 Timothy 5:10
%
But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton
against Christ, they will marry;
		 -- 1 Timothy 5:11
%
Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
		 -- 1 Timothy 5:12
%
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house;
and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things
which they ought not.
		 -- 1 Timothy 5:13
%
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the
house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
		 -- 1 Timothy 5:14
%
For some are already turned aside after Satan.
		 -- 1 Timothy 5:15
%
If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them,
and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are
widows indeed.
		 -- 1 Timothy 5:16
%
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour,
especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
		 -- 1 Timothy 5:17
%
For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out
the corn.  And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
		 -- 1 Timothy 5:18
%
Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three
witnesses.
		 -- 1 Timothy 5:19
%
Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
		 -- 1 Timothy 5:20
%
I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels,
that thou observe these things without preferring one before another,
doing nothing by partiality.
		 -- 1 Timothy 5:21
%
Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins:
keep thyself pure.
		 -- 1 Timothy 5:22
%
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and
thine often infirmities.
		 -- 1 Timothy 5:23
%
Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some
men they follow after.
		 -- 1 Timothy 5:24
%
Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they
that are otherwise cannot be hid.
		 -- 1 Timothy 5:25
%
LET as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy
of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.
		 -- 1 Timothy 6:1
%
And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because
they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful
and beloved, partakers of the benefit.	These things teach and exhort.
		 -- 1 Timothy 6:2
%
If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the
words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according
to godliness;
		 -- 1 Timothy 6:3
%
He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of
words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
		 -- 1 Timothy 6:4
%
Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth,
supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
		 -- 1 Timothy 6:5
%
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
		 -- 1 Timothy 6:6
%
For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry
nothing out.
		 -- 1 Timothy 6:7
%
And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
		 -- 1 Timothy 6:8
%
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many
foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
		 -- 1 Timothy 6:9
%
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted
after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through
with many sorrows.
		 -- 1 Timothy 6:10
%
But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness,
godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
		 -- 1 Timothy 6:11
%
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto
thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many
witnesses.
		 -- 1 Timothy 6:12
%
I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things,
and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good
confession;
		 -- 1 Timothy 6:13
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That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the
appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
		 -- 1 Timothy 6:14
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Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate,
the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
		 -- 1 Timothy 6:15
%
Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can
approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour
and power everlasting.	Amen.
		 -- 1 Timothy 6:16
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Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded,
nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us
richly all things to enjoy;
		 -- 1 Timothy 6:17
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That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute,
willing to communicate;
		 -- 1 Timothy 6:18
%
Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to
come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
		 -- 1 Timothy 6:19
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O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane
and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
		 -- 1 Timothy 6:20
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Which some professing have erred concerning the faith.	Grace be with
thee.  Amen.
		 -- 1 Timothy 6:21
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PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the
promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
		 -- 2 Timothy 1:1
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To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God
the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
		 -- 2 Timothy 1:2
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I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that
without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;
		 -- 2 Timothy 1:3
%
Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be
filled with joy;
		 -- 2 Timothy 1:4
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When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which
dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am
persuaded that in thee also.
		 -- 2 Timothy 1:5
%
Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God,
which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
		 -- 2 Timothy 1:6
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For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love,
and of a sound mind.
		 -- 2 Timothy 1:7
%
Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me
his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel
according to the power of God;
		 -- 2 Timothy 1:8
%
Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to
our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given
us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
		 -- 2 Timothy 1:9
%
But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light
through the gospel:
		 -- 2 Timothy 1:10
%
Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of
the Gentiles.
		 -- 2 Timothy 1:11
%
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not
ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is
able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
		 -- 2 Timothy 1:12
%
Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith
and love which is in Christ Jesus.
		 -- 2 Timothy 1:13
%
That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost
which dwelleth in us.
		 -- 2 Timothy 1:14
%
This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from
me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
		 -- 2 Timothy 1:15
%
The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed
me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
		 -- 2 Timothy 1:16
%
But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.
		 -- 2 Timothy 1:17
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The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day:
and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest
very well.
		 -- 2 Timothy 1:18
%
THOU therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:1
%
And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same
commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:2
%
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:3
%
No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life;
that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:4
%
And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except
he strive lawfully.
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:5
%
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:6
%
Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:7
%
Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead
according to my gospel:
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:8
%
Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word
of God is not bound.
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:9
%
Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also
obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:10
%
It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live
with him:
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:11
%
If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will
deny us:
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:12
%
If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:13
%
Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord
that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of
the hearers.
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:14
%
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to
be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:15
%
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more
ungodliness.
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:16
%
And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and
Philetus;
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:17
%
Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is
past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:18
%
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal,
The Lord knoweth them that are his.  And, Let every one that nameth the
name of Christ depart from iniquity.
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:19
%
But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver,
but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:20
%
If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto
honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto
every good work.
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:21
%
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity,
peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:22
%
But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender
strifes.
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:23
%
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men,
apt to teach, patient,
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:24
%
In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure
will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:25
%
And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil,
who are taken captive by him at his will.
		 -- 2 Timothy 2:26
%
THIS know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
		 -- 2 Timothy 3:1
%
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud,
blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
		 -- 2 Timothy 3:2
%
Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent,
fierce, despisers of those that are good,
		 -- 2 Timothy 3:3
%
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
		 -- 2 Timothy 3:4
%
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such
turn away.
		 -- 2 Timothy 3:5
%
For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive
silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
		 -- 2 Timothy 3:6
%
Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
		 -- 2 Timothy 3:7
%
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the
truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
		 -- 2 Timothy 3:8
%
But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest
unto all men, as theirs also was.
		 -- 2 Timothy 3:9
%
But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith,
longsuffering, charity, patience,
		 -- 2 Timothy 3:10
%
Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium,
at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord
delivered me.
		 -- 2 Timothy 3:11
%
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer
persecution.
		 -- 2 Timothy 3:12
%
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and
being deceived.
		 -- 2 Timothy 3:13
%
But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been
assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
		 -- 2 Timothy 3:14
%
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able
to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
		 -- 2 Timothy 3:15
%
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
		 -- 2 Timothy 3:16
%
That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good
works.
		 -- 2 Timothy 3:17
%
I CHARGE thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall
judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
		 -- 2 Timothy 4:1
%
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke,
exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
		 -- 2 Timothy 4:2
%
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but
after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having
itching ears;
		 -- 2 Timothy 4:3
%
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned
unto fables.
		 -- 2 Timothy 4:4
%
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an
evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
		 -- 2 Timothy 4:5
%
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
		 -- 2 Timothy 4:6
%
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept
the faith:
		 -- 2 Timothy 4:7
%
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the
Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only,
but unto all them also that love his appearing.
		 -- 2 Timothy 4:8
%
Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:
		 -- 2 Timothy 4:9
%
For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is
departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
		 -- 2 Timothy 4:10
%
Only Luke is with me.  Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is
profitable to me for the ministry.
		 -- 2 Timothy 4:11
%
And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.
		 -- 2 Timothy 4:12
%
The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with
thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.
		 -- 2 Timothy 4:13
%
Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according
to his works:
		 -- 2 Timothy 4:14
%
Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.
		 -- 2 Timothy 4:15
%
At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray
God that it may not be laid to their charge.
		 -- 2 Timothy 4:16
%
Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me
the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear:
and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
		 -- 2 Timothy 4:17
%
And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve
me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever.  Amen.
		 -- 2 Timothy 4:18
%
Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
		 -- 2 Timothy 4:19
%
Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.
		 -- 2 Timothy 4:20
%
Do thy diligence to come before winter.  Eubulus greeteth thee, and
Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.
		 -- 2 Timothy 4:21
%
The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit.  Grace be with you.  Amen.
		 -- 2 Timothy 4:22
%
PAUL, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to
the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is
after godliness;
		 -- Titus 1:1
%
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before
the world began;
		 -- Titus 1:2
%
But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is
committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
		 -- Titus 1:3
%
To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace,
from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
		 -- Titus 1:4
%
For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order
the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had
appointed thee:
		 -- Titus 1:5
%
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children
not accused of riot or unruly.
		 -- Titus 1:6
%
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled,
not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
		 -- Titus 1:7
%
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy,
temperate;
		 -- Titus 1:8
%
Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be
able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
		 -- Titus 1:9
%
For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they
of the circumcision:
		 -- Titus 1:10
%
Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things
which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
		 -- Titus 1:11
%
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are
alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
		 -- Titus 1:12
%
This witness is true.  Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be
sound in the faith;
		 -- Titus 1:13
%
Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn
from the truth.
		 -- Titus 1:14
%
Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled
and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience
is defiled.
		 -- Titus 1:15
%
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being
abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
		 -- Titus 1:16
%
BUT speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
		 -- Titus 2:1
%
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity,
in patience.
		 -- Titus 2:2
%
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness,
not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
		 -- Titus 2:3
%
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands,
to love their children,
		 -- Titus 2:4
%
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own
husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
		 -- Titus 2:5
%
Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
		 -- Titus 2:6
%
In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine
shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
		 -- Titus 2:7
%
Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary
part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
		 -- Titus 2:8
%
Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please
them well in all things; not answering again;
		 -- Titus 2:9
%
Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the
doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
		 -- Titus 2:10
%
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
		 -- Titus 2:11
%
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live
soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
		 -- Titus 2:12
%
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great
God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
		 -- Titus 2:13
%
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity,
and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
		 -- Titus 2:14
%
These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority.	Let no
man despise thee.
		 -- Titus 2:15
%
PUT them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey
magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
		 -- Titus 3:1
%
To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all
meekness unto all men.
		 -- Titus 3:2
%
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived,
serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful,
and hating one another.
		 -- Titus 3:3
%
But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man
appeared,
		 -- Titus 3:4
%
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his
mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the
Holy Ghost;
		 -- Titus 3:5
%
Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
		 -- Titus 3:6
%
That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to
the hope of eternal life.
		 -- Titus 3:7
%
This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm
constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to
maintain good works.  These things are good and profitable unto men.
		 -- Titus 3:8
%
But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and
strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
		 -- Titus 3:9
%
A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;
		 -- Titus 3:10
%
Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned
of himself.
		 -- Titus 3:11
%
When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come
unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.
		 -- Titus 3:12
%
Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that
nothing be wanting unto them.
		 -- Titus 3:13
%
And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses,
that they be not unfruitful.
		 -- Titus 3:14
%
All that are with me salute thee.  Greet them that love us in the faith.
Grace be with you all.	Amen.
		 -- Titus 3:15
%
PAUL, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon
our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,
		 -- Philemon 1:1
%
And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the
church in thy house:
		 -- Philemon 1:2
%
Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
		 -- Philemon 1:3
%
I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
		 -- Philemon 1:4
%
Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus,
and toward all saints;
		 -- Philemon 1:5
%
That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the
acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
		 -- Philemon 1:6
%
For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels
of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
		 -- Philemon 1:7
%
Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that
which is convenient,
		 -- Philemon 1:8
%
Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul
the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
		 -- Philemon 1:9
%
I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
		 -- Philemon 1:10
%
Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee
and to me:
		 -- Philemon 1:11
%
Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine
own bowels:
		 -- Philemon 1:12
%
Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have
ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
		 -- Philemon 1:13
%
But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be
as it were of necessity, but willingly.
		 -- Philemon 1:14
%
For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest
receive him for ever;
		 -- Philemon 1:15
%
Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially
to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?
		 -- Philemon 1:16
%
If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.
		 -- Philemon 1:17
%
If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;
		 -- Philemon 1:18
%
I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do
not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.
		 -- Philemon 1:19
%
Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in
the Lord.
		 -- Philemon 1:20
%
Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou
wilt also do more than I say.
		 -- Philemon 1:21
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But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your
prayers I shall be given unto you.
		 -- Philemon 1:22
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There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus;
		 -- Philemon 1:23
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Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.
		 -- Philemon 1:24
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
		 -- Philemon 1:25
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GOD, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto
the fathers by the prophets,
		 -- Hebrews 1:1
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Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed
heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
		 -- Hebrews 1:2
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Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his
person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had
by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty
on high;
		 -- Hebrews 1:3
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Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance
obtained a more excellent name than they.
		 -- Hebrews 1:4
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For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son,
this day have I begotten thee?	And again, I will be to him a Father,
and he shall be to me a Son?
		 -- Hebrews 1:5
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And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith,
And let all the angels of God worship him.
		 -- Hebrews 1:6
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And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his
ministers a flame of fire.
		 -- Hebrews 1:7
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But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever:
a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
		 -- Hebrews 1:8
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Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even
thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
		 -- Hebrews 1:9
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And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth;
and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
		 -- Hebrews 1:10
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They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as
doth a garment;
		 -- Hebrews 1:11
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And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed:
but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
		 -- Hebrews 1:12
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But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand,
until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
		 -- Hebrews 1:13
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Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them
who shall be heirs of salvation?
		 -- Hebrews 1:14
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THEREFORE we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we
have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
		 -- Hebrews 2:1
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For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression
and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
		 -- Hebrews 2:2
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How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first
began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that
heard him;
		 -- Hebrews 2:3
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God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with
divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
		 -- Hebrews 2:4
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For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come,
whereof we speak.
		 -- Hebrews 2:5
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But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou
art mindful of him?  or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
		 -- Hebrews 2:6
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Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with
glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
		 -- Hebrews 2:7
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Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet.	For in that he put
all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him.
But now we see not yet all things put under him.
		 -- Hebrews 2:8
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But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the
suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace
of God should taste death for every man.
		 -- Hebrews 2:9
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For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things,
in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation
perfect through sufferings.
		 -- Hebrews 2:10
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For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one:
for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
		 -- Hebrews 2:11
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Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the
church will I sing praise unto thee.
		 -- Hebrews 2:12
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And again, I will put my trust in him.	And again, Behold I and the
children which God hath given me.
		 -- Hebrews 2:13
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Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he
also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might
destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
		 -- Hebrews 2:14
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And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime
subject to bondage.
		 -- Hebrews 2:15
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For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him
the seed of Abraham.
		 -- Hebrews 2:16
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Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren,
that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining
to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
		 -- Hebrews 2:17
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For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour
them that are tempted.
		 -- Hebrews 2:18
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WHEREFORE, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider
the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
		 -- Hebrews 3:1
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Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful
in all his house.
		 -- Hebrews 3:2
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For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as
he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
		 -- Hebrews 3:3
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For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things
is God.
		 -- Hebrews 3:4
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And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a
testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
		 -- Hebrews 3:5
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But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold
fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
		 -- Hebrews 3:6
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Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
		 -- Hebrews 3:7
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Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation
in the wilderness:
		 -- Hebrews 3:8
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When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
		 -- Hebrews 3:9
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Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway
err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
		 -- Hebrews 3:10
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So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
		 -- Hebrews 3:11
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Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of
unbelief, in departing from the living God.
		 -- Hebrews 3:12
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But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of
you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
		 -- Hebrews 3:13
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For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our
confidence stedfast unto the end;
		 -- Hebrews 3:14
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While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your
hearts, as in the provocation.
		 -- Hebrews 3:15
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For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came
out of Egypt by Moses.
		 -- Hebrews 3:16
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But with whom was he grieved forty years?  was it not with them that
had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
		 -- Hebrews 3:17
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And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to
them that believed not?
		 -- Hebrews 3:18
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So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
		 -- Hebrews 3:19
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LET us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into
his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
		 -- Hebrews 4:1
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For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word
preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that
heard it.
		 -- Hebrews 4:2
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For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have
sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works
were finished from the foundation of the world.
		 -- Hebrews 4:3
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For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And
God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
		 -- Hebrews 4:4
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And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
		 -- Hebrews 4:5
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Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to
whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
		 -- Hebrews 4:6
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Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so
long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden
not your hearts.
		 -- Hebrews 4:7
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For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken
of another day.
		 -- Hebrews 4:8
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There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
		 -- Hebrews 4:9
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For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own
works, as God did from his.
		 -- Hebrews 4:10
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Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after
the same example of unbelief.
		 -- Hebrews 4:11
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For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged
sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of
the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents
of the heart.
		 -- Hebrews 4:12
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Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all
things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
		 -- Hebrews 4:13
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Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the
heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
		 -- Hebrews 4:14
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For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling
of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet
without sin.
		 -- Hebrews 4:15
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Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain
mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
		 -- Hebrews 4:16
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FOR every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things
pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
		 -- Hebrews 5:1
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Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of
the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
		 -- Hebrews 5:2
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And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself,
to offer for sins.
		 -- Hebrews 5:3
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And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God,
as was Aaron.
		 -- Hebrews 5:4
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So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he
that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
		 -- Hebrews 5:5
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As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the
order of Melchisedec.
		 -- Hebrews 5:6
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Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and
supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to
save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
		 -- Hebrews 5:7
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Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which
he suffered;
		 -- Hebrews 5:8
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And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto
all them that obey him;
		 -- Hebrews 5:9
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Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
		 -- Hebrews 5:10
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Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye
are dull of hearing.
		 -- Hebrews 5:11
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For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one
teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God;
and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
		 -- Hebrews 5:12
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For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness:
for he is a babe.
		 -- Hebrews 5:13
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But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by
reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
		 -- Hebrews 5:14
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THEREFORE leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go
on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from
dead works, and of faith toward God,
		 -- Hebrews 6:1
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Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of
resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
		 -- Hebrews 6:2
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And this will we do, if God permit.
		 -- Hebrews 6:3
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For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted
of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
		 -- Hebrews 6:4
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And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
		 -- Hebrews 6:5
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If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they
crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
		 -- Hebrews 6:6
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For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and
bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth
blessing from God:
		 -- Hebrews 6:7
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But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto
cursing; whose end is to be burned.
		 -- Hebrews 6:8
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But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that
accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
		 -- Hebrews 6:9
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For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which
ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints,
and do minister.
		 -- Hebrews 6:10
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And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the
full assurance of hope unto the end:
		 -- Hebrews 6:11
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That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and
patience inherit the promises.
		 -- Hebrews 6:12
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For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no
greater, he sware by himself,
		 -- Hebrews 6:13
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Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will
multiply thee.
		 -- Hebrews 6:14
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And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
		 -- Hebrews 6:15
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For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to
them an end of all strife.
		 -- Hebrews 6:16
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Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise
the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
		 -- Hebrews 6:17
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That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie,
we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold
upon the hope set before us:
		 -- Hebrews 6:18
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Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast,
and which entereth into that within the veil;
		 -- Hebrews 6:19
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Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest
for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
		 -- Hebrews 6:20
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FOR this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who
met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
		 -- Hebrews 7:1
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To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by
interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem,
which is, King of peace;
		 -- Hebrews 7:2
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Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning
of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a
priest continually.
		 -- Hebrews 7:3
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Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham
gave the tenth of the spoils.
		 -- Hebrews 7:4
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And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office
of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people
according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out
of the loins of Abraham:
		 -- Hebrews 7:5
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But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham,
and blessed him that had the promises.
		 -- Hebrews 7:6
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And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
		 -- Hebrews 7:7
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And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them,
of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
		 -- Hebrews 7:8
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And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes
in Abraham.
		 -- Hebrews 7:9
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For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.
		 -- Hebrews 7:10
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If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it
the people received the law,) what further need was there that another
priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called
after the order of Aaron?
		 -- Hebrews 7:11
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For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change
also of the law.
		 -- Hebrews 7:12
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For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe,
of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
		 -- Hebrews 7:13
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For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses
spake nothing concerning priesthood.
		 -- Hebrews 7:14
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And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of
Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
		 -- Hebrews 7:15
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Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the
power of an endless life.
		 -- Hebrews 7:16
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For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of
Melchisedec.
		 -- Hebrews 7:17
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For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for
the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
		 -- Hebrews 7:18
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For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope
did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
		 -- Hebrews 7:19
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And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:
		 -- Hebrews 7:20
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(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by
him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a
priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
		 -- Hebrews 7:21
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By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
		 -- Hebrews 7:22
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And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to
continue by reason of death:
		 -- Hebrews 7:23
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But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
		 -- Hebrews 7:24
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Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto
God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
		 -- Hebrews 7:25
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For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled,
separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
		 -- Hebrews 7:26
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Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice,
first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once,
when he offered up himself.
		 -- Hebrews 7:27
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For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word
of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated
for evermore.
		 -- Hebrews 7:28
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NOW of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an
high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty
in the heavens;
		 -- Hebrews 8:1
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A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord
pitched, and not man.
		 -- Hebrews 8:2
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For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore
it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
		 -- Hebrews 8:3
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For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there
are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
		 -- Hebrews 8:4
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Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was
admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See,
saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to
thee in the mount.
		 -- Hebrews 8:5
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But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also
he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon
better promises.
		 -- Hebrews 8:6
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For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have
been sought for the second.
		 -- Hebrews 8:7
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For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the
Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with
the house of Judah:
		 -- Hebrews 8:8
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Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day
when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt;
because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not,
saith the Lord.
		 -- Hebrews 8:9
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For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind,
and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they
shall be to me a people:
		 -- Hebrews 8:10
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And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his
brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least
to the greatest.
		 -- Hebrews 8:11
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For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and
their iniquities will I remember no more.
		 -- Hebrews 8:12
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In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old.  Now that
which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
		 -- Hebrews 8:13
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THEN verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service,
and a worldly sanctuary.
		 -- Hebrews 9:1
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For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick,
and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
		 -- Hebrews 9:2
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And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest
of all;
		 -- Hebrews 9:3
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Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's
rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
		 -- Hebrews 9:4
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And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we
cannot now speak particularly.
		 -- Hebrews 9:5
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Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into
the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
		 -- Hebrews 9:6
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But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not
without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of
the people:
		 -- Hebrews 9:7
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The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all
was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
		 -- Hebrews 9:8
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Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered
both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service
perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
		 -- Hebrews 9:9
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Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal
ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
		 -- Hebrews 9:10
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But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater
and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not
of this building;
		 -- Hebrews 9:11
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Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered
in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
		 -- Hebrews 9:12
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For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer
sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
		 -- Hebrews 9:13
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How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit
offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead
works to serve the living God?
		 -- Hebrews 9:14
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And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by
means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under
the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of
eternal inheritance.
		 -- Hebrews 9:15
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For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of
the testator.
		 -- Hebrews 9:16
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For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no
strength at all while the testator liveth.
		 -- Hebrews 9:17
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Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
		 -- Hebrews 9:18
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For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according
to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and
scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
		 -- Hebrews 9:19
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Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined
unto you.
		 -- Hebrews 9:20
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Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels
of the ministry.
		 -- Hebrews 9:21
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And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without
shedding of blood is no remission.
		 -- Hebrews 9:22
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It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens
should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with
bettersacrifices than these.
		 -- Hebrews 9:23
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For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which
are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in
the presence of God for us:
		 -- Hebrews 9:24
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Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth
into the holy place every year with blood of others;
		 -- Hebrews 9:25
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For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world:
but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin
by the sacrifice of himself.
		 -- Hebrews 9:26
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And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
		 -- Hebrews 9:27
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So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that
look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
		 -- Hebrews 9:28
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FOR the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very
image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered
year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
		 -- Hebrews 10:1
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For then would they not have ceased to be offered?  because that the
worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
		 -- Hebrews 10:2
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But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins
every year.
		 -- Hebrews 10:3
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For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take
away sins.
		 -- Hebrews 10:4
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Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering
thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
		 -- Hebrews 10:5
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In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
		 -- Hebrews 10:6
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Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,)
to do thy will, O God.
		 -- Hebrews 10:7
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Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and
offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein;
which are offered by the law;
		 -- Hebrews 10:8
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Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God.  He taketh away the first,
that he may establish the second.
		 -- Hebrews 10:9
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By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of
Jesus Christ once for all.
		 -- Hebrews 10:10
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And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the
same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
		 -- Hebrews 10:11
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But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever,
sat down on the right hand of God;
		 -- Hebrews 10:12
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From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
		 -- Hebrews 10:13
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For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
		 -- Hebrews 10:14
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Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had
said before,
		 -- Hebrews 10:15
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This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith
the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will
I write them;
		 -- Hebrews 10:16
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And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
		 -- Hebrews 10:17
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Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
		 -- Hebrews 10:18
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Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the
blood of Jesus,
		 -- Hebrews 10:19
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By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the
veil, that is to say, his flesh;
		 -- Hebrews 10:20
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And having an high priest over the house of God;
		 -- Hebrews 10:21
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Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having
our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with
pure water.
		 -- Hebrews 10:22
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Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he
is faithful that promised;)
		 -- Hebrews 10:23
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And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
		 -- Hebrews 10:24
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Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of
some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the
day approaching.
		 -- Hebrews 10:25
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For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the
truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
		 -- Hebrews 10:26
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But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation,
which shall devour the adversaries.
		 -- Hebrews 10:27
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He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three
witnesses:
		 -- Hebrews 10:28
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Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy,
who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood
of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath
done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
		 -- Hebrews 10:29
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For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will
recompense, saith the Lord.  And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
		 -- Hebrews 10:30
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It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
		 -- Hebrews 10:31
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But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were
illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
		 -- Hebrews 10:32
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Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and
afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were
so used.
		 -- Hebrews 10:33
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For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling
of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better
and an enduring substance.
		 -- Hebrews 10:34
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Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence
of reward.
		 -- Hebrews 10:35
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For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God,
ye might receive the promise.
		 -- Hebrews 10:36
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For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will
not tarry.
		 -- Hebrews 10:37
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Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul
shall have no pleasure in him.
		 -- Hebrews 10:38
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But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that
believe to the saving of the soul.
		 -- Hebrews 10:39
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NOW faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things
not seen.
		 -- Hebrews 11:1
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For by it the elders obtained a good report.
		 -- Hebrews 11:2
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Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word
of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which
do appear.
		 -- Hebrews 11:3
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By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain,
by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of
his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
		 -- Hebrews 11:4
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By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not
found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he
had this testimony, that he pleased God.
		 -- Hebrews 11:5
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But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh
to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that
diligently seek him.
		 -- Hebrews 11:6
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By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved
with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which
he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is
by faith.
		 -- Hebrews 11:7
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By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he
should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not
knowing whither he went.
		 -- Hebrews 11:8
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By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country,
dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the
same promise:
		 -- Hebrews 11:9
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For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker
is God.
		 -- Hebrews 11:10
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Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed,
and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged
him faithful who had promised.
		 -- Hebrews 11:11
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Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as
the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea
shore innumerable.
		 -- Hebrews 11:12
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These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having
seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them,
and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
		 -- Hebrews 11:13
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For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
		 -- Hebrews 11:14
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And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they
came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
		 -- Hebrews 11:15
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But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore
God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them
a city.
		 -- Hebrews 11:16
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By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had
received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
		 -- Hebrews 11:17
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Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
		 -- Hebrews 11:18
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Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from
whence also he received him in a figure.
		 -- Hebrews 11:19
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By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
		 -- Hebrews 11:20
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By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph;
and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
		 -- Hebrews 11:21
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By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the
children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
		 -- Hebrews 11:22
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By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents,
because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the
king's commandment.
		 -- Hebrews 11:23
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By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son
of Pharaoh's daughter;
		 -- Hebrews 11:24
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Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to
enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
		 -- Hebrews 11:25
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Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in
Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
		 -- Hebrews 11:26
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By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he
endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
		 -- Hebrews 11:27
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Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest
he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
		 -- Hebrews 11:28
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By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the
Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
		 -- Hebrews 11:29
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By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about
seven days.
		 -- Hebrews 11:30
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By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not,
when she had received the spies with peace.
		 -- Hebrews 11:31
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And what shall I more say?  for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon,
and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel,
and of the prophets:
		 -- Hebrews 11:32
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Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained
promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
		 -- Hebrews 11:33
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Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of
weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the
armies of the aliens.
		 -- Hebrews 11:34
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Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured,
not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
		 -- Hebrews 11:35
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And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of
bonds and imprisonment:
		 -- Hebrews 11:36
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They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain
with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being
destitute, afflicted, tormented;
		 -- Hebrews 11:37
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(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and
inmountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
		 -- Hebrews 11:38
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And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received
not the promise:
		 -- Hebrews 11:39
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God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should
not be made perfect.
		 -- Hebrews 11:40
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WHEREFORE seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of
witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily
beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
		 -- Hebrews 12:1
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Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the
joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame,
and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
		 -- Hebrews 12:2
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For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against
himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
		 -- Hebrews 12:3
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Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
		 -- Hebrews 12:4
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And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto
children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint
when thou art rebuked of him:
		 -- Hebrews 12:5
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For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom
he receiveth.
		 -- Hebrews 12:6
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If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what
son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
		 -- Hebrews 12:7
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But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are
ye bastards, and not sons.
		 -- Hebrews 12:8
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Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we
gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the
Father of spirits, and live?
		 -- Hebrews 12:9
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For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure;
but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
		 -- Hebrews 12:10
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Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous:
nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness
unto them which are exercised thereby.
		 -- Hebrews 12:11
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Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
		 -- Hebrews 12:12
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And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned
out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
		 -- Hebrews 12:13
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Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see
the Lord:
		 -- Hebrews 12:14
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Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root
of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
		 -- Hebrews 12:15
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Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one
morsel of meat sold his birthright.
		 -- Hebrews 12:16
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For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing,
he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought
it carefully with tears.
		 -- Hebrews 12:17
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For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned
with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
		 -- Hebrews 12:18
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And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they
that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
		 -- Hebrews 12:19
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(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as
a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with
a dart:
		 -- Hebrews 12:20
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And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear
and quake:)
		 -- Hebrews 12:21
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But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God,
the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
		 -- Hebrews 12:22
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To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written
in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men
made perfect,
		 -- Hebrews 12:23
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And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of
sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
		 -- Hebrews 12:24
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See that ye refuse not him that speaketh.  For if they escaped not who
refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we
turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
		 -- Hebrews 12:25
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Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying,
Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
		 -- Hebrews 12:26
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And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things
that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which
cannot be shaken may remain.
		 -- Hebrews 12:27
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Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace,
whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
		 -- Hebrews 12:28
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For our God is a consuming fire.
		 -- Hebrews 12:29
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LET brotherly love continue.
		 -- Hebrews 13:1
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Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained
angels unawares.
		 -- Hebrews 13:2
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Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which
suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
		 -- Hebrews 13:3
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Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers
and adulterers God will judge.
		 -- Hebrews 13:4
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Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with
such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee,
nor forsake thee.
		 -- Hebrews 13:5
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So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear
what man shall do unto me.
		 -- Hebrews 13:6
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Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you
the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their
conversation.
		 -- Hebrews 13:7
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Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
		 -- Hebrews 13:8
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Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines.  For it is a
good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats,
which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
		 -- Hebrews 13:9
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We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the
tabernacle.
		 -- Hebrews 13:10
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For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary
by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
		 -- Hebrews 13:11
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Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own
blood, suffered without the gate.
		 -- Hebrews 13:12
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Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
		 -- Hebrews 13:13
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For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
		 -- Hebrews 13:14
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By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually,
that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
		 -- Hebrews 13:15
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But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices
God is well pleased.
		 -- Hebrews 13:16
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Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they
watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do
it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
		 -- Hebrews 13:17
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Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things
willing to live honestly.
		 -- Hebrews 13:18
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But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you
the sooner.
		 -- Hebrews 13:19
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Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus,
that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting
covenant,
		 -- Hebrews 13:20
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Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that
which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be
glory for ever and ever.  Amen.
		 -- Hebrews 13:21
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And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have
written a letter unto you in few words.
		 -- Hebrews 13:22
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Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he
come shortly, I will see you.
		 -- Hebrews 13:23
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Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints.  They of
Italy salute you.
		 -- Hebrews 13:24
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Grace be with you all.	Amen.
		 -- Hebrews 13:25
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JAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve
tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
		 -- James 1:1
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My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
		 -- James 1:2
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Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
		 -- James 1:3
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But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire,
wanting nothing.
		 -- James 1:4
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If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men
liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
		 -- James 1:5
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But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering.  For he that wavereth is
like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
		 -- James 1:6
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For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
		 -- James 1:7
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A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
		 -- James 1:8
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Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
		 -- James 1:9
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But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass
he shall pass away.
		 -- James 1:10
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For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the
grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of
it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
		 -- James 1:11
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Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he
shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them
that love him.
		 -- James 1:12
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Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot
be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
		 -- James 1:13
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But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust,
and enticed.
		 -- James 1:14
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Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it
is finished, bringeth forth death.
		 -- James 1:15
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Do not err, my beloved brethren.
		 -- James 1:16
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Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down
from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow
of turning.
		 -- James 1:17
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Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be
a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
		 -- James 1:18
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Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to
speak, slow to wrath:
		 -- James 1:19
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For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
		 -- James 1:20
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Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness,
and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save
your souls.
		 -- James 1:21
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But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your
own selves.
		 -- James 1:22
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For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a
man beholding his natural face in a glass:
		 -- James 1:23
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For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth
what manner of man he was.
		 -- James 1:24
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But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein,
he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall
be blessed in his deed.
		 -- James 1:25
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If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue,
but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
		 -- James 1:26
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Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit
the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself
unspotted from the world.
		 -- James 1:27
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MY brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of
glory, with respect of persons.
		 -- James 2:1
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For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly
apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
		 -- James 2:2
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And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto
him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there,
or sit here under my footstool:
		 -- James 2:3
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Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil
thoughts?
		 -- James 2:4
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Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world
rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them
that love him?
		 -- James 2:5
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But ye have despised the poor.	Do not rich men oppress you, and draw
you before the judgment seats?
		 -- James 2:6
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Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
		 -- James 2:7
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If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love
thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
		 -- James 2:8
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But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of
the law as transgressors.
		 -- James 2:9
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For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point,
he is guilty of all.
		 -- James 2:10
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For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill.
Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a
transgressor of the law.
		 -- James 2:11
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So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of
liberty.
		 -- James 2:12
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For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy;
and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
		 -- James 2:13
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What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and
have not works?  can faith save him?
		 -- James 2:14
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If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
		 -- James 2:15
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And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled;
notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the
body; what doth it profit?
		 -- James 2:16
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Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
		 -- James 2:17
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Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith
without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
		 -- James 2:18
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Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also
believe, and tremble.
		 -- James 2:19
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But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
		 -- James 2:20
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Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac
his son upon the altar?
		 -- James 2:21
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Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith
made perfect?
		 -- James 2:22
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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
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Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
		 -- James 2:24
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Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had
received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
		 -- James 2:25
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For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is
dead also.
		 -- James 2:26
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MY brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the
greater condemnation.
		 -- James 3:1
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For in many things we offend all.  If any man offend not in word, the
same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
		 -- James 3:2
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Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and
we turn about their whole body.
		 -- James 3:3
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Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven
of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm,
whithersoever the governor listeth.
		 -- James 3:4
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Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things.
Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
		 -- James 3:5
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And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among
our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the
course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
		 -- James 3:6
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For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things
in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
		 -- James 3:7
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But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly
poison.
		 -- James 3:8
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Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men,
which are made after the similitude of God.
		 -- James 3:9
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Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing.	My brethren,
these things ought not so to be.
		 -- James 3:10
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Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
		 -- James 3:11
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Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries?  either a vine, figs?
so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
		 -- James 3:12
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Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you?	let him shew
out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
		 -- James 3:13
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But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not,
and lie not against the truth.
		 -- James 3:14
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This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
		 -- James 3:15
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For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
		 -- James 3:16
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But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable,
gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without
partiality, and without hypocrisy.
		 -- James 3:17
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And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
		 -- James 3:18
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FROM whence come wars and fightings among you?	come they not hence,
even of your lusts that war in your members?
		 -- James 4:1
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Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain:
ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
		 -- James 4:2
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Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it
upon your lusts.
		 -- James 4:3
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Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the
world is enmity with God?  whosoever therefore will be a friend of the
world is the enemy of God.
		 -- James 4:4
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Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth
in us lusteth to envy?
		 -- James 4:5
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But he giveth more grace.  Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud,
but giveth grace unto the humble.
		 -- James 4:6
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Submit yourselves therefore to God.  Resist the devil, and he will flee
from you.
		 -- James 4:7
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Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.  Cleanse your hands,
ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
		 -- James 4:8
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Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to
mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
		 -- James 4:9
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Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
		 -- James 4:10
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Speak not evil one of another, brethren.  He that speaketh evil of his
brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth
the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law,
but a judge.
		 -- James 4:11
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There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou
that judgest another?
		 -- James 4:12
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Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city,
and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
		 -- James 4:13
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Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow.  For what is your life?
It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth
away.
		 -- James 4:14
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For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this,
or that.
		 -- James 4:15
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But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
		 -- James 4:16
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Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it
is sin.
		 -- James 4:17
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GO to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come
upon you.
		 -- James 5:1
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Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
		 -- James 5:2
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Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness
against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire.	Ye have heaped
treasure together for the last days.
		 -- James 5:3
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Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields,
which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which
have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
		 -- James 5:4
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Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished
your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
		 -- James 5:5
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Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
		 -- James 5:6
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Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold,
the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath
long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
		 -- James 5:7
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Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord
draweth nigh.
		 -- James 5:8
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Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold,
the judge standeth before the door.
		 -- James 5:9
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Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord,
for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
		 -- James 5:10
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Behold, we count them happy which endure.  Ye have heard of the patience
of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful,
and of tender mercy.
		 -- James 5:11
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But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither
by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and
your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
		 -- James 5:12
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Is any among you afflicted?  let him pray.  Is any merry?  let him
sing psalms.
		 -- James 5:13
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Is any sick among you?	let him call for the elders of the church; and
let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
		 -- James 5:14
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And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise
him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
		 -- James 5:15
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Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may
be healed.  The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
		 -- James 5:16
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Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed
earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the
space of three years and six months.
		 -- James 5:17
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And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought
forth her fruit.
		 -- James 5:18
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Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
		 -- James 5:19
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Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his
way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
		 -- James 5:20
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PETER, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout
Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
		 -- 1 Peter 1:1
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Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through
sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood
of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
		 -- 1 Peter 1:2
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according
to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
		 -- 1 Peter 1:3
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To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away,
reserved in heaven for you,
		 -- 1 Peter 1:4
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Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to
be revealed in the last time.
		 -- 1 Peter 1:5
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Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are
in heaviness through manifold temptations:
		 -- 1 Peter 1:6
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That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that
perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and
honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
		 -- 1 Peter 1:7
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Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not,
yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
		 -- 1 Peter 1:8
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Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
		 -- 1 Peter 1:9
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Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently,
who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
		 -- 1 Peter 1:10
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Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in
them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ,
and the glory that should follow.
		 -- 1 Peter 1:11
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Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did
minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have
preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven;
which things the angels desire to look into.
		 -- 1 Peter 1:12
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Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the
end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of
Jesus Christ;
		 -- 1 Peter 1:13
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As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former
lusts in your ignorance:
		 -- 1 Peter 1:14
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But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner
of conversation;
		 -- 1 Peter 1:15
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Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
		 -- 1 Peter 1:16
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And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth
according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here
in fear:
		 -- 1 Peter 1:17
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Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things,
as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition
from your fathers;
		 -- 1 Peter 1:18
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But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and
without spot:
		 -- 1 Peter 1:19
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Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was
manifest in these last times for you,
		 -- 1 Peter 1:20
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Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave
him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
		 -- 1 Peter 1:21
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Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit
unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with
a pure heart fervently:
		 -- 1 Peter 1:22
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Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the
word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
		 -- 1 Peter 1:23
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For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower
of grass.  The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
		 -- 1 Peter 1:24
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But the word of the Lord endureth for ever.  And this is the word which
by the gospel is preached unto you.
		 -- 1 Peter 1:25
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WHEREFORE laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies,
and envies, and all evil speakings,
		 -- 1 Peter 2:1
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As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may
grow thereby:
		 -- 1 Peter 2:2
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If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
		 -- 1 Peter 2:3
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To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but
chosen of God, and precious,
		 -- 1 Peter 2:4
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Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy
priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by
Jesus Christ.
		 -- 1 Peter 2:5
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Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a
chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall
not be confounded.
		 -- 1 Peter 2:6
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Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be
disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made
the head of the corner,
		 -- 1 Peter 2:7
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And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which
stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were
appointed.
		 -- 1 Peter 2:8
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But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a
peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath
called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
		 -- 1 Peter 2:9
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Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God:
which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
		 -- 1 Peter 2:10
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Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from
fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
		 -- 1 Peter 2:11
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Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they
speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they
shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
		 -- 1 Peter 2:12
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Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether
it be to the king, as supreme;
		 -- 1 Peter 2:13
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Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment
of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
		 -- 1 Peter 2:14
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For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence
the ignorance of foolish men:
		 -- 1 Peter 2:15
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As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but
as the servants of God.
		 -- 1 Peter 2:16
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Honour all men.  Love the brotherhood.	Fear God.  Honour the king.
		 -- 1 Peter 2:17
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Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good
and gentle, but also to the froward.
		 -- 1 Peter 2:18
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For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief,
suffering wrongfully.
		 -- 1 Peter 2:19
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For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall
take it patiently?  but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take
it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
		 -- 1 Peter 2:20
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For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us,
leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
		 -- 1 Peter 2:21
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Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
		 -- 1 Peter 2:22
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Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he
threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
		 -- 1 Peter 2:23
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Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we,
being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye
were healed.
		 -- 1 Peter 2:24
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For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd
and Bishop of your souls.
		 -- 1 Peter 2:25
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LIKEWISE, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if
any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the
conversation of the wives;
		 -- 1 Peter 3:1
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While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
		 -- 1 Peter 3:2
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Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair,
and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
		 -- 1 Peter 3:3
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But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not
corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in
the sight of God of great price.
		 -- 1 Peter 3:4
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For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted
in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
		 -- 1 Peter 3:5
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Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are,
as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
		 -- 1 Peter 3:6
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Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving
honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs
together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
		 -- 1 Peter 3:7
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Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love
as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
		 -- 1 Peter 3:8
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Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise
blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit
a blessing.
		 -- 1 Peter 3:9
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For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue
from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
		 -- 1 Peter 3:10
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Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
		 -- 1 Peter 3:11
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For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open
unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
		 -- 1 Peter 3:12
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And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which
is good?
		 -- 1 Peter 3:13
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But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not
afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
		 -- 1 Peter 3:14
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But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give
an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in
you with meekness and fear:
		 -- 1 Peter 3:15
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Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of
evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation
in Christ.
		 -- 1 Peter 3:16
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For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing,
than for evil doing.
		 -- 1 Peter 3:17
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For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust,
that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but
quickened by the Spirit:
		 -- 1 Peter 3:18
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By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
		 -- 1 Peter 3:19
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Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God
waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few,
that is, eight souls were saved by water.
		 -- 1 Peter 3:20
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The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not
the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good
conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
		 -- 1 Peter 3:21
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Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and
authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
		 -- 1 Peter 3:22
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FORASMUCH then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves
likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath
ceased from sin;
		 -- 1 Peter 4:1
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That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the
lusts of men, but to the will of God.
		 -- 1 Peter 4:2
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For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of
the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine,
revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
		 -- 1 Peter 4:3
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Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same
excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
		 -- 1 Peter 4:4
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Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and
the dead.
		 -- 1 Peter 4:5
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For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead,
that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live
according to God in the spirit.
		 -- 1 Peter 4:6
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But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch
unto prayer.
		 -- 1 Peter 4:7
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And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity
shall cover the multitude of sins.
		 -- 1 Peter 4:8
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Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
		 -- 1 Peter 4:9
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As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to
another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
		 -- 1 Peter 4:10
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If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man
minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in
all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and
dominion for ever and ever.  Amen.
		 -- 1 Peter 4:11
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Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to
try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
		 -- 1 Peter 4:12
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But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that,
when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
		 -- 1 Peter 4:13
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If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit
of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of,
but on your part he is glorified.
		 -- 1 Peter 4:14
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But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an
evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
		 -- 1 Peter 4:15
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Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let
him glorify God on this behalf.
		 -- 1 Peter 4:16
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For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God:
and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey
not the gospel of God?
		 -- 1 Peter 4:17
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And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the
sinner appear?
		 -- 1 Peter 4:18
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Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the
keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
		 -- 1 Peter 4:19
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THE elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a
witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory
that shall be revealed:
		 -- 1 Peter 5:1
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Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof,
not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready
mind;
		 -- 1 Peter 5:2
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Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to
the flock.
		 -- 1 Peter 5:3
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And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of
glory that fadeth not away.
		 -- 1 Peter 5:4
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Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder.  Yea, all of
you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God
resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
		 -- 1 Peter 5:5
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Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may
exalt you in due time:
		 -- 1 Peter 5:6
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Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
		 -- 1 Peter 5:7
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Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring
lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
		 -- 1 Peter 5:8
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Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions
are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
		 -- 1 Peter 5:9
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But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by
Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect,
stablish, strengthen, settle you.
		 -- 1 Peter 5:10
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To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever.  Amen.
		 -- 1 Peter 5:11
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By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written
briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God
wherein ye stand.
		 -- 1 Peter 5:12
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The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you;
and so doth Marcus my son.
		 -- 1 Peter 5:13
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Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity.  Peace be with you all that
are in Christ Jesus.  Amen.
		 -- 1 Peter 5:14
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SIMON Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have
obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God
and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
		 -- 2 Peter 1:1
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Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God,
and of Jesus our Lord,
		 -- 2 Peter 1:2
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According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain
unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called
us to glory and virtue:
		 -- 2 Peter 1:3
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Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that
by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the
corruption that is in the world through lust.
		 -- 2 Peter 1:4
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And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to
virtue knowledge;
		 -- 2 Peter 1:5
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And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience
godliness;
		 -- 2 Peter 1:6
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And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
		 -- 2 Peter 1:7
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For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall
neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
		 -- 2 Peter 1:8
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But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off,
and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
		 -- 2 Peter 1:9
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Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and
election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
		 -- 2 Peter 1:10
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For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the
everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
		 -- 2 Peter 1:11
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Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of
these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present
truth.
		 -- 2 Peter 1:12
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Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you
up by putting you in remembrance;
		 -- 2 Peter 1:13
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Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord
Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
		 -- 2 Peter 1:14
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Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have
these things always in remembrance.
		 -- 2 Peter 1:15
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For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto
you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses
of his majesty.
		 -- 2 Peter 1:16
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For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came
such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased.
		 -- 2 Peter 1:17
%
And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him
in the holy mount.
		 -- 2 Peter 1:18
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We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye
take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day
dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
		 -- 2 Peter 1:19
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Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private
interpretation.
		 -- 2 Peter 1:20
%
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men
of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
		 -- 2 Peter 1:21
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BUT there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall
be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies,
even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift
destruction.
		 -- 2 Peter 2:1
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And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way
of truth shall be evil spoken of.
		 -- 2 Peter 2:2
%
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of
you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation
slumbereth not.
		 -- 2 Peter 2:3
%
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell,
and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
		 -- 2 Peter 2:4
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And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher
of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
		 -- 2 Peter 2:5
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And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them
with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should
live ungodly;
		 -- 2 Peter 2:6
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And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
		 -- 2 Peter 2:7
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(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing,
vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
		 -- 2 Peter 2:8
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The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to
reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
		 -- 2 Peter 2:9
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But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness,
and despise government.  Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are
not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
		 -- 2 Peter 2:10
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Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing
accusation against them before the Lord.
		 -- 2 Peter 2:11
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But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed,
speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly
perish in their own corruption;
		 -- 2 Peter 2:12
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And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count
it pleasure to riot in the day time.  Spots they are and blemishes,
sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
		 -- 2 Peter 2:13
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Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling
unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices;
cursed children:
		 -- 2 Peter 2:14
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Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the
way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
		 -- 2 Peter 2:15
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But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice
forbad the madness of the prophet.
		 -- 2 Peter 2:16
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These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest;
to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
		 -- 2 Peter 2:17
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For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through
the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean
escaped from them who live in error.
		 -- 2 Peter 2:18
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While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of
corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought
in bondage.
		 -- 2 Peter 2:19
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For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through
the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again
entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than
the beginning.
		 -- 2 Peter 2:20
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For it had been better for them not to have known the way of
righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy
commandment delivered unto them.
		 -- 2 Peter 2:21
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But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog
is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her
wallowing in the mire.
		 -- 2 Peter 2:22
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THIS second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir
up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
		 -- 2 Peter 3:1
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That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the
holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord
and Saviour:
		 -- 2 Peter 3:2
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Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers,
walking after their own lusts,
		 -- 2 Peter 3:3
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And saying, Where is the promise of his coming?  for since the fathers
fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of
the creation.
		 -- 2 Peter 3:4
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For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the
heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in
the water:
		 -- 2 Peter 3:5
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Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
		 -- 2 Peter 3:6
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But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept
in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition
of ungodly men.
		 -- 2 Peter 3:7
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But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with
the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
		 -- 2 Peter 3:8
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The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness;
but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish,
but that all should come to repentance.
		 -- 2 Peter 3:9
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But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which
the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein
shall be burned up.
		 -- 2 Peter 3:10
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Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of
persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
		 -- 2 Peter 3:11
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Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the
heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt
with fervent heat?
		 -- 2 Peter 3:12
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Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a
new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
		 -- 2 Peter 3:13
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Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent
that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
		 -- 2 Peter 3:14
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And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as
our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him
hath written unto you;
		 -- 2 Peter 3:15
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As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which
are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned
and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their
own destruction.
		 -- 2 Peter 3:16
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Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest
ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your
own stedfastness.
		 -- 2 Peter 3:17
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But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ.  To him be glory both now and for ever.  Amen.
		 -- 2 Peter 3:18
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THAT which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have
seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled,
of the Word of life;
		 -- 1 John 1:1
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(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness,
and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was
manifested unto us;)
		 -- 1 John 1:2
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That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may
have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father,
and with his Son Jesus Christ.
		 -- 1 John 1:3
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And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
		 -- 1 John 1:4
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This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you,
that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
		 -- 1 John 1:5
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If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie,
and do not the truth:
		 -- 1 John 1:6
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But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship
one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us
from all sin.
		 -- 1 John 1:7
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If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is
not in us.
		 -- 1 John 1:8
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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
		 -- 1 John 1:9
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If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is
not in us.
		 -- 1 John 1:10
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MY little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not.
And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ
the righteous:
		 -- 1 John 2:1
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And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also
for the sins of the whole world.
		 -- 1 John 2:2
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And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
		 -- 1 John 2:3
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He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar,
and the truth is not in him.
		 -- 1 John 2:4
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But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected:
hereby know we that we are in him.
		 -- 1 John 2:5
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He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as
he walked.
		 -- 1 John 2:6
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Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment
which ye had from the beginning.  The old commandment is the word which
ye have heard from the beginning.
		 -- 1 John 2:7
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Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him
and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
		 -- 1 John 2:8
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He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness
even until now.
		 -- 1 John 2:9
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He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none
occasion of stumbling in him.
		 -- 1 John 2:10
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But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness,
and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded
his eyes.
		 -- 1 John 2:11
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I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you
for his name's sake.
		 -- 1 John 2:12
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I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the
beginning.  I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the
wicked one.  I write unto you, little children, because ye have known
the Father.
		 -- 1 John 2:13
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I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from
the beginning.	I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong,
and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
		 -- 1 John 2:14
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Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.  If any
man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
		 -- 1 John 2:15
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For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the
eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
		 -- 1 John 2:16
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And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the
will of God abideth for ever.
		 -- 1 John 2:17
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Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist
shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that
it is the last time.
		 -- 1 John 2:18
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They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been
of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out,
that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
		 -- 1 John 2:19
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But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
		 -- 1 John 2:20
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I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because
ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
		 -- 1 John 2:21
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Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ?  He is
antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
		 -- 1 John 2:22
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Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] he that
acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
		 -- 1 John 2:23
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Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning.
If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you,
ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
		 -- 1 John 2:24
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And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
		 -- 1 John 2:25
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These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
		 -- 1 John 2:26
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But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye
need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you
of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught
you, ye shall abide in him.
		 -- 1 John 2:27
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And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear,
we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
		 -- 1 John 2:28
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If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth
righteousness is born of him.
		 -- 1 John 2:29
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BEHOLD, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we
should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not,
because it knew him not.
		 -- 1 John 3:1
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Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we
shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him;
for we shall see him as he is.
		 -- 1 John 3:2
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And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he
is pure.
		 -- 1 John 3:3
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Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the
transgression of the law.
		 -- 1 John 3:4
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And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is
no sin.
		 -- 1 John 3:5
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Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him,
neither known him.
		 -- 1 John 3:6
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Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is
righteous, even as he is righteous.
		 -- 1 John 3:7
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He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from
the beginning.	For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he
might destroy the works of the devil.
		 -- 1 John 3:8
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Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in
him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
		 -- 1 John 3:9
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In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil:
whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth
not his brother.
		 -- 1 John 3:10
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For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should
love one another.
		 -- 1 John 3:11
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Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother.
And wherefore slew he him?  Because his own works were evil, and his
brother's righteous.
		 -- 1 John 3:12
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Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
		 -- 1 John 3:13
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We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the
brethren.  He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
		 -- 1 John 3:14
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Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer
hath eternal life abiding in him.
		 -- 1 John 3:15
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Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us:
and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
		 -- 1 John 3:16
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But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and
shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of
God in him?
		 -- 1 John 3:17
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My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in
deed and in truth.
		 -- 1 John 3:18
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And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts
before him.
		 -- 1 John 3:19
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For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth
all things.
		 -- 1 John 3:20
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Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
		 -- 1 John 3:21
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And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his
commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
		 -- 1 John 3:22
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And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his
Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
		 -- 1 John 3:23
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And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And
hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath
given us.
		 -- 1 John 3:24
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BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are
of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
		 -- 1 John 4:1
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Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that
Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
		 -- 1 John 4:2
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And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the
flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye
have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
		 -- 1 John 4:3
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Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater
is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
		 -- 1 John 4:4
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They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world
heareth them.
		 -- 1 John 4:5
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We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God
heareth not us.  Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit
of error.
		 -- 1 John 4:6
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Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that
loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
		 -- 1 John 4:7
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He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
		 -- 1 John 4:8
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In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent
his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
		 -- 1 John 4:9
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Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent
his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
		 -- 1 John 4:10
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Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
		 -- 1 John 4:11
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No man hath seen God at any time.  If we love one another, God dwelleth
in us, and his love is perfected in us.
		 -- 1 John 4:12
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Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given
us of his Spirit.
		 -- 1 John 4:13
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And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the
Saviour of the world.
		 -- 1 John 4:14
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Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him,
and he in God.
		 -- 1 John 4:15
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And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us.  God is love;
and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
		 -- 1 John 4:16
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Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day
of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
		 -- 1 John 4:17
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There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because
fear hath torment.  He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
		 -- 1 John 4:18
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We love him, because he first loved us.
		 -- 1 John 4:19
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If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he
that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom
he hath not seen?
		 -- 1 John 4:20
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And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his
brother also.
		 -- 1 John 4:21
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WHOSOEVER believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every
one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
		 -- 1 John 5:1
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By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God,
and keep his commandments.
		 -- 1 John 5:2
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For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his
commandments are not grievous.
		 -- 1 John 5:3
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For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the
victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
		 -- 1 John 5:4
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Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus
is the Son of God?
		 -- 1 John 5:5
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This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water
only, but by water and blood.  And it is the Spirit that beareth witness,
because the Spirit is truth.
		 -- 1 John 5:6
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For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word,
and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
		 -- 1 John 5:7
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And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water,
and the blood: and these three agree in one.
		 -- 1 John 5:8
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If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for
this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
		 -- 1 John 5:9
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He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he
that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not
the record that God gave of his Son.
		 -- 1 John 5:10
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And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this
life is in his Son.
		 -- 1 John 5:11
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He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath
not life.
		 -- 1 John 5:12
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These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the
Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may
believe on the name of the Son of God.
		 -- 1 John 5:13
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And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any
thing according to his will, he heareth us:
		 -- 1 John 5:14
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And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have
the petitions that we desired of him.
		 -- 1 John 5:15
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If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall
ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death.
There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
		 -- 1 John 5:16
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All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
		 -- 1 John 5:17
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We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten
of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
		 -- 1 John 5:18
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And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
		 -- 1 John 5:19
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And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an
understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him
that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ.  This is the true God,
and eternal life.
		 -- 1 John 5:20
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Little children, keep yourselves from idols.  Amen.
		 -- 1 John 5:21
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THE elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth;
and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
		 -- 2 John 1:1
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For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
		 -- 2 John 1:2
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Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the
Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
		 -- 2 John 1:3
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I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we
have received a commandment from the Father.
		 -- 2 John 1:4
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And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto
thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
		 -- 2 John 1:5
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And this is love, that we walk after his commandments.	This is the
commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk
in it.
		 -- 2 John 1:6
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For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that
Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.  This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
		 -- 2 John 1:7
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Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought,
but that we receive a full reward.
		 -- 2 John 1:8
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Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ,
hath not God.  He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both
the Father and the Son.
		 -- 2 John 1:9
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If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him
not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
		 -- 2 John 1:10
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For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
		 -- 2 John 1:11
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Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and
ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy
may be full.
		 -- 2 John 1:12
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The children of thy elect sister greet thee.  Amen.
		 -- 2 John 1:13
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THE elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
		 -- 3 John 1:1
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Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in
health, even as thy soul prospereth.
		 -- 3 John 1:2
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For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the
truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
		 -- 3 John 1:3
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I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
		 -- 3 John 1:4
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Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren,
and to strangers;
		 -- 3 John 1:5
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Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou
bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:
		 -- 3 John 1:6
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Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of
the Gentiles.
		 -- 3 John 1:7
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We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to
the truth.
		 -- 3 John 1:8
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I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the
preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
		 -- 3 John 1:9
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Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating
against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither
doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would,
and casteth them out of the church.
		 -- 3 John 1:10
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Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good.  He that
doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
		 -- 3 John 1:11
%
Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea,
and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true.
		 -- 3 John 1:12
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I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write
unto thee:
		 -- 3 John 1:13
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But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face.
Peace be to thee.  Our friends salute thee.  Greet the friends by name.
		 -- 3 John 1:14
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JUDE, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are
sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
		 -- Jude 1:1
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Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
		 -- Jude 1:2
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Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common
salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that
ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto
the saints.
		 -- Jude 1:3
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For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old
ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our
God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord
Jesus Christ.
		 -- Jude 1:4
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I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this,
how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt,
afterward destroyed them that believed not.
		 -- Jude 1:5
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And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own
habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto
the judgment of the great day.
		 -- Jude 1:6
%
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner,
giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh,
are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
		 -- Jude 1:7
%
Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion,
and speak evil of dignities.
		 -- Jude 1:8
%
Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed
about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation,
but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
		 -- Jude 1:9
%
But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they
know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
		 -- Jude 1:10
%
Woe unto them!	for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily
after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying
of Core.
		 -- Jude 1:11
%
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you,
feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried
about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead,
plucked up by the roots;
		 -- Jude 1:12
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Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars,
to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
		 -- Jude 1:13
%
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying,
Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
		 -- Jude 1:14
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To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among
them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and
of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
		 -- Jude 1:15
%
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their
mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration
because of advantage.
		 -- Jude 1:16
%
But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the
apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
		 -- Jude 1:17
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How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who
should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
		 -- Jude 1:18
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These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
		 -- Jude 1:19
%
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying
in the Holy Ghost,
		 -- Jude 1:20
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Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord
Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
		 -- Jude 1:21
%
And of some have compassion, making a difference:
		 -- Jude 1:22
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And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even
the garment spotted by the flesh.
		 -- Jude 1:23
%
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you
faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
		 -- Jude 1:24
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To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and
power, both now and ever.  Amen.
		 -- Jude 1:25
%
THE Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto
his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and
signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
		 -- Revelation 1:1
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Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ,
and of all things that he saw.
		 -- Revelation 1:2
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Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy,
and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
		 -- Revelation 1:3
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JOHN to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and
peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from
the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
		 -- Revelation 1:4
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And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten
of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.	Unto him that
loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
		 -- Revelation 1:5
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And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be
glory and dominion for ever and ever.  Amen.
		 -- Revelation 1:6
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Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they
also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because
of him.  Even so, Amen.
		 -- Revelation 1:7
%
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord,
which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
		 -- Revelation 1:8
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I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in
the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called
Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
		 -- Revelation 1:9
%
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice,
as of a trumpet,
		 -- Revelation 1:10
%
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou
seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in
Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira,
and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
		 -- Revelation 1:11
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And I turned to see the voice that spake with me.  And being turned,
I saw seven golden candlesticks;
		 -- Revelation 1:12
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And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man,
clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with
a golden girdle.
		 -- Revelation 1:13
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His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his
eyes were as a flame of fire;
		 -- Revelation 1:14
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And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace;
and his voice as the sound of many waters.
		 -- Revelation 1:15
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And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went
a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in
his strength.
		 -- Revelation 1:16
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And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead.  And he laid his right
hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
		 -- Revelation 1:17
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I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore,
Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
		 -- Revelation 1:18
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Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and
the things which shall be hereafter;
		 -- Revelation 1:19
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The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and
the seven golden candlesticks.	The seven stars are the angels of the
seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the
seven churches.
		 -- Revelation 1:20
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UNTO the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that
holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of
the seven golden candlesticks;
		 -- Revelation 2:1
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I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst
not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they
are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
		 -- Revelation 2:2
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And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured,
and hast not fainted.
		 -- Revelation 2:3
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Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy
first love.
		 -- Revelation 2:4
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Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the
first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy
candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
		 -- Revelation 2:5
%
But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans,
which I also hate.
		 -- Revelation 2:6
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He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches;
To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is
in the midst of the paradise of God.
		 -- Revelation 2:7
%
And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith
the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
		 -- Revelation 2:8
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I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich)
and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not,
but are the synagogue of Satan.
		 -- Revelation 2:9
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Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil
shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall
have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give
thee a crown of life.
		 -- Revelation 2:10
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He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches;
He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
		 -- Revelation 2:11
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And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he
which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
		 -- Revelation 2:12
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I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is:
and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in
those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among
you, where Satan dwelleth.
		 -- Revelation 2:13
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But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that
hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock
before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols,
and to commit fornication.
		 -- Revelation 2:14
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So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which
thing I hate.
		 -- Revelation 2:15
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Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against
them with the sword of my mouth.
		 -- Revelation 2:16
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He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches;
To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will
give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no
man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
		 -- Revelation 2:17
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And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith
the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his
feet are like fine brass;
		 -- Revelation 2:18
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I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience,
and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.
		 -- Revelation 2:19
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Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest
that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to
seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed
unto idols.
		 -- Revelation 2:20
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And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
		 -- Revelation 2:21
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Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with
her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
		 -- Revelation 2:22
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And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know
that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto
every one of you according to your works.
		 -- Revelation 2:23
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But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not
this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they
speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
		 -- Revelation 2:24
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But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.
		 -- Revelation 2:25
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And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will
I give power over the nations:
		 -- Revelation 2:26
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And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter
shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
		 -- Revelation 2:27
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And I will give him the morning star.
		 -- Revelation 2:28
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He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
		 -- Revelation 2:29
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AND unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he
that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works,
that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
		 -- Revelation 3:1
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Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to
die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
		 -- Revelation 3:2
%
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast,
and repent.  If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as
a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
		 -- Revelation 3:3
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Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their
garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
		 -- Revelation 3:4
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He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I
will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess
his name before my Father, and before his angels.
		 -- Revelation 3:5
%
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
		 -- Revelation 3:6
%
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things
saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David,
he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
		 -- Revelation 3:7
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I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no
man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word,
and hast not denied my name.
		 -- Revelation 3:8
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Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are
Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and
worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
		 -- Revelation 3:9
%
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee
from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to
try them that dwell upon the earth.
		 -- Revelation 3:10
%
Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take
thy crown.
		 -- Revelation 3:11
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Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and
he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God,
and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh
down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
		 -- Revelation 3:12
%
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
		 -- Revelation 3:13
%
And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things
saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the
creation of God;
		 -- Revelation 3:14
%
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert
cold or hot.
		 -- Revelation 3:15
%
So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue
thee out of my mouth.
		 -- Revelation 3:16
%
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of
nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor,
and blind, and naked:
		 -- Revelation 3:17
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I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be
rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame
of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve,
that thou mayest see.
		 -- Revelation 3:18
%
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
		 -- Revelation 3:19
%
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open
the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
		 -- Revelation 3:20
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To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even
as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
		 -- Revelation 3:21
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He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
		 -- Revelation 3:22
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AFTER this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the
first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me;
which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must
be hereafter.
		 -- Revelation 4:1
%
And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in
heaven, and one sat on the throne.
		 -- Revelation 4:2
%
And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and
there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
		 -- Revelation 4:3
%
And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the
seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment;
and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
		 -- Revelation 4:4
%
And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices:
and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are
the seven Spirits of God.
		 -- Revelation 4:5
%
And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and
in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts
full of eyes before and behind.
		 -- Revelation 4:6
%
And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf,
and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like
a flying eagle.
		 -- Revelation 4:7
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And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were
full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy,
holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
		 -- Revelation 4:8
%
And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat
on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
		 -- Revelation 4:9
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The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne,
and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns
before the throne, saying,
		 -- Revelation 4:10
%
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou
hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
		 -- Revelation 4:11
%
AND I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written
within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
		 -- Revelation 5:1
%
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy
to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
		 -- Revelation 5:2
%
And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able
to open the book, neither to look thereon.
		 -- Revelation 5:3
%
And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read
the book, neither to look thereon.
		 -- Revelation 5:4
%
And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of
the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book,
and to loose the seven seals thereof.
		 -- Revelation 5:5
%
And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts,
and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain,
having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God
sent forth into all the earth.
		 -- Revelation 5:6
%
And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon
the throne.
		 -- Revelation 5:7
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And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty
elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and
golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
		 -- Revelation 5:8
%
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and
to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to
God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
		 -- Revelation 5:9
%
And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on
the earth.
		 -- Revelation 5:10
%
And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne
and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand
times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
		 -- Revelation 5:11
%
Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive
power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory,
and blessing.
		 -- Revelation 5:12
%
And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the
earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I
saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that
sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
		 -- Revelation 5:13
%
And the four beasts said, Amen.  And the four and twenty elders fell
down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
		 -- Revelation 5:14
%
AND I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were
the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
		 -- Revelation 6:1
%
And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and
a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
		 -- Revelation 6:2
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And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say,
Come and see.
		 -- Revelation 6:3
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And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to
him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should
kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
		 -- Revelation 6:4
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And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say,
Come and see.  And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on
him had a pair of balances in his hand.
		 -- Revelation 6:5
%
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of
wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see
thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
		 -- Revelation 6:6
%
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth
beast say, Come and see.
		 -- Revelation 6:7
%
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him
was Death, and Hell followed with him.	And power was given unto them
over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger,
and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
		 -- Revelation 6:8
%
And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls
of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which
they held:
		 -- Revelation 6:9
%
And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true,
dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
		 -- Revelation 6:10
%
And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said
unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their
fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they
were, should be fulfilled.
		 -- Revelation 6:11
%
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a
great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and
the moon became as blood;
		 -- Revelation 6:12
%
And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth
her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
		 -- Revelation 6:13
%
And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and
every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
		 -- Revelation 6:14
%
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the
chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man,
hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
		 -- Revelation 6:15
%
And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the
face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
		 -- Revelation 6:16
%
For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
		 -- Revelation 6:17
%
AND after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners
of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should
not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
		 -- Revelation 7:1
%
And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the
living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom
it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
		 -- Revelation 7:2
%
Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have
sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
		 -- Revelation 7:3
%
And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed
an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children
of Israel.
		 -- Revelation 7:4
%
Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand.  Of the tribe of
Reuben were sealed twelve thousand.  Of the tribe of Gad were sealed
twelve thousand.
		 -- Revelation 7:5
%
Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand.  Of the tribe of
Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand.	Of the tribe of Manasses were
sealed twelve thousand.
		 -- Revelation 7:6
%
Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand.  Of the tribe of
Levi were sealed twelve thousand.  Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed
twelve thousand.
		 -- Revelation 7:7
%
Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand.  Of the tribe of
Joseph were sealed twelve thousand.  Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed
twelve thousand.
		 -- Revelation 7:8
%
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could
number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood
before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and
palms in their hands;
		 -- Revelation 7:9
%
And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth
upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
		 -- Revelation 7:10
%
And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders
and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and
worshipped God,
		 -- Revelation 7:11
%
Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and
honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever.  Amen.
		 -- Revelation 7:12
%
And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which
are arrayed in white robes?  and whence came they?
		 -- Revelation 7:13
%
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest.  And he said to me, These are
they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes,
and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
		 -- Revelation 7:14
%
Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night
in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
		 -- Revelation 7:15
%
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the
sun light on them, nor any heat.
		 -- Revelation 7:16
%
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and
shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes.
		 -- Revelation 7:17
%
AND when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven
about the space of half an hour.
		 -- Revelation 8:1
%
And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were
given seven trumpets.
		 -- Revelation 8:2
%
And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the
prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
		 -- Revelation 8:3
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And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints,
ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
		 -- Revelation 8:4
%
And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings,
and lightnings, and an earthquake.
		 -- Revelation 8:5
%
And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves
to sound.
		 -- Revelation 8:6
%
The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with
blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees
was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
		 -- Revelation 8:7
%
And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with
fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
		 -- Revelation 8:8
%
And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life,
died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
		 -- Revelation 8:9
%
And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven,
burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers,
and upon the fountains of waters;
		 -- Revelation 8:10
%
And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the
waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they
were made bitter.
		 -- Revelation 8:11
%
And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten,
and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as
the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third
part of it, and the night likewise.
		 -- Revelation 8:12
%
And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven,
saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth
by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which
are yet to sound!
		 -- Revelation 8:13
%
AND the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the
earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
		 -- Revelation 9:1
%
And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit,
as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened
by reason of the smoke of the pit.
		 -- Revelation 9:2
%
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them
was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
		 -- Revelation 9:3
%
And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the
earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men
which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
		 -- Revelation 9:4
%
And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they
should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment
of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
		 -- Revelation 9:5
%
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall
desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
		 -- Revelation 9:6
%
And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle;
and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces
were as the faces of men.
		 -- Revelation 9:7
%
And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the
teeth of lions.
		 -- Revelation 9:8
%
And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the
sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running
to battle.
		 -- Revelation 9:9
%
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their
tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
		 -- Revelation 9:10
%
And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit,
whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath
his name Apollyon.
		 -- Revelation 9:11
%
One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
		 -- Revelation 9:12
%
And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of
the golden altar which is before God,
		 -- Revelation 9:13
%
Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels
which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
		 -- Revelation 9:14
%
And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and
a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
		 -- Revelation 9:15
%
And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand
thousand: and I heard the number of them.
		 -- Revelation 9:16
%
And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them,
having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads
of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued
fire and smoke and brimstone.
		 -- Revelation 9:17
%
By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by
the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
		 -- Revelation 9:18
%
For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails
were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
		 -- Revelation 9:19
%
And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet
repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship
devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood:
which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
		 -- Revelation 9:20
%
Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of
their fornication, nor of their thefts.
		 -- Revelation 9:21
%
AND I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a
cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the
sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
		 -- Revelation 10:1
%
And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot
upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
		 -- Revelation 10:2
%
And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had
cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
		 -- Revelation 10:3
%
And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to
write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those
things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
		 -- Revelation 10:4
%
And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted
up his hand to heaven,
		 -- Revelation 10:5
%
And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and
the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein
are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should
be time no longer:
		 -- Revelation 10:6
%
But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin
to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to
his servants the prophets.
		 -- Revelation 10:7
%
And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said,
Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which
standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.
		 -- Revelation 10:8
%
And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book.
And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly
bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
		 -- Revelation 10:9
%
And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up;
and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it,
my belly was bitter.
		 -- Revelation 10:10
%
And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples,
and nations, and tongues, and kings.
		 -- Revelation 10:11
%
AND there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood,
saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them
that worship therein.
		 -- Revelation 11:1
%
But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not;
for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread
under foot forty and two months.
		 -- Revelation 11:2
%
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a
thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
		 -- Revelation 11:3
%
These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before
the God of the earth.
		 -- Revelation 11:4
%
And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and
devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this
manner be killed.
		 -- Revelation 11:5
%
These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their
prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite
the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
		 -- Revelation 11:6
%
And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that
ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and
shall overcome them, and kill them.
		 -- Revelation 11:7
%
And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which
spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
		 -- Revelation 11:8
%
And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see
their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their
dead bodies to be put in graves.
		 -- Revelation 11:9
%
And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make
merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets
tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
		 -- Revelation 11:10
%
And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered
into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them
which saw them.
		 -- Revelation 11:11
%
And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither.
And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
		 -- Revelation 11:12
%
And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of
the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand:
and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
		 -- Revelation 11:13
%
The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
		 -- Revelation 11:14
%
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven,
saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord,
and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
		 -- Revelation 11:15
%
And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats,
fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
		 -- Revelation 11:16
%
Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast,
and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and
hast reigned.
		 -- Revelation 11:17
%
And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the
dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto
thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name,
small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
		 -- Revelation 11:18
%
And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his
temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices,
and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
		 -- Revelation 11:19
%
AND there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun,
and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
		 -- Revelation 12:1
%
And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to
be delivered.
		 -- Revelation 12:2
%
And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red
dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
		 -- Revelation 12:3
%
And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast
them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready
to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
		 -- Revelation 12:4
%
And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a
rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
		 -- Revelation 12:5
%
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared
of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and
threescore days.
		 -- Revelation 12:6
%
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the
dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
		 -- Revelation 12:7
%
And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
		 -- Revelation 12:8
%
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil,
and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the
earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
		 -- Revelation 12:9
%
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and
strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for
the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our
God day and night.
		 -- Revelation 12:10
%
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their
testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
		 -- Revelation 12:11
%
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them.  Woe to the
inhabiters of the earth and of the sea!  for the devil is come down unto
you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
		 -- Revelation 12:12
%
And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted
the woman which brought forth the man child.
		 -- Revelation 12:13
%
And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might
fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a
time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
		 -- Revelation 12:14
%
And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman,
that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
		 -- Revelation 12:15
%
And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and
swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
		 -- Revelation 12:16
%
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the
remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
		 -- Revelation 12:17
%
AND I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the
sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns,
and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
		 -- Revelation 13:1
%
And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as
the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon
gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
		 -- Revelation 13:2
%
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly
wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
		 -- Revelation 13:3
%
And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they
worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast?  who is able
to make war with him?
		 -- Revelation 13:4
%
And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and
blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two
months.
		 -- Revelation 13:5
%
And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name,
and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
		 -- Revelation 13:6
%
And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome
them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
		 -- Revelation 13:7
%
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are
not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation
of the world.
		 -- Revelation 13:8
%
If any man have an ear, let him hear.
		 -- Revelation 13:9
%
He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth
with the sword must be killed with the sword.  Here is the patience and
the faith of the saints.
		 -- Revelation 13:10
%
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two
horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
		 -- Revelation 13:11
%
And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and
causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast,
whose deadly wound was healed.
		 -- Revelation 13:12
%
And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven
on the earth in the sight of men,
		 -- Revelation 13:13
%
And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles
which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that
dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which
had the wound by a sword, and did live.
		 -- Revelation 13:14
%
And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the
image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would
not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
		 -- Revelation 13:15
%
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond,
to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
		 -- Revelation 13:16
%
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the
name of the beast, or the number of his name.
		 -- Revelation 13:17
%
Here is wisdom.  Let him that hath understanding count the number of
the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred
threescore and six.
		 -- Revelation 13:18
%
AND I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an
hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in
their foreheads.
		 -- Revelation 14:1
%
And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the
voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with
their harps:
		 -- Revelation 14:2
%
And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the
four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the
hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
		 -- Revelation 14:3
%
These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins.
These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.  These were
redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
		 -- Revelation 14:4
%
And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before
the throne of God.
		 -- Revelation 14:5
%
And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting
gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation,
and kindred, and tongue, and people,
		 -- Revelation 14:6
%
Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour
of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth,
and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
		 -- Revelation 14:7
%
And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen,
that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the
wrath of her fornication.
		 -- Revelation 14:8
%
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man
worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead,
or in his hand,
		 -- Revelation 14:9
%
The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured
out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be
tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels,
and in the presence of the Lamb:
		 -- Revelation 14:10
%
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and
they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image,
and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
		 -- Revelation 14:11
%
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the
commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
		 -- Revelation 14:12
%
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are
the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit,
that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
		 -- Revelation 14:13
%
And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like
unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand
a sharp sickle.
		 -- Revelation 14:14
%
And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to
him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time
is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
		 -- Revelation 14:15
%
And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the
earth was reaped.
		 -- Revelation 14:16
%
And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also
having a sharp sickle.
		 -- Revelation 14:17
%
And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire;
and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying,
Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the
earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
		 -- Revelation 14:18
%
And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine
of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
		 -- Revelation 14:19
%
And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of
the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand
and six hundred furlongs.
		 -- Revelation 14:20
%
AND I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels
having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
		 -- Revelation 15:1
%
And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that
had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over
his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass,
having the harps of God.
		 -- Revelation 15:2
%
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the
Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty;
just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
		 -- Revelation 15:3
%
Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name?	for thou only
art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy
judgments are made manifest.
		 -- Revelation 15:4
%
And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of
the testimony in heaven was opened:
		 -- Revelation 15:5
%
And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues,
clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with
golden girdles.
		 -- Revelation 15:6
%
And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials
full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.
		 -- Revelation 15:7
%
And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from
his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven
plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
		 -- Revelation 15:8
%
AND I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels,
Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
		 -- Revelation 16:1
%
And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there
fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the
beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
		 -- Revelation 16:2
%
And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as
the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
		 -- Revelation 16:3
%
And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains
of waters; and they became blood.
		 -- Revelation 16:4
%
And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord,
which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
		 -- Revelation 16:5
%
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given
them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
		 -- Revelation 16:6
%
And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty,
true and righteous are thy judgments.
		 -- Revelation 16:7
%
And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was
given unto him to scorch men with fire.
		 -- Revelation 16:8
%
And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God,
which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give
him glory.
		 -- Revelation 16:9
%
And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and
his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
		 -- Revelation 16:10
%
And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores,
and repented not of their deeds.
		 -- Revelation 16:11
%
And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;
and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the
east might be prepared.
		 -- Revelation 16:12
%
And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the
dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the
false prophet.
		 -- Revelation 16:13
%
For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth
unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to
the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
		 -- Revelation 16:14
%
Behold, I come as a thief.  Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth
his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
		 -- Revelation 16:15
%
And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue
Armageddon.
		 -- Revelation 16:16
%
And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came
a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying,
It is done.
		 -- Revelation 16:17
%
And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a
great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so
mighty an earthquake, and so great.
		 -- Revelation 16:18
%
And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the
nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give
unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
		 -- Revelation 16:19
%
And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
		 -- Revelation 16:20
%
And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about
the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of
the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
		 -- Revelation 16:21
%
AND there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and
talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the
judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
		 -- Revelation 17:1
%
With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the
inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her
fornication.
		 -- Revelation 17:2
%
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a
woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy,
having seven heads and ten horns.
		 -- Revelation 17:3
%
And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with
gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand
full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
		 -- Revelation 17:4
%
And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
		 -- Revelation 17:5
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And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with
the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with
great admiration.
		 -- Revelation 17:6
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And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel?  I will tell
thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her,
which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
		 -- Revelation 17:7
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The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the
bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth
shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the
foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not,
and yet is.
		 -- Revelation 17:8
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And here is the mind which hath wisdom.  The seven heads are seven
mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
		 -- Revelation 17:9
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And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other
is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
		 -- Revelation 17:10
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And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of
the seven, and goeth into perdition.
		 -- Revelation 17:11
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And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received
no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
		 -- Revelation 17:12
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These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto
the beast.
		 -- Revelation 17:13
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These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them:
for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him
are called, and chosen, and faithful.
		 -- Revelation 17:14
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And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore
sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
		 -- Revelation 17:15
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And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the
whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh,
and burn her with fire.
		 -- Revelation 17:16
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For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree,
and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall
be fulfilled.
		 -- Revelation 17:17
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And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over
the kings of the earth.
		 -- Revelation 17:18
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AND after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having
great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
		 -- Revelation 18:1
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And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is
fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold
of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
		 -- Revelation 18:2
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For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication,
and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and
the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of
her delicacies.
		 -- Revelation 18:3
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And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my
people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not
of her plagues.
		 -- Revelation 18:4
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For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her
iniquities.
		 -- Revelation 18:5
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Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according
to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
		 -- Revelation 18:6
%
How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much
torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen,
and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
		 -- Revelation 18:7
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Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and
famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the
Lord God who judgeth her.
		 -- Revelation 18:8
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And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived
deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they
shall see the smoke of her burning,
		 -- Revelation 18:9
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Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas,
that great city Babylon, that mighty city!  for in one hour is thy
judgment come.
		 -- Revelation 18:10
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And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no
man buyeth their merchandise any more:
		 -- Revelation 18:11
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The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls,
and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood,
and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious
wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
		 -- Revelation 18:12
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And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine,
and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses,
and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
		 -- Revelation 18:13
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And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee,
and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee,
and thou shalt find them no more at all.
		 -- Revelation 18:14
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The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand
afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
		 -- Revelation 18:15
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And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen,
and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones,
and pearls!
		 -- Revelation 18:16
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For in one hour so great riches is come to nought.  And every shipmaster,
and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea,
stood afar off,
		 -- Revelation 18:17
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And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is
like unto this great city!
		 -- Revelation 18:18
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And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing,
saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that
had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness!  for in one hour is
she made desolate.
		 -- Revelation 18:19
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Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for
God hath avenged you on her.
		 -- Revelation 18:20
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And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it
into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon
be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
		 -- Revelation 18:21
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And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters,
shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever
craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone
shall be heard no more at all in thee;
		 -- Revelation 18:22
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And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the
voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all
in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy
sorceries were all nations deceived.
		 -- Revelation 18:23
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And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all
that were slain upon the earth.
		 -- Revelation 18:24
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AND after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven,
saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the
Lord our God:
		 -- Revelation 19:1
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For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great
whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged
the blood of his servants at her hand.
		 -- Revelation 19:2
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And again they said, Alleluia.	And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.
		 -- Revelation 19:3
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And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and
worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.
		 -- Revelation 19:4
%
And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his
servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
		 -- Revelation 19:5
%
And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice
of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia:
for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
		 -- Revelation 19:6
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Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of
the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
		 -- Revelation 19:7
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And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean
and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
		 -- Revelation 19:8
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And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the
marriage supper of the Lamb.  And he saith unto me, These are the true
sayings of God.
		 -- Revelation 19:9
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And I fell at his feet to worship him.	And he said unto me, See thou
do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the
testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit
of prophecy.
		 -- Revelation 19:10
%
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon
him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge
and make war.
		 -- Revelation 19:11
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His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns;
and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
		 -- Revelation 19:12
%
And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called
The Word of God.
		 -- Revelation 19:13
%
And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
		 -- Revelation 19:14
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And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite
the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth
the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
		 -- Revelation 19:15
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And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS,
AND LORD OF LORDS.
		 -- Revelation 19:16
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And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice,
saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather
yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
		 -- Revelation 19:17
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That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the
flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on
them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
		 -- Revelation 19:18
%
And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies,
gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and
against his army.
		 -- Revelation 19:19
%
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought
miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the
mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image.	These both were
cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
		 -- Revelation 19:20
%
And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse,
which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled
with their flesh.
		 -- Revelation 19:21
%
AND I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless
pit and a great chain in his hand.
		 -- Revelation 20:1
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And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil,
and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
		 -- Revelation 20:2
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And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon
him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years
should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
		 -- Revelation 20:3
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And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto
them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of
Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast,
neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or
in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
		 -- Revelation 20:4
%
But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were
finished.  This is the first resurrection.
		 -- Revelation 20:5
%
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such
the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of
Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
		 -- Revelation 20:6
%
And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of
his prison,
		 -- Revelation 20:7
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And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of
the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number
of whom is as the sand of the sea.
		 -- Revelation 20:8
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And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of
the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out
of heaven, and devoured them.
		 -- Revelation 20:9
%
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and
brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be
tormented day and night for ever and ever.
		 -- Revelation 20:10
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And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face
the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
		 -- Revelation 20:11
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And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books
were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life:
and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the
books, according to their works.
		 -- Revelation 20:12
%
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell
delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every
man according to their works.
		 -- Revelation 20:13
%
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire.  This is the second
death.
		 -- Revelation 20:14
%
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into
the lake of fire.
		 -- Revelation 20:15
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AND I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the
first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
		 -- Revelation 21:1
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And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out
of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
		 -- Revelation 21:2
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And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle
of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his
people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
		 -- Revelation 21:3
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And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be
no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any
more pain: for the former things are passed away.
		 -- Revelation 21:4
%
And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.
And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
		 -- Revelation 21:5
%
And he said unto me, It is done.  I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning
and the end.  I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of
the water of life freely.
		 -- Revelation 21:6
%
He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God,
and he shall be my son.
		 -- Revelation 21:7
%
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers,
and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall
have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone:
which is the second death.
		 -- Revelation 21:8
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And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials
full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither,
I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
		 -- Revelation 21:9
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And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and
shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven
from God,
		 -- Revelation 21:10
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Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most
precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
		 -- Revelation 21:11
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And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates
twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the
twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
		 -- Revelation 21:12
%
On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three
gates; and on the west three gates.
		 -- Revelation 21:13
%
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names
of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
		 -- Revelation 21:14
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And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and
the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
		 -- Revelation 21:15
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And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth:
and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs.
The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
		 -- Revelation 21:16
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And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits,
according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
		 -- Revelation 21:17
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And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure
gold, like unto clear glass.
		 -- Revelation 21:18
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And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all
manner of precious stones.  The first foundation was jasper; the second,
sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
		 -- Revelation 21:19
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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.
		 -- Revelation 21:20
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And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one
pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent
glass.
		 -- Revelation 21:21
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And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are
the temple of it.
		 -- Revelation 21:22
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And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it:
for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
		 -- Revelation 21:23
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And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it:
and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
		 -- Revelation 21:24
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And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be
no night there.
		 -- Revelation 21:25
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And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
		 -- Revelation 21:26
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And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth,
neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which
are written in the Lamb's book of life.
		 -- Revelation 21:27
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AND he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal,
proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
		 -- Revelation 22:1
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In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was
there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded
her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing
of the nations.
		 -- Revelation 22:2
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And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb
shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
		 -- Revelation 22:3
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And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
		 -- Revelation 22:4
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And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither
light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall
reign for ever and ever.
		 -- Revelation 22:5
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And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord
God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the
things which must shortly be done.
		 -- Revelation 22:6
%
Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the
prophecy of this book.
		 -- Revelation 22:7
%
And I John saw these things, and heard them.  And when I had heard and
seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed
me these things.
		 -- Revelation 22:8
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Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant,
and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of
this book: worship God.
		 -- Revelation 22:9
%
And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book:
for the time is at hand.
		 -- Revelation 22:10
%
He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy,
let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous
still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
		 -- Revelation 22:11
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And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every
man according as his work shall be.
		 -- Revelation 22:12
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I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
		 -- Revelation 22:13
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Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to
the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
		 -- Revelation 22:14
%
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers,
and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
		 -- Revelation 22:15
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I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the
churches.  I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and
morning star.
		 -- Revelation 22:16
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And the Spirit and the bride say, Come.  And let him that heareth say,
Come.  And let him that is athirst come.  And whosoever will, let him
take the water of life freely.
		 -- Revelation 22:17
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For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of
this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto
him the plagues that are written in this book:
		 -- Revelation 22:18
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And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this
prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out
of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
		 -- Revelation 22:19
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He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly.	Amen.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
		 -- Revelation 22:20
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.  Amen.
		 -- Revelation 22:21
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I, Nephi, having been born of goodly parents, therefore I was taught
somewhat in all the learning of my father; and having seen many
afflictions in the course of my days, nevertheless, having been highly
favored of the Lord in all my days; yea, having had a great knowledge
of the goodness and the mysteries of God, therefore I make a record of
my proceedings in my days.
		 -- 1 Nephi 1:1
%
Yea, I make a record in the language of my father, which consists of
the learning of the Jews and the language of the Egyptians.
		 -- 1 Nephi 1:2
%
And I know that the record which I make is true; and I make it with mine
own hand; and I make it according to my knowledge.
		 -- 1 Nephi 1:3
%
For it came to pass in the commencement of the first year of the reign
of Zedekiah, king of Judah, (my father, Lehi, having dwelt at Jerusalem
in all his days); and in that same year there came many prophets,
prophesying unto the people that they must repent, or the great city
Jerusalem must be destroyed.
		 -- 1 Nephi 1:4
%
Wherefore it came to pass that my father, Lehi, as he went forth prayed
unto the Lord, yea, even with all his heart, in behalf of his people.
		 -- 1 Nephi 1:5
%
And it came to pass as he prayed unto the Lord, there came a pillar of
fire and dwelt upon a rock before him; and he saw and heard much; and
because of the things which he saw and heard he did quake and tremble
exceedingly.
		 -- 1 Nephi 1:6
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And it came to pass that he returned to his own house at Jerusalem;
and he cast himself upon his bed, being overcome with the Spirit and
the things which he had seen.
		 -- 1 Nephi 1:7
%
And being thus overcome with the Spirit, he was carried away in a vision,
even that he saw the heavens open, and he thought he saw God sitting
upon his throne, surrounded with numberless concourses of angels in the
attitude of singing and praising their God.
		 -- 1 Nephi 1:8
%
And it came to pass that he saw One descending out of the midst of heaven,
and he beheld that his luster was above that of the sun at noon-day.
		 -- 1 Nephi 1:9
%
And he also saw twelve others following him, and their brightness did
exceed that of the stars in the firmament.
		 -- 1 Nephi 1:10
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And they came down and went forth upon the face of the earth; and the
first came and stood before my father, and gave unto him a book, and
bade him that he should read.
		 -- 1 Nephi 1:11
%
And it came to pass that as he read, he was filled with the Spirit of
the Lord.
		 -- 1 Nephi 1:12
%
And he read, saying: Wo, wo, unto Jerusalem, for I have seen thine
abominations!  Yea, and many things did my father read concerning
Jerusalem--that it should be destroyed, and the inhabitants thereof;
many should perish by the sword, and many should be carried away captive
into Babylon.
		 -- 1 Nephi 1:13
%
And it came to pass that when my father had read and seen many great
and marvelous things, he did exclaim many things unto the Lord; such as:
Great and marvelous are thy works, O Lord God Almighty!  Thy throne is
high in the heavens, and thy power, and goodness, and mercy are over all
the inhabitants of the earth; and, because thou art merciful, thou wilt
not suffer those who come unto thee that they shall perish!
		 -- 1 Nephi 1:14
%
And after this manner was the language of my father in the praising of
his God; for his soul did rejoice, and his whole heart was filled, because
of the things which he had seen, yea, which the Lord had shown unto him.
		 -- 1 Nephi 1:15
%
And now I, Nephi, do not make a full account of the things which my father
hath written, for he hath written many things which he saw in visions
and in dreams; and he also hath written many things which he prophesied
and spake unto his children, of which I shall not make a full account.
		 -- 1 Nephi 1:16
%
But I shall make an account of my proceedings in my days.  Behold, I
make an abridgment of the record of my father, upon plates which I have
made with mine own hands; wherefore, after I have abridged the record
of my father then will I make an account of mine own life.
		 -- 1 Nephi 1:17
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Therefore, I would that ye should know, that after the Lord had shown
so many marvelous things unto my father, Lehi, yea, concerning the
destruction of Jerusalem, behold he went forth among the people, and
began to prophesy and to declare unto them concerning the things which
he had both seen and heard.
		 -- 1 Nephi 1:18
%
And it came to pass that the Jews did mock him because of the things
which he testified of them; for he truly testified of their wickedness
and their abominations; and he testified that the things which he saw
and heard, and also the things which he read in the book, manifested
plainly of the coming of a Messiah, and also the redemption of the world.
		 -- 1 Nephi 1:19
%
And when the Jews heard these things they were angry with him; yea,
even as with the prophets of old, whom they had cast out, and stoned,
and slain; and they also sought his life, that they might take it away.
But behold, I, Nephi, will show unto you that the tender mercies of the
Lord are over all those whom he hath chosen, because of their faith,
to make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance.
		 -- 1 Nephi 1:20
%
For behold, it came to pass that the Lord spake unto my father, yea,
even in a dream, and said unto him: Blessed art thou Lehi, because of
the things which thou hast done; and because thou hast been faithful
and declared unto this people the things which I commanded thee, behold,
they seek to take away thy life.
		 -- 1 Nephi 2:1
%
And it came to pass that the Lord commanded my father, even in a dream,
that he should take his family and depart into the wilderness.
		 -- 1 Nephi 2:2
%
And it came to pass that he was obedient unto the word of the Lord,
wherefore he did as the Lord commanded him.
		 -- 1 Nephi 2:3
%
And it came to pass that he departed into the wilderness.  And he left
his house, and the land of his inheritance, and his gold, and his silver,
and his precious things, and took nothing with him, save it were his
family, and provisions, and tents, and departed into the wilderness.
		 -- 1 Nephi 2:4
%
And he came down by the borders near the shore of the Red Sea; and he
traveled in the wilderness in the borders which are nearer the Red Sea;
and he did travel in the wilderness with his family, which consisted of
my mother, Sariah, and my elder brothers, who were Laman, Lemuel, and Sam.
		 -- 1 Nephi 2:5
%
And it came to pass that when he had traveled three days in the
wilderness, he pitched his tent in a valley by the side of a river
of water.
		 -- 1 Nephi 2:6
%
And it came to pass that he built an altar of stones, and made an offering
unto the Lord, and gave thanks unto the Lord our God.
		 -- 1 Nephi 2:7
%
And it came to pass that he called the name of the river, Laman, and
it emptied into the Red Sea; and the valley was in the borders near the
mouth thereof.
		 -- 1 Nephi 2:8
%
And when my father saw that the waters of the river emptied into
the fountain of the Red Sea, he spake unto Laman, saying: O that thou
mightest be like unto this river, continually running into the fountain
of all righteousness!
		 -- 1 Nephi 2:9
%
And he also spake unto Lemuel: O that thou mightest be like unto this
valley, firm and steadfast, and immovable in keeping the commandments
of the Lord!
		 -- 1 Nephi 2:10
%
Now this he spake because of the stiffneckedness of Laman and Lemuel;
for behold they did murmur in many things against their father, because
he was a visionary man, and had led them out of the land of Jerusalem,
to leave the land of their inheritance, and their gold, and their silver,
and their precious things, to perish in the wilderness.  And this they
said he had done because of the foolish imaginations of his heart.
		 -- 1 Nephi 2:11
%
And thus Laman and Lemuel, being the eldest, did murmur against their
father.  And they did murmur because they knew not the dealings of that
God who had created them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 2:12
%
Neither did they believe that Jerusalem, that great city, could be
destroyed according to the words of the prophets.  And they were like
unto the Jews who were at Jerusalem, who sought to take away the life
of my father.
		 -- 1 Nephi 2:13
%
And it came to pass that my father did speak unto them in the valley of
Lemuel, with power, being filled with the Spirit, until their frames did
shake before him.  And he did confound them, that they durst not utter
against him; wherefore, they did as he commanded them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 2:14
%
And my father dwelt in a tent.
		 -- 1 Nephi 2:15
%
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, being exceedingly young, nevertheless
being large in stature, and also having great desires to know of the
mysteries of God, wherefore, I did cry unto the Lord; and behold he
did visit me, and did soften my heart that I did believe all the words
which had been spoken by my father; wherefore, I did not rebel against
him like unto my brothers.
		 -- 1 Nephi 2:16
%
And I spake unto Sam, making known unto him the things which the Lord
had manifested unto me by his Holy Spirit.  And it came to pass that he
believed in my words.
		 -- 1 Nephi 2:17
%
But, behold, Laman and Lemuel would not hearken unto my words; and being
grieved because of the hardness of their hearts I cried unto the Lord
for them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 2:18
%
And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto me, saying: Blessed art
thou, Nephi, because of thy faith, for thou hast sought me diligently,
with lowliness of heart.
		 -- 1 Nephi 2:19
%
And inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall prosper, and shall
be led to a land of promise; yea, even a land which I have prepared for
you; yea, a land which is choice above all other lands.
		 -- 1 Nephi 2:20
%
And inasmuch as thy brethren shall rebel against thee, they shall be
cut off from the presence of the Lord.
		 -- 1 Nephi 2:21
%
And inasmuch as thou shalt keep my commandments, thou shalt be made a
ruler and a teacher over thy brethren.
		 -- 1 Nephi 2:22
%
For behold, in that day that they shall rebel against me, I will curse
them even with a sore curse, and they shall have no power over thy seed
except they shall rebel against me also.
		 -- 1 Nephi 2:23
%
And if it so be that they rebel against me, they shall be a scourge unto
thy seed, to stir them up in the ways of remembrance.
		 -- 1 Nephi 2:24
%
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, returned from speaking with the Lord,
to the tent of my father.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:1
%
And it came to pass that he spake unto me, saying: Behold I have dreamed a
dream, in the which the Lord hath commanded me that thou and thy brethren
shall return to Jerusalem.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:2
%
For behold, Laban hath the record of the Jews and also a genealogy of
my forefathers, and they are engraven upon plates of brass.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:3
%
Wherefore, the Lord hath commanded me that thou and thy brothers should
go unto the house of Laban, and seek the records, and bring them down
hither into the wilderness.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:4
%
And now, behold thy brothers murmur, saying it is a hard thing which
I have required of them; but behold I have not required it of them,
but it is a commandment of the Lord.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:5
%
Therefore go, my son, and thou shalt be favored of the Lord, because
thou hast not murmured.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:6
%
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: I will go and
do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord
giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a
way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:7
%
And it came to pass that when my father had heard these words he was
exceedingly glad, for he knew that I had been blessed of the Lord.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:8
%
And I, Nephi, and my brethren took our journey in the wilderness, with
our tents, to go up to the land of Jerusalem.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:9
%
And it came to pass that when we had gone up to the land of Jerusalem,
I and my brethren did consult one with another.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:10
%
And we cast lots--who of us should go in unto the house of Laban.  And it
came to pass that the lot fell upon Laman; and Laman went in unto the
house of Laban, and he talked with him as he sat in his house.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:11
%
And he desired of Laban the records which were engraven upon the plates
of brass, which contained the genealogy of my father.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:12
%
And behold, it came to pass that Laban was angry, and thrust him out
from his presence; and he would not that he should have the records.
Wherefore, he said unto him: Behold thou art a robber, and I will
slay thee.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:13
%
But Laman fled out of his presence, and told the things which Laban had
done, unto us.	And we began to be exceedingly sorrowful, and my brethren
were about to return unto my father in the wilderness.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:14
%
But behold I said unto them that: As the Lord liveth, and as we live,
we will not go down unto our father in the wilderness until we have
accomplished the thing which the Lord hath commanded us.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:15
%
Wherefore, let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord;
therefore let us go down to the land of our father's inheritance, for
behold he left gold and silver, and all manner of riches.  And all this
he hath done because of the commandments of the Lord.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:16
%
For he knew that Jerusalem must be destroyed, because of the wickedness
of the people.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:17
%
For behold, they have rejected the words of the prophets.  Wherefore,
if my father should dwell in the land after he hath been commanded to
flee out of the land, behold, he would also perish.  Wherefore, it must
needs be that he flee out of the land.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:18
%
And behold, it is wisdom in God that we should obtain these records,
that we may preserve unto our children the language of our fathers;
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:19
%
And also that we may preserve unto them the words which have been spoken
by the mouth of all the holy prophets, which have been delivered unto
them by the Spirit and power of God, since the world began, even down
unto this present time.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:20
%
And it came to pass that after this manner of language did I persuade my
brethren, that they might be faithful in keeping the commandments of God.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:21
%
And it came to pass that we went down to the land of our inheritance, and
we did gather together our gold, and our silver, and our precious things.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:22
%
And after we had gathered these things together, we went up again unto
the house of Laban.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:23
%
And it came to pass that we went in unto Laban, and desired him that
he would give unto us the records which were engraven upon the plates
of brass, for which we would give unto him our gold, and our silver,
and all our precious things.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:24
%
And it came to pass that when Laban saw our property, and that it was
exceedingly great, he did lust after it, insomuch that he thrust us out,
and sent his servants to slay us, that he might obtain our property.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:25
%
And it came to pass that we did flee before the servants of Laban, and
we were obliged to leave behind our property, and it fell into the hands
of Laban.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:26
%
And it came to pass that we fled into the wilderness, and the servants of
Laban did not overtake us, and we hid ourselves in the cavity of a rock.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:27
%
And it came to pass that Laman was angry with me, and also with my
father; and also was Lemuel, for he hearkened unto the words of Laman.
Wherefore Laman and Lemuel did speak many hard words unto us, their
younger brothers, and they did smite us even with a rod.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:28
%
And it came to pass as they smote us with a rod, behold, an angel of the
Lord came and stood before them, and he spake unto them, saying: Why do
ye smite your younger brother with a rod?  Know ye not that the Lord hath
chosen him to be a ruler over you, and this because of your iniquities?
Behold ye shall go up to Jerusalem again, and the Lord will deliver
Laban into your hands.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:29
%
And after the angel had spoken unto us, he departed.
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:30
%
And after the angel had departed, Laman and Lemuel again began to
murmur, saying: How is it possible that the Lord will deliver Laban into
our hands?  Behold, he is a mighty man, and he can command fifty, yea,
even he can slay fifty; then why not us?
		 -- 1 Nephi 3:31
%
And it came to pass that I spake unto my brethren, saying: Let us go up
again unto Jerusalem, and let us be faithful in keeping the commandments
of the Lord; for behold he is mightier than all the earth, then why
not mightier than Laban and his fifty, yea, or even than his tens of
thousands?
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:1
%
Therefore let us go up; let us be strong like unto Moses; for he
truly spake unto the waters of the Red Sea and they divided hither and
thither, and our fathers came through, out of captivity, on dry ground,
and the armies of Pharaoh did follow and were drowned in the waters of
the Red Sea.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:2
%
Now behold ye know that this is true; and ye also know that an angel
hath spoken unto you; wherefore can ye doubt?  Let us go up; the Lord
is able to deliver us, even as our fathers, and to destroy Laban, even
as the Egyptians.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:3
%
Now when I had spoken these words, they were yet wroth, and did still
continue to murmur; nevertheless they did follow me up until we came
without the walls of Jerusalem.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:4
%
And it was by night; and I caused that they should hide themselves without
the walls.  And after they had hid themselves, I, Nephi, crept into the
city and went forth towards the house of Laban.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:5
%
And I was led by the Spirit, not knowing beforehand the things which I
should do.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:6
%
Nevertheless I went forth, and as I came near unto the house of Laban
I beheld a man, and he had fallen to the earth before me, for he was
drunken with wine.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:7
%
And when I came to him I found that it was Laban.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:8
%
And I beheld his sword, and I drew it forth from the sheath thereof;
and the hilt thereof was of pure gold, and the workmanship thereof
was exceedingly fine, and I saw that the blade thereof was of the most
precious steel.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:9
%
And it came to pass that I was constrained by the Spirit that I should
kill Laban; but I said in my heart: Never at any time have I shed the
blood of man.  And I shrunk and would that I might not slay him.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:10
%
And the Spirit said unto me again: Behold the Lord hath delivered him
into thy hands.  Yea, and I also knew that he had sought to take away
mine own life; yea, and he would not hearken unto the commandments of
the Lord; and he also had taken away our property.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:11
%
And it came to pass that the Spirit said unto me again: Slay him, for
the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands;
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:12
%
Behold the Lord slayeth the wicked to bring forth his righteous purposes.
It is better that one man should perish than that a nation should dwindle
and perish in unbelief.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:13
%
And now, when I, Nephi, had heard these words, I remembered the words of
the Lord which he spake unto me in the wilderness, saying that: Inasmuch
as thy seed shall keep my commandments, they shall prosper in the land
of promise.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:14
%
Yea, and I also thought that they could not keep the commandments of
the Lord according to the law of Moses, save they should have the law.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:15
%
And I also knew that the law was engraven upon the plates of brass.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:16
%
And again, I knew that the Lord had delivered Laban into my hands for
this cause--that I might obtain the records according to his commandments.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:17
%
Therefore I did obey the voice of the Spirit, and took Laban by the hair
of the head, and I smote off his head with his own sword.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:18
%
And after I had smitten off his head with his own sword, I took the
garments of Laban and put them upon mine own body; yea, even every whit;
and I did gird on his armor about my loins.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:19
%
And after I had done this, I went forth unto the treasury of Laban.
And as I went forth towards the treasury of Laban, behold, I saw the
servant of Laban who had the keys of the treasury.  And I commanded him
in the voice of Laban, that he should go with me into the treasury.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:20
%
And he supposed me to be his master, Laban, for he beheld the garments
and also the sword girded about my loins.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:21
%
And he spake unto me concerning the elders of the Jews, he knowing that
his master, Laban, had been out by night among them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:22
%
And I spake unto him as if it had been Laban.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:23
%
And I also spake unto him that I should carry the engravings, which
were upon the plates of brass, to my elder brethren, who were without
the walls.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:24
%
And I also bade him that he should follow me.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:25
%
And he, supposing that I spake of the brethren of the church, and that
I was truly that Laban whom I had slain, wherefore he did follow me.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:26
%
And he spake unto me many times concerning the elders of the Jews,
as I went forth unto my brethren, who were without the walls.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:27
%
And it came to pass that when Laman saw me he was exceedingly frightened,
and also Lemuel and Sam.  And they fled from before my presence; for
they supposed it was Laban, and that he had slain me and had sought to
take away their lives also.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:28
%
And it came to pass that I called after them, and they did hear me;
wherefore they did cease to flee from my presence.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:29
%
And it came to pass that when the servant of Laban beheld my brethren
he began to tremble, and was about to flee from before me and return to
the city of Jerusalem.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:30
%
And now I, Nephi, being a man large in stature, and also having received
much strength of the Lord, therefore I did seize upon the servant of
Laban, and held him, that he should not flee.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:31
%
And it came to pass that I spake with him, that if he would hearken unto
my words, as the Lord liveth, and as I live, even so that if he would
hearken unto our words, we would spare his life.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:32
%
And I spake unto him, even with an oath, that he need not fear; that he
should be a free man like unto us if he would go down in the wilderness
with us.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:33
%
And I also spake unto him, saying: Surely the Lord hath commanded us to
do this thing; and shall we not be diligent in keeping the commandments
of the Lord?  Therefore, if thou wilt go down into the wilderness to my
father thou shalt have place with us.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:34
%
And it came to pass that Zoram did take courage at the words which
I spake.  Now Zoram was the name of the servant; and he promised that
he would go down into the wilderness unto our father.  Yea, and he also
made an oath unto us that he would tarry with us from that time forth.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:35
%
Now we were desirous that he should tarry with us for this cause, that
the Jews might not know concerning our flight into the wilderness,
lest they should pursue us and destroy us.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:36
%
And it came to pass that when Zoram had made an oath unto us, our fears
did cease concerning him.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:37
%
And it came to pass that we took the plates of brass and the servant of
Laban, and departed into the wilderness, and journeyed unto the tent of
our father.
		 -- 1 Nephi 4:38
%
And it came to pass that after we had come down into the wilderness unto
our father, behold, he was filled with joy, and also my mother, Sariah,
was exceedingly glad, for she truly had mourned because of us.
		 -- 1 Nephi 5:1
%
For she had supposed that we had perished in the wilderness; and she also
had complained against my father, telling him that he was a visionary man;
saying: Behold thou hast led us forth from the land of our inheritance,
and my sons are no more, and we perish in the wilderness.
		 -- 1 Nephi 5:2
%
And after this manner of language had my mother complained against
my father.
		 -- 1 Nephi 5:3
%
And it had come to pass that my father spake unto her, saying: I know
that I am a visionary man; for if I had not seen the things of God in a
vision I should not have known the goodness of God, but had tarried at
Jerusalem, and had perished with my brethren.
		 -- 1 Nephi 5:4
%
But behold, I have obtained a land of promise, in the which things I do
rejoice; yea, and I know that the Lord will deliver my sons out of the
hands of Laban, and bring them down again unto us in the wilderness.
		 -- 1 Nephi 5:5
%
And after this manner of language did my father, Lehi, comfort my mother,
Sariah, concerning us, while we journeyed in the wilderness up to the
land of Jerusalem, to obtain the record of the Jews.
		 -- 1 Nephi 5:6
%
And when we had returned to the tent of my father, behold their joy was
full, and my mother was comforted.
		 -- 1 Nephi 5:7
%
And she spake, saying: Now I know of a surety that the Lord hath commanded
my husband to flee into the wilderness; yea, and I also know of a surety
that the Lord hath protected my sons, and delivered them out of the hands
of Laban, and given them power whereby they could accomplish the thing
which the Lord hath commanded them.  And after this manner of language
did she speak.
		 -- 1 Nephi 5:8
%
And it came to pass that they did rejoice exceedingly, and did offer
sacrifice and burnt offerings unto the Lord; and they gave thanks unto
the God of Israel.
		 -- 1 Nephi 5:9
%
And after they had given thanks unto the God of Israel, my father,
Lehi, took the records which were engraven upon the plates of brass,
and he did search them from the beginning.
		 -- 1 Nephi 5:10
%
And he beheld that they did contain the five books of Moses, which
gave an account of the creation of the world, and also of Adam and Eve,
who were our first parents;
		 -- 1 Nephi 5:11
%
And also a record of the Jews from the beginning, even down to the
commencement of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah;
		 -- 1 Nephi 5:12
%
And also the prophecies of the holy prophets, from the beginning,
even down to the commencement of the reign of Zedekiah; and also many
prophecies which have been spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah.
		 -- 1 Nephi 5:13
%
And it came to pass that my father, Lehi, also found upon the plates
of brass a genealogy of his fathers; wherefore he knew that he was a
descendant of Joseph; yea, even that Joseph who was the son of Jacob,
who was sold into Egypt, and who was preserved by the hand of the Lord,
that he might preserve his father, Jacob, and all his household from
perishing with famine.
		 -- 1 Nephi 5:14
%
And they were also led out of captivity and out of the land of Egypt,
by that same God who had preserved them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 5:15
%
And thus my father, Lehi, did discover the genealogy of his fathers.
And Laban also was a descendant of Joseph, wherefore he and his fathers
had kept the records.
		 -- 1 Nephi 5:16
%
And now when my father saw all these things, he was filled with the
Spirit, and began to prophesy concerning his seed--
		 -- 1 Nephi 5:17
%
That these plates of brass should go forth unto all nations, kindreds,
tongues, and people who were of his seed.
		 -- 1 Nephi 5:18
%
Wherefore, he said that these plates of brass should never perish;
neither should they be dimmed any more by time.  And he prophesied many
things concerning his seed.
		 -- 1 Nephi 5:19
%
And it came to pass that thus far I and my father had kept the
commandments wherewith the Lord had commanded us.
		 -- 1 Nephi 5:20
%
And we had obtained the records which the Lord had commanded us, and
searched them and found that they were desirable; yea, even of great
worth unto us, insomuch that we could preserve the commandments of the
Lord unto our children.
		 -- 1 Nephi 5:21
%
Wherefore, it was wisdom in the Lord that we should carry them with us,
as we journeyed in the wilderness towards the land of promise.
		 -- 1 Nephi 5:22
%
And now I, Nephi, do not give the genealogy of my fathers in this part of
my record; neither at any time shall I give it after upon these plates
which I am writing; for it is given in the record which has been kept
by my father; wherefore, I do not write it in this work.
		 -- 1 Nephi 6:1
%
For it sufficeth me to say that we are descendants of Joseph.
		 -- 1 Nephi 6:2
%
And it mattereth not to me that I am particular to give a full account
of all the things of my father, for they cannot be written upon these
plates, for I desire the room that I may write of the things of God.
		 -- 1 Nephi 6:3
%
For the fulness of mine intent is that I may persuade men to come unto the
God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, and be saved.
		 -- 1 Nephi 6:4
%
Wherefore, the things which are pleasing unto the world I do not write,
but the things which are pleasing unto God and unto those who are not
of the world.
		 -- 1 Nephi 6:5
%
Wherefore, I shall give commandment unto my seed, that they shall not
occupy these plates with things which are not of worth unto the children
of men.
		 -- 1 Nephi 6:6
%
And now I would that ye might know, that after my father, Lehi, had made
an end of prophesying concerning his seed, it came to pass that the
Lord spake unto him again, saying that it was not meet for him, Lehi,
that he should take his family into the wilderness alone; but that his
sons should take daughters to wife, that they might raise up seed unto
the Lord in the land of promise.
		 -- 1 Nephi 7:1
%
And it came to pass that the Lord commanded him that I, Nephi, and my
brethren, should again return unto the land of Jerusalem, and bring down
Ishmael and his family into the wilderness.
		 -- 1 Nephi 7:2
%
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did again, with my brethren, go forth
into the wilderness to go up to Jerusalem.
		 -- 1 Nephi 7:3
%
And it came to pass that we went up unto the house of Ishmael, and we
did gain favor in the sight of Ishmael, insomuch that we did speak unto
him the words of the Lord.
		 -- 1 Nephi 7:4
%
And it came to pass that the Lord did soften the heart of Ishmael, and
also his household, insomuch that they took their journey with us down
into the wilderness to the tent of our father.
		 -- 1 Nephi 7:5
%
And it came to pass that as we journeyed in the wilderness, behold
Laman and Lemuel, and two of the daughters of Ishmael, and the two sons
of Ishmael and their families, did rebel against us; yea, against me,
Nephi, and Sam, and their father, Ishmael, and his wife, and his three
other daughters.
		 -- 1 Nephi 7:6
%
And it came to pass in the which rebellion, they were desirous to return
unto the land of Jerusalem.
		 -- 1 Nephi 7:7
%
And now I, Nephi, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts,
therefore I spake unto them, saying, yea, even unto Laman and unto Lemuel:
Behold ye are mine elder brethren, and how is it that ye are so hard in
your hearts, and so blind in your minds, that ye have need that I, your
younger brother, should speak unto you, yea, and set an example for you?
		 -- 1 Nephi 7:8
%
How is it that ye have not hearkened unto the word of the Lord?
		 -- 1 Nephi 7:9
%
How is it that ye have forgotten that ye have seen an angel of the Lord?
		 -- 1 Nephi 7:10
%
Yea, and how is it that ye have forgotten what great things the Lord
hath done for us, in delivering us out of the hands of Laban, and also
that we should obtain the record?
		 -- 1 Nephi 7:11
%
Yea, and how is it that ye have forgotten that the Lord is able to do
all things according to his will, for the children of men, if it so be
that they exercise faith in him?  Wherefore, let us be faithful to him.
		 -- 1 Nephi 7:12
%
And if it so be that we are faithful to him, we shall obtain the land
of promise; and ye shall know at some future period that the word of
the Lord shall be fulfilled concerning the destruction of Jerusalem;
for all things which the Lord hath spoken concerning the destruction of
Jerusalem must be fulfilled.
		 -- 1 Nephi 7:13
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For behold, the Spirit of the Lord ceaseth soon to strive with them;
for behold, they have rejected the prophets, and Jeremiah have they cast
into prison.  And they have sought to take away the life of my father,
insomuch that they have driven him out of the land.
		 -- 1 Nephi 7:14
%
Now behold, I say unto you that if ye will return unto Jerusalem ye shall
also perish with them.	And now, if ye have choice, go up to the land,
and remember the words which I speak unto you, that if ye go ye will
also perish; for thus the Spirit of the Lord constraineth me that I
should speak.
		 -- 1 Nephi 7:15
%
And it came to pass that when I, Nephi, had spoken these words unto
my brethren, they were angry with me.  And it came to pass that they
did lay their hands upon me, for behold, they were exceedingly wroth,
and they did bind me with cords, for they sought to take away my life,
that they might leave me in the wilderness to be devoured by wild beasts.
		 -- 1 Nephi 7:16
%
But it came to pass that I prayed unto the Lord, saying: O Lord, according
to my faith which is in thee, wilt thou deliver me from the hands of my
brethren; yea, even give me strength that I may burst these bands with
which I am bound.
		 -- 1 Nephi 7:17
%
And it came to pass that when I had said these words, behold, the bands
were loosed from off my hands and feet, and I stood before my brethren,
and I spake unto them again.
		 -- 1 Nephi 7:18
%
And it came to pass that they were angry with me again, and sought to
lay hands upon me; but behold, one of the daughters of Ishmael, yea,
and also her mother, and one of the sons of Ishmael, did plead with my
brethren, insomuch that they did soften their hearts; and they did cease
striving to take away my life.
		 -- 1 Nephi 7:19
%
And it came to pass that they were sorrowful, because of their wickedness,
insomuch that they did bow down before me, and did plead with me that
I would forgive them of the thing that they had done against me.
		 -- 1 Nephi 7:20
%
And it came to pass that I did frankly forgive them all that they had
done, and I did exhort them that they would pray unto the Lord their
God for forgiveness.  And it came to pass that they did so.  And after
they had done praying unto the Lord we did again travel on our journey
towards the tent of our father.
		 -- 1 Nephi 7:21
%
And it came to pass that we did come down unto the tent of our father.
And after I and my brethren and all the house of Ishmael had come down
unto the tent of my father, they did give thanks unto the Lord their God;
and they did offer sacrifice and burnt offerings unto him.
		 -- 1 Nephi 7:22
%
And it came to pass that we had gathered together all manner of seeds
of every kind, both of grain of every kind, and also of the seeds of
fruit of every kind.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:1
%
And it came to pass that while my father tarried in the wilderness he
spake unto us, saying: Behold, I have dreamed a dream; or, in other words,
I have seen a vision.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:2
%
And behold, because of the thing which I have seen, I have reason to
rejoice in the Lord because of Nephi and also of Sam; for I have reason
to suppose that they, and also many of their seed, will be saved.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:3
%
But behold, Laman and Lemuel, I fear exceedingly because of you; for
behold, methought I saw in my dream, a dark and dreary wilderness.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:4
%
And it came to pass that I saw a man, and he was dressed in a white robe;
and he came and stood before me.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:5
%
And it came to pass that he spake unto me, and bade me follow him.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:6
%
And it came to pass that as I followed him I beheld myself that I was
in a dark and dreary waste.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:7
%
And after I had traveled for the space of many hours in darkness, I
began to pray unto the Lord that he would have mercy on me, according
to the multitude of his tender mercies.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:8
%
And it came to pass after I had prayed unto the Lord I beheld a large
and spacious field.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:9
%
And it came to pass that I beheld a tree, whose fruit was desirable to
make one happy.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:10
%
And it came to pass that I did go forth and partake of the fruit thereof;
and I beheld that it was most sweet, above all that I ever before tasted.
Yea, and I beheld that the fruit thereof was white, to exceed all the
whiteness that I had ever seen.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:11
%
And as I partook of the fruit thereof it filled my soul with exceedingly
great joy; wherefore, I began to be desirous that my family should partake
of it also; for I knew that it was desirable above all other fruit.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:12
%
And as I cast my eyes round about, that perhaps I might discover my
family also, I beheld a river of water; and it ran along, and it was
near the tree of which I was partaking the fruit.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:13
%
And I looked to behold from whence it came; and I saw the head thereof a
little way off; and at the head thereof I beheld your mother Sariah, and
Sam, and Nephi; and they stood as if they knew not whither they should go.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:14
%
And it came to pass that I beckoned unto them; and I also did say unto
them with a loud voice that they should come unto me, and partake of
the fruit, which was desirable above all other fruit.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:15
%
And it came to pass that they did come unto me and partake of the
fruit also.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:16
%
And it came to pass that I was desirous that Laman and Lemuel should
come and partake of the fruit also; wherefore, I cast mine eyes towards
the head of the river, that perhaps I might see them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:17
%
And it came to pass that I saw them, but they would not come unto me
and partake of the fruit.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:18
%
And I beheld a rod of iron, and it extended along the bank of the river,
and led to the tree by which I stood.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:19
%
And I also beheld a strait and narrow path, which came along by the rod
of iron, even to the tree by which I stood; and it also led by the head of
the fountain, unto a large and spacious field, as if it had been a world.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:20
%
And I saw numberless concourses of people, many of whom were pressing
forward, that they might obtain the path which led unto the tree by
which I stood.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:21
%
And it came to pass that they did come forth, and commence in the path
which led to the tree.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:22
%
And it came to pass that there arose a mist of darkness; yea, even an
exceedingly great mist of darkness, insomuch that they who had commenced
in the path did lose their way, that they wandered off and were lost.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:23
%
And it came to pass that I beheld others pressing forward, and they
came forth and caught hold of the end of the rod of iron; and they did
press forward through the mist of darkness, clinging to the rod of iron,
even until they did come forth and partake of the fruit of the tree.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:24
%
And after they had partaken of the fruit of the tree they did cast their
eyes about as if they were ashamed.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:25
%
And I also cast my eyes round about, and beheld, on the other side of
the river of water, a great and spacious building; and it stood as it
were in the air, high above the earth.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:26
%
And it was filled with people, both old and young, both male and female;
and their manner of dress was exceedingly fine; and they were in the
attitude of mocking and pointing their fingers towards those who had
come at and were partaking of the fruit.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:27
%
And after they had tasted of the fruit they were ashamed, because of
those that were scoffing at them; and they fell away into forbidden
paths and were lost.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:28
%
And now I, Nephi, do not speak all the words of my father.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:29
%
But, to be short in writing, behold, he saw other multitudes pressing
forward; and they came and caught hold of the end of the rod of iron;
and they did press their way forward, continually holding fast to the
rod of iron, until they came forth and fell down and partook of the
fruit of the tree.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:30
%
And he also saw other multitudes feeling their way towards that great
and spacious building.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:31
%
And it came to pass that many were drowned in the depths of the fountain;
and many were lost from his view, wandering in strange roads.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:32
%
And great was the multitude that did enter into that strange building.
And after they did enter into that building they did point the finger
of scorn at me and those that were partaking of the fruit also; but we
heeded them not.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:33
%
These are the words of my father: For as many as heeded them, had
fallen away.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:34
%
And Laman and Lemuel partook not of the fruit, said my father.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:35
%
And it came to pass after my father had spoken all the words of his dream
or vision, which were many, he said unto us, because of these things
which he saw in a vision, he exceedingly feared for Laman and Lemuel;
yea, he feared lest they should be cast off from the presence of the Lord.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:36
%
And he did exhort them then with all the feeling of a tender parent, that
they would hearken to his words, that perhaps the Lord would be merciful
to them, and not cast them off; yea, my father did preach unto them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:37
%
And after he had preached unto them, and also prophesied unto them of
many things, he bade them to keep the commandments of the Lord; and he
did cease speaking unto them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 8:38
%
And all these things did my father see, and hear, and speak, as he dwelt
in a tent, in the valley of Lemuel, and also a great many more things,
which cannot be written upon these plates.
		 -- 1 Nephi 9:1
%
And now, as I have spoken concerning these plates, behold they are not
the plates upon which I make a full account of the history of my people;
for the plates upon which I make a full account of my people I have
given the name of Nephi; wherefore, they are called the plates of Nephi,
after mine own name; and these plates also are called the plates of Nephi.
		 -- 1 Nephi 9:2
%
Nevertheless, I have received a commandment of the Lord that I should
make these plates, for the special purpose that there should be an
account engraven of the ministry of my people.
		 -- 1 Nephi 9:3
%
Upon the other plates should be engraven an account of the reign of
the kings, and the wars and contentions of my people; wherefore these
plates are for the more part of the ministry; and the other plates are
for the more part of the reign of the kings and the wars and contentions
of my people.
		 -- 1 Nephi 9:4
%
Wherefore, the Lord hath commanded me to make these plates for a wise
purpose in him, which purpose I know not.
		 -- 1 Nephi 9:5
%
But the Lord knoweth all things from the beginning; wherefore, he
prepareth a way to accomplish all his works among the children of men;
for behold, he hath all power unto the fulfilling of all his words.
And thus it is.  Amen.
		 -- 1 Nephi 9:6
%
And now I, Nephi, proceed to give an account upon these plates of my
proceedings, and my reign and ministry; wherefore, to proceed with mine
account, I must speak somewhat of the things of my father, and also of
my brethren.
		 -- 1 Nephi 10:1
%
For behold, it came to pass after my father had made an end of speaking
the words of his dream, and also of exhorting them to all diligence,
he spake unto them concerning the Jews--
		 -- 1 Nephi 10:2
%
That after they should be destroyed, even that great city Jerusalem,
and many be carried away captive into Babylon, according to the own due
time of the Lord, they should return again, yea, even be brought back
out of captivity; and after they should be brought back out of captivity
they should possess again the land of their inheritance.
		 -- 1 Nephi 10:3
%
Yea, even six hundred years from the time that my father left Jerusalem,
a prophet would the Lord God raise up among the Jews--even a Messiah,
or, in other words, a Savior of the world.
		 -- 1 Nephi 10:4
%
And he also spake concerning the prophets, how great a number had
testified of these things, concerning this Messiah, of whom he had spoken,
or this Redeemer of the world.
		 -- 1 Nephi 10:5
%
Wherefore, all mankind were in a lost and in a fallen state, and ever
would be save they should rely on this Redeemer.
		 -- 1 Nephi 10:6
%
And he spake also concerning a prophet who should come before the Messiah,
to prepare the way of the Lord--
		 -- 1 Nephi 10:7
%
Yea, even he should go forth and cry in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way
of the Lord, and make his paths straight; for there standeth one among
you whom ye know not; and he is mightier than I, whose shoe's latchet I
am not worthy to unloose.  And much spake my father concerning this thing.
		 -- 1 Nephi 10:8
%
And my father said he should baptize in Bethabara, beyond Jordan; and
he also said he should baptize with water; even that he should baptize
the Messiah with water.
		 -- 1 Nephi 10:9
%
And after he had baptized the Messiah with water, he should behold and
bear record that he had baptized the Lamb of God, who should take away
the sins of the world.
		 -- 1 Nephi 10:10
%
And it came to pass after my father had spoken these words he spake
unto my brethren concerning the gospel which should be preached among
the Jews, and also concerning the dwindling of the Jews in unbelief.
And after they had slain the Messiah, who should come, and after he had
been slain he should rise from the dead, and should make himself manifest,
by the Holy Ghost, unto the Gentiles.
		 -- 1 Nephi 10:11
%
Yea, even my father spake much concerning the Gentiles, and also
concerning the house of Israel, that they should be compared like unto an
olive-tree, whose branches should be broken off and should be scattered
upon all the face of the earth.
		 -- 1 Nephi 10:12
%
Wherefore, he said it must needs be that we should be led with one accord
into the land of promise, unto the fulfilling of the word of the Lord,
that we should be scattered upon all the face of the earth.
		 -- 1 Nephi 10:13
%
And after the house of Israel should be scattered they should be gathered
together again; or, in fine, after the Gentiles had received the fulness
of the Gospel, the natural branches of the olive-tree, or the remnants
of the house of Israel, should be grafted in, or come to the knowledge
of the true Messiah, their Lord and their Redeemer.
		 -- 1 Nephi 10:14
%
And after this manner of language did my father prophesy and speak unto my
brethren, and also many more things which I do not write in this book;
for I have written as many of them as were expedient for me in mine
other book.
		 -- 1 Nephi 10:15
%
And all these things, of which I have spoken, were done as my father
dwelt in a tent, in the valley of Lemuel.
		 -- 1 Nephi 10:16
%
And it came to pass after I, Nephi, having heard all the words of my
father, concerning the things which he saw in a vision, and also the
things which he spake by the power of the Holy Ghost, which power he
received by faith on the Son of God--and the Son of God was the Messiah
who should come--I, Nephi, was desirous also that I might see, and hear,
and know of these things, by the power of the Holy Ghost, which is the
gift of God unto all those who diligently seek him, as well in times
of old as in the time that he should manifest himself unto the children
of men.
		 -- 1 Nephi 10:17
%
For he is the same yesterday, to-day, and forever; and the way is
prepared for all men from the foundation of the world, if it so be that
they repent and come unto him.
		 -- 1 Nephi 10:18
%
For he that diligently seeketh shall find; and the mysteries of God shall
be unfolded unto them, by the power of the Holy Ghost, as well in these
times as in times of old, and as well in times of old as in times to come;
wherefore, the course of the Lord is one eternal round.
		 -- 1 Nephi 10:19
%
Therefore remember, O man, for all thy doings thou shalt be brought
into judgment.
		 -- 1 Nephi 10:20
%
Wherefore, if ye have sought to do wickedly in the days of your probation,
then ye are found unclean before the judgment-seat of God; and no unclean
thing can dwell with God; wherefore, ye must be cast off forever.
		 -- 1 Nephi 10:21
%
And the Holy Ghost giveth authority that I should speak these things,
and deny them not.
		 -- 1 Nephi 10:22
%
For it came to pass after I had desired to know the things that my father
had seen, and believing that the Lord was able to make them known unto me,
as I sat pondering in mine heart I was caught away in the Spirit of the
Lord, yea, into an exceedingly high mountain, which I never had before
seen, and upon which I never had before set my foot.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:1
%
And the Spirit said unto me: Behold, what desirest thou?
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:2
%
And I said: I desire to behold the things which my father saw.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:3
%
And the Spirit said unto me: Believest thou that thy father saw the tree
of which he hath spoken?
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:4
%
And I said: Yea, thou knowest that I believe all the words of my father.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:5
%
And when I had spoken these words, the Spirit cried with a loud voice,
saying: Hosanna to the Lord, the most high God; for he is God over all
the earth, yea, even above all.  And blessed art thou, Nephi, because
thou believest in the Son of the most high God; wherefore, thou shalt
behold the things which thou hast desired.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:6
%
And behold this thing shall be given unto thee for a sign, that after
thou hast beheld the tree which bore the fruit which thy father tasted,
thou shalt also behold a man descending out of heaven, and him shall ye
witness; and after ye have witnessed him ye shall bear record that it
is the Son of God.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:7
%
And it came to pass that the Spirit said unto me: Look!  And I looked and
beheld a tree; and it was like unto the tree which my father had seen;
and the beauty thereof was far beyond, yea, exceeding of all beauty;
and the whiteness thereof did exceed the whiteness of the driven snow.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:8
%
And it came to pass after I had seen the tree, I said unto the Spirit:
I behold thou hast shown unto me the tree which is precious above all.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:9
%
And he said unto me: What desirest thou?
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:10
%
And I said unto him: To know the interpretation thereof--for I spake
unto him as a man speaketh; for I beheld that he was in the form of
a man; yet nevertheless, I knew that it was the Spirit of the Lord;
and he spake unto me as a man speaketh with another.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:11
%
And it came to pass that he said unto me: Look!  And I looked as if to
look upon him, and I saw him not; for he had gone from before my presence.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:12
%
And it came to pass that I looked and beheld the great city of Jerusalem,
and also other cities.	And I beheld the city of Nazareth; and in the city
of Nazareth I beheld a virgin, and she was exceedingly fair and white.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:13
%
And it came to pass that I saw the heavens open; and an angel came down
and stood before me; and he said unto me: Nephi, what beholdest thou?
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:14
%
And I said unto him: A virgin, most beautiful and fair above all other
virgins.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:15
%
And he said unto me: Knowest thou the condescension of God?
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:16
%
And I said unto him: I know that he loveth his children; nevertheless,
I do not know the meaning of all things.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:17
%
And he said unto me: Behold, the virgin whom thou seest is the mother
of the Son of God, after the manner of the flesh.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:18
%
And it came to pass that I beheld that she was carried away in the Spirit;
and after she had been carried away in the Spirit for the space of a
time the angel spake unto me, saying: Look!
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:19
%
And I looked and beheld the virgin again, bearing a child in her arms.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:20
%
And the angel said unto me: Behold the Lamb of God, yea, even the Son
of the Eternal Father!	Knowest thou the meaning of the tree which thy
father saw?
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:21
%
And I answered him, saying: Yea, it is the love of God, which sheddeth
itself abroad in the hearts of the children of men; wherefore, it is
the most desirable above all things.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:22
%
And he spake unto me, saying: Yea, and the most joyous to the soul.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:23
%
And after he had said these words, he said unto me: Look! And I looked,
and I beheld the Son of God going forth among the children of men;
and I saw many fall down at his feet and worship him.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:24
%
And it came to pass that I beheld that the rod of iron, which my father
had seen, was the word of God, which led to the fountain of living waters,
or to the tree of life; which waters are a representation of the love
of God; and I also beheld that the tree of life was a representation of
the love of God.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:25
%
And the angel said unto me again: Look and behold the condescension
of God!
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:26
%
And I looked and beheld the Redeemer of the world, of whom my father
had spoken; and I also beheld the prophet who should prepare the way
before him.  And the Lamb of God went forth and was baptized of him;
and after he was baptized, I beheld the heavens open, and the Holy Ghost
come down out of heaven and abide upon him in the form of a dove.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:27
%
And I beheld that he went forth ministering unto the people, in power
and great glory; and the multitudes were gathered together to hear him;
and I beheld that they cast him out from among them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:28
%
And I also beheld twelve others following him.	And it came to pass
that they were carried away in the Spirit from before my face, and I
saw them not.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:29
%
And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me again, saying: Look!
And I looked, and I beheld the heavens open again, and I saw angels
descending upon the children of men; and they did minister unto them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:30
%
And he spake unto me again, saying: Look!  And I looked, and I beheld
the Lamb of God going forth among the children of men.	And I beheld
multitudes of people who were sick, and who were afflicted with all manner
of diseases, and with devils and unclean spirits; and the angel spake
and showed all these things unto me.  And they were healed by the power
of the Lamb of God; and the devils and the unclean spirits were cast out.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:31
%
And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me again, saying: Look!
And I looked and beheld the Lamb of God, that he was taken by the people;
yea, the Son of the everlasting God was judged of the world; and I saw
and bear record.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:32
%
And I, Nephi, saw that he was lifted up upon the cross and slain for
the sins of the world.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:33
%
And after he was slain I saw the multitudes of the earth, that they were
gathered together to fight against the apostles of the Lamb; for thus
were the twelve called by the angel of the Lord.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:34
%
And the multitude of the earth was gathered together; and I beheld that
they were in a large and spacious building, like unto the building which
my father saw.	And the angel of the Lord spake unto me again, saying:
Behold the world and the wisdom thereof; yea, behold the house of Israel
hath gathered together to fight against the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:35
%
And it came to pass that I saw and bear record, that the great and
spacious building was the pride of the world; and it fell, and the fall
thereof was exceedingly great.	And the angel of the Lord spake unto me
again, saying: Thus shall be the destruction of all nations, kindreds,
tongues, and people, that shall fight against the twelve apostles of
the Lamb.
		 -- 1 Nephi 11:36
%
And it came to pass that the angel said unto me: Look, and behold thy
seed, and also the seed of thy brethren.  And I looked and beheld the
land of promise; and I beheld multitudes of people, yea, even as it were
in number as many as the sand of the sea.
		 -- 1 Nephi 12:1
%
And it came to pass that I beheld multitudes gathered together to battle,
one against the other; and I beheld wars, and rumors of wars, and great
slaughters with the sword among my people.
		 -- 1 Nephi 12:2
%
And it came to pass that I beheld many generations pass away, after the
manner of wars and contentions in the land; and I beheld many cities,
yea, even that I did not number them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 12:3
%
And it came to pass that I saw a mist of darkness on the face of the
land of promise; and I saw lightnings, and I heard thunderings, and
earthquakes, and all manner of tumultuous noises; and I saw the earth
and the rocks, that they rent; and I saw mountains tumbling into pieces;
and I saw the plains of the earth, that they were broken up; and I saw
many cities that they were sunk; and I saw many that they were burned
with fire; and I saw many that did tumble to the earth, because of the
quaking thereof.
		 -- 1 Nephi 12:4
%
And it came to pass after I saw these things, I saw the vapor of
darkness, that it passed from off the face of the earth; and behold,
I saw multitudes who had not fallen because of the great and terrible
judgments of the Lord.
		 -- 1 Nephi 12:5
%
And I saw the heavens open, and the Lamb of God descending out of heaven;
and he came down and showed himself unto them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 12:6
%
And I also saw and bear record that the Holy Ghost fell upon twelve
others; and they were ordained of God, and chosen.
		 -- 1 Nephi 12:7
%
And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the twelve disciples of the
Lamb, who are chosen to minister unto thy seed.
		 -- 1 Nephi 12:8
%
And he said unto me: Thou rememberest the twelve apostles of the Lamb?
Behold they are they who shall judge the twelve tribes of Israel;
wherefore, the twelve ministers of thy seed shall be judged of them;
for ye are of the house of Israel.
		 -- 1 Nephi 12:9
%
And these twelve ministers whom thou beholdest shall judge thy seed.
And, behold, they are righteous forever; for because of their faith in
the Lamb of God their garments are made white in his blood.
		 -- 1 Nephi 12:10
%
And the angel said unto me: Look!  And I looked, and beheld three
generations pass away in righteousness; and their garments were white
even like unto the Lamb of God.  And the angel said unto me: These are
made white in the blood of the Lamb, because of their faith in him.
		 -- 1 Nephi 12:11
%
And I, Nephi, also saw many of the fourth generation who passed away
in righteousness.
		 -- 1 Nephi 12:12
%
And it came to pass that I saw the multitudes of the earth gathered
together.
		 -- 1 Nephi 12:13
%
And the angel said unto me: Behold thy seed, and also the seed of thy
brethren.
		 -- 1 Nephi 12:14
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And it came to pass that I looked and beheld the people of my seed
gathered together in multitudes against the seed of my brethren; and
they were gathered together to battle.
		 -- 1 Nephi 12:15
%
And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the fountain of filthy
water which thy father saw; yea, even the river of which he spake;
and the depths thereof are the depths of hell.
		 -- 1 Nephi 12:16
%
And the mists of darkness are the temptations of the devil, which
blindeth the eyes, and hardeneth the hearts of the children of men,
and leadeth them away into broad roads, that they perish and are lost.
		 -- 1 Nephi 12:17
%
And the large and spacious building, which thy father saw, is vain
imaginations and the pride of the children of men.  And a great and a
terrible gulf divideth them; yea, even the word of the justice of the
Eternal God, and the Messiah who is the Lamb of God, of whom the Holy
Ghost beareth record, from the beginning of the world until this time,
and from this time henceforth and forever.
		 -- 1 Nephi 12:18
%
And while the angel spake these words, I beheld and saw that the seed of
my brethren did contend against my seed, according to the word of the
angel; and because of the pride of my seed, and the temptations of the
devil, I beheld that the seed of my brethren did overpower the people
of my seed.
		 -- 1 Nephi 12:19
%
And it came to pass that I beheld, and saw the people of the seed of my
brethren that they had overcome my seed; and they went forth in multitudes
upon the face of the land.
		 -- 1 Nephi 12:20
%
And I saw them gathered together in multitudes; and I saw wars and rumors
of wars among them; and in wars and rumors of wars I saw many generations
pass away.
		 -- 1 Nephi 12:21
%
And the angel said unto me: Behold these shall dwindle in unbelief.
		 -- 1 Nephi 12:22
%
And it came to pass that I beheld, after they had dwindled in unbelief
they became a dark, and loathsome, and a filthy people, full of idleness
and all manner of abominations.
		 -- 1 Nephi 12:23
%
And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me, saying: Look!  And I
looked and beheld many nations and kingdoms.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:1
%
And the angel said unto me: What beholdest thou?  And I said: I behold
many nations and kingdoms.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:2
%
And he said unto me: These are the nations and kingdoms of the Gentiles.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:3
%
And it came to pass that I saw among the nations of the Gentiles the
formation of a great church.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:4
%
And the angel said unto me: Behold the formation of a church which is
most abominable above all other churches, which slayeth the saints of
God, yea, and tortureth them and bindeth them down, and yoketh them with
a yoke of iron, and bringeth them down into captivity.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:5
%
And it came to pass that I beheld this great and abominable church;
and I saw the devil that he was the founder of it.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:6
%
And I also saw gold, and silver, and silks, and scarlets, and fine-twined
linen, and all manner of precious clothing; and I saw many harlots.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:7
%
And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the gold, and the silver,
and the silks, and the scarlets, and the fine-twined linen, and the
precious clothing, and the harlots, are the desires of this great and
abominable church.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:8
%
And also for the praise of the world do they destroy the saints of God,
and bring them down into captivity.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:9
%
And it came to pass that I looked and beheld many waters; and they
divided the Gentiles from the seed of my brethren.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:10
%
And it came to pass that the angel said unto me: Behold the wrath of
God is upon the seed of thy brethren.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:11
%
And I looked and beheld a man among the Gentiles, who was separated from
the seed of my brethren by the many waters; and I beheld the Spirit
of God, that it came down and wrought upon the man; and he went forth
upon the many waters, even unto the seed of my brethren, who were in
the promised land.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:12
%
And it came to pass that I beheld the Spirit of God, that it wrought
upon other Gentiles; and they went forth out of captivity, upon the
many waters.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:13
%
And it came to pass that I beheld many multitudes of the Gentiles upon
the land of promise; and I beheld the wrath of God, that it was upon
the seed of my brethren; and they were scattered before the Gentiles
and were smitten.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:14
%
And I beheld the Spirit of the Lord, that it was upon the Gentiles,
and they did prosper and obtain the land for their inheritance; and I
beheld that they were white, and exceedingly fair and beautiful, like
unto my people before they were slain.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:15
%
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld that the Gentiles who had
gone forth out of captivity did humble themselves before the Lord;
and the power of the Lord was with them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:16
%
And I beheld that their mother Gentiles were gathered together upon the
waters, and upon the land also, to battle against them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:17
%
And I beheld that the power of God was with them, and also that the
wrath of God was upon all those that were gathered together against them
to battle.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:18
%
And I, Nephi, beheld that the Gentiles that had gone out of captivity
were delivered by the power of God out of the hands of all other nations.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:19
%
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld that they did prosper in the
land; and I beheld a book, and it was carried forth among them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:20
%
And the angel said unto me: Knowest thou the meaning of the book?
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:21
%
And I said unto him: I know not.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:22
%
And he said: Behold it proceedeth out of the mouth of a Jew.  And I,
Nephi, beheld it; and he said unto me: The book that thou beholdest is
a record of the Jews, which contains the covenants of the Lord, which
he hath made unto the house of Israel; and it also containeth many of
the prophecies of the holy prophets; and it is a record like unto the
engravings which are upon the plates of brass, save there are not so
many; nevertheless, they contain the covenants of the Lord, which he
hath made unto the house of Israel; wherefore, they are of great worth
unto the Gentiles.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:23
%
And the angel of the Lord said unto me: Thou hast beheld that the book
proceeded forth from the mouth of a Jew; and when it proceeded forth from
the mouth of a Jew it contained the fulness of the gospel of the Lord,
of whom the twelve apostles bear record; and they bear record according
to the truth which is in the Lamb of God.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:24
%
Wherefore, these things go forth from the Jews in purity unto the
Gentiles, according to the truth which is in God.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:25
%
And after they go forth by the hand of the twelve apostles of the Lamb,
from the Jews unto the Gentiles, thou seest the formation of that great
and abominable church, which is most abominable above all other churches;
for behold, they have taken away from the gospel of the Lamb many parts
which are plain and most precious; and also many covenants of the Lord
have they taken away.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:26
%
And all this have they done that they might pervert the right ways of
the Lord, that they might blind the eyes and harden the hearts of the
children of men.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:27
%
Wherefore, thou seest that after the book hath gone forth through the
hands of the great and abominable church, that there are many plain and
precious things taken away from the book, which is the book of the Lamb
of God.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:28
%
And after these plain and precious things were taken away it goeth forth
unto all the nations of the Gentiles; and after it goeth forth unto all
the nations of the Gentiles, yea, even across the many waters which thou
hast seen with the Gentiles which have gone forth out of captivity,
thou seest--because of the many plain and precious things which have
been taken out of the book, which were plain unto the understanding of
the children of men, according to the plainness which is in the Lamb
of God--because of these things which are taken away out of the gospel
of the Lamb, an exceedingly great many do stumble, yea, insomuch that
Satan hath great power over them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:29
%
Nevertheless, thou beholdest that the Gentiles who have gone forth out
of captivity, and have been lifted up by the power of God above all other
nations, upon the face of the land which is choice above all other lands,
which is the land that the Lord God hath covenanted with thy father that
his seed should have for the land of their inheritance; wherefore, thou
seest that the Lord God will not suffer that the Gentiles will utterly
destroy the mixture of thy seed, which are among thy brethren.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:30
%
Neither will he suffer that the Gentiles shall destroy the seed of
thy brethren.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:31
%
Neither will the Lord God suffer that the Gentiles shall forever remain in
that awful state of blindness, which thou beholdest they are in, because
of the plain and most precious parts of the gospel of the Lamb which have
been kept back by that abominable church, whose formation thou hast seen.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:32
%
Wherefore saith the Lamb of God: I will be merciful unto the Gentiles,
unto the visiting of the remnant of the house of Israel in great judgment.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:33
%
And it came to pass that the angel of the Lord spake unto me, saying:
Behold, saith the Lamb of God, after I have visited the remnant of the
house of Israel--and this remnant of whom I speak is the seed of thy
father--wherefore, after I have visited them in judgment, and smitten
them by the hand of the Gentiles, and after the Gentiles do stumble
exceedingly, because of the most plain and precious parts of the gospel of
the Lamb which have been kept back by that abominable church, which is the
mother of harlots, saith the Lamb--I will be merciful unto the Gentiles in
that day, insomuch that I will bring forth unto them, in mine own power,
much of my gospel, which shall be plain and precious, saith the Lamb.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:34
%
For, behold, saith the Lamb: I will manifest myself unto thy seed, that
they shall write many things which I shall minister unto them, which
shall be plain and precious; and after thy seed shall be destroyed,
and dwindle in unbelief, and also the seed of thy brethren, behold,
these things shall be hid up, to come forth unto the Gentiles, by the
gift and power of the Lamb.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:35
%
And in them shall be written my gospel, saith the Lamb, and my rock and
my salvation.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:36
%
And blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at that
day, for they shall have the gift and the power of the Holy Ghost; and
if they endure unto the end they shall be lifted up at the last day,
and shall be saved in the everlasting kingdom of the Lamb; and whoso
shall publish peace, yea, tidings of great joy, how beautiful upon the
mountains shall they be.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:37
%
And it came to pass that I beheld the remnant of the seed of my brethren,
and also the book of the Lamb of God, which had proceeded forth from the
mouth of the Jew, that it came forth from the Gentiles unto the remnant
of the seed of my brethren.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:38
%
And after it had come forth unto them I beheld other books, which came
forth by the power of the Lamb, from the Gentiles unto them, unto the
convincing of the Gentiles and the remnant of the seed of my brethren, and
also the Jews who were scattered upon all the face of the earth, that the
records of the prophets and of the twelve apostles of the Lamb are true.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:39
%
And the angel spake unto me, saying: These last records, which thou
hast seen among the Gentiles, shall establish the truth of the first,
which are of the twelve apostles of the Lamb, and shall make known the
plain and precious things which have been taken away from them; and
shall make known to all kindreds, tongues, and people, that the Lamb
of God is the Son of the Eternal Father, and the Savior of the world;
and that all men must come unto him, or they cannot be saved.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:40
%
And they must come according to the words which shall be established by
the mouth of the Lamb; and the words of the Lamb shall be made known
in the records of thy seed, as well as in the records of the twelve
apostles of the Lamb; wherefore they both shall be established in one;
for there is one God and one Shepherd over all the earth.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:41
%
And the time cometh that he shall manifest himself unto all nations, both
unto the Jews and also unto the Gentiles; and after he has manifested
himself unto the Jews and also unto the Gentiles, then he shall manifest
himself unto the Gentiles and also unto the Jews, and the last shall be
first, and the first shall be last.
		 -- 1 Nephi 13:42
%
And it shall come to pass, that if the Gentiles shall hearken unto the
Lamb of God in that day that he shall manifest himself unto them in
word, and also in power, in very deed, unto the taking away of their
stumbling blocks--
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:1
%
And harden not their hearts against the Lamb of God, they shall be
numbered among the seed of thy father; yea, they shall be numbered
among the house of Israel; and they shall be a blessed people upon the
promised land forever; they shall be no more brought down into captivity;
and the house of Israel shall no more be confounded.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:2
%
And that great pit, which hath been digged for them by that great and
abominable church, which was founded by the devil and his children,
that he might lead away the souls of men down to hell--yea, that great
pit which hath been digged for the destruction of men shall be filled by
those who digged it, unto their utter destruction, saith the Lamb of God;
not the destruction of the soul, save it be the casting of it into that
hell which hath no end.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:3
%
For behold, this is according to the captivity of the devil, and also
according to the justice of God, upon all those who will work wickedness
and abomination before him.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:4
%
And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me, Nephi, saying: Thou
hast beheld that if the Gentiles repent it shall be well with them; and
thou also knowest concerning the covenants of the Lord unto the house
of Israel; and thou also hast heard that whoso repenteth not must perish.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:5
%
Therefore, wo be unto the Gentiles if it so be that they harden their
hearts against the Lamb of God.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:6
%
For the time cometh, saith the Lamb of God, that I will work a great
and a marvelous work among the children of men; a work which shall
be everlasting, either on the one hand or on the other--either to the
convincing of them unto peace and life eternal, or unto the deliverance
of them to the hardness of their hearts and the blindness of their minds
unto their being brought down into captivity, and also into destruction,
both temporally and spiritually, according to the captivity of the devil,
of which I have spoken.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:7
%
And it came to pass that when the angel had spoken these words, he said
unto me: Rememberest thou the covenants of the Father unto the house
of Israel?  I said unto him, Yea.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:8
%
And it came to pass that he said unto me: Look, and behold that great
and abominable church, which is the mother of abominations, whose founder
is the devil.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:9
%
And he said unto me: Behold there are save two churches only; the one
is the church of the Lamb of God, and the other is the church of the
devil; wherefore, whoso belongeth not to the church of the Lamb of God
belongeth to that great church, which is the mother of abominations;
and she is the whore of all the earth.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:10
%
And it came to pass that I looked and beheld the whore of all the earth,
and she sat upon many waters; and she had dominion over all the earth,
among all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:11
%
And it came to pass that I beheld the church of the Lamb of God, and
its numbers were few, because of the wickedness and abominations of the
whore who sat upon many waters; nevertheless, I beheld that the church
of the Lamb, who were the saints of God, were also upon all the face of
the earth; and their dominions upon the face of the earth were small,
because of the wickedness of the great whore whom I saw.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:12
%
And it came to pass that I beheld that the great mother of abominations
did gather together multitudes upon the face of all the earth, among
all the nations of the Gentiles, to fight against the Lamb of God.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:13
%
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the power of the Lamb of God,
that it descended upon the saints of the church of the Lamb, and upon
the covenant people of the Lord, who were scattered upon all the face
of the earth; and they were armed with righteousness and with the power
of God in great glory.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:14
%
And it came to pass that I beheld that the wrath of God was poured out
upon that great and abominable church, insomuch that there were wars
and rumors of wars among all the nations and kindreds of the earth.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:15
%
And as there began to be wars and rumors of wars among all the nations
which belonged to the mother of abominations, the angel spake unto me,
saying: Behold, the wrath of God is upon the mother of harlots; and
behold, thou seest all these things--
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:16
%
And when the day cometh that the wrath of God is poured out upon the
mother of harlots, which is the great and abominable church of all
the earth, whose founder is the devil, then, at that day, the work of
the Father shall commence, in preparing the way for the fulfilling of
his covenants, which he hath made to his people who are of the house
of Israel.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:17
%
And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me, saying: Look!
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:18
%
And I looked and beheld a man, and he was dressed in a white robe.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:19
%
And the angel said unto me: Behold one of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:20
%
Behold, he shall see and write the remainder of these things; yea,
and also many things which have been.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:21
%
And he shall also write concerning the end of the world.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:22
%
Wherefore, the things which he shall write are just and true; and behold
they are written in the book which thou beheld proceeding out of the
mouth of the Jew; and at the time they proceeded out of the mouth of the
Jew, or, at the time the book proceeded out of the mouth of the Jew,
the things which were written were plain and pure, and most precious
and easy to the understanding of all men.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:23
%
And behold, the things which this apostle of the Lamb shall write are many
things which thou hast seen; and behold, the remainder shalt thou see.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:24
%
But the things which thou shalt see hereafter thou shalt not write;
for the Lord God hath ordained the apostle of the Lamb of God that he
should write them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:25
%
And also others who have been, to them hath he shown all things, and they
have written them; and they are sealed up to come forth in their purity,
according to the truth which is in the Lamb, in the own due time of the
Lord, unto the house of Israel.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:26
%
And I, Nephi, heard and bear record, that the name of the apostle of
the Lamb was John, according to the word of the angel.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:27
%
And behold, I, Nephi, am forbidden that I should write the remainder
of the things which I saw and heard; wherefore the things which I have
written sufficeth me; and I have written but a small part of the things
which I saw.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:28
%
And I bear record that I saw the things which my father saw, and the
angel of the Lord did make them known unto me.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:29
%
And now I make an end of speaking concerning the things which I saw while
I was carried away in the spirit; and if all the things which I saw are
not written, the things which I have written are true.	And thus it is.
Amen.
		 -- 1 Nephi 14:30
%
And it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had been carried away in the
spirit, and seen all these things, I returned to the tent of my father.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:1
%
And it came to pass that I beheld my brethren, and they were disputing one
with another concerning the things which my father had spoken unto them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:2
%
For he truly spake many great things unto them, which were hard to be
understood, save a man should inquire of the Lord; and they being hard
in their hearts, therefore they did not look unto the Lord as they ought.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:3
%
And now I, Nephi, was grieved because of the hardness of their hearts,
and also, because of the things which I had seen, and knew they must
unavoidably come to pass because of the great wickedness of the children
of men.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:4
%
And it came to pass that I was overcome because of my afflictions, for
I considered that mine afflictions were great above all, because of the
destruction of my people, for I had beheld their fall.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:5
%
And it came to pass that after I had received strength I spake unto my
brethren, desiring to know of them the cause of their disputations.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:6
%
And they said: Behold, we cannot understand the words which our father
hath spoken concerning the natural branches of the olive-tree, and also
concerning the Gentiles.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:7
%
And I said unto them: Have ye inquired of the Lord?
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:8
%
And they said unto me: We have not; for the Lord maketh no such thing
known unto us.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:9
%
Behold, I said unto them: How is it that ye do not keep the commandments
of the Lord?  How is it that ye will perish, because of the hardness of
your hearts?
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:10
%
Do ye not remember the things which the Lord hath said?--If ye will not
harden your hearts, and ask me in faith, believing that ye shall receive,
with diligence in keeping my commandments, surely these things shall be
made known unto you.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:11
%
Behold, I say unto you, that the house of Israel was compared unto an
olive-tree, by the Spirit of the Lord which was in our father; and behold
are we not broken off from the house of Israel, and are we not a branch
of the house of Israel?
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:12
%
And now, the thing which our father meaneth concerning the grafting in
of the natural branches through the fulness of the Gentiles, is, that
in the latter days, when our seed shall have dwindled in unbelief, yea,
for the space of many years, and many generations after the Messiah
shall be manifested in body unto the children of men, then shall the
fulness of the gospel of the Messiah come unto the Gentiles, and from
the Gentiles unto the remnant of our seed--
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:13
%
And at that day shall the remnant of our seed know that they are of the
house of Israel, and that they are the covenant people of the Lord; and
then shall they know and come to the knowledge of their forefathers,
and also to the knowledge of the gospel of their Redeemer, which was
ministered unto their fathers by him; wherefore, they shall come to
the knowledge of their Redeemer and the very points of his doctrine,
that they may know how to come unto him and be saved.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:14
%
And then at that day will they not rejoice and give praise unto their
everlasting God, their rock and their salvation?  Yea, at that day,
will they not receive the strength and nourishment from the true vine?
Yea, will they not come unto the true fold of God?
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:15
%
Behold, I say unto you, Yea; they shall be remembered again among the
house of Israel; they shall be grafted in, being a natural branch of
the olive-tree, into the true olive-tree.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:16
%
And this is what our father meaneth; and he meaneth that it will not come
to pass until after they are scattered by the Gentiles; and he meaneth
that it shall come by way of the Gentiles, that the Lord may show his
power unto the Gentiles, for the very cause that he shall be rejected
of the Jews, or of the house of Israel.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:17
%
Wherefore, our father hath not spoken of our seed alone, but also of all
the house of Israel, pointing to the covenant which should be fulfilled
in the latter days; which covenant the Lord made to our father Abraham,
saying: In thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:18
%
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, spake much unto them concerning these
things; yea, I spake unto them concerning the restoration of the Jews
in the latter days.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:19
%
And I did rehearse unto them the words of Isaiah, who spake concerning
the restoration of the Jews, or of the house of Israel; and after they
were restored they should no more be confounded, neither should they be
scattered again.  And it came to pass that I did speak many words unto
my brethren, that they were pacified and did humble themselves before
the Lord.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:20
%
And it came to pass that they did speak unto me again, saying: What
meaneth this thing which our father saw in a dream?  What meaneth the
tree which he saw?
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:21
%
And I said unto them: It was a representation of the tree of life.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:22
%
And they said unto me: What meaneth the rod of iron which our father saw,
that led to the tree?
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:23
%
And I said unto them that it was the word of God; and whoso would
hearken unto the word of God, and would hold fast unto it, they would
never perish; neither could the temptations and the fiery darts of the
adversary overpower them unto blindness, to lead them away to destruction.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:24
%
Wherefore, I, Nephi, did exhort them to give heed unto the word of the
Lord; yea, I did exhort them with all the energies of my soul, and with
all the faculty which I possessed, that they would give heed to the word
of God and remember to keep his commandments always in all things.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:25
%
And they said unto me: What meaneth the river of water which our
father saw?
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:26
%
And I said unto them that the water which my father saw was filthiness;
and so much was his mind swallowed up in other things that he beheld
not the filthiness of the water.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:27
%
And I said unto them that it was an awful gulf, which separated the
wicked from the tree of life, and also from the saints of God.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:28
%
And I said unto them that it was a representation of that awful hell,
which the angel said unto me was prepared for the wicked.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:29
%
And I said unto them that our father also saw that the justice of God
did also divide the wicked from the righteous; and the brightness thereof
was like unto the brightness of a flaming fire, which ascendeth up unto
God forever and ever, and hath no end.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:30
%
And they said unto me: Doth this thing mean the torment of the body
in the days of probation, or doth it mean the final state of the soul
after the death of the temporal body, or doth it speak of the things
which are temporal?
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:31
%
And it came to pass that I said unto them that it was a representation
of things both temporal and spiritual; for the day should come that they
must be judged of their works, yea, even the works which were done by
the temporal body in their days of probation.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:32
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Wherefore, if they should die in their wickedness they must be cast
off also, as to the things which are spiritual, which are pertaining
to righteousness; wherefore, they must be brought to stand before God,
to be judged of their works; and if their works have been filthiness
they must needs be filthy; and if they be filthy it must needs be that
they cannot dwell in the kingdom of God; if so, the kingdom of God must
be filthy also.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:33
%
But behold, I say unto you, the kingdom of God is not filthy, and there
cannot any unclean thing enter into the kingdom of God; wherefore there
must needs be a place of filthiness prepared for that which is filthy.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:34
%
And there is a place prepared, yea, even that awful hell of which I have
spoken, and the devil is the preparator of it; wherefore the final state
of the souls of men is to dwell in the kingdom of God, or to be cast
out because of that justice of which I have spoken.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:35
%
Wherefore, the wicked are rejected from the righteous, and also from
that tree of life, whose fruit is most precious and most desirable above
all other fruits; yea, and it is the greatest of all the gifts of God.
And thus I spake unto my brethren.  Amen.
		 -- 1 Nephi 15:36
%
And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had made an end of speaking
to my brethren, behold they said unto me: Thou hast declared unto us
hard things, more than we are able to bear.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:1
%
And it came to pass that I said unto them that I knew that I had spoken
hard things against the wicked, according to the truth; and the righteous
have I justified, and testified that they should be lifted up at the
last day; wherefore, the guilty taketh the truth to be hard, for it
cutteth them to the very center.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:2
%
And now my brethren, if ye were righteous and were willing to hearken to
the truth, and give heed unto it, that ye might walk uprightly before God,
then ye would not murmur because of the truth, and say: Thou speakest
hard things against us.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:3
%
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did exhort my brethren, with all
diligence, to keep the commandments of the Lord.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:4
%
And it came to pass that they did humble themselves before the Lord;
insomuch that I had joy and great hopes of them, that they would walk
in the paths of righteousness.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:5
%
Now, all these things were said and done as my father dwelt in a tent
in the valley which he called Lemuel.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:6
%
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, took one of the daughters of Ishmael
to wife; and also, my brethren took of the daughters of Ishmael to wife;
and also Zoram took the eldest daughter of Ishmael to wife.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:7
%
And thus my father had fulfilled all the commandments of the Lord which
had been given unto him.  And also, I, Nephi, had been blessed of the
Lord exceedingly.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:8
%
And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord spake unto my father by
night, and commanded him that on the morrow he should take his journey
into the wilderness.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:9
%
And it came to pass that as my father arose in the morning, and went
forth to the tent door, to his great astonishment he beheld upon the
ground a round ball of curious workmanship; and it was of fine brass.
And within the ball were two spindles; and the one pointed the way
whither we should go into the wilderness.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:10
%
And it came to pass that we did gather together whatsoever things we
should carry into the wilderness, and all the remainder of our provisions
which the Lord had given unto us; and we did take seed of every kind
that we might carry into the wilderness.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:11
%
And it came to pass that we did take our tents and depart into the
wilderness, across the river Laman.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:12
%
And it came to pass that we traveled for the space of four days, nearly
a south-southeast direction, and we did pitch our tents again; and we
did call the name of the place Shazer.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:13
%
And it came to pass that we did take our bows and our arrows, and go
forth into the wilderness to slay food for our families; and after we had
slain food for our families we did return again to our families in the
wilderness, to the place of Shazer.  And we did go forth again in the
wilderness, following the same direction, keeping in the most fertile
parts of the wilderness, which were in the borders near the Red Sea.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:14
%
And it came to pass that we did travel for the space of many days,
slaying food by the way, with our bows and our arrows and our stones
and our slings.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:15
%
And we did follow the directions of the ball, which led us in the more
fertile parts of the wilderness.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:16
%
And after we had traveled for the space of many days, we did pitch our
tents for the space of a time, that we might again rest ourselves and
obtain food for our families.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:17
%
And it came to pass that as I, Nephi, went forth to slay food, behold,
I did break my bow, which was made of fine steel; and after I did break
my bow, behold, my brethren were angry with me because of the loss of
my bow, for we did obtain no food.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:18
%
And it came to pass that we did return without food to our families,
and being much fatigued, because of their journeying, they did suffer
much for the want of food.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:19
%
And it came to pass that Laman and Lemuel and the sons of Ishmael did
begin to murmur exceedingly, because of their sufferings and afflictions
in the wilderness; and also my father began to murmur against the Lord
his God; yea, and they were all exceedingly sorrowful, even that they
did murmur against the Lord.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:20
%
Now it came to pass that I, Nephi, having been afflicted with my brethren
because of the loss of my bow, and their bows having lost their springs,
it began to be exceedingly difficult, yea, insomuch that we could obtain
no food.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:21
%
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did speak much unto my brethren,
because they had hardened their hearts again, even unto complaining
against the Lord their God.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:22
%
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did make out of wood a bow, and out
of a straight stick, an arrow; wherefore, I did arm myself with a bow
and an arrow, with a sling and with stones. And I said unto my father:
Whither shall I go to obtain food?
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:23
%
And it came to pass that he did inquire of the Lord, for they had humbled
themselves because of my words; for I did say many things unto them in
the energy of my soul.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:24
%
And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord came unto my father;
and he was truly chastened because of his murmuring against the Lord,
insomuch that he was brought down into the depths of sorrow.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:25
%
And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord said unto him: Look upon
the ball, and behold the things which are written.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:26
%
And it came to pass that when my father beheld the things which were
written upon the ball, he did fear and tremble exceedingly, and also my
brethren and the sons of Ishmael and our wives.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:27
%
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the pointers which were in
the ball, that they did work according to the faith and diligence and
heed which we did give unto them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:28
%
And there was also written upon them a new writing, which was plain to
be read, which did give us understanding concerning the ways of the Lord;
and it was written and changed from time to time, according to the faith
and diligence which we gave unto it. And thus we see that by small means
the Lord can bring about great things.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:29
%
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did go forth up into the top of the
mountain, according to the directions which were given upon the ball.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:30
%
And it came to pass that I did slay wild beasts, insomuch that I did
obtain food for our families.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:31
%
And it came to pass that I did return to our tents, bearing the beasts
which I had slain; and now when they beheld that I had obtained food,
how great was their joy!  And it came to pass that they did humble
themselves before the Lord, and did give thanks unto him.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:32
%
And it came to pass that we did again take our journey, traveling nearly
the same course as in the beginning; and after we had traveled for the
space of many days we did pitch our tents again, that we might tarry
for the space of a time.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:33
%
And it came to pass that Ishmael died, and was buried in the place which
was called Nahom.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:34
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And it came to pass that the daughters of Ishmael did mourn exceedingly,
because of the loss of their father, and because of their afflictions
in the wilderness; and they did murmur against my father, because he
had brought them out of the land of Jerusalem, saying: Our father is
dead; yea, and we have wandered much in the wilderness, and we have
suffered much affliction, hunger, thirst, and fatigue; and after all
these sufferings we must perish in the wilderness with hunger.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:35
%
And thus they did murmur against my father, and also against me; and
they were desirous to return again to Jerusalem.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:36
%
And Laman said unto Lemuel and also unto the sons of Ishmael: Behold,
let us slay our father, and also our brother Nephi, who has taken it
upon him to be our ruler and our teacher, who are his elder brethren.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:37
%
Now, he says that the Lord has talked with him, and also that angels
have ministered unto him.  But behold, we know that he lies unto us;
and he tells us these things, and he worketh many things by his cunning
arts, that he may deceive our eyes, thinking, perhaps, that he may lead
us away into some strange wilderness; and after he has led us away,
he has thought to make himself a king and a ruler over us, that he may
do with us according to his will and pleasure.	And after this manner
did my brother Laman stir up their hearts to anger.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:38
%
And it came to pass that the Lord was with us, yea, even the voice of
the Lord came and did speak many words unto them, and did chasten them
exceedingly; and after they were chastened by the voice of the Lord they
did turn away their anger, and did repent of their sins, insomuch that
the Lord did bless us again with food, that we did not perish.
		 -- 1 Nephi 16:39
%
And it came to pass that we did again take our journey in the wilderness;
and we did travel nearly eastward from that time forth.  And we did
travel and wade through much affliction in the wilderness; and our women
did bear children in the wilderness.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:1
%
And so great were the blessings of the Lord upon us, that while we did
live upon raw meat in the wilderness, our women did give plenty of suck
for their children, and were strong, yea, even like unto the men; and
they began to bear their journeyings without murmurings.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:2
%
And thus we see that the commandments of God must be fulfilled.  And if
it so be that the children of men keep the commandments of God he doth
nourish them, and strengthen them, and provide means whereby they can
accomplish the thing which he has commanded them; wherefore, he did
provide means for us while we did sojourn in the wilderness.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:3
%
And we did sojourn for the space of many years, yea, even eight years
in the wilderness.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:4
%
And we did come to the land which we called Bountiful, because of its
much fruit and also wild honey; and all these things were prepared of
the Lord that we might not perish.  And we beheld the sea, which we
called Irreantum, which, being interpreted, is many waters.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:5
%
And it came to pass that we did pitch our tents by the seashore; and
notwithstanding we had suffered many afflictions and much difficulty,
yea, even so much that we cannot write them all, we were exceedingly
rejoiced when we came to the seashore; and we called the place Bountiful,
because of its much fruit.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:6
%
And it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had been in the land of Bountiful
for the space of many days, the voice of the Lord came unto me, saying:
Arise, and get thee into the mountain.	And it came to pass that I arose
and went up into the mountain, and cried unto the Lord.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:7
%
And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto me, saying: Thou shalt
construct a ship, after the manner which I shall show thee, that I may
carry thy people across these waters.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:8
%
And I said: Lord, whither shall I go that I may find ore to molten,
that I may make tools to construct the ship after the manner which thou
hast shown unto me?
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:9
%
And it came to pass that the Lord told me whither I should go to find ore,
that I might make tools.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:10
%
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did make a bellows wherewith to blow
the fire, of the skins of beasts; and after I had made a bellows, that
I might have wherewith to blow the fire, I did smite two stones together
that I might make fire.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:11
%
For the Lord had not hitherto suffered that we should make much fire,
as we journeyed in the wilderness; for he said: I will make thy food
become sweet, that ye cook it not;
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:12
%
And I will also be your light in the wilderness; and I will prepare the
way before you, if it so be that ye shall keep my commandments; wherefore,
inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments ye shall be led towards the
promised land; and ye shall know that it is by me that ye are led.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:13
%
Yea, and the Lord said also that: After ye have arrived in the promised
land, ye shall know that I, the Lord, am God; and that I, the Lord,
did deliver you from destruction; yea, that I did bring you out of the
land of Jerusalem.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:14
%
Wherefore, I, Nephi, did strive to keep the commandments of the Lord,
and I did exhort my brethren to faithfulness and diligence.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:15
%
And it came to pass that I did make tools of the ore which I did molten
out of the rock.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:16
%
And when my brethren saw that I was about to build a ship, they began to
murmur against me, saying: Our brother is a fool, for he thinketh that
he can build a ship; yea, and he also thinketh that he can cross these
great waters.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:17
%
And thus my brethren did complain against me, and were desirous that
they might not labor, for they did not believe that I could build a ship;
neither would they believe that I was instructed of the Lord.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:18
%
And now it came to pass that I, Nephi, was exceedingly sorrowful because
of the hardness of their hearts; and now when they saw that I began to
be sorrowful they were glad in their hearts, insomuch that they did
rejoice over me, saying: We knew that ye could not construct a ship,
for we knew that ye were lacking in judgment; wherefore, thou canst not
accomplish so great a work.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:19
%
And thou art like unto our father, led away by the foolish imaginations
of his heart; yea, he hath led us out of the land of Jerusalem, and
we have wandered in the wilderness for these many years; and our women
have toiled, being big with child; and they have borne children in the
wilderness and suffered all things, save it were death; and it would
have been better that they had died before they came out of Jerusalem
than to have suffered these afflictions.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:20
%
Behold, these many years we have suffered in the wilderness, which time
we might have enjoyed our possessions and the land of our inheritance;
yea, and we might have been happy.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:21
%
And we know that the people who were in the land of Jerusalem were a
righteous people; for they kept the statutes and judgments of the Lord,
and all his commandments, according to the law of Moses; wherefore, we
know that they are a righteous people; and our father hath judged them,
and hath led us away because we would hearken unto his words; yea, and
our brother is like unto him.  And after this manner of language did my
brethren murmur and complain against us.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:22
%
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, spake unto them, saying: Do ye believe
that our fathers, who were the children of Israel, would have been led
away out of the hands of the Egyptians if they had not hearkened unto
the words of the Lord?
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:23
%
Yea, do ye suppose that they would have been led out of bondage, if the
Lord had not commanded Moses that he should lead them out of bondage?
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:24
%
Now ye know that the children of Israel were in bondage; and ye know that
they were laden with tasks, which were grievous to be borne; wherefore,
ye know that it must needs be a good thing for them, that they should
be brought out of bondage.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:25
%
Now ye know that Moses was commanded of the Lord to do that great work;
and ye know that by his word the waters of the Red Sea were divided
hither and thither, and they passed through on dry ground.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:26
%
But ye know that the Egyptians were drowned in the Red Sea, who were
the armies of Pharaoh.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:27
%
And ye also know that they were fed with manna in the wilderness.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:28
%
Yea, and ye also know that Moses, by his word according to the power
of God which was in him, smote the rock, and there came forth water,
that the children of Israel might quench their thirst.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:29
%
And notwithstanding they being led, the Lord their God, their Redeemer,
going before them, leading them by day and giving light unto them by
night, and doing all things for them which were expedient for man to
receive, they hardened their hearts and blinded their minds, and reviled
against Moses and against the true and living God.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:30
%
And it came to pass that according to his word he did destroy them;
and according to his word he did lead them; and according to his word
he did do all things for them; and there was not any thing done save it
were by his word.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:31
%
And after they had crossed the river Jordan he did make them mighty unto
the driving out of the children of the land, yea, unto the scattering
them to destruction.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:32
%
And now, do ye suppose that the children of this land, who were in the
land of promise, who were driven out by our fathers, do ye suppose that
they were righteous?  Behold, I say unto you, Nay.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:33
%
Do ye suppose that our fathers would have been more choice than they if
they had been righteous?  I say unto you, Nay.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:34
%
Behold, the Lord esteemeth all flesh in one; he that is righteous is
favored of God.  But behold, this people had rejected every word of God,
and they were ripe in iniquity; and the fulness of the wrath of God was
upon them; and the Lord did curse the land against them, and bless it unto
our fathers; yea, he did curse it against them unto their destruction,
and he did bless it unto our fathers unto their obtaining power over it.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:35
%
Behold, the Lord hath created the earth that it should be inhabited;
and he hath created his children that they should possess it.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:36
%
And he raiseth up a righteous nation, and destroyeth the nations of
the wicked.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:37
%
And he leadeth away the righteous into precious lands, and the wicked
he destroyeth, and curseth the land unto them for their sakes.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:38
%
He ruleth high in the heavens, for it is his throne, and this earth is
his footstool.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:39
%
And he loveth those who will have him to be their God. Behold, he loved
our fathers, and he covenanted with them, yea, even Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob; and he remembered the covenants which he had made; wherefore,
he did bring them out of the land of Egypt.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:40
%
And he did straiten them in the wilderness with his rod; for they hardened
their hearts, even as ye have; and the Lord straitened them because of
their iniquity.  He sent fiery flying serpents among them; and after they
were bitten he prepared a way that they might be healed; and the labor
which they had to perform was to look; and because of the simpleness of
the way, or the easiness of it, there were many who perished.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:41
%
And they did harden their hearts from time to time, and they did revile
against Moses, and also against God; nevertheless, ye know that they
were led forth by his matchless power into the land of promise.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:42
%
And now, after all these things, the time has come that they have become
wicked, yea, nearly unto ripeness; and I know not but they are at this day
about to be destroyed; for I know that the day must surely come that they
must be destroyed, save a few only, who shall be led away into captivity.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:43
%
Wherefore, the Lord commanded my father that he should depart into the
wilderness; and the Jews also sought to take away his life; yea, and ye
also have sought to take away his life; wherefore, ye are murderers in
your hearts and ye are like unto them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:44
%
Ye are swift to do iniquity but slow to remember the Lord your God.
Ye have seen an angel, and he spake unto you; yea, ye have heard his voice
from time to time; and he hath spoken unto you in a still small voice,
but ye were past feeling, that ye could not feel his words; wherefore,
he has spoken unto you like unto the voice of thunder, which did cause
the earth to shake as if it were to divide asunder.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:45
%
And ye also know that by the power of his almighty word he can cause
the earth that it shall pass away; yea, and ye know that by his word he
can cause the rough places to be made smooth, and smooth places shall
be broken up.  O, then, why is it, that ye can be so hard in your hearts?
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:46
%
Behold, my soul is rent with anguish because of you, and my heart is
pained; I fear lest ye shall be cast off forever. Behold, I am full of
the Spirit of God, insomuch that my frame has no strength.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:47
%
And now it came to pass that when I had spoken these words they were angry
with me, and were desirous to throw me into the depths of the sea; and
as they came forth to lay their hands upon me I spake unto them, saying:
In the name of the Almighty God, I command you that ye touch me not, for I
am filled with the power of God, even unto the consuming of my flesh; and
whoso shall lay his hands upon me shall wither even as a dried reed; and
he shall be as naught before the power of God, for God shall smite him.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:48
%
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto them that they should murmur
no more against their father; neither should they withhold their labor
from me, for God had commanded me that I should build a ship.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:49
%
And I said unto them: If God had commanded me to do all things I could
do them.  If he should command me that I should say unto this water, be
thou earth, it should be earth; and if I should say it, it would be done.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:50
%
And now, if the Lord has such great power, and has wrought so many
miracles among the children of men, how is it that he cannot instruct me,
that I should build a ship?
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:51
%
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said many things unto my brethren,
insomuch that they were confounded and could not contend against me;
neither durst they lay their hands upon me nor touch me with their
fingers, even for the space of many days. Now they durst not do this
lest they should wither before me, so powerful was the Spirit of God;
and thus it had wrought upon them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:52
%
And it came to pass that the Lord said unto me: Stretch forth thine
hand again unto thy brethren, and they shall not wither before thee,
but I will shock them, saith the Lord, and this will I do, that they
may know that I am the Lord their God.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:53
%
And it came to pass that I stretched forth my hand unto my brethren,
and they did not wither before me; but the Lord did shake them, even
according to the word which he had spoken.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:54
%
And now, they said: We know of a surety that the Lord is with thee, for
we know that it is the power of the Lord that has shaken us.  And they
fell down before me, and were about to worship me, but I would not suffer
them, saying: I am thy brother, yea, even thy younger brother; wherefore,
worship the Lord thy God, and honor thy father and thy mother, that thy
days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God shall give thee.
		 -- 1 Nephi 17:55
%
And it came to pass that they did worship the Lord, and did go forth
with me; and we did work timbers of curious workmanship. And the Lord
did show me from time to time after what manner I should work the timbers
of the ship.
		 -- 1 Nephi 18:1
%
Now I, Nephi, did not work the timbers after the manner which was learned
by men, neither did I build the ship after the manner of men; but I did
build it after the manner which the Lord had shown unto me; wherefore,
it was not after the manner of men.
		 -- 1 Nephi 18:2
%
And I, Nephi, did go into the mount oft, and I did pray oft unto the Lord;
wherefore the Lord showed unto me great things.
		 -- 1 Nephi 18:3
%
And it came to pass that after I had finished the ship, according to
the word of the Lord, my brethren beheld that it was good, and that the
workmanship thereof was exceedingly fine; wherefore, they did humble
themselves again before the Lord.
		 -- 1 Nephi 18:4
%
And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord came unto my father,
that we should arise and go down into the ship.
		 -- 1 Nephi 18:5
%
And it came to pass that on the morrow, after we had prepared all things,
much fruits and meat from the wilderness, and honey in abundance, and
provisions according to that which the Lord had commanded us, we did go
down into the ship, with all our loading and our seeds, and whatsoever
thing we had brought with us, every one according to his age; wherefore,
we did all go down into the ship, with our wives and our children.
		 -- 1 Nephi 18:6
%
And now, my father had begat two sons in the wilderness; the elder was
called Jacob and the younger Joseph.
		 -- 1 Nephi 18:7
%
And it came to pass after we had all gone down into the ship, and had
taken with us our provisions and things which had been commanded us,
we did put forth into the sea and were driven forth before the wind
towards the promised land.
		 -- 1 Nephi 18:8
%
And after we had been driven forth before the wind for the space of many
days, behold, my brethren and the sons of Ishmael and also their wives
began to make themselves merry, insomuch that they began to dance, and
to sing, and to speak with much rudeness, yea, even that they did forget
by what power they had been brought thither; yea, they were lifted up
unto exceeding rudeness.
		 -- 1 Nephi 18:9
%
And I, Nephi, began to fear exceedingly lest the Lord should be angry with
us, and smite us because of our iniquity, that we should be swallowed
up in the depths of the sea; wherefore, I, Nephi, began to speak to
them with much soberness; but behold they were angry with me, saying:
We will not that our younger brother shall be a ruler over us.
		 -- 1 Nephi 18:10
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And it came to pass that Laman and Lemuel did take me and bind me with
cords, and they did treat me with much harshness; nevertheless, the Lord
did suffer it that he might show forth his power, unto the fulfilling
of his word which he had spoken concerning the wicked.
		 -- 1 Nephi 18:11
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And it came to pass that after they had bound me insomuch that I could not
move, the compass, which had been prepared of the Lord, did cease to work.
		 -- 1 Nephi 18:12
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Wherefore, they knew not whither they should steer the ship, insomuch
that there arose a great storm, yea, a great and terrible tempest,
and we were driven back upon the waters for the space of three days;
and they began to be frightened exceedingly lest they should be drowned
in the sea; nevertheless they did not loose me.
		 -- 1 Nephi 18:13
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And on the fourth day, which we had been driven back, the tempest began
to be exceedingly sore.
		 -- 1 Nephi 18:14
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And it came to pass that we were about to be swallowed up in the depths
of the sea.  And after we had been driven back upon the waters for the
space of four days, my brethren began to see that the judgments of God
were upon them, and that they must perish save that they should repent
of their iniquities; wherefore, they came unto me, and loosed the bands
which were upon my wrists, and behold they had swollen exceedingly; and
also mine ankles were much swollen, and great was the soreness thereof.
		 -- 1 Nephi 18:15
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Nevertheless, I did look unto my God, and I did praise him all the day
long; and I did not murmur against the Lord because of mine afflictions.
		 -- 1 Nephi 18:16
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Now my father, Lehi, had said many things unto them, and also unto the
sons of Ishmael; but, behold, they did breathe out much threatenings
against anyone that should speak for me; and my parents being stricken
in years, and having suffered much grief because of their children,
they were brought down, yea, even upon their sick-beds.
		 -- 1 Nephi 18:17
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Because of their grief and much sorrow, and the iniquity of my brethren,
they were brought near even to be carried out of this time to meet their
God; yea, their grey hairs were about to be brought down to lie low in the
dust; yea, even they were near to be cast with sorrow into a watery grave.
		 -- 1 Nephi 18:18
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And Jacob and Joseph also, being young, having need of much nourishment,
were grieved because of the afflictions of their mother; and also my
wife with her tears and prayers, and also my children, did not soften
the hearts of my brethren that they would loose me.
		 -- 1 Nephi 18:19
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And there was nothing save it were the power of God, which threatened
them with destruction, could soften their hearts; wherefore, when they
saw that they were about to be swallowed up in the depths of the sea they
repented of the thing which they had done, insomuch that they loosed me.
		 -- 1 Nephi 18:20
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And it came to pass after they had loosed me, behold, I took the compass,
and it did work whither I desired it.  And it came to pass that I prayed
unto the Lord; and after I had prayed the winds did cease, and the storm
did cease, and there was a great calm.
		 -- 1 Nephi 18:21
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And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did guide the ship, that we sailed
again towards the promised land.
		 -- 1 Nephi 18:22
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And it came to pass that after we had sailed for the space of many days
we did arrive at the promised land; and we went forth upon the land,
and did pitch our tents; and we did call it the promised land.
		 -- 1 Nephi 18:23
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And it came to pass that we did begin to till the earth, and we began
to plant seeds; yea, we did put all our seeds into the earth, which we
had brought from the land of Jerusalem.  And it came to pass that they
did grow exceedingly; wherefore, we were blessed in abundance.
		 -- 1 Nephi 18:24
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And it came to pass that we did find upon the land of promise, as we
journeyed in the wilderness, that there were beasts in the forests of
every kind, both the cow and the ox, and the ass and the horse, and
the goat and the wild goat, and all manner of wild animals, which were
for the use of men.  And we did find all manner of ore, both of gold,
and of silver, and of copper.
		 -- 1 Nephi 18:25
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And it came to pass that the Lord commanded me, wherefore I did make
plates of ore that I might engraven upon them the record of my people.
And upon the plates which I made I did engraven the record of my father,
and also our journeyings in the wilderness, and the prophecies of my
father; and also many of mine own prophecies have I engraven upon them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 19:1
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And I knew not at the time when I made them that I should be commanded of
the Lord to make these plates; wherefore, the record of my father, and the
genealogy of his fathers, and the more part of all our proceedings in the
wilderness are engraven upon those first plates of which I have spoken;
wherefore, the things which transpired before I made these plates are,
of a truth, more particularly made mention upon the first plates.
		 -- 1 Nephi 19:2
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And after I had made these plates by way of commandment, I, Nephi,
received a commandment that the ministry and the prophecies, the more
plain and precious parts of them, should be written upon these plates; and
that the things which were written should be kept for the instruction of
my people, who should possess the land, and also for other wise purposes,
which purposes are known unto the Lord.
		 -- 1 Nephi 19:3
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Wherefore, I, Nephi, did make a record upon the other plates, which gives
an account, or which gives a greater account of the wars and contentions
and destructions of my people.	And this have I done, and commanded my
people what they should do after I was gone; and that these plates should
be handed down from one generation to another, or from one prophet to
another, until further commandments of the Lord.
		 -- 1 Nephi 19:4
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And an account of my making these plates shall be given hereafter; and
then, behold, I proceed according to that which I have spoken; and this I
do that the more sacred things may be kept for the knowledge of my people.
		 -- 1 Nephi 19:5
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Nevertheless, I do not write anything upon plates save it be that I
think it be sacred.  And now, if I do err, even did they err of old;
not that I would excuse myself because of other men, but because of the
weakness which is in me, according to the flesh, I would excuse myself.
		 -- 1 Nephi 19:6
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For the things which some men esteem to be of great worth, both to
the body and soul, others set at naught and trample under their feet.
Yea, even the very God of Israel do men trample under their feet; I say,
trample under their feet but I would speak in other words--they set him
at naught, and hearken not to the voice of his counsels.
		 -- 1 Nephi 19:7
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And behold he cometh, according to the words of the angel, in six hundred
years from the time my father left Jerusalem.
		 -- 1 Nephi 19:8
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And the world, because of their iniquity, shall judge him to be a thing of
naught; wherefore they scourge him, and he suffereth it; and they smite
him, and he suffereth it.  Yea, they spit upon him, and he suffereth
it, because of his loving kindness and his long-suffering towards the
children of men.
		 -- 1 Nephi 19:9
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And the God of our fathers, who were led out of Egypt, out of bondage, and
also were preserved in the wilderness by him, yea, the God of Abraham, and
of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, yieldeth himself, according to the words
of the angel, as a man, into the hands of wicked men, to be lifted up,
according to the words of Zenock, and to be crucified, according to the
words of Neum, and to be buried in a sepulchre, according to the words of
Zenos, which he spake concerning the three days of darkness, which should
be a sign given of his death unto those who should inhabit the isles of
the sea, more especially given unto those who are of the house of Israel.
		 -- 1 Nephi 19:10
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For thus spake the prophet: The Lord God surely shall visit all the
house of Israel at that day, some with his voice, because of their
righteousness, unto their great joy and salvation, and others with
the thunderings and the lightnings of his power, by tempest, by fire,
and by smoke, and vapor of darkness, and by the opening of the earth,
and by mountains which shall be carried up.
		 -- 1 Nephi 19:11
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And all these things must surely come, saith the prophet Zenos.  And the
rocks of the earth must rend; and because of the groanings of the earth,
many of the kings of the isles of the sea shall be wrought upon by the
Spirit of God, to exclaim: The God of nature suffers.
		 -- 1 Nephi 19:12
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And as for those who are at Jerusalem, saith the prophet, they shall
be scourged by all people, because they crucify the God of Israel, and
turn their hearts aside, rejecting signs and wonders, and the power and
glory of the God of Israel.
		 -- 1 Nephi 19:13
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And because they turn their hearts aside, saith the prophet, and have
despised the Holy One of Israel, they shall wander in the flesh, and
perish, and become a hiss and a byword, and be hated among all nations.
		 -- 1 Nephi 19:14
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Nevertheless, when that day cometh, saith the prophet, that they no
more turn aside their hearts against the Holy One of Israel, then will
he remember the covenants which he made to their fathers.
		 -- 1 Nephi 19:15
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Yea, then will he remember the isles of the sea; yea, and all the
people who are of the house of Israel, will I gather in, saith the Lord,
according to the words of the prophet Zenos, from the four quarters of
the earth.
		 -- 1 Nephi 19:16
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Yea, and all the earth shall see the salvation of the Lord, saith the
prophet; every nation, kindred, tongue and people shall be blessed.
		 -- 1 Nephi 19:17
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And I, Nephi, have written these things unto my people, that perhaps I
might persuade them that they would remember the Lord their Redeemer.
		 -- 1 Nephi 19:18
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Wherefore, I speak unto all the house of Israel, if it so be that they
should obtain these things.
		 -- 1 Nephi 19:19
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For behold, I have workings in the spirit, which doth weary me even
that all my joints are weak, for those who are at Jerusalem; for had not
the Lord been merciful, to show unto me concerning them, even as he had
prophets of old, I should have perished also.
		 -- 1 Nephi 19:20
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And he surely did show unto the prophets of old all things concerning
them; and also he did show unto many concerning us; wherefore, it must
needs be that we know concerning them for they are written upon the
plates of brass.
		 -- 1 Nephi 19:21
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Now it came to pass that I, Nephi, did teach my brethren these things;
and it came to pass that I did read many things to them, which were
engraven upon the plates of brass, that they might know concerning the
doings of the Lord in other lands, among people of old.
		 -- 1 Nephi 19:22
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And I did read many things unto them which were written in the books
of Moses; but that I might more fully persuade them to believe in the
Lord their Redeemer I did read unto them that which was written by the
prophet Isaiah; for I did liken all scriptures unto us, that it might
be for our profit and learning.
		 -- 1 Nephi 19:23
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Wherefore I spake unto them, saying: Hear ye the words of the prophet,
ye who are a remnant of the house of Israel, a branch who have been
broken off; hear ye the words of the prophet, which were written unto
all the house of Israel, and liken them unto yourselves, that ye may
have hope as well as your brethren from whom ye have been broken off;
for after this manner has the prophet written.
		 -- 1 Nephi 19:24
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Hearken and hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of
Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, or out of the
waters of baptism, who swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention
of the God of Israel, yet they swear not in truth nor in righteousness.
		 -- 1 Nephi 20:1
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Nevertheless, they call themselves of the holy city, but they do not
stay themselves upon the God of Israel, who is the Lord of Hosts; yea,
the Lord of Hosts is his name.
		 -- 1 Nephi 20:2
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Behold, I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they
went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them.	I did show them suddenly.
		 -- 1 Nephi 20:3
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And I did it because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an
iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
		 -- 1 Nephi 20:4
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And I have even from the beginning declared to thee; before it came to
pass I showed them thee; and I showed them for fear lest thou shouldst
say--Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image
hath commanded them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 20:5
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Thou hast seen and heard all this; and will ye not declare them?  And that
I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and
thou didst not know them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 20:6
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They are created now, and not from the beginning, even before the day
when thou heardest them not they were declared unto thee, lest thou
shouldst say--Behold I knew them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 20:7
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Yea, and thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that
time thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldst deal very
treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
		 -- 1 Nephi 20:8
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Nevertheless, for my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my
praise will I refrain from thee, that I cut thee not off.
		 -- 1 Nephi 20:9
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For, behold, I have refined thee, I have chosen thee in the furnace
of affliction.
		 -- 1 Nephi 20:10
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For mine own sake, yea, for mine own sake will I do this, for I will not
suffer my name to be polluted, and I will not give my glory unto another.
		 -- 1 Nephi 20:11
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Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called, for I am he; I am the
first, and I am also the last.
		 -- 1 Nephi 20:12
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Mine hand hath also laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand
hath spanned the heavens.  I call unto them and they stand up together.
		 -- 1 Nephi 20:13
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All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; who among them hath declared
these things unto them?  The Lord hath loved him; yea, and he will fulfil
his word which he hath declared by them; and he will do his pleasure on
Babylon, and his arm shall come upon the Chaldeans.
		 -- 1 Nephi 20:14
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Also, saith the Lord; I the Lord, yea, I have spoken; yea, I have called
him to declare, I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
		 -- 1 Nephi 20:15
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Come ye near unto me; I have not spoken in secret; from the beginning,
from the time that it was declared have I spoken; and the Lord God,
and his Spirit, hath sent me.
		 -- 1 Nephi 20:16
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And thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I have
sent him, the Lord thy God who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee
by the way thou shouldst go, hath done it.
		 -- 1 Nephi 20:17
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O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments--then had thy peace been
as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea.
		 -- 1 Nephi 20:18
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Thy seed also had been as the sand; the offspring of thy bowels like the
gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from
before me.
		 -- 1 Nephi 20:19
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Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of
singing declare ye, tell this, utter to the end of the earth; say ye:
The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
		 -- 1 Nephi 20:20
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And they thirsted not; 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.
		 -- 1 Nephi 20:21
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And notwithstanding he hath done all this, and greater also, there is
no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.
		 -- 1 Nephi 20:22
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And again: Hearken, O ye house of Israel, all ye that are broken off and
are driven out because of the wickedness of the pastors of my people;
yea, all ye that are broken off, that are scattered abroad, who are of
my people, O house of Israel.  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.
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:1
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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;
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:2
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And said unto me: Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be
glorified.
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:3
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Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for naught
and in vain; surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:4
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And now, saith the Lord--that formed me from the womb that I should 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.
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:5
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And he said: It is a light thing that thou shouldst 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 ends of the earth.
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:6
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Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him whom
man despiseth, to him whom the nations abhorreth, to servant of rulers:
Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the
Lord that is faithful.
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:7
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Thus saith the Lord: In an acceptable time have I heard thee, O isles
of the sea, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will
preserve thee, and give thee my servant for a covenant of the people,
to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:8
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That thou mayest say to the prisoners: Go forth; to them that sit in
darkness: Show yourselves.  They shall feed in the ways, and their
pastures shall be in all high places.
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:9
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They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor the sun
smite them; for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the
springs of water shall he guide them.
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:10
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And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:11
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And then, O house of Israel, behold, these shall come from far; and lo,
these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:12
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Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; for the feet of those who are in
the east shall be established; and break forth into singing, O mountains;
for they shall be smitten no more; for the Lord hath comforted his people,
and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:13
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But, behold, Zion hath said: The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath
forgotten me--but he will show that he hath not.
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:14
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For 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, O house of Israel.
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:15
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Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are
continually before me.
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:16
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Thy children shall make haste against thy destroyers; and they that made
thee waste shall go forth of thee.
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:17
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Lift up thine eyes round about and behold; all these gather themselves
together, and they shall come to thee.	And as I live, saith the Lord,
thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and
bind them on even as a bride.
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:18
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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.
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:19
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The children whom thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the first, shall
again in thine ears say: The place is too strait for me; give place to
me that I may dwell.
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:20
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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 have they been?
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:21
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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.
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:22
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And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing
mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their face towards 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.
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:23
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For shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives
delivered?
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:24
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But thus saith the Lord, even the captives of the mighty shall be taken
away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend
with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:25
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And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; 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.
		 -- 1 Nephi 21:26
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And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had read these things which
were engraven upon the plates of brass, my brethren came unto me and
said unto me: What meaneth these things which ye have read?  Behold,
are they to be understood according to things which are spiritual,
which shall come to pass according to the spirit and not the flesh?
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:1
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And I, Nephi, said unto them: Behold they were manifest unto the prophet
by the voice of the Spirit; for by the Spirit are all things made known
unto the prophets, which shall come upon the children of men according
to the flesh.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:2
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Wherefore, the things of which I have read are things pertaining to things
both temporal and spiritual; for it appears that the house of Israel,
sooner or later, will be scattered upon all the face of the earth,
and also among all nations.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:3
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And behold, there are many who are already lost from the knowledge of
those who are at Jerusalem.  Yea, the more part of all the tribes have
been led away; and they are scattered to and fro upon the isles of the
sea; and whither they are none of us knoweth, save that we know that
they have been led away.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:4
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And since they have been led away, these things have been prophesied
concerning them, and also concerning all those who shall hereafter be
scattered and be confounded, because of the Holy One of Israel; for
against him will they harden their hearts; wherefore, they shall be
scattered among all nations and shall be hated of all men.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:5
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Nevertheless, after they shall be nursed by the Gentiles, and the Lord
has lifted up his hand upon the Gentiles and set them up for a standard,
and their children have been carried in their arms, and their daughters
have been carried upon their shoulders, behold these things of which
are spoken are temporal; for thus are the covenants of the Lord with
our fathers; and it meaneth us in the days to come, and also all our
brethren who are of the house of Israel.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:6
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And it meaneth that the time cometh that after all the house of Israel
have been scattered and confounded, that the Lord God will raise up a
mighty nation among the Gentiles, yea, even upon the face of this land;
and by them shall our seed be scattered.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:7
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And after our seed is scattered the Lord God will proceed to do a
marvelous work among the Gentiles, which shall be of great worth unto
our seed; wherefore, it is likened unto their being nourished by the
Gentiles and being carried in their arms and upon their shoulders.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:8
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And it shall also be of worth unto the Gentiles; and not only unto the
Gentiles but unto all the house of Israel, unto the making known of
the covenants of the Father of heaven unto Abraham, saying: In thy seed
shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:9
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And I would, my brethren, that ye should know that all the kindreds of
the earth cannot be blessed unless he shall make bare his arm in the
eyes of the nations.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:10
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Wherefore, the Lord God will proceed to make bare his arm in the eyes
of all the nations, in bringing about his covenants and his gospel unto
those who are of the house of Israel.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:11
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Wherefore, he will bring them again out of captivity, and they shall be
gathered together to the lands of their inheritance; and they shall be
brought out of obscurity and out of darkness; and they shall know that
the Lord is their Savior and their Redeemer, the Mighty One of Israel.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:12
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And the blood of that great and abominable church, which is the whore of
all the earth, shall turn upon their own heads; for they shall war among
themselves, and the sword of their own hands shall fall upon their own
heads, and they shall be drunken with their own blood.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:13
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And every nation which shall war against thee, O house of Israel, shall
be turned one against another, and they shall fall into the pit which
they digged to ensnare the people of the Lord. And all that fight against
Zion shall be destroyed, and that great whore, who hath perverted the
right ways of the Lord, yea, that great and abominable church, shall
tumble to the dust and great shall be the fall of it.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:14
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For behold, saith the prophet, the time cometh speedily that Satan shall
have no more power over the hearts of the children of men; for the day
soon cometh that all the proud and they who do wickedly shall be as
stubble; and the day cometh that they must be burned.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:15
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For the time soon cometh that the fulness of the wrath of God shall be
poured out upon all the children of men; for he will not suffer that
the wicked shall destroy the righteous.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:16
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Wherefore, he will preserve the righteous by his power, even if it so be
that the fulness of his wrath must come, and the righteous be preserved,
even unto the destruction of their enemies by fire.  Wherefore, the
righteous need not fear; for thus saith the prophet, they shall be saved,
even if it so be as by fire.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:17
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Behold, my brethren, I say unto you, that these things must shortly come;
yea, even blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke must come; and it must
needs be upon the face of this earth; and it cometh unto men according
to the flesh if it so be that they will harden their hearts against the
Holy One of Israel.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:18
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For behold, the righteous shall not perish; for the time surely must
come that all they who fight against Zion shall be cut off.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:19
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And the Lord will surely prepare a way for his people, unto the fulfilling
of the words of Moses, which he spake, saying: A prophet shall the Lord
your God raise up unto you, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things
whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass that all those
who will not hear that prophet shall be cut off from among the people.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:20
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And now I, Nephi, declare unto you, that this prophet of whom Moses
spake was the Holy One of Israel; wherefore, he shall execute judgment
in righteousness.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:21
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And the righteous need not fear, for they are those who shall not be
confounded.  But it is the kingdom of the devil, which shall be built
up among the children of men, which kingdom is established among them
which are in the flesh--
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:22
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For the time speedily shall come that all churches which are built up to
get gain, and all those who are built up to get power over the flesh,
and those who are built up to become popular in the eyes of the world,
and those who seek the lusts of the flesh and the things of the world, and
to do all manner of iniquity; yea, in fine, all those who belong to the
kingdom of the devil are they who need fear, and tremble, and quake; they
are those who must be brought low in the dust; they are those who must
be consumed as stubble; and this is according to the words of the prophet.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:23
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And the time cometh speedily that the righteous must be led up as calves
of the stall, and the Holy One of Israel must reign in dominion, and
might, and power, and great glory.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:24
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And he gathereth his children from the four quarters of the earth; and
he numbereth his sheep, and they know him; and there shall be one fold
and one shepherd; and he shall feed his sheep, and in him they shall
find pasture.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:25
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And because of the righteousness of his people, Satan has no power;
wherefore, he cannot be loosed for the space of many years; for he hath
no power over the hearts of the people, for they dwell in righteousness,
and the Holy One of Israel reigneth.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:26
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And now behold, I, Nephi, say unto you that all these things must come
according to the flesh.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:27
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But, behold, all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people shall dwell
safely in the Holy One of Israel if it so be that they will repent.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:28
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And now I, Nephi, make an end; for I durst not speak further as yet
concerning these things.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:29
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Wherefore, my brethren, I would that ye should consider that the things
which have been written upon the plates of brass are true; and they
testify that a man must be obedient to the commandments of God.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:30
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Wherefore, ye need not suppose that I and my father are the only ones
that have testified, and also taught them.  Wherefore, if ye shall be
obedient to the commandments, and endure to the end, ye shall be saved
at the last day.  And thus it is.  Amen.
		 -- 1 Nephi 22:31
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And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had made an end of teaching
my brethren, our father, Lehi, also spake many things unto them, and
rehearsed unto them, how great things the Lord had done for them in
bringing them out of the land of Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:1
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And he spake unto them concerning their rebellions upon the waters, and
the mercies of God in sparing their lives, that they were not swallowed
up in the sea.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:2
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And he also spake unto them concerning the land of promise, which they
had obtained--how merciful the Lord had been in warning us that we should
flee out of the land of Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:3
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For, behold, said he, I have seen a vision, in which I know that
Jerusalem is destroyed; and had we remained in Jerusalem we should also
have perished.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:4
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But, said he, notwithstanding our afflictions, we have obtained a land of
promise, a land which is choice above all other lands; a land which the
Lord God hath covenanted with me should be a land for the inheritance
of my seed.  Yea, the Lord hath covenanted this land unto me, and to
my children forever, and also all those who should be led out of other
countries by the hand of the Lord.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:5
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Wherefore, I, Lehi, prophesy according to the workings of the Spirit
which is in me, that there shall none come into this land save they
shall be brought by the hand of the Lord.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:6
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Wherefore, this land is consecrated unto him whom he shall bring.  And if
it so be that they shall serve him according to the commandments which
he hath given, it shall be a land of liberty unto them; wherefore, they
shall never be brought down into captivity; if so, it shall be because
of iniquity; for if iniquity shall abound cursed shall be the land for
their sakes, but unto the righteous it shall be blessed forever.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:7
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And behold, it is wisdom that this land should be kept as yet from the
knowledge of other nations; for behold, many nations would overrun the
land, that there would be no place for an inheritance.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:8
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Wherefore, I, Lehi, have obtained a promise, that inasmuch as those whom
the Lord God shall bring out of the land of Jerusalem shall keep his
commandments, they shall prosper upon the face of this land; and they
shall be kept from all other nations, that they may possess this land
unto themselves.  And if it so be that they shall keep his commandments
they shall be blessed upon the face of this land, and there shall be
none to molest them, nor to take away the land of their inheritance;
and they shall dwell safely forever.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:9
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But behold, when the time cometh that they shall dwindle in unbelief,
after they have received so great blessings from the hand of the
Lord--having a knowledge of the creation of the earth, and all men,
knowing the great and marvelous works of the Lord from the creation of
the world; having power given them to do all things by faith; having
all the commandments from the beginning, and having been brought by his
infinite goodness into this precious land of promise--behold, I say,
if the day shall come that they will reject the Holy One of Israel,
the true Messiah, their Redeemer and their God, behold, the judgments
of him that is just shall rest upon them.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:10
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Yea, he will bring other nations unto them, and he will give unto them
power, and he will take away from them the lands of their possessions,
and he will cause them to be scattered and smitten.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:11
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Yea, as one generation passeth to another there shall be bloodsheds,
and great visitations among them; wherefore, my sons, I would that ye
would remember; yea, I would that ye would hearken unto my words.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:12
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O that ye would awake; awake from a deep sleep, yea, even from the sleep
of hell, and shake off the awful chains by which ye are bound, which
are the chains which bind the children of men, that they are carried
away captive down to the eternal gulf of misery and woe.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:13
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Awake!	and arise from the dust, and hear the words of a trembling
parent, whose limbs ye must soon lay down in the cold and silent grave,
from whence no traveler can return; a few more days and I go the way of
all the earth.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:14
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But behold, the Lord hath redeemed my soul from hell; I have beheld his
glory, and I am encircled about eternally in the arms of his love.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:15
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And I desire that ye should remember to observe the statutes and the
judgments of the Lord; behold, this hath been the anxiety of my soul
from the beginning.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:16
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My heart hath been weighed down with sorrow from time to time, for I
have feared, lest for the hardness of your hearts the Lord your God
should come out in the fulness of his wrath upon you, that ye be cut
off and destroyed forever;
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:17
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Or, that a cursing should come upon you for the space of many generations;
and ye are visited by sword, and by famine, and are hated, and are led
according to the will and captivity of the devil.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:18
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O my sons, that these things might not come upon you, but that ye might
be a choice and a favored people of the Lord.  But behold, his will be
done; for his ways are righteousness forever.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:19
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And he hath said that: Inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments ye shall
prosper in the land; but inasmuch as ye will not keep my commandments
ye shall be cut off from my presence.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:20
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And now that my soul might have joy in you, and that my heart might
leave this world with gladness because of you, that I might not be
brought down with grief and sorrow to the grave, arise from the dust,
my sons, and be men, and be determined in one mind and in one heart,
united in all things, that ye may not come down into captivity;
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:21
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That ye may not be cursed with a sore cursing; and also, that ye may not
incur the displeasure of a just God upon you, unto the destruction, yea,
the eternal destruction of both soul and body.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:22
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Awake, my sons; put on the armor of righteousness.  Shake off the chains
with which ye are bound, and come forth out of obscurity, and arise from
the dust.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:23
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Rebel no more against your brother, whose views have been glorious, and
who hath kept the commandments from the time that we left Jerusalem;
and who hath been an instrument in the hands of God, in bringing us
forth into the land of promise; for were it not for him, we must have
perished with hunger in the wilderness; nevertheless, ye sought to take
away his life; yea, and he hath suffered much sorrow because of you.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:24
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And I exceedingly fear and tremble because of you, lest he shall suffer
again; for behold, ye have accused him that he sought power and authority
over you; but I know that he hath not sought for power nor authority over
you, but he hath sought the glory of God, and your own eternal welfare.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:25
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And ye have murmured because he hath been plain unto you. Ye say that
he hath used sharpness; ye say that he hath been angry with you; but
behold, his sharpness was the sharpness of the power of the word of God,
which was in him; and that which ye call anger was the truth, according
to that which is in God, which he could not restrain, manifesting boldly
concerning your iniquities.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:26
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And it must needs be that the power of God must be with him, even unto
his commanding you that ye must obey.  But behold, it was not he, but
it was the Spirit of the Lord which was in him, which opened his mouth
to utterance that he could not shut it.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:27
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And now my son, Laman, and also Lemuel and Sam, and also my sons who are
the sons of Ishmael, behold, if ye will hearken unto the voice of Nephi
ye shall not perish.  And if ye will hearken unto him I leave unto you
a blessing, yea, even my first blessing.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:28
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But if ye will not hearken unto him I take away my first blessing, yea,
even my blessing, and it shall rest upon him.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:29
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And now, Zoram, I speak unto you: Behold, thou art the servant of Laban;
nevertheless, thou hast been brought out of the land of Jerusalem,
and I know that thou art a true friend unto my son, Nephi, forever.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:30
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Wherefore, because thou hast been faithful thy seed shall be blessed with
his seed, that they dwell in prosperity long upon the face of this land;
and nothing, save it shall be iniquity among them, shall harm or disturb
their prosperity upon the face of this land forever.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:31
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Wherefore, if ye shall keep the commandments of the Lord, the Lord hath
consecrated this land for the security of thy seed with the seed of
my son.
		 -- 2 Nephi 1:32
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And now, Jacob, I speak unto you: Thou art my first-born in the days of
my tribulation in the wilderness.  And behold, in thy childhood thou
hast suffered afflictions and much sorrow, because of the rudeness of
thy brethren.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:1
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Nevertheless, Jacob, my first-born in the wilderness, thou knowest the
greatness of God; and he shall consecrate thine afflictions for thy gain.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:2
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Wherefore, thy soul shall be blessed, and thou shalt dwell safely with thy
brother, Nephi; and thy days shall be spent in the service of thy God.
Wherefore, I know that thou art redeemed, because of the righteousness
of thy Redeemer; for thou hast beheld that in the fulness of time he
cometh to bring salvation unto men.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:3
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And thou hast beheld in thy youth his glory; wherefore, thou art blessed
even as they unto whom he shall minister in the flesh; for the Spirit
is the same, yesterday, today, and forever. And the way is prepared from
the fall of man, and salvation is free.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:4
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And men are instructed sufficiently that they know good from evil.
And the law is given unto men.	And by the law no flesh is justified;
or, by the law men are cut off.  Yea, by the temporal law they were cut
off; and also, by the spiritual law they perish from that which is good,
and become miserable forever.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:5
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Wherefore, redemption cometh in and through the Holy Messiah; for he is
full of grace and truth.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:6
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Behold, he offereth himself a sacrifice for sin, to answer the ends of
the law, unto all those who have a broken heart and a contrite spirit;
and unto none else can the ends of the law be answered.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:7
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Wherefore, how great the importance to make these things known unto
the inhabitants of the earth, that they may know that there is no flesh
that can dwell in the presence of God, save it be through the merits,
and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah, who layeth down his life
according to the flesh, and taketh it again by the power of the Spirit,
that he may bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, being the first
that should rise.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:8
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Wherefore, he is the firstfruits unto God, inasmuch as he shall make
intercession for all the children of men; and they that believe in him
shall be saved.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:9
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And because of the intercession for all, all men come unto God; wherefore,
they stand in the presence of him, to be judged of him according to the
truth and holiness which is in him. Wherefore, the ends of the law which
the Holy One hath given, unto the inflicting of the punishment which is
affixed, which punishment that is affixed is in opposition to that of
the happiness which is affixed, to answer the ends of the atonement--
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:10
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For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things.
If not so, my first-born in the wilderness, righteousness could not
be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery,
neither good nor bad.  Wherefore, all things must needs be a compound in
one; wherefore, if it should be one body it must needs remain as dead,
having no life neither death, nor corruption nor incorruption, happiness
nor misery, neither sense nor insensibility.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:11
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Wherefore, it must needs have been created for a thing of naught;
wherefore there would have been no purpose in the end of its creation.
Wherefore, this thing must needs destroy the wisdom of God and his eternal
purposes, and also the power, and the mercy, and the justice of God.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:12
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And if ye shall say there is no law, ye shall also say there is no
sin.  If ye shall say there is no sin, ye shall also say there is no
righteousness.	And if there be no righteousness there be no happiness.
And if there be no righteousness nor happiness there be no punishment
nor misery.  And if these things are not there is no God.  And if there
is no God we are not, neither the earth; for there could have been no
creation of things, neither to act nor to be acted upon; wherefore,
all things must have vanished away.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:13
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And now, my sons, I speak unto you these things for your profit and
learning; for there is a God, and he hath created all things, both the
heavens and the earth, and all things that in them are, both things to
act and things to be acted upon.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:14
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And to bring about his eternal purposes in the end of man, after he had
created our first parents, and the beasts of the field and the fowls
of the air, and in fine, all things which are created, it must needs be
that there was an opposition; even the forbidden fruit in opposition to
the tree of life; the one being sweet and the other bitter.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:15
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Wherefore, the Lord God gave unto man that he should act for himself.
Wherefore, man could not act for himself save it should be that he was
enticed by the one or the other.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:16
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And I, Lehi, according to the things which I have read, must needs
suppose that an angel of God, according to that which is written, had
fallen from heaven; wherefore, he became a devil, having sought that
which was evil before God.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:17
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And because he had fallen from heaven, and had become miserable forever,
he sought also the misery of all mankind. Wherefore, he said unto Eve,
yea, even that old serpent, who is the devil, who is the father of all
lies, wherefore he said: Partake of the forbidden fruit, and ye shall
not die, but ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:18
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And after Adam and Eve had partaken of the forbidden fruit they were
driven out of the garden of Eden, to till the earth.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:19
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And they have brought forth children; yea, even the family of all
the earth.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:20
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And the days of the children of men were prolonged, according to the will
of God, that they might repent while in the flesh; wherefore, their state
became a state of probation, and their time was lengthened, according
to the commandments which the Lord God gave unto the children of men.
For he gave commandment that all men must repent; for he showed unto all
men that they were lost, because of the transgression of their parents.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:21
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And now, behold, if Adam had not transgressed he would not have fallen,
but he would have remained in the garden of Eden.  And all things which
were created must have remained in the same state in which they were after
they were created; and they must have remained forever, and had no end.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:22
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And they would have had no children; wherefore they would have remained
in a state of innocence, having no joy, for they knew no misery; doing
no good, for they knew no sin.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:23
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But behold, all things have been done in the wisdom of him who knoweth
all things.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:24
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Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:25
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And the Messiah cometh in the fulness of time, that he may redeem the
children of men from the fall.	And because that they are redeemed from
the fall they have become free forever, knowing good from evil; to act
for themselves and not to be acted upon, save it be by the punishment of
the law at the great and last day, according to the commandments which
God hath given.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:26
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Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh; and all things are given
them which are expedient unto man.  And they are free to choose liberty
and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose
captivity and death, according to the captivity and power of the devil;
for he seeketh that all men might be miserable like unto himself.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:27
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And now, my sons, I would that ye should look to the great Mediator,
and hearken unto his great commandments; and be faithful unto his words,
and choose eternal life, according to the will of his Holy Spirit;
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:28
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And not choose eternal death, according to the will of the flesh and
the evil which is therein, which giveth the spirit of the devil power
to captivate, to bring you down to hell, that he may reign over you in
his own kingdom.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:29
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I have spoken these few words unto you all, my sons, in the last days
of my probation; and I have chosen the good part, according to the words
of the prophet.  And I have none other object save it be the everlasting
welfare of your souls.	Amen.
		 -- 2 Nephi 2:30
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And now I speak unto you, Joseph, my last-born.  Thou wast born in the
wilderness of mine afflictions; yea, in the days of my greatest sorrow
did thy mother bear thee.
		 -- 2 Nephi 3:1
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And may the Lord consecrate also unto thee this land, which is a most
precious land, for thine inheritance and the inheritance of thy seed
with thy brethren, for thy security forever, if it so be that ye shall
keep the commandments of the Holy One of Israel.
		 -- 2 Nephi 3:2
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And now, Joseph, my last-born, whom I have brought out of the wilderness
of mine afflictions, may the Lord bless thee forever, for thy seed shall
not utterly be destroyed.
		 -- 2 Nephi 3:3
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For behold, thou art the fruit of my loins; and I am a descendant of
Joseph who was carried captive into Egypt.  And great were the covenants
of the Lord which he made unto Joseph.
		 -- 2 Nephi 3:4
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Wherefore, Joseph truly saw our day.  And he obtained a promise of the
Lord, that out of the fruit of his loins the Lord God would raise up
a righteous branch unto the house of Israel; not the Messiah, but a
branch which was to be broken off, nevertheless, to be remembered in
the covenants of the Lord that the Messiah should be made manifest unto
them in the latter days, in the spirit of power, unto the bringing of
them out of darkness unto light--yea, out of hidden darkness and out of
captivity unto freedom.
		 -- 2 Nephi 3:5
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For Joseph truly testified, saying: A seer shall the Lord my God raise
up, who shall be a choice seer unto the fruit of my loins.
		 -- 2 Nephi 3:6
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Yea, Joseph truly said: Thus saith the Lord 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, which
shall be of great worth unto them, even to the bringing of them to the
knowledge of the covenants which I have made with thy fathers.
		 -- 2 Nephi 3:7
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And I will give unto him a commandment that he shall do none other work,
save the work which I shall command him.  And I will make him great in
mine eyes; for he shall do my work.
		 -- 2 Nephi 3:8
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And he shall be great like unto Moses, whom I have said I would raise
up unto you, to deliver my people, O house of Israel.
		 -- 2 Nephi 3:9
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And Moses will I raise up, to deliver thy people out of the land of Egypt.
		 -- 2 Nephi 3:10
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But 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 my word only, saith the Lord, but
to the convincing them of my word, which shall have already gone forth
among them.
		 -- 2 Nephi 3:11
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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 the knowledge of their fathers in the
latter days, and also to the knowledge of my covenants, saith the Lord.
		 -- 2 Nephi 3:12
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And out of weakness he shall be made strong, in that day when my work
shall commence among all my people, unto the restoring thee, O house of
Israel, saith the Lord.
		 -- 2 Nephi 3:13
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And thus prophesied Joseph, saying: Behold, that seer will the Lord
bless; and they that seek to destroy him shall be confounded; for this
promise, which I have obtained of the Lord, of the fruit of my loins,
shall be fulfilled.  Behold, I am sure of the fulfilling of this promise;
		 -- 2 Nephi 3:14
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And his name shall be called after me; and it shall be after the name
of his father.	And he shall be like unto me; for the thing, which the
Lord shall bring forth by his hand, by the power of the Lord shall bring
my people unto salvation.
		 -- 2 Nephi 3:15
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Yea, thus prophesied Joseph: I am sure of this thing, even as I am sure
of the promise of Moses; for the Lord hath said unto me, I will preserve
thy seed forever.
		 -- 2 Nephi 3:16
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And the Lord hath said: I will raise up a Moses; and I will give power
unto him in a rod; and I will give judgment unto him in writing.  Yet I
will not loose his tongue, that he shall speak much, for I will not make
him mighty in speaking.  But I will write unto him my law, by the finger
of mine own hand; and I will make a spokesman for him.
		 -- 2 Nephi 3:17
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And the Lord said unto me also: I will raise up unto the fruit of thy
loins; and I will make for him a spokesman.  And I, behold, I will give
unto him that he shall write the writing of the fruit of thy loins, unto
the fruit of thy loins; and the spokesman of thy loins shall declare it.
		 -- 2 Nephi 3:18
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And the words which he shall write shall be the words which are expedient
in my wisdom should go forth unto the fruit of thy loins.  And it shall
be as if the fruit of thy loins had cried unto them from the dust;
for I know their faith.
		 -- 2 Nephi 3:19
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And they shall cry from the dust; yea, even repentance unto their
brethren, even after many generations have gone by them.  And it shall
come to pass that their cry shall go, even according to the simpleness
of their words.
		 -- 2 Nephi 3:20
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Because of their faith their words shall proceed forth out of my mouth
unto their brethren who are the fruit of thy loins; and the weakness of
their words will I make strong in their faith, unto the remembering of
my covenant which I made unto thy fathers.
		 -- 2 Nephi 3:21
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And now, behold, my son Joseph, after this manner did my father of
old prophesy.
		 -- 2 Nephi 3:22
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Wherefore, because of this covenant thou art blessed; for thy seed shall
not be destroyed, for they shall hearken unto the words of the book.
		 -- 2 Nephi 3:23
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And there shall rise up one mighty among them, who shall do much good,
both in word and in deed, being an instrument in the hands of God,
with exceeding faith, to work mighty wonders, and do that thing which
is great in the sight of God, unto the bringing to pass much restoration
unto the house of Israel, and unto the seed of thy brethren.
		 -- 2 Nephi 3:24
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And now, blessed art thou, Joseph.  Behold, thou art little; wherefore
hearken unto the words of thy brother, Nephi, and it shall be done unto
thee even according to the words which I have spoken.  Remember the
words of thy dying father.  Amen.
		 -- 2 Nephi 3:25
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And now, I, Nephi, speak concerning the prophecies of which my father
hath spoken, concerning Joseph, who was carried into Egypt.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:1
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For behold, he truly prophesied concerning all his seed.  And the
prophecies which he wrote, there are not many greater.	And he prophesied
concerning us, and our future generations; and they are written upon
the plates of brass.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:2
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Wherefore, after my father had made an end of speaking concerning the
prophecies of Joseph, he called the children of Laman, his sons, and
his daughters, and said unto them: Behold, my sons, and my daughters,
who are the sons and the daughters of my first-born, I would that ye
should give ear unto my words.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:3
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For the Lord God hath said that: Inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments
ye shall prosper in the land; and inasmuch as ye will not keep my
commandments ye shall be cut off from my presence.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:4
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But behold, my sons and my daughters, I cannot go down to my grave save
I should leave a blessing upon you; for behold, I know that if ye are
brought up in the way ye should go ye will not depart from it.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:5
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Wherefore, if ye are cursed, behold, I leave my blessing upon you,
that the cursing may be taken from you and be answered upon the heads
of your parents.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:6
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Wherefore, because of my blessing the Lord God will not suffer that
ye shall perish; wherefore, he will be merciful unto you and unto your
seed forever.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:7
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And it came to pass that after my father had made an end of speaking
to the sons and daughters of Laman, he caused the sons and daughters of
Lemuel to be brought before him.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:8
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And he spake unto them, saying: Behold, my sons and my daughters, who
are the sons and the daughters of my second son; behold I leave unto
you the same blessing which I left unto the sons and daughters of Laman;
wherefore, thou shalt not utterly be destroyed; but in the end thy seed
shall be blessed.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:9
%
And it came to pass that when my father had made an end of speaking
unto them, behold, he spake unto the sons of Ishmael, yea, and even all
his household.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:10
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And after he had made an end of speaking unto them, he spake unto Sam,
saying: Blessed art thou, and thy seed; for thou shalt inherit the land
like unto thy brother Nephi.  And thy seed shall be numbered with his
seed; and thou shalt be even like unto thy brother, and thy seed like
unto his seed; and thou shalt be blessed in all thy days.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:11
%
And it came to pass after my father, Lehi, had spoken unto all his
household, according to the feelings of his heart and the Spirit of the
Lord which was in him, he waxed old.  And it came to pass that he died,
and was buried.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:12
%
And it came to pass that not many days after his death, Laman and Lemuel
and the sons of Ishmael were angry with me because of the admonitions
of the Lord.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:13
%
For I, Nephi, was constrained to speak unto them, according to his word;
for I had spoken many things unto them, and also my father, before his
death; many of which sayings are written upon mine other plates; for a
more history part are written upon mine other plates.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:14
%
And upon these I write the things of my soul, and many of the scriptures
which are engraven upon the plates of brass.  For my soul delighteth in
the scriptures, and my heart pondereth them, and writeth them for the
learning and the profit of my children.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:15
%
Behold, my soul delighteth in the things of the Lord; and my heart
pondereth continually upon the things which I have seen and heard.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:16
%
Nevertheless, notwithstanding the great goodness of the Lord, in showing
me his great and marvelous works, my heart exclaimeth: O wretched man
that I am!  Yea, my heart sorroweth because of my flesh; my soul grieveth
because of mine iniquities.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:17
%
I am encompassed about, because of the temptations and the sins which
do so easily beset me.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:18
%
And when I desire to rejoice, my heart groaneth because of my sins;
nevertheless, I know in whom I have trusted.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:19
%
My God hath been my support; he hath led me through mine afflictions
in the wilderness; and he hath preserved me upon the waters of the
great deep.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:20
%
He hath filled me with his love, even unto the consuming of my flesh.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:21
%
He hath confounded mine enemies, unto the causing of them to quake
before me.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:22
%
Behold, he hath heard my cry by day, and he hath given me knowledge by
visions in the nighttime.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:23
%
And by day have I waxed bold in mighty prayer before him; yea, my voice
have I sent up on high; and angels came down and ministered unto me.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:24
%
And upon the wings of his Spirit hath my body been carried away upon
exceedingly high mountains.  And mine eyes have beheld great things,
yea, even too great for man; therefore I was bidden that I should not
write them.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:25
%
O then, if I have seen so great things, if the Lord in his condescension
unto the children of men hath visited men in so much mercy, why should
my heart weep and my soul linger in the valley of sorrow, and my flesh
waste away, and my strength slacken, because of mine afflictions?
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:26
%
And why should I yield to sin, because of my flesh?  Yea, why should
I give way to temptations, that the evil one have place in my heart
to destroy my peace and afflict my soul?  Why am I angry because of
mine enemy?
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:27
%
Awake, my soul!  No longer droop in sin.  Rejoice, O my heart, and give
place no more for the enemy of my soul.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:28
%
Do not anger again because of mine enemies.  Do not slacken my strength
because of mine afflictions.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:29
%
Rejoice, O my heart, and cry unto the Lord, and say: O Lord, I will
praise thee forever; yea, my soul will rejoice in thee, my God, and the
rock of my salvation.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:30
%
O Lord, wilt thou redeem my soul?  Wilt thou deliver me out of the hands
of mine enemies?  Wilt thou make me that I may shake at the appearance
of sin?
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:31
%
May the gates of hell be shut continually before me, because that my
heart is broken and my spirit is contrite!  O Lord, wilt thou not shut
the gates of thy righteousness before me, that I may walk in the path
of the low valley, that I may be strict in the plain road!
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:32
%
O Lord, wilt thou encircle me around in the robe of thy righteousness!
O Lord, wilt thou make a way for mine escape before mine enemies!
Wilt thou make my path straight before me!  Wilt thou not place a
stumbling block in my way--but that thou wouldst clear my way before me,
and hedge not up my way, but the ways of mine enemy.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:33
%
O Lord, I have trusted in thee, and I will trust in thee forever.
I will not put my trust in the arm of flesh; for I know that cursed is
he that putteth his trust in the arm of flesh.	Yea, cursed is he that
putteth his trust in man or maketh flesh his arm.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:34
%
Yea, I know that God will give liberally to him that asketh.  Yea, my God
will give me, if I ask not amiss; therefore I will lift up my voice unto
thee; yea, I will cry unto thee, my God, the rock of my righteousness.
Behold, my voice shall forever ascend up unto thee, my rock and mine
everlasting God.  Amen.
		 -- 2 Nephi 4:35
%
Behold, it came to pass that I, Nephi, did cry much unto the Lord my God,
because of the anger of my brethren.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:1
%
But behold, their anger did increase against me, insomuch that they did
seek to take away my life.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:2
%
Yea, they did murmur against me, saying: Our younger brother thinks to
rule over us; and we have had much trial because of him; wherefore, now
let us slay him, that we may not be afflicted more because of his words.
For behold, we will not have him to be our ruler; for it belongs unto us,
who are the elder brethren, to rule over this people.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:3
%
Now I do not write upon these plates all the words which they murmured
against me.  But it sufficeth me to say, that they did seek to take away
my life.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:4
%
And it came to pass that the Lord did warn me, that I, Nephi, should
depart from them and flee into the wilderness, and all those who would
go with me.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:5
%
Wherefore, it came to pass that I, Nephi, did take my family, and also
Zoram and his family, and Sam, mine elder brother and his family, and
Jacob and Joseph, my younger brethren, and also my sisters, and all
those who would go with me.  And all those who would go with me were
those who believed in the warnings and the revelations of God; wherefore,
they did hearken unto my words.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:6
%
And we did take our tents and whatsoever things were possible for us,
and did journey in the wilderness for the space of many days.  And after
we had journeyed for the space of many days we did pitch our tents.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:7
%
And my people would that we should call the name of the place Nephi;
wherefore, we did call it Nephi.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:8
%
And all those who were with me did take upon them to call themselves
the people of Nephi.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:9
%
And we did observe to keep the judgments, and the statutes, and the
commandments of the Lord in all things, according to the law of Moses.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:10
%
And the Lord was with us; and we did prosper exceedingly; for we did sow
seed, and we did reap again in abundance.  And we began to raise flocks,
and herds, and animals of every kind.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:11
%
And I, Nephi, had also brought the records which were engraven upon the
plates of brass; and also the ball, or compass, which was prepared for
my father by the hand of the Lord, according to that which is written.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:12
%
And it came to pass that we began to prosper exceedingly, and to multiply
in the land.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:13
%
And I, Nephi, did take the sword of Laban, and after the manner of it
did make many swords, lest by any means the people who were now called
Lamanites should come upon us and destroy us; for I knew their hatred
towards me and my children and those who were called my people.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:14
%
And I did teach my people to build buildings, and to work in all manner
of wood, and of iron, and of copper, and of brass, and of steel, and of
gold, and of silver, and of precious ores, which were in great abundance.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:15
%
And I, Nephi, did build a temple; and I did construct it after the manner
of the temple of Solomon save it were not built of so many precious
things; for they were not to be found upon the land, wherefore, it
could not be built like unto Solomon's temple.	But the manner of the
construction was like unto the temple of Solomon; and the workmanship
thereof was exceedingly fine.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:16
%
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did cause my people to be industrious,
and to labor with their hands.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:17
%
And it came to pass that they would that I should be their king.  But I,
Nephi, was desirous that they should have no king; nevertheless, I did
for them according to that which was in my power.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:18
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And behold, the words of the Lord had been fulfilled unto my brethren,
which he spake concerning them, that I should be their ruler and their
teacher.  Wherefore, I had been their ruler and their teacher, according
to the commandments of the Lord, until the time they sought to take away
my life.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:19
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Wherefore, the word of the Lord was fulfilled which he spake unto me,
saying that: Inasmuch as they will not hearken unto thy words they shall
be cut off from the presence of the Lord.  And behold, they were cut
off from his presence.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:20
%
And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing,
because of their iniquity.  For behold, they had hardened their hearts
against him, that they had become like unto a flint; wherefore, as they
were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not
be enticing unto my people the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness
to come upon them.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:21
%
And thus saith the Lord God: I will cause that they shall be loathsome
unto thy people, save they shall repent of their iniquities.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:22
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And cursed shall be the seed of him that mixeth with their seed; for
they shall be cursed even with the same cursing.  And the Lord spake it,
and it was done.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:23
%
And because of their cursing which was upon them they did become an idle
people, full of mischief and subtlety, and did seek in the wilderness
for beasts of prey.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:24
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And the Lord God said unto me: They shall be a scourge unto thy seed,
to stir them up in remembrance of me; and inasmuch as they will not
remember me, and hearken unto my words, they shall scourge them even
unto destruction.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:25
%
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did consecrate Jacob and Joseph,
that they should be priests and teachers over the land of my people.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:26
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And it came to pass that we lived after the manner of happiness.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:27
%
And thirty years had passed away from the time we left Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:28
%
And I, Nephi, had kept the records upon my plates, which I had made,
of my people thus far.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:29
%
And it came to pass that the Lord God said unto me: Make other plates;
and thou shalt engraven many things upon them which are good in my sight,
for the profit of thy people.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:30
%
Wherefore, I, Nephi, to be obedient to the commandments of the Lord,
went and made these plates upon which I have engraven these things.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:31
%
And I engraved that which is pleasing unto God.  And if my people are
pleased with the things of God they will be pleased with mine engravings
which are upon these plates.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:32
%
And if my people desire to know the more particular part of the history
of my people they must search mine other plates.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:33
%
And it sufficeth me to say that forty years had passed away, and we had
already had wars and contentions with our brethren.
		 -- 2 Nephi 5:34
%
The words of Jacob, the brother of Nephi, which he spake unto the people
of Nephi:
		 -- 2 Nephi 6:1
%
Behold, my beloved brethren, I, Jacob, having been called of God, and
ordained after the manner of his holy order, and having been consecrated
by my brother Nephi, unto whom ye look as a king or a protector, and on
whom ye depend for safety, behold ye know that I have spoken unto you
exceedingly many things.
		 -- 2 Nephi 6:2
%
Nevertheless, I speak unto you again; for I am desirous for the welfare
of your souls.	Yea, mine anxiety is great for you; and ye yourselves
know that it ever has been.  For I have exhorted you with all diligence;
and I have taught you the words of my father; and I have spoken unto you
concerning all things which are written, from the creation of the world.
		 -- 2 Nephi 6:3
%
And now, behold, I would speak unto you concerning things which are,
and which are to come; wherefore, I will read you the words of Isaiah.
And they are the words which my brother has desired that I should speak
unto you.  And I speak unto you for your sakes, that ye may learn and
glorify the name of your God.
		 -- 2 Nephi 6:4
%
And now, the words which I shall read are they which Isaiah spake
concerning all the house of Israel; wherefore, they may be likened unto
you, for ye are of the house of Israel.  And there are many things which
have been spoken by Isaiah which may be likened unto you, because ye
are of the house of Israel.
		 -- 2 Nephi 6:5
%
And now, these are the words: 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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 6:6
%
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing
mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their faces towards 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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 6:7
%
And now I, Jacob, would speak somewhat concerning these words.
For behold, the Lord has shown me that those who were at Jerusalem,
from whence we came, have been slain and carried away captive.
		 -- 2 Nephi 6:8
%
Nevertheless, the Lord has shown unto me that they should return again.
And he also has shown unto me that the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel,
should manifest himself unto them in the flesh; and after he should
manifest himself they should scourge him and crucify him, according to
the words of the angel who spake it unto me.
		 -- 2 Nephi 6:9
%
And after they have hardened their hearts and stiffened their necks
against the Holy One of Israel, behold, the judgments of the Holy One
of Israel shall come upon them.  And the day cometh that they shall be
smitten and afflicted.
		 -- 2 Nephi 6:10
%
Wherefore, after they are driven to and fro, for thus saith the angel,
many shall be afflicted in the flesh, and shall not be suffered to perish,
because of the prayers of the faithful; they shall be scattered, and
smitten, and hated; nevertheless, the Lord will be merciful unto them,
that when they shall come to the knowledge of their Redeemer, they shall
be gathered together again to the lands of their inheritance.
		 -- 2 Nephi 6:11
%
And blessed are the Gentiles, they of whom the prophet has written;
for behold, if it so be that they shall repent and fight not against
Zion, and do not unite themselves to that great and abominable church,
they shall be saved; for the Lord God will fulfil his covenants which he
has made unto his children; and for this cause the prophet has written
these things.
		 -- 2 Nephi 6:12
%
Wherefore, they that fight against Zion and the covenant people of the
Lord shall lick up the dust of their feet; and the people of the Lord
shall not be ashamed.  For the people of the Lord are they who wait for
him; for they still wait for the coming of the Messiah.
		 -- 2 Nephi 6:13
%
And behold, according to the words of the prophet, the Messiah will
set himself again the second time to recover them; wherefore, he will
manifest himself unto them in power and great glory, unto the destruction
of their enemies, when that day cometh when they shall believe in him;
and none will he destroy that believe in him.
		 -- 2 Nephi 6:14
%
And they that believe not in him shall be destroyed, both by fire, and
by tempest, and by earthquakes, and by bloodsheds, and by pestilence,
and by famine.	And they shall know that the Lord is God, the Holy One
of Israel.
		 -- 2 Nephi 6:15
%
For shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive
delivered?
		 -- 2 Nephi 6:16
%
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 contendeth with thee--
		 -- 2 Nephi 6:17
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 6:18
%
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?  Behold, for
your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is
your mother put away.
		 -- 2 Nephi 7:1
%
Wherefore, when I came, there was no man; when I called, yea, 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?  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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 7:2
%
I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
		 -- 2 Nephi 7:3
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 7:4
%
The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither
turned away back.
		 -- 2 Nephi 7:5
%
I gave my back to the smiter, and my cheeks to them that plucked off
the hair.  I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
		 -- 2 Nephi 7:6
%
For the Lord God will help me, therefore shall I not be confounded.
Therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not
be ashamed.
		 -- 2 Nephi 7:7
%
And the Lord is near, and he justifieth me.  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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 7:8
%
For the Lord God will help me.	And all they who shall condemn me, behold,
all they shall wax old as a garment, and the moth shall eat them up.
		 -- 2 Nephi 7:9
%
Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his
servant, that walketh in darkness and hath no light?
		 -- 2 Nephi 7:10
%
Behold all ye that kindle 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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 7:11
%
Hearken unto me, ye that follow after righteousness.  Look unto the
rock from whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit from whence ye
are digged.
		 -- 2 Nephi 8:1
%
Look unto Abraham, your father, and unto Sarah, she that bare you;
for I called him alone, and blessed him.
		 -- 2 Nephi 8:2
%
For the Lord shall comfort Zion, he will comfort all her waste places;
and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden
of the Lord.  Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and
the voice of melody.
		 -- 2 Nephi 8:3
%
Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation; for a law
shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light
for the people.
		 -- 2 Nephi 8:4
%
My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arm shall
judge the people.  The isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall
they trust.
		 -- 2 Nephi 8:5
%
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for
the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like
a garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner.  But my
salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
		 -- 2 Nephi 8:6
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 8:7
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 8:8
%
Awake, awake!  Put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake as in the ancient
days.  Art thou not he that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
		 -- 2 Nephi 8:9
%
Art thou not he who 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?
		 -- 2 Nephi 8:10
%
Therefore, the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing
unto Zion; and everlasting joy and holiness shall be upon their heads; and
they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
		 -- 2 Nephi 8:11
%
I am he; yea, I am he that comforteth you.  Behold, who art thou, that
thou shouldst be afraid of man, who shall die, and of the son of man,
who shall be made like unto grass?
		 -- 2 Nephi 8:12
%
And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens,
and laid the foundations of the earth, and hast feared continually every
day, because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy?
And where is the fury of the oppressor?
		 -- 2 Nephi 8:13
%
The captive exile hasteneth, that he may be loosed, and that he should
not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
		 -- 2 Nephi 8:14
%
But I am the Lord thy God, whose waves roared; the Lord of Hosts is
my name.
		 -- 2 Nephi 8:15
%
And I have put my words in thy mouth, and 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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 8:16
%
Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of
the Lord the cup of his fury--thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of
trembling wrung out--
		 -- 2 Nephi 8:17
%
And none to guide her among all the sons she hath brought forth; neither
that taketh her by the hand, of all the sons she hath brought up.
		 -- 2 Nephi 8:18
%
These two sons are come unto thee, who shall be sorry for thee--thy
desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword--and by whom
shall I comfort thee?
		 -- 2 Nephi 8:19
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 8:20
%
Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, and not with wine:
		 -- 2 Nephi 8:21
%
Thus saith thy Lord, the Lord and thy God pleadeth the cause of his
people; behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling,
the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again.
		 -- 2 Nephi 8:22
%
But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; who 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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 8:23
%
Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there shall no more come into
thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
		 -- 2 Nephi 8:24
%
Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, O Jerusalem; loose thyself
from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
		 -- 2 Nephi 8:25
%
And now, my beloved brethren, I have read these things that ye might
know concerning the covenants of the Lord that he has covenanted with
all the house of Israel--
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:1
%
That he has spoken unto the Jews, by the mouth of his holy prophets,
even from the beginning down, from generation to generation, until the
time comes that they shall be restored to the true church and fold of
God; when they shall be gathered home to the lands of their inheritance,
and shall be established in all their lands of promise.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:2
%
Behold, my beloved brethren, I speak unto you these things that ye may
rejoice, and lift up your heads forever, because of the blessings which
the Lord God shall bestow upon your children.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:3
%
For I know that ye have searched much, many of you, to know of things
to come; wherefore I know that ye know that our flesh must waste away
and die; nevertheless, in our bodies we shall see God.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:4
%
Yea, I know that ye know that in the body he shall show himself unto those
at Jerusalem, from whence we came; for it is expedient that it should
be among them; for it behooveth the great Creator that he suffereth
himself to become subject unto man in the flesh, and die for all men,
that all men might become subject unto him.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:5
%
For as death hath passed upon all men, to fulfil the merciful plan
of the great Creator, there must needs be a power of resurrection,
and the resurrection must needs come unto man by reason of the fall;
and the fall came by reason of transgression; and because man became
fallen they were cut off from the presence of the Lord.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:6
%
Wherefore, it must needs be an infinite atonement--save it should be
an infinite atonement this corruption could not put on incorruption.
Wherefore, the first judgment which came upon man must needs have remained
to an endless duration.  And if so, this flesh must have laid down to
rot and to crumble to its mother earth, to rise no more.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:7
%
O the wisdom of God, his mercy and grace!  For behold, if the flesh
should rise no more our spirits must become subject to that angel who
fell from before the presence of the Eternal God, and became the devil,
to rise no more.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:8
%
And our spirits must have become like unto him, and we become devils,
angels to a devil, to be shut out from the presence of our God, and
to remain with the father of lies, in misery, like unto himself; yea,
to that being who beguiled our first parents, who transformeth himself
nigh unto an angel of light, and stirreth up the children of men unto
secret combinations of murder and all manner of secret works of darkness.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:9
%
O how great the goodness of our God, who prepareth a way for our escape
from the grasp of this awful monster; yea, that monster, death and hell,
which I call the death of the body, and also the death of the spirit.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:10
%
And because of the way of deliverance of our God, the Holy One of Israel,
this death, of which I have spoken, which is the temporal, shall deliver
up its dead; which death is the grave.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:11
%
And this death of which I have spoken, which is the spiritual death,
shall deliver up its dead; which spiritual death is hell; wherefore,
death and hell must deliver up their dead, and hell must deliver up
its captive spirits, and the grave must deliver up its captive bodies,
and the bodies and the spirits of men will be restored one to the other;
and it is by the power of the resurrection of the Holy One of Israel.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:12
%
O how great the plan of our God!  For on the other hand, the paradise of
God must deliver up the spirits of the righteous, and the grave deliver
up the body of the righteous; and the spirit and the body is restored to
itself again, and all men become incorruptible, and immortal, and they
are living souls, having a perfect knowledge like unto us in the flesh,
save it be that our knowledge shall be perfect.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:13
%
Wherefore, we shall have a perfect knowledge of all our guilt, and our
uncleanness, and our nakedness; and the righteous shall have a perfect
knowledge of their enjoyment, and their righteousness, being clothed
with purity, yea, even with the robe of righteousness.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:14
%
And it shall come to pass that when all men shall have passed from
this first death unto life, insomuch as they have become immortal,
they must appear before the judgment-seat of the Holy One of Israel;
and then cometh the judgment, and then must they be judged according to
the holy judgment of God.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:15
%
And assuredly, as the Lord liveth, for the Lord God hath spoken it,
and it is his eternal word, which cannot pass away, that they who are
righteous shall be righteous still, and they who are filthy shall be
filthy still; wherefore, they who are filthy are the devil and his angels;
and they shall go away into everlasting fire, prepared for them; and
their torment is as a lake of fire and brimstone, whose flame ascendeth
up forever and ever and has no end.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:16
%
O the greatness and the justice of our God!  For he executeth all his
words, and they have gone forth out of his mouth, and his law must
be fulfilled.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:17
%
But, behold, the righteous, the saints of the Holy One of Israel, they
who have believed in the Holy One of Israel, they who have endured the
crosses of the world, and despised the shame of it, they shall inherit
the kingdom of God, which was prepared for them from the foundation of
the world, and their joy shall be full forever.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:18
%
O the greatness of the mercy of our God, the Holy One of Israel!  For he
delivereth his saints from that awful monster the devil, and death,
and hell, and that lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:19
%
O how great the holiness of our God!  For he knoweth all things, and
there is not anything save he knows it.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:20
%
And he cometh into the world that he may save all men if they will
hearken unto his voice; for behold, he suffereth the pains of all men,
yea, the pains of every living creature, both men, women, and children,
who belong to the family of Adam.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:21
%
And he suffereth this that the resurrection might pass upon all men,
that all might stand before him at the great and judgment day.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:22
%
And he commandeth all men that they must repent, and be baptized in his
name, having perfect faith in the Holy One of Israel, or they cannot be
saved in the kingdom of God.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:23
%
And if they will not repent and believe in his name, and be baptized in
his name, and endure to the end, they must be damned; for the Lord God,
the Holy One of Israel, has spoken it.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:24
%
Wherefore, he has given a law; and where there is no law given there is
no punishment; and where there is no punishment there is no condemnation;
and where there is no condemnation the mercies of the Holy One of Israel
have claim upon them, because of the atonement; for they are delivered
by the power of him.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:25
%
For the atonement satisfieth the demands of his justice upon all those
who have not the law given to them, that they are delivered from that
awful monster, death and hell, and the devil, and the lake of fire and
brimstone, which is endless torment; and they are restored to that God
who gave them breath, which is the Holy One of Israel.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:26
%
But wo unto him that has the law given, yea, that has all the commandments
of God, like unto us, and that transgresseth them, and that wasteth the
days of his probation, for awful is his state!
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:27
%
O that cunning plan of the evil one!  O the vainness, and the frailties,
and the foolishness of men!  When they are learned they think they are
wise, and they hearken not unto the counsel of God, for they set it aside,
supposing they know of themselves, wherefore, their wisdom is foolishness
and it profiteth them not.  And they shall perish.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:28
%
But to be learned is good if they hearken unto the counsels of God.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:29
%
But wo unto the rich, who are rich as to the things of the world.
For because they are rich they despise the poor, and they persecute the
meek, and their hearts are upon their treasures; wherefore, their treasure
is their god.  And behold, their treasure shall perish with them also.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:30
%
And wo unto the deaf that will not hear; for they shall perish.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:31
%
Wo unto the blind that will not see; for they shall perish also.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:32
%
Wo unto the uncircumcised of heart, for a knowledge of their iniquities
shall smite them at the last day.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:33
%
Wo unto the liar, for he shall be thrust down to hell.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:34
%
Wo unto the murderer who deliberately killeth, for he shall die.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:35
%
Wo unto them who commit whoredoms, for they shall be thrust down to hell.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:36
%
Yea, wo unto those that worship idols, for the devil of all devils
delighteth in them.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:37
%
And, in fine, wo unto all those who die in their sins; for they shall
return to God, and behold his face, and remain in their sins.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:38
%
O, my beloved brethren, remember the awfulness in transgressing against
that Holy God, and also the awfulness of yielding to the enticings of
that cunning one.  Remember, to be carnally-minded is death, and to be
spiritually-minded is life eternal.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:39
%
O, my beloved brethren, give ear to my words.  Remember the greatness
of the Holy One of Israel.  Do not say that I have spoken hard things
against you; for if ye do, ye will revile against the truth; for I have
spoken the words of your Maker.  I know that the words of truth are hard
against all uncleanness; but the righteous fear them not, for they love
the truth and are not shaken.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:40
%
O then, my beloved brethren, come unto the Lord, the Holy One.	Remember
that his paths are righteous.  Behold, the way for man is narrow, but
it lieth in a straight course before him, and the keeper of the gate is
the Holy One of Israel; and he employeth no servant there; and there
is none other way save it be by the gate; for he cannot be deceived,
for the Lord God is his name.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:41
%
And whoso knocketh, to him will he open; and the wise, and the learned,
and they that are rich, who are puffed up because of their learning, and
their wisdom, and their riches--yea, they are they whom he despiseth;
and save they shall cast these things away, and consider themselves
fools before God, and come down in the depths of humility, he will not
open unto them.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:42
%
But the things of the wise and the prudent shall be hid from them
forever--yea, that happiness which is prepared for the saints.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:43
%
O, my beloved brethren, remember my words.  Behold, I take off my
garments, and I shake them before you; I pray the God of my salvation
that he view me with his all-searching eye; wherefore, ye shall know
at the last day, when all men shall be judged of their works, that the
God of Israel did witness that I shook your iniquities from my soul,
and that I stand with brightness before him, and am rid of your blood.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:44
%
O, my beloved brethren, turn away from your sins; shake off the chains
of him that would bind you fast; come unto that God who is the rock of
your salvation.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:45
%
Prepare your souls for that glorious day when justice shall be
administered unto the righteous, even the day of judgment, that ye may
not shrink with awful fear; that ye may not remember your awful guilt in
perfectness, and be constrained to exclaim: Holy, holy are thy judgments,
O Lord God Almighty--but I know my guilt; I transgressed thy law, and
my transgressions are mine; and the devil hath obtained me, that I am
a prey to his awful misery.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:46
%
But behold, my brethren, is it expedient that I should awake you to an
awful reality of these things?	Would I harrow up your souls if your
minds were pure?  Would I be plain unto you according to the plainness
of the truth if ye were freed from sin?
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:47
%
Behold, if ye were holy I would speak unto you of holiness; but as ye are
not holy, and ye look upon me as a teacher, it must needs be expedient
that I teach you the consequences of sin.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:48
%
Behold, my soul abhorreth sin, and my heart delighteth in righteousness;
and I will praise the holy name of my God.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:49
%
Come, my brethren, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters;
and he that hath no money, come buy and eat; yea, come buy wine and milk
without money and without price.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:50
%
Wherefore, do not spend money for that which is of no worth, nor your
labor for that which cannot satisfy.  Hearken diligently unto me, and
remember the words which I have spoken; and come unto the Holy One of
Israel, and feast upon that which perisheth not, neither can be corrupted,
and let your soul delight in fatness.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:51
%
Behold, my beloved brethren, remember the words of your God; pray unto
him continually by day, and give thanks unto his holy name by night.
Let your hearts rejoice.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:52
%
And behold how great the covenants of the Lord, and how great his
condescensions unto the children of men; and because of his greatness,
and his grace and mercy, he has promised unto us that our seed shall
not utterly be destroyed, according to the flesh, but that he would
preserve them; and in future generations they shall become a righteous
branch unto the house of Israel.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:53
%
And now, my brethren, I would speak unto you more; but on the morrow I
will declare unto you the remainder of my words.  Amen.
		 -- 2 Nephi 9:54
%
And now I, Jacob, speak unto you again, my beloved brethren, concerning
this righteous branch of which I have spoken.
		 -- 2 Nephi 10:1
%
For behold, the promises which we have obtained are promises unto us
according to the flesh; wherefore, as it has been shown unto me that
many of our children shall perish in the flesh because of unbelief,
nevertheless, God will be merciful unto many; and our children shall
be restored, that they may come to that which will give them the true
knowledge of their Redeemer.
		 -- 2 Nephi 10:2
%
Wherefore, as I said unto you, it must needs be expedient that Christ--for
in the last night the angel spake unto me that this should be his
name--should come among the Jews, among those who are the more wicked part
of the world; and they shall crucify him--for thus it behooveth our God,
and there is none other nation on earth that would crucify their God.
		 -- 2 Nephi 10:3
%
For should the mighty miracles be wrought among other nations they would
repent, and know that he be their God.
		 -- 2 Nephi 10:4
%
But because of priestcrafts and iniquities, they at Jerusalem will
stiffen their necks against him, that he be crucified.
		 -- 2 Nephi 10:5
%
Wherefore, because of their iniquities, destructions, famines,
pestilences, and bloodshed shall come upon them; and they who shall not
be destroyed shall be scattered among all nations.
		 -- 2 Nephi 10:6
%
But behold, thus saith the Lord God: When the day cometh that they shall
believe in me, that I am Christ, then have I covenanted with their fathers
that they shall be restored in the flesh, upon the earth, unto the lands
of their inheritance.
		 -- 2 Nephi 10:7
%
And it shall come to pass that they shall be gathered in from their long
dispersion, from the isles of the sea, and from the four parts of the
earth; and the nations of the Gentiles shall be great in the eyes of me,
saith God, in carrying them forth to the lands of their inheritance.
		 -- 2 Nephi 10:8
%
Yea, the kings of the Gentiles shall be nursing fathers unto them, and
their queens shall become nursing mothers; wherefore, the promises of
the Lord are great unto the Gentiles, for he hath spoken it, and who
can dispute?
		 -- 2 Nephi 10:9
%
But behold, this land, said God, shall be a land of thine inheritance,
and the Gentiles shall be blessed upon the land.
		 -- 2 Nephi 10:10
%
And this land shall be a land of liberty unto the Gentiles, and there
shall be no kings upon the land, who shall raise up unto the Gentiles.
		 -- 2 Nephi 10:11
%
And I will fortify this land against all other nations.
		 -- 2 Nephi 10:12
%
And he that fighteth against Zion shall perish, saith God.
		 -- 2 Nephi 10:13
%
For he that raiseth up a king against me shall perish, for I, the Lord,
the king of heaven, will be their king, and I will be a light unto them
forever, that hear my words.
		 -- 2 Nephi 10:14
%
Wherefore, for this cause, that my covenants may be fulfilled which I
have made unto the children of men, that I will do unto them while they
are in the flesh, I must needs destroy the secret works of darkness,
and of murders, and of abominations.
		 -- 2 Nephi 10:15
%
Wherefore, he that fighteth against Zion, both Jew and Gentile, both bond
and free, both male and female, shall perish; for they are they who are
the whore of all the earth; for they who are not for me are against me,
saith our God.
		 -- 2 Nephi 10:16
%
For I will fulfil my promises which I have made unto the children of men,
that I will do unto them while they are in the flesh--
		 -- 2 Nephi 10:17
%
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, thus saith our God: I will afflict thy
seed by the hand of the Gentiles; nevertheless, I will soften the hearts
of the Gentiles, that they shall be like unto a father to them; wherefore,
the Gentiles shall be blessed and numbered among the house of Israel.
		 -- 2 Nephi 10:18
%
Wherefore, I will consecrate this land unto thy seed, and them who shall
be numbered among thy seed, forever, for the land of their inheritance;
for it is a choice land, saith God unto me, above all other lands,
wherefore I will have all men that dwell thereon that they shall worship
me, saith God.
		 -- 2 Nephi 10:19
%
And now, my beloved brethren, seeing that our merciful God has given us
so great knowledge concerning these things, let us remember him, and lay
aside our sins, and not hang down our heads, for we are not cast off;
nevertheless, we have been driven out of the land of our inheritance;
but we have been led to a better land, for the Lord has made the sea
our path, and we are upon an isle of the sea.
		 -- 2 Nephi 10:20
%
But great are the promises of the Lord unto them who are upon the isles
of the sea; wherefore as it says isles, there must needs be more than
this, and they are inhabited also by our brethren.
		 -- 2 Nephi 10:21
%
For behold, the Lord God has led away from time to time from the house
of Israel, according to his will and pleasure.	And now behold, the Lord
remembereth all them who have been broken off, wherefore he remembereth
us also.
		 -- 2 Nephi 10:22
%
Therefore, cheer up your hearts, and remember that ye are free to act
for yourselves--to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of
eternal life.
		 -- 2 Nephi 10:23
%
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, reconcile yourselves to the will of God,
and not to the will of the devil and the flesh; and remember, after ye
are reconciled unto God, that it is only in and through the grace of
God that ye are saved.
		 -- 2 Nephi 10:24
%
Wherefore, may God raise you from death by the power of the resurrection,
and also from everlasting death by the power of the atonement, that ye
may be received into the eternal kingdom of God, that ye may praise him
through grace divine.  Amen.
		 -- 2 Nephi 10:25
%
And now, Jacob spake many more things to my people at that time;
nevertheless only these things have I caused to be written, for the
things which I have written sufficeth me.
		 -- 2 Nephi 11:1
%
And now I, Nephi, write more of the words of Isaiah, for my soul
delighteth in his words.  For I will liken his words unto my people,
and I will send them forth unto all my children, for he verily saw my
Redeemer, even as I have seen him.
		 -- 2 Nephi 11:2
%
And my brother, Jacob, also has seen him as I have seen him; wherefore,
I will send their words forth unto my children to prove unto them that
my words are true.  Wherefore, by the words of three, God hath said,
I will establish my word.  Nevertheless, God sendeth more witnesses,
and he proveth all his words.
		 -- 2 Nephi 11:3
%
Behold, my soul delighteth in proving unto my people the truth of the
coming of Christ; for, for this end hath the law of Moses been given;
and all things which have been given of God from the beginning of the
world, unto man, are the typifying of him.
		 -- 2 Nephi 11:4
%
And also my soul delighteth in the covenants of the Lord which he hath
made to our fathers; yea, my soul delighteth in his grace, and in his
justice, and power, and mercy in the great and eternal plan of deliverance
from death.
		 -- 2 Nephi 11:5
%
And my soul delighteth in proving unto my people that save Christ should
come all men must perish.
		 -- 2 Nephi 11:6
%
For if there be no Christ there be no God; and if there be no God we
are not, for there could have been no creation.  But there is a God,
and he is Christ, and he cometh in the fulness of his own time.
		 -- 2 Nephi 11:7
%
And now I write some of the words of Isaiah, that whoso of my people
shall see these words may lift up their hearts and rejoice for all men.
Now these are the words, and ye may liken them unto you and unto all men.
		 -- 2 Nephi 11:8
%
The word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
		 -- 2 Nephi 12:1
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 12:2
%
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the
mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach
us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths; for out of Zion shall go
forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Nephi 12:3
%
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people:
and they shall beat their swords into plow-shares, and their spears
into pruning-hooks--nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war any more.
		 -- 2 Nephi 12:4
%
O house of Jacob, come ye and let us walk in the light of the Lord; yea,
come, for ye have all gone astray, every one to his wicked ways.
		 -- 2 Nephi 12:5
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 12:6
%
Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end
of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there
any end of their chariots.
		 -- 2 Nephi 12:7
%
Their land is also full of idols; they worship the work of their own
hands, that which their own fingers have made.
		 -- 2 Nephi 12:8
%
And the mean man boweth not down, and the great man humbleth himself not,
therefore, forgive him not.
		 -- 2 Nephi 12:9
%
O ye wicked ones, enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for
the fear of the Lord and the glory of his majesty shall smite thee.
		 -- 2 Nephi 12:10
%
And it shall come to pass that the lofty looks of man shall be humbled,
and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall
be exalted in that day.
		 -- 2 Nephi 12:11
%
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 every one who
is lifted up, and he shall be brought low.
		 -- 2 Nephi 12:12
%
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;
		 -- 2 Nephi 12:13
%
And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills, and upon all
the nations which are lifted up, and upon every people;
		 -- 2 Nephi 12:14
%
And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall;
		 -- 2 Nephi 12:15
%
And upon all the ships of the sea, and upon all the ships of Tarshish,
and upon all pleasant pictures.
		 -- 2 Nephi 12:16
%
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of
men shall be made low; and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
		 -- 2 Nephi 12:17
%
And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
		 -- 2 Nephi 12:18
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 12:19
%
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;
		 -- 2 Nephi 12:20
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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
his glory shall smite them, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
		 -- 2 Nephi 12:21
%
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he
to be accounted of?
		 -- 2 Nephi 12:22
%
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--
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:1
%
The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the
prudent, and the ancient;
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:2
%
The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the
cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:3
%
And I will give children unto them to be their princes, and babes shall
rule over them.
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:4
%
And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by
his neighbor; the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient,
and the base against the honorable.
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:5
%
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--
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:6
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:7
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:8
%
The show of their countenance doth witness against them, and doth declare
their sin to be even as Sodom, and they cannot hide it.  Wo unto their
souls, for they have rewarded evil unto themselves!
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:9
%
Say unto the righteous that it is well with them; for they shall eat
the fruit of their doings.
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:10
%
Wo unto the wicked, for they shall perish; for the reward of their hands
shall be upon them!
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:11
%
And 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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:12
%
The Lord standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:13
%
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 in your houses.
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:14
%
What mean ye?  Ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the
poor, saith the Lord God of Hosts.
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:15
%
Moreover, the Lord saith: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,
and walk with stretched-forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing
as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet--
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:16
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:17
%
In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling
ornaments, and cauls, and round tires like the moon;
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:18
%
The chains and the bracelets, and the mufflers;
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:19
%
The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the
tablets, and the ear-rings;
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:20
%
The rings, and nose jewels;
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:21
%
The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples,
and the crisping-pins;
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:22
%
The glasses, and the fine linen, and hoods, and the veils.
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:23
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:24
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Thy men shall fall by the sword and thy mighty in the war.
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:25
%
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate, and
shall sit upon the ground.
		 -- 2 Nephi 13:26
%
And in that day, seven women shall take hold of one man, saying: We will
eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel; only let us be called by
thy name to take away our reproach.
		 -- 2 Nephi 14:1
%
In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious;
the fruit of the earth excellent and comely to them that are escaped
of Israel.
		 -- 2 Nephi 14:2
%
And it shall come to pass, they that are left in Zion and remain in
Jerusalem shall be called holy, every one that is written among the
living in Jerusalem--
		 -- 2 Nephi 14:3
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 14:4
%
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 defence.
		 -- 2 Nephi 14:5
%
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat,
and for a place of refuge, and a covert from storm and from rain.
		 -- 2 Nephi 14:6
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:1
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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 wine-press therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes,
and it brought forth wild grapes.
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:2
%
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you,
betwixt me and my vineyard.
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:3
%
What could have been done more to my vineyard that I have not done in it?
Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes it brought
forth wild grapes.
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:4
%
And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard--I will
take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and I will break
down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down;
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:5
%
And I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor digged; but there
shall come up briers and thorns; I will also command the clouds that
they rain no rain upon it.
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:6
%
For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the
men of Judah his pleasant plant; and he looked for judgment, and behold,
oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry.
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:7
%
Wo unto them that join house to house, till there can be no place,
that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:8
%
In mine ears, said the Lord of Hosts, of a truth many houses shall be
desolate, and great and fair cities without inhabitant.
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:9
%
Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer
shall yield an ephah.
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:10
%
Wo unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow
strong drink, that continue until night, and wine inflame them!
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:11
%
And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine are in their
feasts; but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the
operation of his hands.
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:12
%
Therefore, my people are gone into captivity, because they have no
knowledge; and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude
dried up with thirst.
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:13
%
Therefore, hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without
measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he
that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:14
%
And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be
humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:15
%
But the Lord of Hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy
shall be sanctified in righteousness.
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:16
%
Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of
the fat ones shall strangers eat.
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:17
%
Wo unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were
with a cart rope;
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:18
%
That say: Let him make speed, 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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:19
%
Wo 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!
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:20
%
Wo unto the wise in their own eyes and prudent in their own sight!
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:21
%
Wo unto the mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong
drink;
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:22
%
Who justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of
the righteous from him!
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:23
%
Therefore, as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth
the chaff, their root shall be rottenness, and their blossoms 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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:24
%
Therefore, is the anger of the Lord kindled against his people, and
he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them;
and the hills did tremble, and their 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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:25
%
And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss
unto them from the end of the earth; and behold, they shall come with
speed swiftly; none shall be weary nor stumble among them.
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:26
%
None shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins
be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken;
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:27
%
Whose arrows shall be sharp, and all their bows bent, and their horses'
hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind,
their roaring like a lion.
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:28
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:29
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 15:30
%
In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw also the Lord sitting upon a
throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
		 -- 2 Nephi 16:1
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 16:2
%
And one cried unto another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of
Hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.
		 -- 2 Nephi 16:3
%
And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the
house was filled with smoke.
		 -- 2 Nephi 16:4
%
Then said I: Wo is unto 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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 16:5
%
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;
		 -- 2 Nephi 16:6
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 16:7
%
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: Whom shall I send, and who
will go for us?  Then I said: Here am I; send me.
		 -- 2 Nephi 16:8
%
And he said: Go and tell this people--Hear ye indeed, but they understood
not; and see ye indeed, but they perceived not.
		 -- 2 Nephi 16:9
%
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut
their eyes--lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears,
and understand with their heart, and be converted and be healed.
		 -- 2 Nephi 16:10
%
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;
		 -- 2 Nephi 16:11
%
And the Lord have removed men far away, for there shall be a great
forsaking in the midst of the land.
		 -- 2 Nephi 16:12
%
But yet 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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 16:13
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And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of
Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin, 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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 17:1
%
And it was told the house of David, saying: Syria is confederate with
Ephraim.  And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the
trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
		 -- 2 Nephi 17:2
%
Then said the Lord unto Isaiah: Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou and
Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the
highway of the fuller's field;
		 -- 2 Nephi 17:3
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 17:4
%
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel
against thee, saying:
		 -- 2 Nephi 17:5
%
Let us go up against Judah and vex it, and let us make a breach therein
for us, and set a king in the midst of it, yea, the son of Tabeal.
		 -- 2 Nephi 17:6
%
Thus saith the Lord God: It shall not stand, neither shall it come
to pass.
		 -- 2 Nephi 17:7
%
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus, Rezin;
and within three score and five years shall Ephraim be broken that it
be not a people.
		 -- 2 Nephi 17:8
%
And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's
son.  If ye will not believe surely ye shall not be established.
		 -- 2 Nephi 17:9
%
Moreover, the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying:
		 -- 2 Nephi 17:10
%
Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depths, or in
the heights above.
		 -- 2 Nephi 17:11
%
But Ahaz said: I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.
		 -- 2 Nephi 17:12
%
And he said: Hear ye now, O house of David; is it a small thing for you
to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
		 -- 2 Nephi 17:13
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 17:14
%
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil and
to choose the good.
		 -- 2 Nephi 17:15
%
For before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good,
the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
		 -- 2 Nephi 17:16
%
The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's
house, days that have not come from the day that Ephraim departed from
Judah, the king of Assyria.
		 -- 2 Nephi 17:17
%
And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall hiss for the
fly that is in the uttermost part of Egypt, and for the bee that is in
the land of Assyria.
		 -- 2 Nephi 17:18
%
And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys,
and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.
		 -- 2 Nephi 17:19
%
In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, 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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 17:20
%
And it shall come to pass in that day, a man shall nourish a young cow
and two sheep;
		 -- 2 Nephi 17:21
%
And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk they shall give he
shall eat butter; for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left
in the land.
		 -- 2 Nephi 17:22
%
And it shall come to pass in that day, every place shall be, where
there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, which shall be
for briers and thorns.
		 -- 2 Nephi 17:23
%
With arrows and with bows shall men come thither, because all the land
shall become briers and thorns.
		 -- 2 Nephi 17:24
%
And 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 the treading of lesser cattle.
		 -- 2 Nephi 17:25
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 18:1
%
And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest,
and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
		 -- 2 Nephi 18:2
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 18:3
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 18:4
%
The Lord spake also unto me again, saying:
		 -- 2 Nephi 18:5
%
Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly,
and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;
		 -- 2 Nephi 18:6
%
Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of
the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria and all his glory;
and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks.
		 -- 2 Nephi 18:7
%
And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall
reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill
the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
		 -- 2 Nephi 18:8
%
Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces;
and give ear all ye of far countries; gird yourselves, and ye shall be
broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
		 -- 2 Nephi 18:9
%
Take counsel together, and it shall come to naught; speak the word,
and it shall not stand; for God is with us.
		 -- 2 Nephi 18:10
%
For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that
I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:
		 -- 2 Nephi 18:11
%
Say ye not, A confederacy, to all to whom this people shall say, A
confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
		 -- 2 Nephi 18:12
%
Sanctify the Lord of Hosts himself, and let him be your fear, and let
him be your dread.
		 -- 2 Nephi 18:13
%
And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling, and for
a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and a snare
to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Nephi 18:14
%
And many among them shall stumble and fall, and be broken, and be snared,
and be taken.
		 -- 2 Nephi 18:15
%
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
		 -- 2 Nephi 18:16
%
And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of
Jacob, and I will look for him.
		 -- 2 Nephi 18:17
%
Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs
and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of Hosts, which dwelleth in
Mount Zion.
		 -- 2 Nephi 18:18
%
And when they shall say unto you: Seek unto them that have familiar
spirits, and unto wizards that peep and mutter--should not a people seek
unto their God for the living to hear from the dead?
		 -- 2 Nephi 18:19
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 18:20
%
And they shall pass through it hardly bestead and hungry; and it shall
come to pass that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves,
and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
		 -- 2 Nephi 18:21
%
And they shall look unto the earth and behold trouble, and darkness,
dimness of anguish, and shall be driven to darkness.
		 -- 2 Nephi 18:22
%
Nevertheless, the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation,
when at first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun, and the land of
Naphtali, and afterwards did more grievously afflict by the way of the
Red Sea beyond Jordan in Galilee of the nations.
		 -- 2 Nephi 19:1
%
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that
dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
		 -- 2 Nephi 19:2
%
Thou hast multiplied the nation, and increased the joy--they joy before
thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide
the spoil.
		 -- 2 Nephi 19:3
%
For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his
shoulder, the rod of his oppressor.
		 -- 2 Nephi 19:4
%
For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments
rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
		 -- 2 Nephi 19:5
%
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government
shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called, Wonderful,
Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
		 -- 2 Nephi 19:6
%
Of the increase of 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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 19:7
%
The Lord sent his word unto Jacob and it hath lighted upon Israel.
		 -- 2 Nephi 19:8
%
And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitants of
Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart:
		 -- 2 Nephi 19:9
%
The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones; the
sycamores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
		 -- 2 Nephi 19:10
%
Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him,
and join his enemies together;
		 -- 2 Nephi 19:11
%
The Syrians before and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour
Israel with open mouth.  For all this his anger is not turned away,
but his hand is stretched out still.
		 -- 2 Nephi 19:12
%
For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they
seek the Lord of Hosts.
		 -- 2 Nephi 19:13
%
Therefore will the Lord cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and
rush in one day.
		 -- 2 Nephi 19:14
%
The ancient, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is
the tail.
		 -- 2 Nephi 19:15
%
For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led
of them are destroyed.
		 -- 2 Nephi 19:16
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 19:17
%
For wickedness burneth as the fire; it shall devour the briers and thorns,
and shall kindle in the thickets of the forests, and they shall mount
up like the lifting up of smoke.
		 -- 2 Nephi 19:18
%
Through the wrath of the Lord of Hosts is the land darkened, and the
people shall be as the fuel of the fire; no man shall spare his brother.
		 -- 2 Nephi 19:19
%
And he shall snatch on the right hand and be hungry; and he shall eat
on the left hand and they shall not be satisfied; they shall eat every
man the flesh of his own arm--
		 -- 2 Nephi 19:20
%
Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; they together shall be
against Judah.	For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand
is stretched out still.
		 -- 2 Nephi 19:21
%
Wo unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness
which they have prescribed;
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:1
%
To turn away 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!
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:2
%
And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation
which shall come from far?  to whom will ye flee for help?  and where
will ye leave your glory?
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:3
%
Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall
under the slain.  For all this his anger is not turned away, but his
hand is stretched out still.
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:4
%
O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is their
indignation.
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:5
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:6
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:7
%
For he saith: Are not my princes altogether kings?
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:8
%
Is not Calno as Carchemish?  Is not Hamath as Arpad?  Is not Samaria
as Damascus?
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:9
%
As my hand hath founded the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven
images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:10
%
Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem
and to her idols?
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:11
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:12
%
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;
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:13
%
And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people; and as one
gathereth eggs that are left have I gathered all the earth; and there
was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:14
%
Shall the ax boast itself against him that heweth therewith? 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!
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:15
%
Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, send among his fat ones,
leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning
of a fire.
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:16
%
And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame,
and shall burn and shall devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:17
%
And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field,
both soul and body; and they shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth.
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:18
%
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may
write them.
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:19
%
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and
such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon
him that smote them, but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel,
in truth.
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:20
%
The remnant shall return, yea, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the
mighty God.
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:21
%
For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant
of them shall return; the consumption decreed shall overflow with
righteousness.
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:22
%
For the Lord God of Hosts shall make a consumption, even determined in
all the land.
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:23
%
Therefore, thus saith the Lord God of Hosts: O my people that dwellest
in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian; he shall smite thee with a rod,
and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:24
%
For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine
anger in their destruction.
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:25
%
And the Lord of Hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the
slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and as his rod was upon the
sea so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:26
%
And it shall come to pass in that day that his burden shall be taken
away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke
shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:27
%
He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid
up his carriages.
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:28
%
They are gone over the passage; they have taken up their lodging at Geba;
Ramath is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:29
%
Lift up the voice, O daughter of Gallim; cause it to be heard unto Laish,
O poor Anathoth.
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:30
%
Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:31
%
As yet shall he remain at Nob that day; he shall shake his hand against
the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:32
%
Behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts shall lop the bough with terror;
and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down; and the haughty shall
be humbled.
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:33
%
And he shall cut down the thickets of the forests with iron, and Lebanon
shall fall by a mighty one.
		 -- 2 Nephi 20:34
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And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch
shall grow out of his roots.
		 -- 2 Nephi 21:1
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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;
		 -- 2 Nephi 21:2
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 21:3
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 21:4
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And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness
the girdle of his reins.
		 -- 2 Nephi 21:5
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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 fatling together;
and a little child shall lead them.
		 -- 2 Nephi 21:6
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And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down
together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
		 -- 2 Nephi 21:7
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And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned
child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den.
		 -- 2 Nephi 21:8
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 21:9
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 21:10
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 21:11
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 21:12
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The envy of Ephraim also shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall
be cut off; Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
		 -- 2 Nephi 21:13
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But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines towards 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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 21:14
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And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and
with his mighty wind he shall shake his hand over the river, and shall
smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dry shod.
		 -- 2 Nephi 21:15
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 21:16
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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 comfortedest me.
		 -- 2 Nephi 22:1
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Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid; for the
Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also has become my salvation.
		 -- 2 Nephi 22:2
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Therefore, with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
		 -- 2 Nephi 22:3
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 22:4
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Sing unto the Lord; for he hath done excellent things; this is known in
all the earth.
		 -- 2 Nephi 22:5
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Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great is the Holy One
of Israel in the midst of thee.
		 -- 2 Nephi 22:6
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The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
		 -- 2 Nephi 23:1
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Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them,
shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
		 -- 2 Nephi 23:2
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 23:3
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 23:4
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 23:5
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Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a
destruction from the Almighty.
		 -- 2 Nephi 23:6
%
Therefore shall all hands be faint, every man's heart shall melt;
		 -- 2 Nephi 23:7
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And they shall be afraid; pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them;
they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
		 -- 2 Nephi 23:8
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 23:9
%
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give
their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon
shall not cause her light to shine.
		 -- 2 Nephi 23:10
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And I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked for their iniquity;
I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay down the
haughtiness of the terrible.
		 -- 2 Nephi 23:11
%
I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the
golden wedge of Ophir.
		 -- 2 Nephi 23:12
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 23:13
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And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up;
and they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into
his own land.
		 -- 2 Nephi 23:14
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Every one that is proud shall be thrust through; yea, and every one that
is joined to the wicked shall fall by the sword.
		 -- 2 Nephi 23:15
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Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their
houses shall be spoiled and their wives ravished.
		 -- 2 Nephi 23:16
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Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard
silver and gold, nor shall they delight in it.
		 -- 2 Nephi 23:17
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Their bows shall also dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have
no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children.
		 -- 2 Nephi 23:18
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And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees'
excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
		 -- 2 Nephi 23:19
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 23:20
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 23:21
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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 day shall not be prolonged.  For I will destroy her speedily;
yea, for I will be merciful unto my people, but the wicked shall perish.
		 -- 2 Nephi 23:22
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:1
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And the people shall take them and bring them to their place; yea, from
far unto the ends of the earth; and they shall return to their lands
of promise.  And the house of Israel shall possess them, and the land
of the Lord shall be for servants and handmaids; and they shall take
them captives unto whom they were captives; and they shall rule over
their oppressors.
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:2
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:3
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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!
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:4
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The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, the scepters of the rulers.
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:5
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He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled
the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:6
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The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet; they break forth into singing.
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:7
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:8
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:9
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All they shall speak and say unto thee: Art thou also become weak as we?
Art thou become like unto us?
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:10
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Thy pomp is brought down to the grave; the noise of thy viols is not
heard; the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:11
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How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!  Art thou
cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations!
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:12
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For thou hast said in thy 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;
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:13
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I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the
Most High.
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:14
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Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:15
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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?
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:16
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And made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof,
and opened not the house of his prisoners?
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:17
%
All the kings of the nations, yea, all of them, lie in glory, every one
of them in his own house.
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:18
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:19
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Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed
thy land and slain thy people; the seed of evil-doers shall never be
renowned.
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:20
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:21
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:22
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:23
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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--
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:24
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That I will bring the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread
him under foot; then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden
depart from off their shoulders.
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:25
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This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth; and this is
the hand that is stretched out upon all nations.
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:26
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For the Lord of Hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul? And his
hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:27
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In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:28
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:29
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And the first-born 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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:30
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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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:31
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What shall then answer the messengers of the nations?  That the Lord
hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
		 -- 2 Nephi 24:32
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Now I, Nephi, do speak somewhat concerning the words which I have written,
which have been spoken by the mouth of Isaiah.	For behold, Isaiah
spake many things which were hard for many of my people to understand;
for they know not concerning the manner of prophesying among the Jews.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:1
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For I, Nephi, have not taught them many things concerning the manner of
the Jews; for their works were works of darkness, and their doings were
doings of abominations.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:2
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Wherefore, I write unto my people, unto all those that shall receive
hereafter these things which I write, that they may know the judgments
of God, that they come upon all nations, according to the word which he
hath spoken.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:3
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Wherefore, hearken, O my people, which are of the house of Israel, and
give ear unto my words; for because the words of Isaiah are not plain
unto you, nevertheless they are plain unto all those that are filled with
the spirit of prophecy.  But I give unto you a prophecy, according to
the spirit which is in me; wherefore I shall prophesy according to the
plainness which hath been with me from the time that I came out from
Jerusalem with my father; for behold, my soul delighteth in plainness
unto my people, that they may learn.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:4
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Yea, and my soul delighteth in the words of Isaiah, for I came out from
Jerusalem, and mine eyes hath beheld the things of the Jews, and I know
that the Jews do understand the things of the prophets, and there is
none other people that understand the things which were spoken unto the
Jews like unto them, save it be that they are taught after the manner
of the things of the Jews.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:5
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But behold, I, Nephi, have not taught my children after the manner of
the Jews; but behold, I, of myself, have dwelt at Jerusalem, wherefore
I know concerning the regions round about; and I have made mention unto
my children concerning the judgments of God, which hath come to pass
among the Jews, unto my children, according to all that which Isaiah
hath spoken, and I do not write them.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:6
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But behold, I proceed with mine own prophecy, according to my plainness;
in the which I know that no man can err; nevertheless, in the days that
the prophecies of Isaiah shall be fulfilled men shall know of a surety,
at the times when they shall come to pass.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:7
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Wherefore, they are of worth unto the children of men, and he that
supposeth that they are not, unto them will I speak particularly, and
confine the words unto mine own people; for I know that they shall be
of great worth unto them in the last days; for in that day shall they
understand them; wherefore, for their good have I written them.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:8
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And as one generation hath been destroyed among the Jews because of
iniquity, even so have they been destroyed from generation to generation
according to their iniquities; and never hath any of them been destroyed
save it were foretold them by the prophets of the Lord.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:9
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Wherefore, it hath been told them concerning the destruction which should
come upon them, immediately after my father left Jerusalem; nevertheless,
they hardened their hearts; and according to my prophecy they have been
destroyed, save it be those which are carried away captive into Babylon.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:10
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And now this I speak because of the spirit which is in me. And
notwithstanding they have been carried away they shall return again,
and possess the land of Jerusalem; wherefore, they shall be restored
again to the land of their inheritance.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:11
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But, behold, they shall have wars, and rumors of wars; and when the day
cometh that the Only Begotten of the Father, yea, even the Father of
heaven and of earth, shall manifest himself unto them in the flesh,
behold, they will reject him, because of their iniquities, and the
hardness of their hearts, and the stiffness of their necks.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:12
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Behold, they will crucify him; and after he is laid in a sepulchre for
the space of three days he shall rise from the dead, with healing in his
wings; and all those who shall believe on his name shall be saved in the
kingdom of God.  Wherefore, my soul delighteth to prophesy concerning him,
for I have seen his day, and my heart doth magnify his holy name.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:13
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And behold it shall come to pass that after the Messiah hath risen from
the dead, and hath manifested himself unto his people, unto as many as
will believe on his name, behold, Jerusalem shall be destroyed again;
for wo unto them that fight against God and the people of his church.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:14
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Wherefore, the Jews shall be scattered among all nations; yea, and also
Babylon shall be destroyed; wherefore, the Jews shall be scattered by
other nations.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:15
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And after they have been scattered, and the Lord God hath scourged them
by other nations for the space of many generations, yea, even down from
generation to generation until they shall be persuaded to believe in
Christ, the Son of God, and the atonement, which is infinite for all
mankind--and when that day shall come that they shall believe in Christ,
and worship the Father in his name, with pure hearts and clean hands,
and look not forward any more for another Messiah, then, at that time,
the day will come that it must needs be expedient that they should
believe these things.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:16
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And the Lord will set his hand again the second time to restore his
people from their lost and fallen state.  Wherefore, he will proceed to
do a marvelous work and a wonder among the children of men.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:17
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Wherefore, he shall bring forth his words unto them, which words shall
judge them at the last day, for they shall be given them for the purpose
of convincing them of the true Messiah, who was rejected by them; and
unto the convincing of them that they need not look forward any more
for a Messiah to come, for there should not any come, save it should be
a false Messiah which should deceive the people; for there is save one
Messiah spoken of by the prophets, and that Messiah is he who should be
rejected of the Jews.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:18
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For according to the words of the prophets, the Messiah cometh in six
hundred years from the time that my father left Jerusalem; and according
to the words of the prophets, and also the word of the angel of God,
his name shall be Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:19
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And now, my brethren, I have spoken plainly that ye cannot err.  And as
the Lord God liveth that brought Israel up out of the land of Egypt, and
gave unto Moses power that he should heal the nations after they had been
bitten by the poisonous serpents, if they would cast their eyes unto the
serpent which he did raise up before them, and also gave him power that
he should smite the rock and the water should come forth; yea, behold I
say unto you, that as these things are true, and as the Lord God liveth,
there is none other name given under heaven save it be this Jesus Christ,
of which I have spoken, whereby man can be saved.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:20
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Wherefore, for this cause hath the Lord God promised unto me that these
things which I write shall be kept and preserved, and handed down unto my
seed, from generation to generation, that the promise may be fulfilled
unto Joseph, that his seed should never perish as long as the earth
should stand.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:21
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Wherefore, these things shall go from generation to generation as long
as the earth shall stand; and they shall go according to the will and
pleasure of God; and the nations who shall possess them shall be judged
of them according to the words which are written.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:22
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For we labor diligently to write, to persuade our children, and also our
brethren, to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled to God; for we know
that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:23
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And, notwithstanding we believe in Christ, we keep the law of Moses,
and look forward with steadfastness unto Christ, until the law shall
be fulfilled.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:24
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For, for this end was the law given; wherefore the law hath become dead
unto us, and we are made alive in Christ because of our faith; yet we
keep the law because of the commandments.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:25
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And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ,
we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that
our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of
their sins.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:26
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Wherefore, we speak concerning the law that our children may know the
deadness of the law; and they, by knowing the deadness of the law, may
look forward unto that life which is in Christ, and know for what end the
law was given.	And after the law is fulfilled in Christ, that they need
not harden their hearts against him when the law ought to be done away.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:27
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And now behold, my people, ye are a stiffnecked people; wherefore,
I have spoken plainly unto you, that ye cannot misunderstand.  And the
words which I have spoken shall stand as a testimony against you; for
they are sufficient to teach any man the right way; for the right way
is to believe in Christ and deny him not; for by denying him ye also
deny the prophets and the law.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:28
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And now behold, I say unto you that the right way is to believe in Christ,
and deny him not; and Christ is the Holy One of Israel; wherefore ye
must bow down before him, and worship him with all your might, mind,
and strength, and your whole soul; and if ye do this ye shall in nowise
be cast out.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:29
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And, inasmuch as it shall be expedient, ye must keep the performances
and ordinances of God until the law shall be fulfilled which was given
unto Moses.
		 -- 2 Nephi 25:30
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And after Christ shall have risen from the dead he shall show himself
unto you, my children, and my beloved brethren; and the words which he
shall speak unto you shall be the law which ye shall do.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:1
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For behold, I say unto you that I have beheld that many generations shall
pass away, and there shall be great wars and contentions among my people.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:2
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And after the Messiah shall come there shall be signs given unto my
people of his birth, and also of his death and resurrection; and great
and terrible shall that day be unto the wicked, for they shall perish;
and they perish because they cast out the prophets, and the saints,
and stone them, and slay them; wherefore the cry of the blood of the
saints shall ascend up to God from the ground against them.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:3
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Wherefore, all those who are proud, and that do wickedly, the day that
cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, for they shall be
as stubble.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:4
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And they that kill the prophets, and the saints, the depths of the
earth shall swallow them up, saith the Lord of Hosts; and mountains
shall cover them, and whirlwinds shall carry them away, and buildings
shall fall upon them and crush them to pieces and grind them to powder.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:5
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And they shall be visited with thunderings, and lightnings, and
earthquakes, and all manner of destructions, for the fire of the anger
of the Lord shall be kindled against them, and they shall be as stubble,
and the day that cometh shall consume them, saith the Lord of Hosts.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:6
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O the pain, and the anguish of my soul for the loss of the slain of my
people!  For I, Nephi, have seen it, and it well nigh consumeth me before
the presence of the Lord; but I must cry unto my God: Thy ways are just.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:7
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But behold, the righteous that hearken unto the words of the prophets,
and destroy them not, but look forward unto Christ with steadfastness
for the signs which are given, notwithstanding all persecution--behold,
they are they which shall not perish.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:8
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But the Son of righteousness shall appear unto them; and he shall heal
them, and they shall have peace with him, until three generations shall
have passed away, and many of the fourth generation shall have passed
away in righteousness.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:9
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And when these things have passed away a speedy destruction cometh unto
my people; for, notwithstanding the pains of my soul, I have seen it;
wherefore, I know that it shall come to pass; and they sell themselves
for naught; for, for the reward of their pride and their foolishness they
shall reap destruction; for because they yield unto the devil and choose
works of darkness rather than light, therefore they must go down to hell.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:10
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For the Spirit of the Lord will not always strive with man. And when
the Spirit ceaseth to strive with man then cometh speedy destruction,
and this grieveth my soul.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:11
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And as I spake concerning the convincing of the Jews, that Jesus is the
very Christ, it must needs be that the Gentiles be convinced also that
Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God;
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:12
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And that he manifesteth himself unto all those who believe in him, by
the power of the Holy Ghost; yea, unto every nation, kindred, tongue,
and people, working mighty miracles, signs, and wonders, among the
children of men according to their faith.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:13
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But behold, I prophesy unto you concerning the last days; concerning the
days when the Lord God shall bring these things forth unto the children
of men.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:14
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After my seed and the seed of my brethren shall have dwindled in unbelief,
and shall have been smitten by the Gentiles; yea, after the Lord God
shall have camped against them round about, and shall have laid siege
against them with a mount, and raised forts against them; and after they
shall have been brought down low in the dust, even that they are not,
yet the words of the righteous shall be written, and the prayers of the
faithful shall be heard, and all those who have dwindled in unbelief
shall not be forgotten.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:15
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For those who shall be destroyed shall speak unto them out of the ground,
and their speech shall be low out of the dust, and their voice shall be
as one that hath a familiar spirit; for the Lord God will give unto him
power, that he may whisper concerning them, even as it were out of the
ground; and their speech shall whisper out of the dust.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:16
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For thus saith the Lord God: They shall write the things which shall
be done among them, and they shall be written and sealed up in a book,
and those who have dwindled in unbelief shall not have them, for they
seek to destroy the things of God.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:17
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Wherefore, as those who have been destroyed have been destroyed speedily;
and the multitude of their terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth
away--yea, thus saith the Lord God: It shall be at an instant, suddenly--
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:18
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And it shall come to pass, that those who have dwindled in unbelief
shall be smitten by the hand of the Gentiles.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:19
%
And the Gentiles are lifted up in the pride of their eyes, and have
stumbled, because of the greatness of their stumbling block, that they
have built up many churches; nevertheless, they put down the power and
miracles of God, and preach up unto themselves their own wisdom and their
own learning, that they may get gain and grind upon the face of the poor.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:20
%
And there are many churches built up which cause envyings, and strifes,
and malice.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:21
%
And there are also secret combinations, even as in times of old, according
to the combinations of the devil, for he is the founder of all these
things; yea, the founder of murder, and works of darkness; yea, and he
leadeth them by the neck with a flaxen cord, until he bindeth them with
his strong cords forever.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:22
%
For behold, my beloved brethren, I say unto you that the Lord God worketh
not in darkness.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:23
%
He doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of the world; for he
loveth the world, even that he layeth down his own life that he may
draw all men unto him.	Wherefore, he commandeth none that they shall
not partake of his salvation.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:24
%
Behold, doth he cry unto any, saying: Depart from me? Behold, I say
unto you, Nay; but he saith: Come unto me all ye ends of the earth,
buy milk and honey, without money and without price.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:25
%
Behold, hath he commanded any that they should depart out of the
synagogues, or out of the houses of worship?  Behold, I say unto you, Nay.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:26
%
Hath he commanded any that they should not partake of his salvation?
Behold I say unto you, Nay; but he hath given it free for all men; and he
hath commanded his people that they should persuade all men to repentance.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:27
%
Behold, hath the Lord commanded any that they should not partake of
his goodness?  Behold I say unto you, Nay; but all men are privileged
the one like unto the other, and none are forbidden.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:28
%
He commandeth that there shall be no priestcrafts; for, behold,
priestcrafts are that men preach and set themselves up for a light unto
the world, that they may get gain and praise of the world; but they seek
not the welfare of Zion.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:29
%
Behold, the Lord hath forbidden this thing; wherefore, the Lord God hath
given a commandment that all men should have charity, which charity is
love.  And except they should have charity they were nothing.  Wherefore,
if they should have charity they would not suffer the laborer in Zion
to perish.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:30
%
But the laborer in Zion shall labor for Zion; for if they labor for
money they shall perish.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:31
%
And again, the Lord God hath commanded that men should not murder; that
they should not lie; that they should not steal; that they should not
take the name of the Lord their God in vain; that they should not envy;
that they should not have malice; that they should not contend one with
another; that they should not commit whoredoms; and that they should do
none of these things; for whoso doeth them shall perish.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:32
%
For none of these iniquities come of the Lord; for he doeth that which is
good among the children of men; and he doeth nothing save it be plain
unto the children of men; and he inviteth them all to come unto him
and partake of his goodness; and he denieth none that come unto him,
black and white, bond and free, male and female; and he remembereth the
heathen; and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile.
		 -- 2 Nephi 26:33
%
But, behold, in the last days, or in the days of the Gentiles--yea,
behold all the nations of the Gentiles and also the Jews, both those who
shall come upon this land and those who shall be upon other lands, yea,
even upon all the lands of the earth, behold, they will be drunken with
iniquity and all manner of abominations--
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:1
%
And when that day shall come they shall be visited of the Lord of Hosts,
with thunder and with earthquake, and with a great noise, and with storm,
and with tempest, and with the flame of devouring fire.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:2
%
And all the nations that fight against Zion, and that distress her,
shall be as a dream of a night vision; yea, it shall be unto them, even
as unto a hungry man which dreameth, and behold he eateth but he awaketh
and his soul is empty; or like unto a thirsty man which 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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:3
%
For behold, all ye that doeth 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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:4
%
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 iniquity.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:5
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:6
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:7
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:8
%
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;
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:9
%
But the words which are sealed he shall not deliver, neither shall he
deliver the book.  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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:10
%
And the day cometh that the words of the book which were sealed shall be
read upon the house tops; 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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:11
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:12
%
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 if it were from the dead.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:13
%
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 wo be unto him that rejecteth the word of God!
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:14
%
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.  And the learned shall say: Bring hither the book,
and I will read them.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:15
%
And now, because of the glory of the world and to get gain will they
say this, and not for the glory of God.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:16
%
And the man shall say: I cannot bring the book, for it is sealed.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:17
%
Then shall the learned say: I cannot read it.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:18
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:19
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:20
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:21
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:22
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:23
%
And again it shall come to pass that the Lord shall say unto him that
shall read the words that shall be delivered him:
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:24
%
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 towards me is taught by the precepts of men--
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:25
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:26
%
And wo 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.  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?
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:27
%
But behold, saith the Lord of Hosts: I will show unto the children of
men that it is yet a very little while and Lebanon shall be turned into
a fruitful field; and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:28
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:29
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:30
%
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;
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:31
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:32
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:33
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:34
%
They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they
that murmured shall learn doctrine.
		 -- 2 Nephi 27:35
%
And now, behold, my brethren, I have spoken unto you, according as the
Spirit hath constrained me; wherefore, I know that they must surely come
to pass.
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:1
%
And the things which shall be written out of the book shall be of great
worth unto the children of men, and especially unto our seed, which is
a remnant of the house of Israel.
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:2
%
For it shall come to pass in that day that the churches which are built
up, and not unto the Lord, when the one shall say unto the other: Behold,
I, I am the Lord's; and the others shall say: I, I am the Lord's; and thus
shall every one say that hath built up churches, and not unto the Lord--
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:3
%
And they shall contend one with another; and their priests shall contend
one with another, and they shall teach with their learning, and deny
the Holy Ghost, which giveth utterance.
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:4
%
And they deny the power of God, the Holy One of Israel; and they say
unto the people: Hearken unto us, and hear ye our precept; for behold
there is no God today, for the Lord and the Redeemer hath done his work,
and he hath given his power unto men;
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:5
%
Behold, hearken ye unto my precept; if they shall say there is a miracle
wrought by the hand of the Lord, believe it not; for this day he is not
a God of miracles; he hath done his work.
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:6
%
Yea, and there shall be many which shall say: Eat, drink, and be merry,
for tomorrow we die; and it shall be well with us.
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:7
%
And there shall also be many which shall say: Eat, drink, and be merry;
nevertheless, fear God--he will justify in committing a little sin; yea,
lie a little, take the advantage of one because of his words, dig a pit
for thy neighbor; there is no harm in this; and do all these things,
for tomorrow we die; and if it so be that we are guilty, God will beat us
with a few stripes, and at last we shall be saved in the kingdom of God.
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:8
%
Yea, and there shall be many which shall teach after this manner, false
and vain and foolish doctrines, and shall be puffed up in their hearts,
and shall seek deep to hide their counsels from the Lord; and their
works shall be in the dark.
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:9
%
And the blood of the saints shall cry from the ground against them.
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:10
%
Yea, they have all gone out of the way; they have become corrupted.
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:11
%
Because of pride, and because of false teachers, and false doctrine,
their churches have become corrupted, and their churches are lifted up;
because of pride they are puffed up.
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:12
%
They rob the poor because of their fine sanctuaries; they rob the poor
because of their fine clothing; and they persecute the meek and the poor
in heart, because in their pride they are puffed up.
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:13
%
They wear stiff necks and high heads; yea, and because of pride, and
wickedness, and abominations, and whoredoms, they have all gone astray
save it be a few, who are the humble followers of Christ; nevertheless,
they are led, that in many instances they do err because they are taught
by the precepts of men.
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:14
%
O the wise, and the learned, and the rich, that are puffed up in the
pride of their hearts, and all those who preach false doctrines, and
all those who commit whoredoms, and pervert the right way of the Lord,
wo, wo, wo be unto them, saith the Lord God Almighty, for they shall be
thrust down to hell!
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:15
%
Wo unto them that turn aside the just for a thing of naught and revile
against that which is good, and say that it is of no worth!  For the
day shall come that the Lord God will speedily visit the inhabitants
of the earth; and in that day that they are fully ripe in iniquity they
shall perish.
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:16
%
But behold, if the inhabitants of the earth shall repent of their
wickedness and abominations they shall not be destroyed, saith the Lord
of Hosts.
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:17
%
But behold, that great and abominable church, the whore of all the earth,
must tumble to the earth, and great must be the fall thereof.
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:18
%
For the kingdom of the devil must shake, and they which belong to it
must needs be stirred up unto repentance, or the devil will grasp them
with his everlasting chains, and they be stirred up to anger, and perish;
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:19
%
For behold, at that day shall he rage in the hearts of the children of
men, and stir them up to anger against that which is good.
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:20
%
And others will he pacify, and lull them away into carnal security,
that they will say: All is well in Zion; yea, Zion prospereth, all is
well--and thus the devil cheateth their souls, and leadeth them away
carefully down to hell.
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:21
%
And behold, others he flattereth away, and telleth them there is no hell;
and he saith unto them: I am no devil, for there is none--and thus he
whispereth in their ears, until he grasps them with his awful chains,
from whence there is no deliverance.
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:22
%
Yea, they are grasped with death, and hell; and death, and hell, and
the devil, and all that have been seized therewith must stand before
the throne of God, and be judged according to their works, from whence
they must go into the place prepared for them, even a lake of fire and
brimstone, which is endless torment.
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:23
%
Therefore, wo be unto him that is at ease in Zion!
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:24
%
Wo be unto him that crieth: All is well!
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:25
%
Yea, wo be unto him that hearkeneth unto the precepts of men, and denieth
the power of God, and the gift of the Holy Ghost!
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:26
%
Yea, wo be unto him that saith: We have received, and we need no more!
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:27
%
And in fine, wo unto all those who tremble, and are angry because of the
truth of God!  For behold, he that is built upon the rock receiveth it
with gladness; and he that is built upon a sandy foundation trembleth
lest he shall fall.
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:28
%
Wo be unto him that shall say: We have received the word of God, and we
need no more of the word of God, for we have enough!
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:29
%
For behold, thus saith the Lord God: I will give unto the children of men
line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little;
and blessed are those who hearken unto my precepts, and lend an ear unto
my counsel, for they shall learn wisdom; for unto him that receiveth I
will give more; and from them that shall say, We have enough, from them
shall be taken away even that which they have.
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:30
%
Cursed is he that putteth his trust in man, or maketh flesh his arm,
or shall hearken unto the precepts of men, save their precepts shall be
given by the power of the Holy Ghost.
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:31
%
Wo be unto the Gentiles, saith the Lord God of Hosts!  For notwithstanding
I shall lengthen out mine arm unto them from day to day, they will deny
me; nevertheless, I will be merciful unto them, saith the Lord God,
if they will repent and come unto me; for mine arm is lengthened out
all the day long, saith the Lord God of Hosts.
		 -- 2 Nephi 28:32
%
But behold, there shall be many--at that day when I shall proceed to
do a marvelous work among them, that I may remember my covenants which
I have made unto the children of men, that I may set my hand again the
second time to recover my people, which are of the house of Israel;
		 -- 2 Nephi 29:1
%
And also, that I may remember the promises which I have made unto thee,
Nephi, and also unto thy father, that I would remember your seed; and
that the words of your seed should proceed forth out of my mouth unto
your seed; and my words shall hiss forth unto the ends of the earth,
for a standard unto my people, which are of the house of Israel;
		 -- 2 Nephi 29:2
%
And because my words shall hiss forth--many of the Gentiles shall say: A
Bible!	A Bible!  We have got a Bible, and there cannot be any more Bible.
		 -- 2 Nephi 29:3
%
But thus saith the Lord God: O fools, they shall have a Bible; and
it shall proceed forth from the Jews, mine ancient covenant people.
And what thank they the Jews for the Bible which they receive from them?
Yea, what do the Gentiles mean?  Do they remember the travails, and
the labors, and the pains of the Jews, and their diligence unto me,
in bringing forth salvation unto the Gentiles?
		 -- 2 Nephi 29:4
%
O ye Gentiles, have ye remembered the Jews, mine ancient covenant people?
Nay; but ye have cursed them, and have hated them, and have not sought
to recover them.  But behold, I will return all these things upon your
own heads; for I the Lord have not forgotten my people.
		 -- 2 Nephi 29:5
%
Thou fool, that shall say: A Bible, we have got a Bible, and we need no
more Bible.  Have ye obtained a Bible save it were by the Jews?
		 -- 2 Nephi 29:6
%
Know ye not that there are more nations than one?  Know ye not that I,
the Lord your God, have created all men, and that I remember those who
are upon the isles of the sea; and that I rule in the heavens above and
in the earth beneath; and I bring forth my word unto the children of men,
yea, even upon all the nations of the earth?
		 -- 2 Nephi 29:7
%
Wherefore murmur ye, because that ye shall receive more of my word?
Know ye not that the testimony of two nations is a witness unto you that
I am God, that I remember one nation like unto another?  Wherefore, I
speak the same words unto one nation like unto another.  And when the
two nations shall run together the testimony of the two nations shall
run together also.
		 -- 2 Nephi 29:8
%
And I do this that I may prove unto many that I am the same yesterday,
today, and forever; and that I speak forth my words according to mine own
pleasure.  And because that I have spoken one word ye need not suppose
that I cannot speak another; for my work is not yet finished; neither
shall it be until the end of man, neither from that time henceforth
and forever.
		 -- 2 Nephi 29:9
%
Wherefore, because that ye have a Bible ye need not suppose that it
contains all my words; neither need ye suppose that I have not caused
more to be written.
		 -- 2 Nephi 29:10
%
For I command all men, both in the east and in the west, and in the north,
and in the south, and in the islands of the sea, that they shall write
the words which I speak unto them; for out of the books which shall
be written I will judge the world, every man according to their works,
according to that which is written.
		 -- 2 Nephi 29:11
%
For behold, I shall speak unto the Jews and they shall write it; and I
shall also speak unto the Nephites and they shall write it; and I shall
also speak unto the other tribes of the house of Israel, which I have led
away, and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto all nations
of the earth and they shall write it.
		 -- 2 Nephi 29:12
%
And it shall come to pass that the Jews shall have the words of the
Nephites, and the Nephites shall have the words of the Jews; and the
Nephites and the Jews shall have the words of the lost tribes of Israel;
and the lost tribes of Israel shall have the words of the Nephites and
the Jews.
		 -- 2 Nephi 29:13
%
And it shall come to pass that my people, which are of the house of
Israel, shall be gathered home unto the lands of their possessions; and
my word also shall be gathered in one.	And I will show unto them that
fight against my word and against my people, who are of the house of
Israel, that I am God, and that I covenanted with Abraham that I would
remember his seed forever.
		 -- 2 Nephi 29:14
%
And now behold, my beloved brethren, I would speak unto you; for I, Nephi,
would not suffer that ye should suppose that ye are more righteous than
the Gentiles shall be.	For behold, except ye shall keep the commandments
of God ye shall all likewise perish; and because of the words which have
been spoken ye need not suppose that the Gentiles are utterly destroyed.
		 -- 2 Nephi 30:1
%
For behold, I say unto you that as many of the Gentiles as will repent
are the covenant people of the Lord; and as many of the Jews as will
not repent shall be cast off; for the Lord covenanteth with none save
it be with them that repent and believe in his Son, who is the Holy One
of Israel.
		 -- 2 Nephi 30:2
%
And now, I would prophesy somewhat more concerning the Jews and the
Gentiles.  For after the book of which I have spoken shall come forth,
and be written unto the Gentiles, and sealed up again unto the Lord,
there shall be many which shall believe the words which are written;
and they shall carry them forth unto the remnant of our seed.
		 -- 2 Nephi 30:3
%
And then shall the remnant of our seed know concerning us, how that we
came out from Jerusalem, and that they are descendants of the Jews.
		 -- 2 Nephi 30:4
%
And the gospel of Jesus Christ shall be declared among them; wherefore,
they shall be restored unto the knowledge of their fathers, and also to
the knowledge of Jesus Christ, which was had among their fathers.
		 -- 2 Nephi 30:5
%
And then shall they rejoice; for they shall know that it is a blessing
unto them from the hand of God; and their scales of darkness shall begin
to fall from their eyes; and many generations shall not pass away among
them, save they shall be a pure and a delightsome people.
		 -- 2 Nephi 30:6
%
And it shall come to pass that the Jews which are scattered also shall
begin to believe in Christ; and they shall begin to gather in upon the
face of the land; and as many as shall believe in Christ shall also
become a delightsome people.
		 -- 2 Nephi 30:7
%
And it shall come to pass that the Lord God shall commence his work
among all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, to bring about the
restoration of his people upon the earth.
		 -- 2 Nephi 30:8
%
And with righteousness shall the Lord God 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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 30:9
%
For the time speedily cometh that the Lord God shall cause a great
division among the people, and the wicked will he destroy; and he will
spare his people, yea, even if it so be that he must destroy the wicked
by fire.
		 -- 2 Nephi 30:10
%
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness
the girdle of his reins.
		 -- 2 Nephi 30:11
%
And then shall the wolf 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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 30:12
%
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down
together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
		 -- 2 Nephi 30:13
%
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned
child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den.
		 -- 2 Nephi 30:14
%
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.
		 -- 2 Nephi 30:15
%
Wherefore, the things of all nations shall be made known; yea, all things
shall be made known unto the children of men.
		 -- 2 Nephi 30:16
%
There is nothing which is secret save it shall be revealed; there is no
work of darkness save it shall be made manifest in the light; and there
is nothing which is sealed upon the earth save it shall be loosed.
		 -- 2 Nephi 30:17
%
Wherefore, all things which have been revealed unto the children of
men shall at that day be revealed; and Satan shall have power over
the hearts of the children of men no more, for a long time.  And now,
my beloved brethren, I make an end of my sayings.
		 -- 2 Nephi 30:18
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And now I, Nephi, make an end of my prophesying unto you, my beloved
brethren.  And I cannot write but a few things, which I know must
surely come to pass; neither can I write but a few of the words of my
brother Jacob.
		 -- 2 Nephi 31:1
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Wherefore, the things which I have written sufficeth me, save it be
a few words which I must speak concerning the doctrine of Christ;
wherefore, I shall speak unto you plainly, according to the plainness
of my prophesying.
		 -- 2 Nephi 31:2
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For my soul delighteth in plainness; for after this manner doth the Lord
God work among the children of men.  For the Lord God giveth light unto
the understanding; for he speaketh unto men according to their language,
unto their understanding.
		 -- 2 Nephi 31:3
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Wherefore, I would that ye should remember that I have spoken unto
you concerning that prophet which the Lord showed unto me, that should
baptize the Lamb of God, which should take away the sins of the world.
		 -- 2 Nephi 31:4
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And now, if the Lamb of God, he being holy, should have need to be
baptized by water, to fulfil all righteousness, O then, how much more
need have we, being unholy, to be baptized, yea, even by water!
		 -- 2 Nephi 31:5
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And now, I would ask of you, my beloved brethren, wherein the Lamb of
God did fulfil all righteousness in being baptized by water?
		 -- 2 Nephi 31:6
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Know ye not that he was holy?  But notwithstanding he being holy, he
showeth unto the children of men that, according to the flesh he humbleth
himself before the Father, and witnesseth unto the Father that he would
be obedient unto him in keeping his commandments.
		 -- 2 Nephi 31:7
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Wherefore, after he was baptized with water the Holy Ghost descended
upon him in the form of a dove.
		 -- 2 Nephi 31:8
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And again, it showeth unto the children of men the straitness of the
path, and the narrowness of the gate, by which they should enter, he
having set the example before them.
		 -- 2 Nephi 31:9
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And he said unto the children of men: Follow thou me.  Wherefore, my
beloved brethren, can we follow Jesus save we shall be willing to keep
the commandments of the Father?
		 -- 2 Nephi 31:10
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And the Father said: Repent ye, repent ye, and be baptized in the name
of my Beloved Son.
		 -- 2 Nephi 31:11
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And also, the voice of the Son came unto me, saying: He that is baptized
in my name, to him will the Father give the Holy Ghost, like unto me;
wherefore, follow me, and do the things which ye have seen me do.
		 -- 2 Nephi 31:12
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Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I know that if ye shall follow the Son,
with full purpose of heart, acting no hypocrisy and no deception before
God, but with real intent, repenting of your sins, witnessing unto
the Father that ye are willing to take upon you the name of Christ,
by baptism--yea, by following your Lord and your Savior down into the
water, according to his word, behold, then shall ye receive the Holy
Ghost; yea, then cometh the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost; and
then can ye speak with the tongue of angels, and shout praises unto the
Holy One of Israel.
		 -- 2 Nephi 31:13
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But, behold, my beloved brethren, thus came the voice of the Son unto
me, saying: After ye have repented of your sins, and witnessed unto
the Father that ye are willing to keep my commandments, by the baptism
of water, and have received the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost,
and can speak with a new tongue, yea, even with the tongue of angels,
and after this should deny me, it would have been better for you that
ye had not known me.
		 -- 2 Nephi 31:14
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And I heard a voice from the Father, saying: Yea, the words of my
Beloved are true and faithful.	He that endureth to the end, the same
shall be saved.
		 -- 2 Nephi 31:15
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And now, my beloved brethren, I know by this that unless a man shall
endure to the end, in following the example of the Son of the living God,
he cannot be saved.
		 -- 2 Nephi 31:16
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Wherefore, do the things which I have told you I have seen that your
Lord and your Redeemer should do; for, for this cause have they been
shown unto me, that ye might know the gate by which ye should enter.
For the gate by which ye should enter is repentance and baptism by water;
and then cometh a remission of your sins by fire and by the Holy Ghost.
		 -- 2 Nephi 31:17
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And then are ye in this strait and narrow path which leads to eternal
life; yea, ye have entered in by the gate; ye have done according to the
commandments of the Father and the Son; and ye have received the Holy
Ghost, which witnesses of the Father and the Son, unto the fulfilling
of the promise which he hath made, that if ye entered in by the way ye
should receive.
		 -- 2 Nephi 31:18
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And now, my beloved brethren, after ye have gotten into this strait and
narrow path, I would ask if all is done?  Behold, I say unto you, Nay; for
ye have not come thus far save it were by the word of Christ with unshaken
faith in him, relying wholly upon the merits of him who is mighty to save.
		 -- 2 Nephi 31:19
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Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a
perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men.  Wherefore,
if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure
to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.
		 -- 2 Nephi 31:20
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And now, behold, my beloved brethren, this is the way; and there is
none other way nor name given under heaven whereby man can be saved in
the kingdom of God.  And now, behold, this is the doctrine of Christ,
and the only and true doctrine of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Ghost, which is one God, without end.	Amen.
		 -- 2 Nephi 31:21
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And now, behold, my beloved brethren, I suppose that ye ponder somewhat
in your hearts concerning that which ye should do after ye have entered
in by the way.	But, behold, why do ye ponder these things in your hearts?
		 -- 2 Nephi 32:1
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Do ye not remember that I said unto you that after ye had received the
Holy Ghost ye could speak with the tongue of angels? And now, how could
ye speak with the tongue of angels save it were by the Holy Ghost?
		 -- 2 Nephi 32:2
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Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they speak the
words of Christ.  Wherefore, I said unto you, feast upon the words of
Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what
ye should do.
		 -- 2 Nephi 32:3
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Wherefore, now after I have spoken these words, if ye cannot understand
them it will be because ye ask not, neither do ye knock; wherefore,
ye are not brought into the light, but must perish in the dark.
		 -- 2 Nephi 32:4
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For behold, again I say unto you that if ye will enter in by the way,
and receive the Holy Ghost, it will show unto you all things what ye
should do.
		 -- 2 Nephi 32:5
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Behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and there will be no more doctrine
given until after he shall manifest himself unto you in the flesh.
And when he shall manifest himself unto you in the flesh, the things
which he shall say unto you shall ye observe to do.
		 -- 2 Nephi 32:6
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And now I, Nephi, cannot say more; the Spirit stoppeth mine utterance,
and I am left to mourn because of the unbelief, and the wickedness,
and the ignorance, and the stiffneckedness of men; for they will not
search knowledge, nor understand great knowledge, when it is given unto
them in plainness, even as plain as word can be.
		 -- 2 Nephi 32:7
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And now, my beloved brethren, I perceive that ye ponder still in your
hearts; and it grieveth me that I must speak concerning this thing.
For if ye would hearken unto the Spirit which teacheth a man to pray ye
would know that ye must pray; for the evil spirit teacheth not a man to
pray, but teacheth him that he must not pray.
		 -- 2 Nephi 32:8
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But behold, I say unto you that ye must pray always, and not faint; that
ye must not perform any thing unto the Lord save in the first place ye
shall pray unto the Father in the name of Christ, that he will consecrate
thy performance unto thee, that thy performance may be for the welfare
of thy soul.
		 -- 2 Nephi 32:9
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And now I, Nephi, cannot write all the things which were taught among my
people; neither am I mighty in writing, like unto speaking; for when a
man speaketh by the power of the Holy Ghost the power of the Holy Ghost
carrieth it unto the hearts of the children of men.
		 -- 2 Nephi 33:1
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But behold, there are many that harden their hearts against the Holy
Spirit, that it hath no place in them; wherefore, they cast many things
away which are written and esteem them as things of naught.
		 -- 2 Nephi 33:2
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But I, Nephi, have written what I have written, and I esteem it as of
great worth, and especially unto my people.  For I pray continually for
them by day, and mine eyes water my pillow by night, because of them;
and I cry unto my God in faith, and I know that he will hear my cry.
		 -- 2 Nephi 33:3
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And I know that the Lord God will consecrate my prayers for the gain of
my people.  And the words which I have written in weakness will be made
strong unto them; for it persuadeth them to do good; it maketh known
unto them of their fathers; and it speaketh of Jesus, and persuadeth
them to believe in him, and to endure to the end, which is life eternal.
		 -- 2 Nephi 33:4
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And it speaketh harshly against sin, according to the plainness of the
truth; wherefore, no man will be angry at the words which I have written
save he shall be of the spirit of the devil.
		 -- 2 Nephi 33:5
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I glory in plainness; I glory in truth; I glory in my Jesus, for he hath
redeemed my soul from hell.
		 -- 2 Nephi 33:6
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I have charity for my people, and great faith in Christ that I shall
meet many souls spotless at his judgment-seat.
		 -- 2 Nephi 33:7
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I have charity for the Jew--I say Jew, because I mean them from whence
I came.
		 -- 2 Nephi 33:8
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I also have charity for the Gentiles.  But behold, for none of these
can I hope except they shall be reconciled unto Christ, and enter into
the narrow gate, and walk in the strait path which leads to life, and
continue in the path until the end of the day of probation.
		 -- 2 Nephi 33:9
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And now, my beloved brethren, and also Jew, and all ye ends of the earth,
hearken unto these words and believe in Christ; and if ye believe not
in these words believe in Christ.  And if ye shall believe in Christ ye
will believe in these words, for they are the words of Christ, and he
hath given them unto me; and they teach all men that they should do good.
		 -- 2 Nephi 33:10
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And if they are not the words of Christ, judge ye--for Christ will show
unto you, with power and great glory, that they are his words, at the
last day; and you and I shall stand face to face before his bar; and
ye shall know that I have been commanded of him to write these things,
notwithstanding my weakness.
		 -- 2 Nephi 33:11
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And I pray the Father in the name of Christ that many of us, if not all,
may be saved in his kingdom at that great and last day.
		 -- 2 Nephi 33:12
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And now, my beloved brethren, all those who are of the house of Israel,
and all ye ends of the earth, I speak unto you as the voice of one crying
from the dust: Farewell until that great day shall come.
		 -- 2 Nephi 33:13
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And you that will not partake of the goodness of God, and respect
the words of the Jews, and also my words, and the words which shall
proceed forth out of the mouth of the Lamb of God, behold, I bid you an
everlasting farewell, for these words shall condemn you at the last day.
		 -- 2 Nephi 33:14
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For what I seal on earth, shall be brought against you at the judgment
bar; for thus hath the Lord commanded me, and I must obey.  Amen.
		 -- 2 Nephi 33:15
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For behold, it came to pass that fifty and five years had passed away
from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem; wherefore, Nephi gave me, Jacob,
a commandment concerning the small plates, upon which these things
are engraven.
		 -- Jacob 1:1
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And he gave me, Jacob, a commandment that I should write upon these
plates a few of the things which I considered to be most precious;
that I should not touch, save it were lightly, concerning the history
of this people which are called the people of Nephi.
		 -- Jacob 1:2
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For he said that the history of his people should be engraven upon his
other plates, and that I should preserve these plates and hand them down
unto my seed, from generation to generation.
		 -- Jacob 1:3
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And if there were preaching which was sacred, or revelation which was
great, or prophesying, that I should engraven the heads of them upon
these plates, and touch upon them as much as it were possible, for
Christ's sake, and for the sake of our people.
		 -- Jacob 1:4
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For because of faith and great anxiety, it truly had been made manifest
unto us concerning our people, what things should happen unto them.
		 -- Jacob 1:5
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And we also had many revelations, and the spirit of much prophecy;
wherefore, we knew of Christ and his kingdom, which should come.
		 -- Jacob 1:6
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Wherefore we labored diligently among our people, that we might persuade
them to come unto Christ, and partake of the goodness of God, that they
might enter into his rest, lest by any means he should swear in his
wrath they should not enter in, as in the provocation in the days of
temptation while the children of Israel were in the wilderness.
		 -- Jacob 1:7
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Wherefore, we would to God that we could persuade all men not to rebel
against God, to provoke him to anger, but that all men would believe in
Christ, and view his death, and suffer his cross and bear the shame of
the world; wherefore, I, Jacob, take it upon me to fulfil the commandment
of my brother Nephi.
		 -- Jacob 1:8
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Now Nephi began to be old, and he saw that he must soon die; wherefore,
he anointed a man to be a king and a ruler over his people now, according
to the reigns of the kings.
		 -- Jacob 1:9
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The people having loved Nephi exceedingly, he having been a great
protector for them, having wielded the sword of Laban in their defence,
and having labored in all his days for their welfare--
		 -- Jacob 1:10
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Wherefore, the people were desirous to retain in remembrance his name.
And whoso should reign in his stead were called by the people, second
Nephi, third Nephi, and so forth, according to the reigns of the kings;
and thus they were called by the people, let them be of whatever name
they would.
		 -- Jacob 1:11
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And it came to pass that Nephi died.
		 -- Jacob 1:12
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Now the people which were not Lamanites were Nephites; nevertheless,
they were called Nephites, Jacobites, Josephites, Zoramites, Lamanites,
Lemuelites, and Ishmaelites.
		 -- Jacob 1:13
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But I, Jacob, shall not hereafter distinguish them by these names, but
I shall call them Lamanites that seek to destroy the people of Nephi,
and those who are friendly to Nephi I shall call Nephites, or the people
of Nephi, according to the reigns of the kings.
		 -- Jacob 1:14
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And now it came to pass that the people of Nephi, under the reign of the
second king, began to grow hard in their hearts, and indulge themselves
somewhat in wicked practices, such as like unto David of old desiring
many wives and concubines, and also Solomon, his son.
		 -- Jacob 1:15
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Yea, and they also began to search much gold and silver, and began to
be lifted up somewhat in pride.
		 -- Jacob 1:16
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Wherefore I, Jacob, gave unto them these words as I taught them in the
temple, having first obtained mine errand from the Lord.
		 -- Jacob 1:17
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For I, Jacob, and my brother Joseph had been consecrated priests and
teachers of this people, by the hand of Nephi.
		 -- Jacob 1:18
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And we did magnify our office unto the Lord, taking upon us the
responsibility, answering the sins of the people upon our own heads if
we did not teach them the word of God with all diligence; wherefore,
by laboring with our might their blood might not come upon our garments;
otherwise their blood would come upon our garments, and we would not be
found spotless at the last day.
		 -- Jacob 1:19
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The words which Jacob, the brother of Nephi, spake unto the people of
Nephi, after the death of Nephi:
		 -- Jacob 2:1
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Now, my beloved brethren, I, Jacob, according to the responsibility
which I am under to God, to magnify mine office with soberness, and
that I might rid my garments of your sins, I come up into the temple
this day that I might declare unto you the word of God.
		 -- Jacob 2:2
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And ye yourselves know that I have hitherto been diligent in the office
of my calling; but I this day am weighed down with much more desire and
anxiety for the welfare of your souls than I have hitherto been.
		 -- Jacob 2:3
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For behold, as yet, ye have been obedient unto the word of the Lord,
which I have given unto you.
		 -- Jacob 2:4
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But behold, hearken ye unto me, and know that by the help of the
all-powerful Creator of heaven and earth I can tell you concerning your
thoughts, how that ye are beginning to labor in sin, which sin appeareth
very abominable unto me, yea, and abominable unto God.
		 -- Jacob 2:5
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Yea, it grieveth my soul and causeth me to shrink with shame before
the presence of my Maker, that I must testify unto you concerning the
wickedness of your hearts.
		 -- Jacob 2:6
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And also it grieveth me that I must use so much boldness of speech
concerning you, before your wives and your children, many of whose
feelings are exceedingly tender and chaste and delicate before God,
which thing is pleasing unto God;
		 -- Jacob 2:7
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And it supposeth me that they have come up hither to hear the pleasing
word of God, yea, the word which healeth the wounded soul.
		 -- Jacob 2:8
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Wherefore, it burdeneth my soul that I should be constrained, because of
the strict commandment which I have received from God, to admonish you
according to your crimes, to enlarge the wounds of those who are already
wounded, instead of consoling and healing their wounds; and those who
have not been wounded, instead of feasting upon the pleasing word of God
have daggers placed to pierce their souls and wound their delicate minds.
		 -- Jacob 2:9
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But, notwithstanding the greatness of the task, I must do according to
the strict commands of God, and tell you concerning your wickedness and
abominations, in the presence of the pure in heart, and the broken heart,
and under the glance of the piercing eye of the Almighty God.
		 -- Jacob 2:10
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Wherefore, I must tell you the truth according to the plainness of
the word of God.  For behold, as I inquired of the Lord, thus came the
word unto me, saying: Jacob, get thou up into the temple on the morrow,
and declare the word which I shall give thee unto this people.
		 -- Jacob 2:11
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And now behold, my brethren, this is the word which I declare unto you,
that many of you have begun to search for gold, and for silver, and for
all manner of precious ores, in the which this land, which is a land of
promise unto you and to your seed, doth abound most plentifully.
		 -- Jacob 2:12
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And the hand of providence hath smiled upon you most pleasingly, that
you have obtained many riches; and because some of you have obtained
more abundantly than that of your brethren ye are lifted up in the
pride of your hearts, and wear stiff necks and high heads because of
the costliness of your apparel, and persecute your brethren because ye
suppose that ye are better than they.
		 -- Jacob 2:13
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And now, my brethren, do ye suppose that God justifieth you in this thing?
Behold, I say unto you, Nay.  But he condemneth you, and if ye persist
in these things his judgments must speedily come unto you.
		 -- Jacob 2:14
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O that he would show you that he can pierce you, and with one glance of
his eye he can smite you to the dust!
		 -- Jacob 2:15
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O that he would rid you from this iniquity and abomination.  And, O that
ye would listen unto the word of his commands, and let not this pride
of your hearts destroy your souls!
		 -- Jacob 2:16
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Think of your brethren like unto yourselves, and be familiar with all
and free with your substance, that they may be rich like unto you.
		 -- Jacob 2:17
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But before ye seek for riches, seek ye for the kingdom of God.
		 -- Jacob 2:18
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And after ye have obtained a hope in Christ ye shall obtain riches,
if ye seek them; and ye will seek them for the intent to do good--to
clothe the naked, and to feed the hungry, and to liberate the captive,
and administer relief to the sick and the afflicted.
		 -- Jacob 2:19
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And now, my brethren, I have spoken unto you concerning pride; and those
of you which have afflicted your neighbor, and persecuted him because
ye were proud in your hearts, of the things which God hath given you,
what say ye of it?
		 -- Jacob 2:20
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Do ye not suppose that such things are abominable unto him who created
all flesh?  And the one being is as precious in his sight as the other.
And all flesh is of the dust; and for the selfsame end hath he created
them, that they should keep his commandments and glorify him forever.
		 -- Jacob 2:21
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And now I make an end of speaking unto you concerning this pride.
And were it not that I must speak unto you concerning a grosser crime,
my heart would rejoice exceedingly because of you.
		 -- Jacob 2:22
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But the word of God burdens me because of your grosser crimes.
For behold, thus saith the Lord: This people begin to wax in iniquity;
they understand not the scriptures, for they seek to excuse themselves in
committing whoredoms, because of the things which were written concerning
David, and Solomon his son.
		 -- Jacob 2:23
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Behold, David and Solomon truly had many wives and concubines, which
thing was abominable before me, saith the Lord.
		 -- Jacob 2:24
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Wherefore, thus saith the Lord, I have led this people forth out of the
land of Jerusalem, by the power of mine arm, that I might raise up unto
me a righteous branch from the fruit of the loins of Joseph.
		 -- Jacob 2:25
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Wherefore, I the Lord God will not suffer that this people shall do like
unto them of old.
		 -- Jacob 2:26
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Wherefore, my brethren, hear me, and hearken to the word of the Lord:
For there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife; and
concubines he shall have none;
		 -- Jacob 2:27
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For I, the Lord God, delight in the chastity of women.	And whoredoms
are an abomination before me; thus saith the Lord of Hosts.
		 -- Jacob 2:28
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Wherefore, this people shall keep my commandments, saith the Lord of
Hosts, or cursed be the land for their sakes.
		 -- Jacob 2:29
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For if I will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed unto me, I will
command my people; otherwise they shall hearken unto these things.
		 -- Jacob 2:30
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For behold, I, the Lord, have seen the sorrow, and heard the mourning
of the daughters of my people in the land of Jerusalem, yea, and in all
the lands of my people, because of the wickedness and abominations of
their husbands.
		 -- Jacob 2:31
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And I will not suffer, saith the Lord of Hosts, that the cries of the
fair daughters of this people, which I have led out of the land of
Jerusalem, shall come up unto me against the men of my people, saith
the Lord of Hosts.
		 -- Jacob 2:32
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For they shall not lead away captive the daughters of my people because
of their tenderness, save I shall visit them with a sore curse, even unto
destruction; for they shall not commit whoredoms, like unto them of old,
saith the Lord of Hosts.
		 -- Jacob 2:33
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And now behold, my brethren, ye know that these commandments were given
to our father, Lehi; wherefore, ye have known them before; and ye have
come unto great condemnation; for ye have done these things which ye
ought not to have done.
		 -- Jacob 2:34
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Behold, ye have done greater iniquities than the Lamanites, our brethren.
Ye have broken the hearts of your tender wives, and lost the confidence
of your children, because of your bad examples before them; and the
sobbings of their hearts ascend up to God against you.	And because
of the strictness of the word of God, which cometh down against you,
many hearts died, pierced with deep wounds.
		 -- Jacob 2:35
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But behold, I, Jacob, would speak unto you that are pure in heart.
Look unto God with firmness of mind, and pray unto him with exceeding
faith, and he will console you in your afflictions, and he will plead
your cause, and send down justice upon those who seek your destruction.
		 -- Jacob 3:1
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O all ye that are pure in heart, lift up your heads and receive the
pleasing word of God, and feast upon his love; for ye may, if your minds
are firm, forever.
		 -- Jacob 3:2
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But, wo, wo, unto you that are not pure in heart, that are filthy this
day before God; for except ye repent the land is cursed for your sakes;
and the Lamanites, which are not filthy like unto you, nevertheless they
are cursed with a sore cursing, shall scourge you even unto destruction.
		 -- Jacob 3:3
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And the time speedily cometh, that except ye repent they shall possess the
land of your inheritance, and the Lord God will lead away the righteous
out from among you.
		 -- Jacob 3:4
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Behold, the Lamanites your brethren, whom ye hate because of their
filthiness and the cursing which hath come upon their skins, are more
righteous than you; for they have not forgotten the commandment of the
Lord, which was given unto our father--that they should have save it
were one wife, and concubines they should have none, and there should
not be whoredoms committed among them.
		 -- Jacob 3:5
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And now, this commandment they observe to keep; wherefore, because of
this observance, in keeping this commandment, the Lord God will not
destroy them, but will be merciful unto them; and one day they shall
become a blessed people.
		 -- Jacob 3:6
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Behold, their husbands love their wives, and their wives love their
husbands; and their husbands and their wives love their children; and
their unbelief and their hatred towards you is because of the iniquity
of their fathers; wherefore, how much better are you than they, in the
sight of your great Creator?
		 -- Jacob 3:7
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O my brethren, I fear that unless ye shall repent of your sins that
their skins will be whiter than yours, when ye shall be brought with
them before the throne of God.
		 -- Jacob 3:8
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Wherefore, a commandment I give unto you, which is the word of God, that
ye revile no more against them because of the darkness of their skins;
neither shall ye revile against them because of their filthiness; but ye
shall remember your own filthiness, and remember that their filthiness
came because of their fathers.
		 -- Jacob 3:9
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Wherefore, ye shall remember your children, how that ye have grieved their
hearts because of the example that ye have set before them; and also,
remember that ye may, because of your filthiness, bring your children unto
destruction, and their sins be heaped upon your heads at the last day.
		 -- Jacob 3:10
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O my brethren, hearken unto my words; arouse the faculties of your souls;
shake yourselves that ye may awake from the slumber of death; and loose
yourselves from the pains of hell that ye may not become angels to the
devil, to be cast into that lake of fire and brimstone which is the
second death.
		 -- Jacob 3:11
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And now I, Jacob, spake many more things unto the people of Nephi,
warning them against fornication and lasciviousness, and every kind of
sin, telling them the awful consequences of them.
		 -- Jacob 3:12
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And a hundredth part of the proceedings of this people, which now began
to be numerous, cannot be written upon these plates; but many of their
proceedings are written upon the larger plates, and their wars, and
their contentions, and the reigns of their kings.
		 -- Jacob 3:13
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These plates are called the plates of Jacob, and they were made by the
hand of Nephi.	And I make an end of speaking these words.
		 -- Jacob 3:14
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Now behold, it came to pass that I, Jacob, having ministered much unto
my people in word, (and I cannot write but a little of my words, because
of the difficulty of engraving our words upon plates) and we know that
the things which we write upon plates must remain;
		 -- Jacob 4:1
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But whatsoever things we write upon anything save it be upon plates
must perish and vanish away; but we can write a few words upon plates,
which will give our children, and also our beloved brethren, a small
degree of knowledge concerning us, or concerning their fathers--
		 -- Jacob 4:2
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Now in this thing we do rejoice; and we labor diligently to engraven
these words upon plates, hoping that our beloved brethren and our children
will receive them with thankful hearts, and look upon them that they may
learn with joy and not with sorrow, neither with contempt, concerning
their first parents.
		 -- Jacob 4:3
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For, for this intent have we written these things, that they may know
that we knew of Christ, and we had a hope of his glory many hundred years
before his coming; and not only we ourselves had a hope of his glory,
but also all the holy prophets which were before us.
		 -- Jacob 4:4
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Behold, they believed in Christ and worshiped the Father in his name,
and also we worship the Father in his name.  And for this intent we keep
the law of Moses, it pointing our souls to him; and for this cause it
is sanctified unto us for righteousness, even as it was accounted unto
Abraham in the wilderness to be obedient unto the commands of God in
offering up his son Isaac, which is a similitude of God and his Only
Begotten Son.
		 -- Jacob 4:5
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Wherefore, we search the prophets, and we have many revelations and the
spirit of prophecy; and having all these witnesses we obtain a hope,
and our faith becometh unshaken, insomuch that we truly can command in
the name of Jesus and the very trees obey us, or the mountains, or the
waves of the sea.
		 -- Jacob 4:6
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Nevertheless, the Lord God showeth us our weakness that we may know that
it is by his grace, and his great condescensions unto the children of men,
that we have power to do these things.
		 -- Jacob 4:7
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Behold, great and marvelous are the works of the Lord.	How unsearchable
are the depths of the mysteries of him; and it is impossible that man
should find out all his ways.  And no man knoweth of his ways save it
be revealed unto him; wherefore, brethren, despise not the revelations
of God.
		 -- Jacob 4:8
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For behold, by the power of his word man came upon the face of the
earth, which earth was created by the power of his word.  Wherefore,
if God being able to speak and the world was, and to speak and man was
created, O then, why not able to command the earth, or the workmanship
of his hands upon the face of it, according to his will and pleasure?
		 -- Jacob 4:9
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Wherefore, brethren, seek not to counsel the Lord, but to take counsel
from his hand.	For behold, ye yourselves know that he counseleth in
wisdom, and in justice, and in great mercy, over all his works.
		 -- Jacob 4:10
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Wherefore, beloved brethren, be reconciled unto him through the atonement
of Christ, his Only Begotten Son, and ye may obtain a resurrection,
according to the power of the resurrection which is in Christ, and be
presented as the first-fruits of Christ unto God, having faith, and
obtained a good hope of glory in him before he manifesteth himself in
the flesh.
		 -- Jacob 4:11
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And now, beloved, marvel not that I tell you these things; for why not
speak of the atonement of Christ, and attain to a perfect knowledge
of him, as to attain to the knowledge of a resurrection and the world
to come?
		 -- Jacob 4:12
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Behold, my brethren, he that prophesieth, let him prophesy to the
understanding of men; for the Spirit speaketh the truth and lieth not.
Wherefore, it speaketh of things as they really are, and of things as they
really will be; wherefore, these things are manifested unto us plainly,
for the salvation of our souls.  But behold, we are not witnesses alone
in these things; for God also spake them unto prophets of old.
		 -- Jacob 4:13
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But behold, the Jews were a stiffnecked people; and they despised the
words of plainness, and killed the prophets, and sought for things
that they could not understand.  Wherefore, because of their blindness,
which blindness came by looking beyond the mark, they must needs fall;
for God hath taken away his plainness from them, and delivered unto
them many things which they cannot understand, because they desired it.
And because they desired it God hath done it, that they may stumble.
		 -- Jacob 4:14
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And now I, Jacob, am led on by the Spirit unto prophesying; for I perceive
by the workings of the Spirit which is in me, that by the stumbling of
the Jews they will reject the stone upon which they might build and have
safe foundation.
		 -- Jacob 4:15
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But behold, according to the scriptures, this stone shall become the
great, and the last, and the only sure foundation, upon which the Jews
can build.
		 -- Jacob 4:16
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And now, my beloved, how is it possible that these, after having rejected
the sure foundation, can ever build upon it, that it may become the head
of their corner?
		 -- Jacob 4:17
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Behold, my beloved brethren, I will unfold this mystery unto you;
if I do not, by any means, get shaken from my firmness in the Spirit,
and stumble because of my over anxiety for you.
		 -- Jacob 4:18
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Behold, my brethren, do ye not remember to have read the words of the
prophet Zenos, which he spake unto the house of Israel, saying:
		 -- Jacob 5:1
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Hearken, O ye house of Israel, and hear the words of me, a prophet of
the Lord.
		 -- Jacob 5:2
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For behold, thus saith the Lord, I will liken thee, O house of Israel,
like unto a tame olive-tree, which a man took and nourished in his
vineyard; and it grew, and waxed old, and began to decay.
		 -- Jacob 5:3
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And it came to pass that the master of the vineyard went forth, and he
saw that his olive-tree began to decay; and he said: I will prune it,
and dig about it, and nourish it, that perhaps it may shoot forth young
and tender branches, and it perish not.
		 -- Jacob 5:4
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And it came to pass that he pruned it, and digged about it, and nourished
it according to his word.
		 -- Jacob 5:5
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And it came to pass that after many days it began to put forth somewhat
a little, young and tender branches; but behold, the main top thereof
began to perish.
		 -- Jacob 5:6
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And it came to pass that the master of the vineyard saw it, and he said
unto his servant: It grieveth me that I should lose this tree; wherefore,
go and pluck the branches from a wild olive-tree, and bring them hither
unto me; and we will pluck off those main branches which are beginning to
wither away, and we will cast them into the fire that they may be burned.
		 -- Jacob 5:7
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And behold, saith the Lord of the vineyard, I take away many of these
young and tender branches, and I will graft them whithersoever I will; and
it mattereth not that if it so be that the root of this tree will perish,
I may preserve the fruit thereof unto myself; wherefore, I will take these
young and tender branches, and I will graft them whithersoever I will.
		 -- Jacob 5:8
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Take thou the branches of the wild olive-tree, and graft them in, in the
stead thereof; and these which I have plucked off I will cast into the
fire and burn them, that they may not cumber the ground of my vineyard.
		 -- Jacob 5:9
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And it came to pass that the servant of the Lord of the vineyard did
according to the word of the Lord of the vineyard, and grafted in the
branches of the wild olive-tree.
		 -- Jacob 5:10
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And the Lord of the vineyard caused that it should be digged about, and
pruned, and nourished, saying unto his servant: It grieveth me that I
should lose this tree; wherefore, that perhaps I might preserve the roots
thereof that they perish not, that I might preserve them unto myself,
I have done this thing.
		 -- Jacob 5:11
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Wherefore, go thy way; watch the tree, and nourish it, according to
my words.
		 -- Jacob 5:12
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And these will I place in the nethermost part of my vineyard,
whithersoever I will, it mattereth not unto thee; and I do it that I
may preserve unto myself the natural branches of the tree; and also,
that I may lay up fruit thereof against the season, unto myself; for it
grieveth me that I should lose this tree and the fruit thereof.
		 -- Jacob 5:13
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And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard went his way, and hid
the natural branches of the tame olive-tree in the nethermost parts of
the vineyard, some in one and some in another, according to his will
and pleasure.
		 -- Jacob 5:14
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And it came to pass that a long time passed away, and the Lord of the
vineyard said unto his servant: Come, let us go down into the vineyard,
that we may labor in the vineyard.
		 -- Jacob 5:15
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And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard, and also the servant,
went down into the vineyard to labor.  And it came to pass that the
servant said unto his master: Behold, look here; behold the tree.
		 -- Jacob 5:16
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And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard looked and beheld the
tree in the which the wild olive branches had been grafted; and it had
sprung forth and begun to bear fruit.  And he beheld that it was good;
and the fruit thereof was like unto the natural fruit.
		 -- Jacob 5:17
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And he said unto the servant: Behold, the branches of the wild tree have
taken hold of the moisture of the root thereof, that the root thereof
hath brought forth much strength; and because of the much strength of the
root thereof the wild branches have brought forth tame fruit.  Now, if we
had not grafted in these branches, the tree thereof would have perished.
And now, behold, I shall lay up much fruit, which the tree thereof hath
brought forth; and the fruit thereof I shall lay up against the season,
unto mine own self.
		 -- Jacob 5:18
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And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant:
Come, let us go to the nethermost part of the vineyard, and behold if the
natural branches of the tree have not brought forth much fruit also, that
I may lay up of the fruit thereof against the season, unto mine own self.
		 -- Jacob 5:19
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And it came to pass that they went forth whither the master had hid
the natural branches of the tree, and he said unto the servant: Behold
these; and he beheld the first that it had brought forth much fruit;
and he beheld also that it was good.  And he said unto the servant:
Take of the fruit thereof, and lay it up against the season, that I may
preserve it unto mine own self; for behold, said he, this long time have
I nourished it, and it hath brought forth much fruit.
		 -- Jacob 5:20
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And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master: How comest
thou hither to plant this tree, or this branch of the tree?  For behold,
it was the poorest spot in all the land of thy vineyard.
		 -- Jacob 5:21
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And the Lord of the vineyard said unto him: Counsel me not; I knew
that it was a poor spot of ground; wherefore, I said unto thee, I have
nourished it this long time, and thou beholdest that it hath brought
forth much fruit.
		 -- Jacob 5:22
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And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant:
Look hither; behold I have planted another branch of the tree also;
and thou knowest that this spot of ground was poorer than the first.
But, behold the tree.  I have nourished it this long time, and it hath
brought forth much fruit; therefore, gather it, and lay it up against
the season, that I may preserve it unto mine own self.
		 -- Jacob 5:23
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And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said again unto his
servant: Look hither, and behold another branch also, which I have
planted; behold that I have nourished it also, and it hath brought
forth fruit.
		 -- Jacob 5:24
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And he said unto the servant: Look hither and behold the last.	Behold,
this have I planted in a good spot of ground; and I have nourished it this
long time, and only a part of the tree hath brought forth tame fruit,
and the other part of the tree hath brought forth wild fruit; behold,
I have nourished this tree like unto the others.
		 -- Jacob 5:25
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And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant:
Pluck off the branches that have not brought forth good fruit, and cast
them into the fire.
		 -- Jacob 5:26
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But behold, the servant said unto him: Let us prune it, and dig about
it, and nourish it a little longer, that perhaps it may bring forth good
fruit unto thee, that thou canst lay it up against the season.
		 -- Jacob 5:27
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And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard and the servant of
the Lord of the vineyard did nourish all the fruit of the vineyard.
		 -- Jacob 5:28
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And it came to pass that a long time had passed away, and the Lord of the
vineyard said unto his servant: Come, let us go down into the vineyard,
that we may labor again in the vineyard.  For behold, the time draweth
near, and the end soon cometh; wherefore, I must lay up fruit against
the season, unto mine own self.
		 -- Jacob 5:29
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And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard and the servant went
down into the vineyard; and they came to the tree whose natural branches
had been broken off, and the wild branches had been grafted in; and
behold all sorts of fruit did cumber the tree.
		 -- Jacob 5:30
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And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard did taste of the fruit,
every sort according to its number.  And the Lord of the vineyard said:
Behold, this long time have we nourished this tree, and I have laid up
unto myself against the season much fruit.
		 -- Jacob 5:31
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But behold, this time it hath brought forth much fruit, and there is
none of it which is good.  And behold, there are all kinds of bad fruit;
and it profiteth me nothing, notwithstanding all our labor; and now it
grieveth me that I should lose this tree.
		 -- Jacob 5:32
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And the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: What shall we do unto
the tree, that I may preserve again good fruit thereof unto mine own self?
		 -- Jacob 5:33
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And the servant said unto his master: Behold, because thou didst graft
in the branches of the wild olive-tree they have nourished the roots,
that they are alive and they have not perished; wherefore thou beholdest
that they are yet good.
		 -- Jacob 5:34
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And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant:
The tree profiteth me nothing, and the roots thereof profit me nothing
so long as it shall bring forth evil fruit.
		 -- Jacob 5:35
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Nevertheless, I know that the roots are good, and for mine own purpose
I have preserved them; and because of their much strength they have
hitherto brought forth, from the wild branches, good fruit.
		 -- Jacob 5:36
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But behold, the wild branches have grown and have overrun the roots
thereof; and because that the wild branches have overcome the roots
thereof it hath brought forth much evil fruit; and because that it hath
brought forth so much evil fruit thou beholdest that it beginneth to
perish; and it will soon become ripened, that it may be cast into the
fire, except we should do something for it to preserve it.
		 -- Jacob 5:37
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And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant:
Let us go down into the nethermost parts of the vineyard, and behold if
the natural branches have also brought forth evil fruit.
		 -- Jacob 5:38
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And it came to pass that they went down into the nethermost parts of
the vineyard.  And it came to pass that they beheld that the fruit of
the natural branches had become corrupt also; yea, the first and the
second and also the last; and they had all become corrupt.
		 -- Jacob 5:39
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And the wild fruit of the last had overcome that part of the tree which
brought forth good fruit, even that the branch had withered away and died.
		 -- Jacob 5:40
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And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard wept, and said unto
the servant: What could I have done more for my vineyard?
		 -- Jacob 5:41
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Behold, I knew that all the fruit of the vineyard, save it were these,
had become corrupted.  And now these which have once brought forth good
fruit have also become corrupted; and now all the trees of my vineyard
are good for nothing save it be to be hewn down and cast into the fire.
		 -- Jacob 5:42
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And behold this last, whose branch hath withered away, I did plant in a
good spot of ground; yea, even that which was choice unto me above all
other parts of the land of my vineyard.
		 -- Jacob 5:43
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And thou beheldest that I also cut down that which cumbered this spot
of ground, that I might plant this tree in the stead thereof.
		 -- Jacob 5:44
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And thou beheldest that a part thereof brought forth good fruit, and
a part thereof brought forth wild fruit; and because I plucked not the
branches thereof and cast them into the fire, behold, they have overcome
the good branch that it hath withered away.
		 -- Jacob 5:45
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And now, behold, notwithstanding all the care which we have taken of
my vineyard, the trees thereof have become corrupted, that they bring
forth no good fruit; and these I had hoped to preserve, to have laid
up fruit thereof against the season, unto mine own self.  But, behold,
they have become like unto the wild olive-tree, and they are of no worth
but to be hewn down and cast into the fire; and it grieveth me that I
should lose them.
		 -- Jacob 5:46
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But what could I have done more in my vineyard?  Have I slackened mine
hand, that I have not nourished it?  Nay, I have nourished it, and I
have digged about it, and I have pruned it, and I have dunged it; and
I have stretched forth mine hand almost all the day long, and the end
draweth nigh.  And it grieveth me that I should hew down all the trees
of my vineyard, and cast them into the fire that they should be burned.
Who is it that has corrupted my vineyard?
		 -- Jacob 5:47
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And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master: Is it not
the loftiness of thy vineyard--have not the branches thereof overcome
the roots which are good?  And because the branches have overcome the
roots thereof, behold they grew faster than the strength of the roots,
taking strength unto themselves.  Behold, I say, is not this the cause
that the trees of thy vineyard have become corrupted?
		 -- Jacob 5:48
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And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant:
Let us go to and hew down the trees of the vineyard and cast them into
the fire, that they shall not cumber the ground of my vineyard, for I
have done all.	What could I have done more for my vineyard?
		 -- Jacob 5:49
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But, behold, the servant said unto the Lord of the vineyard: Spare it
a little longer.
		 -- Jacob 5:50
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And the Lord said: Yea, I will spare it a little longer, for it grieveth
me that I should lose the trees of my vineyard.
		 -- Jacob 5:51
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Wherefore, let us take of the branches of these which I have planted in
the nethermost parts of my vineyard, and let us graft them into the tree
from whence they came; and let us pluck from the tree those branches
whose fruit is most bitter, and graft in the natural branches of the
tree in the stead thereof.
		 -- Jacob 5:52
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And this will I do that the tree may not perish, that, perhaps, I may
preserve unto myself the roots thereof for mine own purpose.
		 -- Jacob 5:53
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And, behold, the roots of the natural branches of the tree which I planted
whithersoever I would are yet alive; wherefore, that I may preserve them
also for mine own purpose, I will take of the branches of this tree,
and I will graft them in unto them. Yea, I will graft in unto them the
branches of their mother tree, that I may preserve the roots also unto
mine own self, that when they shall be sufficiently strong perhaps they
may bring forth good fruit unto me, and I may yet have glory in the
fruit of my vineyard.
		 -- Jacob 5:54
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And it came to pass that they took from the natural tree which had become
wild, and grafted in unto the natural trees, which also had become wild.
		 -- Jacob 5:55
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And they also took of the natural trees which had become wild, and
grafted into their mother tree.
		 -- Jacob 5:56
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And the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: Pluck not the wild
branches from the trees, save it be those which are most bitter; and in
them ye shall graft according to that which I have said.
		 -- Jacob 5:57
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And we will nourish again the trees of the vineyard, and we will trim
up the branches thereof; and we will pluck from the trees those branches
which are ripened, that must perish, and cast them into the fire.
		 -- Jacob 5:58
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And this I do that, perhaps, the roots thereof may take strength because
of their goodness; and because of the change of the branches, that the
good may overcome the evil.
		 -- Jacob 5:59
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And because that I have preserved the natural branches and the roots
thereof, and that I have grafted in the natural branches again into
their mother tree, and have preserved the roots of their mother tree,
that, perhaps, the trees of my vineyard may bring forth again good fruit;
and that I may have joy again in the fruit of my vineyard, and, perhaps,
that I may rejoice exceedingly that I have preserved the roots and the
branches of the first fruit--
		 -- Jacob 5:60
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Wherefore, go to, and call servants, that we may labor diligently with
our might in the vineyard, that we may prepare the way, that I may bring
forth again the natural fruit, which natural fruit is good and the most
precious above all other fruit.
		 -- Jacob 5:61
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Wherefore, let us go to and labor with our might this last time, for
behold the end draweth nigh, and this is for the last time that I shall
prune my vineyard.
		 -- Jacob 5:62
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Graft in the branches; begin at the last that they may be first, and
that the first may be last, and dig about the trees, both old and young,
the first and the last; and the last and the first, that all may be
nourished once again for the last time.
		 -- Jacob 5:63
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Wherefore, dig about them, and prune them, and dung them once more, for
the last time, for the end draweth nigh.  And if it be so that these
last grafts shall grow, and bring forth the natural fruit, then shall
ye prepare the way for them, that they may grow.
		 -- Jacob 5:64
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And as they begin to grow ye shall clear away the branches which bring
forth bitter fruit, according to the strength of the good and the size
thereof; and ye shall not clear away the bad thereof all at once, lest
the roots thereof should be too strong for the graft, and the graft
thereof shall perish, and I lose the trees of my vineyard.
		 -- Jacob 5:65
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For it grieveth me that I should lose the trees of my vineyard; wherefore
ye shall clear away the bad according as the good shall grow, that the
root and the top may be equal in strength, until the good shall overcome
the bad, and the bad be hewn down and cast into the fire, that they
cumber not the ground of my vineyard; and thus will I sweep away the
bad out of my vineyard.
		 -- Jacob 5:66
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And the branches of the natural tree will I graft in again into the
natural tree;
		 -- Jacob 5:67
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And the branches of the natural tree will I graft into the natural
branches of the tree; and thus will I bring them together again, that
they shall bring forth the natural fruit, and they shall be one.
		 -- Jacob 5:68
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And the bad shall be cast away, yea, even out of all the land of my
vineyard; for behold, only this once will I prune my vineyard.
		 -- Jacob 5:69
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And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard sent his servant;
and the servant went and did as the Lord had commanded him, and brought
other servants; and they were few.
		 -- Jacob 5:70
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And the Lord of the vineyard said unto them: Go to, and labor in the
vineyard, with your might.  For behold, this is the last time that I
shall nourish my vineyard; for the end is nigh at hand, and the season
speedily cometh; and if ye labor with your might with me ye shall have
joy in the fruit which I shall lay up unto myself against the time which
will soon come.
		 -- Jacob 5:71
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And it came to pass that the servants did go and labor with their mights;
and the Lord of the vineyard labored also with them; and they did obey
the commandments of the Lord of the vineyard in all things.
		 -- Jacob 5:72
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And there began to be the natural fruit again in the vineyard; and the
natural branches began to grow and thrive exceedingly; and the wild
branches began to be plucked off and to be cast away; and they did keep
the root and the top thereof equal, according to the strength thereof.
		 -- Jacob 5:73
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And thus they labored, with all diligence, according to the commandments
of the Lord of the vineyard, even until the bad had been cast away out
of the vineyard, and the Lord had preserved unto himself that the trees
had become again the natural fruit; and they became like unto one body;
and the fruits were equal; and the Lord of the vineyard had preserved
unto himself the natural fruit, which was most precious unto him from
the beginning.
		 -- Jacob 5:74
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And it came to pass that when the Lord of the vineyard saw that his
fruit was good, and that his vineyard was no more corrupt, he called up
his servants, and said unto them: Behold, for this last time have we
nourished my vineyard; and thou beholdest that I have done according
to my will; and I have preserved the natural fruit, that it is good,
even like as it was in the beginning.  And blessed art thou; for because
ye have been diligent in laboring with me in my vineyard, and have kept
my commandments, and have brought unto me again the natural fruit, that
my vineyard is no more corrupted, and the bad is cast away, behold ye
shall have joy with me because of the fruit of my vineyard.
		 -- Jacob 5:75
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For behold, for a long time will I lay up of the fruit of my vineyard
unto mine own self against the season, which speedily cometh; and for the
last time have I nourished my vineyard, and pruned it, and dug about it,
and dunged it; wherefore I will lay up unto mine own self of the fruit,
for a long time, according to that which I have spoken.
		 -- Jacob 5:76
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And when the time cometh that evil fruit shall again come into my
vineyard, then will I cause the good and the bad to be gathered; and the
good will I preserve unto myself, and the bad will I cast away into its
own place.  And then cometh the season and the end; and my vineyard will
I cause to be burned with fire.
		 -- Jacob 5:77
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And now, behold, my brethren, as I said unto you that I would prophesy,
behold, this is my prophecy--that the things which this prophet Zenos
spake, concerning the house of Israel, in the which he likened them unto
a tame olive-tree, must surely come to pass.
		 -- Jacob 6:1
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And the day that he shall set his hand again the second time to recover
his people, is the day, yea, even the last time, that the servants of
the Lord shall go forth in his power, to nourish and prune his vineyard;
and after that the end soon cometh.
		 -- Jacob 6:2
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And how blessed are they who have labored diligently in his vineyard;
and how cursed are they who shall be cast out into their own place!
And the world shall be burned with fire.
		 -- Jacob 6:3
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And how merciful is our God unto us, for he remembereth the house of
Israel, both roots and branches; and he stretches forth his hands unto
them all the day long; and they are a stiffnecked and a gainsaying people;
but as many as will not harden their hearts shall be saved in the kingdom
of God.
		 -- Jacob 6:4
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Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I beseech of you in words of soberness
that ye would repent, and come with full purpose of heart, and cleave
unto God as he cleaveth unto you.  And while his arm of mercy is extended
towards you in the light of the day, harden not your hearts.
		 -- Jacob 6:5
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Yea, today, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts; for why
will ye die?
		 -- Jacob 6:6
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For behold, after ye have been nourished by the good word of God all the
day long, will ye bring forth evil fruit, that ye must be hewn down and
cast into the fire?
		 -- Jacob 6:7
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Behold, will ye reject these words?  Will ye reject the words of the
prophets; and will ye reject all the words which have been spoken
concerning Christ, after so many have spoken concerning him; and deny
the good word of Christ, and the power of God, and the gift of the Holy
Ghost, and quench the Holy Spirit, and make a mock of the great plan of
redemption, which hath been laid for you?
		 -- Jacob 6:8
%
Know ye not that if ye will do these things, that the power of the
redemption and the resurrection, which is in Christ, will bring you to
stand with shame and awful guilt before the bar of God?
		 -- Jacob 6:9
%
And according to the power of justice, for justice cannot be denied,
ye must go away into that lake of fire and brimstone, whose flames are
unquenchable, and whose smoke ascendeth up forever and ever, which lake
of fire and brimstone is endless torment.
		 -- Jacob 6:10
%
O then, my beloved brethren, repent ye, and enter in at the strait
gate, and continue in the way which is narrow, until ye shall obtain
eternal life.
		 -- Jacob 6:11
%
O be wise; what can I say more?
		 -- Jacob 6:12
%
Finally, I bid you farewell, until I shall meet you before the pleasing
bar of God, which bar striketh the wicked with awful dread and fear.
Amen.
		 -- Jacob 6:13
%
And now it came to pass after some years had passed away, there came a
man among the people of Nephi, whose name was Sherem.
		 -- Jacob 7:1
%
And it came to pass that he began to preach among the people, and to
declare unto them that there should be no Christ.  And he preached many
things which were flattering unto the people; and this he did that he
might overthrow the doctrine of Christ.
		 -- Jacob 7:2
%
And he labored diligently that he might lead away the hearts of the
people, insomuch that he did lead away many hearts; and he knowing that I,
Jacob, had faith in Christ who should come, he sought much opportunity
that he might come unto me.
		 -- Jacob 7:3
%
And he was learned, that he had a perfect knowledge of the language of
the people; wherefore, he could use much flattery, and much power of
speech, according to the power of the devil.
		 -- Jacob 7:4
%
And he had hope to shake me from the faith, notwithstanding the many
revelations and the many things which I had seen concerning these things;
for I truly had seen angels, and they had ministered unto me.  And also,
I had heard the voice of the Lord speaking unto me in very word, from
time to time; wherefore, I could not be shaken.
		 -- Jacob 7:5
%
And it came to pass that he came unto me, and on this wise did he speak
unto me, saying: Brother Jacob, I have sought much opportunity that I
might speak unto you; for I have heard and also know that thou goest about
much, preaching that which ye call the gospel, or the doctrine of Christ.
		 -- Jacob 7:6
%
And ye have led away much of this people that they pervert the right way
of God, and keep not the law of Moses which is the right way; and convert
the law of Moses into the worship of a being which ye say shall come many
hundred years hence.  And now behold, I, Sherem, declare unto you that
this is blasphemy; for no man knoweth of such things; for he cannot tell
of things to come.  And after this manner did Sherem contend against me.
		 -- Jacob 7:7
%
But behold, the Lord God poured in his Spirit into my soul, insomuch
that I did confound him in all his words.
		 -- Jacob 7:8
%
And I said unto him: Deniest thou the Christ who shall come? And he said:
If there should be a Christ, I would not deny him; but I know that there
is no Christ, neither has been, nor ever will be.
		 -- Jacob 7:9
%
And I said unto him: Believest thou the scriptures?  And he said, Yea.
		 -- Jacob 7:10
%
And I said unto him: Then ye do not understand them; for they truly
testify of Christ.  Behold, I say unto you that none of the prophets have
written, nor prophesied, save they have spoken concerning this Christ.
		 -- Jacob 7:11
%
And this is not all--it has been made manifest unto me, for I have heard
and seen; and it also has been made manifest unto me by the power of
the Holy Ghost; wherefore, I know if there should be no atonement made
all mankind must be lost.
		 -- Jacob 7:12
%
And it came to pass that he said unto me: Show me a sign by this power
of the Holy Ghost, in the which ye know so much.
		 -- Jacob 7:13
%
And I said unto him: What am I that I should tempt God to show unto thee
a sign in the thing which thou knowest to be true? Yet thou wilt deny
it, because thou art of the devil.  Nevertheless, not my will be done;
but if God shall smite thee, let that be a sign unto thee that he has
power, both in heaven and in earth; and also, that Christ shall come.
And thy will, O Lord, be done, and not mine.
		 -- Jacob 7:14
%
And it came to pass that when I, Jacob, had spoken these words, the
power of the Lord came upon him, insomuch that he fell to the earth.
And it came to pass that he was nourished for the space of many days.
		 -- Jacob 7:15
%
And it came to pass that he said unto the people: Gather together on the
morrow, for I shall die; wherefore, I desire to speak unto the people
before I shall die.
		 -- Jacob 7:16
%
And it came to pass that on the morrow the multitude were gathered
together; and he spake plainly unto them and denied the things which
he had taught them, and confessed the Christ, and the power of the Holy
Ghost, and the ministering of angels.
		 -- Jacob 7:17
%
And he spake plainly unto them, that he had been deceived by the power
of the devil.  And he spake of hell, and of eternity, and of eternal
punishment.
		 -- Jacob 7:18
%
And he said: I fear lest I have committed the unpardonable sin, for I
have lied unto God; for I denied the Christ, and said that I believed
the scriptures; and they truly testify of him.	And because I have thus
lied unto God I greatly fear lest my case shall be awful; but I confess
unto God.
		 -- Jacob 7:19
%
And it came to pass that when he had said these words he could say no
more, and he gave up the ghost.
		 -- Jacob 7:20
%
And when the multitude had witnessed that he spake these things as he was
about to give up the ghost, they were astonished exceedingly; insomuch
that the power of God came down upon them, and they were overcome that
they fell to the earth.
		 -- Jacob 7:21
%
Now, this thing was pleasing unto me, Jacob, for I had requested it of my
Father who was in heaven; for he had heard my cry and answered my prayer.
		 -- Jacob 7:22
%
And it came to pass that peace and the love of God was restored again
among the people; and they searched the scriptures, and hearkened no
more to the words of this wicked man.
		 -- Jacob 7:23
%
And it came to pass that many means were devised to reclaim and restore
the Lamanites to the knowledge of the truth; but it all was vain, for
they delighted in wars and bloodshed, and they had an eternal hatred
against us, their brethren.  And they sought by the power of their arms
to destroy us continually.
		 -- Jacob 7:24
%
Wherefore, the people of Nephi did fortify against them with their arms,
and with all their might, trusting in the God and rock of their salvation;
wherefore, they became as yet, conquerors of their enemies.
		 -- Jacob 7:25
%
And it came to pass that I, Jacob, began to be old; and the record
of this people being kept on the other plates of Nephi, wherefore,
I conclude this record, declaring that I have written according to the
best of my knowledge, by saying that the time passed away with us, and
also our lives passed away like as it were unto us a dream, we being
a lonesome and a solemn people, wanderers, cast out from Jerusalem,
born in tribulation, in a wilderness, and hated of our brethren, which
caused wars and contentions; wherefore, we did mourn out our days.
		 -- Jacob 7:26
%
And I, Jacob, saw that I must soon go down to my grave; wherefore,
I said unto my son Enos: Take these plates.  And I told him the things
which my brother Nephi had commanded me, and he promised obedience unto
the commands.  And I make an end of my writing upon these plates, which
writing has been small; and to the reader I bid farewell, hoping that
many of my brethren may read my words.	Brethren, adieu.
		 -- Jacob 7:27
%
Behold, it came to pass that I, Enos, knowing my father that he was a
just man--for he taught me in his language, and also in the nurture and
admonition of the Lord--and blessed be the name of my God for it--
		 -- Enos 1:1
%
And I will tell you of the wrestle which I had before God, before I
received a remission of my sins.
		 -- Enos 1:2
%
Behold, I went to hunt beasts in the forests; and the words which I had
often heard my father speak concerning eternal life, and the joy of the
saints, sunk deep into my heart.
		 -- Enos 1:3
%
And my soul hungered; and I kneeled down before my Maker, and I cried
unto him in mighty prayer and supplication for mine own soul; and all
the day long did I cry unto him; yea, and when the night came I did
still raise my voice high that it reached the heavens.
		 -- Enos 1:4
%
And there came a voice unto me, saying: Enos, thy sins are forgiven thee,
and thou shalt be blessed.
		 -- Enos 1:5
%
And I, Enos, knew that God could not lie; wherefore, my guilt was
swept away.
		 -- Enos 1:6
%
And I said: Lord, how is it done?
		 -- Enos 1:7
%
And he said unto me: Because of thy faith in Christ, whom thou hast never
before heard nor seen. And many years pass away before he shall manifest
himself in the flesh; wherefore, go to, thy faith hath made thee whole.
		 -- Enos 1:8
%
Now, it came to pass that when I had heard these words I began to feel
a desire for the welfare of my brethren, the Nephites; wherefore, I did
pour out my whole soul unto God for them.
		 -- Enos 1:9
%
And while I was thus struggling in the spirit, behold, the voice of the
Lord came into my mind again, saying: I will visit thy brethren according
to their diligence in keeping my commandments. I have given unto them
this land, and it is a holy land; and I curse it not save it be for the
cause of iniquity; wherefore, I will visit thy brethren according as I
have said; and their transgressions will I bring down with sorrow upon
their own heads.
		 -- Enos 1:10
%
And after I, Enos, had heard these words, my faith began to be unshaken
in the Lord; and I prayed unto him with many long strugglings for my
brethren, the Lamanites.
		 -- Enos 1:11
%
And it came to pass that after I had prayed and labored with all
diligence, the Lord said unto me: I will grant unto thee according to
thy desires, because of thy faith.
		 -- Enos 1:12
%
And now behold, this was the desire which I desired of him--that
if it should so be, that my people, the Nephites, should fall into
transgression, and by any means be destroyed, and the Lamanites should not
be destroyed, that the Lord God would preserve a record of my people,
the Nephites; even if it so be by the power of his holy arm, that it
might be brought forth at some future day unto the Lamanites, that,
perhaps, they might be brought unto salvation--
		 -- Enos 1:13
%
For at the present our strugglings were vain in restoring them to the true
faith. And they swore in their wrath that, if it were possible, they would
destroy our records and us, and also all the traditions of our fathers.
		 -- Enos 1:14
%
Wherefore, I knowing that the Lord God was able to preserve our records,
I cried unto him continually, for he had said unto me: Whatsoever thing
ye shall ask in faith, believing that ye shall receive in the name of
Christ, ye shall receive it.
		 -- Enos 1:15
%
And I had faith, and I did cry unto God that he would preserve the
records; and he covenanted with me that he would bring them forth unto
the Lamanites in his own due time.
		 -- Enos 1:16
%
And I, Enos, knew it would be according to the covenant which he had made;
wherefore my soul did rest.
		 -- Enos 1:17
%
And the Lord said unto me: Thy fathers have also required of me this
thing; and it shall be done unto them according to their faith; for
their faith was like unto thine.
		 -- Enos 1:18
%
And now it came to pass that I, Enos, went about among the people of
Nephi, prophesying of things to come, and testifying of the things which
I had heard and seen.
		 -- Enos 1:19
%
And I bear record that the people of Nephi did seek diligently to restore
the Lamanites unto the true faith in God. But our labors were vain;
their hatred was fixed, and they were led by their evil nature that
they became wild, and ferocious, and a blood-thirsty people, full of
idolatry and filthiness; feeding upon beasts of prey; dwelling in tents,
and wandering about in the wilderness with a short skin girdle about
their loins and their heads shaven; and their skill was in the bow,
and in the cimeter, and the ax. And many of them did eat nothing save
it was raw meat; and they were continually seeking to destroy us.
		 -- Enos 1:20
%
And it came to pass that the people of Nephi did till the land, and raise
all manner of grain, and of fruit, and flocks of herds, and flocks of
all manner of cattle of every kind, and goats, and wild goats, and also
many horses.
		 -- Enos 1:21
%
And there were exceedingly many prophets among us. And the people were
a stiffnecked people, hard to understand.
		 -- Enos 1:22
%
And there was nothing save it was exceeding harshness, preaching and
prophesying of wars, and contentions, and destructions, and continually
reminding them of death, and the duration of eternity, and the judgments
and the power of God, and all these things--stirring them up continually
to keep them in the fear of the Lord. I say there was nothing short
of these things, and exceedingly great plainness of speech, would keep
them from going down speedily to destruction. And after this manner do
I write concerning them.
		 -- Enos 1:23
%
And I saw wars between the Nephites and Lamanites in the course of
my days.
		 -- Enos 1:24
%
And it came to pass that I began to be old, and an hundred and seventy
and nine years had passed away from the time that our father Lehi left
Jerusalem.
		 -- Enos 1:25
%
And I saw that I must soon go down to my grave, having been wrought upon
by the power of God that I must preach and prophesy unto this people,
and declare the word according to the truth which is in Christ. And I
have declared it in all my days, and have rejoiced in it above that of
the world.
		 -- Enos 1:26
%
And I soon go to the place of my rest, which is with my Redeemer; for I
know that in him I shall rest. And I rejoice in the day when my mortal
shall put on immortality, and shall stand before him; then shall I see
his face with pleasure, and he will say unto me: Come unto me, ye blessed,
there is a place prepared for you in the mansions of my Father. Amen.
		 -- Enos 1:27
%
Now behold, I, Jarom, write a few words according to the commandment of
my father, Enos, that our genealogy may be kept.
		 -- Jarom 1:1
%
And as these plates are small, and as these things are written for the
intent of the benefit of our brethren the Lamanites, wherefore, it must
needs be that I write a little; but I shall not write the things of my
prophesying, nor of my revelations. For what could I write more than my
fathers have written? For have not they revealed the plan of salvation? I
say unto you, Yea; and this sufficeth me.
		 -- Jarom 1:2
%
Behold, it is expedient that much should be done among this people,
because of the hardness of their hearts, and the deafness of their ears,
and the blindness of their minds, and the stiffness of their necks;
nevertheless, God is exceedingly merciful unto them, and has not as yet
swept them off from the face of the land.
		 -- Jarom 1:3
%
And there are many among us who have many revelations, for they are not
all stiffnecked. And as many as are not stiffnecked and have faith,
have communion with the Holy Spirit, which maketh manifest unto the
children of men, according to their faith.
		 -- Jarom 1:4
%
And now, behold, two hundred years had passed away, and the people of
Nephi had waxed strong in the land. They observed to keep the law of Moses
and the sabbath day holy unto the Lord. And they profaned not; neither
did they blaspheme. And the laws of the land were exceedingly strict.
		 -- Jarom 1:5
%
And they were scattered upon much of the face of the land, and the
Lamanites also. And they were exceedingly more numerous than were they of
the Nephites; and they loved murder and would drink the blood of beasts.
		 -- Jarom 1:6
%
And it came to pass that they came many times against us, the Nephites,
to battle. But our kings and our leaders were mighty men in the faith of
the Lord; and they taught the people the ways of the Lord; wherefore,
we withstood the Lamanites and swept them away out of our lands, and
began to fortify our cities, or whatsoever place of our inheritance.
		 -- Jarom 1:7
%
And we multiplied exceedingly, and spread upon the face of the land,
and became exceedingly rich in gold, and in silver, and in precious
things, and in fine workmanship of wood, in buildings, and in machinery,
and also in iron and copper, and brass and steel, making all manner
of tools of every kind to till the ground, and weapons of war--yea,
the sharp pointed arrow, and the quiver, and the dart, and the javelin,
and all preparations for war.
		 -- Jarom 1:8
%
And thus being prepared to meet the Lamanites, they did not prosper
against us. But the word of the Lord was verified, which he spake unto
our fathers, saying that: Inasmuch as ye will keep my commandments ye
shall prosper in the land.
		 -- Jarom 1:9
%
And it came to pass that the prophets of the Lord did threaten the
people of Nephi, according to the word of God, that if they did not
keep the commandments, but should fall into transgression, they should
be destroyed from off the face of the land.
		 -- Jarom 1:10
%
Wherefore, the prophets, and the priests, and the teachers, did labor
diligently, exhorting with all long-suffering the people to diligence;
teaching the law of Moses, and the intent for which it was given;
persuading them to look forward unto the Messiah, and believe in him to
come as though he already was. And after this manner did they teach them.
		 -- Jarom 1:11
%
And it came to pass that by so doing they kept them from being destroyed
upon the face of the land; for they did prick their hearts with the word,
continually stirring them up unto repentance.
		 -- Jarom 1:12
%
And it came to pass that two hundred and thirty and eight years had
passed away--after the manner of wars, and contentions, and dissensions,
for the space of much of the time.
		 -- Jarom 1:13
%
And I, Jarom, do not write more, for the plates are small. But behold,
my brethren, ye can go to the other plates of Nephi; for behold, upon
them the records of our wars are engraven, according to the writings of
the kings, or those which they caused to be written.
		 -- Jarom 1:14
%
And I deliver these plates into the hands of my son Omni, that they may
be kept according to the commandments of my fathers.
		 -- Jarom 1:15
%
Behold, it came to pass that I, Omni, being commanded by my father,
Jarom, that I should write somewhat upon these plates, to preserve
our genealogy--
		 -- Omni 1:1
%
Wherefore, in my days, I would that ye should know that I fought much
with the sword to preserve my people, the Nephites, from falling into
the hands of their enemies, the Lamanites. But behold, I of myself am
a wicked man, and I have not kept the statutes and the commandments of
the Lord as I ought to have done.
		 -- Omni 1:2
%
And it came to pass that two hundred and seventy and six years had passed
away, and we had many seasons of peace; and we had many seasons of serious
war and bloodshed. Yea, and in fine, two hundred and eighty and two years
had passed away, and I had kept these plates according to the commandments
of my fathers; and I conferred them upon my son Amaron. And I make an end.
		 -- Omni 1:3
%
And now I, Amaron, write the things whatsoever I write, which are few,
in the book of my father.
		 -- Omni 1:4
%
Behold, it came to pass that three hundred and twenty years had passed
away, and the more wicked part of the Nephites were destroyed.
		 -- Omni 1:5
%
For the Lord would not suffer, after he had led them out of the land
of Jerusalem and kept and preserved them from falling into the hands
of their enemies, yea, he would not suffer that the words should not be
verified, which he spake unto our fathers, saying that: Inasmuch as ye
will not keep my commandments ye shall not prosper in the land.
		 -- Omni 1:6
%
Wherefore, the Lord did visit them in great judgment; nevertheless,
he did spare the righteous that they should not perish, but did deliver
them out of the hands of their enemies.
		 -- Omni 1:7
%
And it came to pass that I did deliver the plates unto my brother Chemish.
		 -- Omni 1:8
%
Now I, Chemish, write what few things I write, in the same book with
my brother; for behold, I saw the last which he wrote, that he wrote
it with his own hand; and he wrote it in the day that he delivered them
unto me. And after this manner we keep the records, for it is according
to the commandments of our fathers. And I make an end.
		 -- Omni 1:9
%
Behold, I, Abinadom, am the son of Chemish. Behold, it came to pass
that I saw much war and contention between my people, the Nephites,
and the Lamanites; and I, with my own sword, have taken the lives of
many of the Lamanites in the defence of my brethren.
		 -- Omni 1:10
%
And behold, the record of this people is engraven upon plates which
is had by the kings, according to the generations; and I know of no
revelation save that which has been written, neither prophecy; wherefore,
that which is sufficient is written. And I make an end.
		 -- Omni 1:11
%
Behold, I am Amaleki, the son of Abinadom. Behold, I will speak unto you
somewhat concerning Mosiah, who was made king over the land of Zarahemla;
for behold, he being warned of the Lord that he should flee out of the
land of Nephi, and as many as would hearken unto the voice of the Lord
should also depart out of the land with him, into the wilderness--
		 -- Omni 1:12
%
And it came to pass that he did according as the Lord had commanded
him. And they departed out of the land into the wilderness, as many as
would hearken unto the voice of the Lord; and they were led by many
preachings and prophesyings. And they were admonished continually by
the word of God; and they were led by the power of his arm, through the
wilderness until they came down into the land which is called the land
of Zarahemla.
		 -- Omni 1:13
%
And they discovered a people, who were called the people of
Zarahemla. Now, there was great rejoicing among the people of Zarahemla;
and also Zarahemla did rejoice exceedingly, because the Lord had sent
the people of Mosiah with the plates of brass which contained the record
of the Jews.
		 -- Omni 1:14
%
Behold, it came to pass that Mosiah discovered that the people of
Zarahemla came out from Jerusalem at the time that Zedekiah, king of
Judah, was carried away captive into Babylon.
		 -- Omni 1:15
%
And they journeyed in the wilderness, and were brought by the hand of the
Lord across the great waters, into the land where Mosiah discovered them;
and they had dwelt there from that time forth.
		 -- Omni 1:16
%
And at the time that Mosiah discovered them, they had become exceedingly
numerous. Nevertheless, they had had many wars and serious contentions,
and had fallen by the sword from time to time; and their language had
become corrupted; and they had brought no records with them; and they
denied the being of their Creator; and Mosiah, nor the people of Mosiah,
could understand them.
		 -- Omni 1:17
%
But it came to pass that Mosiah caused that they should be taught in his
language. And it came to pass that after they were taught in the language
of Mosiah, Zarahemla gave a genealogy of his fathers, according to his
memory; and they are written, but not in these plates.
		 -- Omni 1:18
%
And it came to pass that the people of Zarahemla, and of Mosiah, did
unite together; and Mosiah was appointed to be their king.
		 -- Omni 1:19
%
And it came to pass in the days of Mosiah, there was a large stone brought
unto him with engravings on it; and he did interpret the engravings by
the gift and power of God.
		 -- Omni 1:20
%
And they gave an account of one Coriantumr, and the slain of his
people. And Coriantumr was discovered by the people of Zarahemla; and
he dwelt with them for the space of nine moons.
		 -- Omni 1:21
%
It also spake a few words concerning his fathers. And his first parents
came out from the tower, at the time the Lord confounded the language
of the people; and the severity of the Lord fell upon them according
to his judgments, which are just; and their bones lay scattered in the
land northward.
		 -- Omni 1:22
%
Behold, I, Amaleki, was born in the days of Mosiah; and I have lived to
see his death; and Benjamin, his son, reigneth in his stead.
		 -- Omni 1:23
%
And behold, I have seen, in the days of king Benjamin, a serious war
and much bloodshed between the Nephites and the Lamanites. But behold,
the Nephites did obtain much advantage over them; yea, insomuch that
king Benjamin did drive them out of the land of Zarahemla.
		 -- Omni 1:24
%
And it came to pass that I began to be old; and, having no seed, and
knowing king Benjamin to be a just man before the Lord, wherefore, I shall
deliver up these plates unto him, exhorting all men to come unto God, the
Holy One of Israel, and believe in prophesying, and in revelations, and
in the ministering of angels, and in the gift of speaking with tongues,
and in the gift of interpreting languages, and in all things which are
good; for there is nothing which is good save it comes from the Lord;
and that which is evil cometh from the devil.
		 -- Omni 1:25
%
And now, my beloved brethren, I would that ye should come unto Christ,
who is the Holy One of Israel, and partake of his salvation, and the
power of his redemption. Yea, come unto him, and offer your whole souls
as an offering unto him, and continue in fasting and praying, and endure
to the end; and as the Lord liveth ye will be saved.
		 -- Omni 1:26
%
And now I would speak somewhat concerning a certain number who went
up into the wilderness to return to the land of Nephi; for there was a
large number who were desirous to possess the land of their inheritance.
		 -- Omni 1:27
%
Wherefore, they went up into the wilderness. And their leader being
a strong and mighty man, and a stiffnecked man, wherefore he caused
a contention among them; and they were all slain, save fifty, in the
wilderness, and they returned again to the land of Zarahemla.
		 -- Omni 1:28
%
And it came to pass that they also took others to a considerable number,
and took their journey again into the wilderness.
		 -- Omni 1:29
%
And I, Amaleki, had a brother, who also went with them; and I have not
since known concerning them. And I am about to lie down in my grave;
and these plates are full. And I make an end of my speaking.
		 -- Omni 1:30
%
And now I, Mormon, being about to deliver up the record which I have
been making into the hands of my son Moroni, behold I have witnessed
almost all the destruction of my people, the Nephites.
		 -- Words of Mormon 1:1
%
And it is many hundred years after the coming of Christ that I deliver
these records into the hands of my son; and it supposeth me that he
will witness the entire destruction of my people. But may God grant
that he may survive them, that he may write somewhat concerning them,
and somewhat concerning Christ, that perhaps some day it may profit them.
		 -- Words of Mormon 1:2
%
And now, I speak somewhat concerning that which I have written; for after
I had made an abridgment from the plates of Nephi, down to the reign of
this king Benjamin, of whom Amaleki spake, I searched among the records
which had been delivered into my hands, and I found these plates, which
contained this small account of the prophets, from Jacob down to the
reign of this king Benjamin, and also many of the words of Nephi.
		 -- Words of Mormon 1:3
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And the things which are upon these plates pleasing me, because of the
prophecies of the coming of Christ; and my fathers knowing that many of
them have been fulfilled; yea, and I also know that as many things as
have been prophesied concerning us down to this day have been fulfilled,
and as many as go beyond this day must surely come to pass--
		 -- Words of Mormon 1:4
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Wherefore, I chose these things, to finish my record upon them, which
remainder of my record I shall take from the plates of Nephi; and I
cannot write the hundredth part of the things of my people.
		 -- Words of Mormon 1:5
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But behold, I shall take these plates, which contain these prophesyings
and revelations, and put them with the remainder of my record, for they
are choice unto me; and I know they will be choice unto my brethren.
		 -- Words of Mormon 1:6
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And I do this for a wise purpose; for thus it whispereth me, according
to the workings of the Spirit of the Lord which is in me. And now, I do
not know all things; but the Lord knoweth all things which are to come;
wherefore, he worketh in me to do according to his will.
		 -- Words of Mormon 1:7
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And my prayer to God is concerning my brethren, that they may once again
come to the knowledge of God, yea, the redemption of Christ; that they
may once again be a delightsome people.
		 -- Words of Mormon 1:8
%
And now I, Mormon, proceed to finish out my record, which I take from
the plates of Nephi; and I make it according to the knowledge and the
understanding which God has given me.
		 -- Words of Mormon 1:9
%
Wherefore, it came to pass that after Amaleki had delivered up these
plates into the hands of king Benjamin, he took them and put them with
the other plates, which contained records which had been handed down by
the kings, from generation to generation until the days of king Benjamin.
		 -- Words of Mormon 1:10
%
And they were handed down from king Benjamin, from generation to
generation until they have fallen into my hands. And I, Mormon, pray to
God that they may be preserved from this time henceforth. And I know that
they will be preserved; for there are great things written upon them,
out of which my people and their brethren shall be judged at the great
and last day, according to the word of God which is written.
		 -- Words of Mormon 1:11
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And now, concerning this king Benjamin--he had somewhat of contentions
among his own people.
		 -- Words of Mormon 1:12
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And it came to pass also that the armies of the Lamanites came down out
of the land of Nephi, to battle against his people. But behold, king
Benjamin gathered together his armies, and he did stand against them; and
he did fight with the strength of his own arm, with the sword of Laban.
		 -- Words of Mormon 1:13
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And in the strength of the Lord they did contend against their enemies,
until they had slain many thousands of the Lamanites. And it came to
pass that they did contend against the Lamanites until they had driven
them out of all the lands of their inheritance.
		 -- Words of Mormon 1:14
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And it came to pass that after there had been false Christs, and their
mouths had been shut, and they punished according to their crimes;
		 -- Words of Mormon 1:15
%
And after there had been false prophets, and false preachers and teachers
among the people, and all these having been punished according to their
crimes; and after there having been much contention and many dissensions
away unto the Lamanites, behold, it came to pass that king Benjamin,
with the assistance of the holy prophets who were among his people--
		 -- Words of Mormon 1:16
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For behold, king Benjamin was a holy man, and he did reign over his
people in righteousness; and there were many holy men in the land, and
they did speak the word of God with power and with authority; and they
did use much sharpness because of the stiffneckedness of the people--
		 -- Words of Mormon 1:17
%
Wherefore, with the help of these, king Benjamin, by laboring with all
the might of his body and the faculty of his whole soul, and also the
prophets, did once more establish peace in the land.
		 -- Words of Mormon 1:18
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And now there was no more contention in all the land of Zarahemla, among
all the people who belonged to king Benjamin, so that king Benjamin had
continual peace all the remainder of his days.
		 -- Mosiah 1:1
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And it came to pass that he had three sons; and he called their names
Mosiah, and Helorum, and Helaman.  And he caused that they should be
taught in all the language of his fathers, that thereby they might
become men of understanding; and that they might know concerning the
prophecies which had been spoken by the mouths of their fathers, which
were delivered them by the hand of the Lord.
		 -- Mosiah 1:2
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And he also taught them concerning the records which were engraven on
the plates of brass, saying: My sons, I would that ye should remember
that were it not for these plates, which contain these records and these
commandments, we must have suffered in ignorance, even at this present
time, not knowing the mysteries of God.
		 -- Mosiah 1:3
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For it were not possible that our father, Lehi, could have remembered all
these things, to have taught them to his children, except it were for
the help of these plates; for he having been taught in the language of
the Egyptians therefore he could read these engravings, and teach them
to his children, that thereby they could teach them to their children,
and so fulfilling the commandments of God, even down to this present time.
		 -- Mosiah 1:4
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I say unto you, my sons, were it not for these things, which have been
kept and preserved by the hand of God, that we might read and understand
of his mysteries, and have his commandments always before our eyes, that
even our fathers would have dwindled in unbelief, and we should have
been like unto our brethren, the Lamanites, who know nothing concerning
these things, or even do not believe them when they are taught them,
because of the traditions of their fathers, which are not correct.
		 -- Mosiah 1:5
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O my sons, I would that ye should remember that these sayings are true,
and also that these records are true.  And behold, also the plates of
Nephi, which contain the records and the sayings of our fathers from
the time they left Jerusalem until now, and they are true; and we can
know of their surety because we have them before our eyes.
		 -- Mosiah 1:6
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And now, my sons, I would that ye should remember to search them
diligently, that ye may profit thereby; and I would that ye should keep
the commandments of God, that ye may prosper in the land according to
the promises which the Lord made unto our fathers.
		 -- Mosiah 1:7
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And many more things did king Benjamin teach his sons, which are not
written in this book.
		 -- Mosiah 1:8
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And it came to pass that after king Benjamin had made an end of teaching
his sons, that he waxed old, and he saw that he must very soon go the
way of all the earth; therefore, he thought it expedient that he should
confer the kingdom upon one of his sons.
		 -- Mosiah 1:9
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Therefore, he had Mosiah brought before him; and these are the words
which he spake unto him, saying: My son, I would that ye should make
a proclamation throughout all this land among all this people, or the
people of Zarahemla, and the people of Mosiah who dwell in the land,
that thereby they may be gathered together; for on the morrow I shall
proclaim unto this my people out of mine own mouth that thou art a king
and a ruler over this people, whom the Lord our God hath given us.
		 -- Mosiah 1:10
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And moreover, I shall give this people a name, that thereby they may
be distinguished above all the people which the Lord God hath brought
out of the land of Jerusalem; and this I do because they have been a
diligent people in keeping the commandments of the Lord.
		 -- Mosiah 1:11
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And I give unto them a name that never shall be blotted out, except it
be through transgression.
		 -- Mosiah 1:12
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Yea, and moreover I say unto you, that if this highly favored people
of the Lord should fall into transgression, and become a wicked and
an adulterous people, that the Lord will deliver them up, that thereby
they become weak like unto their brethren; and he will no more preserve
them by his matchless and marvelous power, as he has hitherto preserved
our fathers.
		 -- Mosiah 1:13
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For I say unto you, that if he had not extended his arm in the
preservation of our fathers they must have fallen into the hands of the
Lamanites, and become victims to their hatred.
		 -- Mosiah 1:14
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And it came to pass that after king Benjamin had made an end of these
sayings to his son, that he gave him charge concerning all the affairs
of the kingdom.
		 -- Mosiah 1:15
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And moreover, he also gave him charge concerning the records which
were engraven on the plates of brass; and also the plates of Nephi;
and also, the sword of Laban, and the ball or director, which led our
fathers through the wilderness, which was prepared by the hand of the
Lord that thereby they might be led, every one according to the heed
and diligence which they gave unto him.
		 -- Mosiah 1:16
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Therefore, as they were unfaithful they did not prosper nor progress
in their journey, but were driven back, and incurred the displeasure
of God upon them; and therefore they were smitten with famine and sore
afflictions, to stir them up in remembrance of their duty.
		 -- Mosiah 1:17
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And now, it came to pass that Mosiah went and did as his father had
commanded him, and proclaimed unto all the people who were in the land
of Zarahemla that thereby they might gather themselves together, to go up
to the temple to hear the words which his father should speak unto them.
		 -- Mosiah 1:18
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And it came to pass that after Mosiah had done as his father had commanded
him, and had made a proclamation throughout all the land, that the people
gathered themselves together throughout all the land, that they might
go up to the temple to hear the words which king Benjamin should speak
unto them.
		 -- Mosiah 2:1
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And there were a great number, even so many that they did not number them;
for they had multiplied exceedingly and waxed great in the land.
		 -- Mosiah 2:2
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And they also took of the firstlings of their flocks, that they might
offer sacrifice and burnt offerings according to the law of Moses;
		 -- Mosiah 2:3
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And also that they might give thanks to the Lord their God, who had
brought them out of the land of Jerusalem, and who had delivered them out
of the hands of their enemies, and had appointed just men to be their
teachers, and also a just man to be their king, who had established
peace in the land of Zarahemla, and who had taught them to keep the
commandments of God, that they might rejoice and be filled with love
towards God and all men.
		 -- Mosiah 2:4
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And it came to pass that when they came up to the temple, they pitched
their tents round about, every man according to his family, consisting
of his wife, and his sons, and his daughters, and their sons, and their
daughters, from the eldest down to the youngest, every family being
separate one from another.
		 -- Mosiah 2:5
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And they pitched their tents round about the temple, every man having
his tent with the door thereof towards the temple, that thereby they
might remain in their tents and hear the words which king Benjamin should
speak unto them;
		 -- Mosiah 2:6
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For the multitude being so great that king Benjamin could not teach them
all within the walls of the temple, therefore he caused a tower to be
erected, that thereby his people might hear the words which he should
speak unto them.
		 -- Mosiah 2:7
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And it came to pass that he began to speak to his people from the tower;
and they could not all hear his words because of the greatness of the
multitude; therefore he caused that the words which he spake should be
written and sent forth among those that were not under the sound of his
voice, that they might also receive his words.
		 -- Mosiah 2:8
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And these are the words which he spake and caused to be written, saying:
My brethren, all ye that have assembled yourselves together, you that
can hear my words which I shall speak unto you this day; for I have not
commanded you to come up hither to trifle with the words which I shall
speak, but that you should hearken unto me, and open your ears that ye
may hear, and your hearts that ye may understand, and your minds that
the mysteries of God may be unfolded to your view.
		 -- Mosiah 2:9
%
I have not commanded you to come up hither that ye should fear me,
or that ye should think that I of myself am more than a mortal man.
		 -- Mosiah 2:10
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But I am like as yourselves, subject to all manner of infirmities in
body and mind; yet I have been chosen by this people, and consecrated by
my father, and was suffered by the hand of the Lord that I should be a
ruler and a king over this people; and have been kept and preserved by
his matchless power, to serve you with all the might, mind and strength
which the Lord hath granted unto me.
		 -- Mosiah 2:11
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I say unto you that as I have been suffered to spend my days in your
service, even up to this time, and have not sought gold nor silver nor
any manner of riches of you;
		 -- Mosiah 2:12
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Neither have I suffered that ye should be confined in dungeons, nor
that ye should make slaves one of another, nor that ye should murder,
or plunder, or steal, or commit adultery; nor even have I suffered that
ye should commit any manner of wickedness, and have taught you that ye
should keep the commandments of the Lord, in all things which he hath
commanded you--
		 -- Mosiah 2:13
%
And even I, myself, have labored with mine own hands that I might serve
you, and that ye should not be laden with taxes, and that there should
nothing come upon you which was grievous to be borne--and of all these
things which I have spoken, ye yourselves are witnesses this day.
		 -- Mosiah 2:14
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Yet, my brethren, I have not done these things that I might boast, neither
do I tell these things that thereby I might accuse you; but I tell you
these things that ye may know that I can answer a clear conscience before
God this day.
		 -- Mosiah 2:15
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Behold, I say unto you that because I said unto you that I had spent my
days in your service, I do not desire to boast, for I have only been in
the service of God.
		 -- Mosiah 2:16
%
And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye
may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are
only in the service of your God.
		 -- Mosiah 2:17
%
Behold, ye have called me your king; and if I, whom ye call your king,
do labor to serve you, then ought not ye to labor to serve one another?
		 -- Mosiah 2:18
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And behold also, if I, whom ye call your king, who has spent his days
in your service, and yet has been in the service of God, do merit any
thanks from you, O how you ought to thank your heavenly King!
		 -- Mosiah 2:19
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I say unto you, my brethren, that if you should render all the thanks and
praise which your whole soul has power to possess, to that God who has
created you, and has kept and preserved you, and has caused that ye should
rejoice, and has granted that ye should live in peace one with another--
		 -- Mosiah 2:20
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I say unto you that if ye should serve him who has created you from the
beginning, and is preserving you from day to day, by lending you breath,
that ye may live and move and do according to your own will, and even
supporting you from one moment to another--I say, if ye should serve
him with all your whole souls yet ye would be unprofitable servants.
		 -- Mosiah 2:21
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And behold, all that he requires of you is to keep his commandments;
and he has promised you that if ye would keep his commandments ye should
prosper in the land; and he never doth vary from that which he hath
said; therefore, if ye do keep his commandments he doth bless you and
prosper you.
		 -- Mosiah 2:22
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And now, in the first place, he hath created you, and granted unto you
your lives, for which ye are indebted unto him.
		 -- Mosiah 2:23
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And secondly, he doth require that ye should do as he hath commanded you;
for which if ye do, he doth immediately bless you; and therefore he hath
paid you.  And ye are still indebted unto him, and are, and will be,
forever and ever; therefore, of what have ye to boast?
		 -- Mosiah 2:24
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And now I ask, can ye say aught of yourselves?	I answer you, Nay.
Ye cannot say that ye are even as much as the dust of the earth; yet ye
were created of the dust of the earth; but behold, it belongeth to him
who created you.
		 -- Mosiah 2:25
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And I, even I, whom ye call your king, am no better than ye yourselves
are; for I am also of the dust.  And ye behold that I am old, and am
about to yield up this mortal frame to its mother earth.
		 -- Mosiah 2:26
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Therefore, as I said unto you that I had served you, walking with a
clear conscience before God, even so I at this time have caused that ye
should assemble yourselves together, that I might be found blameless,
and that your blood should not come upon me, when I shall stand to be
judged of God of the things whereof he hath commanded me concerning you.
		 -- Mosiah 2:27
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I say unto you that I have caused that ye should assemble yourselves
together that I might rid my garments of your blood, at this period of
time when I am about to go down to my grave, that I might go down in
peace, and my immortal spirit may join the choirs above in singing the
praises of a just God.
		 -- Mosiah 2:28
%
And moreover, I say unto you that I have caused that ye should assemble
yourselves together, that I might declare unto you that I can no longer
be your teacher, nor your king;
		 -- Mosiah 2:29
%
For even at this time, my whole frame doth tremble exceedingly while
attempting to speak unto you; but the Lord God doth support me, and
hath suffered me that I should speak unto you, and hath commanded me
that I should declare unto you this day, that my son Mosiah is a king
and a ruler over you.
		 -- Mosiah 2:30
%
And now, my brethren, I would that ye should do as ye have hitherto done.
As ye have kept my commandments, and also the commandments of my father,
and have prospered, and have been kept from falling into the hands of
your enemies, even so if ye shall keep the commandments of my son, or
the commandments of God which shall be delivered unto you by him, ye
shall prosper in the land, and your enemies shall have no power over you.
		 -- Mosiah 2:31
%
But, O my people, beware lest there shall arise contentions among you, and
ye list to obey the evil spirit, which was spoken of by my father Mosiah.
		 -- Mosiah 2:32
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For behold, there is a wo pronounced upon him who listeth to obey that
spirit; for if he listeth to obey him, and remaineth and dieth in his
sins, the same drinketh damnation to his own soul; for he receiveth for
his wages an everlasting punishment, having transgressed the law of God
contrary to his own knowledge.
		 -- Mosiah 2:33
%
I say unto you, that there are not any among you, except it be your
little children that have not been taught concerning these things, but
what knoweth that ye are eternally indebted to your heavenly Father,
to render to him all that you have and are; and also have been taught
concerning the records which contain the prophecies which have been
spoken by the holy prophets, even down to the time our father, Lehi,
left Jerusalem;
		 -- Mosiah 2:34
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And also, all that has been spoken by our fathers until now. And behold,
also, they spake that which was commanded them of the Lord; therefore,
they are just and true.
		 -- Mosiah 2:35
%
And now, I say unto you, my brethren, that after ye have known and have
been taught all these things, if ye should transgress and go contrary
to that which has been spoken, that ye do withdraw yourselves from the
Spirit of the Lord, that it may have no place in you to guide you in
wisdom's paths that ye may be blessed, prospered, and preserved--
		 -- Mosiah 2:36
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I say unto you, that the man that doeth this, the same cometh out in open
rebellion against God; therefore he listeth to obey the evil spirit,
and becometh an enemy to all righteousness; therefore, the Lord has no
place in him, for he dwelleth not in unholy temples.
		 -- Mosiah 2:37
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Therefore if that man repenteth not, and remaineth and dieth an enemy
to God, the demands of divine justice do awaken his immortal soul to a
lively sense of his own guilt, which doth cause him to shrink from the
presence of the Lord, and doth fill his breast with guilt, and pain,
and anguish, which is like an unquenchable fire, whose flame ascendeth
up forever and ever.
		 -- Mosiah 2:38
%
And now I say unto you, that mercy hath no claim on that man; therefore
his final doom is to endure a never-ending torment.
		 -- Mosiah 2:39
%
O, all ye old men, and also ye young men, and you little children who
can understand my words, for I have spoken plainly unto you that ye
might understand, I pray that ye should awake to a remembrance of the
awful situation of those that have fallen into transgression.
		 -- Mosiah 2:40
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And moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and
happy state of those that keep the commandments of God.  For behold,
they are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they
hold out faithful to the end they are received into heaven, that thereby
they may dwell with God in a state of never-ending happiness.  O remember,
remember that these things are true; for the Lord God hath spoken it.
		 -- Mosiah 2:41
%
And again my brethren, I would call your attention, for I have somewhat
more to speak unto you; for behold, I have things to tell you concerning
that which is to come.
		 -- Mosiah 3:1
%
And the things which I shall tell you are made known unto me by an angel
from God.  And he said unto me: Awake; and I awoke, and behold he stood
before me.
		 -- Mosiah 3:2
%
And he said unto me: Awake, and hear the words which I shall tell thee;
for behold, I am come to declare unto you the glad tidings of great joy.
		 -- Mosiah 3:3
%
For the Lord hath heard thy prayers, and hath judged of thy righteousness,
and hath sent me to declare unto thee that thou mayest rejoice; and
that thou mayest declare unto thy people, that they may also be filled
with joy.
		 -- Mosiah 3:4
%
For behold, the time cometh, and is not far distant, that with power,
the Lord Omnipotent who reigneth, who was, and is from all eternity to
all eternity, shall come down from heaven among the children of men,
and shall dwell in a tabernacle of clay, and shall go forth amongst men,
working mighty miracles, such as healing the sick, raising the dead,
causing the lame to walk, the blind to receive their sight, and the deaf
to hear, and curing all manner of diseases.
		 -- Mosiah 3:5
%
And he shall cast out devils, or the evil spirits which dwell in the
hearts of the children of men.
		 -- Mosiah 3:6
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And lo, he shall suffer temptations, and pain of body, hunger, thirst,
and fatigue, even more than man can suffer, except it be unto death;
for behold, blood cometh from every pore, so great shall be his anguish
for the wickedness and the abominations of his people.
		 -- Mosiah 3:7
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And he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of heaven
and earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning; and his mother
shall be called Mary.
		 -- Mosiah 3:8
%
And lo, he cometh unto his own, that salvation might come unto the
children of men even through faith on his name; and even after all this
they shall consider him a man, and say that he hath a devil, and shall
scourge him, and shall crucify him.
		 -- Mosiah 3:9
%
And he shall rise the third day from the dead; and behold, he standeth to
judge the world; and behold, all these things are done that a righteous
judgment might come upon the children of men.
		 -- Mosiah 3:10
%
For behold, and also his blood atoneth for the sins of those who have
fallen by the transgression of Adam, who have died not knowing the will
of God concerning them, or who have ignorantly sinned.
		 -- Mosiah 3:11
%
But wo, wo unto him who knoweth that he rebelleth against God!
For salvation cometh to none such except it be through repentance and
faith on the Lord Jesus Christ.
		 -- Mosiah 3:12
%
And the Lord God hath sent his holy prophets among all the children of
men, to declare these things to every kindred, nation, and tongue, that
thereby whosoever should believe that Christ should come, the same might
receive remission of their sins, and rejoice with exceedingly great joy,
even as though he had already come among them.
		 -- Mosiah 3:13
%
Yet the Lord God saw that his people were a stiffnecked people, and he
appointed unto them a law, even the law of Moses.
		 -- Mosiah 3:14
%
And many signs, and wonders, and types, and shadows showed he unto them,
concerning his coming; and also holy prophets spake unto them concerning
his coming; and yet they hardened their hearts, and understood not that
the law of Moses availeth nothing except it were through the atonement
of his blood.
		 -- Mosiah 3:15
%
And even if it were possible that little children could sin they could not
be saved; but I say unto you they are blessed; for behold, as in Adam, or
by nature, they fall, even so the blood of Christ atoneth for their sins.
		 -- Mosiah 3:16
%
And moreover, I say unto you, that there shall be no other name given
nor any other way nor means whereby salvation can come unto the children
of men, only in and through the name of Christ, the Lord Omnipotent.
		 -- Mosiah 3:17
%
For behold he judgeth, and his judgment is just; and the infant perisheth
not that dieth in his infancy; but men drink damnation to their own
souls except they humble themselves and become as little children, and
believe that salvation was, and is, and is to come, in and through the
atoning blood of Christ, the Lord Omnipotent.
		 -- Mosiah 3:18
%
For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of
Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of
the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint
through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child,
submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to
all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child
doth submit to his father.
		 -- Mosiah 3:19
%
And moreover, I say unto you, that the time shall come when the knowledge
of a Savior shall spread throughout every nation, kindred, tongue,
and people.
		 -- Mosiah 3:20
%
And behold, when that time cometh, none shall be found blameless before
God, except it be little children, only through repentance and faith on
the name of the Lord God Omnipotent.
		 -- Mosiah 3:21
%
And even at this time, when thou shalt have taught thy people the things
which the Lord thy God hath commanded thee, even then are they found no
more blameless in the sight of God, only according to the words which
I have spoken unto thee.
		 -- Mosiah 3:22
%
And now I have spoken the words which the Lord God hath commanded me.
		 -- Mosiah 3:23
%
And thus saith the Lord: They shall stand as a bright testimony against
this people, at the judgment day; whereof they shall be judged, every
man according to his works, whether they be good, or whether they be evil.
		 -- Mosiah 3:24
%
And if they be evil they are consigned to an awful view of their own guilt
and abominations, which doth cause them to shrink from the presence of
the Lord into a state of misery and endless torment, from whence they can
no more return; therefore they have drunk damnation to their own souls.
		 -- Mosiah 3:25
%
Therefore, they have drunk out of the cup of the wrath of God, which
justice could no more deny unto them than it could deny that Adam should
fall because of his partaking of the forbidden fruit; therefore, mercy
could have claim on them no more forever.
		 -- Mosiah 3:26
%
And their torment is as a lake of fire and brimstone, whose flames are
unquenchable, and whose smoke ascendeth up forever and ever.  Thus hath
the Lord commanded me.	Amen.
		 -- Mosiah 3:27
%
And now, it came to pass that when king Benjamin had made an end of
speaking the words which had been delivered unto him by the angel of
the Lord, that he cast his eyes round about on the multitude, and behold
they had fallen to the earth, for the fear of the Lord had come upon them.
		 -- Mosiah 4:1
%
And they had viewed themselves in their own carnal state, even less
than the dust of the earth.  And they all cried aloud with one voice,
saying: O have mercy, and apply the atoning blood of Christ that we may
receive forgiveness of our sins, and our hearts may be purified; for we
believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who created heaven and earth,
and all things; who shall come down among the children of men.
		 -- Mosiah 4:2
%
And it came to pass that after they had spoken these words the Spirit of
the Lord came upon them, and they were filled with joy, having received
a remission of their sins, and having peace of conscience, because of
the exceeding faith which they had in Jesus Christ who should come,
according to the words which king Benjamin had spoken unto them.
		 -- Mosiah 4:3
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And king Benjamin again opened his mouth and began to speak unto them,
saying: My friends and my brethren, my kindred and my people, I would
again call your attention, that ye may hear and understand the remainder
of my words which I shall speak unto you.
		 -- Mosiah 4:4
%
For behold, if the knowledge of the goodness of God at this time has
awakened you to a sense of your nothingness, and your worthless and
fallen state--
		 -- Mosiah 4:5
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I say unto you, if ye have come to a knowledge of the goodness of God,
and his matchless power, and his wisdom, and his patience, and his
long-suffering towards the children of men; and also, the atonement
which has been prepared from the foundation of the world, that thereby
salvation might come to him that should put his trust in the Lord,
and should be diligent in keeping his commandments, and continue in the
faith even unto the end of his life, I mean the life of the mortal body--
		 -- Mosiah 4:6
%
I say, that this is the man who receiveth salvation, through the atonement
which was prepared from the foundation of the world for all mankind,
which ever were since the fall of Adam, or who are, or who ever shall be,
even unto the end of the world.
		 -- Mosiah 4:7
%
And this is the means whereby salvation cometh.  And there is none other
salvation save this which hath been spoken of; neither are there any
conditions whereby man can be saved except the conditions which I have
told you.
		 -- Mosiah 4:8
%
Believe in God; believe that he is, and that he created all things, both
in heaven and in earth; believe that he has all wisdom, and all power,
both in heaven and in earth; believe that man doth not comprehend all
the things which the Lord can comprehend.
		 -- Mosiah 4:9
%
And again, believe that ye must repent of your sins and forsake them, and
humble yourselves before God; and ask in sincerity of heart that he would
forgive you; and now, if you believe all these things see that ye do them.
		 -- Mosiah 4:10
%
And again I say unto you as I have said before, that as ye have come to
the knowledge of the glory of God, or if ye have known of his goodness
and have tasted of his love, and have received a remission of your
sins, which causeth such exceedingly great joy in your souls, even
so I would that ye should remember, and always retain in remembrance,
the greatness of God, and your own nothingness, and his goodness and
long-suffering towards you, unworthy creatures, and humble yourselves
even in the depths of humility, calling on the name of the Lord daily,
and standing steadfastly in the faith of that which is to come, which
was spoken by the mouth of the angel.
		 -- Mosiah 4:11
%
And behold, I say unto you that if ye do this ye shall always rejoice,
and be filled with the love of God, and always retain a remission of
your sins; and ye shall grow in the knowledge of the glory of him that
created you, or in the knowledge of that which is just and true.
		 -- Mosiah 4:12
%
And ye will not have a mind to injure one another, but to live peaceably,
and to render to every man according to that which is his due.
		 -- Mosiah 4:13
%
And ye will not suffer your children that they go hungry, or naked;
neither will ye suffer that they transgress the laws of God, and fight
and quarrel one with another, and serve the devil, who is the master of
sin, or who is the evil spirit which hath been spoken of by our fathers,
he being an enemy to all righteousness.
		 -- Mosiah 4:14
%
But ye will teach them to walk in the ways of truth and soberness;
ye will teach them to love one another, and to serve one another.
		 -- Mosiah 4:15
%
And also, ye yourselves will succor those that stand in need of your
succor; ye will administer of your substance unto him that standeth in
need; and ye will not suffer that the beggar putteth up his petition to
you in vain, and turn him out to perish.
		 -- Mosiah 4:16
%
Perhaps thou shalt say: The man has brought upon himself his misery;
therefore I will stay my hand, and will not give unto him of my food,
nor impart unto him of my substance that he may not suffer, for his
punishments are just--
		 -- Mosiah 4:17
%
But I say unto you, O man, whosoever doeth this the same hath great
cause to repent; and except he repenteth of that which he hath done he
perisheth forever, and hath no interest in the kingdom of God.
		 -- Mosiah 4:18
%
For behold, are we not all beggars?  Do we not all depend upon the same
Being, even God, for all the substance which we have, for both food and
raiment, and for gold, and for silver, and for all the riches which we
have of every kind?
		 -- Mosiah 4:19
%
And behold, even at this time, ye have been calling on his name, and
begging for a remission of your sins.  And has he suffered that ye
have begged in vain?  Nay; he has poured out his Spirit upon you, and
has caused that your hearts should be filled with joy, and has caused
that your mouths should be stopped that ye could not find utterance,
so exceedingly great was your joy.
		 -- Mosiah 4:20
%
And now, if God, who has created you, on whom you are dependent for your
lives and for all that ye have and are, doth grant unto you whatsoever
ye ask that is right, in faith, believing that ye shall receive, O then,
how ye ought to impart of the substance that ye have one to another.
		 -- Mosiah 4:21
%
And if ye judge the man who putteth up his petition to you for your
substance that he perish not, and condemn him, how much more just will be
your condemnation for withholding your substance, which doth not belong
to you but to God, to whom also your life belongeth; and yet ye put up
no petition, nor repent of the thing which thou hast done.
		 -- Mosiah 4:22
%
I say unto you, wo be unto that man, for his substance shall perish with
him; and now, I say these things unto those who are rich as pertaining
to the things of this world.
		 -- Mosiah 4:23
%
And again, I say unto the poor, ye who have not and yet have sufficient,
that ye remain from day to day; I mean all you who deny the beggar,
because ye have not; I would that ye say in your hearts that: I give
not because I have not, but if I had I would give.
		 -- Mosiah 4:24
%
And now, if ye say this in your hearts ye remain guiltless, otherwise
ye are condemned; and your condemnation is just for ye covet that which
ye have not received.
		 -- Mosiah 4:25
%
And now, for the sake of these things which I have spoken unto you--that
is, for the sake of retaining a remission of your sins from day to day,
that ye may walk guiltless before God--I would that ye should impart of
your substance to the poor, every man according to that which he hath,
such as feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and
administering to their relief, both spiritually and temporally, according
to their wants.
		 -- Mosiah 4:26
%
And see that all these things are done in wisdom and order; for it is not
requisite that a man should run faster than he has strength.  And again,
it is expedient that he should be diligent, that thereby he might win
the prize; therefore, all things must be done in order.
		 -- Mosiah 4:27
%
And I would that ye should remember, that whosoever among you borroweth
of his neighbor should return the thing that he borroweth, according
as he doth agree, or else thou shalt commit sin; and perhaps thou shalt
cause thy neighbor to commit sin also.
		 -- Mosiah 4:28
%
And finally, I cannot tell you all the things whereby ye may commit
sin; for there are divers ways and means, even so many that I cannot
number them.
		 -- Mosiah 4:29
%
But this much I can tell you, that if ye do not watch yourselves, and your
thoughts, and your words, and your deeds, and observe the commandments
of God, and continue in the faith of what ye have heard concerning the
coming of our Lord, even unto the end of your lives, ye must perish.
And now, O man, remember, and perish not.
		 -- Mosiah 4:30
%
And now, it came to pass that when king Benjamin had thus spoken to
his people, he sent among them, desiring to know of his people if they
believed the words which he had spoken unto them.
		 -- Mosiah 5:1
%
And they all cried with one voice, saying: Yea, we believe all the words
which thou hast spoken unto us; and also, we know of their surety and
truth, because of the Spirit of the Lord Omnipotent, which has wrought a
mighty change in us, or in our hearts, that we have no more disposition
to do evil, but to do good continually.
		 -- Mosiah 5:2
%
And we, ourselves, also, through the infinite goodness of God, and the
manifestations of his Spirit, have great views of that which is to come;
and were it expedient, we could prophesy of all things.
		 -- Mosiah 5:3
%
And it is the faith which we have had on the things which our king has
spoken unto us that has brought us to this great knowledge, whereby we
do rejoice with such exceedingly great joy.
		 -- Mosiah 5:4
%
And we are willing to enter into a covenant with our God to do his
will, and to be obedient to his commandments in all things that he
shall command us, all the remainder of our days, that we may not bring
upon ourselves a never-ending torment, as has been spoken by the angel,
that we may not drink out of the cup of the wrath of God.
		 -- Mosiah 5:5
%
And now, these are the words which king Benjamin desired of them; and
therefore he said unto them: Ye have spoken the words that I desired;
and the covenant which ye have made is a righteous covenant.
		 -- Mosiah 5:6
%
And now, because of the covenant which ye have made ye shall be called
the children of Christ, his sons, and his daughters; for behold, this
day he hath spiritually begotten you; for ye say that your hearts are
changed through faith on his name; therefore, ye are born of him and
have become his sons and his daughters.
		 -- Mosiah 5:7
%
And under this head ye are made free, and there is no other head whereby
ye can be made free.  There is no other name given whereby salvation
cometh; therefore, I would that ye should take upon you the name of
Christ, all you that have entered into the covenant with God that ye
should be obedient unto the end of your lives.
		 -- Mosiah 5:8
%
And it shall come to pass that whosoever doeth this shall be found at
the right hand of God, for he shall know the name by which he is called;
for he shall be called by the name of Christ.
		 -- Mosiah 5:9
%
And now it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall not take upon him
the name of Christ must be called by some other name; therefore, he
findeth himself on the left hand of God.
		 -- Mosiah 5:10
%
And I would that ye should remember also, that this is the name that I
said I should give unto you that never should be blotted out, except it
be through transgression; therefore, take heed that ye do not transgress,
that the name be not blotted out of your hearts.
		 -- Mosiah 5:11
%
I say unto you, I would that ye should remember to retain the name
written always in your hearts, that ye are not found on the left hand
of God, but that ye hear and know the voice by which ye shall be called,
and also, the name by which he shall call you.
		 -- Mosiah 5:12
%
For how knoweth a man the master whom he has not served, and who is a
stranger unto him, and is far from the thoughts and intents of his heart?
		 -- Mosiah 5:13
%
And again, doth a man take an ass which belongeth to his neighbor,
and keep him?  I say unto you, Nay; he will not even suffer that he
shall feed among his flocks, but will drive him away, and cast him out.
I say unto you, that even so shall it be among you if ye know not the
name by which ye are called.
		 -- Mosiah 5:14
%
Therefore, I would that ye should be steadfast and immovable, always
abounding in good works, that Christ, the Lord God Omnipotent, may seal
you his, that you may be brought to heaven, that ye may have everlasting
salvation and eternal life, through the wisdom, and power, and justice,
and mercy of him who created all things, in heaven and in earth, who is
God above all.	Amen.
		 -- Mosiah 5:15
%
And now, king Benjamin thought it was expedient, after having finished
speaking to the people, that he should take the names of all those who
had entered into a covenant with God to keep his commandments.
		 -- Mosiah 6:1
%
And it came to pass that there was not one soul, except it were little
children, but who had entered into the covenant and had taken upon them
the name of Christ.
		 -- Mosiah 6:2
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And again, it came to pass that when king Benjamin had made an end of
all these things, and had consecrated his son Mosiah to be a ruler and
a king over his people, and had given him all the charges concerning
the kingdom, and also had appointed priests to teach the people, that
thereby they might hear and know the commandments of God, and to stir
them up in remembrance of the oath which they had made, he dismissed the
multitude, and they returned, every one, according to their families,
to their own houses.
		 -- Mosiah 6:3
%
And Mosiah began to reign in his father's stead.  And he began to reign
in the thirtieth year of his age, making in the whole, about four hundred
and seventy-six years from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem.
		 -- Mosiah 6:4
%
And king Benjamin lived three years and he died.
		 -- Mosiah 6:5
%
And it came to pass that king Mosiah did walk in the ways of the Lord, and
did observe his judgments and his statutes, and did keep his commandments
in all things whatsoever he commanded him.
		 -- Mosiah 6:6
%
And king Mosiah did cause his people that they should till the earth.
And he also, himself, did till the earth, that thereby he might not
become burdensome to his people, that he might do according to that
which his father had done in all things.  And there was no contention
among all his people for the space of three years.
		 -- Mosiah 6:7
%
And now, it came to pass that after king Mosiah had had continual peace
for the space of three years, he was desirous to know concerning the
people who went up to dwell in the land of Lehi-Nephi, or in the city
of Lehi-Nephi; for his people had heard nothing from them from the time
they left the land of Zarahemla; therefore, they wearied him with their
teasings.
		 -- Mosiah 7:1
%
And it came to pass that king Mosiah granted that sixteen of their
strong men might go up to the land of Lehi-Nephi, to inquire concerning
their brethren.
		 -- Mosiah 7:2
%
And it came to pass that on the morrow they started to go up, having
with them one Ammon, he being a strong and mighty man, and a descendant
of Zarahemla; and he was also their leader.
		 -- Mosiah 7:3
%
And now, they knew not the course they should travel in the wilderness
to go up to the land of Lehi-Nephi; therefore they wandered many days
in the wilderness, even forty days did they wander.
		 -- Mosiah 7:4
%
And when they had wandered forty days they came to a hill, which is
north of the land of Shilom, and there they pitched their tents.
		 -- Mosiah 7:5
%
And Ammon took three of his brethren, and their names were Amaleki,
Helem, and Hem, and they went down into the land of Nephi.
		 -- Mosiah 7:6
%
And behold, they met the king of the people who were in the land of Nephi,
and in the land of Shilom; and they were surrounded by the king's guard,
and were taken, and were bound, and were committed to prison.
		 -- Mosiah 7:7
%
And it came to pass when they had been in prison two days they were
again brought before the king, and their bands were loosed; and they
stood before the king, and were permitted, or rather commanded, that
they should answer the questions which he should ask them.
		 -- Mosiah 7:8
%
And he said unto them: Behold, I am Limhi, the son of Noah, who was the
son of Zeniff, who came up out of the land of Zarahemla to inherit this
land, which was the land of their fathers, who was made a king by the
voice of the people.
		 -- Mosiah 7:9
%
And now, I desire to know the cause whereby ye were so bold as to come
near the walls of the city, when I, myself, was with my guards without
the gate?
		 -- Mosiah 7:10
%
And now, for this cause have I suffered that ye should be preserved,
that I might inquire of you, or else I should have caused that my guards
should have put you to death.  Ye are permitted to speak.
		 -- Mosiah 7:11
%
And now, when Ammon saw that he was permitted to speak, he went forth
and bowed himself before the king; and rising again he said: O king,
I am very thankful before God this day that I am yet alive, and am
permitted to speak; and I will endeavor to speak with boldness;
		 -- Mosiah 7:12
%
For I am assured that if ye had known me ye would not have suffered that
I should have worn these bands.  For I am Ammon, and am a descendant
of Zarahemla, and have come up out of the land of Zarahemla to inquire
concerning our brethren, whom Zeniff brought up out of that land.
		 -- Mosiah 7:13
%
And now, it came to pass that after Limhi had heard the words of Ammon, he
was exceedingly glad, and said: Now, I know of a surety that my brethren
who were in the land of Zarahemla are yet alive.  And now, I will rejoice;
and on the morrow I will cause that my people shall rejoice also.
		 -- Mosiah 7:14
%
For behold, we are in bondage to the Lamanites, and are taxed with a
tax which is grievous to be borne.  And now, behold, our brethren will
deliver us out of our bondage, or out of the hands of the Lamanites,
and we will be their slaves; for it is better that we be slaves to the
Nephites than to pay tribute to the king of the Lamanites.
		 -- Mosiah 7:15
%
And now, king Limhi commanded his guards that they should no more bind
Ammon nor his brethren, but caused that they should go to the hill which
was north of Shilom, and bring their brethren into the city, that thereby
they might eat, and drink, and rest themselves from the labors of their
journey; for they had suffered many things; they had suffered hunger,
thirst, and fatigue.
		 -- Mosiah 7:16
%
And now, it came to pass on the morrow that king Limhi sent a proclamation
among all his people, that thereby they might gather themselves together
to the temple, to hear the words which he should speak unto them.
		 -- Mosiah 7:17
%
And it came to pass that when they had gathered themselves together
that he spake unto them in this wise, saying: O ye, my people, lift up
your heads and be comforted; for behold, the time is at hand, or is not
far distant, when we shall no longer be in subjection to our enemies,
notwithstanding our many strugglings, which have been in vain; yet I
trust there remaineth an effectual struggle to be made.
		 -- Mosiah 7:18
%
Therefore, lift up your heads, and rejoice, and put your trust in God,
in that God who was the God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob; and also,
that God who brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt,
and caused that they should walk through the Red Sea on dry ground,
and fed them with manna that they might not perish in the wilderness;
and many more things did he do for them.
		 -- Mosiah 7:19
%
And again, that same God has brought our fathers out of the land of
Jerusalem, and has kept and preserved his people even until now; and
behold, it is because of our iniquities and abominations that he has
brought us into bondage.
		 -- Mosiah 7:20
%
And ye all are witnesses this day, that Zeniff, who was made king over
this people, he being over-zealous to inherit the land of his fathers,
therefore being deceived by the cunning and craftiness of king Laman,
who having entered into a treaty with king Zeniff, and having yielded
up into his hands the possessions of a part of the land, or even the
city of Lehi-Nephi, and the city of Shilom; and the land round about--
		 -- Mosiah 7:21
%
And all this he did, for the sole purpose of bringing this people into
subjection or into bondage.  And behold, we at this time do pay tribute
to the king of the Lamanites, to the amount of one half of our corn,
and our barley, and even all our grain of every kind, and one half of
the increase of our flocks and our herds; and even one half of all we
have or possess the king of the Lamanites doth exact of us, or our lives.
		 -- Mosiah 7:22
%
And now, is not this grievous to be borne?  And is not this, our
affliction, great?  Now behold, how great reason we have to mourn.
		 -- Mosiah 7:23
%
Yea, I say unto you, great are the reasons which we have to mourn;
for behold how many of our brethren have been slain, and their blood
has been spilt in vain, and all because of iniquity.
		 -- Mosiah 7:24
%
For if this people had not fallen into transgression the Lord would not
have suffered that this great evil should come upon them.  But behold,
they would not hearken unto his words; but there arose contentions among
them, even so much that they did shed blood among themselves.
		 -- Mosiah 7:25
%
And a prophet of the Lord have they slain; yea, a chosen man of God,
who told them of their wickedness and abominations, and prophesied of
many things which are to come, yea, even the coming of Christ.
		 -- Mosiah 7:26
%
And because he said unto them that Christ was the God, the Father of
all things, and said that he should take upon him the image of man,
and it should be the image after which man was created in the beginning;
or in other words, he said that man was created after the image of God,
and that God should come down among the children of men, and take upon
him flesh and blood, and go forth upon the face of the earth--
		 -- Mosiah 7:27
%
And now, because he said this, they did put him to death; and many
more things did they do which brought down the wrath of God upon them.
Therefore, who wondereth that they are in bondage, and that they are
smitten with sore afflictions?
		 -- Mosiah 7:28
%
For behold, the Lord hath said: I will not succor my people in the day
of their transgression; but I will hedge up their ways that they prosper
not; and their doings shall be as a stumbling block before them.
		 -- Mosiah 7:29
%
And again, he saith: If my people shall sow filthiness they shall reap
the chaff thereof in the whirlwind; and the effect thereof is poison.
		 -- Mosiah 7:30
%
And again he saith: If my people shall sow filthiness they shall reap
the east wind, which bringeth immediate destruction.
		 -- Mosiah 7:31
%
And now, behold, the promise of the Lord is fulfilled, and ye are smitten
and afflicted.
		 -- Mosiah 7:32
%
But if ye will turn to the Lord with full purpose of heart, and put your
trust in him, and serve him with all diligence of mind, if ye do this, he
will, according to his own will and pleasure, deliver you out of bondage.
		 -- Mosiah 7:33
%
And it came to pass that after king Limhi had made an end of speaking
to his people, for he spake many things unto them and only a few of them
have I written in this book, he told his people all the things concerning
their brethren who were in the land of Zarahemla.
		 -- Mosiah 8:1
%
And he caused that Ammon should stand up before the multitude, and
rehearse unto them all that had happened unto their brethren from the
time that Zeniff went up out of the land even until the time that he
himself came up out of the land.
		 -- Mosiah 8:2
%
And he also rehearsed unto them the last words which king Benjamin had
taught them, and explained them to the people of king Limhi, so that
they might understand all the words which he spake.
		 -- Mosiah 8:3
%
And it came to pass that after he had done all this, that king Limhi
dismissed the multitude, and caused that they should return every one
unto his own house.
		 -- Mosiah 8:4
%
And it came to pass that he caused that the plates which contained the
record of his people from the time that they left the land of Zarahemla,
should be brought before Ammon, that he might read them.
		 -- Mosiah 8:5
%
Now, as soon as Ammon had read the record, the king inquired of him
to know if he could interpret languages, and Ammon told him that he
could not.
		 -- Mosiah 8:6
%
And the king said unto him: Being grieved for the afflictions of my
people, I caused that forty and three of my people should take a journey
into the wilderness, that thereby they might find the land of Zarahemla,
that we might appeal unto our brethren to deliver us out of bondage.
		 -- Mosiah 8:7
%
And they were lost in the wilderness for the space of many days, yet they
were diligent, and found not the land of Zarahemla but returned to this
land, having traveled in a land among many waters, having discovered a
land which was covered with bones of men, and of beasts, and was also
covered with ruins of buildings of every kind, having discovered a land
which had been peopled with a people who were as numerous as the hosts
of Israel.
		 -- Mosiah 8:8
%
And for a testimony that the things that they had said are true they
have brought twenty-four plates which are filled with engravings, and
they are of pure gold.
		 -- Mosiah 8:9
%
And behold, also, they have brought breastplates, which are large,
and they are of brass and of copper, and are perfectly sound.
		 -- Mosiah 8:10
%
And again, they have brought swords, the hilts thereof have perished,
and the blades thereof were cankered with rust; and there is no one in
the land that is able to interpret the language or the engravings that
are on the plates.  Therefore I said unto thee: Canst thou translate?
		 -- Mosiah 8:11
%
And I say unto thee again: Knowest thou of any one that can translate?
For I am desirous that these records should be translated into our
language; for, perhaps, they will give us a knowledge of a remnant of
the people who have been destroyed, from whence these records came; or,
perhaps, they will give us a knowledge of this very people who have been
destroyed; and I am desirous to know the cause of their destruction.
		 -- Mosiah 8:12
%
Now Ammon said unto him: I can assuredly tell thee, O king, of a man
that can translate the records; for he has wherewith that he can look,
and translate all records that are of ancient date; and it is a gift
from God.  And the things are called interpreters, and no man can look
in them except he be commanded, lest he should look for that he ought
not and he should perish. And whosoever is commanded to look in them,
the same is called seer.
		 -- Mosiah 8:13
%
And behold, the king of the people who are in the land of Zarahemla is
the man that is commanded to do these things, and who has this high gift
from God.
		 -- Mosiah 8:14
%
And the king said that a seer is greater than a prophet.
		 -- Mosiah 8:15
%
And Ammon said that a seer is a revelator and a prophet also; and a gift
which is greater can no man have, except he should possess the power of
God, which no man can; yet a man may have great power given him from God.
		 -- Mosiah 8:16
%
But a seer can know of things which are past, and also of things which
are to come, and by them shall all things be revealed, or, rather, shall
secret things be made manifest, and hidden things shall come to light,
and things which are not known shall be made known by them, and also
things shall be made known by them which otherwise could not be known.
		 -- Mosiah 8:17
%
Thus God has provided a means that man, through faith, might work mighty
miracles; therefore he becometh a great benefit to his fellow beings.
		 -- Mosiah 8:18
%
And now, when Ammon had made an end of speaking these words the king
rejoiced exceedingly, and gave thanks to God, saying: Doubtless a great
mystery is contained within these plates, and these interpreters were
doubtless prepared for the purpose of unfolding all such mysteries to
the children of men.
		 -- Mosiah 8:19
%
O how marvelous are the works of the Lord, and how long doth he
suffer with his people; yea, and how blind and impenetrable are the
understandings of the children of men; for they will not seek wisdom,
neither do they desire that she should rule over them!
		 -- Mosiah 8:20
%
Yea, they are as a wild flock which fleeth from the shepherd, and
scattereth, and are driven, and are devoured by the beasts of the forest.
		 -- Mosiah 8:21
%
I, Zeniff, having been taught in all the language of the Nephites,
and having had a knowledge of the land of Nephi, or of the land of our
fathers' first inheritance, and having been sent as a spy among the
Lamanites that I might spy out their forces, that our army might come
upon them and destroy them--but when I saw that which was good among
them I was desirous that they should not be destroyed.
		 -- Mosiah 9:1
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Therefore, I contended with my brethren in the wilderness, for I would
that our ruler should make a treaty with them; but he being an austere and
a blood-thirsty man commanded that I should be slain; but I was rescued by
the shedding of much blood; for father fought against father, and brother
against brother, until the greater number of our army was destroyed in
the wilderness; and we returned, those of us that were spared, to the
land of Zarahemla, to relate that tale to their wives and their children.
		 -- Mosiah 9:2
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And yet, I being over-zealous to inherit the land of our fathers,
collected as many as were desirous to go up to possess the land, and
started again on our journey into the wilderness to go up to the land;
but we were smitten with famine and sore afflictions; for we were slow
to remember the Lord our God.
		 -- Mosiah 9:3
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Nevertheless, after many days' wandering in the wilderness we pitched
our tents in the place where our brethren were slain, which was near to
the land of our fathers.
		 -- Mosiah 9:4
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And it came to pass that I went again with four of my men into the city,
in unto the king, that I might know of the disposition of the king,
and that I might know if I might go in with my people and possess the
land in peace.
		 -- Mosiah 9:5
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And I went in unto the king, and he covenanted with me that I might
possess the land of Lehi-Nephi, and the land of Shilom.
		 -- Mosiah 9:6
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And he also commanded that his people should depart out of the land,
and I and my people went into the land that we might possess it.
		 -- Mosiah 9:7
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And we began to build buildings, and to repair the walls of the city,
yea, even the walls of the city of Lehi-Nephi, and the city of Shilom.
		 -- Mosiah 9:8
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And we began to till the ground, yea, even with all manner of seeds,
with seeds of corn, and of wheat, and of barley, and with neas, and
with sheum, and with seeds of all manner of fruits; and we did begin to
multiply and prosper in the land.
		 -- Mosiah 9:9
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Now it was the cunning and the craftiness of king Laman, to bring my
people into bondage, that he yielded up the land that we might possess it.
		 -- Mosiah 9:10
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Therefore it came to pass, that after we had dwelt in the land for the
space of twelve years that king Laman began to grow uneasy, lest by any
means my people should wax strong in the land, and that they could not
overpower them and bring them into bondage.
		 -- Mosiah 9:11
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Now they were a lazy and an idolatrous people; therefore they were
desirous to bring us into bondage, that they might glut themselves with
the labors of our hands; yea, that they might feast themselves upon the
flocks of our fields.
		 -- Mosiah 9:12
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Therefore it came to pass that king Laman began to stir up his people
that they should contend with my people; therefore there began to be
wars and contentions in the land.
		 -- Mosiah 9:13
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For, in the thirteenth year of my reign in the land of Nephi, away on the
south of the land of Shilom, when my people were watering and feeding
their flocks, and tilling their lands, a numerous host of Lamanites
came upon them and began to slay them, and to take off their flocks,
and the corn of their fields.
		 -- Mosiah 9:14
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Yea, and it came to pass that they fled, all that were not overtaken,
even into the city of Nephi, and did call upon me for protection.
		 -- Mosiah 9:15
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And it came to pass that I did arm them with bows, and with arrows,
with swords, and with cimeters, and with clubs, and with slings, and
with all manner of weapons which we could invent, and I and my people
did go forth against the Lamanites to battle.
		 -- Mosiah 9:16
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Yea, in the strength of the Lord did we go forth to battle against the
Lamanites; for I and my people did cry mightily to the Lord that he
would deliver us out of the hands of our enemies, for we were awakened
to a remembrance of the deliverance of our fathers.
		 -- Mosiah 9:17
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And God did hear our cries and did answer our prayers; and we did go
forth in his might; yea, we did go forth against the Lamanites, and in
one day and a night we did slay three thousand and forty-three; we did
slay them even until we had driven them out of our land.
		 -- Mosiah 9:18
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And I, myself, with mine own hands, did help to bury their dead.
And behold, to our great sorrow and lamentation, two hundred and
seventy-nine of our brethren were slain.
		 -- Mosiah 9:19
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And it came to pass that we again began to establish the kingdom and
we again began to possess the land in peace.  And I caused that there
should be weapons of war made of every kind, that thereby I might have
weapons for my people against the time the Lamanites should come up
again to war against my people.
		 -- Mosiah 10:1
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And I set guards round about the land, that the Lamanites might not come
upon us again unawares and destroy us; and thus I did guard my people
and my flocks, and keep them from falling into the hands of our enemies.
		 -- Mosiah 10:2
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And it came to pass that we did inherit the land of our fathers for many
years, yea, for the space of twenty and two years.
		 -- Mosiah 10:3
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And I did cause that the men should till the ground, and raise all manner
of grain and all manner of fruit of every kind.
		 -- Mosiah 10:4
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And I did cause that the women should spin, and toil, and work, and work
all manner of fine linen, yea, and cloth of every kind, that we might
clothe our nakedness; and thus we did prosper in the land--thus we did
have continual peace in the land for the space of twenty and two years.
		 -- Mosiah 10:5
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And it came to pass that king Laman died, and his son began to reign
in his stead.  And he began to stir his people up in rebellion against
my people; therefore they began to prepare for war, and to come up to
battle against my people.
		 -- Mosiah 10:6
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But I had sent my spies out round about the land of Shemlon, that I
might discover their preparations, that I might guard against them,
that they might not come upon my people and destroy them.
		 -- Mosiah 10:7
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And it came to pass that they came up upon the north of the land of
Shilom, with their numerous hosts, men armed with bows, and with arrows,
and with swords, and with cimeters, and with stones, and with slings;
and they had their heads shaved that they were naked; and they were
girded with a leathern girdle about their loins.
		 -- Mosiah 10:8
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And it came to pass that I caused that the women and children of my
people should be hid in the wilderness; and I also caused that all my
old men that could bear arms, and also all my young men that were able
to bear arms, should gather themselves together to go to battle against
the Lamanites; and I did place them in their ranks, every man according
to his age.
		 -- Mosiah 10:9
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And it came to pass that we did go up to battle against the Lamanites;
and I, even I, in my old age, did go up to battle against the Lamanites.
And it came to pass that we did go up in the strength of the Lord
to battle.
		 -- Mosiah 10:10
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Now, the Lamanites knew nothing concerning the Lord, nor the strength
of the Lord, therefore they depended upon their own strength.  Yet they
were a strong people, as to the strength of men.
		 -- Mosiah 10:11
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They were a wild, and ferocious, and a blood-thirsty people, believing in
the tradition of their fathers, which is this--Believing that they were
driven out of the land of Jerusalem because of the iniquities of their
fathers, and that they were wronged in the wilderness by their brethren,
and they were also wronged while crossing the sea;
		 -- Mosiah 10:12
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And again, that they were wronged while in the land of their first
inheritance, after they had crossed the sea, and all this because that
Nephi was more faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord--therefore
he was favored of the Lord, for the Lord heard his prayers and answered
them, and he took the lead of their journey in the wilderness.
		 -- Mosiah 10:13
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And his brethren were wroth with him because they understood not the
dealings of the Lord; they were also wroth with him upon the waters
because they hardened their hearts against the Lord.
		 -- Mosiah 10:14
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And again, they were wroth with him when they had arrived in the promised
land, because they said that he had taken the ruling of the people out
of their hands; and they sought to kill him.
		 -- Mosiah 10:15
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And again, they were wroth with him because he departed into the
wilderness as the Lord had commanded him, and took the records which
were engraven on the plates of brass, for they said that he robbed them.
		 -- Mosiah 10:16
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And thus they have taught their children that they should hate them, and
that they should murder them, and that they should rob and plunder them,
and do all they could to destroy them; therefore they have an eternal
hatred towards the children of Nephi.
		 -- Mosiah 10:17
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For this very cause has king Laman, by his cunning, and lying craftiness,
and his fair promises, deceived me, that I have brought this my people
up into this land, that they may destroy them; yea, and we have suffered
these many years in the land.
		 -- Mosiah 10:18
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And now I, Zeniff, after having told all these things unto my people
concerning the Lamanites, I did stimulate them to go to battle with their
might, putting their trust in the Lord; therefore, we did contend with
them, face to face.
		 -- Mosiah 10:19
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And it came to pass that we did drive them again out of our land;
and we slew them with a great slaughter, even so many that we did not
number them.
		 -- Mosiah 10:20
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And it came to pass that we returned again to our own land, and my people
again began to tend their flocks, and to till their ground.
		 -- Mosiah 10:21
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And now I, being old, did confer the kingdom upon one of my sons;
therefore, I say no more.  And may the Lord bless my people.  Amen.
		 -- Mosiah 10:22
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And now it came to pass that Zeniff conferred the kingdom upon Noah,
one of his sons; therefore Noah began to reign in his stead; and he did
not walk in the ways of his father.
		 -- Mosiah 11:1
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For behold, he did not keep the commandments of God, but he did walk after
the desires of his own heart.  And he had many wives and concubines.
And he did cause his people to commit sin, and do that which was
abominable in the sight of the Lord.  Yea, and they did commit whoredoms
and all manner of wickedness.
		 -- Mosiah 11:2
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And he laid a tax of one fifth part of all they possessed, a fifth part
of their gold and of their silver, and a fifth part of their ziff, and
of their copper, and of their brass and their iron; and a fifth part of
their fatlings; and also a fifth part of all their grain.
		 -- Mosiah 11:3
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And all this did he take to support himself, and his wives and his
concubines; and also his priests, and their wives and their concubines;
thus he had changed the affairs of the kingdom.
		 -- Mosiah 11:4
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For he put down all the priests that had been consecrated by his father,
and consecrated new ones in their stead, such as were lifted up in the
pride of their hearts.
		 -- Mosiah 11:5
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Yea, and thus they were supported in their laziness, and in their
idolatry, and in their whoredoms, by the taxes which king Noah had
put upon his people; thus did the people labor exceedingly to support
iniquity.
		 -- Mosiah 11:6
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Yea, and they also became idolatrous, because they were deceived by the
vain and flattering words of the king and priests; for they did speak
flattering things unto them.
		 -- Mosiah 11:7
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And it came to pass that king Noah built many elegant and spacious
buildings; and he ornamented them with fine work of wood, and of all
manner of precious things, of gold, and of silver, and of iron, and of
brass, and of ziff, and of copper;
		 -- Mosiah 11:8
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And he also built him a spacious palace, and a throne in the midst
thereof, all of which was of fine wood and was ornamented with gold and
silver and with precious things.
		 -- Mosiah 11:9
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And he also caused that his workmen should work all manner of fine work
within the walls of the temple, of fine wood, and of copper, and of brass.
		 -- Mosiah 11:10
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And the seats which were set apart for the high priests, which were above
all the other seats, he did ornament with pure gold; and he caused a
breastwork to be built before them, that they might rest their bodies
and their arms upon while they should speak lying and vain words to
his people.
		 -- Mosiah 11:11
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And it came to pass that he built a tower near the temple; yea, a very
high tower, even so high that he could stand upon the top thereof and
overlook the land of Shilom, and also the land of Shemlon, which was
possessed by the Lamanites; and he could even look over all the land
round about.
		 -- Mosiah 11:12
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And it came to pass that he caused many buildings to be built in the
land Shilom; and he caused a great tower to be built on the hill north
of the land Shilom, which had been a resort for the children of Nephi at
the time they fled out of the land; and thus he did do with the riches
which he obtained by the taxation of his people.
		 -- Mosiah 11:13
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And it came to pass that he placed his heart upon his riches, and he
spent his time in riotous living with his wives and his concubines;
and so did also his priests spend their time with harlots.
		 -- Mosiah 11:14
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And it came to pass that he planted vineyards round about in the land;
and he built wine-presses, and made wine in abundance; and therefore he
became a wine-bibber, and also his people.
		 -- Mosiah 11:15
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And it came to pass that the Lamanites began to come in upon his people,
upon small numbers, and to slay them in their fields, and while they
were tending their flocks.
		 -- Mosiah 11:16
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And king Noah sent guards round about the land to keep them off; but he
did not send a sufficient number, and the Lamanites came upon them and
killed them, and drove many of their flocks out of the land; thus the
Lamanites began to destroy them, and to exercise their hatred upon them.
		 -- Mosiah 11:17
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And it came to pass that king Noah sent his armies against them, and
they were driven back, or they drove them back for a time; therefore,
they returned rejoicing in their spoil.
		 -- Mosiah 11:18
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And now, because of this great victory they were lifted up in the pride
of their hearts; they did boast in their own strength, saying that their
fifty could stand against thousands of the Lamanites; and thus they did
boast, and did delight in blood, and the shedding of the blood of their
brethren, and this because of the wickedness of their king and priests.
		 -- Mosiah 11:19
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And it came to pass that there was a man among them whose name was
Abinadi; and he went forth among them, and began to prophesy, saying:
Behold, thus saith the Lord, and thus hath he commanded me, saying, Go
forth, and say unto this people, thus saith the Lord--Wo be unto this
people, for I have seen their abominations, and their wickedness, and
their whoredoms; and except they repent I will visit them in mine anger.
		 -- Mosiah 11:20
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And except they repent and turn to the Lord their God, behold, I will
deliver them into the hands of their enemies; yea, and they shall be
brought into bondage; and they shall be afflicted by the hand of their
enemies.
		 -- Mosiah 11:21
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And it shall come to pass that they shall know that I am the Lord their
God, and am a jealous God, visiting the iniquities of my people.
		 -- Mosiah 11:22
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And it shall come to pass that except this people repent and turn unto
the Lord their God, they shall be brought into bondage; and none shall
deliver them, except it be the Lord the Almighty God.
		 -- Mosiah 11:23
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Yea, and it shall come to pass that when they shall cry unto me I will
be slow to hear their cries; yea, and I will suffer them that they be
smitten by their enemies.
		 -- Mosiah 11:24
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And except they repent in sackcloth and ashes, and cry mightily to the
Lord their God, I will not hear their prayers, neither will I deliver
them out of their afflictions; and thus saith the Lord, and thus hath
he commanded me.
		 -- Mosiah 11:25
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Now it came to pass that when Abinadi had spoken these words unto them
they were wroth with him, and sought to take away his life; but the Lord
delivered him out of their hands.
		 -- Mosiah 11:26
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Now when king Noah had heard of the words which Abinadi had spoken unto
the people, he was also wroth; and he said: Who is Abinadi, that I and
my people should be judged of him, or who is the Lord, that shall bring
upon my people such great affliction?
		 -- Mosiah 11:27
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I command you to bring Abinadi hither, that I may slay him, for he has
said these things that he might stir up my people to anger one with
another, and to raise contentions among my people; therefore I will
slay him.
		 -- Mosiah 11:28
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Now the eyes of the people were blinded; therefore they hardened their
hearts against the words of Abinadi, and they sought from that time
forward to take him.  And king Noah hardened his heart against the word
of the Lord, and he did not repent of his evil doings.
		 -- Mosiah 11:29
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And it came to pass that after the space of two years that Abinadi came
among them in disguise, that they knew him not, and began to prophesy
among them, saying: Thus has the Lord commanded me, saying--Abinadi,
go and prophesy unto this my people, for they have hardened their hearts
against my words; they have repented not of their evil doings; therefore,
I will visit them in my anger, yea, in my fierce anger will I visit them
in their iniquities and abominations.
		 -- Mosiah 12:1
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Yea, wo be unto this generation!  And the Lord said unto me: Stretch forth
thy hand and prophesy, saying: Thus saith the Lord, it shall come to pass
that this generation, because of their iniquities, shall be brought into
bondage, and shall be smitten on the cheek; yea, and shall be driven by
men, and shall be slain; and the vultures of the air, and the dogs, yea,
and the wild beasts, shall devour their flesh.
		 -- Mosiah 12:2
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And it shall come to pass that the life of king Noah shall be valued
even as a garment in a hot furnace; for he shall know that I am the Lord.
		 -- Mosiah 12:3
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And it shall come to pass that I will smite this my people with sore
afflictions, yea, with famine and with pestilence; and I will cause that
they shall howl all the day long.
		 -- Mosiah 12:4
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Yea, and I will cause that they shall have burdens lashed upon their
backs; and they shall be driven before like a dumb ass.
		 -- Mosiah 12:5
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And it shall come to pass that I will send forth hail among them, and
it shall smite them; and they shall also be smitten with the east wind;
and insects shall pester their land also, and devour their grain.
		 -- Mosiah 12:6
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And they shall be smitten with a great pestilence--and all this will I
do because of their iniquities and abominations.
		 -- Mosiah 12:7
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And it shall come to pass that except they repent I will utterly destroy
them from off the face of the earth; yet they shall leave a record behind
them, and I will preserve them for other nations which shall possess
the land; yea, even this will I do that I may discover the abominations
of this people to other nations.  And many things did Abinadi prophesy
against this people.
		 -- Mosiah 12:8
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And it came to pass that they were angry with him; and they took him
and carried him bound before the king, and said unto the king: Behold,
we have brought a man before thee who has prophesied evil concerning
thy people, and saith that God will destroy them.
		 -- Mosiah 12:9
%
And he also prophesieth evil concerning thy life, and saith that thy
life shall be as a garment in a furnace of fire.
		 -- Mosiah 12:10
%
And again, he saith that thou shalt be as a stalk, even as a dry stalk
of the field, which is run over by the beasts and trodden under foot.
		 -- Mosiah 12:11
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And again, he saith thou shalt be as the blossoms of a thistle, which,
when it is fully ripe, if the wind bloweth, it is driven forth upon the
face of the land.  And he pretendeth the Lord hath spoken it.  And he
saith all this shall come upon thee except thou repent, and this because
of thine iniquities.
		 -- Mosiah 12:12
%
And now, O king, what great evil hast thou done, or what great sins have
thy people committed, that we should be condemned of God or judged of
this man?
		 -- Mosiah 12:13
%
And now, O king, behold, we are guiltless, and thou, O king, hast not
sinned; therefore, this man has lied concerning you, and he has prophesied
in vain.
		 -- Mosiah 12:14
%
And behold, we are strong, we shall not come into bondage, or be taken
captive by our enemies; yea, and thou hast prospered in the land, and
thou shalt also prosper.
		 -- Mosiah 12:15
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Behold, here is the man, we deliver him into thy hands; thou mayest do
with him as seemeth thee good.
		 -- Mosiah 12:16
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And it came to pass that king Noah caused that Abinadi should be cast
into prison; and he commanded that the priests should gather themselves
together that he might hold a council with them what he should do
with him.
		 -- Mosiah 12:17
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And it came to pass that they said unto the king: Bring him hither that
we may question him; and the king commanded that he should be brought
before them.
		 -- Mosiah 12:18
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And they began to question him, that they might cross him, that thereby
they might have wherewith to accuse him; but he answered them boldly,
and withstood all their questions, yea, to their astonishment; for he
did withstand them in all their questions, and did confound them in all
their words.
		 -- Mosiah 12:19
%
And it came to pass that one of them said unto him: What meaneth the words
which are written, and which have been taught by our fathers, saying:
		 -- Mosiah 12:20
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How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good
tidings; that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good;
that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth;
		 -- Mosiah 12:21
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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;
		 -- Mosiah 12:22
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Break forth into joy; sing together ye waste places of Jerusalem; for
the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem;
		 -- Mosiah 12:23
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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?
		 -- Mosiah 12:24
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And now Abinadi said unto them: Are you priests, and pretend to teach
this people, and to understand the spirit of prophesying, and yet desire
to know of me what these things mean?
		 -- Mosiah 12:25
%
I say unto you, wo be unto you for perverting the ways of the Lord!
For if ye understand these things ye have not taught them; therefore,
ye have perverted the ways of the Lord.
		 -- Mosiah 12:26
%
Ye have not applied your hearts to understanding; therefore, ye have
not been wise.	Therefore, what teach ye this people?
		 -- Mosiah 12:27
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And they said: We teach the law of Moses.
		 -- Mosiah 12:28
%
And again he said unto them: If ye teach the law of Moses why do ye
not keep it?  Why do ye set your hearts upon riches?  Why do ye commit
whoredoms and spend your strength with harlots, yea, and cause this
people to commit sin, that the Lord has cause to send me to prophesy
against this people, yea, even a great evil against this people?
		 -- Mosiah 12:29
%
Know ye not that I speak the truth?  Yea, ye know that I speak the truth;
and you ought to tremble before God.
		 -- Mosiah 12:30
%
And it shall come to pass that ye shall be smitten for your iniquities,
for ye have said that ye teach the law of Moses.  And what know ye
concerning the law of Moses?  Doth salvation come by the law of Moses?
What say ye?
		 -- Mosiah 12:31
%
And they answered and said that salvation did come by the law of Moses.
		 -- Mosiah 12:32
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But now Abinadi said unto them: I know if ye keep the commandments of
God ye shall be saved; yea, if ye keep the commandments which the Lord
delivered unto Moses in the mount of Sinai, saying:
		 -- Mosiah 12:33
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I am the Lord thy God, who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt,
out of the house of bondage.
		 -- Mosiah 12:34
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Thou shalt have no other God before me.
		 -- Mosiah 12:35
%
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any
thing in heaven above, or things which are in the earth beneath.
		 -- Mosiah 12:36
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Now Abinadi said unto them, Have ye done all this?  I say unto you,
Nay, ye have not.  And have ye taught this people that they should do
all these things?  I say unto you, Nay, ye have not.
		 -- Mosiah 12:37
%
And now when the king had heard these words, he said unto his priests:
Away with this fellow, and slay him; for what have we to do with him,
for he is mad.
		 -- Mosiah 13:1
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And they stood forth and attempted to lay their hands on him; but he
withstood them, and said unto them:
		 -- Mosiah 13:2
%
Touch me not, for God shall smite you if ye lay your hands upon me,
for I have not delivered the message which the Lord sent me to deliver;
neither have I told you that which ye requested that I should tell;
therefore, God will not suffer that I shall be destroyed at this time.
		 -- Mosiah 13:3
%
But I must fulfil the commandments wherewith God has commanded me;
and because I have told you the truth ye are angry with me.  And again,
because I have spoken the word of God ye have judged me that I am mad.
		 -- Mosiah 13:4
%
Now it came to pass after Abinadi had spoken these words that the people
of king Noah durst not lay their hands on him, for the Spirit of the Lord
was upon him; and his face shone with exceeding luster, even as Moses'
did while in the mount of Sinai, while speaking with the Lord.
		 -- Mosiah 13:5
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And he spake with power and authority from God; and he continued his
words, saying:
		 -- Mosiah 13:6
%
Ye see that ye have not power to slay me, therefore I finish my
message. Yea, and I perceive that it cuts you to your hearts because I
tell you the truth concerning your iniquities.
		 -- Mosiah 13:7
%
Yea, and my words fill you with wonder and amazement, and with anger.
		 -- Mosiah 13:8
%
But I finish my message; and then it matters not whither I go, if it so
be that I am saved.
		 -- Mosiah 13:9
%
But this much I tell you, what you do with me, after this, shall be as
a type and a shadow of things which are to come.
		 -- Mosiah 13:10
%
And now I read unto you the remainder of the commandments of God, for
I perceive that they are not written in your hearts; I perceive that ye
have studied and taught iniquity the most part of your lives.
		 -- Mosiah 13:11
%
And now, ye remember that I said unto you: Thou shall not make unto thee
any graven image, or any likeness of things which are in heaven above, or
which are in the earth beneath, or which are in the water under the earth.
		 -- Mosiah 13:12
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And again: Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them;
for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquities of the
fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generations of them
that hate me;
		 -- Mosiah 13:13
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And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my
commandments.
		 -- Mosiah 13:14
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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.
		 -- Mosiah 13:15
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Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
		 -- Mosiah 13:16
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Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;
		 -- Mosiah 13:17
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But the seventh day, the sabbath of the Lord thy God, thou shalt not do
any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy
maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates;
		 -- Mosiah 13:18
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For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all that
in them is; wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
		 -- Mosiah 13:19
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Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land
which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
		 -- Mosiah 13:20
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Thou shalt not kill.
		 -- Mosiah 13:21
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Thou shalt not commit adultery.  Thou shalt not steal.
		 -- Mosiah 13:22
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Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
		 -- Mosiah 13:23
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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy
neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox,
nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.
		 -- Mosiah 13:24
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And it came to pass that after Abinadi had made an end of these sayings
that he said unto them: Have ye taught this people that they should
observe to do all these things for to keep these commandments?
		 -- Mosiah 13:25
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I say unto you, Nay; for if ye had, the Lord would not have caused me
to come forth and to prophesy evil concerning this people.
		 -- Mosiah 13:26
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And now ye have said that salvation cometh by the law of Moses.  I say
unto you that it is expedient that ye should keep the law of Moses as
yet; but I say unto you, that the time shall come when it shall no more
be expedient to keep the law of Moses.
		 -- Mosiah 13:27
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And moreover, I say unto you, that salvation doth not come by the law
alone; and were it not for the atonement, which God himself shall make
for the sins and iniquities of his people, that they must unavoidably
perish, notwithstanding the law of Moses.
		 -- Mosiah 13:28
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And now I say unto you that it was expedient that there should be a law
given to the children of Israel, yea, even a very strict law; for they
were a stiffnecked people, quick to do iniquity, and slow to remember
the Lord their God;
		 -- Mosiah 13:29
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Therefore there was a law given them, yea, a law of performances and of
ordinances, a law which they were to observe strictly from day to day,
to keep them in remembrance of God and their duty towards him.
		 -- Mosiah 13:30
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But behold, I say unto you, that all these things were types of things
to come.
		 -- Mosiah 13:31
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And now, did they understand the law?  I say unto you, Nay, they did not
all understand the law; and this because of the hardness of their hearts;
for they understood not that there could not any man be saved except it
were through the redemption of God.
		 -- Mosiah 13:32
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For behold, did not Moses prophesy unto them concerning the coming of
the Messiah, and that God should redeem his people?  Yea, and even all
the prophets who have prophesied ever since the world began--have they
not spoken more or less concerning these things?
		 -- Mosiah 13:33
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Have they not said that God himself should come down among the children
of men, and take upon him the form of man, and go forth in mighty power
upon the face of the earth?
		 -- Mosiah 13:34
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Yea, and have they not said also that he should bring to pass the
resurrection of the dead, and that he, himself, should be oppressed
and afflicted?
		 -- Mosiah 13:35
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Yea, even doth not Isaiah say: Who hath believed our report, and to whom
is the arm of the Lord revealed?
		 -- Mosiah 14:1
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For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of
dry ground; he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him
there is no beauty that we should desire him.
		 -- Mosiah 14:2
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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.
		 -- Mosiah 14:3
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Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did
esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
		 -- Mosiah 14:4
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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.
		 -- Mosiah 14:5
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All we, like sheep, have gone astray; we have turned every one to his
own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquities of us all.
		 -- Mosiah 14:6
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He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth;
he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her
shearers is dumb so he opened not his mouth.
		 -- Mosiah 14:7
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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
transgressions of my people was he stricken.
		 -- Mosiah 14:8
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And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death;
because he had done no evil, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
		 -- Mosiah 14:9
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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.
		 -- Mosiah 14:10
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He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied; by his
knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear
their iniquities.
		 -- Mosiah 14:11
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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 bore the sins of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.
		 -- Mosiah 14:12
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And now Abinadi said unto them: I would that ye should understand that
God himself shall come down among the children of men, and shall redeem
his people.
		 -- Mosiah 15:1
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And because he dwelleth in flesh he shall be called the Son of God, and
having subjected the flesh to the will of the Father, being the Father
and the Son--
		 -- Mosiah 15:2
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The Father, because he was conceived by the power of God; and the Son,
because of the flesh; thus becoming the Father and Son--
		 -- Mosiah 15:3
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And they are one God, yea, the very Eternal Father of heaven and of earth.
		 -- Mosiah 15:4
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And thus the flesh becoming subject to the Spirit, or the Son to the
Father, being one God, suffereth temptation, and yieldeth not to the
temptation, but suffereth himself to be mocked, and scourged, and cast
out, and disowned by his people.
		 -- Mosiah 15:5
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And after all this, after working many mighty miracles among the children
of men, he shall be led, yea, even as Isaiah said, as a sheep before
the shearer is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.
		 -- Mosiah 15:6
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Yea, even so he shall be led, crucified, and slain, the flesh becoming
subject even unto death, the will of the Son being swallowed up in the
will of the Father.
		 -- Mosiah 15:7
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And thus God breaketh the bands of death, having gained the victory over
death; giving the Son power to make intercession for the children of men--
		 -- Mosiah 15:8
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Having ascended into heaven, having the bowels of mercy; being filled
with compassion towards the children of men; standing betwixt them and
justice; having broken the bands of death, taken upon himself their
iniquity and their transgressions, having redeemed them, and satisfied
the demands of justice.
		 -- Mosiah 15:9
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And now I say unto you, who shall declare his generation?  Behold, I
say unto you, that when his soul has been made an offering for sin he
shall see his seed.  And now what say ye?  And who shall be his seed?
		 -- Mosiah 15:10
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Behold I say unto you, that whosoever has heard the words of the prophets,
yea, all the holy prophets who have prophesied concerning the coming of
the Lord--I say unto you, that all those who have hearkened unto their
words, and believed that the Lord would redeem his people, and have
looked forward to that day for a remission of their sins, I say unto you,
that these are his seed, or they are the heirs of the kingdom of God.
		 -- Mosiah 15:11
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For these are they whose sins he has borne; these are they for whom he
has died, to redeem them from their transgressions.  And now, are they
not his seed?
		 -- Mosiah 15:12
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Yea, and are not the prophets, every one that has opened his mouth to
prophesy, that has not fallen into transgression, I mean all the holy
prophets ever since the world began?  I say unto you that they are
his seed.
		 -- Mosiah 15:13
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And these are they who have published peace, who have brought good
tidings of good, who have published salvation; and said unto Zion:
Thy God reigneth!
		 -- Mosiah 15:14
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And O how beautiful upon the mountains were their feet!
		 -- Mosiah 15:15
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And again, how beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of those that
are still publishing peace!
		 -- Mosiah 15:16
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And again, how beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of those who
shall hereafter publish peace, yea, from this time henceforth and forever!
		 -- Mosiah 15:17
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And behold, I say unto you, this is not all.  For O how beautiful upon
the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that is
the founder of peace, yea, even the Lord, who has redeemed his people;
yea, him who has granted salvation unto his people;
		 -- Mosiah 15:18
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For were it not for the redemption which he hath made for his people,
which was prepared from the foundation of the world, I say unto you,
were it not for this, all mankind must have perished.
		 -- Mosiah 15:19
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But behold, the bands of death shall be broken, and the Son reigneth, and
hath power over the dead; therefore, he bringeth to pass the resurrection
of the dead.
		 -- Mosiah 15:20
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And there cometh a resurrection, even a first resurrection; yea, even
a resurrection of those that have been, and who are, and who shall be,
even until the resurrection of Christ--for so shall he be called.
		 -- Mosiah 15:21
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And now, the resurrection of all the prophets, and all those that have
believed in their words, or all those that have kept the commandments
of God, shall come forth in the first resurrection; therefore, they are
the first resurrection.
		 -- Mosiah 15:22
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They are raised to dwell with God who has redeemed them; thus they have
eternal life through Christ, who has broken the bands of death.
		 -- Mosiah 15:23
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And these are those who have part in the first resurrection; and these
are they that have died before Christ came, in their ignorance, not
having salvation declared unto them.  And thus the Lord bringeth about
the restoration of these; and they have a part in the first resurrection,
or have eternal life, being redeemed by the Lord.
		 -- Mosiah 15:24
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And little children also have eternal life.
		 -- Mosiah 15:25
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But behold, and fear, and tremble before God, for ye ought to tremble;
for the Lord redeemeth none such that rebel against him and die in their
sins; yea, even all those that have perished in their sins ever since
the world began, that have wilfully rebelled against God, that have
known the commandments of God, and would not keep them; these are they
that have no part in the first resurrection.
		 -- Mosiah 15:26
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Therefore ought ye not to tremble?  For salvation cometh to none such;
for the Lord hath redeemed none such; yea, neither can the Lord redeem
such; for he cannot deny himself; for he cannot deny justice when it
has its claim.
		 -- Mosiah 15:27
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And now I say unto you that the time shall come that the salvation of
the Lord shall be declared to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people.
		 -- Mosiah 15:28
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Yea, Lord, thy watchmen shall lift up their voice; with the voice
together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord
shall bring again Zion.
		 -- Mosiah 15:29
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Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem;
for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
		 -- Mosiah 15:30
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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.
		 -- Mosiah 15:31
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And now, it came to pass that after Abinadi had spoken these words he
stretched forth his hand and said: The time shall come when all shall
see the salvation of the Lord; when every nation, kindred, tongue,
and people shall see eye to eye and shall confess before God that his
judgments are just.
		 -- Mosiah 16:1
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And then shall the wicked be cast out, and they shall have cause to howl,
and weep, and wail, and gnash their teeth; and this because they would not
hearken unto the voice of the Lord; therefore the Lord redeemeth them not.
		 -- Mosiah 16:2
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For they are carnal and devilish, and the devil has power over them; yea,
even that old serpent that did beguile our first parents, which was the
cause of their fall; which was the cause of all mankind becoming carnal,
sensual, devilish, knowing evil from good, subjecting themselves to
the devil.
		 -- Mosiah 16:3
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Thus all mankind were lost; and behold, they would have been endlessly
lost were it not that God redeemed his people from their lost and
fallen state.
		 -- Mosiah 16:4
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But remember that he that persists in his own carnal nature, and goes
on in the ways of sin and rebellion against God, remaineth in his fallen
state and the devil hath all power over him.  Therefore, he is as though
there was no redemption made, being an enemy to God; and also is the
devil an enemy to God.
		 -- Mosiah 16:5
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And now if Christ had not come into the world, speaking of things to
come as though they had already come, there could have been no redemption.
		 -- Mosiah 16:6
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And if Christ had not risen from the dead, or have broken the bands of
death that the grave should have no victory, and that death should have
no sting, there could have been no resurrection.
		 -- Mosiah 16:7
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But there is a resurrection, therefore the grave hath no victory, and
the sting of death is swallowed up in Christ.
		 -- Mosiah 16:8
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He is the light and the life of the world; yea, a light that is endless,
that can never be darkened; yea, and also a life which is endless,
that there can be no more death.
		 -- Mosiah 16:9
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Even this mortal shall put on immortality, and this corruption shall put
on incorruption, and shall be brought to stand before the bar of God,
to be judged of him according to their works whether they be good or
whether they be evil--
		 -- Mosiah 16:10
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If they be good, to the resurrection of endless life and happiness;
and if they be evil, to the resurrection of endless damnation, being
delivered up to the devil, who hath subjected them, which is damnation--
		 -- Mosiah 16:11
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Having gone according to their own carnal wills and desires; having never
called upon the Lord while the arms of mercy were extended towards them;
for the arms of mercy were extended towards them, and they would not;
they being warned of their iniquities and yet they would not depart from
them; and they were commanded to repent and yet they would not repent.
		 -- Mosiah 16:12
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And now, ought ye not to tremble and repent of your sins, and remember
that only in and through Christ ye can be saved?
		 -- Mosiah 16:13
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Therefore, if ye teach the law of Moses, also teach that it is a shadow
of those things which are to come--
		 -- Mosiah 16:14
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Teach them that redemption cometh through Christ the Lord, who is the
very Eternal Father.  Amen.
		 -- Mosiah 16:15
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And now it came to pass that when Abinadi had finished these sayings,
that the king commanded that the priests should take him and cause that
he should be put to death.
		 -- Mosiah 17:1
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But there was one among them whose name was Alma, he also being
a descendant of Nephi.	And he was a young man, and he believed the
words which Abinadi had spoken, for he knew concerning the iniquity
which Abinadi had testified against them; therefore he began to plead
with the king that he would not be angry with Abinadi, but suffer that
he might depart in peace.
		 -- Mosiah 17:2
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But the king was more wroth, and caused that Alma should be cast out
from among them, and sent his servants after him that they might slay him.
		 -- Mosiah 17:3
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But he fled from before them and hid himself that they found him not.
And he being concealed for many days did write all the words which
Abinadi had spoken.
		 -- Mosiah 17:4
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And it came to pass that the king caused that his guards should surround
Abinadi and take him; and they bound him and cast him into prison.
		 -- Mosiah 17:5
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And after three days, having counseled with his priests, he caused that
he should again be brought before him.
		 -- Mosiah 17:6
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And he said unto him: Abinadi, we have found an accusation against thee,
and thou art worthy of death.
		 -- Mosiah 17:7
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For thou hast said that God himself should come down among the children
of men; and now, for this cause thou shalt be put to death unless thou
wilt recall all the words which thou hast spoken evil concerning me and
my people.
		 -- Mosiah 17:8
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Now Abinadi said unto him: I say unto you, I will not recall the words
which I have spoken unto you concerning this people, for they are true;
and that ye may know of their surety I have suffered myself that I have
fallen into your hands.
		 -- Mosiah 17:9
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Yea, and I will suffer even until death, and I will not recall my words,
and they shall stand as a testimony against you.  And if ye slay me
ye will shed innocent blood, and this shall also stand as a testimony
against you at the last day.
		 -- Mosiah 17:10
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And now king Noah was about to release him, for he feared his word;
for he feared that the judgments of God would come upon him.
		 -- Mosiah 17:11
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But the priests lifted up their voices against him, and began to accuse
him, saying: He has reviled the king.  Therefore the king was stirred
up in anger against him, and he delivered him up that he might be slain.
		 -- Mosiah 17:12
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And it came to pass that they took him and bound him, and scourged his
skin with faggots, yea, even unto death.
		 -- Mosiah 17:13
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And now when the flames began to scorch him, he cried unto them, saying:
		 -- Mosiah 17:14
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Behold, even as ye have done unto me, so shall it come to pass that
thy seed shall cause that many shall suffer the pains that I do suffer,
even the pains of death by fire; and this because they believe in the
salvation of the Lord their God.
		 -- Mosiah 17:15
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And it will come to pass that ye shall be afflicted with all manner of
diseases because of your iniquities.
		 -- Mosiah 17:16
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Yea, and ye shall be smitten on every hand, and shall be driven and
scattered to and fro, even as a wild flock is driven by wild and
ferocious beasts.
		 -- Mosiah 17:17
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And in that day ye shall be hunted, and ye shall be taken by the hand
of your enemies, and then ye shall suffer, as I suffer, the pains of
death by fire.
		 -- Mosiah 17:18
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Thus God executeth vengeance upon those that destroy his people.  O God,
receive my soul.
		 -- Mosiah 17:19
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And now, when Abinadi had said these words, he fell, having suffered
death by fire; yea, having been put to death because he would not deny the
commandments of God, having sealed the truth of his words by his death.
		 -- Mosiah 17:20
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And now, it came to pass that Alma, who had fled from the servants of
king Noah, repented of his sins and iniquities, and went about privately
among the people, and began to teach the words of Abinadi--
		 -- Mosiah 18:1
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Yea, concerning that which was to come, and also concerning the
resurrection of the dead, and the redemption of the people, which was
to be brought to pass through the power, and sufferings, and death of
Christ, and his resurrection and ascension into heaven.
		 -- Mosiah 18:2
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And as many as would hear his word he did teach.  And he taught them
privately, that it might not come to the knowledge of the king.  And many
did believe his words.
		 -- Mosiah 18:3
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And it came to pass that as many as did believe him did go forth to a
place which was called Mormon, having received its name from the king,
being in the borders of the land having been infested, by times or at
seasons, by wild beasts.
		 -- Mosiah 18:4
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Now, there was in Mormon a fountain of pure water, and Alma resorted
thither, there being near the water a thicket of small trees, where he
did hide himself in the daytime from the searches of the king.
		 -- Mosiah 18:5
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And it came to pass that as many as believed him went thither to hear
his words.
		 -- Mosiah 18:6
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And it came to pass after many days there were a goodly number gathered
together at the place of Mormon, to hear the words of Alma.  Yea, all
were gathered together that believed on his word, to hear him.	And he
did teach them, and did preach unto them repentance, and redemption,
and faith on the Lord.
		 -- Mosiah 18:7
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And it came to pass that he said unto them: Behold, here are the waters
of Mormon (for thus were they called) and now, as ye are desirous to
come into the fold of God, and to be called his people, and are willing
to bear one another's burdens, that they may be light;
		 -- Mosiah 18:8
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Yea, and are willing to mourn with those that mourn; yea, and comfort
those that stand in need of comfort, and to stand as witnesses of God
at all times and in all things, and in all places that ye may be in,
even until death, that ye may be redeemed of God, and be numbered with
those of the first resurrection, that ye may have eternal life--
		 -- Mosiah 18:9
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Now I say unto you, if this be the desire of your hearts, what have you
against being baptized in the name of the Lord, as a witness before him
that ye have entered into a covenant with him, that ye will serve him and
keep his commandments, that he may pour out his Spirit more abundantly
upon you?
		 -- Mosiah 18:10
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And now when the people had heard these words, they clapped their hands
for joy, and exclaimed: This is the desire of our hearts.
		 -- Mosiah 18:11
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And now it came to pass that Alma took Helam, he being one of the first,
and went and stood forth in the water, and cried, saying: O Lord, pour
out thy Spirit upon thy servant, that he may do this work with holiness
of heart.
		 -- Mosiah 18:12
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And when he had said these words, the Spirit of the Lord was upon him,
and he said: Helam, I baptize thee, having authority from the Almighty
God, as a testimony that ye have entered into a covenant to serve him
until you are dead as to the mortal body; and may the Spirit of the Lord
be poured out upon you; and may he grant unto you eternal life, through
the redemption of Christ, whom he has prepared from the foundation of
the world.
		 -- Mosiah 18:13
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And after Alma had said these words, both Alma and Helam were buried
in the water; and they arose and came forth out of the water rejoicing,
being filled with the Spirit.
		 -- Mosiah 18:14
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And again, Alma took another, and went forth a second time into the
water, and baptized him according to the first, only he did not bury
himself again in the water.
		 -- Mosiah 18:15
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And after this manner he did baptize every one that went forth to the
place of Mormon; and they were in number about two hundred and four
souls; yea, and they were baptized in the waters of Mormon, and were
filled with the grace of God.
		 -- Mosiah 18:16
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And they were called the church of God, or the church of Christ, from
that time forward.  And it came to pass that whosoever was baptized by
the power and authority of God was added to his church.
		 -- Mosiah 18:17
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And it came to pass that Alma, having authority from God, ordained
priests; even one priest to every fifty of their number did he ordain
to preach unto them, and to teach them concerning the things pertaining
to the kingdom of God.
		 -- Mosiah 18:18
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And he commanded them that they should teach nothing save it were the
things which he had taught, and which had been spoken by the mouth of
the holy prophets.
		 -- Mosiah 18:19
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Yea, even he commanded them that they should preach nothing save it were
repentance and faith on the Lord, who had redeemed his people.
		 -- Mosiah 18:20
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And he commanded them that there should be no contention one with another,
but that they should look forward with one eye, having one faith and
one baptism, having their hearts knit together in unity and in love one
towards another.
		 -- Mosiah 18:21
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And thus he commanded them to preach.  And thus they became the children
of God.
		 -- Mosiah 18:22
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And he commanded them that they should observe the sabbath day, and keep
it holy, and also every day they should give thanks to the Lord their God.
		 -- Mosiah 18:23
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And he also commanded them that the priests whom he had ordained should
labor with their own hands for their support.
		 -- Mosiah 18:24
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And there was one day in every week that was set apart that they should
gather themselves together to teach the people, and to worship the Lord
their God, and also, as often as it was in their power, to assemble
themselves together.
		 -- Mosiah 18:25
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And the priests were not to depend upon the people for their support;
but for their labor they were to receive the grace of God, that they
might wax strong in the Spirit, having the knowledge of God, that they
might teach with power and authority from God.
		 -- Mosiah 18:26
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And again Alma commanded that the people of the church should impart
of their substance, every one according to that which he had; if he
have more abundantly he should impart more abundantly; and of him that
had but little, but little should be required; and to him that had not
should be given.
		 -- Mosiah 18:27
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And thus they should impart of their substance of their own free will
and good desires towards God, and to those priests that stood in need,
yea, and to every needy, naked soul.
		 -- Mosiah 18:28
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And this he said unto them, having been commanded of God; and they did
walk uprightly before God, imparting to one another both temporally and
spiritually according to their needs and their wants.
		 -- Mosiah 18:29
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And now it came to pass that all this was done in Mormon, yea, by the
waters of Mormon, in the forest that was near the waters of Mormon; yea,
the place of Mormon, the waters of Mormon, the forest of Mormon, how
beautiful are they to the eyes of them who there came to the knowledge
of their Redeemer; yea, and how blessed are they, for they shall sing
to his praise forever.
		 -- Mosiah 18:30
%
And these things were done in the borders of the land, that they might
not come to the knowledge of the king.
		 -- Mosiah 18:31
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But behold, it came to pass that the king, having discovered a movement
among the people, sent his servants to watch them.  Therefore on the
day that they were assembling themselves together to hear the word of
the Lord they were discovered unto the king.
		 -- Mosiah 18:32
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And now the king said that Alma was stirring up the people to rebellion
against him; therefore he sent his army to destroy them.
		 -- Mosiah 18:33
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And it came to pass that Alma and the people of the Lord were apprised
of the coming of the king's army; therefore they took their tents and
their families and departed into the wilderness.
		 -- Mosiah 18:34
%
And they were in number about four hundred and fifty souls.
		 -- Mosiah 18:35
%
And it came to pass that the army of the king returned, having searched
in vain for the people of the Lord.
		 -- Mosiah 19:1
%
And now behold, the forces of the king were small, having been reduced,
and there began to be a division among the remainder of the people.
		 -- Mosiah 19:2
%
And the lesser part began to breathe out threatenings against the king,
and there began to be a great contention among them.
		 -- Mosiah 19:3
%
And now there was a man among them whose name was Gideon, and he being
a strong man and an enemy to the king, therefore he drew his sword,
and swore in his wrath that he would slay the king.
		 -- Mosiah 19:4
%
And it came to pass that he fought with the king; and when the king saw
that he was about to overpower him, he fled and ran and got upon the
tower which was near the temple.
		 -- Mosiah 19:5
%
And Gideon pursued after him and was about to get upon the tower to slay
the king, and the king cast his eyes round about towards the land of
Shemlon, and behold, the army of the Lamanites were within the borders
of the land.
		 -- Mosiah 19:6
%
And now the king cried out in the anguish of his soul, saying: Gideon,
spare me, for the Lamanites are upon us, and they will destroy us; yea,
they will destroy my people.
		 -- Mosiah 19:7
%
And now the king was not so much concerned about his people as he was
about his own life; nevertheless, Gideon did spare his life.
		 -- Mosiah 19:8
%
And the king commanded the people that they should flee before the
Lamanites, and he himself did go before them, and they did flee into
the wilderness, with their women and their children.
		 -- Mosiah 19:9
%
And it came to pass that the Lamanites did pursue them, and did overtake
them, and began to slay them.
		 -- Mosiah 19:10
%
Now it came to pass that the king commanded them that all the men should
leave their wives and their children, and flee before the Lamanites.
		 -- Mosiah 19:11
%
Now there were many that would not leave them, but had rather stay and
perish with them.  And the rest left their wives and their children
and fled.
		 -- Mosiah 19:12
%
And it came to pass that those who tarried with their wives and their
children caused that their fair daughters should stand forth and plead
with the Lamanites that they would not slay them.
		 -- Mosiah 19:13
%
And it came to pass that the Lamanites had compassion on them, for they
were charmed with the beauty of their women.
		 -- Mosiah 19:14
%
Therefore the Lamanites did spare their lives, and took them captives and
carried them back to the land of Nephi, and granted unto them that they
might possess the land, under the conditions that they would deliver up
king Noah into the hands of the Lamanites, and deliver up their property,
even one half of all they possessed, one half of their gold, and their
silver, and all their precious things, and thus they should pay tribute
to the king of the Lamanites from year to year.
		 -- Mosiah 19:15
%
And now there was one of the sons of the king among those that were
taken captive, whose name was Limhi.
		 -- Mosiah 19:16
%
And now Limhi was desirous that his father should not be destroyed;
nevertheless, Limhi was not ignorant of the iniquities of his father,
he himself being a just man.
		 -- Mosiah 19:17
%
And it came to pass that Gideon sent men into the wilderness secretly, to
search for the king and those that were with him. And it came to pass that
they met the people in the wilderness, all save the king and his priests.
		 -- Mosiah 19:18
%
Now they had sworn in their hearts that they would return to the land of
Nephi, and if their wives and their children were slain, and also those
that had tarried with them, that they would seek revenge, and also perish
with them.
		 -- Mosiah 19:19
%
And the king commanded them that they should not return; and they were
angry with the king, and caused that he should suffer, even unto death
by fire.
		 -- Mosiah 19:20
%
And they were about to take the priests also and put them to death,
and they fled before them.
		 -- Mosiah 19:21
%
And it came to pass that they were about to return to the land of Nephi,
and they met the men of Gideon.  And the men of Gideon told them of
all that had happened to their wives and their children; and that the
Lamanites had granted unto them that they might possess the land by
paying a tribute to the Lamanites of one half of all they possessed.
		 -- Mosiah 19:22
%
And the people told the men of Gideon that they had slain the king,
and his priests had fled from them farther into the wilderness.
		 -- Mosiah 19:23
%
And it came to pass that after they had ended the ceremony, that they
returned to the land of Nephi, rejoicing, because their wives and their
children were not slain; and they told Gideon what they had done to
the king.
		 -- Mosiah 19:24
%
And it came to pass that the king of the Lamanites made an oath unto them,
that his people should not slay them.
		 -- Mosiah 19:25
%
And also Limhi, being the son of the king, having the kingdom conferred
upon him by the people, made oath unto the king of the Lamanites that his
people should pay tribute unto him, even one half of all they possessed.
		 -- Mosiah 19:26
%
And it came to pass that Limhi began to establish the kingdom and to
establish peace among his people.
		 -- Mosiah 19:27
%
And the king of the Lamanites set guards round about the land, that he
might keep the people of Limhi in the land, that they might not depart
into the wilderness; and he did support his guards out of the tribute
which he did receive from the Nephites.
		 -- Mosiah 19:28
%
And now king Limhi did have continual peace in his kingdom for the
space of two years, that the Lamanites did not molest them nor seek to
destroy them.
		 -- Mosiah 19:29
%
Now there was a place in Shemlon where the daughters of the Lamanites
did gather themselves together to sing, and to dance, and to make
themselves merry.
		 -- Mosiah 20:1
%
And it came to pass that there was one day a small number of them gathered
together to sing and to dance.
		 -- Mosiah 20:2
%
And now the priests of king Noah, being ashamed to return to the city of
Nephi, yea, and also fearing that the people would slay them, therefore
they durst not return to their wives and their children.
		 -- Mosiah 20:3
%
And having tarried in the wilderness, and having discovered the daughters
of the Lamanites, they laid and watched them;
		 -- Mosiah 20:4
%
And when there were but few of them gathered together to dance, they came
forth out of their secret places and took them and carried them into the
wilderness; yea, twenty and four of the daughters of the Lamanites they
carried into the wilderness.
		 -- Mosiah 20:5
%
And it came to pass that when the Lamanites found that their daughters
had been missing, they were angry with the people of Limhi, for they
thought it was the people of Limhi.
		 -- Mosiah 20:6
%
Therefore they sent their armies forth; yea, even the king himself went
before his people; and they went up to the land of Nephi to destroy the
people of Limhi.
		 -- Mosiah 20:7
%
And now Limhi had discovered them from the tower, even all their
preparations for war did he discover; therefore he gathered his people
together, and laid wait for them in the fields and in the forests.
		 -- Mosiah 20:8
%
And it came to pass that when the Lamanites had come up, that the people
of Limhi began to fall upon them from their waiting places, and began
to slay them.
		 -- Mosiah 20:9
%
And it came to pass that the battle became exceedingly sore, for they
fought like lions for their prey.
		 -- Mosiah 20:10
%
And it came to pass that the people of Limhi began to drive the Lamanites
before them; yet they were not half so numerous as the Lamanites.  But
they fought for their lives, and for their wives, and for their children;
therefore they exerted themselves and like dragons did they fight.
		 -- Mosiah 20:11
%
And it came to pass that they found the king of the Lamanites among the
number of their dead; yet he was not dead, having been wounded and left
upon the ground, so speedy was the flight of his people.
		 -- Mosiah 20:12
%
And they took him and bound up his wounds, and brought him before Limhi,
and said: Behold, here is the king of the Lamanites; he having received
a wound has fallen among their dead, and they have left him; and behold,
we have brought him before you; and now let us slay him.
		 -- Mosiah 20:13
%
But Limhi said unto them: Ye shall not slay him, but bring him hither
that I may see him.  And they brought him.  And Limhi said unto him:
What cause have ye to come up to war against my people?  Behold, my
people have not broken the oath that I made unto you; therefore, why
should ye break the oath which ye made unto my people?
		 -- Mosiah 20:14
%
And now the king said: I have broken the oath because thy people did
carry away the daughters of my people; therefore, in my anger I did
cause my people to come up to war against thy people.
		 -- Mosiah 20:15
%
And now Limhi had heard nothing concerning this matter; therefore he
said: I will search among my people and whosoever has done this thing
shall perish.  Therefore he caused a search to be made among his people.
		 -- Mosiah 20:16
%
Now when Gideon had heard these things, he being the king's captain,
he went forth and said unto the king: I pray thee forbear, and do not
search this people, and lay not this thing to their charge.
		 -- Mosiah 20:17
%
For do ye not remember the priests of thy father, whom this people sought
to destroy?  And are they not in the wilderness?  And are not they the
ones who have stolen the daughters of the Lamanites?
		 -- Mosiah 20:18
%
And now, behold, and tell the king of these things, that he may tell his
people that they may be pacified towards us; for behold they are already
preparing to come against us; and behold also there are but few of us.
		 -- Mosiah 20:19
%
And behold, they come with their numerous hosts; and except the king
doth pacify them towards us we must perish.
		 -- Mosiah 20:20
%
For are not the words of Abinadi fulfilled, which he prophesied against
us--and all this because we would not hearken unto the words of the Lord,
and turn from our iniquities?
		 -- Mosiah 20:21
%
And now let us pacify the king, and we fulfil the oath which we have
made unto him; for it is better that we should be in bondage than that
we should lose our lives; therefore, let us put a stop to the shedding
of so much blood.
		 -- Mosiah 20:22
%
And now Limhi told the king all the things concerning his father, and the
priests that had fled into the wilderness, and attributed the carrying
away of their daughters to them.
		 -- Mosiah 20:23
%
And it came to pass that the king was pacified towards his people; and
he said unto them: Let us go forth to meet my people, without arms; and
I swear unto you with an oath that my people shall not slay thy people.
		 -- Mosiah 20:24
%
And it came to pass that they followed the king, and went forth without
arms to meet the Lamanites.  And it came to pass that they did meet the
Lamanites; and the king of the Lamanites did bow himself down before them,
and did plead in behalf of the people of Limhi.
		 -- Mosiah 20:25
%
And when the Lamanites saw the people of Limhi, that they were without
arms, they had compassion on them and were pacified towards them, and
returned with their king in peace to their own land.
		 -- Mosiah 20:26
%
And it came to pass that Limhi and his people returned to the city of
Nephi, and began to dwell in the land again in peace.
		 -- Mosiah 21:1
%
And it came to pass that after many days the Lamanites began again to
be stirred up in anger against the Nephites, and they began to come into
the borders of the land round about.
		 -- Mosiah 21:2
%
Now they durst not slay them, because of the oath which their king had
made unto Limhi; but they would smite them on their cheeks, and exercise
authority over them; and began to put heavy burdens upon their backs,
and drive them as they would a dumb ass--
		 -- Mosiah 21:3
%
Yea, all this was done that the word of the Lord might be fulfilled.
		 -- Mosiah 21:4
%
And now the afflictions of the Nephites were great, and there was no way
that they could deliver themselves out of their hands, for the Lamanites
had surrounded them on every side.
		 -- Mosiah 21:5
%
And it came to pass that the people began to murmur with the king because
of their afflictions; and they began to be desirous to go against them
to battle.  And they did afflict the king sorely with their complaints;
therefore he granted unto them that they should do according to their
desires.
		 -- Mosiah 21:6
%
And they gathered themselves together again, and put on their armor,
and went forth against the Lamanites to drive them out of their land.
		 -- Mosiah 21:7
%
And it came to pass that the Lamanites did beat them, and drove them back,
and slew many of them.
		 -- Mosiah 21:8
%
And now there was a great mourning and lamentation among the people
of Limhi, the widow mourning for her husband, the son and the daughter
mourning for their father, and the brothers for their brethren.
		 -- Mosiah 21:9
%
Now there were a great many widows in the land, and they did cry mightily
from day to day, for a great fear of the Lamanites had come upon them.
		 -- Mosiah 21:10
%
And it came to pass that their continual cries did stir up the remainder
of the people of Limhi to anger against the Lamanites; and they went
again to battle, but they were driven back again, suffering much loss.
		 -- Mosiah 21:11
%
Yea, they went again even the third time, and suffered in the like manner;
and those that were not slain returned again to the city of Nephi.
		 -- Mosiah 21:12
%
And they did humble themselves even to the dust, subjecting themselves to
the yoke of bondage, submitting themselves to be smitten, and to be driven
to and fro, and burdened, according to the desires of their enemies.
		 -- Mosiah 21:13
%
And they did humble themselves even in the depths of humility; and they
did cry mightily to God; yea, even all the day long did they cry unto
their God that he would deliver them out of their afflictions.
		 -- Mosiah 21:14
%
And now the Lord was slow to hear their cry because of their iniquities;
nevertheless the Lord did hear their cries, and began to soften the
hearts of the Lamanites that they began to ease their burdens; yet the
Lord did not see fit to deliver them out of bondage.
		 -- Mosiah 21:15
%
And it came to pass that they began to prosper by degrees in the land,
and began to raise grain more abundantly, and flocks, and herds, that
they did not suffer with hunger.
		 -- Mosiah 21:16
%
Now there was a great number of women, more than there was of men;
therefore king Limhi commanded that every man should impart to the
support of the widows and their children, that they might not perish
with hunger; and this they did because of the greatness of their number
that had been slain.
		 -- Mosiah 21:17
%
Now the people of Limhi kept together in a body as much as it was
possible, and secured their grain and their flocks;
		 -- Mosiah 21:18
%
And the king himself did not trust his person without the walls of the
city, unless he took his guards with him, fearing that he might by some
means fall into the hands of the Lamanites.
		 -- Mosiah 21:19
%
And he caused that his people should watch the land round about, that by
some means they might take those priests that fled into the wilderness,
who had stolen the daughters of the Lamanites, and that had caused such
a great destruction to come upon them.
		 -- Mosiah 21:20
%
For they were desirous to take them that they might punish them; for they
had come into the land of Nephi by night, and carried off their grain
and many of their precious things; therefore they laid wait for them.
		 -- Mosiah 21:21
%
And it came to pass that there was no more disturbance between the
Lamanites and the people of Limhi, even until the time that Ammon and
his brethren came into the land.
		 -- Mosiah 21:22
%
And the king having been without the gates of the city with his guard,
discovered Ammon and his brethren; and supposing them to be priests of
Noah therefore he caused that they should be taken, and bound, and cast
into prison.  And had they been the priests of Noah he would have caused
that they should be put to death.
		 -- Mosiah 21:23
%
But when he found that they were not, but that they were his brethren,
and had come from the land of Zarahemla, he was filled with exceedingly
great joy.
		 -- Mosiah 21:24
%
Now king Limhi had sent, previous to the coming of Ammon, a small number
of men to search for the land of Zarahemla; but they could not find it,
and they were lost in the wilderness.
		 -- Mosiah 21:25
%
Nevertheless, they did find a land which had been peopled; yea, a land
which was covered with dry bones; yea, a land which had been peopled and
which had been destroyed; and they, having supposed it to be the land of
Zarahemla, returned to the land of Nephi, having arrived in the borders
of the land not many days before the coming of Ammon.
		 -- Mosiah 21:26
%
And they brought a record with them, even a record of the people whose
bones they had found; and it was engraven on plates of ore.
		 -- Mosiah 21:27
%
And now Limhi was again filled with joy on learning from the mouth of
Ammon that king Mosiah had a gift from God, whereby he could interpret
such engravings; yea, and Ammon also did rejoice.
		 -- Mosiah 21:28
%
Yet Ammon and his brethren were filled with sorrow because so many of
their brethren had been slain;
		 -- Mosiah 21:29
%
And also that king Noah and his priests had caused the people to commit
so many sins and iniquities against God; and they also did mourn for the
death of Abinadi; and also for the departure of Alma and the people that
went with him, who had formed a church of God through the strength and
power of God, and faith on the words which had been spoken by Abinadi.
		 -- Mosiah 21:30
%
Yea, they did mourn for their departure, for they knew not whither
they had fled.	Now they would have gladly joined with them, for they
themselves had entered into a covenant with God to serve him and keep
his commandments.
		 -- Mosiah 21:31
%
And now since the coming of Ammon, king Limhi had also entered into a
covenant with God, and also many of his people, to serve him and keep
his commandments.
		 -- Mosiah 21:32
%
And it came to pass that king Limhi and many of his people were desirous
to be baptized; but there was none in the land that had authority
from God.  And Ammon declined doing this thing, considering himself an
unworthy servant.
		 -- Mosiah 21:33
%
Therefore they did not at that time form themselves into a church,
waiting upon the Spirit of the Lord.  Now they were desirous to become
even as Alma and his brethren, who had fled into the wilderness.
		 -- Mosiah 21:34
%
They were desirous to be baptized as a witness and a testimony that
they were willing to serve God with all their hearts; nevertheless
they did prolong the time; and an account of their baptism shall be
given hereafter.
		 -- Mosiah 21:35
%
And now all the study of Ammon and his people, and king Limhi and his
people, was to deliver themselves out of the hands of the Lamanites and
from bondage.
		 -- Mosiah 21:36
%
And now it came to pass that Ammon and king Limhi began to consult with
the people how they should deliver themselves out of bondage; and even
they did cause that all the people should gather themselves together;
and this they did that they might have the voice of the people concerning
the matter.
		 -- Mosiah 22:1
%
And it came to pass that they could find no way to deliver themselves out
of bondage, except it were to take their women and children, and their
flocks, and their herds, and their tents, and depart into the wilderness;
for the Lamanites being so numerous, it was impossible for the people
of Limhi to contend with them, thinking to deliver themselves out of
bondage by the sword.
		 -- Mosiah 22:2
%
Now it came to pass that Gideon went forth and stood before the king,
and said unto him: Now O king, thou hast hitherto hearkened unto my words
many times when we have been contending with our brethren, the Lamanites.
		 -- Mosiah 22:3
%
And now O king, if thou hast not found me to be an unprofitable servant,
or if thou hast hitherto listened to my words in any degree, and they
have been of service to thee, even so I desire that thou wouldst listen
to my words at this time, and I will be thy servant and deliver this
people out of bondage.
		 -- Mosiah 22:4
%
And the king granted unto him that he might speak.  And Gideon said
unto him:
		 -- Mosiah 22:5
%
Behold the back pass, through the back wall, on the back side of the city.
The Lamanites, or the guards of the Lamanites, by night are drunken;
therefore let us send a proclamation among all this people that they
gather together their flocks and herds, that they may drive them into
the wilderness by night.
		 -- Mosiah 22:6
%
And I will go according to thy command and pay the last tribute of wine
to the Lamanites, and they will be drunken; and we will pass through the
secret pass on the left of their camp when they are drunken and asleep.
		 -- Mosiah 22:7
%
Thus we will depart with our women and our children, our flocks, and our
herds into the wilderness; and we will travel around the land of Shilom.
		 -- Mosiah 22:8
%
And it came to pass that the king hearkened unto the words of Gideon.
		 -- Mosiah 22:9
%
And king Limhi caused that his people should gather their flocks together;
and he sent the tribute of wine to the Lamanites; and he also sent more
wine, as a present unto them; and they did drink freely of the wine
which king Limhi did send unto them.
		 -- Mosiah 22:10
%
And it came to pass that the people of king Limhi did depart by night
into the wilderness with their flocks and their herds, and they went
round about the land of Shilom in the wilderness, and bent their course
towards the land of Zarahemla, being led by Ammon and his brethren.
		 -- Mosiah 22:11
%
And they had taken all their gold, and silver, and their precious things,
which they could carry, and also their provisions with them, into the
wilderness; and they pursued their journey.
		 -- Mosiah 22:12
%
And after being many days in the wilderness they arrived in the land of
Zarahemla, and joined Mosiah's people, and became his subjects.
		 -- Mosiah 22:13
%
And it came to pass that Mosiah received them with joy; and he also
received their records, and also the records which had been found by
the people of Limhi.
		 -- Mosiah 22:14
%
And now it came to pass when the Lamanites had found that the people of
Limhi had departed out of the land by night, that they sent an army into
the wilderness to pursue them;
		 -- Mosiah 22:15
%
And after they had pursued them two days, they could no longer follow
their tracks; therefore they were lost in the wilderness.
		 -- Mosiah 22:16
%
Now Alma, having been warned of the Lord that the armies of king Noah
would come upon them, and having made it known to his people, therefore
they gathered together their flocks, and took of their grain, and departed
into the wilderness before the armies of king Noah.
		 -- Mosiah 23:1
%
And the Lord did strengthen them, that the people of king Noah could
not overtake them to destroy them.
		 -- Mosiah 23:2
%
And they fled eight days' journey into the wilderness.
		 -- Mosiah 23:3
%
And they came to a land, yea, even a very beautiful and pleasant land,
a land of pure water.
		 -- Mosiah 23:4
%
And they pitched their tents, and began to till the ground, and began
to build buildings; yea, they were industrious, and did labor exceedingly.
		 -- Mosiah 23:5
%
And the people were desirous that Alma should be their king, for he was
beloved by his people.
		 -- Mosiah 23:6
%
But he said unto them: Behold, it is not expedient that we should have
a king; for thus saith the Lord: Ye shall not esteem one flesh above
another, or one man shall not think himself above another; therefore I
say unto you it is not expedient that ye should have a king.
		 -- Mosiah 23:7
%
Nevertheless, if it were possible that ye could always have just men to
be your kings it would be well for you to have a king.
		 -- Mosiah 23:8
%
But remember the iniquity of king Noah and his priests; and I myself
was caught in a snare, and did many things which were abominable in the
sight of the Lord, which caused me sore repentance;
		 -- Mosiah 23:9
%
Nevertheless, after much tribulation, the Lord did hear my cries, and
did answer my prayers, and has made me an instrument in his hands in
bringing so many of you to a knowledge of his truth.
		 -- Mosiah 23:10
%
Nevertheless, in this I do not glory, for I am unworthy to glory of
myself.
		 -- Mosiah 23:11
%
And now I say unto you, ye have been oppressed by king Noah, and have
been in bondage to him and his priests, and have been brought into
iniquity by them; therefore ye were bound with the bands of iniquity.
		 -- Mosiah 23:12
%
And now as ye have been delivered by the power of God out of these bonds;
yea, even out of the hands of king Noah and his people, and also from
the bonds of iniquity, even so I desire that ye should stand fast in
this liberty wherewith ye have been made free, and that ye trust no man
to be a king over you.
		 -- Mosiah 23:13
%
And also trust no one to be your teacher nor your minister, except he
be a man of God, walking in his ways and keeping his commandments.
		 -- Mosiah 23:14
%
Thus did Alma teach his people, that every man should love his neighbor
as himself, that there should be no contention among them.
		 -- Mosiah 23:15
%
And now, Alma was their high priest, he being the founder of their church.
		 -- Mosiah 23:16
%
And it came to pass that none received authority to preach or to teach
except it were by him from God.  Therefore he consecrated all their
priests and all their teachers; and none were consecrated except they
were just men.
		 -- Mosiah 23:17
%
Therefore they did watch over their people, and did nourish them with
things pertaining to righteousness.
		 -- Mosiah 23:18
%
And it came to pass that they began to prosper exceedingly in the land;
and they called the land Helam.
		 -- Mosiah 23:19
%
And it came to pass that they did multiply and prosper exceedingly in the
land of Helam; and they built a city, which they called the city of Helam.
		 -- Mosiah 23:20
%
Nevertheless the Lord seeth fit to chasten his people; yea, he trieth
their patience and their faith.
		 -- Mosiah 23:21
%
Nevertheless--whosoever putteth his trust in him the same shall be lifted
up at the last day.  Yea, and thus it was with this people.
		 -- Mosiah 23:22
%
For behold, I will show unto you that they were brought into bondage,
and none could deliver them but the Lord their God, yea, even the God
of Abraham and Isaac and of Jacob.
		 -- Mosiah 23:23
%
And it came to pass that he did deliver them, and he did show forth his
mighty power unto them, and great were their rejoicings.
		 -- Mosiah 23:24
%
For behold, it came to pass that while they were in the land of Helam,
yea, in the city of Helam, while tilling the land round about, behold
an army of the Lamanites was in the borders of the land.
		 -- Mosiah 23:25
%
Now it came to pass that the brethren of Alma fled from their fields,
and gathered themselves together in the city of Helam; and they were
much frightened because of the appearance of the Lamanites.
		 -- Mosiah 23:26
%
But Alma went forth and stood among them, and exhorted them that they
should not be frightened, but that they should remember the Lord their
God and he would deliver them.
		 -- Mosiah 23:27
%
Therefore they hushed their fears, and began to cry unto the Lord that
he would soften the hearts of the Lamanites, that they would spare them,
and their wives, and their children.
		 -- Mosiah 23:28
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And it came to pass the the Lord did soften the hearts of the Lamanites.
And Alma and his brethren went forth and delivered themselves up into
their hands; and the Lamanites took possession of the land of Helam.
		 -- Mosiah 23:29
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Now the armies of the Lamanites, which had followed after the people of
king Limhi, had been lost in the wilderness for many days.
		 -- Mosiah 23:30
%
And behold, they had found those priests of king Noah, in a place which
they called Amulon; and they had begun to possess the land of Amulon
and had begun to till the ground.
		 -- Mosiah 23:31
%
Now the name of the leader of those priests was Amulon.
		 -- Mosiah 23:32
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And it came to pass that Amulon did plead with the Lamanites; and he
also sent forth their wives, who were the daughters of the Lamanites,
to plead with their brethren, that they should not destroy their husbands.
		 -- Mosiah 23:33
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And the Lamanites had compassion on Amulon and his brethren, and did
not destroy them, because of their wives.
		 -- Mosiah 23:34
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And Amulon and his brethren did join the Lamanites, and they were
traveling in the wilderness in search of the land of Nephi when they
discovered the land of Helam, which was possessed by Alma and his
brethren.
		 -- Mosiah 23:35
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And it came to pass that the Lamanites promised unto Alma and his
brethren, that if they would show them the way which led to the land of
Nephi that they would grant unto them their lives and their liberty.
		 -- Mosiah 23:36
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But after Alma had shown them the way that led to the land of Nephi the
Lamanites would not keep their promise; but they set guards round about
the land of Helam, over Alma and his brethren.
		 -- Mosiah 23:37
%
And the remainder of them went to the land of Nephi; and a part of them
returned to the land of Helam, and also brought with them the wives and
the children of the guards who had been left in the land.
		 -- Mosiah 23:38
%
And the king of the Lamanites had granted unto Amulon that he should
be a king and a ruler over his people, who were in the land of Helam;
nevertheless he should have no power to do anything contrary to the will
of the king of the Lamanites.
		 -- Mosiah 23:39
%
And it came to pass that Amulon did gain favor in the eyes of the king
of the Lamanites; therefore, the king of the Lamanites granted unto him
and his brethren that they should be appointed teachers over his people,
yea, even over the people who were in the land of Shemlon, and in the
land of Shilom, and in the land of Amulon.
		 -- Mosiah 24:1
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For the Lamanites had taken possession of all these lands; therefore,
the king of the Lamanites had appointed kings over all these lands.
		 -- Mosiah 24:2
%
And now the name of the king of the Lamanites was Laman, being called
after the name of his father; and therefore he was called king Laman.
And he was king over a numerous people.
		 -- Mosiah 24:3
%
And he appointed teachers of the brethren of Amulon in every land which
was possessed by his people; and thus the language of Nephi began to be
taught among all the people of the Lamanites.
		 -- Mosiah 24:4
%
And they were a people friendly one with another; nevertheless they
knew not God; neither did the brethren of Amulon teach them anything
concerning the Lord their God, neither the law of Moses; nor did they
teach them the words of Abinadi;
		 -- Mosiah 24:5
%
But they taught them that they should keep their record, and that they
might write one to another.
		 -- Mosiah 24:6
%
And thus the Lamanites began to increase in riches, and began to trade one
with another and wax great, and began to be a cunning and a wise people,
as to the wisdom of the world, yea, a very cunning people, delighting
in all manner of wickedness and plunder, except it were among their
own brethren.
		 -- Mosiah 24:7
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And now it came to pass that Amulon began to exercise authority over
Alma and his brethren, and began to persecute him, and cause that his
children should persecute their children.
		 -- Mosiah 24:8
%
For Amulon knew Alma, that he had been one of the king's priests, and
that it was he that believed the words of Abinadi and was driven out
before the king, and therefore he was wroth with him; for he was subject
to king Laman, yet he exercised authority over them, and put tasks upon
them, and put task-masters over them.
		 -- Mosiah 24:9
%
And it came to pass that so great were their afflictions that they began
to cry mightily to God.
		 -- Mosiah 24:10
%
And Amulon commanded them that they should stop their cries; and he put
guards over them to watch them, that whosoever should be found calling
upon God should be put to death.
		 -- Mosiah 24:11
%
And Alma and his people did not raise their voices to the Lord their God,
but did pour out their hearts to him; and he did know the thoughts of
their hearts.
		 -- Mosiah 24:12
%
And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord came to them in their
afflictions, saying: Lift up your heads and be of good comfort, for I
know of the covenant which ye have made unto me; and I will covenant
with my people and deliver them out of bondage.
		 -- Mosiah 24:13
%
And I will also ease the burdens which are put upon your shoulders, that
even you cannot feel them upon your backs, even while you are in bondage;
and this will I do that ye may stand as witnesses for me hereafter, and
that ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord God, do visit my people
in their afflictions.
		 -- Mosiah 24:14
%
And now it came to pass that the burdens which were laid upon Alma and
his brethren were made light; yea, the Lord did strengthen them that they
could bear up their burdens with ease, and they did submit cheerfully
and with patience to all the will of the Lord.
		 -- Mosiah 24:15
%
And it came to pass that so great was their faith and their patience that
the voice of the Lord came unto them again, saying: Be of good comfort,
for on the morrow I will deliver you out of bondage.
		 -- Mosiah 24:16
%
And he said unto Alma: Thou shalt go before this people, and I will go
with thee and deliver this people out of bondage.
		 -- Mosiah 24:17
%
Now it came to pass that Alma and his people in the night-time gathered
their flocks together, and also of their grain; yea, even all the
night-time were they gathering the flocks together.
		 -- Mosiah 24:18
%
And in the morning the Lord caused a deep sleep to come upon the
Lamanites, yea, and all their task-masters were in a profound sleep.
		 -- Mosiah 24:19
%
And Alma and his people departed into the wilderness; and when they had
traveled all day they pitched their tents in a valley, and they called
the valley Alma, because he led their way in the wilderness.
		 -- Mosiah 24:20
%
Yea, and in the valley of Alma they poured out their thanks to God
because he had been merciful unto them, and eased their burdens, and
had delivered them out of bondage; for they were in bondage, and none
could deliver them except it were the Lord their God.
		 -- Mosiah 24:21
%
And they gave thanks to God, yea, all their men and all their women and
all their children that could speak lifted their voices in the praises
of their God.
		 -- Mosiah 24:22
%
And now the Lord said unto Alma: Haste thee and get thou and this people
out of this land, for the Lamanites have awakened and do pursue thee;
therefore get thee out of this land, and I will stop the Lamanites in
this valley that they come no further in pursuit of this people.
		 -- Mosiah 24:23
%
And it came to pass that they departed out of the valley, and took their
journey into the wilderness.
		 -- Mosiah 24:24
%
And after they had been in the wilderness twelve days they arrived in
the land of Zarahemla; and king Mosiah did also receive them with joy.
		 -- Mosiah 24:25
%
And now king Mosiah caused that all the people should be gathered
together.
		 -- Mosiah 25:1
%
Now there were not so many of the children of Nephi, or so many of
those who were descendants of Nephi, as there were of the people of
Zarahemla, who was a descendant of Mulek, and those who came with him
into the wilderness.
		 -- Mosiah 25:2
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And there were not so many of the people of Nephi and of the people
of Zarahemla as there were of the Lamanites; yea, they were not half
so numerous.
		 -- Mosiah 25:3
%
And now all the people of Nephi were assembled together, and also all
the people of Zarahemla, and they were gathered together in two bodies.
		 -- Mosiah 25:4
%
And it came to pass that Mosiah did read, and caused to be read, the
records of Zeniff to his people; yea, he read the records of the people
of Zeniff, from the time they left the land of Zarahemla until they
returned again.
		 -- Mosiah 25:5
%
And he also read the account of Alma and his brethren, and all their
afflictions, from the time they left the land of Zarahemla until the
time they returned again.
		 -- Mosiah 25:6
%
And now, when Mosiah had made an end of reading the records, his people
who tarried in the land were struck with wonder and amazement.
		 -- Mosiah 25:7
%
For they knew not what to think; for when they beheld those that had
been delivered out of bondage they were filled with exceedingly great joy.
		 -- Mosiah 25:8
%
And again, when they thought of their brethren who had been slain by
the Lamanites they were filled with sorrow, and even shed many tears
of sorrow.
		 -- Mosiah 25:9
%
And again, when they thought of the immediate goodness of God, and
his power in delivering Alma and his brethren out of the hands of the
Lamanites and of bondage, they did raise their voices and give thanks
to God.
		 -- Mosiah 25:10
%
And again, when they thought upon the Lamanites, who were their brethren,
of their sinful and polluted state, they were filled with pain and
anguish for the welfare of their souls.
		 -- Mosiah 25:11
%
And it came to pass that those who were the children of Amulon and
his brethren, who had taken to wife the daughters of the Lamanites,
were displeased with the conduct of their fathers, and they would no
longer be called by the names of their fathers, therefore they took upon
themselves the name of Nephi, that they might be called the children of
Nephi and be numbered among those who were called Nephites.
		 -- Mosiah 25:12
%
And now all the people of Zarahemla were numbered with the Nephites,
and this because the kingdom had been conferred upon none but those who
were descendants of Nephi.
		 -- Mosiah 25:13
%
And now it came to pass that when Mosiah had made an end of speaking
and reading to the people, he desired that Alma should also speak to
the people.
		 -- Mosiah 25:14
%
And Alma did speak unto them, when they were assembled together in large
bodies, and he went from one body to another, preaching unto the people
repentance and faith on the Lord.
		 -- Mosiah 25:15
%
And he did exhort the people of Limhi and his brethren, all those that
had been delivered out of bondage, that they should remember that it
was the Lord that did deliver them.
		 -- Mosiah 25:16
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And it came to pass that after Alma had taught the people many things,
and had made an end of speaking to them, that king Limhi was desirous
that he might be baptized; and all his people were desirous that they
might be baptized also.
		 -- Mosiah 25:17
%
Therefore, Alma did go forth into the water and did baptize them; yea,
he did baptize them after the manner he did his brethren in the waters
of Mormon; yea, and as many as he did baptize did belong to the church
of God; and this because of their belief on the words of Alma.
		 -- Mosiah 25:18
%
And it came to pass that king Mosiah granted unto Alma that he might
establish churches throughout all the land of Zarahemla; and gave him
power to ordain priests and teachers over every church.
		 -- Mosiah 25:19
%
Now this was done because there were so many people that they could not
all be governed by one teacher; neither could they all hear the word of
God in one assembly;
		 -- Mosiah 25:20
%
Therefore they did assemble themselves together in different bodies, being
called churches; every church having their priests and their teachers,
and every priest preaching the word according as it was delivered to
him by the mouth of Alma.
		 -- Mosiah 25:21
%
And thus, notwithstanding there being many churches they were all one
church, yea, even the church of God; for there was nothing preached in
all the churches except it were repentance and faith in God.
		 -- Mosiah 25:22
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And now there were seven churches in the land of Zarahemla. And it came
to pass that whosoever were desirous to take upon them the name of Christ,
or of God, they did join the churches of God;
		 -- Mosiah 25:23
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And they were called the people of God.  And the Lord did pour out his
Spirit upon them, and they were blessed, and prospered in the land.
		 -- Mosiah 25:24
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Now it came to pass that there were many of the rising generation that
could not understand the words of king Benjamin, being little children at
the time he spake unto his people; and they did not believe the tradition
of their fathers.
		 -- Mosiah 26:1
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They did not believe what had been said concerning the resurrection of
the dead, neither did they believe concerning the coming of Christ.
		 -- Mosiah 26:2
%
And now because of their unbelief they could not understand the word of
God; and their hearts were hardened.
		 -- Mosiah 26:3
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And they would not be baptized; neither would they join the church.
And they were a separate people as to their faith, and remained so ever
after, even in their carnal and sinful state; for they would not call
upon the Lord their God.
		 -- Mosiah 26:4
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And now in the reign of Mosiah they were not half so numerous as the
people of God; but because of the dissensions among the brethren they
became more numerous.
		 -- Mosiah 26:5
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For it came to pass that they did deceive many with their flattering
words, who were in the church, and did cause them to commit many sins;
therefore it became expedient that those who committed sin, that were
in the church, should be admonished by the church.
		 -- Mosiah 26:6
%
And it came to pass that they were brought before the priests, and
delivered up unto the priests by the teachers; and the priests brought
them before Alma, who was the high priest.
		 -- Mosiah 26:7
%
Now king Mosiah had given Alma the authority over the church.
		 -- Mosiah 26:8
%
And it came to pass that Alma did not know concerning them; but there
were many witnesses against them; yea, the people stood and testified
of their iniquity in abundance.
		 -- Mosiah 26:9
%
Now there had not any such thing happened before in the church; therefore
Alma was troubled in his spirit, and he caused that they should be
brought before the king.
		 -- Mosiah 26:10
%
And he said unto the king: Behold, here are many whom we have brought
before thee, who are accused of their brethren; yea, and they have been
taken in divers iniquities.  And they do not repent of their iniquities;
therefore we have brought them before thee, that thou mayest judge them
according to their crimes.
		 -- Mosiah 26:11
%
But king Mosiah said unto Alma: Behold, I judge them not; therefore I
deliver them into thy hands to be judged.
		 -- Mosiah 26:12
%
And now the spirit of Alma was again troubled; and he went and inquired
of the Lord what he should do concerning this matter, for he feared that
he should do wrong in the sight of God.
		 -- Mosiah 26:13
%
And it came to pass that after he had poured out his whole soul to God,
the voice of the Lord came to him, saying:
		 -- Mosiah 26:14
%
Blessed art thou, Alma, and blessed are they who were baptized in the
waters of Mormon.  Thou art blessed because of thy exceeding faith in
the words alone of my servant Abinadi.
		 -- Mosiah 26:15
%
And blessed are they because of their exceeding faith in the words alone
which thou hast spoken unto them.
		 -- Mosiah 26:16
%
And blessed art thou because thou hast established a church among this
people; and they shall be established, and they shall be my people.
		 -- Mosiah 26:17
%
Yea, blessed is this people who are willing to bear my name; for in my
name shall they be called; and they are mine.
		 -- Mosiah 26:18
%
And because thou hast inquired of me concerning the transgressor, thou
art blessed.
		 -- Mosiah 26:19
%
Thou art my servant; and I covenant with thee that thou shalt have eternal
life; and thou shalt serve me and go forth in my name, and shalt gather
together my sheep.
		 -- Mosiah 26:20
%
And he that will hear my voice shall be my sheep; and him shall ye
receive into the church, and him will I also receive.
		 -- Mosiah 26:21
%
For behold, this is my church; whosoever is baptized shall be baptized
unto repentance.  And whomsoever ye receive shall believe in my name;
and him will I freely forgive.
		 -- Mosiah 26:22
%
For it is I that taketh upon me the sins of the world; for it is I that
hath created them; and it is I that granteth unto him that believeth
unto the end a place at my right hand.
		 -- Mosiah 26:23
%
For behold, in my name are they called; and if they know me they shall
come forth, and shall have a place eternally at my right hand.
		 -- Mosiah 26:24
%
And it shall come to pass that when the second trump shall sound then
shall they that never knew me come forth and shall stand before me.
		 -- Mosiah 26:25
%
And then shall they know that I am the Lord their God, that I am their
Redeemer; but they would not be redeemed.
		 -- Mosiah 26:26
%
And then I will confess unto them that I never knew them; and they shall
depart into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
		 -- Mosiah 26:27
%
Therefore I say unto you, that he that will not hear my voice, the same
shall ye not receive into my church, for him I will not receive at the
last day.
		 -- Mosiah 26:28
%
Therefore I say unto you, Go; and whosoever transgresseth against me,
him shall ye judge according to the sins which he has committed; and if
he confess his sins before thee and me, and repenteth in the sincerity
of his heart, him shall ye forgive, and I will forgive him also.
		 -- Mosiah 26:29
%
Yea, and as often as my people repent will I forgive them their trespasses
against me.
		 -- Mosiah 26:30
%
And ye shall also forgive one another your trespasses; for verily I say
unto you, he that forgiveth not his neighbor's trespasses when he says
that he repents, the same hath brought himself under condemnation.
		 -- Mosiah 26:31
%
Now I say unto you, Go; and whosoever will not repent of his sins the
same shall not be numbered among my people; and this shall be observed
from this time forward.
		 -- Mosiah 26:32
%
And it came to pass when Alma had heard these words he wrote them down
that he might have them, and that he might judge the people of that
church according to the commandments of God.
		 -- Mosiah 26:33
%
And it came to pass that Alma went and judged those that had been taken
in iniquity, according to the word of the Lord.
		 -- Mosiah 26:34
%
And whosoever repented of their sins and did confess them, them he did
number among the people of the church;
		 -- Mosiah 26:35
%
And those that would not confess their sins and repent of their iniquity,
the same were not numbered among the people of the church, and their
names were blotted out.
		 -- Mosiah 26:36
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And it came to pass that Alma did regulate all the affairs of the church;
and they began again to have peace and to prosper exceedingly in the
affairs of the church, walking circumspectly before God, receiving many,
and baptizing many.
		 -- Mosiah 26:37
%
And now all these things did Alma and his fellow laborers do who were
over the church, walking in all diligence, teaching the word of God in
all things, suffering all manner of afflictions, being persecuted by
all those who did not belong to the church of God.
		 -- Mosiah 26:38
%
And they did admonish their brethren; and they were also admonished,
every one by the word of God, according to his sins, or to the sins
which he had committed, being commanded of God to pray without ceasing,
and to give thanks in all things.
		 -- Mosiah 26:39
%
And now it came to pass that the persecutions which were inflicted on
the church by the unbelievers became so great that the church began to
murmur, and complain to their leaders concerning the matter; and they
did complain to Alma.  And Alma laid the case before their king, Mosiah.
And Mosiah consulted with his priests.
		 -- Mosiah 27:1
%
And it came to pass that king Mosiah sent a proclamation throughout the
land round about that there should not any unbeliever persecute any of
those who belonged to the church of God.
		 -- Mosiah 27:2
%
And there was a strict command throughout all the churches that there
should be no persecutions among them, that there should be an equality
among all men;
		 -- Mosiah 27:3
%
That they should let no pride nor haughtiness disturb their peace;
that every man should esteem his neighbor as himself, laboring with
their own hands for their support.
		 -- Mosiah 27:4
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Yea, and all their priests and teachers should labor with their own hands
for their support, in all cases save it were in sickness, or in much want;
and doing these things, they did abound in the grace of God.
		 -- Mosiah 27:5
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And there began to be much peace again in the land; and the people began
to be very numerous, and began to scatter abroad upon the face of the
earth, yea, on the north and on the south, on the east and on the west,
building large cities and villages in all quarters of the land.
		 -- Mosiah 27:6
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And the Lord did visit them and prosper them, and they became a large
and wealthy people.
		 -- Mosiah 27:7
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Now the sons of Mosiah were numbered among the unbelievers; and also one
of the sons of Alma was numbered among them, he being called Alma, after
his father; nevertheless, he became a very wicked and an idolatrous man.
And he was a man of many words, and did speak much flattery to the
people; therefore he led many of the people to do after the manner of
his iniquities.
		 -- Mosiah 27:8
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And he became a great hinderment to the prosperity of the church of God;
stealing away the hearts of the people; causing much dissension among
the people; giving a chance for the enemy of God to exercise his power
over them.
		 -- Mosiah 27:9
%
And now it came to pass that while he was going about to destroy the
church of God, for he did go about secretly with the sons of Mosiah
seeking to destroy the church, and to lead astray the people of the Lord,
contrary to the commandments of God, or even the king--
		 -- Mosiah 27:10
%
And as I said unto you, as they were going about rebelling against God,
behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto them; and he descended as
it were in a cloud; and he spake as it were with a voice of thunder,
which caused the earth to shake upon which they stood;
		 -- Mosiah 27:11
%
And so great was their astonishment, that they fell to the earth, and
understood not the words which he spake unto them.
		 -- Mosiah 27:12
%
Nevertheless he cried again, saying: Alma, arise and stand forth, for
why persecutest thou the church of God?  For the Lord hath said: This
is my church, and I will establish it; and nothing shall overthrow it,
save it is the transgression of my people.
		 -- Mosiah 27:13
%
And again, the angel said: Behold, the Lord hath heard the prayers of his
people, and also the prayers of his servant, Alma, who is thy father;
for he has prayed with much faith concerning thee that thou mightest
be brought to the knowledge of the truth; therefore, for this purpose
have I come to convince thee of the power and authority of God, that
the prayers of his servants might be answered according to their faith.
		 -- Mosiah 27:14
%
And now behold, can ye dispute the power of God?  For behold, doth not
my voice shake the earth?  And can ye not also behold me before you?
And I am sent from God.
		 -- Mosiah 27:15
%
Now I say unto thee: Go, and remember the captivity of thy fathers in the
land of Helam, and in the land of Nephi; and remember how great things he
has done for them; for they were in bondage, and he has delivered them.
And now I say unto thee, Alma, go thy way, and seek to destroy the church
no more, that their prayers may be answered, and this even if thou wilt
of thyself be cast off.
		 -- Mosiah 27:16
%
And now it came to pass that these were the last words which the angel
spake unto Alma, and he departed.
		 -- Mosiah 27:17
%
And now Alma and those that were with him fell again to the earth, for
great was their astonishment; for with their own eyes they had beheld an
angel of the Lord; and his voice was as thunder, which shook the earth;
and they knew that there was nothing save the power of God that could
shake the earth and cause it to tremble as though it would part asunder.
		 -- Mosiah 27:18
%
And now the astonishment of Alma was so great that he became dumb, that
he could not open his mouth; yea, and he became weak, even that he could
not move his hands; therefore he was taken by those that were with him,
and carried helpless, even until he was laid before his father.
		 -- Mosiah 27:19
%
And they rehearsed unto his father all that had happened unto them;
and his father rejoiced, for he knew that it was the power of God.
		 -- Mosiah 27:20
%
And he caused that a multitude should be gathered together that they
might witness what the Lord had done for his son, and also for those
that were with him.
		 -- Mosiah 27:21
%
And he caused that the priests should assemble themselves together; and
they began to fast, and to pray to the Lord their God that he would open
the mouth of Alma, that he might speak, and also that his limbs might
receive their strength--that the eyes of the people might be opened to
see and know of the goodness and glory of God.
		 -- Mosiah 27:22
%
And it came to pass after they had fasted and prayed for the space of two
days and two nights, the limbs of Alma received their strength, and he
stood up and began to speak unto them, bidding them to be of good comfort:
		 -- Mosiah 27:23
%
For, said he, I have repented of my sins, and have been redeemed of the
Lord; behold I am born of the Spirit.
		 -- Mosiah 27:24
%
And the Lord said unto me: Marvel not that all mankind, yea, men and
women, all nations, kindreds, tongues and people, must be born again;
yea, born of God, changed from their carnal and fallen state, to a state
of righteousness, being redeemed of God, becoming his sons and daughters;
		 -- Mosiah 27:25
%
And thus they become new creatures; and unless they do this, they can
in nowise inherit the kingdom of God.
		 -- Mosiah 27:26
%
I say unto you, unless this be the case, they must be cast off; and this
I know, because I was like to be cast off.
		 -- Mosiah 27:27
%
Nevertheless, after wading through much tribulation, repenting nigh unto
death, the Lord in mercy hath seen fit to snatch me out of an everlasting
burning, and I am born of God.
		 -- Mosiah 27:28
%
My soul hath been redeemed from the gall of bitterness and bonds of
iniquity.  I was in the darkest abyss; but now I behold the marvelous
light of God.  My soul was racked with eternal torment; but I am snatched,
and my soul is pained no more.
		 -- Mosiah 27:29
%
I rejected my Redeemer, and denied that which had been spoken of by our
fathers; but now that they may foresee that he will come, and that he
remembereth every creature of his creating, he will make himself manifest
unto all.
		 -- Mosiah 27:30
%
Yea, every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess before him.  Yea,
even at the last day, when all men shall stand to be judged of him,
then shall they confess that he is God; then shall they confess, who live
without God in the world, that the judgment of an everlasting punishment
is just upon them; and they shall quake, and tremble, and shrink beneath
the glance of his all-searching eye.
		 -- Mosiah 27:31
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And now it came to pass that Alma began from this time forward to teach
the people, and those who were with Alma at the time the angel appeared
unto them, traveling round about through all the land, publishing to
all the people the things which they had heard and seen, and preaching
the word of God in much tribulation, being greatly persecuted by those
who were unbelievers, being smitten by many of them.
		 -- Mosiah 27:32
%
But notwithstanding all this, they did impart much consolation to the
church, confirming their faith, and exhorting them with long-suffering
and much travail to keep the commandments of God.
		 -- Mosiah 27:33
%
And four of them were the sons of Mosiah; and their names were Ammon, and
Aaron, and Omner, and Himni; these were the names of the sons of Mosiah.
		 -- Mosiah 27:34
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And they traveled throughout all the land of Zarahemla, and among all the
people who were under the reign of king Mosiah, zealously striving to
repair all the injuries which they had done to the church, confessing
all their sins, and publishing all the things which they had seen,
and explaining the prophecies and the scriptures to all who desired to
hear them.
		 -- Mosiah 27:35
%
And thus they were instruments in the hands of God in bringing many to
the knowledge of the truth, yea, to the knowledge of their Redeemer.
		 -- Mosiah 27:36
%
And how blessed are they!  For they did publish peace; they did publish
good tidings of good; and they did declare unto the people that the
Lord reigneth.
		 -- Mosiah 27:37
%
Now it came to pass that after the sons of Mosiah had done all these
things, they took a small number with them and returned to their father,
the king, and desired of him that he would grant unto them that they
might, with these whom they had selected, go up to the land of Nephi
that they might preach the things which they had heard, and that they
might impart the word of God to their brethren, the Lamanites--
		 -- Mosiah 28:1
%
That perhaps they might bring them to the knowledge of the Lord their God,
and convince them of the iniquity of their fathers; and that perhaps they
might cure them of their hatred towards the Nephites, that they might
also be brought to rejoice in the Lord their God, that they might become
friendly to one another, and that there should be no more contentions
in all the land which the Lord their God had given them.
		 -- Mosiah 28:2
%
Now they were desirous that salvation should be declared to every
creature, for they could not bear that any human soul should perish;
yea, even the very thoughts that any soul should endure endless torment
did cause them to quake and tremble.
		 -- Mosiah 28:3
%
And thus did the Spirit of the Lord work upon them, for they were the
very vilest of sinners.  And the Lord saw fit in his infinite mercy to
spare them; nevertheless they suffered much anguish of soul because of
their iniquities, suffering much and fearing that they should be cast
off forever.
		 -- Mosiah 28:4
%
And it came to pass that they did plead with their father many days that
they might go up to the land of Nephi.
		 -- Mosiah 28:5
%
And king Mosiah went and inquired of the Lord if he should let his sons
go up among the Lamanites to preach the word.
		 -- Mosiah 28:6
%
And the Lord said unto Mosiah: Let them go up, for many shall believe
on their words, and they shall have eternal life; and I will deliver
thy sons out of the hands of the Lamanites.
		 -- Mosiah 28:7
%
And it came to pass that Mosiah granted that they might go and do
according to their request.
		 -- Mosiah 28:8
%
And they took their journey into the wilderness to go up to preach
the word among the Lamanites; and I shall give an account of their
proceedings hereafter.
		 -- Mosiah 28:9
%
Now king Mosiah had no one to confer the kingdom upon, for there was
not any of his sons who would accept of the kingdom.
		 -- Mosiah 28:10
%
Therefore he took the records which were engraven on the plates of brass,
and also the plates of Nephi, and all the things which he had kept and
preserved according to the commandments of God, after having translated
and caused to be written the records which were on the plates of gold
which had been found by the people of Limhi, which were delivered to
him by the hand of Limhi;
		 -- Mosiah 28:11
%
And this he did because of the great anxiety of his people; for they
were desirous beyond measure to know concerning those people who had
been destroyed.
		 -- Mosiah 28:12
%
And now he translated them by the means of those two stones which were
fastened into the two rims of a bow.
		 -- Mosiah 28:13
%
Now these things were prepared from the beginning, and were handed down
from generation to generation, for the purpose of interpreting languages;
		 -- Mosiah 28:14
%
And they have been kept and preserved by the hand of the Lord, that
he should discover to every creature who should possess the land the
iniquities and abominations of his people;
		 -- Mosiah 28:15
%
And whosoever has these things is called seer, after the manner of
old times.
		 -- Mosiah 28:16
%
Now after Mosiah had finished translating these records, behold, it
gave an account of the people who were destroyed, from the time that
they were destroyed back to the building of the great tower, at the time
the Lord confounded the language of the people and they were scattered
abroad upon the face of all the earth, yea, and even from that time back
until the creation of Adam.
		 -- Mosiah 28:17
%
Now this account did cause the people of Mosiah to mourn exceedingly, yea,
they were filled with sorrow; nevertheless it gave them much knowledge,
in the which they did rejoice.
		 -- Mosiah 28:18
%
And this account shall be written hereafter; for behold, it is expedient
that all people should know the things which are written in this account.
		 -- Mosiah 28:19
%
And now, as I said unto you, that after king Mosiah had done these
things, he took the plates of brass, and all the things which he had
kept, and conferred them upon Alma, who was the son of Alma; yea, all
the records, and also the interpreters, and conferred them upon him,
and commanded him that he should keep and preserve them, and also keep a
record of the people, handing them down from one generation to another,
even as they had been handed down from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem.
		 -- Mosiah 28:20
%
Now when Mosiah had done this he sent out throughout all the land,
among all the people, desiring to know their will concerning who should
be their king.
		 -- Mosiah 29:1
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And it came to pass that the voice of the people came, saying: We are
desirous that Aaron thy son should be our king and our ruler.
		 -- Mosiah 29:2
%
Now Aaron had gone up to the land of Nephi, therefore the king could
not confer the kingdom upon him; neither would Aaron take upon him the
kingdom; neither were any of the sons of Mosiah willing to take upon
them the kingdom.
		 -- Mosiah 29:3
%
Therefore king Mosiah sent again among the people; yea, even a written
word sent he among the people.	And these were the words that were
written, saying:
		 -- Mosiah 29:4
%
Behold, O ye my people, or my brethren, for I esteem you as such, I desire
that ye should consider the cause which ye are called to consider--for
ye are desirous to have a king.
		 -- Mosiah 29:5
%
Now I declare unto you that he to whom the kingdom doth rightly belong
has declined, and will not take upon him the kingdom.
		 -- Mosiah 29:6
%
And now if there should be another appointed in his stead, behold I fear
there would rise contentions among you.  And who knoweth but what my son,
to whom the kingdom doth belong, should turn to be angry and draw away
a part of this people after him, which would cause wars and contentions
among you, which would be the cause of shedding much blood and perverting
the way of the Lord, yea, and destroy the souls of many people.
		 -- Mosiah 29:7
%
Now I say unto you let us be wise and consider these things, for we have
no right to destroy my son, neither should we have any right to destroy
another if he should be appointed in his stead.
		 -- Mosiah 29:8
%
And if my son should turn again to his pride and vain things he would
recall the things which he had said, and claim his right to the kingdom,
which would cause him and also this people to commit much sin.
		 -- Mosiah 29:9
%
And now let us be wise and look forward to these things, and do that
which will make for the peace of this people.
		 -- Mosiah 29:10
%
Therefore I will be your king the remainder of my days; nevertheless,
let us appoint judges, to judge this people according to our law; and
we will newly arrange the affairs of this people, for we will appoint
wise men to be judges, that will judge this people according to the
commandments of God.
		 -- Mosiah 29:11
%
Now it is better that a man should be judged of God than of man, for
the judgments of God are always just, but the judgments of man are not
always just.
		 -- Mosiah 29:12
%
Therefore, if it were possible that you could have just men to be
your kings, who would establish the laws of God, and judge this people
according to his commandments, yea, if ye could have men for your kings
who would do even as my father Benjamin did for this people--I say unto
you, if this could always be the case then it would be expedient that
ye should always have kings to rule over you.
		 -- Mosiah 29:13
%
And even I myself have labored with all the power and faculties which I
have possessed, to teach you the commandments of God, and to establish
peace throughout the land, that there should be no wars nor contentions,
no stealing, nor plundering, nor murdering, nor any manner of iniquity;
		 -- Mosiah 29:14
%
And whosoever has committed iniquity, him have I punished according to
the crime which he has committed, according to the law which has been
given to us by our fathers.
		 -- Mosiah 29:15
%
Now I say unto you, that because all men are not just it is not expedient
that ye should have a king or kings to rule over you.
		 -- Mosiah 29:16
%
For behold, how much iniquity doth one wicked king cause to be committed,
yea, and what great destruction!
		 -- Mosiah 29:17
%
Yea, remember king Noah, his wickedness and his abominations, and
also the wickedness and abominations of his people.  Behold what great
destruction did come upon them; and also because of their iniquities
they were brought into bondage.
		 -- Mosiah 29:18
%
And were it not for the interposition of their all-wise Creator, and
this because of their sincere repentance, they must unavoidably remain
in bondage until now.
		 -- Mosiah 29:19
%
But behold, he did deliver them because they did humble themselves before
him; and because they cried mightily unto him he did deliver them out of
bondage; and thus doth the Lord work with his power in all cases among
the children of men, extending the arm of mercy towards them that put
their trust in him.
		 -- Mosiah 29:20
%
And behold, now I say unto you, ye cannot dethrone an iniquitous king
save it be through much contention, and the shedding of much blood.
		 -- Mosiah 29:21
%
For behold, he has his friends in iniquity, and he keepeth his guards
about him; and he teareth up the laws of those who have reigned in
righteousness before him; and he trampleth under his feet the commandments
of God;
		 -- Mosiah 29:22
%
And he enacteth laws, and sendeth them forth among his people, yea,
laws after the manner of his own wickedness; and whosoever doth not obey
his laws he causeth to be destroyed; and whosoever doth rebel against
him he will send his armies against them to war, and if he can he will
destroy them; and thus an unrighteous king doth pervert the ways of
all righteousness.
		 -- Mosiah 29:23
%
And now behold I say unto you, it is not expedient that such abominations
should come upon you.
		 -- Mosiah 29:24
%
Therefore, choose you by the voice of this people, judges, that ye may
be judged according to the laws which have been given you by our fathers,
which are correct, and which were given them by the hand of the Lord.
		 -- Mosiah 29:25
%
Now it is not common that the voice of the people desireth anything
contrary to that which is right; but it is common for the lesser part
of the people to desire that which is not right; therefore this shall
ye observe and make it your law--to do your business by the voice of
the people.
		 -- Mosiah 29:26
%
And if the time comes that the voice of the people doth choose iniquity,
then is the time that the judgments of God will come upon you; yea,
then is the time he will visit you with great destruction even as he
has hitherto visited this land.
		 -- Mosiah 29:27
%
And now if ye have judges, and they do not judge you according to the
law which has been given, ye can cause that they may be judged of a
higher judge.
		 -- Mosiah 29:28
%
If your higher judges do not judge righteous judgments, ye shall cause
that a small number of your lower judges should be gathered together, and
they shall judge your higher judges, according to the voice of the people.
		 -- Mosiah 29:29
%
And I command you to do these things in the fear of the Lord; and I
command you to do these things, and that ye have no king; that if these
people commit sins and iniquities they shall be answered upon their
own heads.
		 -- Mosiah 29:30
%
For behold I say unto you, the sins of many people have been caused by
the iniquities of their kings; therefore their iniquities are answered
upon the heads of their kings.
		 -- Mosiah 29:31
%
And now I desire that this inequality should be no more in this land,
especially among this my people; but I desire that this land be a land
of liberty, and every man may enjoy his rights and privileges alike,
so long as the Lord sees fit that we may live and inherit the land, yea,
even as long as any of our posterity remains upon the face of the land.
		 -- Mosiah 29:32
%
And many more things did king Mosiah write unto them, unfolding unto them
all the trials and troubles of a righteous king, yea, all the travails
of soul for their people, and also all the murmurings of the people to
their king; and he explained it all unto them.
		 -- Mosiah 29:33
%
And he told them that these things ought not to be; but that the burden
should come upon all the people, that every man might bear his part.
		 -- Mosiah 29:34
%
And he also unfolded unto them all the disadvantages they labored under,
by having an unrighteous king to rule over them;
		 -- Mosiah 29:35
%
Yea, all his iniquities and abominations, and all the wars, and
contentions, and bloodshed, and the stealing, and the plundering,
and the committing of whoredoms, and all manner of iniquities which
cannot be enumerated--telling them that these things ought not to be,
that they were expressly repugnant to the commandments of God.
		 -- Mosiah 29:36
%
And now it came to pass, after king Mosiah had sent these things forth
among the people they were convinced of the truth of his words.
		 -- Mosiah 29:37
%
Therefore they relinquished their desires for a king, and became
exceedingly anxious that every man should have an equal chance throughout
all the land; yea, and every man expressed a willingness to answer for
his own sins.
		 -- Mosiah 29:38
%
Therefore, it came to pass that they assembled themselves together in
bodies throughout the land, to cast in their voices concerning who should
be their judges, to judge them according to the law which had been given
them; and they were exceedingly rejoiced because of the liberty which
had been granted unto them.
		 -- Mosiah 29:39
%
And they did wax strong in love towards Mosiah; yea, they did esteem him
more than any other man; for they did not look upon him as a tyrant who
was seeking for gain, yea, for that lucre which doth corrupt the soul;
for he had not exacted riches of them, neither had he delighted in the
shedding of blood; but he had established peace in the land, and he had
granted unto his people that they should be delivered from all manner of
bondage; therefore they did esteem him, yea, exceedingly, beyond measure.
		 -- Mosiah 29:40
%
And it came to pass that they did appoint judges to rule over them,
or to judge them according to the law; and this they did throughout all
the land.
		 -- Mosiah 29:41
%
And it came to pass that Alma was appointed to be the first chief judge,
he being also the high priest, his father having conferred the office
upon him, and having given him the charge concerning all the affairs of
the church.
		 -- Mosiah 29:42
%
And now it came to pass that Alma did walk in the ways of the Lord,
and he did keep his commandments, and he did judge righteous judgments;
and there was continual peace through the land.
		 -- Mosiah 29:43
%
And thus commenced the reign of the judges throughout all the land of
Zarahemla, among all the people who were called the Nephites; and Alma
was the first and chief judge.
		 -- Mosiah 29:44
%
And now it came to pass that his father died, being eighty and two years
old, having lived to fulfil the commandments of God.
		 -- Mosiah 29:45
%
And it came to pass that Mosiah died also, in the thirty and third year
of his reign, being sixty and three years old; making in the whole,
five hundred and nine years from the time Lehi left Jerusalem.
		 -- Mosiah 29:46
%
And thus ended the reign of the kings over the people of Nephi; and thus
ended the days of Alma, who was the founder of their church.
		 -- Mosiah 29:47
%
Now it came to pass that in the first year of the reign of the judges
over the people of Nephi, from this time forward, king Mosiah having
gone the way of all the earth, having warred a good warfare, walking
uprightly before God, leaving none to reign in his stead; nevertheless
he had established laws, and they were acknowledged by the people;
therefore they were obliged to abide by the laws which he had made.
		 -- Alma 1:1
%
And it came to pass that in the first year of the reign of Alma in the
judgment-seat, there was a man brought before him to be judged, a man
who was large, and was noted for his much strength.
		 -- Alma 1:2
%
And he had gone about among the people, preaching to them that which he
termed to be the word of God, bearing down against the church; declaring
unto the people that every priest and teacher ought to become popular;
and they ought not to labor with their hands, but that they ought to be
supported by the people.
		 -- Alma 1:3
%
And he also testified unto the people that all mankind should be saved at
the last day, and that they need not fear nor tremble, but that they might
lift up their heads and rejoice; for the Lord had created all men, and had
also redeemed all men; and, in the end, all men should have eternal life.
		 -- Alma 1:4
%
And it came to pass that he did teach these things so much that many
did believe on his words, even so many that they began to support him
and give him money.
		 -- Alma 1:5
%
And he began to be lifted up in the pride of his heart, and to wear
very costly apparel, yea, and even began to establish a church after
the manner of his preaching.
		 -- Alma 1:6
%
And it came to pass as he was going, to preach to those who believed
on his word, he met a man who belonged to the church of God, yea, even
one of their teachers; and he began to contend with him sharply, that
he might lead away the people of the church; but the man withstood him,
admonishing him with the words of God.
		 -- Alma 1:7
%
Now the name of the man was Gideon; and it was he who was an instrument
in the hands of God in delivering the people of Limhi out of bondage.
		 -- Alma 1:8
%
Now, because Gideon withstood him with the words of God he was wroth
with Gideon, and drew his sword and began to smite him.  Now Gideon
being stricken with many years, therefore he was not able to withstand
his blows, therefore he was slain by the sword.
		 -- Alma 1:9
%
And the man who slew him was taken by the people of the church, and
was brought before Alma, to be judged according to the crimes which he
had committed.
		 -- Alma 1:10
%
And it came to pass that he stood before Alma and pleaded for himself
with much boldness.
		 -- Alma 1:11
%
But Alma said unto him: Behold, this is the first time that priestcraft
has been introduced among this people.	And behold, thou art not only
guilty of priestcraft, but hast endeavored to enforce it by the sword;
and were priestcraft to be enforced among this people it would prove
their entire destruction.
		 -- Alma 1:12
%
And thou hast shed the blood of a righteous man, yea, a man who has done
much good among this people; and were we to spare thee his blood would
come upon us for vengeance.
		 -- Alma 1:13
%
Therefore thou art condemned to die, according to the law which has been
given us by Mosiah, our last king; and it has been acknowledged by this
people; therefore this people must abide by the law.
		 -- Alma 1:14
%
And it came to pass that they took him; and his name was Nehor; and they
carried him upon the top of the hill Manti, and there he was caused,
or rather did acknowledge, between the heavens and the earth, that what
he had taught to the people was contrary to the word of God; and there
he suffered an ignominious death.
		 -- Alma 1:15
%
Nevertheless, this did not put an end to the spreading of priestcraft
through the land; for there were many who loved the vain things of the
world, and they went forth preaching false doctrines; and this they did
for the sake of riches and honor.
		 -- Alma 1:16
%
Nevertheless, they durst not lie, if it were known, for fear of the law,
for liars were punished; therefore they pretended to preach according
to their belief; and now the law could have no power on any man for
his belief.
		 -- Alma 1:17
%
And they durst not steal, for fear of the law, for such were punished;
neither durst they rob, nor murder, for he that murdered was punished
unto death.
		 -- Alma 1:18
%
But it came to pass that whosoever did not belong to the church of God
began to persecute those that did belong to the church of God, and had
taken upon them the name of Christ.
		 -- Alma 1:19
%
Yea, they did persecute them, and afflict them with all manner of words,
and this because of their humility; because they were not proud in their
own eyes, and because they did impart the word of God, one with another,
without money and without price.
		 -- Alma 1:20
%
Now there was a strict law among the people of the church, that there
should not any man, belonging to the church, arise and persecute those
that did not belong to the church, and that there should be no persecution
among themselves.
		 -- Alma 1:21
%
Nevertheless, there were many among them who began to be proud, and
began to contend warmly with their adversaries, even unto blows; yea,
they would smite one another with their fists.
		 -- Alma 1:22
%
Now this was in the second year of the reign of Alma, and it was a cause
of much affliction to the church; yea, it was the cause of much trial
with the church.
		 -- Alma 1:23
%
For the hearts of many were hardened, and their names were blotted out,
that they were remembered no more among the people of God.  And also
many withdrew themselves from among them.
		 -- Alma 1:24
%
Now this was a great trial to those that did stand fast in the
faith; nevertheless, they were steadfast and immovable in keeping the
commandments of God, and they bore with patience the persecution which
was heaped upon them.
		 -- Alma 1:25
%
And when the priests left their labor to impart the word of God unto
the people, the people also left their labors to hear the word of God.
And when the priest had imparted unto them the word of God they all
returned again diligently unto their labors; and the priest, not esteeming
himself above his hearers, for the preacher was no better than the hearer,
neither was the teacher any better than the learner; and thus they were
all equal, and they did all labor, every man according to his strength.
		 -- Alma 1:26
%
And they did impart of their substance, every man according to that which
he had, to the poor, and the needy, and the sick, and the afflicted;
and they did not wear costly apparel, yet they were neat and comely.
		 -- Alma 1:27
%
And thus they did establish the affairs of the church; and thus they began
to have continual peace again, notwithstanding all their persecutions.
		 -- Alma 1:28
%
And now, because of the steadiness of the church they began to be
exceedingly rich, having abundance of all things whatsoever they stood
in need--an abundance of flocks and herds, and fatlings of every kind,
and also abundance of grain, and of gold, and of silver, and of precious
things, and abundance of silk and fine-twined linen, and all manner of
good homely cloth.
		 -- Alma 1:29
%
And thus, in their prosperous circumstances, they did not send away any
who were naked, or that were hungry, or that were athirst, or that were
sick, or that had not been nourished; and they did not set their hearts
upon riches; therefore they were liberal to all, both old and young,
both bond and free, both male and female, whether out of the church or
in the church, having no respect to persons as to those who stood in need.
		 -- Alma 1:30
%
And thus they did prosper and become far more wealthy than those who
did not belong to their church.
		 -- Alma 1:31
%
For those who did not belong to their church did indulge themselves in
sorceries, and in idolatry or idleness, and in babblings, and in envyings
and strife; wearing costly apparel; being lifted up in the pride of their
own eyes; persecuting, lying, thieving, robbing, committing whoredoms, and
murdering, and all manner of wickedness; nevertheless, the law was put in
force upon all those who did transgress it, inasmuch as it was possible.
		 -- Alma 1:32
%
And it came to pass that by thus exercising the law upon them, every man
suffering according to that which he had done, they became more still,
and durst not commit any wickedness if it were known; therefore, there
was much peace among the people of Nephi until the fifth year of the
reign of the judges.
		 -- Alma 1:33
%
And it came to pass in the commencement of the fifth year of their reign
there began to be a contention among the people; for a certain man,
being called Amlici, he being a very cunning man, yea, a wise man as to
the wisdom of the world, he being after the order of the man that slew
Gideon by the sword, who was executed according to the law--
		 -- Alma 2:1
%
Now this Amlici had, by his cunning, drawn away much people after him;
even so much that they began to be very powerful; and they began to
endeavor to establish Amlici to be a king over the people.
		 -- Alma 2:2
%
Now this was alarming to the people of the church, and also to all those
who had not been drawn away after the persuasions of Amlici; for they
knew that according to their law that such things must be established
by the voice of the people.
		 -- Alma 2:3
%
Therefore, if it were possible that Amlici should gain the voice of the
people, he, being a wicked man, would deprive them of their rights and
privileges of the church; for it was his intent to destroy the church
of God.
		 -- Alma 2:4
%
And it came to pass that the people assembled themselves together
throughout all the land, every man according to his mind, whether it
were for or against Amlici, in separate bodies, having much dispute and
wonderful contentions one with another.
		 -- Alma 2:5
%
And thus they did assemble themselves together to cast in their voices
concerning the matter; and they were laid before the judges.
		 -- Alma 2:6
%
And it came to pass that the voice of the people came against Amlici,
that he was not made king over the people.
		 -- Alma 2:7
%
Now this did cause much joy in the hearts of those who were against him;
but Amlici did stir up those who were in his favor to anger against
those who were not in his favor.
		 -- Alma 2:8
%
And it came to pass that they gathered themselves together, and did
consecrate Amlici to be their king.
		 -- Alma 2:9
%
Now when Amlici was made king over them he commanded them that they
should take up arms against their brethren; and this he did that he
might subject them to him.
		 -- Alma 2:10
%
Now the people of Amlici were distinguished by the name of Amlici, being
called Amlicites; and the remainder were called Nephites, or the people
of God.
		 -- Alma 2:11
%
Therefore the people of the Nephites were aware of the intent of the
Amlicites, and therefore they did prepare to meet them; yea, they did arm
themselves with swords, and with cimeters, and with bows, and with arrows,
and with stones, and with slings, and with all manner of weapons of war,
of every kind.
		 -- Alma 2:12
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And thus they were prepared to meet the Amlicites at the time of their
coming.  And there were appointed captains, and higher captains, and
chief captains, according to their numbers.
		 -- Alma 2:13
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And it came to pass that Amlici did arm his men with all manner of weapons
of war of every kind; and he also appointed rulers and leaders over his
people, to lead them to war against their brethren.
		 -- Alma 2:14
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And it came to pass that the Amlicites came upon the hill Amnihu,
which was east of the river Sidon, which ran by the land of Zarahemla,
and there they began to make war with the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 2:15
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Now Alma, being the chief judge and the governor of the people of Nephi,
therefore he went up with his people, yea, with his captains, and chief
captains, yea, at the head of his armies, against the Amlicites to battle.
		 -- Alma 2:16
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And they began to slay the Amlicites upon the hill east of Sidon.
And the Amlicites did contend with the Nephites with great strength,
insomuch that many of the Nephites did fall before the Amlicites.
		 -- Alma 2:17
%
Nevertheless the Lord did strengthen the hand of the Nephites, that
they slew the Amlicites with great slaughter, that they began to flee
before them.
		 -- Alma 2:18
%
And it came to pass that the Nephites did pursue the Amlicites all
that day, and did slay them with much slaughter, insomuch that there
were slain of the Amlicites twelve thousand five hundred thirty and two
souls; and there were slain of the Nephites six thousand five hundred
sixty and two souls.
		 -- Alma 2:19
%
And it came to pass that when Alma could pursue the Amlicites no longer he
caused that his people should pitch their tents in the valley of Gideon,
the valley being called after that Gideon who was slain by the hand of
Nehor with the sword; and in this valley the Nephites did pitch their
tents for the night.
		 -- Alma 2:20
%
And Alma sent spies to follow the remnant of the Amlicites, that he
might know of their plans and their plots, whereby he might guard himself
against them, that he might preserve his people from being destroyed.
		 -- Alma 2:21
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Now those whom he had sent out to watch the camp of the Amlicites were
called Zeram, and Amnor, and Manti, and Limher; these were they who went
out with their men to watch the camp of the Amlicites.
		 -- Alma 2:22
%
And it came to pass that on the morrow they returned into the camp of
the Nephites in great haste, being greatly astonished, and struck with
much fear, saying:
		 -- Alma 2:23
%
Behold, we followed the camp of the Amlicites, and to our great
astonishment, in the land of Minon, above the land of Zarahemla, in the
course of the land of Nephi, we saw a numerous host of the Lamanites;
and behold, the Amlicites have joined them;
		 -- Alma 2:24
%
And they are upon our brethren in that land; and they are fleeing before
them with their flocks, and their wives, and their children, towards
our city; and except we make haste they obtain possession of our city,
and our fathers, and our wives, and our children be slain.
		 -- Alma 2:25
%
And it came to pass that the people of Nephi took their tents, and
departed out of the valley of Gideon towards their city, which was the
city of Zarahemla.
		 -- Alma 2:26
%
And behold, as they were crossing the river Sidon, the Lamanites and the
Amlicites, being as numerous almost, as it were, as the sands of the sea,
came upon them to destroy them.
		 -- Alma 2:27
%
Nevertheless, the Nephites being strengthened by the hand of the Lord,
having prayed mightily to him that he would deliver them out of the
hands of their enemies, therefore the Lord did hear their cries, and did
strengthen them, and the Lamanites and the Amlicites did fall before them.
		 -- Alma 2:28
%
And it came to pass that Alma fought with Amlici with the sword, face
to face; and they did contend mightily, one with another.
		 -- Alma 2:29
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And it came to pass that Alma, being a man of God, being exercised with
much faith, cried, saying: O Lord, have mercy and spare my life, that
I may be an instrument in thy hands to save and preserve this people.
		 -- Alma 2:30
%
Now when Alma had said these words he contended again with Amlici;
and he was strengthened, insomuch that he slew Amlici with the sword.
		 -- Alma 2:31
%
And he also contended with the king of the Lamanites; but the king of
the Lamanites fled back from before Alma and sent his guards to contend
with Alma.
		 -- Alma 2:32
%
But Alma, with his guards, contended with the guards of the king of the
Lamanites until he slew and drove them back.
		 -- Alma 2:33
%
And thus he cleared the ground, or rather the bank, which was on the
west of the river Sidon, throwing the bodies of the Lamanites who had
been slain into the waters of Sidon, that thereby his people might have
room to cross and contend with the Lamanites and the Amlicites on the
west side of the river Sidon.
		 -- Alma 2:34
%
And it came to pass that when they had all crossed the river Sidon that
the Lamanites and the Amlicites began to flee before them, notwithstanding
they were so numerous that they could not be numbered.
		 -- Alma 2:35
%
And they fled before the Nephites towards the wilderness which was west
and north, away beyond the borders of the land; and the Nephites did
pursue them with their might, and did slay them.
		 -- Alma 2:36
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Yea, they were met on every hand, and slain and driven, until they were
scattered on the west, and on the north, until they had reached the
wilderness, which was called Hermounts; and it was that part of the
wilderness which was infested by wild and ravenous beasts.
		 -- Alma 2:37
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And it came to pass that many died in the wilderness of their wounds,
and were devoured by those beasts and also the vultures of the air;
and their bones have been found, and have been heaped up on the earth.
		 -- Alma 2:38
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And it came to pass that the Nephites who were not slain by the weapons of
war, after having buried those who had been slain--now the number of the
slain were not numbered, because of the greatness of their number--after
they had finished burying their dead they all returned to their lands,
and to their houses, and their wives, and their children.
		 -- Alma 3:1
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Now many women and children had been slain with the sword, and also many
of their flocks and their herds; and also many of their fields of grain
were destroyed, for they were trodden down by the hosts of men.
		 -- Alma 3:2
%
And now as many of the Lamanites and the Amlicites who had been slain
upon the bank of the river Sidon were cast into the waters of Sidon;
and behold their bones are in the depths of the sea, and they are many.
		 -- Alma 3:3
%
And the Amlicites were distinguished from the Nephites, for they had
marked themselves with red in their foreheads after the manner of the
Lamanites; nevertheless they had not shorn their heads like unto the
Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 3:4
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Now the heads of the Lamanites were shorn; and they were naked, save
it were skin which was girded about their loins, and also their armor,
which was girded about them, and their bows, and their arrows, and their
stones, and their slings, and so forth.
		 -- Alma 3:5
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And the skins of the Lamanites were dark, according to the mark which
was set upon their fathers, which was a curse upon them because of their
transgression and their rebellion against their brethren, who consisted
of Nephi, Jacob, and Joseph, and Sam, who were just and holy men.
		 -- Alma 3:6
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And their brethren sought to destroy them, therefore they were cursed;
and the Lord God set a mark upon them, yea, upon Laman and Lemuel,
and also the sons of Ishmael, and Ishmaelitish women.
		 -- Alma 3:7
%
And this was done that their seed might be distinguished from the seed
of their brethren, that thereby the Lord God might preserve his people,
that they might not mix and believe in incorrect traditions which would
prove their destruction.
		 -- Alma 3:8
%
And it came to pass that whosoever did mingle his seed with that of the
Lamanites did bring the same curse upon his seed.
		 -- Alma 3:9
%
Therefore, whosoever suffered himself to be led away by the Lamanites
was called under that head, and there was a mark set upon him.
		 -- Alma 3:10
%
And it came to pass that whosoever would not believe in the tradition of
the Lamanites, but believed those records which were brought out of the
land of Jerusalem, and also in the tradition of their fathers, which
were correct, who believed in the commandments of God and kept them,
were called the Nephites, or the people of Nephi, from that time forth--
		 -- Alma 3:11
%
And it is they who have kept the records which are true of their people,
and also of the people of the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 3:12
%
Now we will return again to the Amlicites, for they also had a mark set
upon them; yea, they set the mark upon themselves, yea, even a mark of
red upon their foreheads.
		 -- Alma 3:13
%
Thus the word of God is fulfilled, for these are the words which he said
to Nephi: Behold, the Lamanites have I cursed, and I will set a mark on
them that they and their seed may be separated from thee and thy seed,
from this time henceforth and forever, except they repent of their
wickedness and turn to me that I may have mercy upon them.
		 -- Alma 3:14
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And again: I will set a mark upon him that mingleth his seed with thy
brethren, that they may be cursed also.
		 -- Alma 3:15
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And again: I will set a mark upon him that fighteth against thee and
thy seed.
		 -- Alma 3:16
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And again, I say he that departeth from thee shall no more be called thy
seed; and I will bless thee, and whomsoever shall be called thy seed,
henceforth and forever; and these were the promises of the Lord unto
Nephi and to his seed.
		 -- Alma 3:17
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Now the Amlicites knew not that they were fulfilling the words of God
when they began to mark themselves in their foreheads; nevertheless they
had come out in open rebellion against God; therefore it was expedient
that the curse should fall upon them.
		 -- Alma 3:18
%
Now I would that ye should see that they brought upon themselves the
curse; and even so doth every man that is cursed bring upon himself his
own condemnation.
		 -- Alma 3:19
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Now it came to pass that not many days after the battle which was fought
in the land of Zarahemla, by the Lamanites and the Amlicites, that there
was another army of the Lamanites came in upon the people of Nephi,
in the same place where the first army met the Amlicites.
		 -- Alma 3:20
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And it came to pass that there was an army sent to drive them out of
their land.
		 -- Alma 3:21
%
Now Alma himself being afflicted with a wound did not go up to battle
at this time against the Lamanites;
		 -- Alma 3:22
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But he sent up a numerous army against them; and they went up and slew
many of the Lamanites, and drove the remainder of them out of the borders
of their land.
		 -- Alma 3:23
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And then they returned again and began to establish peace in the land,
being troubled no more for a time with their enemies.
		 -- Alma 3:24
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Now all these things were done, yea, all these wars and contentions were
commenced and ended in the fifth year of the reign of the judges.
		 -- Alma 3:25
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And in one year were thousands and tens of thousands of souls sent to
the eternal world, that they might reap their rewards according to their
works, whether they were good or whether they were bad, to reap eternal
happiness or eternal misery, according to the spirit which they listed
to obey, whether it be a good spirit or a bad one.
		 -- Alma 3:26
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For every man receiveth wages of him whom he listeth to obey, and this
according to the words of the spirit of prophecy; therefore let it be
according to the truth.  And thus endeth the fifth year of the reign of
the judges.
		 -- Alma 3:27
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Now it came to pass in the sixth year of the reign of the judges over
the people of Nephi, there were no contentions nor wars in the land
of Zarahemla;
		 -- Alma 4:1
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But the people were afflicted, yea, greatly afflicted for the loss of
their brethren, and also for the loss of their flocks and herds, and
also for the loss of their fields of grain, which were trodden under
foot and destroyed by the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 4:2
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And so great were their afflictions that every soul had cause to mourn;
and they believed that it was the judgments of God sent upon them because
of their wickedness and their abominations; therefore they were awakened
to a remembrance of their duty.
		 -- Alma 4:3
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And they began to establish the church more fully; yea, and many were
baptized in the waters of Sidon and were joined to the church of God;
yea, they were baptized by the hand of Alma, who had been consecrated the
high priest over the people of the church, by the hand of his father Alma.
		 -- Alma 4:4
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And it came to pass in the seventh year of the reign of the judges there
were about three thousand five hundred souls that united themselves to
the church of God and were baptized.  And thus ended the seventh year of
the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi; and there was continual
peace in all that time.
		 -- Alma 4:5
%
And it came to pass in the eighth year of the reign of the judges, that
the people of the church began to wax proud, because of their exceeding
riches, and their fine silks, and their fine-twined linen, and because
of their many flocks and herds, and their gold and their silver, and all
manner of precious things, which they had obtained by their industry;
and in all these things were they lifted up in the pride of their eyes,
for they began to wear very costly apparel.
		 -- Alma 4:6
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Now this was the cause of much affliction to Alma, yea, and to many
of the people whom Alma had consecrated to be teachers, and priests,
and elders over the church; yea, many of them were sorely grieved for
the wickedness which they saw had begun to be among their people.
		 -- Alma 4:7
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For they saw and beheld with great sorrow that the people of the church
began to be lifted up in the pride of their eyes, and to set their hearts
upon riches and upon the vain things of the world, that they began to
be scornful, one towards another, and they began to persecute those that
did not believe according to their own will and pleasure.
		 -- Alma 4:8
%
And thus, in this eighth year of the reign of the judges, there began
to be great contentions among the people of the church; yea, there were
envyings, and strife, and malice, and persecutions, and pride, even to
exceed the pride of those who did not belong to the church of God.
		 -- Alma 4:9
%
And thus ended the eighth year of the reign of the judges; and the
wickedness of the church was a great stumbling-block to those who did not
belong to the church; and thus the church began to fail in its progress.
		 -- Alma 4:10
%
And it came to pass in the commencement of the ninth year, Alma saw the
wickedness of the church, and he saw also that the example of the church
began to lead those who were unbelievers on from one piece of iniquity
to another, thus bringing on the destruction of the people.
		 -- Alma 4:11
%
Yea, he saw great inequality among the people, some lifting themselves up
with their pride, despising others, turning their backs upon the needy
and the naked and those who were hungry, and those who were athirst,
and those who were sick and afflicted.
		 -- Alma 4:12
%
Now this was a great cause for lamentations among the people, while
others were abasing themselves, succoring those who stood in need of
their succor, such as imparting their substance to the poor and the
needy, feeding the hungry, and suffering all manner of afflictions,
for Christ's sake, who should come according to the spirit of prophecy;
		 -- Alma 4:13
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Looking forward to that day, thus retaining a remission of their sins;
being filled with great joy because of the resurrection of the dead,
according to the will and power and deliverance of Jesus Christ from
the bands of death.
		 -- Alma 4:14
%
And now it came to pass that Alma, having seen the afflictions of the
humble followers of God, and the persecutions which were heaped upon them
by the remainder of his people, and seeing all their inequality, began to
be very sorrowful; nevertheless the Spirit of the Lord did not fail him.
		 -- Alma 4:15
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And he selected a wise man who was among the elders of the church, and
gave him power according to the voice of the people, that he might have
power to enact laws according to the laws which had been given, and to put
them in force according to the wickedness and the crimes of the people.
		 -- Alma 4:16
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Now this man's name was Nephihah, and he was appointed chief judge;
and he sat in the judgment-seat to judge and to govern the people.
		 -- Alma 4:17
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Now Alma did not grant unto him the office of being high priest over
the church, but he retained the office of high priest unto himself;
but he delivered the judgment-seat unto Nephihah.
		 -- Alma 4:18
%
And this he did that he himself might go forth among his people, or among
the people of Nephi, that he might preach the word of God unto them, to
stir them up in remembrance of their duty, and that he might pull down,
by the word of God, all the pride and craftiness and all the contentions
which were among his people, seeing no way that he might reclaim them
save it were in bearing down in pure testimony against them.
		 -- Alma 4:19
%
And thus in the commencement of the ninth year of the reign of the judges
over the people of Nephi, Alma delivered up the judgment-seat to Nephihah,
and confined himself wholly to the high priesthood of the holy order of
God, to the testimony of the word, according to the spirit of revelation
and prophecy.
		 -- Alma 4:20
%
Now it came to pass that Alma began to deliver the word of God unto the
people, first in the land of Zarahemla, and from thence throughout all
the land.
		 -- Alma 5:1
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And these are the words which he spake to the people in the church which
was established in the city of Zarahemla, according to his own record,
saying:
		 -- Alma 5:2
%
I, Alma, having been consecrated by my father, Alma, to be a high priest
over the church of God, he having power and authority from God to do
these things, behold, I say unto you that he began to establish a church
in the land which was in the borders of Nephi; yea, the land which was
called the land of Mormon; yea, and he did baptize his brethren in the
waters of Mormon.
		 -- Alma 5:3
%
And behold, I say unto you, they were delivered out of the hands of the
people of king Noah, by the mercy and power of God.
		 -- Alma 5:4
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And behold, after that, they were brought into bondage by the hands of the
Lamanites in the wilderness; yea, I say unto you, they were in captivity,
and again the Lord did deliver them out of bondage by the power of his
word; and we were brought into this land, and here we began to establish
the church of God throughout this land also.
		 -- Alma 5:5
%
And now behold, I say unto you, my brethren, you that belong to this
church, have you sufficiently retained in remembrance the captivity of
your fathers?  Yea, and have you sufficiently retained in remembrance his
mercy and long-suffering towards them?	And moreover, have ye sufficiently
retained in remembrance that he has delivered their souls from hell?
		 -- Alma 5:6
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Behold, he changed their hearts; yea, he awakened them out of a deep
sleep, and they awoke unto God.  Behold, they were in the midst of
darkness; nevertheless, their souls were illuminated by the light of the
everlasting word; yea, they were encircled about by the bands of death,
and the chains of hell, and an everlasting destruction did await them.
		 -- Alma 5:7
%
And now I ask of you, my brethren, were they destroyed?  Behold, I say
unto you, Nay, they were not.
		 -- Alma 5:8
%
And again I ask, were the bands of death broken, and the chains of hell
which encircled them about, were they loosed?  I say unto you, Yea, they
were loosed, and their souls did expand, and they did sing redeeming love.
And I say unto you that they are saved.
		 -- Alma 5:9
%
And now I ask of you on what conditions are they saved?  Yea, what grounds
had they to hope for salvation?  What is the cause of their being loosed
from the bands of death, yea, and also the chains of hell?
		 -- Alma 5:10
%
Behold, I can tell you--did not my father Alma believe in the words which
were delivered by the mouth of Abinadi?  And was he not a holy prophet?
Did he not speak the words of God, and my father Alma believe them?
		 -- Alma 5:11
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And according to his faith there was a mighty change wrought in his heart.
Behold I say unto you that this is all true.
		 -- Alma 5:12
%
And behold, he preached the word unto your fathers, and a mighty change
was also wrought in their hearts, and they humbled themselves and put
their trust in the true and living God.  And behold, they were faithful
until the end; therefore they were saved.
		 -- Alma 5:13
%
And now behold, I ask of you, my brethren of the church, have ye
spiritually been born of God?  Have ye received his image in your
countenances?  Have ye experienced this mighty change in your hearts?
		 -- Alma 5:14
%
Do ye exercise faith in the redemption of him who created you?	Do you
look forward with an eye of faith, and view this mortal body raised
in immortality, and this corruption raised in incorruption, to stand
before God to be judged according to the deeds which have been done in
the mortal body?
		 -- Alma 5:15
%
I say unto you, can you imagine to yourselves that ye hear the voice
of the Lord, saying unto you, in that day: Come unto me ye blessed,
for behold, your works have been the works of righteousness upon the
face of the earth?
		 -- Alma 5:16
%
Or do ye imagine to yourselves that ye can lie unto the Lord in that day,
and say--Lord, our works have been righteous works upon the face of the
earth--and that he will save you?
		 -- Alma 5:17
%
Or otherwise, can ye imagine yourselves brought before the tribunal of
God with your souls filled with guilt and remorse, having a remembrance
of all your guilt, yea, a perfect remembrance of all your wickedness,
yea, a remembrance that ye have set at defiance the commandments of God?
		 -- Alma 5:18
%
I say unto you, can ye look up to God at that day with a pure heart and
clean hands?  I say unto you, can you look up, having the image of God
engraven upon your countenances?
		 -- Alma 5:19
%
I say unto you, can ye think of being saved when you have yielded
yourselves to become subjects to the devil?
		 -- Alma 5:20
%
I say unto you, ye will know at that day that ye cannot be saved; for
there can no man be saved except his garments are washed white; yea,
his garments must be purified until they are cleansed from all stain,
through the blood of him of whom it has been spoken by our fathers,
who should come to redeem his people from their sins.
		 -- Alma 5:21
%
And now I ask of you, my brethren, how will any of you feel, if ye shall
stand before the bar of God, having your garments stained with blood
and all manner of filthiness?  Behold, what will these things testify
against you?
		 -- Alma 5:22
%
Behold will they not testify that ye are murderers, yea, and also that
ye are guilty of all manner of wickedness?
		 -- Alma 5:23
%
Behold, my brethren, do ye suppose that such an one can have a place
to sit down in the kingdom of God, with Abraham, with Isaac, and with
Jacob, and also all the holy prophets, whose garments are cleansed and
are spotless, pure and white?
		 -- Alma 5:24
%
I say unto you, Nay; except ye make our Creator a liar from the beginning,
or suppose that he is a liar from the beginning, ye cannot suppose that
such can have place in the kingdom of heaven; but they shall be cast
out for they are the children of the kingdom of the devil.
		 -- Alma 5:25
%
And now behold, I say unto you, my brethren, if ye have experienced a
change of heart, and if ye have felt to sing the song of redeeming love,
I would ask, can ye feel so now?
		 -- Alma 5:26
%
Have ye walked, keeping yourselves blameless before God? Could ye say,
if ye were called to die at this time, within yourselves, that ye have
been sufficiently humble?  That your garments have been cleansed and
made white through the blood of Christ, who will come to redeem his
people from their sins?
		 -- Alma 5:27
%
Behold, are ye stripped of pride?  I say unto you, if ye are not ye
are not prepared to meet God.  Behold ye must prepare quickly; for the
kingdom of heaven is soon at hand, and such an one hath not eternal life.
		 -- Alma 5:28
%
Behold, I say, is there one among you who is not stripped of envy?
I say unto you that such an one is not prepared; and I would that he
should prepare quickly, for the hour is close at hand, and he knoweth
not when the time shall come; for such an one is not found guiltless.
		 -- Alma 5:29
%
And again I say unto you, is there one among you that doth make a mock
of his brother, or that heapeth upon him persecutions?
		 -- Alma 5:30
%
Wo unto such an one, for he is not prepared, and the time is at hand
that he must repent or he cannot be saved!
		 -- Alma 5:31
%
Yea, even wo unto all ye workers of iniquity; repent, repent, for the
Lord God hath spoken it!
		 -- Alma 5:32
%
Behold, he sendeth an invitation unto all men, for the arms of mercy
are extended towards them, and he saith: Repent, and I will receive you.
		 -- Alma 5:33
%
Yea, he saith: Come unto me and ye shall partake of the fruit of the
tree of life; yea, ye shall eat and drink of the bread and the waters
of life freely;
		 -- Alma 5:34
%
Yea, come unto me and bring forth works of righteousness, and ye shall
not be hewn down and cast into the fire--
		 -- Alma 5:35
%
For behold, the time is at hand that whosoever bringeth forth not good
fruit, or whosoever doeth not the works of righteousness, the same have
cause to wail and mourn.
		 -- Alma 5:36
%
O ye workers of iniquity; ye that are puffed up in the vain things
of the world, ye that have professed to have known the ways of
righteousness nevertheless have gone astray, as sheep having no shepherd,
notwithstanding a shepherd hath called after you and is still calling
after you, but ye will not hearken unto his voice!
		 -- Alma 5:37
%
Behold, I say unto you, that the good shepherd doth call you; yea, and
in his own name he doth call you, which is the name of Christ; and if
ye will not hearken unto the voice of the good shepherd, to the name by
which ye are called, behold, ye are not the sheep of the good shepherd.
		 -- Alma 5:38
%
And now if ye are not the sheep of the good shepherd, of what fold are ye?
Behold, I say unto you, that the devil is your shepherd, and ye are of
his fold; and now, who can deny this?  Behold, I say unto you, whosoever
denieth this is a liar and a child of the devil.
		 -- Alma 5:39
%
For I say unto you that whatsoever is good cometh from God, and whatsoever
is evil cometh from the devil.
		 -- Alma 5:40
%
Therefore, if a man bringeth forth good works he hearkeneth unto the
voice of the good shepherd, and he doth follow him; but whosoever
bringeth forth evil works, the same becometh a child of the devil,
for he hearkeneth unto his voice, and doth follow him.
		 -- Alma 5:41
%
And whosoever doeth this must receive his wages of him; therefore, for
his wages he receiveth death, as to things pertaining unto righteousness,
being dead unto all good works.
		 -- Alma 5:42
%
And now, my brethren, I would that ye should hear me, for I speak in
the energy of my soul; for behold, I have spoken unto you plainly that
ye cannot err, or have spoken according to the commandments of God.
		 -- Alma 5:43
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For I am called to speak after this manner, according to the holy
order of God, which is in Christ Jesus; yea, I am commanded to stand
and testify unto this people the things which have been spoken by our
fathers concerning the things which are to come.
		 -- Alma 5:44
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And this is not all.  Do ye not suppose that I know of these things
myself?  Behold, I testify unto you that I do know that these things
whereof I have spoken are true.  And how do ye suppose that I know of
their surety?
		 -- Alma 5:45
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Behold, I say unto you they are made known unto me by the Holy Spirit
of God.  Behold, I have fasted and prayed many days that I might know
these things of myself.  And now I do know of myself that they are true;
for the Lord God hath made them manifest unto me by his Holy Spirit;
and this is the spirit of revelation which is in me.
		 -- Alma 5:46
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And moreover, I say unto you that it has thus been revealed unto me,
that the words which have been spoken by our fathers are true, even so
according to the spirit of prophecy which is in me, which is also by
the manifestation of the Spirit of God.
		 -- Alma 5:47
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I say unto you, that I know of myself that whatsoever I shall say unto
you, concerning that which is to come, is true; and I say unto you, that
I know that Jesus Christ shall come, yea, the Son, the Only Begotten of
the Father, full of grace, and mercy, and truth.  And behold, it is he
that cometh to take away the sins of the world, yea, the sins of every
man who steadfastly believeth on his name.
		 -- Alma 5:48
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And now I say unto you that this is the order after which I am called,
yea, to preach unto my beloved brethren, yea, and every one that dwelleth
in the land; yea, to preach unto all, both old and young, both bond and
free; yea, I say unto you the aged, and also the middle aged, and the
rising generation; yea, to cry unto them that they must repent and be
born again.
		 -- Alma 5:49
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Yea, thus saith the Spirit: Repent, all ye ends of the earth, for the
kingdom of heaven is soon at hand; yea, the Son of God cometh in his
glory, in his might, majesty, power, and dominion.  Yea, my beloved
brethren, I say unto you, that the Spirit saith: Behold the glory of
the King of all the earth; and also the King of heaven shall very soon
shine forth among all the children of men.
		 -- Alma 5:50
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And also the Spirit saith unto me, yea, crieth unto me with a mighty
voice, saying: Go forth and say unto this people--Repent, for except ye
repent ye can in nowise inherit the kingdom of heaven.
		 -- Alma 5:51
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And again I say unto you, the Spirit saith: Behold, the ax is laid
at the root of the tree; therefore every tree that bringeth not forth
good fruit shall be hewn down and cast into the fire, yea, a fire which
cannot be consumed, even an unquenchable fire.	Behold, and remember,
the Holy One hath spoken it.
		 -- Alma 5:52
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And now my beloved brethren, I say unto you, can ye withstand these
sayings; yea, can ye lay aside these things, and trample the Holy One
under your feet; yea, can ye be puffed up in the pride of your hearts;
yea, will ye still persist in the wearing of costly apparel and setting
your hearts upon the vain things of the world, upon your riches?
		 -- Alma 5:53
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Yea, will ye persist in supposing that ye are better one than another;
yea, will ye persist in the persecution of your brethren, who humble
themselves and do walk after the holy order of God, wherewith they have
been brought into this church, having been sanctified by the Holy Spirit,
and they do bring forth works which are meet for repentance--
		 -- Alma 5:54
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Yea, and will you persist in turning your backs upon the poor, and the
needy, and in withholding your substance from them?
		 -- Alma 5:55
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And finally, all ye that will persist in your wickedness, I say unto
you that these are they who shall be hewn down and cast into the fire
except they speedily repent.
		 -- Alma 5:56
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And now I say unto you, all you that are desirous to follow the voice of
the good shepherd, come ye out from the wicked, and be ye separate, and
touch not their unclean things; and behold, their names shall be blotted
out, that the names of the wicked shall not be numbered among the names
of the righteous, that the word of God may be fulfilled, which saith:
The names of the wicked shall not be mingled with the names of my people;
		 -- Alma 5:57
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For the names of the righteous shall be written in the book of life,
and unto them will I grant an inheritance at my right hand.  And now,
my brethren, what have ye to say against this?	I say unto you, if ye
speak against it, it matters not, for the word of God must be fulfilled.
		 -- Alma 5:58
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For what shepherd is there among you having many sheep doth not watch
over them, that the wolves enter not and devour his flock?  And behold,
if a wolf enter his flock doth he not drive him out?  Yea, and at the
last, if he can, he will destroy him.
		 -- Alma 5:59
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And now I say unto you that the good shepherd doth call after you;
and if you will hearken unto his voice he will bring you into his fold,
and ye are his sheep; and he commandeth you that ye suffer no ravenous
wolf to enter among you, that ye may not be destroyed.
		 -- Alma 5:60
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And now I, Alma, do command you in the language of him who hath commanded
me, that ye observe to do the words which I have spoken unto you.
		 -- Alma 5:61
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I speak by way of command unto you that belong to the church; and unto
those who do not belong to the church I speak by way of invitation,
saying: Come and be baptized unto repentance, that ye also may be
partakers of the fruit of the tree of life.
		 -- Alma 5:62
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And now it came to pass that after Alma had made an end of speaking unto
the people of the church, which was established in the city of Zarahemla,
he ordained priests and elders, by laying on his hands according to the
order of God, to preside and watch over the church.
		 -- Alma 6:1
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And it came to pass that whosoever did not belong to the church who
repented of their sins were baptized unto repentance, and were received
into the church.
		 -- Alma 6:2
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And it also came to pass that whosoever did belong to the church that
did not repent of their wickedness and humble themselves before God--I
mean those who were lifted up in the pride of their hearts--the same
were rejected, and their names were blotted out, that their names were
not numbered among those of the righteous.
		 -- Alma 6:3
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And thus they began to establish the order of the church in the city
of Zarahemla.
		 -- Alma 6:4
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Now I would that ye should understand that the word of God was liberal
unto all, that none were deprived of the privilege of assembling
themselves together to hear the word of God.
		 -- Alma 6:5
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Nevertheless the children of God were commanded that they should gather
themselves together oft, and join in fasting and mighty prayer in behalf
of the welfare of the souls of those who knew not God.
		 -- Alma 6:6
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And now it came to pass that when Alma had made these regulations
he departed from them, yea, from the church which was in the city of
Zarahemla, and went over upon the east of the river Sidon, into the
valley of Gideon, there having been a city built, which was called the
city of Gideon, which was in the valley that was called Gideon, being
called after the man who was slain by the hand of Nehor with the sword.
		 -- Alma 6:7
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And Alma went and began to declare the word of God unto the church which
was established in the valley of Gideon, according to the revelation
of the truth of the word which had been spoken by his fathers, and
according to the spirit of prophecy which was in him, according to the
testimony of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who should come to redeem
his people from their sins, and the holy order by which he was called.
And thus it is written.  Amen.
		 -- Alma 6:8
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Behold my beloved brethren, seeing that I have been permitted to come
unto you, therefore I attempt to address you in my language; yea, by my
own mouth, seeing that it is the first time that I have spoken unto you by
the words of my mouth, I having been wholly confined to the judgment-seat,
having had much business that I could not come unto you.
		 -- Alma 7:1
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And even I could not have come now at this time were it not that the
judgment-seat hath been given to another, to reign in my stead; and the
Lord in much mercy hath granted that I should come unto you.
		 -- Alma 7:2
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And behold, I have come having great hopes and much desire that I
should find that ye had humbled yourselves before God, and that ye had
continued in the supplicating of his grace, that I should find that ye
were blameless before him, that I should find that ye were not in the
awful dilemma that our brethren were in at Zarahemla.
		 -- Alma 7:3
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But blessed be the name of God, that he hath given me to know, yea,
hath given unto me the exceedingly great joy of knowing that they are
established again in the way of his righteousness.
		 -- Alma 7:4
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And I trust, according to the Spirit of God which is in me, that I shall
also have joy over you; nevertheless I do not desire that my joy over
you should come by the cause of so much afflictions and sorrow which I
have had for the brethren at Zarahemla, for behold, my joy cometh over
them after wading through much affliction and sorrow.
		 -- Alma 7:5
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But behold, I trust that ye are not in a state of so much unbelief as
were your brethren; I trust that ye are not lifted up in the pride of
your hearts; yea, I trust that ye have not set your hearts upon riches
and the vain things of the world; yea, I trust that you do not worship
idols, but that ye do worship the true and the living God, and that ye
look forward for the remission of your sins, with an everlasting faith,
which is to come.
		 -- Alma 7:6
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For behold, I say unto you there be many things to come; and behold,
there is one thing which is of more importance than they all--for behold,
the time is not far distant that the Redeemer liveth and cometh among
his people.
		 -- Alma 7:7
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Behold, I do not say that he will come among us at the time of his
dwelling in his mortal tabernacle; for behold, the Spirit hath not said
unto me that this should be the case.  Now as to this thing I do not
know; but this much I do know, that the Lord God hath power to do all
things which are according to his word.
		 -- Alma 7:8
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But behold, the Spirit hath said this much unto me, saying: Cry unto this
people, saying--Repent ye, and prepare the way of the Lord, and walk in
his paths, which are straight; for behold, the kingdom of heaven is at
hand, and the Son of God cometh upon the face of the earth.
		 -- Alma 7:9
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And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem which is the land
of our forefathers, she being a virgin, a precious and chosen vessel,
who shall be overshadowed and conceive by the power of the Holy Ghost,
and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God.
		 -- Alma 7:10
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And he shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and temptations
of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled which saith he
will take upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his people.
		 -- Alma 7:11
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And he will take upon him death, that he may loose the bands of death
which bind his people; and he will take upon him their infirmities,
that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the flesh, that
he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according
to their infirmities.
		 -- Alma 7:12
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Now the Spirit knoweth all things; nevertheless the Son of God suffereth
according to the flesh that he might take upon him the sins of his people,
that he might blot out their transgressions according to the power of
his deliverance; and now behold, this is the testimony which is in me.
		 -- Alma 7:13
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Now I say unto you that ye must repent, and be born again; for the Spirit
saith if ye are not born again ye cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven;
therefore come and be baptized unto repentance, that ye may be washed
from your sins, that ye may have faith on the Lamb of God, who taketh
away the sins of the world, who is mighty to save and to cleanse from
all unrighteousness.
		 -- Alma 7:14
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Yea, I say unto you come and fear not, and lay aside every sin, which
easily doth beset you, which doth bind you down to destruction, yea,
come and go forth, and show unto your God that ye are willing to repent
of your sins and enter into a covenant with him to keep his commandments,
and witness it unto him this day by going into the waters of baptism.
		 -- Alma 7:15
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And whosoever doeth this, and keepeth the commandments of God from
thenceforth, the same will remember that I say unto him, yea, he will
remember that I have said unto him, he shall have eternal life, according
to the testimony of the Holy Spirit, which testifieth in me.
		 -- Alma 7:16
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And now my beloved brethren, do you believe these things?  Behold, I say
unto you, yea, I know that ye believe them; and the way that I know that
ye believe them is by the manifestation of the Spirit which is in me.
And now because your faith is strong concerning that, yea, concerning
the things which I have spoken, great is my joy.
		 -- Alma 7:17
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For as I said unto you from the beginning, that I had much desire that
ye were not in the state of dilemma like your brethren, even so I have
found that my desires have been gratified.
		 -- Alma 7:18
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For I perceive that ye are in the paths of righteousness; I perceive that
ye are in the path which leads to the kingdom of God; yea, I perceive
that ye are making his paths straight.
		 -- Alma 7:19
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I perceive that it has been made known unto you, by the testimony of his
word, that he cannot walk in crooked paths; neither doth he vary from
that which he hath said; neither hath he a shadow of turning from the
right to the left, or from that which is right to that which is wrong;
therefore, his course is one eternal round.
		 -- Alma 7:20
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And he doth not dwell in unholy temples; neither can filthiness or
anything which is unclean be received into the kingdom of God; therefore
I say unto you the time shall come, yea, and it shall be at the last day,
that he who is filthy shall remain in his filthiness.
		 -- Alma 7:21
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And now my beloved brethren, I have said these things unto you that
I might awaken you to a sense of your duty to God, that ye may walk
blameless before him, that ye may walk after the holy order of God,
after which ye have been received.
		 -- Alma 7:22
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And now I would that ye should be humble, and be submissive and gentle;
easy to be entreated; full of patience and long-suffering; being temperate
in all things; being diligent in keeping the commandments of God at all
times; asking for whatsoever things ye stand in need, both spiritual
and temporal; always returning thanks unto God for whatsoever things ye
do receive.
		 -- Alma 7:23
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And see that ye have faith, hope, and charity, and then ye will always
abound in good works.
		 -- Alma 7:24
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And may the Lord bless you, and keep your garments spotless, that ye
may at last be brought to sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and
the holy prophets who have been ever since the world began, having your
garments spotless even as their garments are spotless, in the kingdom
of heaven to go no more out.
		 -- Alma 7:25
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And now my beloved brethren, I have spoken these words unto you according
to the Spirit which testifieth in me; and my soul doth exceedingly
rejoice, because of the exceeding diligence and heed which ye have given
unto my word.
		 -- Alma 7:26
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And now, may the peace of God rest upon you, and upon your houses
and lands, and upon your flocks and herds, and all that you possess,
your women and your children, according to your faith and good works,
from this time forth and forever.  And thus I have spoken.  Amen.
		 -- Alma 7:27
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And now it came to pass that Alma returned from the land of Gideon,
after having taught the people of Gideon many things which cannot be
written, having established the order of the church, according as he
had before done in the land of Zarahemla, yea, he returned to his own
house at Zarahemla to rest himself from the labors which he had performed.
		 -- Alma 8:1
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And thus ended the ninth year of the reign of the judges over the people
of Nephi.
		 -- Alma 8:2
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And it came to pass in the commencement of the tenth year of the reign
of the judges over the people of Nephi, that Alma departed from thence
and took his journey over into the land of Melek, on the west of the
river Sidon, on the west by the borders of the wilderness.
		 -- Alma 8:3
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And he began to teach the people in the land of Melek according to the
holy order of God, by which he had been called; and he began to teach
the people throughout all the land of Melek.
		 -- Alma 8:4
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And it came to pass that the people came to him throughout all the
borders of the land which was by the wilderness side. And they were
baptized throughout all the land;
		 -- Alma 8:5
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So that when he had finished his work at Melek he departed thence,
and traveled three days' journey on the north of the land of Melek;
and he came to a city which was called Ammonihah.
		 -- Alma 8:6
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Now it was the custom of the people of Nephi to call their lands, and
their cities, and their villages, yea, even all their small villages,
after the name of him who first possessed them; and thus it was with
the land of Ammonihah.
		 -- Alma 8:7
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And it came to pass that when Alma had come to the city of Ammonihah he
began to preach the word of God unto them.
		 -- Alma 8:8
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Now Satan had gotten great hold upon the hearts of the people of the city
of Ammonihah; therefore they would not hearken unto the words of Alma.
		 -- Alma 8:9
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Nevertheless Alma labored much in the spirit, wrestling with God in mighty
prayer, that he would pour out his Spirit upon the people who were in the
city; that he would also grant that he might baptize them unto repentance.
		 -- Alma 8:10
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Nevertheless, they hardened their hearts, saying unto him: Behold, we
know that thou art Alma; and we know that thou art high priest over the
church which thou hast established in many parts of the land, according
to your tradition; and we are not of thy church, and we do not believe
in such foolish traditions.
		 -- Alma 8:11
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And now we know that because we are not of thy church we know that thou
hast no power over us; and thou hast delivered up the judgment-seat unto
Nephihah; therefore thou art not the chief judge over us.
		 -- Alma 8:12
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Now when the people had said this, and withstood all his words, and
reviled him, and spit upon him, and caused that he should be cast out
of their city, he departed thence and took his journey towards the city
which was called Aaron.
		 -- Alma 8:13
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And it came to pass that while he was journeying thither, being weighed
down with sorrow, wading through much tribulation and anguish of soul,
because of the wickedness of the people who were in the city of Ammonihah,
it came to pass while Alma was thus weighed down with sorrow, behold an
angel of the Lord appeared unto him, saying:
		 -- Alma 8:14
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Blessed art thou, Alma; therefore, lift up thy head and rejoice, for
thou hast great cause to rejoice; for thou hast been faithful in keeping
the commandments of God from the time which thou receivedst thy first
message from him.  Behold, I am he that delivered it unto you.
		 -- Alma 8:15
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And behold, I am sent to command thee that thou return to the city of
Ammonihah, and preach again unto the people of the city; yea, preach
unto them.  Yea, say unto them, except they repent the Lord God will
destroy them.
		 -- Alma 8:16
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For behold, they do study at this time that they may destroy the
liberty of thy people, (for thus saith the Lord) which is contrary to
the statutes, and judgments, and commandments which he has given unto
his people.
		 -- Alma 8:17
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Now it came to pass that after Alma had received his message from the
angel of the Lord he returned speedily to the land of Ammonihah.  And he
entered the city by another way, yea, by the way which is on the south
of the city of Ammonihah.
		 -- Alma 8:18
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And as he entered the city he was an hungered, and he said to a man:
Will ye give to an humble servant of God something to eat?
		 -- Alma 8:19
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And the man said unto him: I am a Nephite, and I know that thou art a
holy prophet of God, for thou art the man whom an angel said in a vision:
Thou shalt receive.  Therefore, go with me into my house and I will
impart unto thee of my food; and I know that thou wilt be a blessing
unto me and my house.
		 -- Alma 8:20
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And it came to pass that the man received him into his house; and the
man was called Amulek; and he brought forth bread and meat and set
before Alma.
		 -- Alma 8:21
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And it came to pass that Alma ate bread and was filled; and he blessed
Amulek and his house, and he gave thanks unto God.
		 -- Alma 8:22
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And after he had eaten and was filled he said unto Amulek: I am Alma,
and am the high priest over the church of God throughout the land.
		 -- Alma 8:23
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And behold, I have been called to preach the word of God among all this
people, according to the spirit of revelation and prophecy; and I was
in this land and they would not receive me, but they cast me out and I
was about to set my back towards this land forever.
		 -- Alma 8:24
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But behold, I have been commanded that I should turn again and prophesy
unto this people, yea, and to testify against them concerning their
iniquities.
		 -- Alma 8:25
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And now, Amulek, because thou hast fed me and taken me in, thou art
blessed; for I was an hungered, for I had fasted many days.
		 -- Alma 8:26
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And Alma tarried many days with Amulek before he began to preach unto
the people.
		 -- Alma 8:27
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And it came to pass that the people did wax more gross in their
iniquities.
		 -- Alma 8:28
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And the word came to Alma, saying: Go; and also say unto my servant
Amulek, go forth and prophesy unto this people, saying--Repent ye, for
thus saith the Lord, except ye repent I will visit this people in mine
anger; yea, and I will not turn my fierce anger away.
		 -- Alma 8:29
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And Alma went forth, and also Amulek, among the people, to declare the
words of God unto them; and they were filled with the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Alma 8:30
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And they had power given unto them, insomuch that they could not be
confined in dungeons; neither was it possible that any man could slay
them; nevertheless they did not exercise their power until they were
bound in bands and cast into prison.  Now, this was done that the Lord
might show forth his power in them.
		 -- Alma 8:31
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And it came to pass that they went forth and began to preach and to
prophesy unto the people, according to the spirit and power which the
Lord had given them.
		 -- Alma 8:32
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And again, I, Alma, having been commanded of God that I should take Amulek
and go forth and preach again unto this people, or the people who were
in the city of Ammonihah, it came to pass as I began to preach unto them,
they began to contend with me, saying:
		 -- Alma 9:1
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Who art thou?  Suppose ye that we shall believe the testimony of one man,
although he should preach unto us that the earth should pass away?
		 -- Alma 9:2
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Now they understood not the words which they spake; for they knew not
that the earth should pass away.
		 -- Alma 9:3
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And they said also: We will not believe thy words if thou shouldst
prophesy that this great city should be destroyed in one day.
		 -- Alma 9:4
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Now they knew not that God could do such marvelous works, for they were
a hard-hearted and a stiffnecked people.
		 -- Alma 9:5
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And they said: Who is God, that sendeth no more authority than one man
among this people, to declare unto them the truth of such great and
marvelous things?
		 -- Alma 9:6
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And they stood forth to lay their hands on me; but behold, they did not.
And I stood with boldness to declare unto them, yea, I did boldly testify
unto them, saying:
		 -- Alma 9:7
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Behold, O ye wicked and perverse generation, how have ye forgotten
the tradition of your fathers; yea, how soon ye have forgotten the
commandments of God.
		 -- Alma 9:8
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Do ye not remember that our father, Lehi, was brought out of Jerusalem
by the hand of God?  Do ye not remember that they were all led by him
through the wilderness?
		 -- Alma 9:9
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And have ye forgotten so soon how many times he delivered our fathers out
of the hands of their enemies, and preserved them from being destroyed,
even by the hands of their own brethren?
		 -- Alma 9:10
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Yea, and if it had not been for his matchless power, and his mercy,
and his long-suffering towards us, we should unavoidably have been
cut off from the face of the earth long before this period of time,
and perhaps been consigned to a state of endless misery and woe.
		 -- Alma 9:11
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Behold, now I say unto you that he commandeth you to repent; and except
ye repent, ye can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God.  But behold,
this is not all--he has commanded you to repent, or he will utterly
destroy you from off the face of the earth; yea, he will visit you in
his anger, and in his fierce anger he will not turn away.
		 -- Alma 9:12
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Behold, do ye not remember the words which he spake unto Lehi, saying
that: Inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall prosper in
the land?  And again it is said that: Inasmuch as ye will not keep my
commandments ye shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord.
		 -- Alma 9:13
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Now I would that ye should remember, that inasmuch as the Lamanites
have not kept the commandments of God, they have been cut off from the
presence of the Lord.  Now we see that the word of the Lord has been
verified in this thing, and the Lamanites have been cut off from his
presence, from the beginning of their transgressions in the land.
		 -- Alma 9:14
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Nevertheless I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for them
in the day of judgment than for you, if ye remain in your sins, yea, and
even more tolerable for them in this life than for you, except ye repent.
		 -- Alma 9:15
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For there are many promises which are extended to the Lamanites; for it
is because of the traditions of their fathers that caused them to remain
in their state of ignorance; therefore the Lord will be merciful unto
them and prolong their existence in the land.
		 -- Alma 9:16
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And at some period of time they will be brought to believe in his word,
and to know of the incorrectness of the traditions of their fathers;
and many of them will be saved, for the Lord will be merciful unto all
who call on his name.
		 -- Alma 9:17
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But behold, I say unto you that if ye persist in your wickedness that
your days shall not be prolonged in the land, for the Lamanites shall be
sent upon you; and if ye repent not they shall come in a time when you
know not, and ye shall be visited with utter destruction; and it shall
be according to the fierce anger of the Lord.
		 -- Alma 9:18
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For he will not suffer you that ye shall live in your iniquities, to
destroy his people.  I say unto you, Nay; he would rather suffer that the
Lamanites might destroy all his people who are called the people of Nephi,
if it were possible that they could fall into sins and transgressions,
after having had so much light and so much knowledge given unto them of
the Lord their God;
		 -- Alma 9:19
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Yea, after having been such a highly favored people of the Lord; yea,
after having been favored above every other nation, kindred, tongue,
or people; after having had all things made known unto them, according
to their desires, and their faith, and prayers, of that which has been,
and which is, and which is to come;
		 -- Alma 9:20
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Having been visited by the Spirit of God; having conversed with angels,
and having been spoken unto by the voice of the Lord; and having the
spirit of prophecy, and the spirit of revelation, and also many gifts,
the gift of speaking with tongues, and the gift of preaching, and the
gift of the Holy Ghost, and the gift of translation;
		 -- Alma 9:21
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Yea, and after having been delivered of God out of the land of Jerusalem,
by the hand of the Lord; having been saved from famine, and from sickness,
and all manner of diseases of every kind; and they having waxed strong
in battle, that they might not be destroyed; having been brought out of
bondage time after time, and having been kept and preserved until now;
and they have been prospered until they are rich in all manner of things--
		 -- Alma 9:22
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And now behold I say unto you, that if this people, who have received so
many blessings from the hand of the Lord, should transgress contrary to
the light and knowledge which they do have, I say unto you that if this
be the case, that if they should fall into transgression, it would be
far more tolerable for the Lamanites than for them.
		 -- Alma 9:23
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For behold, the promises of the Lord are extended to the Lamanites, but
they are not unto you if ye transgress; for has not the Lord expressly
promised and firmly decreed, that if ye will rebel against him that ye
shall utterly be destroyed from off the face of the earth?
		 -- Alma 9:24
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And now for this cause, that ye may not be destroyed, the Lord has sent
his angel to visit many of his people, declaring unto them that they
must go forth and cry mightily unto this people, saying: Repent ye,
for the kingdom of heaven is nigh at hand;
		 -- Alma 9:25
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And not many days hence the Son of God shall come in his glory; and his
glory shall be the glory of the Only Begotten of the Father, full of
grace, equity, and truth, full of patience, mercy, and long-suffering,
quick to hear the cries of his people and to answer their prayers.
		 -- Alma 9:26
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And behold, he cometh to redeem those who will be baptized unto
repentance, through faith on his name.
		 -- Alma 9:27
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Therefore, prepare ye the way of the Lord, for the time is at hand that
all men shall reap a reward of their works, according to that which they
have been--if they have been righteous they shall reap the salvation
of their souls, according to the power and deliverance of Jesus Christ;
and if they have been evil they shall reap the damnation of their souls,
according to the power and captivation of the devil.
		 -- Alma 9:28
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Now behold, this is the voice of the angel, crying unto the people.
		 -- Alma 9:29
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And now, my beloved brethren, for ye are my brethren, and ye ought to be
beloved, and ye ought to bring forth works which are meet for repentance,
seeing that your hearts have been grossly hardened against the word of
God, and seeing that ye are a lost and a fallen people.
		 -- Alma 9:30
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Now it came to pass that when I, Alma, had spoken these words, behold,
the people were wroth with me because I said unto them that they were
a hard-hearted and a stiffnecked people.
		 -- Alma 9:31
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And also because I said unto them that they were a lost and a fallen
people they were angry with me, and sought to lay their hands upon me,
that they might cast me into prison.
		 -- Alma 9:32
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But it came to pass that the Lord did not suffer them that they should
take me at that time and cast me into prison.
		 -- Alma 9:33
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And it came to pass that Amulek went and stood forth, and began to
preach unto them also.	And now the words of Amulek are not all written,
nevertheless a part of his words are written in this book.
		 -- Alma 9:34
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Now these are the words which Amulek preached unto the people who were
in the land of Ammonihah, saying:
		 -- Alma 10:1
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I am Amulek; I am the son of Giddonah, who was the son of Ishmael, who
was a descendant of Aminadi; and it was the same Aminadi who interpreted
the writing which was upon the wall of the temple, which was written by
the finger of God.
		 -- Alma 10:2
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And Aminadi was a descendant of Nephi, who was the son of Lehi, who came
out of the land of Jerusalem, who was a descendant of Manasseh, who was
the son of Joseph who was sold into Egypt by the hands of his brethren.
		 -- Alma 10:3
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And behold, I am also a man of no small reputation among all those who
know me; yea, and behold, I have many kindreds and friends, and I have
also acquired much riches by the hand of my industry.
		 -- Alma 10:4
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Nevertheless, after all this, I never have known much of the ways of the
Lord, and his mysteries and marvelous power.  I said I never had known
much of these things; but behold, I mistake, for I have seen much of his
mysteries and his marvelous power; yea, even in the preservation of the
lives of this people.
		 -- Alma 10:5
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Nevertheless, I did harden my heart, for I was called many times and I
would not hear; therefore I knew concerning these things, yet I would
not know; therefore I went on rebelling against God, in the wickedness
of my heart, even until the fourth day of this seventh month, which is
in the tenth year of the reign of the judges.
		 -- Alma 10:6
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As I was journeying to see a very near kindred, behold an angel of
the Lord appeared unto me and said: Amulek, return to thine own house,
for thou shalt feed a prophet of the Lord; yea, a holy man, who is a
chosen man of God; for he has fasted many days because of the sins of
this people, and he is an hungered, and thou shalt receive him into
thy house and feed him, and he shall bless thee and thy house; and the
blessing of the Lord shall rest upon thee and thy house.
		 -- Alma 10:7
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And it came to pass that I obeyed the voice of the angel, and returned
towards my house.  And as I was going thither I found the man whom the
angel said unto me: Thou shalt receive into thy house--and behold it was
this same man who has been speaking unto you concerning the things of God.
		 -- Alma 10:8
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And the angel said unto me he is a holy man; wherefore I know he is a
holy man because it was said by an angel of God.
		 -- Alma 10:9
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And again, I know that the things whereof he hath testified are true;
for behold I say unto you, that as the Lord liveth, even so has he sent
his angel to make these things manifest unto me; and this he has done
while this Alma hath dwelt at my house.
		 -- Alma 10:10
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For behold, he hath blessed mine house, he hath blessed me, and my
women, and my children, and my father and my kinsfolk; yea, even all my
kindred hath he blessed, and the blessing of the Lord hath rested upon
us according to the words which he spake.
		 -- Alma 10:11
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And now, when Amulek had spoken these words the people began to be
astonished, seeing there was more than one witness who testified of the
things whereof they were accused, and also of the things which were to
come, according to the spirit of prophecy which was in them.
		 -- Alma 10:12
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Nevertheless, there were some among them who thought to question them,
that by their cunning devices they might catch them in their words, that
they might find witness against them, that they might deliver them to
their judges that they might be judged according to the law, and that
they might be slain or cast into prison, according to the crime which
they could make appear or witness against them.
		 -- Alma 10:13
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Now it was those men who sought to destroy them, who were lawyers, who
were hired or appointed by the people to administer the law at their times
of trials, or at the trials of the crimes of the people before the judges.
		 -- Alma 10:14
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Now these lawyers were learned in all the arts and cunning of the
people; and this was to enable them that they might be skilful in their
profession.
		 -- Alma 10:15
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And it came to pass that they began to question Amulek, that thereby
they might make him cross his words, or contradict the words which he
should speak.
		 -- Alma 10:16
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Now they knew not that Amulek could know of their designs. But it came
to pass as they began to question him, he perceived their thoughts,
and he said unto them: O ye wicked and perverse generation, ye lawyers
and hypocrites, for ye are laying the foundations of the devil; for ye
are laying traps and snares to catch the holy ones of God.
		 -- Alma 10:17
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Ye are laying plans to pervert the ways of the righteous, and to bring
down the wrath of God upon your heads, even to the utter destruction of
this people.
		 -- Alma 10:18
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Yea, well did Mosiah say, who was our last king, when he was about to
deliver up the kingdom, having no one to confer it upon, causing that
this people should be governed by their own voices--yea, well did he say
that if the time should come that the voice of this people should choose
iniquity, that is, if the time should come that this people should fall
into transgression, they would be ripe for destruction.
		 -- Alma 10:19
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And now I say unto you that well doth the Lord judge of your iniquities;
well doth he cry unto this people, by the voice of his angels: Repent ye,
repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
		 -- Alma 10:20
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Yea, well doth he cry, by the voice of his angels that: I will come down
among my people, with equity and justice in my hands.
		 -- Alma 10:21
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Yea, and I say unto you that if it were not for the prayers of the
righteous, who are now in the land, that ye would even now be visited with
utter destruction; yet it would not be by flood, as were the people in the
days of Noah, but it would be by famine, and by pestilence, and the sword.
		 -- Alma 10:22
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But it is by the prayers of the righteous that ye are spared; now
therefore, if ye will cast out the righteous from among you then will
not the Lord stay his hand; but in his fierce anger he will come out
against you; then ye shall be smitten by famine, and by pestilence,
and by the sword; and the time is soon at hand except ye repent.
		 -- Alma 10:23
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And now it came to pass that the people were more angry with Amulek,
and they cried out, saying: This man doth revile against our laws which
are just, and our wise lawyers whom we have selected.
		 -- Alma 10:24
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But Amulek stretched forth his hand, and cried the mightier unto them,
saying: O ye wicked and perverse generation, why hath Satan got such
great hold upon your hearts?  Why will ye yield yourselves unto him
that he may have power over you, to blind your eyes, that ye will not
understand the words which are spoken, according to their truth?
		 -- Alma 10:25
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For behold, have I testified against your law?	Ye do not understand;
ye say that I have spoken against your law; but I have not, but I have
spoken in favor of your law, to your condemnation.
		 -- Alma 10:26
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And now behold, I say unto you, that the foundation of the destruction
of this people is beginning to be laid by the unrighteousness of your
lawyers and your judges.
		 -- Alma 10:27
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And now it came to pass that when Amulek had spoken these words the people
cried out against him, saying: Now we know that this man is a child of
the devil, for he hath lied unto us; for he hath spoken against our law.
And now he says that he has not spoken against it.
		 -- Alma 10:28
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And again, he has reviled against our lawyers, and our judges.
		 -- Alma 10:29
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And it came to pass that the lawyers put it into their hearts that they
should remember these things against him.
		 -- Alma 10:30
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And there was one among them whose name was Zeezrom.  Now he was the
foremost to accuse Amulek and Alma, he being one of the most expert
among them, having much business to do among the people.
		 -- Alma 10:31
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Now the object of these lawyers was to get gain; and they got gain
according to their employ.
		 -- Alma 10:32
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Now it was in the law of Mosiah that every man who was a judge of the law,
or those who were appointed to be judges, should receive wages according
to the time which they labored to judge those who were brought before
them to be judged.
		 -- Alma 11:1
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Now if a man owed another, and he would not pay that which he did owe,
he was complained of to the judge; and the judge executed authority,
and sent forth officers that the man should be brought before him; and he
judged the man according to the law and the evidences which were brought
against him, and thus the man was compelled to pay that which he owed, or
be stripped, or be cast out from among the people as a thief and a robber.
		 -- Alma 11:2
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And the judge received for his wages according to his time--a senine of
gold for a day, or a senum of silver, which is equal to a senine of gold;
and this is according to the law which was given.
		 -- Alma 11:3
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Now these are the names of the different pieces of their gold, and of
their silver, according to their value.  And the names are given by the
Nephites, for they did not reckon after the manner of the Jews who were
at Jerusalem; neither did they measure after the manner of the Jews;
but they altered their reckoning and their measure, according to the
minds and the circumstances of the people, in every generation, until
the reign of the judges, they having been established by king Mosiah.
		 -- Alma 11:4
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Now the reckoning is thus--a senine of gold, a seon of gold, a shum of
gold, and a limnah of gold.
		 -- Alma 11:5
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A senum of silver, an amnor of silver, an ezrom of silver, and an onti
of silver.
		 -- Alma 11:6
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A senum of silver was equal to a senine of gold, and either for a measure
of barley, and also for a measure of every kind of grain.
		 -- Alma 11:7
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Now the amount of a seon of gold was twice the value of a senine.
		 -- Alma 11:8
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And a shum of gold was twice the value of a seon.
		 -- Alma 11:9
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And a limnah of gold was the value of them all.
		 -- Alma 11:10
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And an amnor of silver was as great as two senums.
		 -- Alma 11:11
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And an ezrom of silver was as great as four senums.
		 -- Alma 11:12
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And an onti was as great as them all.
		 -- Alma 11:13
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Now this is the value of the lesser numbers of their reckoning--
		 -- Alma 11:14
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A shiblon is half of a senum; therefore, a shiblon for half a measure
of barley.
		 -- Alma 11:15
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And a shiblum is a half of a shiblon.
		 -- Alma 11:16
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And a leah is the half of a shiblum.
		 -- Alma 11:17
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Now this is their number, according to their reckoning.
		 -- Alma 11:18
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Now an antion of gold is equal to three shiblons.
		 -- Alma 11:19
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Now, it was for the sole purpose to get gain, because they received
their wages according to their employ, therefore, they did stir up
the people to riotings, and all manner of disturbances and wickedness,
that they might have more employ, that they might get money according
to the suits which were brought before them; therefore they did stir up
the people against Alma and Amulek.
		 -- Alma 11:20
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And this Zeezrom began to question Amulek, saying: Will ye answer me
a few questions which I shall ask you?	Now Zeezrom was a man who was
expert in the devices of the devil, that he might destroy that which
was good; therefore, he said unto Amulek: Will ye answer the questions
which I shall put unto you?
		 -- Alma 11:21
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And Amulek said unto him: Yea, if it be according to the Spirit of the
Lord, which is in me; for I shall say nothing which is contrary to the
Spirit of the Lord.  And Zeezrom said unto him: Behold, here are six
onties of silver, and all these will I give thee if thou wilt deny the
existence of a Supreme Being.
		 -- Alma 11:22
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Now Amulek said: O thou child of hell, why tempt ye me?  Knowest thou
that the righteous yieldeth to no such temptations?
		 -- Alma 11:23
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Believest thou that there is no God?  I say unto you, Nay, thou knowest
that there is a God, but thou lovest that lucre more than him.
		 -- Alma 11:24
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And now thou hast lied before God unto me.  Thou saidst unto me--Behold
these six onties, which are of great worth, I will give unto thee--when
thou hadst it in thy heart to retain them from me; and it was only thy
desire that I should deny the true and living God, that thou mightest
have cause to destroy me.  And now behold, for this great evil thou
shalt have thy reward.
		 -- Alma 11:25
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And Zeezrom said unto him: Thou sayest there is a true and living God?
		 -- Alma 11:26
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And Amulek said: Yea, there is a true and living God.
		 -- Alma 11:27
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Now Zeezrom said: Is there more than one God?
		 -- Alma 11:28
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And he answered, No.
		 -- Alma 11:29
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Now Zeezrom said unto him again: How knowest thou these things?
		 -- Alma 11:30
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And he said: An angel hath made them known unto me.
		 -- Alma 11:31
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And Zeezrom said again: Who is he that shall come?  Is it the Son of God?
		 -- Alma 11:32
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And he said unto him, Yea.
		 -- Alma 11:33
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And Zeezrom said again: Shall he save his people in their sins?
And Amulek answered and said unto him: I say unto you he shall not,
for it is impossible for him to deny his word.
		 -- Alma 11:34
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Now Zeezrom said unto the people: See that ye remember these things;
for he said there is but one God; yet he saith that the Son of God shall
come, but he shall not save his people--as though he had authority to
command God.
		 -- Alma 11:35
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Now Amulek saith again unto him: Behold thou hast lied, for thou sayest
that I spake as though I had authority to command God because I said he
shall not save his people in their sins.
		 -- Alma 11:36
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And I say unto you again that he cannot save them in their sins; for I
cannot deny his word, and he hath said that no unclean thing can inherit
the kingdom of heaven; therefore, how can ye be saved, except ye inherit
the kingdom of heaven?	Therefore, ye cannot be saved in your sins.
		 -- Alma 11:37
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Now Zeezrom saith again unto him: Is the Son of God the very Eternal
Father?
		 -- Alma 11:38
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And Amulek said unto him: Yea, he is the very Eternal Father of heaven
and of earth, and all things which in them are; he is the beginning and
the end, the first and the last;
		 -- Alma 11:39
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And he shall come into the world to redeem his people; and he shall take
upon him the transgressions of those who believe on his name; and these
are they that shall have eternal life, and salvation cometh to none else.
		 -- Alma 11:40
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Therefore the wicked remain as though there had been no redemption made,
except it be the loosing of the bands of death; for behold, the day
cometh that all shall rise from the dead and stand before God, and be
judged according to their works.
		 -- Alma 11:41
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Now, there is a death which is called a temporal death; and the death
of Christ shall loose the bands of this temporal death, that all shall
be raised from this temporal death.
		 -- Alma 11:42
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The spirit and the body shall be reunited again in its perfect form;
both limb and joint shall be restored to its proper frame, even as we now
are at this time; and we shall be brought to stand before God, knowing
even as we know now, and have a bright recollection of all our guilt.
		 -- Alma 11:43
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Now, this restoration shall come to all, both old and young, both bond
and free, both male and female, both the wicked and the righteous;
and even there shall not so much as a hair of their heads be lost;
but every thing shall be restored to its perfect frame, as it is now,
or in the body, and shall be brought and be arraigned before the bar of
Christ the Son, and God the Father, and the Holy Spirit, which is one
Eternal God, to be judged according to their works, whether they be good
or whether they be evil.
		 -- Alma 11:44
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Now, behold, I have spoken unto you concerning the death of the mortal
body, and also concerning the resurrection of the mortal body.	I say
unto you that this mortal body is raised to an immortal body, that is
from death, even from the first death unto life, that they can die no
more; their spirits uniting with their bodies, never to be divided;
thus the whole becoming spiritual and immortal, that they can no more
see corruption.
		 -- Alma 11:45
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Now, when Amulek had finished these words the people began again to be
astonished, and also Zeezrom began to tremble.	And thus ended the words
of Amulek, or this is all that I have written.
		 -- Alma 11:46
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Now Alma, seeing that the words of Amulek had silenced Zeezrom, for he
beheld that Amulek had caught him in his lying and deceiving to destroy
him, and seeing that he began to tremble under a consciousness of his
guilt, he opened his mouth and began to speak unto him, and to establish
the words of Amulek, and to explain things beyond, or to unfold the
scriptures beyond that which Amulek had done.
		 -- Alma 12:1
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Now the words that Alma spake unto Zeezrom were heard by the people
round about; for the multitude was great, and he spake on this wise:
		 -- Alma 12:2
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Now Zeezrom, seeing that thou hast been taken in thy lying and craftiness,
for thou hast not lied unto men only but thou hast lied unto God; for
behold, he knows all thy thoughts, and thou seest that thy thoughts are
made known unto us by his Spirit;
		 -- Alma 12:3
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And thou seest that we know that thy plan was a very subtle plan, as to
the subtlety of the devil, for to lie and to deceive this people that
thou mightest set them against us, to revile us and to cast us out--
		 -- Alma 12:4
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Now this was a plan of thine adversary, and he hath exercised his power
in thee.  Now I would that ye should remember that what I say unto thee
I say unto all.
		 -- Alma 12:5
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And behold I say unto you all that this was a snare of the adversary,
which he has laid to catch this people, that he might bring you into
subjection unto him, that he might encircle you about with his chains,
that he might chain you down to everlasting destruction, according to
the power of his captivity.
		 -- Alma 12:6
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Now when Alma had spoken these words, Zeezrom began to tremble more
exceedingly, for he was convinced more and more of the power of God; and
he was also convinced that Alma and Amulek had a knowledge of him, for
he was convinced that they knew the thoughts and intents of his heart;
for power was given unto them that they might know of these things
according to the spirit of prophecy.
		 -- Alma 12:7
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And Zeezrom began to inquire of them diligently, that he might know
more concerning the kingdom of God.  And he said unto Alma: What does
this mean which Amulek hath spoken concerning the resurrection of the
dead, that all shall rise from the dead, both the just and the unjust,
and are brought to stand before God to be judged according to their works?
		 -- Alma 12:8
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And now Alma began to expound these things unto him, saying: It is
given unto many to know the mysteries of God; nevertheless they are
laid under a strict command that they shall not impart only according
to the portion of his word which he doth grant unto the children of men,
according to the heed and diligence which they give unto him.
		 -- Alma 12:9
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And therefore, he that will harden his heart, the same receiveth the
lesser portion of the word; and he that will not harden his heart, to
him is given the greater portion of the word, until it is given unto
him to know the mysteries of God until he know them in full.
		 -- Alma 12:10
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And they that will harden their hearts, to them is given the lesser
portion of the word until they know nothing concerning his mysteries;
and then they are taken captive by the devil, and led by his will down
to destruction.  Now this is what is meant by the chains of hell.
		 -- Alma 12:11
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And Amulek hath spoken plainly concerning death, and being raised from
this mortality to a state of immortality, and being brought before the
bar of God, to be judged according to our works.
		 -- Alma 12:12
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Then if our hearts have been hardened, yea, if we have hardened our
hearts against the word, insomuch that it has not been found in us,
then will our state be awful, for then we shall be condemned.
		 -- Alma 12:13
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For our words will condemn us, yea, all our works will condemn us;
we shall not be found spotless; and our thoughts will also condemn us;
and in this awful state we shall not dare to look up to our God; and we
would fain be glad if we could command the rocks and the mountains to
fall upon us to hide us from his presence.
		 -- Alma 12:14
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But this cannot be; we must come forth and stand before him in his glory,
and in his power, and in his might, majesty, and dominion, and acknowledge
to our everlasting shame that all his judgments are just; that he is
just in all his works, and that he is merciful unto the children of men,
and that he has all power to save every man that believeth on his name
and bringeth forth fruit meet for repentance.
		 -- Alma 12:15
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And now behold, I say unto you then cometh a death, even a second death,
which is a spiritual death; then is a time that whosoever dieth in his
sins, as to a temporal death, shall also die a spiritual death; yea,
he shall die as to things pertaining unto righteousness.
		 -- Alma 12:16
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Then is the time when their torments shall be as a lake of fire and
brimstone, whose flame ascendeth up forever and ever; and then is the
time that they shall be chained down to an everlasting destruction,
according to the power and captivity of Satan, he having subjected them
according to his will.
		 -- Alma 12:17
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Then, I say unto you, they shall be as though there had been no redemption
made; for they cannot be redeemed according to God's justice; and they
cannot die, seeing there is no more corruption.
		 -- Alma 12:18
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Now it came to pass that when Alma had made an end of speaking these
words, the people began to be more astonished;
		 -- Alma 12:19
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But there was one Antionah, who was a chief ruler among them, came forth
and said unto him: What is this that thou hast said, that man should
rise from the dead and be changed from this mortal to an immortal state
that the soul can never die?
		 -- Alma 12:20
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What does the scripture mean, which saith that God placed cherubim
and a flaming sword on the east of the garden of Eden, lest our first
parents should enter and partake of the fruit of the tree of life, and
live forever?  And thus we see that there was no possible chance that
they should live forever.
		 -- Alma 12:21
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Now Alma said unto him: This is the thing which I was about to explain.
Now we see that Adam did fall by the partaking of the forbidden fruit,
according to the word of God; and thus we see, that by his fall, all
mankind became a lost and fallen people.
		 -- Alma 12:22
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And now behold, I say unto you that if it had been possible for Adam to
have partaken of the fruit of the tree of life at that time, there would
have been no death, and the word would have been void, making God a liar,
for he said: If thou eat thou shalt surely die.
		 -- Alma 12:23
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And we see that death comes upon mankind, yea, the death which has
been spoken of by Amulek, which is the temporal death; nevertheless
there was a space granted unto man in which he might repent; therefore
this life became a probationary state; a time to prepare to meet God;
a time to prepare for that endless state which has been spoken of by us,
which is after the resurrection of the dead.
		 -- Alma 12:24
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Now, if it had not been for the plan of redemption, which was laid from
the foundation of the world, there could have been no resurrection of
the dead; but there was a plan of redemption laid, which shall bring to
pass the resurrection of the dead, of which has been spoken.
		 -- Alma 12:25
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And now behold, if it were possible that our first parents could have
gone forth and partaken of the tree of life they would have been forever
miserable, having no preparatory state; and thus the plan of redemption
would have been frustrated, and the word of God would have been void,
taking none effect.
		 -- Alma 12:26
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But behold, it was not so; but it was appointed unto men that they must
die; and after death, they must come to judgment, even that same judgment
of which we have spoken, which is the end.
		 -- Alma 12:27
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And after God had appointed that these things should come unto man,
behold, then he saw that it was expedient that man should know concerning
the things whereof he had appointed unto them;
		 -- Alma 12:28
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Therefore he sent angels to converse with them, who caused men to behold
of his glory.
		 -- Alma 12:29
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And they began from that time forth to call on his name; therefore God
conversed with men, and made known unto them the plan of redemption, which
had been prepared from the foundation of the world; and this he made known
unto them according to their faith and repentance and their holy works.
		 -- Alma 12:30
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Wherefore, he gave commandments unto men, they having first transgressed
the first commandments as to things which were temporal, and becoming
as Gods, knowing good from evil, placing themselves in a state to act,
or being placed in a state to act according to their wills and pleasures,
whether to do evil or to do good--
		 -- Alma 12:31
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Therefore God gave unto them commandments, after having made known unto
them the plan of redemption, that they should not do evil, the penalty
thereof being a second death, which was an everlasting death as to things
pertaining unto righteousness; for on such the plan of redemption could
have no power, for the works of justice could not be destroyed, according
to the supreme goodness of God.
		 -- Alma 12:32
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But God did call on men, in the name of his Son, (this being the plan of
redemption which was laid) saying: If ye will repent and harden not your
hearts, then will I have mercy upon you, through mine Only Begotten Son;
		 -- Alma 12:33
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Therefore, whosoever repenteth, and hardeneth not his heart, he shall
have claim on mercy through mine Only Begotten Son, unto a remission of
his sins; and these shall enter into my rest.
		 -- Alma 12:34
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And whosoever will harden his heart and will do iniquity, behold,
I swear in my wrath that he shall not enter into my rest.
		 -- Alma 12:35
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And now, my brethren, behold I say unto you, that if ye will harden
your hearts ye shall not enter into the rest of the Lord; therefore your
iniquity provoketh him that he sendeth down his wrath upon you as in the
first provocation, yea, according to his word in the last provocation
as well as the first, to the everlasting destruction of your souls;
therefore, according to his word, unto the last death, as well as
the first.
		 -- Alma 12:36
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And now, my brethren, seeing we know these things, and they are true,
let us repent, and harden not our hearts, that we provoke not the Lord
our God to pull down his wrath upon us in these his second commandments
which he has given unto us; but let us enter into the rest of God,
which is prepared according to his word.
		 -- Alma 12:37
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And again, my brethren, I would cite your minds forward to the time when
the Lord God gave these commandments unto his children; and I would that
ye should remember that the Lord God ordained priests, after his holy
order, which was after the order of his Son, to teach these things unto
the people.
		 -- Alma 13:1
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And those priests were ordained after the order of his Son, in a manner
that thereby the people might know in what manner to look forward to
his Son for redemption.
		 -- Alma 13:2
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And this is the manner after which they were ordained--being called and
prepared from the foundation of the world according to the foreknowledge
of God, on account of their exceeding faith and good works; in the
first place being left to choose good or evil; therefore they having
chosen good, and exercising exceedingly great faith, are called with
a holy calling, yea, with that holy calling which was prepared with,
and according to, a preparatory redemption for such.
		 -- Alma 13:3
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And thus they have been called to this holy calling on account of
their faith, while others would reject the Spirit of God on account
of the hardness of their hearts and blindness of their minds, while,
if it had not been for this they might have had as great privilege as
their brethren.
		 -- Alma 13:4
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Or in fine, in the first place they were on the same standing with their
brethren; thus this holy calling being prepared from the foundation
of the world for such as would not harden their hearts, being in and
through the atonement of the Only Begotten Son, who was prepared--
		 -- Alma 13:5
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And thus being called by this holy calling, and ordained unto the high
priesthood of the holy order of God, to teach his commandments unto the
children of men, that they also might enter into his rest--
		 -- Alma 13:6
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This high priesthood being after the order of his Son, which order
was from the foundation of the world; or in other words, being without
beginning of days or end of years, being prepared from eternity to all
eternity, according to his foreknowledge of all things--
		 -- Alma 13:7
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Now they were ordained after this manner--being called with a holy
calling, and ordained with a holy ordinance, and taking upon them the
high priesthood of the holy order, which calling, and ordinance, and
high priesthood, is without beginning or end--
		 -- Alma 13:8
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Thus they become high priests forever, after the order of the Son, the
Only Begotten of the Father, who is without beginning of days or end of
years, who is full of grace, equity, and truth. And thus it is.  Amen.
		 -- Alma 13:9
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Now, as I said concerning the holy order, or this high priesthood, there
were many who were ordained and became high priests of God; and it was on
account of their exceeding faith and repentance, and their righteousness
before God, they choosing to repent and work righteousness rather than
to perish;
		 -- Alma 13:10
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Therefore they were called after this holy order, and were sanctified,
and their garments were washed white through the blood of the Lamb.
		 -- Alma 13:11
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Now they, after being sanctified by the Holy Ghost, having their garments
made white, being pure and spotless before God, could not look upon sin
save it were with abhorrence; and there were many, exceedingly great many,
who were made pure and entered into the rest of the Lord their God.
		 -- Alma 13:12
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And now, my brethren, I would that ye should humble yourselves before
God, and bring forth fruit meet for repentance, that ye may also enter
into that rest.
		 -- Alma 13:13
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Yea, humble yourselves even as the people in the days of Melchizedek,
who was also a high priest after this same order which I have spoken,
who also took upon him the high priesthood forever.
		 -- Alma 13:14
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And it was this same Melchizedek to whom Abraham paid tithes; yea,
even our father Abraham paid tithes of one-tenth part of all he possessed.
		 -- Alma 13:15
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Now these ordinances were given after this manner, that thereby the people
might look forward on the Son of God, it being a type of his order, or
it being his order, and this that they might look forward to him for a
remission of their sins, that they might enter into the rest of the Lord.
		 -- Alma 13:16
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Now this Melchizedek was a king over the land of Salem; and his people
had waxed strong in iniquity and abomination; yea, they had all gone
astray; they were full of all manner of wickedness;
		 -- Alma 13:17
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But Melchizedek having exercised mighty faith, and received the office
of the high priesthood according to the holy order of God, did preach
repentance unto his people.  And behold, they did repent; and Melchizedek
did establish peace in the land in his days; therefore he was called the
prince of peace, for he was the king of Salem; and he did reign under
his father.
		 -- Alma 13:18
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Now, there were many before him, and also there were many afterwards,
but none were greater; therefore, of him they have more particularly
made mention.
		 -- Alma 13:19
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Now I need not rehearse the matter; what I have said may suffice.  Behold,
the scriptures are before you; if ye will wrest them it shall be to your
own destruction.
		 -- Alma 13:20
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And now it came to pass that when Alma had said these words unto them,
he stretched forth his hand unto them and cried with a mighty voice,
saying: Now is the time to repent, for the day of salvation draweth nigh;
		 -- Alma 13:21
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Yea, and the voice of the Lord, by the mouth of angels, doth declare it
unto all nations; yea, doth declare it, that they may have glad tidings of
great joy; yea, and he doth sound these glad tidings among all his people,
yea, even to them that are scattered abroad upon the face of the earth;
wherefore they have come unto us.
		 -- Alma 13:22
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And they are made known unto us in plain terms, that we may understand,
that we cannot err; and this because of our being wanderers in a strange
land; therefore, we are thus highly favored, for we have these glad
tidings declared unto us in all parts of our vineyard.
		 -- Alma 13:23
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For behold, angels are declaring it unto many at this time in our land;
and this is for the purpose of preparing the hearts of the children of
men to receive his word at the time of his coming in his glory.
		 -- Alma 13:24
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And now we only wait to hear the joyful news declared unto us by the
mouth of angels, of his coming; for the time cometh, we know not how soon.
Would to God that it might be in my day; but let it be sooner or later,
in it I will rejoice.
		 -- Alma 13:25
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And it shall be made known unto just and holy men, by the mouth of
angels, at the time of his coming, that the words of our fathers may
be fulfilled, according to that which they have spoken concerning him,
which was according to the spirit of prophecy which was in them.
		 -- Alma 13:26
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And now, my brethren, I wish from the inmost part of my heart, yea,
with great anxiety even unto pain, that ye would hearken unto my words,
and cast off your sins, and not procrastinate the day of your repentance;
		 -- Alma 13:27
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But that ye would humble yourselves before the Lord, and call on his holy
name, and watch and pray continually, that ye may not be tempted above
that which ye can bear, and thus be led by the Holy Spirit, becoming
humble, meek, submissive, patient, full of love and all long-suffering;
		 -- Alma 13:28
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Having faith on the Lord; having a hope that ye shall receive eternal
life; having the love of God always in your hearts, that ye may be lifted
up at the last day and enter into his rest.
		 -- Alma 13:29
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And may the Lord grant unto you repentance, that ye may not bring down
his wrath upon you, that ye may not be bound down by the chains of hell,
that ye may not suffer the second death.
		 -- Alma 13:30
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And Alma spake many more words unto the people, which are not written
in this book.
		 -- Alma 13:31
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And it came to pass after he had made an end of speaking unto the people
many of them did believe on his words, and began to repent, and to search
the scriptures.
		 -- Alma 14:1
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But the more part of them were desirous that they might destroy Alma and
Amulek; for they were angry with Alma, because of the plainness of his
words unto Zeezrom; and they also said that Amulek had lied unto them, and
had reviled against their law and also against their lawyers and judges.
		 -- Alma 14:2
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And they were also angry with Alma and Amulek; and because they had
testified so plainly against their wickedness, they sought to put them
away privily.
		 -- Alma 14:3
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But it came to pass that they did not; but they took them and bound them
with strong cords, and took them before the chief judge of the land.
		 -- Alma 14:4
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And the people went forth and witnessed against them--testifying that they
had reviled against the law, and their lawyers and judges of the land,
and also of all the people that were in the land; and also testified that
there was but one God, and that he should send his Son among the people,
but he should not save them; and many such things did the people testify
against Alma and Amulek.  Now this was done before the chief judge of
the land.
		 -- Alma 14:5
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And it came to pass that Zeezrom was astonished at the words which had
been spoken; and he also knew concerning the blindness of the minds,
which he had caused among the people by his lying words; and his soul
began to be harrowed up under a consciousness of his own guilt; yea,
he began to be encircled about by the pains of hell.
		 -- Alma 14:6
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And it came to pass that he began to cry unto the people, saying:
Behold, I am guilty, and these men are spotless before God.  And he
began to plead for them from that time forth; but they reviled him,
saying: Art thou also possessed with the devil?  And they spit upon him,
and cast him out from among them, and also all those who believed in the
words which had been spoken by Alma and Amulek; and they cast them out,
and sent men to cast stones at them.
		 -- Alma 14:7
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And they brought their wives and children together, and whosoever believed
or had been taught to believe in the word of God they caused that they
should be cast into the fire; and they also brought forth their records
which contained the holy scriptures, and cast them into the fire also,
that they might be burned and destroyed by fire.
		 -- Alma 14:8
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And it came to pass that they took Alma and Amulek, and carried them
forth to the place of martyrdom, that they might witness the destruction
of those who were consumed by fire.
		 -- Alma 14:9
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And when Amulek saw the pains of the women and children who were consuming
in the fire, he also was pained; and he said unto Alma: How can we witness
this awful scene?  Therefore let us stretch forth our hands, and exercise
the power of God which is in us, and save them from the flames.
		 -- Alma 14:10
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But Alma said unto him: The Spirit constraineth me that I must not stretch
forth mine hand; for behold the Lord receiveth them up unto himself, in
glory; and he doth suffer that they may do this thing, or that the people
may do this thing unto them, according to the hardness of their hearts,
that the judgments which he shall exercise upon them in his wrath may
be just; and the blood of the innocent shall stand as a witness against
them, yea, and cry mightily against them at the last day.
		 -- Alma 14:11
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Now Amulek said unto Alma: Behold, perhaps they will burn us also.
		 -- Alma 14:12
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And Alma said: Be it according to the will of the Lord.  But, behold,
our work is not finished; therefore they burn us not.
		 -- Alma 14:13
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Now it came to pass that when the bodies of those who had been cast into
the fire were consumed, and also the records which were cast in with
them, the chief judge of the land came and stood before Alma and Amulek,
as they were bound; and he smote them with his hand upon their cheeks,
and said unto them: After what ye have seen, will ye preach again unto
this people, that they shall be cast into a lake of fire and brimstone?
		 -- Alma 14:14
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Behold, ye see that ye had not power to save those who had been cast into
the fire; neither has God saved them because they were of thy faith.
And the judge smote them again upon their cheeks, and asked: What say
ye for yourselves?
		 -- Alma 14:15
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Now this judge was after the order and faith of Nehor, who slew Gideon.
		 -- Alma 14:16
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And it came to pass that Alma and Amulek answered him nothing; and he
smote them again, and delivered them to the officers to be cast into
prison.
		 -- Alma 14:17
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And when they had been cast into prison three days, there came many
lawyers, and judges, and priests, and teachers, who were of the
profession of Nehor; and they came in unto the prison to see them,
and they questioned them about many words; but they answered them nothing.
		 -- Alma 14:18
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And it came to pass that the judge stood before them, and said: Why do
ye not answer the words of this people?  Know ye not that I have power
to deliver you up unto the flames?  And he commanded them to speak;
but they answered nothing.
		 -- Alma 14:19
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And it came to pass that they departed and went their ways, but came
again on the morrow; and the judge also smote them again on their cheeks.
And many came forth also, and smote them, saying: Will ye stand again
and judge this people, and condemn our law?  If ye have such great power
why do ye not deliver yourselves?
		 -- Alma 14:20
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And many such things did they say unto them, gnashing their teeth upon
them, and spitting upon them, and saying: How shall we look when we
are damned?
		 -- Alma 14:21
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And many such things, yea, all manner of such things did they say unto
them; and thus they did mock them for many days.  And they did withhold
food from them that they might hunger, and water that they might thirst;
and they also did take from them their clothes that they were naked;
and thus they were bound with strong cords, and confined in prison.
		 -- Alma 14:22
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And it came to pass after they had thus suffered for many days, (and
it was on the twelfth day, in the tenth month, in the tenth year of the
reign of the judges over the people of Nephi) that the chief judge over
the land of Ammonihah and many of their teachers and their lawyers went
in unto the prison where Alma and Amulek were bound with cords.
		 -- Alma 14:23
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And the chief judge stood before them, and smote them again, and said
unto them: If ye have the power of God deliver yourselves from these
bands, and then we will believe that the Lord will destroy this people
according to your words.
		 -- Alma 14:24
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And it came to pass that they all went forth and smote them, saying the
same words, even until the last; and when the last had spoken unto them
the power of God was upon Alma and Amulek, and they rose and stood upon
their feet.
		 -- Alma 14:25
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And Alma cried, saying: How long shall we suffer these great afflictions,
O Lord?  O Lord, give us strength according to our faith which is in
Christ, even unto deliverance.	And they broke the cords with which
they were bound; and when the people saw this, they began to flee,
for the fear of destruction had come upon them.
		 -- Alma 14:26
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And it came to pass that so great was their fear that they fell to
the earth, and did not obtain the outer door of the prison; and the
earth shook mightily, and the walls of the prison were rent in twain,
so that they fell to the earth; and the chief judge, and the lawyers,
and priests, and teachers, who smote upon Alma and Amulek, were slain
by the fall thereof.
		 -- Alma 14:27
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And Alma and Amulek came forth out of the prison, and they were not hurt;
for the Lord had granted unto them power, according to their faith which
was in Christ.	And they straightway came forth out of the prison; and
they were loosed from their bands; and the prison had fallen to the earth,
and every soul within the walls thereof, save it were Alma and Amulek,
was slain; and they straightway came forth into the city.
		 -- Alma 14:28
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Now the people having heard a great noise came running together by
multitudes to know the cause of it; and when they saw Alma and Amulek
coming forth out of the prison, and the walls thereof had fallen to the
earth, they were struck with great fear, and fled from the presence of
Alma and Amulek even as a goat fleeth with her young from two lions;
and thus they did flee from the presence of Alma and Amulek.
		 -- Alma 14:29
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And it came to pass that Alma and Amulek were commanded to depart out of
that city; and they departed, and came out even into the land of Sidom;
and behold, there they found all the people who had departed out of
the land of Ammonihah, who had been cast out and stoned, because they
believed in the words of Alma.
		 -- Alma 15:1
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And they related unto them all that had happened unto their wives
and children, and also concerning themselves, and of their power of
deliverance.
		 -- Alma 15:2
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And also Zeezrom lay sick at Sidom, with a burning fever, which was
caused by the great tribulations of his mind on account of his wickedness,
for he supposed that Alma and Amulek were no more; and he supposed that
they had been slain because of his iniquity.  And this great sin, and his
many other sins, did harrow up his mind until it did become exceedingly
sore, having no deliverance; therefore he began to be scorched with a
burning heat.
		 -- Alma 15:3
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Now, when he heard that Alma and Amulek were in the land of Sidom, his
heart began to take courage; and he sent a message immediately unto them,
desiring them to come unto him.
		 -- Alma 15:4
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And it came to pass that they went immediately, obeying the message which
he had sent unto them; and they went in unto the house unto Zeezrom;
and they found him upon his bed, sick, being very low with a burning
fever; and his mind also was exceedingly sore because of his iniquities;
and when he saw them he stretched forth his hand, and besought them that
they would heal him.
		 -- Alma 15:5
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And it came to pass that Alma said unto him, taking him by the hand:
Believest thou in the power of Christ unto salvation?
		 -- Alma 15:6
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And he answered and said: Yea, I believe all the words that thou hast
taught.
		 -- Alma 15:7
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And Alma said: If thou believest in the redemption of Christ thou canst
be healed.
		 -- Alma 15:8
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And he said: Yea, I believe according to thy words.
		 -- Alma 15:9
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And then Alma cried unto the Lord, saying: O Lord our God, have mercy
on this man, and heal him according to his faith which is in Christ.
		 -- Alma 15:10
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And when Alma had said these words, Zeezrom leaped upon his feet, and
began to walk; and this was done to the great astonishment of all the
people; and the knowledge of this went forth throughout all the land
of Sidom.
		 -- Alma 15:11
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And Alma baptized Zeezrom unto the Lord; and he began from that time
forth to preach unto the people.
		 -- Alma 15:12
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And Alma established a church in the land of Sidom, and consecrated
priests and teachers in the land, to baptize unto the Lord whosoever
were desirous to be baptized.
		 -- Alma 15:13
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And it came to pass that they were many; for they did flock in from all
the region round about Sidom, and were baptized.
		 -- Alma 15:14
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But as to the people that were in the land of Ammonihah, they yet remained
a hard-hearted and a stiffnecked people; and they repented not of their
sins, ascribing all the power of Alma and Amulek to the devil; for they
were of the profession of Nehor, and did not believe in the repentance
of their sins.
		 -- Alma 15:15
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And it came to pass that Alma and Amulek, Amulek having forsaken all
his gold, and silver, and his precious things, which were in the land
of Ammonihah, for the word of God, he being rejected by those who were
once his friends and also by his father and his kindred;
		 -- Alma 15:16
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Therefore, after Alma having established the church at Sidom, seeing a
great check, yea, seeing that the people were checked as to the pride
of their hearts, and began to humble themselves before God, and began
to assemble themselves together at their sanctuaries to worship God
before the altar, watching and praying continually, that they might be
delivered from Satan, and from death, and from destruction--
		 -- Alma 15:17
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Now as I said, Alma having seen all these things, therefore he took Amulek
and came over to the land of Zarahemla, and took him to his own house,
and did administer unto him in his tribulations, and strengthened him
in the Lord.
		 -- Alma 15:18
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And thus ended the tenth year of the reign of the judges over the people
of Nephi.
		 -- Alma 15:19
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And it came to pass in the eleventh year of the reign of the judges over
the people of Nephi, on the fifth day of the second month, there having
been much peace in the land of Zarahemla, there having been no wars
nor contentions for a certain number of years, even until the fifth day
of the second month in the eleventh year, there was a cry of war heard
throughout the land.
		 -- Alma 16:1
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For behold, the armies of the Lamanites had come in upon the wilderness
side, into the borders of the land, even into the city of Ammonihah,
and began to slay the people and destroy the city.
		 -- Alma 16:2
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And now it came to pass, before the Nephites could raise a sufficient
army to drive them out of the land, they had destroyed the people who
were in the city of Ammonihah, and also some around the borders of Noah,
and taken others captive into the wilderness.
		 -- Alma 16:3
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Now it came to pass that the Nephites were desirous to obtain those who
had been carried away captive into the wilderness.
		 -- Alma 16:4
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Therefore, he that had been appointed chief captain over the armies of
the Nephites, (and his name was Zoram, and he had two sons, Lehi and
Aha)--now Zoram and his two sons, knowing that Alma was high priest
over the church, and having heard that he had the spirit of prophecy,
therefore they went unto him and desired of him to know whither the Lord
would that they should go into the wilderness in search of their brethren,
who had been taken captive by the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 16:5
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And it came to pass that Alma inquired of the Lord concerning the matter.
And Alma returned and said unto them: Behold, the Lamanites will cross
the river Sidon in the south wilderness, away up beyond the borders of
the land of Manti.  And behold there shall ye meet them, on the east of
the river Sidon, and there the Lord will deliver unto thee thy brethren
who have been taken captive by the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 16:6
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And it came to pass that Zoram and his sons crossed over the river Sidon,
with their armies, and marched away beyond the borders of Manti into
the south wilderness, which was on the east side of the river Sidon.
		 -- Alma 16:7
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And they came upon the armies of the Lamanites, and the Lamanites were
scattered and driven into the wilderness; and they took their brethren
who had been taken captive by the Lamanites, and there was not one soul
of them had been lost that were taken captive.	And they were brought
by their brethren to possess their own lands.
		 -- Alma 16:8
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And thus ended the eleventh year of the judges, the Lamanites having been
driven out of the land, and the people of Ammonihah were destroyed; yea,
every living soul of the Ammonihahites was destroyed, and also their great
city, which they said God could not destroy, because of its greatness.
		 -- Alma 16:9
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But behold, in one day it was left desolate; and the carcasses were
mangled by dogs and wild beasts of the wilderness.
		 -- Alma 16:10
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Nevertheless, after many days their dead bodies were heaped up upon
the face of the earth, and they were covered with a shallow covering.
And now so great was the scent thereof that the people did not go in
to possess the land of Ammonihah for many years.  And it was called
Desolation of Nehors; for they were of the profession of Nehor, who were
slain; and their lands remained desolate.
		 -- Alma 16:11
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And the Lamanites did not come again to war against the Nephites until
the fourteenth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
And thus for three years did the people of Nephi have continual peace
in all the land.
		 -- Alma 16:12
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And Alma and Amulek went forth preaching repentance to the people in
their temples, and in their sanctuaries, and also in their synagogues,
which were built after the manner of the Jews.
		 -- Alma 16:13
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And as many as would hear their words, unto them they did impart the
word of God, without any respect of persons, continually.
		 -- Alma 16:14
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And thus did Alma and Amulek go forth, and also many more who had
been chosen for the work, to preach the word throughout all the land.
And the establishment of the church became general throughout the land,
in all the region round about, among all the people of the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 16:15
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And there was no inequality among them; the Lord did pour out his Spirit
on all the face of the land to prepare the minds of the children of men,
or to prepare their hearts to receive the word which should be taught
among them at the time of his coming--
		 -- Alma 16:16
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That they might not be hardened against the word, that they might not
be unbelieving, and go on to destruction, but that they might receive
the word with joy, and as a branch be grafted into the true vine, that
they might enter into the rest of the Lord their God.
		 -- Alma 16:17
%
Now those priests who did go forth among the people did preach against
all lyings, and deceivings, and envyings, and strifes, and malice, and
revilings, and stealing, robbing, plundering, murdering, committing
adultery, and all manner of lasciviousness, crying that these things
ought not so to be--
		 -- Alma 16:18
%
Holding forth things which must shortly come; yea, holding forth
the coming of the Son of God, his sufferings and death, and also the
resurrection of the dead.
		 -- Alma 16:19
%
And many of the people did inquire concerning the place where the Son
of God should come; and they were taught that he would appear unto them
after his resurrection; and this the people did hear with great joy
and gladness.
		 -- Alma 16:20
%
And now after the church had been established throughout all the
land--having got the victory over the devil, and the word of God being
preached in its purity in all the land, and the Lord pouring out his
blessings upon the people--thus ended the fourteenth year of the reign
of the judges over the people of Nephi.
		 -- Alma 16:21
%
And now it came to pass that as Alma was journeying from the land of
Gideon southward, away to the land of Manti, behold, to his astonishment,
he met with the sons of Mosiah journeying towards the land of Zarahemla.
		 -- Alma 17:1
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Now these sons of Mosiah were with Alma at the time the angel first
appeared unto him; therefore Alma did rejoice exceedingly to see his
brethren; and what added more to his joy, they were still his brethren in
the Lord; yea, and they had waxed strong in the knowledge of the truth;
for they were men of a sound understanding and they had searched the
scriptures diligently, that they might know the word of God.
		 -- Alma 17:2
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But this is not all; they had given themselves to much prayer, and
fasting; therefore they had the spirit of prophecy, and the spirit of
revelation, and when they taught, they taught with power and authority
of God.
		 -- Alma 17:3
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And they had been teaching the word of God for the space of fourteen
years among the Lamanites, having had much success in bringing many to
the knowledge of the truth; yea, by the power of their words many were
brought before the altar of God, to call on his name and confess their
sins before him.
		 -- Alma 17:4
%
Now these are the circumstances which attended them in their journeyings,
for they had many afflictions; they did suffer much, both in body and
in mind, such as hunger, thirst and fatigue, and also much labor in
the spirit.
		 -- Alma 17:5
%
Now these were their journeyings: Having taken leave of their father,
Mosiah, in the first year of the judges; having refused the kingdom
which their father was desirous to confer upon them, and also this was
the minds of the people;
		 -- Alma 17:6
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Nevertheless they departed out of the land of Zarahemla, and took their
swords, and their spears, and their bows, and their arrows, and their
slings; and this they did that they might provide food for themselves
while in the wilderness.
		 -- Alma 17:7
%
And thus they departed into the wilderness with their numbers which they
had selected, to go up to the land of Nephi, to preach the word of God
unto the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 17:8
%
And it came to pass that they journeyed many days in the wilderness,
and they fasted much and prayed much that the Lord would grant unto
them a portion of his Spirit to go with them, and abide with them, that
they might be an instrument in the hands of God to bring, if it were
possible, their brethren, the Lamanites, to the knowledge of the truth,
to the knowledge of the baseness of the traditions of their fathers,
which were not correct.
		 -- Alma 17:9
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And it came to pass that the Lord did visit them with his Spirit, and
said unto them: Be comforted.  And they were comforted.
		 -- Alma 17:10
%
And the Lord said unto them also: Go forth among the Lamanites, thy
brethren, and establish my word; yet ye shall be patient in long-suffering
and afflictions, that ye may show forth good examples unto them in me,
and I will make an instrument of thee in my hands unto the salvation of
many souls.
		 -- Alma 17:11
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And it came to pass that the hearts of the sons of Mosiah, and also
those who were with them, took courage to go forth unto the Lamanites
to declare unto them the word of God.
		 -- Alma 17:12
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And it came to pass when they had arrived in the borders of the land
of the Lamanites, that they separated themselves and departed one from
another, trusting in the Lord that they should meet again at the close
of their harvest; for they supposed that great was the work which they
had undertaken.
		 -- Alma 17:13
%
And assuredly it was great, for they had undertaken to preach the word
of God to a wild and a hardened and a ferocious people; a people who
delighted in murdering the Nephites, and robbing and plundering them;
and their hearts were set upon riches, or upon gold and silver, and
precious stones; yet they sought to obtain these things by murdering
and plundering, that they might not labor for them with their own hands.
		 -- Alma 17:14
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Thus they were a very indolent people, many of whom did worship idols,
and the curse of God had fallen upon them because of the traditions of
their fathers; notwithstanding the promises of the Lord were extended
unto them on the conditions of repentance.
		 -- Alma 17:15
%
Therefore, this was the cause for which the sons of Mosiah had undertaken
the work, that perhaps they might bring them unto repentance; that
perhaps they might bring them to know of the plan of redemption.
		 -- Alma 17:16
%
Therefore they separated themselves one from another, and went forth
among them, every man alone, according to the word and power of God
which was given unto him.
		 -- Alma 17:17
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Now Ammon being the chief among them, or rather he did administer unto
them, and he departed from them, after having blessed them according
to their several stations, having imparted the word of God unto them,
or administered unto them before his departure; and thus they took their
several journeys throughout the land.
		 -- Alma 17:18
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And Ammon went to the land of Ishmael, the land being called after the
sons of Ishmael, who also became Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 17:19
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And as Ammon entered the land of Ishmael, the Lamanites took him and
bound him, as was their custom to bind all the Nephites who fell into
their hands, and carry them before the king; and thus it was left to
the pleasure of the king to slay them, or to retain them in captivity,
or to cast them into prison, or to cast them out of his land, according
to his will and pleasure.
		 -- Alma 17:20
%
And thus Ammon was carried before the king who was over the land of
Ishmael; and his name was Lamoni; and he was a descendant of Ishmael.
		 -- Alma 17:21
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And the king inquired of Ammon if it were his desire to dwell in the
land among the Lamanites, or among his people.
		 -- Alma 17:22
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And Ammon said unto him: Yea, I desire to dwell among this people for
a time; yea, and perhaps until the day I die.
		 -- Alma 17:23
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And it came to pass that king Lamoni was much pleased with Ammon, and
caused that his bands should be loosed; and he would that Ammon should
take one of his daughters to wife.
		 -- Alma 17:24
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But Ammon said unto him: Nay, but I will be thy servant. Therefore Ammon
became a servant to king Lamoni.  And it came to pass that he was set
among other servants to watch the flocks of Lamoni, according to the
custom of the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 17:25
%
And after he had been in the service of the king three days, as he was
with the Lamanitish servants going forth with their flocks to the place
of water, which was called the water of Sebus, and all the Lamanites
drive their flocks hither, that they may have water--
		 -- Alma 17:26
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Therefore, as Ammon and the servants of the king were driving forth their
flocks to this place of water, behold, a certain number of the Lamanites,
who had been with their flocks to water, stood and scattered the flocks
of Ammon and the servants of the king, and they scattered them insomuch
that they fled many ways.
		 -- Alma 17:27
%
Now the servants of the king began to murmur, saying: Now the king will
slay us, as he has our brethren because their flocks were scattered
by the wickedness of these men.  And they began to weep exceedingly,
saying: Behold, our flocks are scattered already.
		 -- Alma 17:28
%
Now they wept because of the fear of being slain.  Now when Ammon saw
this his heart was swollen within him with joy; for, said he, I will show
forth my power unto these my fellow-servants, or the power which is in
me, in restoring these flocks unto the king, that I may win the hearts
of these my fellow-servants, that I may lead them to believe in my words.
		 -- Alma 17:29
%
And now, these were the thoughts of Ammon, when he saw the afflictions
of those whom he termed to be his brethren.
		 -- Alma 17:30
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And it came to pass that he flattered them by his words, saying: My
brethren, be of good cheer and let us go in search of the flocks, and we
will gather them together and bring them back unto the place of water; and
thus we will preserve the flocks unto the king and he will not slay us.
		 -- Alma 17:31
%
And it came to pass that they went in search of the flocks, and they
did follow Ammon, and they rushed forth with much swiftness and did head
the flocks of the king, and did gather them together again to the place
of water.
		 -- Alma 17:32
%
And those men again stood to scatter their flocks; but Ammon said unto
his brethren: Encircle the flocks round about that they flee not; and
I go and contend with these men who do scatter our flocks.
		 -- Alma 17:33
%
Therefore, they did as Ammon commanded them, and he went forth and stood
to contend with those who stood by the waters of Sebus; and they were
in number not a few.
		 -- Alma 17:34
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Therefore they did not fear Ammon, for they supposed that one of their
men could slay him according to their pleasure, for they knew not that
the Lord had promised Mosiah that he would deliver his sons out of their
hands; neither did they know anything concerning the Lord; therefore
they delighted in the destruction of their brethren; and for this cause
they stood to scatter the flocks of the king.
		 -- Alma 17:35
%
But Ammon stood forth and began to cast stones at them with his sling;
yea, with mighty power he did sling stones amongst them; and thus he slew
a certain number of them insomuch that they began to be astonished at
his power; nevertheless they were angry because of the slain of their
brethren, and they were determined that he should fall; therefore,
seeing that they could not hit him with their stones, they came forth
with clubs to slay him.
		 -- Alma 17:36
%
But behold, every man that lifted his club to smite Ammon, he smote off
their arms with his sword; for he did withstand their blows by smiting
their arms with the edge of his sword, insomuch that they began to be
astonished, and began to flee before him; yea, and they were not few in
number; and he caused them to flee by the strength of his arm.
		 -- Alma 17:37
%
Now six of them had fallen by the sling, but he slew none save it were
their leader with his sword; and he smote off as many of their arms as
were lifted against him, and they were not a few.
		 -- Alma 17:38
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And when he had driven them afar off, he returned and they watered their
flocks and returned them to the pasture of the king, and then went in
unto the king, bearing the arms which had been smitten off by the sword
of Ammon, of those who sought to slay him; and they were carried in unto
the king for a testimony of the things which they had done.
		 -- Alma 17:39
%
And it came to pass that king Lamoni caused that his servants should
stand forth and testify to all the things which they had seen concerning
the matter.
		 -- Alma 18:1
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And when they had all testified to the things which they had seen, and
he had learned of the faithfulness of Ammon in preserving his flocks,
and also of his great power in contending against those who sought to
slay him, he was astonished exceedingly, and said: Surely, this is more
than a man.  Behold, is not this the Great Spirit who doth send such
great punishments upon this people, because of their murders?
		 -- Alma 18:2
%
And they answered the king, and said: Whether he be the Great Spirit or
a man, we know not; but this much we do know, that he cannot be slain by
the enemies of the king; neither can they scatter the king's flocks when
he is with us, because of his expertness and great strength; therefore,
we know that he is a friend to the king.  And now, O king, we do not
believe that a man has such great power, for we know he cannot be slain.
		 -- Alma 18:3
%
And now, when the king heard these words, he said unto them: Now I
know that it is the Great Spirit; and he has come down at this time to
preserve your lives, that I might not slay you as I did your brethren.
Now this is the Great Spirit of whom our fathers have spoken.
		 -- Alma 18:4
%
Now this was the tradition of Lamoni, which he had received from his
father, that there was a Great Spirit.	Notwithstanding they believed
in a Great Spirit they supposed that whatsoever they did was right;
nevertheless, Lamoni began to fear exceedingly, with fear lest he had
done wrong in slaying his servants;
		 -- Alma 18:5
%
For he had slain many of them because their brethren had scattered their
flocks at the place of water; and thus, because they had had their flocks
scattered they were slain.
		 -- Alma 18:6
%
Now it was the practice of these Lamanites to stand by the waters of
Sebus to scatter the flocks of the people, that thereby they might drive
away many that were scattered unto their own land, it being a practice
of plunder among them.
		 -- Alma 18:7
%
And it came to pass that king Lamoni inquired of his servants, saying:
Where is this man that has such great power?
		 -- Alma 18:8
%
And they said unto him: Behold, he is feeding thy horses. Now the king
had commanded his servants, previous to the time of the watering of their
flocks, that they should prepare his horses and chariots, and conduct him
forth to the land of Nephi; for there had been a great feast appointed
at the land of Nephi, by the father of Lamoni, who was king over all
the land.
		 -- Alma 18:9
%
Now when king Lamoni heard that Ammon was preparing his horses and his
chariots he was more astonished, because of the faithfulness of Ammon,
saying: Surely there has not been any servant among all my servants
that has been so faithful as this man; for even he doth remember all my
commandments to execute them.
		 -- Alma 18:10
%
Now I surely know that this is the Great Spirit, and I would desire him
that he come in unto me, but I durst not.
		 -- Alma 18:11
%
And it came to pass that when Ammon had made ready the horses and the
chariots for the king and his servants, he went in unto the king, and
he saw that the countenance of the king was changed; therefore he was
about to return out of his presence.
		 -- Alma 18:12
%
And one of the king's servants said unto him, Rabbanah, which is,
being interpreted, powerful or great king, considering their kings to
be powerful; and thus he said unto him: Rabbanah, the king desireth thee
to stay.
		 -- Alma 18:13
%
Therefore Ammon turned himself unto the king, and said unto him: What
wilt thou that I should do for thee, O king?  And the king answered him
not for the space of an hour, according to their time, for he knew not
what he should say unto him.
		 -- Alma 18:14
%
And it came to pass that Ammon said unto him again: What desirest thou
of me?	But the king answered him not.
		 -- Alma 18:15
%
And it came to pass that Ammon, being filled with the Spirit of God,
therefore he perceived the thoughts of the king.  And he said unto him: Is
it because thou hast heard that I defended thy servants and thy flocks,
and slew seven of their brethren with the sling and with the sword,
and smote off the arms of others, in order to defend thy flocks and thy
servants; behold, is it this that causeth thy marvelings?
		 -- Alma 18:16
%
I say unto you, what is it, that thy marvelings are so great?  Behold,
I am a man, and am thy servant; therefore, whatsoever thou desirest
which is right, that will I do.
		 -- Alma 18:17
%
Now when the king had heard these words, he marveled again, for he beheld
that Ammon could discern his thoughts; but notwithstanding this, king
Lamoni did open his mouth, and said unto him: Who art thou?  Art thou
that Great Spirit, who knows all things?
		 -- Alma 18:18
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Ammon answered and said unto him: I am not.
		 -- Alma 18:19
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And the king said: How knowest thou the thoughts of my heart?  Thou mayest
speak boldly, and tell me concerning these things; and also tell me by
what power ye slew and smote off the arms of my brethren that scattered
my flocks--
		 -- Alma 18:20
%
And now, if thou wilt tell me concerning these things, whatsoever thou
desirest I will give unto thee; and if it were needed, I would guard thee
with my armies; but I know that thou art more powerful than all they;
nevertheless, whatsoever thou desirest of me I will grant it unto thee.
		 -- Alma 18:21
%
Now Ammon being wise, yet harmless, he said unto Lamoni: Wilt thou
hearken unto my words, if I tell thee by what power I do these things?
And this is the thing that I desire of thee.
		 -- Alma 18:22
%
And the king answered him, and said: Yea, I will believe all thy words.
And thus he was caught with guile.
		 -- Alma 18:23
%
And Ammon began to speak unto him with boldness, and said unto him:
Believest thou that there is a God?
		 -- Alma 18:24
%
And he answered, and said unto him: I do not know what that meaneth.
		 -- Alma 18:25
%
And then Ammon said: Believest thou that there is a Great Spirit?
		 -- Alma 18:26
%
And he said, Yea.
		 -- Alma 18:27
%
And Ammon said: This is God.  And Ammon said unto him again: Believest
thou that this Great Spirit, who is God, created all things which are
in heaven and in the earth?
		 -- Alma 18:28
%
And he said: Yea, I believe that he created all things which are in the
earth; but I do not know the heavens.
		 -- Alma 18:29
%
And Ammon said unto him: The heavens is a place where God dwells and
all his holy angels.
		 -- Alma 18:30
%
And king Lamoni said: Is it above the earth?
		 -- Alma 18:31
%
And Ammon said: Yea, and he looketh down upon all the children of men;
and he knows all the thoughts and intents of the heart; for by his hand
were they all created from the beginning.
		 -- Alma 18:32
%
And king Lamoni said: I believe all these things which thou hast spoken.
Art thou sent from God?
		 -- Alma 18:33
%
Ammon said unto him: I am a man; and man in the beginning was created
after the image of God, and I am called by his Holy Spirit to teach
these things unto this people, that they may be brought to a knowledge
of that which is just and true;
		 -- Alma 18:34
%
And a portion of that Spirit dwelleth in me, which giveth me knowledge,
and also power according to my faith and desires which are in God.
		 -- Alma 18:35
%
Now when Ammon had said these words, he began at the creation of
the world, and also the creation of Adam, and told him all the things
concerning the fall of man, and rehearsed and laid before him the records
and the holy scriptures of the people, which had been spoken by the
prophets, even down to the time that their father, Lehi, left Jerusalem.
		 -- Alma 18:36
%
And he also rehearsed unto them (for it was unto the king and to his
servants) all the journeyings of their fathers in the wilderness, and all
their sufferings with hunger and thirst, and their travail, and so forth.
		 -- Alma 18:37
%
And he also rehearsed unto them concerning the rebellions of Laman and
Lemuel, and the sons of Ishmael, yea, all their rebellions did he relate
unto them; and he expounded unto them all the records and scriptures
from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem down to the present time.
		 -- Alma 18:38
%
But this is not all; for he expounded unto them the plan of redemption,
which was prepared from the foundation of the world; and he also made
known unto them concerning the coming of Christ, and all the works of
the Lord did he make known unto them.
		 -- Alma 18:39
%
And it came to pass that after he had said all these things, and expounded
them to the king, that the king believed all his words.
		 -- Alma 18:40
%
And he began to cry unto the Lord, saying: O Lord, have mercy; according
to thy abundant mercy which thou hast had upon the people of Nephi,
have upon me, and my people.
		 -- Alma 18:41
%
And now, when he had said this, he fell unto the earth, as if he were
dead.
		 -- Alma 18:42
%
And it came to pass that his servants took him and carried him in
unto his wife, and laid him upon a bed; and he lay as if he were dead
for the space of two days and two nights; and his wife, and his sons,
and his daughters mourned over him, after the manner of the Lamanites,
greatly lamenting his loss.
		 -- Alma 18:43
%
And it came to pass that after two days and two nights they were about
to take his body and lay it in a sepulchre, which they had made for the
purpose of burying their dead.
		 -- Alma 19:1
%
Now the queen having heard of the fame of Ammon, therefore she sent and
desired that he should come in unto her.
		 -- Alma 19:2
%
And it came to pass that Ammon did as he was commanded, and went in unto
the queen, and desired to know what she would that he should do.
		 -- Alma 19:3
%
And she said unto him: The servants of my husband have made it known
unto me that thou art a prophet of a holy God, and that thou hast power
to do many mighty works in his name;
		 -- Alma 19:4
%
Therefore, if this is the case, I would that ye should go in and see my
husband, for he has been laid upon his bed for the space of two days
and two nights; and some say that he is not dead, but others say that
he is dead and that he stinketh, and that he ought to be placed in the
sepulchre; but as for myself, to me he doth not stink.
		 -- Alma 19:5
%
Now, this was what Ammon desired, for he knew that king Lamoni was under
the power of God; he knew that the dark veil of unbelief was being cast
away from his mind, and the light which did light up his mind, which
was the light of the glory of God, which was a marvelous light of his
goodness--yea, this light had infused such joy into his soul, the cloud
of darkness having been dispelled, and that the light of everlasting
life was lit up in his soul, yea, he knew that this had overcome his
natural frame, and he was carried away in God--
		 -- Alma 19:6
%
Therefore, what the queen desired of him was his only desire. Therefore,
he went in to see the king according as the queen had desired him;
and he saw the king, and he knew that he was not dead.
		 -- Alma 19:7
%
And he said unto the queen: He is not dead, but he sleepeth in God,
and on the morrow he shall rise again; therefore bury him not.
		 -- Alma 19:8
%
And Ammon said unto her: Believest thou this?  And she said unto him:
I have had no witness save thy word, and the word of our servants;
nevertheless I believe that it shall be according as thou hast said.
		 -- Alma 19:9
%
And Ammon said unto her: Blessed art thou because of thy exceeding faith;
I say unto thee, woman, there has not been such great faith among all
the people of the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 19:10
%
And it came to pass that she watched over the bed of her husband, from
that time even until that time on the morrow which Ammon had appointed
that he should rise.
		 -- Alma 19:11
%
And it came to pass that he arose, according to the words of Ammon;
and as he arose, he stretched forth his hand unto the woman, and said:
Blessed be the name of God, and blessed art thou.
		 -- Alma 19:12
%
For as sure as thou livest, behold, I have seen my Redeemer; and he shall
come forth, and be born of a woman, and he shall redeem all mankind who
believe on his name.  Now, when he had said these words, his heart was
swollen within him, and he sunk again with joy; and the queen also sunk
down, being overpowered by the Spirit.
		 -- Alma 19:13
%
Now Ammon seeing the Spirit of the Lord poured out according to his
prayers upon the Lamanites, his brethren, who had been the cause of so
much mourning among the Nephites, or among all the people of God because
of their iniquities and their traditions, he fell upon his knees, and
began to pour out his soul in prayer and thanksgiving to God for what
he had done for his brethren; and he was also overpowered with joy;
and thus they all three had sunk to the earth.
		 -- Alma 19:14
%
Now, when the servants of the king had seen that they had fallen, they
also began to cry unto God, for the fear of the Lord had come upon them
also, for it was they who had stood before the king and testified unto
him concerning the great power of Ammon.
		 -- Alma 19:15
%
And it came to pass that they did call on the name of the Lord, in their
might, even until they had all fallen to the earth, save it were one of
the Lamanitish women, whose name was Abish, she having been converted unto
the Lord for many years, on account of a remarkable vision of her father--
		 -- Alma 19:16
%
Thus, having been converted to the Lord, and never having made it known,
therefore, when she saw that all the servants of Lamoni had fallen to
the earth, and also her mistress, the queen, and the king, and Ammon
lay prostrate upon the earth, she knew that it was the power of God; and
supposing that this opportunity, by making known unto the people what had
happened among them, that by beholding this scene it would cause them to
believe in the power of God, therefore she ran forth from house to house,
making it known unto the people.
		 -- Alma 19:17
%
And they began to assemble themselves together unto the house of the king.
And there came a multitude, and to their astonishment they beheld the
king, and the queen, and their servants prostrate upon the earth, and
they all lay there as though they were dead; and they also saw Ammon,
and behold, he was a Nephite.
		 -- Alma 19:18
%
And now the people began to murmur among themselves; some saying that it
was a great evil that had come upon them, or upon the king and his house,
because he had suffered that the Nephite should remain in the land.
		 -- Alma 19:19
%
But others rebuked them, saying: The king hath brought this evil upon his
house, because he slew his servants who had had their flocks scattered
at the waters of Sebus.
		 -- Alma 19:20
%
And they were also rebuked by those men who had stood at the waters
of Sebus and scattered the flocks which belonged to the king, for they
were angry with Ammon because of the number which he had slain of their
brethren at the waters of Sebus, while defending the flocks of the king.
		 -- Alma 19:21
%
Now, one of them, whose brother had been slain with the sword of Ammon,
being exceedingly angry with Ammon, drew his sword and went forth that
he might let it fall upon Ammon, to slay him; and as he lifted the sword
to smite him, behold, he fell dead.
		 -- Alma 19:22
%
Now we see that Ammon could not be slain, for the Lord had said unto
Mosiah, his father: I will spare him, and it shall be unto him according
to thy faith--therefore, Mosiah trusted him unto the Lord.
		 -- Alma 19:23
%
And it came to pass that when the multitude beheld that the man had fallen
dead, who lifted the sword to slay Ammon, fear came upon them all, and
they durst not put forth their hands to touch him or any of those who
had fallen; and they began to marvel again among themselves what could
be the cause of this great power, or what all these things could mean.
		 -- Alma 19:24
%
And it came to pass that there were many among them who said that Ammon
was the Great Spirit, and others said he was sent by the Great Spirit;
		 -- Alma 19:25
%
But others rebuked them all, saying that he was a monster, who had been
sent from the Nephites to torment them.
		 -- Alma 19:26
%
And there were some who said that Ammon was sent by the Great Spirit
to afflict them because of their iniquities; and that it was the Great
Spirit that had always attended the Nephites, who had ever delivered
them out of their hands; and they said that it was this Great Spirit
who had destroyed so many of their brethren, the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 19:27
%
And thus the contention began to be exceedingly sharp among them.
And while they were thus contending, the woman servant who had caused the
multitude to be gathered together came, and when she saw the contention
which was among the multitude she was exceedingly sorrowful, even
unto tears.
		 -- Alma 19:28
%
And it came to pass that she went and took the queen by the hand, that
perhaps she might raise her from the ground; and as soon as she touched
her hand she arose and stood upon her feet, and cried with a loud voice,
saying: O blessed Jesus, who has saved me from an awful hell!  O blessed
God, have mercy on this people!
		 -- Alma 19:29
%
And when she had said this, she clasped her hands, being filled with
joy, speaking many words which were not understood; and when she had
done this, she took the king, Lamoni, by the hand, and behold he arose
and stood upon his feet.
		 -- Alma 19:30
%
And he, immediately, seeing the contention among his people, went forth
and began to rebuke them, and to teach them the words which he had heard
from the mouth of Ammon; and as many as heard his words believed, and
were converted unto the Lord.
		 -- Alma 19:31
%
But there were many among them who would not hear his words; therefore
they went their way.
		 -- Alma 19:32
%
And it came to pass that when Ammon arose he also administered unto
them, and also did all the servants of Lamoni; and they did all declare
unto the people the selfsame thing--that their hearts had been changed;
that they had no more desire to do evil.
		 -- Alma 19:33
%
And behold, many did declare unto the people that they had seen angels
and had conversed with them; and thus they had told them things of God,
and of his righteousness.
		 -- Alma 19:34
%
And it came to pass that there were many that did believe in their words;
and as many as did believe were baptized; and they became a righteous
people, and they did establish a church among them.
		 -- Alma 19:35
%
And thus the work of the Lord did commence among the Lamanites; thus
the Lord did begin to pour out his Spirit upon them; and we see that
his arm is extended to all people who will repent and believe on his name.
		 -- Alma 19:36
%
And it came to pass that when they had established a church in that land,
that king Lamoni desired that Ammon should go with him to the land of
Nephi, that he might show him unto his father.
		 -- Alma 20:1
%
And the voice of the Lord came to Ammon, saying: Thou shalt not go up
to the land of Nephi, for behold, the king will seek thy life; but thou
shalt go to the land of Middoni; for behold, thy brother Aaron, and also
Muloki and Ammah are in prison.
		 -- Alma 20:2
%
Now it came to pass that when Ammon had heard this, he said unto Lamoni:
Behold, my brother and brethren are in prison at Middoni, and I go that
I may deliver them.
		 -- Alma 20:3
%
Now Lamoni said unto Ammon: I know, in the strength of the Lord thou
canst do all things.  But behold, I will go with thee to the land of
Middoni; for the king of the land of Middoni, whose name is Antiomno,
is a friend unto me; therefore I go to the land of Middoni, that I may
flatter the king of the land, and he will cast thy brethren out of prison.
Now Lamoni said unto him: Who told thee that thy brethren were in prison?
		 -- Alma 20:4
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And Ammon said unto him: No one hath told me, save it be God; and he
said unto me--Go and deliver thy brethren, for they are in prison in
the land of Middoni.
		 -- Alma 20:5
%
Now when Lamoni had heard this he caused that his servants should make
ready his horses and his chariots.
		 -- Alma 20:6
%
And he said unto Ammon: Come, I will go with thee down to the land of
Middoni, and there I will plead with the king that he will cast thy
brethren out of prison.
		 -- Alma 20:7
%
And it came to pass that as Ammon and Lamoni were journeying thither,
they met the father of Lamoni, who was king over all the land.
		 -- Alma 20:8
%
And behold, the father of Lamoni said unto him: Why did ye not come to
the feast on that great day when I made a feast unto my sons, and unto
my people?
		 -- Alma 20:9
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And he also said: Whither art thou going with this Nephite, who is one
of the children of a liar?
		 -- Alma 20:10
%
And it came to pass that Lamoni rehearsed unto him whither he was going,
for he feared to offend him.
		 -- Alma 20:11
%
And he also told him all the cause of his tarrying in his own kingdom,
that he did not go unto his father to the feast which he had prepared.
		 -- Alma 20:12
%
And now when Lamoni had rehearsed unto him all these things, behold, to
his astonishment, his father was angry with him, and said: Lamoni, thou
art going to deliver these Nephites, who are sons of a liar.  Behold,
he robbed our fathers; and now his children are also come amongst us
that they may, by their cunning and their lyings, deceive us, that they
again may rob us of our property.
		 -- Alma 20:13
%
Now the father of Lamoni commanded him that he should slay Ammon with
the sword.  And he also commanded him that he should not go to the land
of Middoni, but that he should return with him to the land of Ishmael.
		 -- Alma 20:14
%
But Lamoni said unto him: I will not slay Ammon, neither will I return
to the land of Ishmael, but I go to the land of Middoni that I may
release the brethren of Ammon, for I know that they are just men and
holy prophets of the true God.
		 -- Alma 20:15
%
Now when his father had heard these words, he was angry with him, and
he drew his sword that he might smite him to the earth.
		 -- Alma 20:16
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But Ammon stood forth and said unto him: Behold, thou shalt not slay
thy son; nevertheless, it were better that he should fall than thee,
for behold, he has repented of his sins; but if thou shouldst fall at
this time, in thine anger, thy soul could not be saved.
		 -- Alma 20:17
%
And again, it is expedient that thou shouldst forbear; for if thou
shouldst slay thy son, he being an innocent man, his blood would cry
from the ground to the Lord his God, for vengeance to come upon thee;
and perhaps thou wouldst lose thy soul.
		 -- Alma 20:18
%
Now when Ammon had said these words unto him, he answered him, saying:
I know that if I should slay my son, that I should shed innocent blood;
for it is thou that hast sought to destroy him.
		 -- Alma 20:19
%
And he stretched forth his hand to slay Ammon.	But Ammon withstood his
blows, and also smote his arm that he could not use it.
		 -- Alma 20:20
%
Now when the king saw that Ammon could slay him, he began to plead with
Ammon that he would spare his life.
		 -- Alma 20:21
%
But Ammon raised his sword, and said unto him: Behold, I will smite thee
except thou wilt grant unto me that my brethren may be cast out of prison.
		 -- Alma 20:22
%
Now the king, fearing he should lose his life, said: If thou wilt spare
me I will grant unto thee whatsoever thou wilt ask, even to half of
the kingdom.
		 -- Alma 20:23
%
Now when Ammon saw that he had wrought upon the old king according to
his desire, he said unto him: If thou wilt grant that my brethren may
be cast out of prison, and also that Lamoni may retain his kingdom, and
that ye be not displeased with him, but grant that he may do according to
his own desires in whatsoever thing he thinketh, then will I spare thee;
otherwise I will smite thee to the earth.
		 -- Alma 20:24
%
Now when Ammon had said these words, the king began to rejoice because
of his life.
		 -- Alma 20:25
%
And when he saw that Ammon had no desire to destroy him, and when he
also saw the great love he had for his son Lamoni, he was astonished
exceedingly, and said: Because this is all that thou hast desired, that I
would release thy brethren, and suffer that my son Lamoni should retain
his kingdom, behold, I will grant unto you that my son may retain his
kingdom from this time and forever; and I will govern him no more--
		 -- Alma 20:26
%
And I will also grant unto thee that thy brethren may be cast out of
prison, and thou and thy brethren may come unto me, in my kingdom; for I
shall greatly desire to see thee.  For the king was greatly astonished
at the words which he had spoken, and also at the words which had been
spoken by his son Lamoni, therefore he was desirous to learn them.
		 -- Alma 20:27
%
And it came to pass that Ammon and Lamoni proceeded on their journey
towards the land of Middoni.  And Lamoni found favor in the eyes of the
king of the land; therefore the brethren of Ammon were brought forth
out of prison.
		 -- Alma 20:28
%
And when Ammon did meet them he was exceedingly sorrowful, for behold
they were naked, and their skins were worn exceedingly because of being
bound with strong cords.  And they also had suffered hunger, thirst,
and all kinds of afflictions; nevertheless they were patient in all
their sufferings.
		 -- Alma 20:29
%
And, as it happened, it was their lot to have fallen into the hands of
a more hardened and a more stiffnecked people; therefore they would not
hearken unto their words, and they had cast them out, and had smitten
them, and had driven them from house to house, and from place to place,
even until they had arrived in the land of Middoni; and there they were
taken and cast into prison, and bound with strong cords, and kept in
prison for many days, and were delivered by Lamoni and Ammon.
		 -- Alma 20:30
%
Now when Ammon and his brethren separated themselves in the borders of
the land of the Lamanites, behold Aaron took his journey towards the land
which was called by the Lamanites, Jerusalem, calling it after the land
of their fathers' nativity; and it was away joining the borders of Mormon.
		 -- Alma 21:1
%
Now the Lamanites and the Amalekites and the people of Amulon had built
a great city, which was called Jerusalem.
		 -- Alma 21:2
%
Now the Lamanites of themselves were sufficiently hardened, but the
Amalekites and the Amulonites were still harder; therefore they did
cause the Lamanites that they should harden their hearts, that they
should wax strong in wickedness and their abominations.
		 -- Alma 21:3
%
And it came to pass that Aaron came to the city of Jerusalem, and first
began to preach to the Amalekites.  And he began to preach to them in
their synagogues, for they had built synagogues after the order of the
Nehors; for many of the Amalekites and the Amulonites were after the
order of the Nehors.
		 -- Alma 21:4
%
Therefore, as Aaron entered into one of their synagogues to preach unto
the people, and as he was speaking unto them, behold there arose an
Amalekite and began to contend with him, saying: What is that thou hast
testified?  Hast thou seen an angel?  Why do not angels appear unto us?
Behold are not this people as good as thy people?
		 -- Alma 21:5
%
Thou also sayest, except we repent we shall perish.  How knowest thou
the thought and intent of our hearts?  How knowest thou that we have
cause to repent?  How knowest thou that we are not a righteous people?
Behold, we have built sanctuaries, and we do assemble ourselves together
to worship God.  We do believe that God will save all men.
		 -- Alma 21:6
%
Now Aaron said unto him: Believest thou that the Son of God shall come
to redeem mankind from their sins?
		 -- Alma 21:7
%
And the man said unto him: We do not believe that thou knowest any
such thing.  We do not believe in these foolish traditions.  We do not
believe that thou knowest of things to come, neither do we believe that
thy fathers and also that our fathers did know concerning the things
which they spake, of that which is to come.
		 -- Alma 21:8
%
Now Aaron began to open the scriptures unto them concerning the coming
of Christ, and also concerning the resurrection of the dead, and that
there could be no redemption for mankind save it were through the death
and sufferings of Christ, and the atonement of his blood.
		 -- Alma 21:9
%
And it came to pass as he began to expound these things unto them they
were angry with him, and began to mock him; and they would not hear the
words which he spake.
		 -- Alma 21:10
%
Therefore, when he saw that they would not hear his words, he departed out
of their synagogue, and came over to a village which was called Ani-Anti,
and there he found Muloki preaching the word unto them; and also Ammah
and his brethren.  And they contended with many about the word.
		 -- Alma 21:11
%
And it came to pass that they saw that the people would harden their
hearts, therefore they departed and came over into the land of Middoni.
And they did preach the word unto many, and few believed on the words
which they taught.
		 -- Alma 21:12
%
Nevertheless, Aaron and a certain number of his brethren were taken
and cast into prison, and the remainder of them fled out of the land of
Middoni unto the regions round about.
		 -- Alma 21:13
%
And those who were cast into prison suffered many things, and they were
delivered by the hand of Lamoni and Ammon, and they were fed and clothed.
		 -- Alma 21:14
%
And they went forth again to declare the word, and thus they were
delivered for the first time out of prison; and thus they had suffered.
		 -- Alma 21:15
%
And they went forth whithersoever they were led by the Spirit of the
Lord, preaching the word of God in every synagogue of the Amalekites,
or in every assembly of the Lamanites where they could be admitted.
		 -- Alma 21:16
%
And it came to pass that the Lord began to bless them, insomuch that
they brought many to the knowledge of the truth; yea, they did convince
many of their sins, and of the traditions of their fathers, which were
not correct.
		 -- Alma 21:17
%
And it came to pass that Ammon and Lamoni returned from the land of
Middoni to the land of Ishmael, which was the land of their inheritance.
		 -- Alma 21:18
%
And king Lamoni would not suffer that Ammon should serve him, or be
his servant.
		 -- Alma 21:19
%
But he caused that there should be synagogues built in the land of
Ishmael; and he caused that his people, or the people who were under
his reign, should assemble themselves together.
		 -- Alma 21:20
%
And he did rejoice over them, and he did teach them many things.  And he
did also declare unto them that they were a people who were under him,
and that they were a free people, that they were free from the oppressions
of the king, his father; for that his father had granted unto him that
he might reign over the people who were in the land of Ishmael, and in
all the land round about.
		 -- Alma 21:21
%
And he also declared unto them that they might have the liberty of
worshiping the Lord their God according to their desires, in whatsoever
place they were in, if it were in the land which was under the reign of
king Lamoni.
		 -- Alma 21:22
%
And Ammon did preach unto the people of king Lamoni; and it came to
pass that he did teach them all things concerning things pertaining
to righteousness.  And he did exhort them daily, with all diligence;
and they gave heed unto his word, and they were zealous for keeping the
commandments of God.
		 -- Alma 21:23
%
Now, as Ammon was thus teaching the people of Lamoni continually, we will
return to the account of Aaron and his brethren; for after he departed
from the land of Middoni he was led by the Spirit to the land of Nephi,
even to the house of the king which was over all the land save it were
the land of Ishmael; and he was the father of Lamoni.
		 -- Alma 22:1
%
And it came to pass that he went in unto him into the king's palace,
with his brethren, and bowed himself before the king, and said unto him:
Behold, O king, we are the brethren of Ammon, whom thou hast delivered
out of prison.
		 -- Alma 22:2
%
And now, O king, if thou wilt spare our lives, we will be thy servants.
And the king said unto them: Arise, for I will grant unto you your lives,
and I will not suffer that ye shall be my servants; but I will insist
that ye shall administer unto me; for I have been somewhat troubled in
mind because of the generosity and the greatness of the words of thy
brother Ammon; and I desire to know the cause why he has not come up
out of Middoni with thee.
		 -- Alma 22:3
%
And Aaron said unto the king: Behold, the Spirit of the Lord has called
him another way; he has gone to the land of Ishmael, to teach the people
of Lamoni.
		 -- Alma 22:4
%
Now the king said unto them: What is this that ye have said concerning
the Spirit of the Lord?  Behold, this is the thing which doth trouble me.
		 -- Alma 22:5
%
And also, what is this that Ammon said--If ye will repent ye shall be
saved, and if ye will not repent, ye shall be cast off at the last day?
		 -- Alma 22:6
%
And Aaron answered him and said unto him: Believest thou that there is
a God?	And the king said: I know that the Amalekites say that there is
a God, and I have granted unto them that they should build sanctuaries,
that they may assemble themselves together to worship him.  And if now
thou sayest there is a God, behold I will believe.
		 -- Alma 22:7
%
And now when Aaron heard this, his heart began to rejoice, and he said:
Behold, assuredly as thou livest, O king, there is a God.
		 -- Alma 22:8
%
And the king said: Is God that Great Spirit that brought our fathers
out of the land of Jerusalem?
		 -- Alma 22:9
%
And Aaron said unto him: Yea, he is that Great Spirit, and he created
all things both in heaven and in earth.  Believest thou this?
		 -- Alma 22:10
%
And he said: Yea, I believe that the Great Spirit created all things,
and I desire that ye should tell me concerning all these things, and I
will believe thy words.
		 -- Alma 22:11
%
And it came to pass that when Aaron saw that the king would believe his
words, he began from the creation of Adam, reading the scriptures unto
the king--how God created man after his own image, and that God gave
him commandments, and that because of transgression, man had fallen.
		 -- Alma 22:12
%
And Aaron did expound unto him the scriptures from the creation of Adam,
laying the fall of man before him, and their carnal state and also the
plan of redemption, which was prepared from the foundation of the world,
through Christ, for all whosoever would believe on his name.
		 -- Alma 22:13
%
And since man had fallen he could not merit anything of himself; but
the sufferings and death of Christ atone for their sins, through faith
and repentance, and so forth; and that he breaketh the bands of death,
that the grave shall have no victory, and that the sting of death should
be swallowed up in the hopes of glory; and Aaron did expound all these
things unto the king.
		 -- Alma 22:14
%
And it came to pass that after Aaron had expounded these things unto him,
the king said: What shall I do that I may have this eternal life of which
thou hast spoken?  Yea, what shall I do that I may be born of God, having
this wicked spirit rooted out of my breast, and receive his Spirit, that
I may be filled with joy, that I may not be cast off at the last day?
Behold, said he, I will give up all that I possess, yea, I will forsake
my kingdom, that I may receive this great joy.
		 -- Alma 22:15
%
But Aaron said unto him: If thou desirest this thing, if thou wilt bow
down before God, yea, if thou wilt repent of all thy sins, and will bow
down before God, and call on his name in faith, believing that ye shall
receive, then shalt thou receive the hope which thou desirest.
		 -- Alma 22:16
%
And it came to pass that when Aaron had said these words, the king did
bow down before the Lord, upon his knees; yea, even he did prostrate
himself upon the earth, and cried mightily, saying:
		 -- Alma 22:17
%
O God, Aaron hath told me that there is a God; and if there is a God,
and if thou art God, wilt thou make thyself known unto me, and I will
give away all my sins to know thee, and that I may be raised from the
dead, and be saved at the last day.  And now when the king had said
these words, he was struck as if he were dead.
		 -- Alma 22:18
%
And it came to pass that his servants ran and told the queen all that
had happened unto the king.  And she came in unto the king; and when she
saw him lay as if he were dead, and also Aaron and his brethren standing
as though they had been the cause of his fall, she was angry with them,
and commanded that her servants, or the servants of the king, should
take them and slay them.
		 -- Alma 22:19
%
Now the servants had seen the cause of the king's fall, therefore they
durst not lay their hands on Aaron and his brethren; and they pled with
the queen saying: Why commandest thou that we should slay these men,
when behold one of them is mightier than us all?  Therefore we shall
fall before them.
		 -- Alma 22:20
%
Now when the queen saw the fear of the servants she also began to fear
exceedingly, lest there should some evil come upon her.  And she commanded
her servants that they should go and call the people, that they might
slay Aaron and his brethren.
		 -- Alma 22:21
%
Now when Aaron saw the determination of the queen, he, also knowing the
hardness of the hearts of the people, feared lest that a multitude should
assemble themselves together, and there should be a great contention and
a disturbance among them; therefore he put forth his hand and raised
the king from the earth, and said unto him: Stand.  And he stood upon
his feet, receiving his strength.
		 -- Alma 22:22
%
Now this was done in the presence of the queen and many of the servants.
And when they saw it they greatly marveled, and began to fear.	And the
king stood forth, and began to minister unto them.  And he did minister
unto them, insomuch that his whole household were converted unto the Lord.
		 -- Alma 22:23
%
Now there was a multitude gathered together because of the commandment
of the queen, and there began to be great murmurings among them because
of Aaron and his brethren.
		 -- Alma 22:24
%
But the king stood forth among them and administered unto them.  And they
were pacified towards Aaron and those who were with him.
		 -- Alma 22:25
%
And it came to pass that when the king saw that the people were pacified,
he caused that Aaron and his brethren should stand forth in the midst
of the multitude, and that they should preach the word unto them.
		 -- Alma 22:26
%
And it came to pass that the king sent a proclamation throughout all the
land, amongst all his people who were in all his land, who were in all the
regions round about, which was bordering even to the sea, on the east and
on the west, and which was divided from the land of Zarahemla by a narrow
strip of wilderness, which ran from the sea east even to the sea west,
and round about on the borders of the seashore, and the borders of the
wilderness which was on the north by the land of Zarahemla, through the
borders of Manti, by the head of the river Sidon, running from the east
towards the west--and thus were the Lamanites and the Nephites divided.
		 -- Alma 22:27
%
Now, the more idle part of the Lamanites lived in the wilderness, and
dwelt in tents; and they were spread through the wilderness on the west,
in the land of Nephi; yea, and also on the west of the land of Zarahemla,
in the borders by the seashore, and on the west in the land of Nephi,
in the place of their fathers' first inheritance, and thus bordering
along by the seashore.
		 -- Alma 22:28
%
And also there were many Lamanites on the east by the seashore,
whither the Nephites had driven them.  And thus the Nephites were
nearly surrounded by the Lamanites; nevertheless the Nephites had
taken possession of all the northern parts of the land bordering on the
wilderness, at the head of the river Sidon, from the east to the west,
round about on the wilderness side; on the north, even until they came
to the land which they called Bountiful.
		 -- Alma 22:29
%
And it bordered upon the land which they called Desolation, it being
so far northward that it came into the land which had been peopled and
been destroyed, of whose bones we have spoken, which was discovered by
the people of Zarahemla, it being the place of their first landing.
		 -- Alma 22:30
%
And they came from there up into the south wilderness.	Thus the land
on the northward was called Desolation, and the land on the southward
was called Bountiful, it being the wilderness which is filled with all
manner of wild animals of every kind, a part of which had come from the
land northward for food.
		 -- Alma 22:31
%
And now, it was only the distance of a day and a half's journey for a
Nephite, on the line Bountiful and the land Desolation, from the east to
the west sea; and thus the land of Nephi and the land of Zarahemla were
nearly surrounded by water, there being a small neck of land between
the land northward and the land southward.
		 -- Alma 22:32
%
And it came to pass that the Nephites had inhabited the land Bountiful,
even from the east unto the west sea, and thus the Nephites in their
wisdom, with their guards and their armies, had hemmed in the Lamanites
on the south, that thereby they should have no more possession on the
north, that they might not overrun the land northward.
		 -- Alma 22:33
%
Therefore the Lamanites could have no more possessions only in the land
of Nephi, and the wilderness round about.  Now this was wisdom in the
Nephites--as the Lamanites were an enemy to them, they would not suffer
their afflictions on every hand, and also that they might have a country
whither they might flee, according to their desires.
		 -- Alma 22:34
%
And now I, after having said this, return again to the account of Ammon
and Aaron, Omner and Himni, and their brethren.
		 -- Alma 22:35
%
Behold, now it came to pass that the king of the Lamanites sent a
proclamation among all his people, that they should not lay their hands
on Ammon, or Aaron, or Omner, or Himni, nor either of their brethren
who should go forth preaching the word of God, in whatsoever place they
should be, in any part of their land.
		 -- Alma 23:1
%
Yea, he sent a decree among them, that they should not lay their hands
on them to bind them, or to cast them into prison; neither should they
spit upon them, nor smite them, nor cast them out of their synagogues,
nor scourge them; neither should they cast stones at them, but that
they should have free access to their houses, and also their temples,
and their sanctuaries.
		 -- Alma 23:2
%
And thus they might go forth and preach the word according to their
desires, for the king had been converted unto the Lord, and all his
household; therefore he sent his proclamation throughout the land unto
his people, that the word of God might have no obstruction, but that
it might go forth throughout all the land, that his people might be
convinced concerning the wicked traditions of their fathers, and that
they might be convinced that they were all brethren, and that they ought
not to murder, nor to plunder, nor to steal, nor to commit adultery,
nor to commit any manner of wickedness.
		 -- Alma 23:3
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And now it came to pass that when the king had sent forth this
proclamation, that Aaron and his brethren went forth from city to city,
and from one house of worship to another, establishing churches, and
consecrating priests and teachers throughout the land among the Lamanites,
to preach and to teach the word of God among them; and thus they began
to have great success.
		 -- Alma 23:4
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And thousands were brought to the knowledge of the Lord, yea, thousands
were brought to believe in the traditions of the Nephites; and they
were taught the records and prophecies which were handed down even to
the present time.
		 -- Alma 23:5
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And as sure as the Lord liveth, so sure as many as believed, or as many
as were brought to the knowledge of the truth, through the preaching
of Ammon and his brethren, according to the spirit of revelation and
of prophecy, and the power of God working miracles in them--yea, I say
unto you, as the Lord liveth, as many of the Lamanites as believed in
their preaching, and were converted unto the Lord, never did fall away.
		 -- Alma 23:6
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For they became a righteous people; they did lay down the weapons of
their rebellion, that they did not fight against God any more, neither
against any of their brethren.
		 -- Alma 23:7
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Now, these are they who were converted unto the Lord:
		 -- Alma 23:8
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The people of the Lamanites who were in the land of Ishmael;
		 -- Alma 23:9
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And also of the people of the Lamanites who were in the land of Middoni;
		 -- Alma 23:10
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And also of the people of the Lamanites who were in the city of Nephi;
		 -- Alma 23:11
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And also of the people of the Lamanites who were in the land of Shilom,
and who were in the land of Shemlon, and in the city of Lemuel, and in
the city of Shimnilom.
		 -- Alma 23:12
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And these are the names of the cities of the Lamanites which were
converted unto the Lord; and these are they that laid down the weapons
of their rebellion, yea, all their weapons of war; and they were all
Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 23:13
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And the Amalekites were not converted, save only one; neither were any
of the Amulonites; but they did harden their hearts, and also the hearts
of the Lamanites in that part of the land wheresoever they dwelt, yea,
and all their villages and all their cities.
		 -- Alma 23:14
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Therefore, we have named all the cities of the Lamanites in which they
did repent and come to the knowledge of the truth, and were converted.
		 -- Alma 23:15
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And now it came to pass that the king and those who were converted
were desirous that they might have a name, that thereby they might be
distinguished from their brethren; therefore the king consulted with
Aaron and many of their priests, concerning the name that they should
take upon them, that they might be distinguished.
		 -- Alma 23:16
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And it came to pass that they called their names Anti-Nephi-Lehies;
and they were called by this name and were no more called Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 23:17
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And they began to be a very industrious people; yea, and they were
friendly with the Nephites; therefore, they did open a correspondence
with them, and the curse of God did no more follow them.
		 -- Alma 23:18
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And it came to pass that the Amalekites and the Amulonites and the
Lamanites who were in the land of Amulon, and also in the land of Helam,
and who were in the land of Jerusalem, and in fine, in all the land
round about, who had not been converted and had not taken upon them the
name of Anti-Nephi-Lehi, were stirred up by the Amalekites and by the
Amulonites to anger against their brethren.
		 -- Alma 24:1
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And their hatred became exceedingly sore against them, even insomuch
that they began to rebel against their king, insomuch that they would
not that he should be their king; therefore, they took up arms against
the people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi.
		 -- Alma 24:2
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Now the king conferred the kingdom upon his son, and he called his name
Anti-Nephi-Lehi.
		 -- Alma 24:3
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And the king died in that selfsame year that the Lamanites began to make
preparations for war against the people of God.
		 -- Alma 24:4
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Now when Ammon and his brethren and all those who had come up with him
saw the preparations of the Lamanites to destroy their brethren, they
came forth to the land of Midian, and there Ammon met all his brethren;
and from thence they came to the land of Ishmael that they might hold
a council with Lamoni and also with his brother Anti-Nephi-Lehi, what
they should do to defend themselves against the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 24:5
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Now there was not one soul among all the people who had been converted
unto the Lord that would take up arms against their brethren; nay, they
would not even make any preparations for war; yea, and also their king
commanded them that they should not.
		 -- Alma 24:6
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Now, these are the words which he said unto the people concerning the
matter: I thank my God, my beloved people, that our great God has in
goodness sent these our brethren, the Nephites, unto us to preach unto
us, and to convince us of the traditions of our wicked fathers.
		 -- Alma 24:7
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And behold, I thank my great God that he has given us a portion of his
Spirit to soften our hearts, that we have opened a correspondence with
these brethren, the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 24:8
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And behold, I also thank my God, that by opening this correspondence
we have been convinced of our sins, and of the many murders which we
have committed.
		 -- Alma 24:9
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And I also thank my God, yea, my great God, that he hath granted unto
us that we might repent of these things, and also that he hath forgiven
us of those our many sins and murders which we have committed, and taken
away the guilt from our hearts, through the merits of his Son.
		 -- Alma 24:10
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And now behold, my brethren, since it has been all that we could do,
(as we were the most lost of all mankind) to repent of all our sins and
the many murders which we have committed, and to get God to take them
away from our hearts, for it was all we could do to repent sufficiently
before God that he would take away our stain--
		 -- Alma 24:11
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Now, my best beloved brethren, since God hath taken away our stains,
and our swords have become bright, then let us stain our swords no more
with the blood of our brethren.
		 -- Alma 24:12
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Behold, I say unto you, Nay, let us retain our swords that they be not
stained with the blood of our brethren; for perhaps, if we should stain
our swords again they can no more be washed bright through the blood
of the Son of our great God, which shall be shed for the atonement of
our sins.
		 -- Alma 24:13
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And the great God has had mercy on us, and made these things known unto us
that we might not perish; yea, and he has made these things known unto us
beforehand, because he loveth our souls as well as he loveth our children;
therefore, in his mercy he doth visit us by his angels, that the plan of
salvation might be made known unto us as well as unto future generations.
		 -- Alma 24:14
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Oh, how merciful is our God!  And now behold, since it has been as much
as we could do to get our stains taken away from us, and our swords
are made bright, let us hide them away that they may be kept bright,
as a testimony to our God at the last day, or at the day that we shall
be brought to stand before him to be judged, that we have not stained
our swords in the blood of our brethren since he imparted his word unto
us and has made us clean thereby.
		 -- Alma 24:15
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And now, my brethren, if our brethren seek to destroy us, behold, we will
hide away our swords, yea, even we will bury them deep in the earth, that
they may be kept bright, as a testimony that we have never used them,
at the last day; and if our brethren destroy us, behold, we shall go to
our God and shall be saved.
		 -- Alma 24:16
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And now it came to pass that when the king had made an end of these
sayings, and all the people were assembled together, they took their
swords, and all the weapons which were used for the shedding of man's
blood, and they did bury them up deep in the earth.
		 -- Alma 24:17
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And this they did, it being in their view a testimony to God, and also
to men, that they never would use weapons again for the shedding of man's
blood; and this they did, vouching and covenanting with God, that rather
than shed the blood of their brethren they would give up their own lives;
and rather than take away from a brother they would give unto him; and
rather than spend their days in idleness they would labor abundantly
with their hands.
		 -- Alma 24:18
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And thus we see that, when these Lamanites were brought to believe and to
know the truth, they were firm, and would suffer even unto death rather
than commit sin; and thus we see that they buried their weapons of peace,
or they buried the weapons of war, for peace.
		 -- Alma 24:19
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And it came to pass that their brethren, the Lamanites, made preparations
for war, and came up to the land of Nephi for the purpose of destroying
the king, and to place another in his stead, and also of destroying the
people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi out of the land.
		 -- Alma 24:20
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Now when the people saw that they were coming against them they went
out to meet them, and prostrated themselves before them to the earth,
and began to call on the name of the Lord; and thus they were in this
attitude when the Lamanites began to fall upon them, and began to slay
them with the sword.
		 -- Alma 24:21
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And thus without meeting any resistance, they did slay a thousand and
five of them; and we know that they are blessed, for they have gone to
dwell with their God.
		 -- Alma 24:22
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Now when the Lamanites saw that their brethren would not flee from the
sword, neither would they turn aside to the right hand or to the left,
but that they would lie down and perish, and praised God even in the
very act of perishing under the sword--
		 -- Alma 24:23
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Now when the Lamanites saw this they did forbear from slaying them;
and there were many whose hearts had swollen in them for those of their
brethren who had fallen under the sword, for they repented of the things
which they had done.
		 -- Alma 24:24
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And it came to pass that they threw down their weapons of war, and they
would not take them again, for they were stung for the murders which
they had committed; and they came down even as their brethren, relying
upon the mercies of those whose arms were lifted to slay them.
		 -- Alma 24:25
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And it came to pass that the people of God were joined that day by more
than the number who had been slain; and those who had been slain were
righteous people, therefore we have no reason to doubt but what they
were saved.
		 -- Alma 24:26
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And there was not a wicked man slain among them; but there were more
than a thousand brought to the knowledge of the truth; thus we see that
the Lord worketh in many ways to the salvation of his people.
		 -- Alma 24:27
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Now the greatest number of those of the Lamanites who slew so many of
their brethren were Amalekites and Amulonites, the greatest number of
whom were after the order of the Nehors.
		 -- Alma 24:28
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Now, among those who joined the people of the Lord, there were none
who were Amalekites or Amulonites, or who were of the order of Nehor,
but they were actual descendants of Laman and Lemuel.
		 -- Alma 24:29
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And thus we can plainly discern, that after a people have been once
enlightened by the Spirit of God, and have had great knowledge of things
pertaining to righteousness, and then have fallen away into sin and
transgression, they become more hardened, and thus their state becomes
worse than though they had never known these things.
		 -- Alma 24:30
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And behold, now it came to pass that those Lamanites were more angry
because they had slain their brethren; therefore they swore vengeance
upon the Nephites; and they did no more attempt to slay the people of
Anti-Nephi-Lehi at that time.
		 -- Alma 25:1
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But they took their armies and went over into the borders of the land
of Zarahemla, and fell upon the people who were in the land of Ammonihah
and destroyed them.
		 -- Alma 25:2
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And after that, they had many battles with the Nephites, in the which
they were driven and slain.
		 -- Alma 25:3
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And among the Lamanites who were slain were almost all the seed of Amulon
and his brethren, who were the priests of Noah, and they were slain by
the hands of the Nephites;
		 -- Alma 25:4
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And the remainder, having fled into the east wilderness, and having
usurped the power and authority over the Lamanites, caused that many of
the Lamanites should perish by fire because of their belief--
		 -- Alma 25:5
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For many of them, after having suffered much loss and so many afflictions,
began to be stirred up in remembrance of the words which Aaron and his
brethren had preached to them in their land; therefore they began to
disbelieve the traditions of their fathers, and to believe in the Lord,
and that he gave great power unto the Nephites; and thus there were many
of them converted in the wilderness.
		 -- Alma 25:6
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And it came to pass that those rulers who were the remnant of the children
of Amulon caused that they should be put to death, yea, all those that
believed in these things.
		 -- Alma 25:7
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Now this martyrdom caused that many of their brethren should be stirred
up to anger; and there began to be contention in the wilderness; and the
Lamanites began to hunt the seed of Amulon and his brethren and began
to slay them; and they fled into the east wilderness.
		 -- Alma 25:8
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And behold they are hunted at this day by the Lamanites.  Thus the words
of Abinadi were brought to pass, which he said concerning the seed of
the priests who caused that he should suffer death by fire.
		 -- Alma 25:9
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For he said unto them: What ye shall do unto me shall be a type of things
to come.
		 -- Alma 25:10
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And now Abinadi was the first that suffered death by fire because of
his belief in God; now this is what he meant, that many should suffer
death by fire, according as he had suffered.
		 -- Alma 25:11
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And he said unto the priests of Noah that their seed should cause many
to be put to death, in the like manner as he was, and that they should be
scattered abroad and slain, even as a sheep having no shepherd is driven
and slain by wild beasts; and now behold, these words were verified,
for they were driven by the Lamanites, and they were hunted, and they
were smitten.
		 -- Alma 25:12
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And it came to pass that when the Lamanites saw that they could not
overpower the Nephites they returned again to their own land; and many
of them came over to dwell in the land of Ishmael and the land of Nephi,
and did join themselves to the people of God, who were the people of
Anti-Nephi-Lehi.
		 -- Alma 25:13
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And they did also bury their weapons of war, according as their brethren
had, and they began to be a righteous people; and they did walk in
the ways of the Lord, and did observe to keep his commandments and
his statutes.
		 -- Alma 25:14
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Yea, and they did keep the law of Moses; for it was expedient that
they should keep the law of Moses as yet, for it was not all fulfilled.
But notwithstanding the law of Moses, they did look forward to the coming
of Christ, considering that the law of Moses was a type of his coming,
and believing that they must keep those outward performances until the
time that he should be revealed unto them.
		 -- Alma 25:15
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Now they did not suppose that salvation came by the law of Moses;
but the law of Moses did serve to strengthen their faith in Christ;
and thus they did retain a hope through faith, unto eternal salvation,
relying upon the spirit of prophecy, which spake of those things to come.
		 -- Alma 25:16
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And now behold, Ammon, and Aaron, and Omner, and Himni, and their
brethren did rejoice exceedingly, for the success which they had had
among the Lamanites, seeing that the Lord had granted unto them according
to their prayers, and that he had also verified his word unto them in
every particular.
		 -- Alma 25:17
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And now, these are the words of Ammon to his brethren, which say thus:
My brothers and my brethren, behold I say unto you, how great reason have
we to rejoice; for could we have supposed when we started from the land
of Zarahemla that God would have granted unto us such great blessings?
		 -- Alma 26:1
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And now, I ask, what great blessings has he bestowed upon us? Can ye tell?
		 -- Alma 26:2
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Behold, I answer for you; for our brethren, the Lamanites, were in
darkness, yea, even in the darkest abyss, but behold, how many of them are
brought to behold the marvelous light of God!  And this is the blessing
which hath been bestowed upon us, that we have been made instruments in
the hands of God to bring about this great work.
		 -- Alma 26:3
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Behold, thousands of them do rejoice, and have been brought into the
fold of God.
		 -- Alma 26:4
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Behold, the field was ripe, and blessed are ye, for ye did thrust in the
sickle, and did reap with your might, yea, all the day long did ye labor;
and behold the number of your sheaves!	And they shall be gathered into
the garners, that they are not wasted.
		 -- Alma 26:5
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Yea, they shall not be beaten down by the storm at the last day; yea,
neither shall they be harrowed up by the whirlwinds; but when the storm
cometh they shall be gathered together in their place, that the storm
cannot penetrate to them; yea, neither shall they be driven with fierce
winds whithersoever the enemy listeth to carry them.
		 -- Alma 26:6
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But behold, they are in the hands of the Lord of the harvest, and they
are his; and he will raise them up at the last day.
		 -- Alma 26:7
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Blessed be the name of our God; let us sing to his praise, yea, let us
give thanks to his holy name, for he doth work righteousness forever.
		 -- Alma 26:8
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For if we had not come up out of the land of Zarahemla, these our
dearly beloved brethren, who have so dearly beloved us, would still have
been racked with hatred against us, yea, and they would also have been
strangers to God.
		 -- Alma 26:9
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And it came to pass that when Ammon had said these words, his brother
Aaron rebuked him, saying: Ammon, I fear that thy joy doth carry thee
away unto boasting.
		 -- Alma 26:10
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But Ammon said unto him: I do not boast in my own strength, nor in my
own wisdom; but behold, my joy is full, yea, my heart is brim with joy,
and I will rejoice in my God.
		 -- Alma 26:11
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Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I
will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength
I can do all things; yea, behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought
in this land, for which we will praise his name forever.
		 -- Alma 26:12
%
Behold, how many thousands of our brethren has he loosed from the pains
of hell; and they are brought to sing redeeming love, and this because
of the power of his word which is in us, therefore have we not great
reason to rejoice?
		 -- Alma 26:13
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Yea, we have reason to praise him forever, for he is the Most High God,
and has loosed our brethren from the chains of hell.
		 -- Alma 26:14
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Yea, they were encircled about with everlasting darkness and destruction;
but behold, he has brought them into his everlasting light, yea, into
everlasting salvation; and they are encircled about with the matchless
bounty of his love; yea, and we have been instruments in his hands of
doing this great and marvelous work.
		 -- Alma 26:15
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Therefore, let us glory, yea, we will glory in the Lord; yea, we will
rejoice, for our joy is full; yea, we will praise our God forever.
Behold, who can glory too much in the Lord? Yea, who can say too much
of his great power, and of his mercy, and of his long-suffering towards
the children of men?  Behold, I say unto you, I cannot say the smallest
part which I feel.
		 -- Alma 26:16
%
Who could have supposed that our God would have been so merciful as to
have snatched us from our awful, sinful, and polluted state?
		 -- Alma 26:17
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Behold, we went forth even in wrath, with mighty threatenings to destroy
his church.
		 -- Alma 26:18
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Oh then, why did he not consign us to an awful destruction, yea, why
did he not let the sword of his justice fall upon us, and doom us to
eternal despair?
		 -- Alma 26:19
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Oh, my soul, almost as it were, fleeth at the thought.	Behold, he did
not exercise his justice upon us, but in his great mercy hath brought
us over that everlasting gulf of death and misery, even to the salvation
of our souls.
		 -- Alma 26:20
%
And now behold, my brethren, what natural man is there that knoweth
these things?  I say unto you, there is none that knoweth these things,
save it be the penitent.
		 -- Alma 26:21
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Yea, he that repenteth and exerciseth faith, and bringeth forth good
works, and prayeth continually without ceasing--unto such it is given to
know the mysteries of God; yea, unto such it shall be given to reveal
things which never have been revealed; yea, and it shall be given unto
such to bring thousands of souls to repentance, even as it has been
given unto us to bring these our brethren to repentance.
		 -- Alma 26:22
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Now do ye remember, my brethren, that we said unto our brethren in the
land of Zarahemla, we go up to the land of Nephi, to preach unto our
brethren, the Lamanites, and they laughed us to scorn?
		 -- Alma 26:23
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For they said unto us: Do ye suppose that ye can bring the Lamanites
to the knowledge of the truth?	Do ye suppose that ye can convince the
Lamanites of the incorrectness of the traditions of their fathers, as
stiffnecked a people as they are; whose hearts delight in the shedding
of blood; whose days have been spent in the grossest iniquity; whose
ways have been the ways of a transgressor from the beginning?  Now my
brethren, ye remember that this was their language.
		 -- Alma 26:24
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And moreover they did say: Let us take up arms against them, that we
destroy them and their iniquity out of the land, lest they overrun us
and destroy us.
		 -- Alma 26:25
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But behold, my beloved brethren, we came into the wilderness not with
the intent to destroy our brethren, but with the intent that perhaps we
might save some few of their souls.
		 -- Alma 26:26
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Now when our hearts were depressed, and we were about to turn back,
behold, the Lord comforted us, and said: Go amongst thy brethren, the
Lamanites, and bear with patience thine afflictions, and I will give
unto you success.
		 -- Alma 26:27
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And now behold, we have come, and been forth amongst them; and we have
been patient in our sufferings, and we have suffered every privation;
yea, we have traveled from house to house, relying upon the mercies of
the world--not upon the mercies of the world alone but upon the mercies
of God.
		 -- Alma 26:28
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And we have entered into their houses and taught them, and we have taught
them in their streets; yea, and we have taught them upon their hills;
and we have also entered into their temples and their synagogues and
taught them; and we have been cast out, and mocked, and spit upon, and
smote upon our cheeks; and we have been stoned, and taken and bound with
strong cords, and cast into prison; and through the power and wisdom of
God we have been delivered again.
		 -- Alma 26:29
%
And we have suffered all manner of afflictions, and all this, that perhaps
we might be the means of saving some soul; and we supposed that our joy
would be full if perhaps we could be the means of saving some.
		 -- Alma 26:30
%
Now behold, we can look forth and see the fruits of our labors; and are
they few?  I say unto you, Nay, they are many; yea, and we can witness
of their sincerity, because of their love towards their brethren and
also towards us.
		 -- Alma 26:31
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For behold, they had rather sacrifice their lives than even to take the
life of their enemy; and they have buried their weapons of war deep in
the earth, because of their love towards their brethren.
		 -- Alma 26:32
%
And now behold I say unto you, has there been so great love in all
the land?  Behold, I say unto you, Nay, there has not, even among the
Nephites.
		 -- Alma 26:33
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For behold, they would take up arms against their brethren; they would
not suffer themselves to be slain.  But behold how many of these have
laid down their lives; and we know that they have gone to their God,
because of their love and of their hatred to sin.
		 -- Alma 26:34
%
Now have we not reason to rejoice?  Yea, I say unto you, there never were
men that had so great reason to rejoice as we, since the world began;
yea, and my joy is carried away, even unto boasting in my God; for he
has all power, all wisdom, and all understanding; he comprehendeth all
things, and he is a merciful Being, even unto salvation, to those who
will repent and believe on his name.
		 -- Alma 26:35
%
Now if this is boasting, even so will I boast; for this is my life and
my light, my joy and my salvation, and my redemption from everlasting wo.
Yea, blessed is the name of my God, who has been mindful of this people,
who are a branch of the tree of Israel, and has been lost from its body
in a strange land; yea, I say, blessed be the name of my God, who has
been mindful of us, wanderers in a strange land.
		 -- Alma 26:36
%
Now my brethren, we see that God is mindful of every people, whatsoever
land they may be in; yea, he numbereth his people, and his bowels of mercy
are over all the earth.  Now this is my joy, and my great thanksgiving;
yea, and I will give thanks unto my God forever.  Amen.
		 -- Alma 26:37
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Now it came to pass that when those Lamanites who had gone to war against
the Nephites had found, after their many struggles to destroy them,
that it was in vain to seek their destruction, they returned again to
the land of Nephi.
		 -- Alma 27:1
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And it came to pass that the Amalekites, because of their loss, were
exceedingly angry.  And when they saw that they could not seek revenge
from the Nephites, they began to stir up the people in anger against
their brethren, the people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi; therefore they began
again to destroy them.
		 -- Alma 27:2
%
Now this people again refused to take their arms, and they suffered
themselves to be slain according to the desires of their enemies.
		 -- Alma 27:3
%
Now when Ammon and his brethren saw this work of destruction among those
whom they so dearly beloved, and among those who had so dearly beloved
them--for they were treated as though they were angels sent from God
to save them from everlasting destruction--therefore, when Ammon and
his brethren saw this great work of destruction, they were moved with
compassion, and they said unto the king:
		 -- Alma 27:4
%
Let us gather together this people of the Lord, and let us go down to
the land of Zarahemla to our brethren the Nephites, and flee out of the
hands of our enemies, that we be not destroyed.
		 -- Alma 27:5
%
But the king said unto them: Behold, the Nephites will destroy us,
because of the many murders and sins we have committed against them.
		 -- Alma 27:6
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And Ammon said: I will go and inquire of the Lord, and if he say unto us,
go down unto our brethren, will ye go?
		 -- Alma 27:7
%
And the king said unto him: Yea, if the Lord saith unto us go, we will
go down unto our brethren, and we will be their slaves until we repair
unto them the many murders and sins which we have committed against them.
		 -- Alma 27:8
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But Ammon said unto him: It is against the law of our brethren, which
was established by my father, that there should be any slaves among them;
therefore let us go down and rely upon the mercies of our brethren.
		 -- Alma 27:9
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But the king said unto him: Inquire of the Lord, and if he saith unto
us go, we will go; otherwise we will perish in the land.
		 -- Alma 27:10
%
And it came to pass that Ammon went and inquired of the Lord, and the
Lord said unto him:
		 -- Alma 27:11
%
Get this people out of this land, that they perish not; for Satan has
great hold on the hearts of the Amalekites, who do stir up the Lamanites
to anger against their brethren to slay them; therefore get thee out of
this land; and blessed are this people in this generation, for I will
preserve them.
		 -- Alma 27:12
%
And now it came to pass that Ammon went and told the king all the words
which the Lord had said unto him.
		 -- Alma 27:13
%
And they gathered together all their people, yea, all the people of the
Lord, and did gather together all their flocks and herds, and departed out
of the land, and came into the wilderness which divided the land of Nephi
from the land of Zarahemla, and came over near the borders of the land.
		 -- Alma 27:14
%
And it came to pass that Ammon said unto them: Behold, I and my brethren
will go forth into the land of Zarahemla, and ye shall remain here until
we return; and we will try the hearts of our brethren, whether they will
that ye shall come into their land.
		 -- Alma 27:15
%
And it came to pass that as Ammon was going forth into the land, that he
and his brethren met Alma, over in the place of which has been spoken;
and behold, this was a joyful meeting.
		 -- Alma 27:16
%
Now the joy of Ammon was so great even that he was full; yea, he was
swallowed up in the joy of his God, even to the exhausting of his
strength; and he fell again to the earth.
		 -- Alma 27:17
%
Now was not this exceeding joy?  Behold, this is joy which none receiveth
save it be the truly penitent and humble seeker of happiness.
		 -- Alma 27:18
%
Now the joy of Alma in meeting his brethren was truly great, and also
the joy of Aaron, of Omner, and Himni; but behold their joy was not that
to exceed their strength.
		 -- Alma 27:19
%
And now it came to pass that Alma conducted his brethren back to the land
of Zarahemla; even to his own house.  And they went and told the chief
judge all the things that had happened unto them in the land of Nephi,
among their brethren, the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 27:20
%
And it came to pass that the chief judge sent a proclamation throughout
all the land, desiring the voice of the people concerning the admitting
their brethren, who were the people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi.
		 -- Alma 27:21
%
And it came to pass that the voice of the people came, saying: Behold, we
will give up the land of Jershon, which is on the east by the sea, which
joins the land Bountiful, which is on the south of the land Bountiful;
and this land Jershon is the land which we will give unto our brethren
for an inheritance.
		 -- Alma 27:22
%
And behold, we will set our armies between the land Jershon and the land
Nephi, that we may protect our brethren in the land Jershon; and this we
do for our brethren, on account of their fear to take up arms against
their brethren lest they should commit sin; and this their great fear
came because of their sore repentance which they had, on account of
their many murders and their awful wickedness.
		 -- Alma 27:23
%
And now behold, this will we do unto our brethren, that they may inherit
the land Jershon; and we will guard them from their enemies with our
armies, on condition that they will give us a portion of their substance
to assist us that we may maintain our armies.
		 -- Alma 27:24
%
Now, it came to pass that when Ammon had heard this, he returned to the
people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi, and also Alma with him, into the wilderness,
where they had pitched their tents, and made known unto them all these
things.  And Alma also related unto them his conversion, with Ammon and
Aaron, and his brethren.
		 -- Alma 27:25
%
And it came to pass that it did cause great joy among them.  And they
went down into the land of Jershon, and took possession of the land
of Jershon; and they were called by the Nephites the people of Ammon;
therefore they were distinguished by that name ever after.
		 -- Alma 27:26
%
And they were among the people of Nephi, and also numbered among the
people who were of the church of God.  And they were also distinguished
for their zeal towards God, and also towards men; for they were perfectly
honest and upright in all things; and they were firm in the faith of
Christ, even unto the end.
		 -- Alma 27:27
%
And they did look upon shedding the blood of their brethren with the
greatest abhorrence; and they never could be prevailed upon to take
up arms against their brethren; and they never did look upon death
with any degree of terror, for their hope and views of Christ and the
resurrection; therefore, death was swallowed up to them by the victory
of Christ over it.
		 -- Alma 27:28
%
Therefore, they would suffer death in the most aggravating and distressing
manner which could be inflicted by their brethren, before they would
take the sword or cimeter to smite them.
		 -- Alma 27:29
%
And thus they were a zealous and beloved people, a highly favored people
of the Lord.
		 -- Alma 27:30
%
And now it came to pass that after the people of Ammon were established in
the land of Jershon, and a church also established in the land of Jershon,
and the armies of the Nephites were set round about the land of Jershon,
yea, in all the borders round about the land of Zarahemla; behold the
armies of the Lamanites had followed their brethren into the wilderness.
		 -- Alma 28:1
%
And thus there was a tremendous battle; yea, even such an one as never
had been known among all the people in the land from the time Lehi left
Jerusalem; yea, and tens of thousands of the Lamanites were slain and
scattered abroad.
		 -- Alma 28:2
%
Yea, and also there was a tremendous slaughter among the people of Nephi;
nevertheless, the Lamanites were driven and scattered, and the people
of Nephi returned again to their land.
		 -- Alma 28:3
%
And now this was a time that there was a great mourning and lamentation
heard throughout all the land, among all the people of Nephi--
		 -- Alma 28:4
%
Yea, the cry of widows mourning for their husbands, and also of fathers
mourning for their sons, and the daughter for the brother, yea, the
brother for the father; and thus the cry of mourning was heard among
all of them, mourning for their kindred who had been slain.
		 -- Alma 28:5
%
And now surely this was a sorrowful day; yea, a time of solemnity,
and a time of much fasting and prayer.
		 -- Alma 28:6
%
And thus endeth the fifteenth year of the reign of the judges over the
people of Nephi;
		 -- Alma 28:7
%
And this is the account of Ammon and his brethren, their journeyings
in the land of Nephi, their sufferings in the land, their sorrows, and
their afflictions, and their incomprehensible joy, and the reception and
safety of the brethren in the land of Jershon.	And now may the Lord,
the Redeemer of all men, bless their souls forever.
		 -- Alma 28:8
%
And this is the account of the wars and contentions among the Nephites,
and also the wars between the Nephites and the Lamanites; and the
fifteenth year of the reign of the judges is ended.
		 -- Alma 28:9
%
And from the first year to the fifteenth has brought to pass the
destruction of many thousand lives; yea, it has brought to pass an awful
scene of bloodshed.
		 -- Alma 28:10
%
And the bodies of many thousands are laid low in the earth, while the
bodies of many thousands are moldering in heaps upon the face of the
earth; yea, and many thousands are mourning for the loss of their kindred,
because they have reason to fear, according to the promises of the Lord,
that they are consigned to a state of endless wo.
		 -- Alma 28:11
%
While many thousands of others truly mourn for the loss of their kindred,
yet they rejoice and exult in the hope, and even know, according to the
promises of the Lord, that they are raised to dwell at the right hand
of God, in a state of never-ending happiness.
		 -- Alma 28:12
%
And thus we see how great the inequality of man is because of sin and
transgression, and the power of the devil, which comes by the cunning
plans which he hath devised to ensnare the hearts of men.
		 -- Alma 28:13
%
And thus we see the great call of diligence of men to labor in the
vineyards of the Lord; and thus we see the great reason of sorrow, and
also of rejoicing--sorrow because of death and destruction among men,
and joy because of the light of Christ unto life.
		 -- Alma 28:14
%
O that I were an angel, and could have the wish of mine heart, that I
might go forth and speak with the trump of God, with a voice to shake
the earth, and cry repentance unto every people!
		 -- Alma 29:1
%
Yea, I would declare unto every soul, as with the voice of thunder,
repentance and the plan of redemption, that they should repent and come
unto our God, that there might not be more sorrow upon all the face of
the earth.
		 -- Alma 29:2
%
But behold, I am a man, and do sin in my wish; for I ought to be content
with the things which the Lord hath allotted unto me.
		 -- Alma 29:3
%
I ought not to harrow up in my desires, the firm decree of a just God,
for I know that he granteth unto men according to their desire, whether
it be unto death or unto life; yea, I know that he allotteth unto men,
yea, decreeth unto them decrees which are unalterable, according to
their wills, whether they be unto salvation or unto destruction.
		 -- Alma 29:4
%
Yea, and I know that good and evil have come before all men; he that
knoweth not good from evil is blameless; but he that knoweth good and
evil, to him it is given according to his desires, whether he desireth
good or evil, life or death, joy or remorse of conscience.
		 -- Alma 29:5
%
Now, seeing that I know these things, why should I desire more than to
perform the work to which I have been called?
		 -- Alma 29:6
%
Why should I desire that I were an angel, that I could speak unto all
the ends of the earth?
		 -- Alma 29:7
%
For behold, the Lord doth grant unto all nations, of their own nation
and tongue, to teach his word, yea, in wisdom, all that he seeth fit that
they should have; therefore we see that the Lord doth counsel in wisdom,
according to that which is just and true.
		 -- Alma 29:8
%
I know that which the Lord hath commanded me, and I glory in it.  I do
not glory of myself, but I glory in that which the Lord hath commanded
me; yea, and this is my glory, that perhaps I may be an instrument in
the hands of God to bring some soul to repentance; and this is my joy.
		 -- Alma 29:9
%
And behold, when I see many of my brethren truly penitent, and coming to
the Lord their God, then is my soul filled with joy; then do I remember
what the Lord has done for me, yea, even that he hath heard my prayer;
yea, then do I remember his merciful arm which he extended towards me.
		 -- Alma 29:10
%
Yea, and I also remember the captivity of my fathers; for I surely do know
that the Lord did deliver them out of bondage, and by this did establish
his church; yea, the Lord God, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob, did deliver them out of bondage.
		 -- Alma 29:11
%
Yea, I have always remembered the captivity of my fathers; and that same
God who delivered them out of the hands of the Egyptians did deliver
them out of bondage.
		 -- Alma 29:12
%
Yea, and that same God did establish his church among them; yea, and
that same God hath called me by a holy calling, to preach the word unto
this people, and hath given me much success, in the which my joy is full.
		 -- Alma 29:13
%
But I do not joy in my own success alone, but my joy is more full because
of the success of my brethren, who have been up to the land of Nephi.
		 -- Alma 29:14
%
Behold, they have labored exceedingly, and have brought forth much fruit;
and how great shall be their reward!
		 -- Alma 29:15
%
Now, when I think of the success of these my brethren my soul is carried
away, even to the separation of it from the body, as it were, so great
is my joy.
		 -- Alma 29:16
%
And now may God grant unto these, my brethren, that they may sit down in
the kingdom of God; yea, and also all those who are the fruit of their
labors that they may go no more out, but that they may praise him forever.
And may God grant that it may be done according to my words, even as I
have spoken.  Amen.
		 -- Alma 29:17
%
Behold, now it came to pass that after the people of Ammon were
established in the land of Jershon, yea, and also after the Lamanites
were driven out of the land, and their dead were buried by the people
of the land--
		 -- Alma 30:1
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Now their dead were not numbered because of the greatness of their
numbers; neither were the dead of the Nephites numbered--but it came
to pass after they had buried their dead, and also after the days of
fasting, and mourning, and prayer, (and it was in the sixteenth year
of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi) there began to be
continual peace throughout all the land.
		 -- Alma 30:2
%
Yea, and the people did observe to keep the commandments of the Lord;
and they were strict in observing the ordinances of God, according to
the law of Moses; for they were taught to keep the law of Moses until
it should be fulfilled.
		 -- Alma 30:3
%
And thus the people did have no disturbance in all the sixteenth year
of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
		 -- Alma 30:4
%
And it came to pass that in the commencement of the seventeenth year of
the reign of the judges, there was continual peace.
		 -- Alma 30:5
%
But it came to pass in the latter end of the seventeenth year, there
came a man into the land of Zarahemla, and he was Anti-Christ, for he
began to preach unto the people against the prophecies which had been
spoken by the prophets, concerning the coming of Christ.
		 -- Alma 30:6
%
Now there was no law against a man's belief; for it was strictly contrary
to the commands of God that there should be a law which should bring
men on to unequal grounds.
		 -- Alma 30:7
%
For thus saith the scripture: Choose ye this day, whom ye will serve.
		 -- Alma 30:8
%
Now if a man desired to serve God, it was his privilege; or rather,
if he believed in God it was his privilege to serve him; but if he did
not believe in him there was no law to punish him.
		 -- Alma 30:9
%
But if he murdered he was punished unto death; and if he robbed he was
also punished; and if he stole he was also punished; and if he committed
adultery he was also punished; yea, for all this wickedness they were
punished.
		 -- Alma 30:10
%
For there was a law that men should be judged according to their crimes.
Nevertheless, there was no law against a man's belief; therefore, a man
was punished only for the crimes which he had done; therefore all men
were on equal grounds.
		 -- Alma 30:11
%
And this Anti-Christ, whose name was Korihor, (and the law could have
no hold upon him) began to preach unto the people that there should be
no Christ.  And after this manner did he preach, saying:
		 -- Alma 30:12
%
O ye that are bound down under a foolish and a vain hope, why do ye
yoke yourselves with such foolish things?  Why do ye look for a Christ?
For no man can know of anything which is to come.
		 -- Alma 30:13
%
Behold, these things which ye call prophecies, which ye say are handed
down by holy prophets, behold, they are foolish traditions of your
fathers.
		 -- Alma 30:14
%
How do ye know of their surety?  Behold, ye cannot know of things which
ye do not see; therefore ye cannot know that there shall be a Christ.
		 -- Alma 30:15
%
Ye look forward and say that ye see a remission of your sins.  But behold,
it is the effect of a frenzied mind; and this derangement of your minds
comes because of the traditions of your fathers, which lead you away
into a belief of things which are not so.
		 -- Alma 30:16
%
And many more such things did he say unto them, telling them that there
could be no atonement made for the sins of men, but every man fared in
this life according to the management of the creature; therefore every
man prospered according to his genius, and that every man conquered
according to his strength; and whatsoever a man did was no crime.
		 -- Alma 30:17
%
And thus he did preach unto them, leading away the hearts of many,
causing them to lift up their heads in their wickedness, yea, leading
away many women, and also men, to commit whoredoms--telling them that
when a man was dead, that was the end thereof.
		 -- Alma 30:18
%
Now this man went over to the land of Jershon also, to preach these things
among the people of Ammon, who were once the people of the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 30:19
%
But behold they were more wise than many of the Nephites; for they took
him, and bound him, and carried him before Ammon, who was a high priest
over that people.
		 -- Alma 30:20
%
And it came to pass that he caused that he should be carried out of
the land.  And he came over into the land of Gideon, and began to preach
unto them also; and here he did not have much success, for he was taken
and bound and carried before the high priest, and also the chief judge
over the land.
		 -- Alma 30:21
%
And it came to pass that the high priest said unto him: Why do ye go
about perverting the ways of the Lord?	Why do ye teach this people
that there shall be no Christ, to interrupt their rejoicings?  Why do
ye speak against all the prophecies of the holy prophets?
		 -- Alma 30:22
%
Now the high priest's name was Giddonah.  And Korihor said unto him:
Because I do not teach the foolish traditions of your fathers, and because
I do not teach this people to bind themselves down under the foolish
ordinances and performances which are laid down by ancient priests, to
usurp power and authority over them, to keep them in ignorance, that they
may not lift up their heads, but be brought down according to thy words.
		 -- Alma 30:23
%
Ye say that this people is a free people.  Behold, I say they are
in bondage.  Ye say that those ancient prophecies are true.  Behold,
I say that ye do not know that they are true.
		 -- Alma 30:24
%
Ye say that this people is a guilty and a fallen people, because of the
transgression of a parent.  Behold, I say that a child is not guilty
because of its parents.
		 -- Alma 30:25
%
And ye also say that Christ shall come.  But behold, I say that ye do
not know that there shall be a Christ.	And ye say also that he shall
be slain for the sins of the world--
		 -- Alma 30:26
%
And thus ye lead away this people after the foolish traditions of your
fathers, and according to your own desires; and ye keep them down, even
as it were in bondage, that ye may glut yourselves with the labors of
their hands, that they durst not look up with boldness, and that they
durst not enjoy their rights and privileges.
		 -- Alma 30:27
%
Yea, they durst not make use of that which is their own lest they should
offend their priests, who do yoke them according to their desires, and
have brought them to believe, by their traditions and their dreams and
their whims and their visions and their pretended mysteries, that they
should, if they did not do according to their words, offend some unknown
being, who they say is God--a being who never has been seen or known,
who never was nor ever will be.
		 -- Alma 30:28
%
Now when the high priest and the chief judge saw the hardness of his
heart, yea, when they saw that he would revile even against God, they
would not make any reply to his words; but they caused that he should
be bound; and they delivered him up into the hands of the officers, and
sent him to the land of Zarahemla, that he might be brought before Alma,
and the chief judge who was governor over all the land.
		 -- Alma 30:29
%
And it came to pass that when he was brought before Alma and the chief
judge, he did go on in the same manner as he did in the land of Gideon;
yea, he went on to blaspheme.
		 -- Alma 30:30
%
And he did rise up in great swelling words before Alma, and did revile
against the priests and teachers, accusing them of leading away the
people after the silly traditions of their fathers, for the sake of
glutting on the labors of the people.
		 -- Alma 30:31
%
Now Alma said unto him: Thou knowest that we do not glut ourselves
upon the labors of this people; for behold I have labored even from the
commencement of the reign of the judges until now, with mine own hands
for my support, notwithstanding my many travels round about the land to
declare the word of God unto my people.
		 -- Alma 30:32
%
And notwithstanding the many labors which I have performed in the church,
I have never received so much as even one senine for my labor; neither
has any of my brethren, save it were in the judgment-seat; and then we
have received only according to law for our time.
		 -- Alma 30:33
%
And now, if we do not receive anything for our labors in the church,
what doth it profit us to labor in the church save it were to declare
the truth, that we may have rejoicings in the joy of our brethren?
		 -- Alma 30:34
%
Then why sayest thou that we preach unto this people to get gain, when
thou, of thyself, knowest that we receive no gain? And now, believest
thou that we deceive this people, that causes such joy in their hearts?
		 -- Alma 30:35
%
And Korihor answered him, Yea.
		 -- Alma 30:36
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And then Alma said unto him: Believest thou that there is a God?
		 -- Alma 30:37
%
And he answered, Nay.
		 -- Alma 30:38
%
Now Alma said unto him: Will ye deny again that there is a God, and also
deny the Christ?  For behold, I say unto you, I know there is a God,
and also that Christ shall come.
		 -- Alma 30:39
%
And now what evidence have ye that there is no God, or that Christ
cometh not?  I say unto you that ye have none, save it be your word only.
		 -- Alma 30:40
%
But, behold, I have all things as a testimony that these things are true;
and ye also have all things as a testimony unto you that they are true;
and will ye deny them?	Believest thou that these things are true?
		 -- Alma 30:41
%
Behold, I know that thou believest, but thou art possessed with a lying
spirit, and ye have put off the Spirit of God that it may have no place
in you; but the devil has power over you, and he doth carry you about,
working devices that he may destroy the children of God.
		 -- Alma 30:42
%
And now Korihor said unto Alma: If thou wilt show me a sign, that I may
be convinced that there is a God, yea, show unto me that he hath power,
and then will I be convinced of the truth of thy words.
		 -- Alma 30:43
%
But Alma said unto him: Thou hast had signs enough; will ye tempt your
God?  Will ye say, Show unto me a sign, when ye have the testimony of
all these thy brethren, and also all the holy prophets?  The scriptures
are laid before thee, yea, and all things denote there is a God; yea,
even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yea, and
its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular
form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator.
		 -- Alma 30:44
%
And yet do ye go about, leading away the hearts of this people, testifying
unto them there is no God?  And yet will ye deny against all these
witnesses?  And he said: Yea, I will deny, except ye shall show me a sign.
		 -- Alma 30:45
%
And now it came to pass that Alma said unto him: Behold, I am grieved
because of the hardness of your heart, yea, that ye will still resist
the spirit of the truth, that thy soul may be destroyed.
		 -- Alma 30:46
%
But behold, it is better that thy soul should be lost than that thou
shouldst be the means of bringing many souls down to destruction, by thy
lying and by thy flattering words; therefore if thou shalt deny again,
behold God shall smite thee, that thou shalt become dumb, that thou
shalt never open thy mouth any more, that thou shalt not deceive this
people any more.
		 -- Alma 30:47
%
Now Korihor said unto him: I do not deny the existence of a God, but I
do not believe that there is a God; and I say also, that ye do not know
that there is a God; and except ye show me a sign, I will not believe.
		 -- Alma 30:48
%
Now Alma said unto him: This will I give unto thee for a sign, that thou
shalt be struck dumb, according to my words; and I say, that in the name
of God, ye shall be struck dumb, that ye shall no more have utterance.
		 -- Alma 30:49
%
Now when Alma had said these words, Korihor was struck dumb, that he
could not have utterance, according to the words of Alma.
		 -- Alma 30:50
%
And now when the chief judge saw this, he put forth his hand and wrote
unto Korihor, saying: Art thou convinced of the power of God?  In whom
did ye desire that Alma should show forth his sign?  Would ye that he
should afflict others, to show unto thee a sign?  Behold, he has showed
unto you a sign; and now will ye dispute more?
		 -- Alma 30:51
%
And Korihor put forth his hand and wrote, saying: I know that I am dumb,
for I cannot speak; and I know that nothing save it were the power of
God could bring this upon me; yea, and I always knew that there was a God.
		 -- Alma 30:52
%
But behold, the devil hath deceived me; for he appeared unto me in the
form of an angel, and said unto me: Go and reclaim this people, for
they have all gone astray after an unknown God.  And he said unto me:
There is no God; yea, and he taught me that which I should say.  And I
have taught his words; and I taught them because they were pleasing
unto the carnal mind; and I taught them, even until I had much success,
insomuch that I verily believed that they were true; and for this cause
I withstood the truth, even until I have brought this great curse upon me.
		 -- Alma 30:53
%
Now when he had said this, he besought that Alma should pray unto God,
that the curse might be taken from him.
		 -- Alma 30:54
%
But Alma said unto him: If this curse should be taken from thee thou
wouldst again lead away the hearts of this people; therefore, it shall
be unto thee even as the Lord will.
		 -- Alma 30:55
%
And it came to pass that the curse was not taken off of Korihor; but he
was cast out, and went about from house to house begging for his food.
		 -- Alma 30:56
%
Now the knowledge of what had happened unto Korihor was immediately
published throughout all the land; yea, the proclamation was sent forth
by the chief judge to all the people in the land, declaring unto those
who had believed in the words of Korihor that they must speedily repent,
lest the same judgments would come unto them.
		 -- Alma 30:57
%
And it came to pass that they were all convinced of the wickedness of
Korihor; therefore they were all converted again unto the Lord; and this
put an end to the iniquity after the manner of Korihor.  And Korihor
did go about from house to house, begging food for his support.
		 -- Alma 30:58
%
And it came to pass that as he went forth among the people, yea, among
a people who had separated themselves from the Nephites and called
themselves Zoramites, being led by a man whose name was Zoram--and as
he went forth amongst them, behold, he was run upon and trodden down,
even until he was dead.
		 -- Alma 30:59
%
And thus we see the end of him who perverteth the ways of the Lord; and
thus we see that the devil will not support his children at the last day,
but doth speedily drag them down to hell.
		 -- Alma 30:60
%
Now it came to pass that after the end of Korihor, Alma having received
tidings that the Zoramites were perverting the ways of the Lord, and
that Zoram, who was their leader, was leading the hearts of the people
to bow down to dumb idols, his heart again began to sicken because of
the iniquity of the people.
		 -- Alma 31:1
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For it was the cause of great sorrow to Alma to know of iniquity among
his people; therefore his heart was exceedingly sorrowful because of
the separation of the Zoramites from the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 31:2
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Now the Zoramites had gathered themselves together in a land which
they called Antionum, which was east of the land of Zarahemla, which
lay nearly bordering upon the seashore, which was south of the land of
Jershon, which also bordered upon the wilderness south, which wilderness
was full of the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 31:3
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Now the Nephites greatly feared that the Zoramites would enter into a
correspondence with the Lamanites, and that it would be the means of
great loss on the part of the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 31:4
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And now, as the preaching of the word had a great tendency to lead the
people to do that which was just--yea, it had had more powerful effect
upon the minds of the people than the sword, or anything else, which
had happened unto them--therefore Alma thought it was expedient that
they should try the virtue of the word of God.
		 -- Alma 31:5
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Therefore he took Ammon, and Aaron, and Omner; and Himni he did leave in
the church in Zarahemla; but the former three he took with him, and also
Amulek and Zeezrom, who were at Melek; and he also took two of his sons.
		 -- Alma 31:6
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Now the eldest of his sons he took not with him, and his name was Helaman;
but the names of those whom he took with him were Shiblon and Corianton;
and these are the names of those who went with him among the Zoramites,
to preach unto them the word.
		 -- Alma 31:7
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Now the Zoramites were dissenters from the Nephites; therefore they had
had the word of God preached unto them.
		 -- Alma 31:8
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But they had fallen into great errors, for they would not observe to keep
the commandments of God, and his statutes, according to the law of Moses.
		 -- Alma 31:9
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Neither would they observe the performances of the church, to continue
in prayer and supplication to God daily, that they might not enter
into temptation.
		 -- Alma 31:10
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Yea, in fine, they did pervert the ways of the Lord in very many
instances; therefore, for this cause, Alma and his brethren went into
the land to preach the word unto them.
		 -- Alma 31:11
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Now, when they had come into the land, behold, to their astonishment they
found that the Zoramites had built synagogues, and that they did gather
themselves together on one day of the week, which day they did call the
day of the Lord; and they did worship after a manner which Alma and his
brethren had never beheld;
		 -- Alma 31:12
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For they had a place built up in the center of their synagogue, a place
for standing, which was high above the head; and the top thereof would
only admit one person.
		 -- Alma 31:13
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Therefore, whosoever desired to worship must go forth and stand upon
the top thereof, and stretch forth his hands towards heaven, and cry
with a loud voice, saying:
		 -- Alma 31:14
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Holy, holy God; we believe that thou art God, and we believe that thou
art holy, and that thou wast a spirit, and that thou art a spirit,
and that thou wilt be a spirit forever.
		 -- Alma 31:15
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Holy God, we believe that thou hast separated us from our brethren;
and we do not believe in the tradition of our brethren, which was handed
down to them by the childishness of their fathers; but we believe that
thou hast elected us to be thy holy children; and also thou hast made
it known unto us that there shall be no Christ.
		 -- Alma 31:16
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But thou art the same yesterday, today, and forever; and thou hast
elected us that we shall be saved, whilst all around us are elected
to be cast by thy wrath down to hell; for the which holiness, O God,
we thank thee; and we also thank thee that thou hast elected us, that
we may not be led away after the foolish traditions of our brethren,
which doth bind them down to a belief of Christ, which doth lead their
hearts to wander far from thee, our God.
		 -- Alma 31:17
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And again we thank thee, O God, that we are a chosen and a holy people.
Amen.
		 -- Alma 31:18
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Now it came to pass that after Alma and his brethren and his sons had
heard these prayers, they were astonished beyond all measure.
		 -- Alma 31:19
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For behold, every man did go forth and offer up these same prayers.
		 -- Alma 31:20
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Now the place was called by them Rameumptom, which, being interpreted,
is the holy stand.
		 -- Alma 31:21
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Now, from this stand they did offer up, every man, the selfsame prayer
unto God, thanking their God that they were chosen of him, and that
he did not lead them away after the tradition of their brethren, and
that their hearts were not stolen away to believe in things to come,
which they knew nothing about.
		 -- Alma 31:22
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Now, after the people had all offered up thanks after this manner, they
returned to their homes, never speaking of their God again until they
had assembled themselves together again to the holy stand, to offer up
thanks after their manner.
		 -- Alma 31:23
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Now when Alma saw this his heart was grieved; for he saw that they were
a wicked and a perverse people; yea, he saw that their hearts were set
upon gold, and upon silver, and upon all manner of fine goods.
		 -- Alma 31:24
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Yea, and he also saw that their hearts were lifted up unto great boasting,
in their pride.
		 -- Alma 31:25
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And he lifted up his voice to heaven, and cried, saying: O, how long,
O Lord, wilt thou suffer that thy servants shall dwell here below in
the flesh, to behold such gross wickedness among the children of men?
		 -- Alma 31:26
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Behold, O God, they cry unto thee, and yet their hearts are swallowed up
in their pride.  Behold, O God, they cry unto thee with their mouths,
while they are puffed up, even to greatness, with the vain things of
the world.
		 -- Alma 31:27
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Behold, O my God, their costly apparel, and their ringlets, and their
bracelets, and their ornaments of gold, and all their precious things
which they are ornamented with; and behold, their hearts are set upon
them, and yet they cry unto thee and say--We thank thee, O God, for we
are a chosen people unto thee, while others shall perish.
		 -- Alma 31:28
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Yea, and they say that thou hast made it known unto them that there
shall be no Christ.
		 -- Alma 31:29
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O Lord God, how long wilt thou suffer that such wickedness and infidelity
shall be among this people?  O Lord, wilt thou give me strength, that
I may bear with mine infirmities.  For I am infirm, and such wickedness
among this people doth pain my soul.
		 -- Alma 31:30
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O Lord, my heart is exceedingly sorrowful; wilt thou comfort my soul
in Christ.  O Lord, wilt thou grant unto me that I may have strength,
that I may suffer with patience these afflictions which shall come upon
me, because of the iniquity of this people.
		 -- Alma 31:31
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O Lord, wilt thou comfort my soul, and give unto me success, and also
my fellow laborers who are with me--yea, Ammon, and Aaron, and Omner,
and also Amulek and Zeezrom and also my two sons--yea, even all these
wilt thou comfort, O Lord.  Yea, wilt thou comfort their souls in Christ.
		 -- Alma 31:32
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Wilt thou grant unto them that they may have strength, that they may bear
their afflictions which shall come upon them because of the iniquities
of this people.
		 -- Alma 31:33
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O Lord, wilt thou grant unto us that we may have success in bringing
them again unto thee in Christ.
		 -- Alma 31:34
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Behold, O Lord, their souls are precious, and many of them are our
brethren; therefore, give unto us, O Lord, power and wisdom that we may
bring these, our brethren, again unto thee.
		 -- Alma 31:35
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Now it came to pass that when Alma had said these words, that he clapped
his hands upon all them who were with him.  And behold, as he clapped
his hands upon them, they were filled with the Holy Spirit.
		 -- Alma 31:36
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And after that they did separate themselves one from another, taking no
thought for themselves what they should eat, or what they should drink,
or what they should put on.
		 -- Alma 31:37
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And the Lord provided for them that they should hunger not, neither should
they thirst; yea, and he also gave them strength, that they should suffer
no manner of afflictions, save it were swallowed up in the joy of Christ.
Now this was according to the prayer of Alma; and this because he prayed
in faith.
		 -- Alma 31:38
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And it came to pass that they did go forth, and began to preach the word
of God unto the people, entering into their synagogues, and into their
houses; yea, and even they did preach the word in their streets.
		 -- Alma 32:1
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And it came to pass that after much labor among them, they began to have
success among the poor class of people; for behold, they were cast out
of the synagogues because of the coarseness of their apparel--
		 -- Alma 32:2
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Therefore they were not permitted to enter into their synagogues to
worship God, being esteemed as filthiness; therefore they were poor;
yea, they were esteemed by their brethren as dross; therefore they were
poor as to things of the world; and also they were poor in heart.
		 -- Alma 32:3
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Now, as Alma was teaching and speaking unto the people upon the hill
Onidah, there came a great multitude unto him, who were those of whom we
have been speaking, of whom were poor in heart, because of their poverty
as to the things of the world.
		 -- Alma 32:4
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And they came unto Alma; and the one who was the foremost among them
said unto him: Behold, what shall these my brethren do, for they are
despised of all men because of their poverty, yea, and more especially
by our priests; for they have cast us out of our synagogues which we
have labored abundantly to build with our own hands; and they have cast
us out because of our exceeding poverty; and we have no place to worship
our God; and behold, what shall we do?
		 -- Alma 32:5
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And now when Alma heard this, he turned him about, his face immediately
towards him, and he beheld with great joy; for he beheld that their
afflictions had truly humbled them, and that they were in a preparation
to hear the word.
		 -- Alma 32:6
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Therefore he did say no more to the other multitude; but he stretched
forth his hand, and cried unto those whom he beheld, who were truly
penitent, and said unto them:
		 -- Alma 32:7
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I behold that ye are lowly in heart; and if so, blessed are ye.
		 -- Alma 32:8
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Behold thy brother hath said, What shall we do?--for we are cast out of
our synagogues, that we cannot worship our God.
		 -- Alma 32:9
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Behold I say unto you, do ye suppose that ye cannot worship God save it
be in your synagogues only?
		 -- Alma 32:10
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And moreover, I would ask, do ye suppose that ye must not worship God
only once in a week?
		 -- Alma 32:11
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I say unto you, it is well that ye are cast out of your synagogues, that
ye may be humble, and that ye may learn wisdom; for it is necessary that
ye should learn wisdom; for it is because that ye are cast out, that ye
are despised of your brethren because of your exceeding poverty, that
ye are brought to a lowliness of heart; for ye are necessarily brought
to be humble.
		 -- Alma 32:12
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And now, because ye are compelled to be humble blessed are ye; for a man
sometimes, if he is compelled to be humble, seeketh repentance; and now
surely, whosoever repenteth shall find mercy; and he that findeth mercy
and endureth to the end the same shall be saved.
		 -- Alma 32:13
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And now, as I said unto you, that because ye were compelled to be humble
ye were blessed, do ye not suppose that they are more blessed who truly
humble themselves because of the word?
		 -- Alma 32:14
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Yea, he that truly humbleth himself, and repenteth of his sins, and
endureth to the end, the same shall be blessed--yea, much more blessed
than they who are compelled to be humble because of their exceeding
poverty.
		 -- Alma 32:15
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Therefore, blessed are they who humble themselves without being compelled
to be humble; or rather, in other words, blessed is he that believeth in
the word of God, and is baptized without stubbornness of heart, yea,
without being brought to know the word, or even compelled to know,
before they will believe.
		 -- Alma 32:16
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Yea, there are many who do say: If thou wilt show unto us a sign from
heaven, then we shall know of a surety; then we shall believe.
		 -- Alma 32:17
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Now I ask, is this faith?  Behold, I say unto you, Nay; for if a man
knoweth a thing he hath no cause to believe, for he knoweth it.
		 -- Alma 32:18
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And now, how much more cursed is he that knoweth the will of God and
doeth it not, than he that only believeth, or only hath cause to believe,
and falleth into transgression?
		 -- Alma 32:19
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Now of this thing ye must judge.  Behold, I say unto you, that it is on
the one hand even as it is on the other; and it shall be unto every man
according to his work.
		 -- Alma 32:20
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And now as I said concerning faith--faith is not to have a perfect
knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things which
are not seen, which are true.
		 -- Alma 32:21
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And now, behold, I say unto you, and I would that ye should remember, that
God is merciful unto all who believe on his name; therefore he desireth,
in the first place, that ye should believe, yea, even on his word.
		 -- Alma 32:22
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And now, he imparteth his word by angels unto men, yea, not only men but
women also.  Now this is not all; little children do have words given
unto them many times, which confound the wise and the learned.
		 -- Alma 32:23
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And now, my beloved brethren, as ye have desired to know of me what ye
shall do because ye are afflicted and cast out--now I do not desire that
ye should suppose that I mean to judge you only according to that which
is true--
		 -- Alma 32:24
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For I do not mean that ye all of you have been compelled to humble
yourselves; for I verily believe that there are some among you who would
humble themselves, let them be in whatsoever circumstances they might.
		 -- Alma 32:25
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Now, as I said concerning faith--that it was not a perfect knowledge--even
so it is with my words.  Ye cannot know of their surety at first, unto
perfection, any more than faith is a perfect knowledge.
		 -- Alma 32:26
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But behold, if ye will awake and arouse your faculties, even to an
experiment upon my words, and exercise a particle of faith, yea, even
if ye can no more than desire to believe, let this desire work in you,
even until ye believe in a manner that ye can give place for a portion
of my words.
		 -- Alma 32:27
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Now, we will compare the word unto a seed.  Now, if ye give place,
that a seed may be planted in your heart, behold, if it be a true seed,
or a good seed, if ye do not cast it out by your unbelief, that ye will
resist the Spirit of the Lord, behold, it will begin to swell within your
breasts; and when you feel these swelling motions, ye will begin to say
within yourselves--It must needs be that this is a good seed, or that
the word is good, for it beginneth to enlarge my soul; yea, it beginneth
to enlighten my understanding, yea, it beginneth to be delicious to me.
		 -- Alma 32:28
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Now behold, would not this increase your faith?  I say unto you, Yea;
nevertheless it hath not grown up to a perfect knowledge.
		 -- Alma 32:29
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But behold, as the seed swelleth, and sprouteth, and beginneth to grow,
then you must needs say that the seed is good; for behold it swelleth,
and sprouteth, and beginneth to grow.  And now, behold, will not this
strengthen your faith?	Yea, it will strengthen your faith: for ye
will say I know that this is a good seed; for behold it sprouteth and
beginneth to grow.
		 -- Alma 32:30
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And now, behold, are ye sure that this is a good seed?	I say unto you,
Yea; for every seed bringeth forth unto its own likeness.
		 -- Alma 32:31
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Therefore, if a seed groweth it is good, but if it groweth not, behold
it is not good, therefore it is cast away.
		 -- Alma 32:32
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And now, behold, because ye have tried the experiment, and planted the
seed, and it swelleth and sprouteth, and beginneth to grow, ye must
needs know that the seed is good.
		 -- Alma 32:33
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And now, behold, is your knowledge perfect?  Yea, your knowledge is
perfect in that thing, and your faith is dormant; and this because you
know, for ye know that the word hath swelled your souls, and ye also
know that it hath sprouted up, that your understanding doth begin to be
enlightened, and your mind doth begin to expand.
		 -- Alma 32:34
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O then, is not this real?  I say unto you, Yea, because it is light;
and whatsoever is light, is good, because it is discernible, therefore
ye must know that it is good; and now behold, after ye have tasted this
light is your knowledge perfect?
		 -- Alma 32:35
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Behold I say unto you, Nay; neither must ye lay aside your faith, for
ye have only exercised your faith to plant the seed that ye might try
the experiment to know if the seed was good.
		 -- Alma 32:36
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And behold, as the tree beginneth to grow, ye will say: Let us nourish
it with great care, that it may get root, that it may grow up, and bring
forth fruit unto us.  And now behold, if ye nourish it with much care
it will get root, and grow up, and bring forth fruit.
		 -- Alma 32:37
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But if ye neglect the tree, and take no thought for its nourishment,
behold it will not get any root; and when the heat of the sun cometh and
scorcheth it, because it hath no root it withers away, and ye pluck it
up and cast it out.
		 -- Alma 32:38
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Now, this is not because the seed was not good, neither is it because
the fruit thereof would not be desirable; but it is because your ground
is barren, and ye will not nourish the tree, therefore ye cannot have
the fruit thereof.
		 -- Alma 32:39
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And thus, if ye will not nourish the word, looking forward with an eye
of faith to the fruit thereof, ye can never pluck of the fruit of the
tree of life.
		 -- Alma 32:40
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But if ye will nourish the word, yea, nourish the tree as it beginneth
to grow, by your faith with great diligence, and with patience, looking
forward to the fruit thereof, it shall take root; and behold it shall
be a tree springing up unto everlasting life.
		 -- Alma 32:41
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And because of your diligence and your faith and your patience with the
word in nourishing it, that it may take root in you, behold, by and by
ye shall pluck the fruit thereof, which is most precious, which is sweet
above all that is sweet, and which is white above all that is white, yea,
and pure above all that is pure; and ye shall feast upon this fruit even
until ye are filled, that ye hunger not, neither shall ye thirst.
		 -- Alma 32:42
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Then, my brethren, ye shall reap the rewards of your faith, and your
diligence, and patience, and long-suffering, waiting for the tree to
bring forth fruit unto you.
		 -- Alma 32:43
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Now after Alma had spoken these words, they sent forth unto him desiring
to know whether they should believe in one God, that they might obtain
this fruit of which he had spoken, or how they should plant the seed,
or the word of which he had spoken, which he said must be planted in
their hearts; or in what manner they should begin to exercise their faith.
		 -- Alma 33:1
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And Alma said unto them: Behold, ye have said that ye could not worship
your God because ye are cast out of your synagogues.  But behold, I say
unto you, if ye suppose that ye cannot worship God, ye do greatly err,
and ye ought to search the scriptures; if ye suppose that they have
taught you this, ye do not understand them.
		 -- Alma 33:2
%
Do ye remember to have read what Zenos, the prophet of old, has said
concerning prayer or worship?
		 -- Alma 33:3
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For he said: Thou art merciful, O God, for thou hast heard my prayer,
even when I was in the wilderness; yea, thou wast merciful when I prayed
concerning those who were mine enemies, and thou didst turn them to me.
		 -- Alma 33:4
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Yea, O God, and thou wast merciful unto me when I did cry unto thee in
my field; when I did cry unto thee in my prayer, and thou didst hear me.
		 -- Alma 33:5
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And again, O God, when I did turn to my house thou didst hear me in
my prayer.
		 -- Alma 33:6
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And when I did turn unto my closet, O Lord, and prayed unto thee, thou
didst hear me.
		 -- Alma 33:7
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Yea, thou art merciful unto thy children when they cry unto thee, to be
heard of thee and not of men, and thou wilt hear them.
		 -- Alma 33:8
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Yea, O God, thou hast been merciful unto me, and heard my cries in the
midst of thy congregations.
		 -- Alma 33:9
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Yea, and thou hast also heard me when I have been cast out and have
been despised by mine enemies; yea, thou didst hear my cries, and wast
angry with mine enemies, and thou didst visit them in thine anger with
speedy destruction.
		 -- Alma 33:10
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And thou didst hear me because of mine afflictions and my sincerity;
and it is because of thy Son that thou hast been thus merciful unto me,
therefore I will cry unto thee in all mine afflictions, for in thee is my
joy; for thou hast turned thy judgments away from me, because of thy Son.
		 -- Alma 33:11
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And now Alma said unto them: Do ye believe those scriptures which have
been written by them of old?
		 -- Alma 33:12
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Behold, if ye do, ye must believe what Zenos said; for, behold he said:
Thou hast turned away thy judgments because of thy Son.
		 -- Alma 33:13
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Now behold, my brethren, I would ask if ye have read the scriptures?
If ye have, how can ye disbelieve on the Son of God?
		 -- Alma 33:14
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For it is not written that Zenos alone spake of these things, but Zenock
also spake of these things--
		 -- Alma 33:15
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For behold, he said: Thou art angry, O Lord, with this people, because
they will not understand thy mercies which thou hast bestowed upon them
because of thy Son.
		 -- Alma 33:16
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And now, my brethren, ye see that a second prophet of old has testified
of the Son of God, and because the people would not understand his words
they stoned him to death.
		 -- Alma 33:17
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But behold, this is not all; these are not the only ones who have spoken
concerning the Son of God.
		 -- Alma 33:18
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Behold, he was spoken of by Moses; yea, and behold a type was raised
up in the wilderness, that whosoever would look upon it might live.
And many did look and live.
		 -- Alma 33:19
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But few understood the meaning of those things, and this because of the
hardness of their hearts.  But there were many who were so hardened that
they would not look, therefore they perished.  Now the reason they would
not look is because they did not believe that it would heal them.
		 -- Alma 33:20
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O my brethren, if ye could be healed by merely casting about your eyes
that ye might be healed, would ye not behold quickly, or would ye rather
harden your hearts in unbelief, and be slothful, that ye would not cast
about your eyes, that ye might perish?
		 -- Alma 33:21
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If so, wo shall come upon you; but if not so, then cast about your eyes
and begin to believe in the Son of God, that he will come to redeem
his people, and that he shall suffer and die to atone for their sins;
and that he shall rise again from the dead, which shall bring to pass
the resurrection, that all men shall stand before him, to be judged at
the last and judgment day, according to their works.
		 -- Alma 33:22
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And now, my brethren, I desire that ye shall plant this word in your
hearts, and as it beginneth to swell even so nourish it by your faith.
And behold, it will become a tree, springing up in you unto everlasting
life.  And then may God grant unto you that your burdens may be light,
through the joy of his Son.  And even all this can ye do if ye will.
Amen.
		 -- Alma 33:23
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And now it came to pass that after Alma had spoken these words unto
them he sat down upon the ground, and Amulek arose and began to teach
them, saying:
		 -- Alma 34:1
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My brethren, I think that it is impossible that ye should be ignorant
of the things which have been spoken concerning the coming of Christ,
who is taught by us to be the Son of God; yea, I know that these things
were taught unto you bountifully before your dissension from among us.
		 -- Alma 34:2
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And as ye have desired of my beloved brother that he should make known
unto you what ye should do, because of your afflictions; and he hath
spoken somewhat unto you to prepare your minds; yea, and he hath exhorted
you unto faith and to patience--
		 -- Alma 34:3
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Yea, even that ye would have so much faith as even to plant the word in
your hearts, that ye may try the experiment of its goodness.
		 -- Alma 34:4
%
And we have beheld that the great question which is in your minds
is whether the word be in the Son of God, or whether there shall be
no Christ.
		 -- Alma 34:5
%
And ye also beheld that my brother has proved unto you, in many instances,
that the word is in Christ unto salvation.
		 -- Alma 34:6
%
My brother has called upon the words of Zenos, that redemption cometh
through the Son of God, and also upon the words of Zenock; and also he
has appealed unto Moses, to prove that these things are true.
		 -- Alma 34:7
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And now, behold, I will testify unto you of myself that these things
are true.  Behold, I say unto you, that I do know that Christ shall come
among the children of men, to take upon him the transgressions of his
people, and that he shall atone for the sins of the world; for the Lord
God hath spoken it.
		 -- Alma 34:8
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For it is expedient that an atonement should be made; for according to
the great plan of the Eternal God there must be an atonement made, or
else all mankind must unavoidably perish; yea, all are hardened; yea,
all are fallen and are lost, and must perish except it be through the
atonement which it is expedient should be made.
		 -- Alma 34:9
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For it is expedient that there should be a great and last sacrifice; yea,
not a sacrifice of man, neither of beast, neither of any manner of fowl;
for it shall not be a human sacrifice; but it must be an infinite and
eternal sacrifice.
		 -- Alma 34:10
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Now there is not any man that can sacrifice his own blood which will atone
for the sins of another.  Now, if a man murdereth, behold will our law,
which is just, take the life of his brother?  I say unto you, Nay.
		 -- Alma 34:11
%
But the law requireth the life of him who hath murdered; therefore there
can be nothing which is short of an infinite atonement which will suffice
for the sins of the world.
		 -- Alma 34:12
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Therefore, it is expedient that there should be a great and last
sacrifice, and then shall there be, or it is expedient there should be, a
stop to the shedding of blood; then shall the law of Moses be fulfilled;
yea, it shall be all fulfilled, every jot and tittle, and none shall
have passed away.
		 -- Alma 34:13
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And behold, this is the whole meaning of the law, every whit pointing
to that great and last sacrifice; and that great and last sacrifice will
be the Son of God, yea, infinite and eternal.
		 -- Alma 34:14
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And thus he shall bring salvation to all those who shall believe on his
name; this being the intent of this last sacrifice, to bring about the
bowels of mercy, which overpowereth justice, and bringeth about means
unto men that they may have faith unto repentance.
		 -- Alma 34:15
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And thus mercy can satisfy the demands of justice, and encircles them
in the arms of safety, while he that exercises no faith unto repentance
is exposed to the whole law of the demands of justice; therefore only
unto him that has faith unto repentance is brought about the great and
eternal plan of redemption.
		 -- Alma 34:16
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Therefore may God grant unto you, my brethren, that ye may begin to
exercise your faith unto repentance, that ye begin to call upon his holy
name, that he would have mercy upon you;
		 -- Alma 34:17
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Yea, cry unto him for mercy; for he is mighty to save.
		 -- Alma 34:18
%
Yea, humble yourselves, and continue in prayer unto him.
		 -- Alma 34:19
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Cry unto him when ye are in your fields, yea, over all your flocks.
		 -- Alma 34:20
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Cry unto him in your houses, yea, over all your household, both morning,
mid-day, and evening.
		 -- Alma 34:21
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Yea, cry unto him against the power of your enemies.
		 -- Alma 34:22
%
Yea, cry unto him against the devil, who is an enemy to all righteousness.
		 -- Alma 34:23
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Cry unto him over the crops of your fields, that ye may prosper in them.
		 -- Alma 34:24
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Cry over the flocks of your fields, that they may increase.
		 -- Alma 34:25
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But this is not all; ye must pour out your souls in your closets, and
your secret places, and in your wilderness.
		 -- Alma 34:26
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Yea, and when you do not cry unto the Lord, let your hearts be full,
drawn out in prayer unto him continually for your welfare, and also for
the welfare of those who are around you.
		 -- Alma 34:27
%
And now behold, my beloved brethren, I say unto you, do not suppose
that this is all; for after ye have done all these things, if ye turn
away the needy, and the naked, and visit not the sick and afflicted, and
impart of your substance, if ye have, to those who stand in need--I say
unto you, if ye do not any of these things, behold, your prayer is vain,
and availeth you nothing, and ye are as hypocrites who do deny the faith.
		 -- Alma 34:28
%
Therefore, if ye do not remember to be charitable, ye are as dross,
which the refiners do cast out, (it being of no worth) and is trodden
under foot of men.
		 -- Alma 34:29
%
And now, my brethren, I would that, after ye have received so many
witnesses, seeing that the holy scriptures testify of these things,
ye come forth and bring fruit unto repentance.
		 -- Alma 34:30
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Yea, I would that ye would come forth and harden not your hearts any
longer; for behold, now is the time and the day of your salvation; and
therefore, if ye will repent and harden not your hearts, immediately
shall the great plan of redemption be brought about unto you.
		 -- Alma 34:31
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For behold, this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God; yea,
behold the day of this life is the day for men to perform their labors.
		 -- Alma 34:32
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And now, as I said unto you before, as ye have had so many witnesses,
therefore, I beseech of you that ye do not procrastinate the day of your
repentance until the end; for after this day of life, which is given
us to prepare for eternity, behold, if we do not improve our time while
in this life, then cometh the night of darkness wherein there can be no
labor performed.
		 -- Alma 34:33
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Ye cannot say, when ye are brought to that awful crisis, that I will
repent, that I will return to my God.  Nay, ye cannot say this; for that
same spirit which doth possess your bodies at the time that ye go out
of this life, that same spirit will have power to possess your body in
that eternal world.
		 -- Alma 34:34
%
For behold, if ye have procrastinated the day of your repentance even
until death, behold, ye have become subjected to the spirit of the devil,
and he doth seal you his; therefore, the Spirit of the Lord hath withdrawn
from you, and hath no place in you, and the devil hath all power over you;
and this is the final state of the wicked.
		 -- Alma 34:35
%
And this I know, because the Lord hath said he dwelleth not in unholy
temples, but in the hearts of the righteous doth he dwell; yea, and he
has also said that the righteous shall sit down in his kingdom, to go
no more out; but their garments should be made white through the blood
of the Lamb.
		 -- Alma 34:36
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And now, my beloved brethren, I desire that ye should remember these
things, and that ye should work out your salvation with fear before God,
and that ye should no more deny the coming of Christ;
		 -- Alma 34:37
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That ye contend no more against the Holy Ghost, but that ye receive it,
and take upon you the name of Christ; that ye humble yourselves even to
the dust, and worship God, in whatsoever place ye may be in, in spirit
and in truth; and that ye live in thanksgiving daily, for the many
mercies and blessings which he doth bestow upon you.
		 -- Alma 34:38
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Yea, and I also exhort you, my brethren, that ye be watchful unto prayer
continually, that ye may not be led away by the temptations of the devil,
that he may not overpower you, that ye may not become his subjects at
the last day; for behold, he rewardeth you no good thing.
		 -- Alma 34:39
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And now my beloved brethren, I would exhort you to have patience,
and that ye bear with all manner of afflictions; that ye do not revile
against those who do cast you out because of your exceeding poverty,
lest ye become sinners like unto them;
		 -- Alma 34:40
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But that ye have patience, and bear with those afflictions, with a firm
hope that ye shall one day rest from all your afflictions.
		 -- Alma 34:41
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Now it came to pass that after Amulek had made an end of these words,
they withdrew themselves from the multitude and came over into the land
of Jershon.
		 -- Alma 35:1
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Yea, and the rest of the brethren, after they had preached the word unto
the Zoramites, also came over into the land of Jershon.
		 -- Alma 35:2
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And it came to pass that after the more popular part of the Zoramites
had consulted together concerning the words which had been preached unto
them, they were angry because of the word, for it did destroy their craft;
therefore they would not hearken unto the words.
		 -- Alma 35:3
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And they sent and gathered together throughout all the land all the
people, and consulted with them concerning the words which had been
spoken.
		 -- Alma 35:4
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Now their rulers and their priests and their teachers did not let the
people know concerning their desires; therefore they found out privily
the minds of all the people.
		 -- Alma 35:5
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And it came to pass that after they had found out the minds of all the
people, those who were in favor of the words which had been spoken by
Alma and his brethren were cast out of the land; and they were many;
and they came over also into the land of Jershon.
		 -- Alma 35:6
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And it came to pass that Alma and his brethren did minister unto them.
		 -- Alma 35:7
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Now the people of the Zoramites were angry with the people of Ammon who
were in Jershon, and the chief ruler of the Zoramites, being a very wicked
man, sent over unto the people of Ammon desiring them that they should
cast out of their land all those who came over from them into their land.
		 -- Alma 35:8
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And he breathed out many threatenings against them.  And now the people
of Ammon did not fear their words; therefore they did not cast them out,
but they did receive all the poor of the Zoramites that came over unto
them; and they did nourish them, and did clothe them, and did give unto
them lands for their inheritance; and they did administer unto them
according to their wants.
		 -- Alma 35:9
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Now this did stir up the Zoramites to anger against the people of Ammon,
and they began to mix with the Lamanites and to stir them up also to
anger against them.
		 -- Alma 35:10
%
And thus the Zoramites and the Lamanites began to make preparations for
war against the people of Ammon, and also against the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 35:11
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And thus ended the seventeenth year of the reign of the judges over the
people of Nephi.
		 -- Alma 35:12
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And the people of Ammon departed out of the land of Jershon, and came
over into the land of Melek, and gave place in the land of Jershon for
the armies of the Nephites, that they might contend with the armies
of the Lamanites and the armies of the Zoramites; and thus commenced a
war betwixt the Lamanites and the Nephites, in the eighteenth year of
the reign of the judges; and an account shall be given of their wars
hereafter.
		 -- Alma 35:13
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And Alma, and Ammon, and their brethren, and also the two sons of Alma
returned to the land of Zarahemla, after having been instruments in the
hands of God of bringing many of the Zoramites to repentance; and as
many as were brought to repentance were driven out of their land; but
they have lands for their inheritance in the land of Jershon, and they
have taken up arms to defend themselves, and their wives, and children,
and their lands.
		 -- Alma 35:14
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Now Alma, being grieved for the iniquity of his people, yea for the
wars, and the bloodsheds, and the contentions which were among them;
and having been to declare the word, or sent to declare the word, among
all the people in every city; and seeing that the hearts of the people
began to wax hard, and that they began to be offended because of the
strictness of the word, his heart was exceedingly sorrowful.
		 -- Alma 35:15
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Therefore, he caused that his sons should be gathered together, that
he might give unto them every one his charge, separately, concerning
the things pertaining unto righteousness. And we have an account of his
commandments, which he gave unto them according to his own record.
		 -- Alma 35:16
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My son, give ear to my words; for I swear unto you, that inasmuch as ye
shall keep the commandments of God ye shall prosper in the land.
		 -- Alma 36:1
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I would that ye should do as I have done, in remembering the captivity
of our fathers; for they were in bondage, and none could deliver them
except it was the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob; and he surely did deliver them in their afflictions.
		 -- Alma 36:2
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And now, O my son Helaman, behold, thou art in thy youth, and therefore,
I beseech of thee that thou wilt hear my words and learn of me; for I
do know that whosoever shall put their trust in God shall be supported
in their trials, and their troubles, and their afflictions, and shall
be lifted up at the last day.
		 -- Alma 36:3
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And I would not that ye think that I know of myself--not of the temporal
but of the spiritual, not of the carnal mind but of God.
		 -- Alma 36:4
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Now, behold, I say unto you, if I had not been born of God I should not
have known these things; but God has, by the mouth of his holy angel,
made these things known unto me, not of any worthiness of myself;
		 -- Alma 36:5
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For I went about with the sons of Mosiah, seeking to destroy the church
of God; but behold, God sent his holy angel to stop us by the way.
		 -- Alma 36:6
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And behold, he spake unto us, as it were the voice of thunder, and the
whole earth did tremble beneath our feet; and we all fell to the earth,
for the fear of the Lord came upon us.
		 -- Alma 36:7
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But behold, the voice said unto me: Arise.  And I arose and stood up,
and beheld the angel.
		 -- Alma 36:8
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And he said unto me: If thou wilt of thyself be destroyed, seek no more
to destroy the church of God.
		 -- Alma 36:9
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And it came to pass that I fell to the earth; and it was for the space
of three days and three nights that I could not open my mouth, neither
had I the use of my limbs.
		 -- Alma 36:10
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And the angel spake more things unto me, which were heard by my brethren,
but I did not hear them; for when I heard the words--If thou wilt be
destroyed of thyself, seek no more to destroy the church of God--I
was struck with such great fear and amazement lest perhaps I should be
destroyed, that I fell to the earth and I did hear no more.
		 -- Alma 36:11
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But I was racked with eternal torment, for my soul was harrowed up to
the greatest degree and racked with all my sins.
		 -- Alma 36:12
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Yea, I did remember all my sins and iniquities, for which I was tormented
with the pains of hell; yea, I saw that I had rebelled against my God,
and that I had not kept his holy commandments.
		 -- Alma 36:13
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Yea, and I had murdered many of his children, or rather led them away
unto destruction; yea, and in fine so great had been my iniquities,
that the very thought of coming into the presence of my God did rack my
soul with inexpressible horror.
		 -- Alma 36:14
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Oh, thought I, that I could be banished and become extinct both soul and
body, that I might not be brought to stand in the presence of my God,
to be judged of my deeds.
		 -- Alma 36:15
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And now, for three days and for three nights was I racked, even with
the pains of a damned soul.
		 -- Alma 36:16
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And it came to pass that as I was thus racked with torment, while I was
harrowed up by the memory of my many sins, behold, I remembered also to
have heard my father prophesy unto the people concerning the coming of
one Jesus Christ, a Son of God, to atone for the sins of the world.
		 -- Alma 36:17
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Now, as my mind caught hold upon this thought, I cried within my heart:
O Jesus, thou Son of God, have mercy on me, who am in the gall of
bitterness, and am encircled about by the everlasting chains of death.
		 -- Alma 36:18
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And now, behold, when I thought this, I could remember my pains no more;
yea, I was harrowed up by the memory of my sins no more.
		 -- Alma 36:19
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And oh, what joy, and what marvelous light I did behold; yea, my soul
was filled with joy as exceeding as was my pain!
		 -- Alma 36:20
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Yea, I say unto you, my son, that there could be nothing so exquisite
and so bitter as were my pains.  Yea, and again I say unto you, my son,
that on the other hand, there can be nothing so exquisite and sweet as
was my joy.
		 -- Alma 36:21
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Yea, methought I saw, even as our father Lehi saw, God sitting upon his
throne, surrounded with numberless concourses of angels, in the attitude
of singing and praising their God; yea, and my soul did long to be there.
		 -- Alma 36:22
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But behold, my limbs did receive their strength again, and I stood upon
my feet, and did manifest unto the people that I had been born of God.
		 -- Alma 36:23
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Yea, and from that time even until now, I have labored without ceasing,
that I might bring souls unto repentance; that I might bring them to
taste of the exceeding joy of which I did taste; that they might also
be born of God, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Alma 36:24
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Yea, and now behold, O my son, the Lord doth give me exceedingly great
joy in the fruit of my labors;
		 -- Alma 36:25
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For because of the word which he has imparted unto me, behold, many have
been born of God, and have tasted as I have tasted, and have seen eye
to eye as I have seen; therefore they do know of these things of which
I have spoken, as I do know; and the knowledge which I have is of God.
		 -- Alma 36:26
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And I have been supported under trials and troubles of every kind, yea,
and in all manner of afflictions; yea, God has delivered me from prison,
and from bonds, and from death; yea, and I do put my trust in him,
and he will still deliver me.
		 -- Alma 36:27
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And I know that he will raise me up at the last day, to dwell with him
in glory; yea, and I will praise him forever, for he has brought our
fathers out of Egypt, and he has swallowed up the Egyptians in the Red
Sea; and he led them by his power into the promised land; yea, and he
has delivered them out of bondage and captivity from time to time.
		 -- Alma 36:28
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Yea, and he has also brought our fathers out of the land of Jerusalem;
and he has also, by his everlasting power, delivered them out of bondage
and captivity, from time to time even down to the present day; and I
have always retained in remembrance their captivity; yea, and ye also
ought to retain in remembrance, as I have done, their captivity.
		 -- Alma 36:29
%
But behold, my son, this is not all; for ye ought to know as I do know,
that inasmuch as ye shall keep the commandments of God ye shall prosper
in the land; and ye ought to know also, that inasmuch as ye will not
keep the commandments of God ye shall be cut off from his presence.
Now this is according to his word.
		 -- Alma 36:30
%
And now, my son Helaman, I command you that ye take the records which
have been entrusted with me;
		 -- Alma 37:1
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And I also command you that ye keep a record of this people, according as
I have done, upon the plates of Nephi, and keep all these things sacred
which I have kept, even as I have kept them; for it is for a wise purpose
that they are kept.
		 -- Alma 37:2
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And these plates of brass, which contain these engravings, which have
the records of the holy scriptures upon them, which have the genealogy
of our forefathers, even from the beginning--
		 -- Alma 37:3
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Behold, it has been prophesied by our fathers, that they should be kept
and handed down from one generation to another, and be kept and preserved
by the hand of the Lord until they should go forth unto every nation,
kindred, tongue, and people, that they shall know of the mysteries
contained thereon.
		 -- Alma 37:4
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And now behold, if they are kept they must retain their brightness; yea,
and they will retain their brightness; yea, and also shall all the plates
which do contain that which is holy writ.
		 -- Alma 37:5
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Now ye may suppose that this is foolishness in me; but behold I say unto
you, that by small and simple things are great things brought to pass;
and small means in many instances doth confound the wise.
		 -- Alma 37:6
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And the Lord God doth work by means to bring about his great and eternal
purposes; and by very small means the Lord doth confound the wise and
bringeth about the salvation of many souls.
		 -- Alma 37:7
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And now, it has hitherto been wisdom in God that these things should
be preserved; for behold, they have enlarged the memory of this people,
yea, and convinced many of the error of their ways, and brought them to
the knowledge of their God unto the salvation of their souls.
		 -- Alma 37:8
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Yea, I say unto you, were it not for these things that these records
do contain, which are on these plates, Ammon and his brethren could
not have convinced so many thousands of the Lamanites of the incorrect
tradition of their fathers; yea, these records and their words brought
them unto repentance; that is, they brought them to the knowledge of
the Lord their God, and to rejoice in Jesus Christ their Redeemer.
		 -- Alma 37:9
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And who knoweth but what they will be the means of bringing many thousands
of them, yea, and also many thousands of our stiffnecked brethren,
the Nephites, who are now hardening their hearts in sin and iniquities,
to the knowledge of their Redeemer?
		 -- Alma 37:10
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Now these mysteries are not yet fully made known unto me; therefore I
shall forbear.
		 -- Alma 37:11
%
And it may suffice if I only say they are preserved for a wise purpose,
which purpose is known unto God; for he doth counsel in wisdom over all
his works, and his paths are straight, and his course is one eternal
round.
		 -- Alma 37:12
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O remember, remember, my son Helaman, how strict are the commandments
of God.  And he said: If ye will keep my commandments ye shall prosper
in the land--but if ye keep not his commandments ye shall be cut off
from his presence.
		 -- Alma 37:13
%
And now remember, my son, that God has entrusted you with these things,
which are sacred, which he has kept sacred, and also which he will keep
and preserve for a wise purpose in him, that he may show forth his power
unto future generations.
		 -- Alma 37:14
%
And now behold, I tell you by the spirit of prophecy, that if ye
transgress the commandments of God, behold, these things which are
sacred shall be taken away from you by the power of God, and ye shall
be delivered up unto Satan, that he may sift you as chaff before the wind.
		 -- Alma 37:15
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But if ye keep the commandments of God, and do with these things
which are sacred according to that which the Lord doth command you,
(for you must appeal unto the Lord for all things whatsoever ye must
do with them) behold, no power of earth or hell can take them from you,
for God is powerful to the fulfilling of all his words.
		 -- Alma 37:16
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For he will fulfil all his promises which he shall make unto you, for
he has fulfilled his promises which he has made unto our fathers.
		 -- Alma 37:17
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For he promised unto them that he would preserve these things for a
wise purpose in him, that he might show forth his power unto future
generations.
		 -- Alma 37:18
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And now behold, one purpose hath he fulfilled, even to the restoration
of many thousands of the Lamanites to the knowledge of the truth; and he
hath shown forth his power in them, and he will also still show forth his
power in them unto future generations; therefore they shall be preserved.
		 -- Alma 37:19
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Therefore I command you, my son Helaman, that ye be diligent in fulfilling
all my words, and that ye be diligent in keeping the commandments of
God as they are written.
		 -- Alma 37:20
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And now, I will speak unto you concerning those twenty-four plates,
that ye keep them, that the mysteries and the works of darkness,
and their secret works, or the secret works of those people who have
been destroyed, may be made manifest unto this people; yea, all their
murders, and robbings, and their plunderings, and all their wickedness
and abominations, may be made manifest unto this people; yea, and that
ye preserve these interpreters.
		 -- Alma 37:21
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For behold, the Lord saw that his people began to work in darkness, yea,
work secret murders and abominations; therefore the Lord said, if they
did not repent they should be destroyed from off the face of the earth.
		 -- Alma 37:22
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And the Lord said: I will prepare unto my servant Gazelem, a stone,
which shall shine forth in darkness unto light, that I may discover
unto my people who serve me, that I may discover unto them the works
of their brethren, yea, their secret works, their works of darkness,
and their wickedness and abominations.
		 -- Alma 37:23
%
And now, my son, these interpreters were prepared that the word of God
might be fulfilled, which he spake, saying:
		 -- Alma 37:24
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I will bring forth out of darkness unto light all their secret works and
their abominations; and except they repent I will destroy them from off
the face of the earth; and I will bring to light all their secrets and
abominations, unto every nation that shall hereafter possess the land.
		 -- Alma 37:25
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And now, my son, we see that they did not repent; therefore they have
been destroyed, and thus far the word of God has been fulfilled; yea,
their secret abominations have been brought out of darkness and made
known unto us.
		 -- Alma 37:26
%
And now, my son, I command you that ye retain all their oaths, and their
covenants, and their agreements in their secret abominations; yea, and
all their signs and their wonders ye shall keep from this people, that
they know them not, lest peradventure they should fall into darkness
also and be destroyed.
		 -- Alma 37:27
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For behold, there is a curse upon all this land, that destruction shall
come upon all those workers of darkness, according to the power of God,
when they are fully ripe; therefore I desire that this people might not
be destroyed.
		 -- Alma 37:28
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Therefore ye shall keep these secret plans of their oaths and their
covenants from this people, and only their wickedness and their murders
and their abominations shall ye make known unto them; and ye shall teach
them to abhor such wickedness and abominations and murders; and ye shall
also teach them that these people were destroyed on account of their
wickedness and abominations and their murders.
		 -- Alma 37:29
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For behold, they murdered all the prophets of the Lord who came among
them to declare unto them concerning their iniquities; and the blood of
those whom they murdered did cry unto the Lord their God for vengeance
upon those who were their murderers; and thus the judgments of God did
come upon these workers of darkness and secret combinations.
		 -- Alma 37:30
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Yea, and cursed be the land forever and ever unto those workers of
darkness and secret combinations, even unto destruction, except they
repent before they are fully ripe.
		 -- Alma 37:31
%
And now, my son, remember the words which I have spoken unto you; trust
not those secret plans unto this people, but teach them an everlasting
hatred against sin and iniquity.
		 -- Alma 37:32
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Preach unto them repentance, and faith on the Lord Jesus Christ; teach
them to humble themselves and to be meek and lowly in heart; teach them
to withstand every temptation of the devil, with their faith on the Lord
Jesus Christ.
		 -- Alma 37:33
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Teach them to never be weary of good works, but to be meek and lowly in
heart; for such shall find rest to their souls.
		 -- Alma 37:34
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O, remember, my son, and learn wisdom in thy youth; yea, learn in thy
youth to keep the commandments of God.
		 -- Alma 37:35
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Yea, and cry unto God for all thy support; yea, let all thy doings be
unto the Lord, and whithersoever thou goest let it be in the Lord; yea,
let all thy thoughts be directed unto the Lord; yea, let the affections
of thy heart be placed upon the Lord forever.
		 -- Alma 37:36
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Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for
good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he
may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning
let thy heart be full of thanks unto God; and if ye do these things,
ye shall be lifted up at the last day.
		 -- Alma 37:37
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And now, my son, I have somewhat to say concerning the thing which our
fathers call a ball, or director--or our fathers called it Liahona,
which is, being interpreted, a compass; and the Lord prepared it.
		 -- Alma 37:38
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And behold, there cannot any man work after the manner of so curious
a workmanship.	And behold, it was prepared to show unto our fathers
the course which they should travel in the wilderness.
		 -- Alma 37:39
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And it did work for them according to their faith in God; therefore,
if they had faith to believe that God could cause that those spindles
should point the way they should go, behold, it was done; therefore they
had this miracle, and also many other miracles wrought by the power of
God, day by day.
		 -- Alma 37:40
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Nevertheless, because those miracles were worked by small means it
did show unto them marvelous works.  They were slothful, and forgot to
exercise their faith and diligence and then those marvelous works ceased,
and they did not progress in their journey;
		 -- Alma 37:41
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Therefore, they tarried in the wilderness, or did not travel a direct
course, and were afflicted with hunger and thirst, because of their
transgressions.
		 -- Alma 37:42
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And now, my son, I would that ye should understand that these things
are not without a shadow; for as our fathers were slothful to give heed
to this compass (now these things were temporal) they did not prosper;
even so it is with things which are spiritual.
		 -- Alma 37:43
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For behold, it is as easy to give heed to the word of Christ, which
will point to you a straight course to eternal bliss, as it was for
our fathers to give heed to this compass, which would point unto them
a straight course to the promised land.
		 -- Alma 37:44
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And now I say, is there not a type in this thing?  For just as surely
as this director did bring our fathers, by following its course, to the
promised land, shall the words of Christ, if we follow their course,
carry us beyond this vale of sorrow into a far better land of promise.
		 -- Alma 37:45
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O my son, do not let us be slothful because of the easiness of the way;
for so was it with our fathers; for so was it prepared for them, that
if they would look they might live; even so it is with us.  The way is
prepared, and if we will look we may live forever.
		 -- Alma 37:46
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And now, my son, see that ye take care of these sacred things, yea, see
that ye look to God and live.  Go unto this people and declare the word,
and be sober.  My son, farewell.
		 -- Alma 37:47
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My son, give ear to my words, for I say unto you, even as I said unto
Helaman, that inasmuch as ye shall keep the commandments of God ye shall
prosper in the land; and inasmuch as ye will not keep the commandments
of God ye shall be cut off from his presence.
		 -- Alma 38:1
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And now, my son, I trust that I shall have great joy in you, because of
your steadiness and your faithfulness unto God; for as you have commenced
in your youth to look to the Lord your God, even so I hope that you will
continue in keeping his commandments; for blessed is he that endureth
to the end.
		 -- Alma 38:2
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I say unto you, my son, that I have had great joy in thee already,
because of thy faithfulness and thy diligence, and thy patience and thy
long-suffering among the people of the Zoramites.
		 -- Alma 38:3
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For I know that thou wast in bonds; yea, and I also know that thou wast
stoned for the word's sake; and thou didst bear all these things with
patience because the Lord was with thee; and now thou knowest that the
Lord did deliver thee.
		 -- Alma 38:4
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And now my son, Shiblon, I would that ye should remember, that as much
as ye shall put your trust in God even so much ye shall be delivered out
of your trials, and your troubles, and your afflictions, and ye shall
be lifted up at the last day.
		 -- Alma 38:5
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Now, my son, I would not that ye should think that I know these things
of myself, but it is the Spirit of God which is in me which maketh these
things known unto me; for if I had not been born of God I should not
have known these things.
		 -- Alma 38:6
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But behold, the Lord in his great mercy sent his angel to declare unto
me that I must stop the work of destruction among his people; yea, and
I have seen an angel face to face, and he spake with me, and his voice
was as thunder, and it shook the whole earth.
		 -- Alma 38:7
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And it came to pass that I was three days and three nights in the most
bitter pain and anguish of soul; and never, until I did cry out unto
the Lord Jesus Christ for mercy, did I receive a remission of my sins.
But behold, I did cry unto him and I did find peace to my soul.
		 -- Alma 38:8
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And now, my son, I have told you this that ye may learn wisdom, that
ye may learn of me that there is no other way or means whereby man can
be saved, only in and through Christ.  Behold, he is the life and the
light of the world.  Behold, he is the word of truth and righteousness.
		 -- Alma 38:9
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And now, as ye have begun to teach the word even so I would that ye
should continue to teach; and I would that ye would be diligent and
temperate in all things.
		 -- Alma 38:10
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See that ye are not lifted up unto pride; yea, see that ye do not boast
in your own wisdom, nor of your much strength.
		 -- Alma 38:11
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Use boldness, but not overbearance; and also see that ye bridle all
your passions, that ye may be filled with love; see that ye refrain
from idleness.
		 -- Alma 38:12
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Do not pray as the Zoramites do, for ye have seen that they pray to be
heard of men, and to be praised for their wisdom.
		 -- Alma 38:13
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Do not say: O God, I thank thee that we are better than our brethren;
but rather say: O Lord, forgive my unworthiness, and remember my brethren
in mercy--yea, acknowledge your unworthiness before God at all times.
		 -- Alma 38:14
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And may the Lord bless your soul, and receive you at the last day into
his kingdom, to sit down in peace.  Now go, my son, and teach the word
unto this people.  Be sober.  My son, farewell.
		 -- Alma 38:15
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And now, my son, I have somewhat more to say unto thee than what I said
unto thy brother; for behold, have ye not observed the steadiness of thy
brother, his faithfulness, and his diligence in keeping the commandments
of God?  Behold, has he not set a good example for thee?
		 -- Alma 39:1
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For thou didst not give so much heed unto my words as did thy brother,
among the people of the Zoramites.  Now this is what I have against thee;
thou didst go on unto boasting in thy strength and thy wisdom.
		 -- Alma 39:2
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And this is not all, my son.  Thou didst do that which was grievous unto
me; for thou didst forsake the ministry, and did go over into the land
of Siron among the borders of the Lamanites, after the harlot Isabel.
		 -- Alma 39:3
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Yea, she did steal away the hearts of many; but this was no excuse for
thee, my son.  Thou shouldst have tended to the ministry wherewith thou
wast entrusted.
		 -- Alma 39:4
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Know ye not, my son, that these things are an abomination in the sight
of the Lord; yea, most abominable above all sins save it be the shedding
of innocent blood or denying the Holy Ghost?
		 -- Alma 39:5
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For behold, if ye deny the Holy Ghost when it once has had place in you,
and ye know that ye deny it, behold, this is a sin which is unpardonable;
yea, and whosoever murdereth against the light and knowledge of God, it
is not easy for him to obtain forgiveness; yea, I say unto you, my son,
that it is not easy for him to obtain a forgiveness.
		 -- Alma 39:6
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And now, my son, I would to God that ye had not been guilty of so great
a crime.  I would not dwell upon your crimes, to harrow up your soul,
if it were not for your good.
		 -- Alma 39:7
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But behold, ye cannot hide your crimes from God; and except ye repent
they will stand as a testimony against you at the last day.
		 -- Alma 39:8
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Now my son, I would that ye should repent and forsake your sins, and go no
more after the lusts of your eyes, but cross yourself in all these things;
for except ye do this ye can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God.  Oh,
remember, and take it upon you, and cross yourself in these things.
		 -- Alma 39:9
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And I command you to take it upon you to counsel with your elder brothers
in your undertakings; for behold, thou art in thy youth, and ye stand
in need to be nourished by your brothers. And give heed to their counsel.
		 -- Alma 39:10
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Suffer not yourself to be led away by any vain or foolish thing; suffer
not the devil to lead away your heart again after those wicked harlots.
Behold, O my son, how great iniquity ye brought upon the Zoramites;
for when they saw your conduct they would not believe in my words.
		 -- Alma 39:11
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And now the Spirit of the Lord doth say unto me: Command thy children to
do good, lest they lead away the hearts of many people to destruction;
therefore I command you, my son, in the fear of God, that ye refrain
from your iniquities;
		 -- Alma 39:12
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That ye turn to the Lord with all your mind, might, and strength; that
ye lead away the hearts of no more to do wickedly; but rather return
unto them, and acknowledge your faults and that wrong which ye have done.
		 -- Alma 39:13
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Seek not after riches nor the vain things of this world; for behold,
you cannot carry them with you.
		 -- Alma 39:14
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And now, my son, I would say somewhat unto you concerning the coming
of Christ.  Behold, I say unto you, that it is he that surely shall
come to take away the sins of the world; yea, he cometh to declare glad
tidings of salvation unto his people.
		 -- Alma 39:15
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And now, my son, this was the ministry unto which ye were called, to
declare these glad tidings unto this people, to prepare their minds;
or rather that salvation might come unto them, that they may prepare
the minds of their children to hear the word at the time of his coming.
		 -- Alma 39:16
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And now I will ease your mind somewhat on this subject. Behold, you
marvel why these things should be known so long beforehand.  Behold,
I say unto you, is not a soul at this time as precious unto God as a
soul will be at the time of his coming?
		 -- Alma 39:17
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Is it not as necessary that the plan of redemption should be made known
unto this people as well as unto their children?
		 -- Alma 39:18
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Is it not as easy at this time for the Lord to send his angel to declare
these glad tidings unto us as unto our children, or as after the time
of his coming?
		 -- Alma 39:19
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Now my son, here is somewhat more I would say unto thee; for I perceive
that thy mind is worried concerning the resurrection of the dead.
		 -- Alma 40:1
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Behold, I say unto you, that there is no resurrection--or, I would say,
in other words, that this mortal does not put on immortality, this
corruption does not put on incorruption--until after the coming of Christ.
		 -- Alma 40:2
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Behold, he bringeth to pass the resurrection of the dead.  But behold,
my son, the resurrection is not yet.  Now, I unfold unto you a mystery;
nevertheless, there are many mysteries which are kept, that no one
knoweth them save God himself.	But I show unto you one thing which I
have inquired diligently of God that I might know--that is concerning
the resurrection.
		 -- Alma 40:3
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Behold, there is a time appointed that all shall come forth from the dead.
Now when this time cometh no one knows; but God knoweth the time which
is appointed.
		 -- Alma 40:4
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Now, whether there shall be one time, or a second time, or a third time,
that men shall come forth from the dead, it mattereth not; for God
knoweth all these things; and it sufficeth me to know that this is the
case--that there is a time appointed that all shall rise from the dead.
		 -- Alma 40:5
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Now there must needs be a space betwixt the time of death and the time
of the resurrection.
		 -- Alma 40:6
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And now I would inquire what becometh of the souls of men from this time
of death to the time appointed for the resurrection?
		 -- Alma 40:7
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Now whether there is more than one time appointed for men to rise it
mattereth not; for all do not die at once, and this mattereth not;
all is as one day with God, and time only is measured unto men.
		 -- Alma 40:8
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Therefore, there is a time appointed unto men that they shall rise
from the dead; and there is a space between the time of death and the
resurrection.  And now, concerning this space of time, what becometh of
the souls of men is the thing which I have inquired diligently of the
Lord to know; and this is the thing of which I do know.
		 -- Alma 40:9
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And when the time cometh when all shall rise, then shall they know that
God knoweth all the times which are appointed unto man.
		 -- Alma 40:10
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Now, concerning the state of the soul between death and the
resurrection--Behold, it has been made known unto me by an angel, that
the spirits of all men, as soon as they are departed from this mortal
body, yea, the spirits of all men, whether they be good or evil, are
taken home to that God who gave them life.
		 -- Alma 40:11
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And then shall it come to pass, that the spirits of those who are
righteous are received into a state of happiness, which is called
paradise, a state of rest, a state of peace, where they shall rest from
all their troubles and from all care, and sorrow.
		 -- Alma 40:12
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And then shall it come to pass, that the spirits of the wicked, yea, who
are evil--for behold, they have no part nor portion of the Spirit of the
Lord; for behold, they chose evil works rather than good; therefore the
spirit of the devil did enter into them, and take possession of their
house--and these shall be cast out into outer darkness; there shall be
weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth, and this because of their
own iniquity, being led captive by the will of the devil.
		 -- Alma 40:13
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Now this is the state of the souls of the wicked, yea, in darkness,
and a state of awful, fearful looking for the fiery indignation of the
wrath of God upon them; thus they remain in this state, as well as the
righteous in paradise, until the time of their resurrection.
		 -- Alma 40:14
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Now, there are some that have understood that this state of happiness
and this state of misery of the soul, before the resurrection, was a
first resurrection.  Yea, I admit it may be termed a resurrection, the
raising of the spirit or the soul and their consignation to happiness
or misery, according to the words which have been spoken.
		 -- Alma 40:15
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And behold, again it hath been spoken, that there is a first resurrection,
a resurrection of all those who have been, or who are, or who shall be,
down to the resurrection of Christ from the dead.
		 -- Alma 40:16
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Now, we do not suppose that this first resurrection, which is spoken of in
this manner, can be the resurrection of the souls and their consignation
to happiness or misery.  Ye cannot suppose that this is what it meaneth.
		 -- Alma 40:17
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Behold, I say unto you, Nay; but it meaneth the reuniting of the soul
with the body, of those from the days of Adam down to the resurrection
of Christ.
		 -- Alma 40:18
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Now, whether the souls and the bodies of those of whom has been spoken
shall all be reunited at once, the wicked as well as the righteous, I
do not say; let it suffice, that I say that they all come forth; or in
other words, their resurrection cometh to pass before the resurrection
of those who die after the resurrection of Christ.
		 -- Alma 40:19
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Now, my son, I do not say that their resurrection cometh at the
resurrection of Christ; but behold, I give it as my opinion, that the
souls and the bodies are reunited, of the righteous, at the resurrection
of Christ, and his ascension into heaven.
		 -- Alma 40:20
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But whether it be at his resurrection or after, I do not say; but this
much I say, that there is a space between death and the resurrection
of the body, and a state of the soul in happiness or in misery until
the time which is appointed of God that the dead shall come forth, and
be reunited, both soul and body, and be brought to stand before God,
and be judged according to their works.
		 -- Alma 40:21
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Yea, this bringeth about the restoration of those things of which has
been spoken by the mouths of the prophets.
		 -- Alma 40:22
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The soul shall be restored to the body, and the body to the soul; yea,
and every limb and joint shall be restored to its body; yea, even a hair
of the head shall not be lost; but all things shall be restored to their
proper and perfect frame.
		 -- Alma 40:23
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And now, my son, this is the restoration of which has been spoken by
the mouths of the prophets--
		 -- Alma 40:24
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And then shall the righteous shine forth in the kingdom of God.
		 -- Alma 40:25
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But behold, an awful death cometh upon the wicked; for they die as to
things pertaining to things of righteousness; for they are unclean, and
no unclean thing can inherit the kingdom of God; but they are cast out,
and consigned to partake of the fruits of their labors or their works,
which have been evil; and they drink the dregs of a bitter cup.
		 -- Alma 40:26
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And now, my son, I have somewhat to say concerning the restoration of
which has been spoken; for behold, some have wrested the scriptures,
and have gone far astray because of this thing.  And I perceive that
thy mind has been worried also concerning this thing.  But behold,
I will explain it unto thee.
		 -- Alma 41:1
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I say unto thee, my son, that the plan of restoration is requisite with
the justice of God; for it is requisite that all things should be restored
to their proper order.	Behold, it is requisite and just, according to the
power and resurrection of Christ, that the soul of man should be restored
to its body, and that every part of the body should be restored to itself.
		 -- Alma 41:2
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And it is requisite with the justice of God that men should be judged
according to their works; and if their works were good in this life,
and the desires of their hearts were good, that they should also, at
the last day, be restored unto that which is good.
		 -- Alma 41:3
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And if their works are evil they shall be restored unto them for evil.
Therefore, all things shall be restored to their proper order, every
thing to its natural frame--mortality raised to immortality, corruption
to incorruption--raised to endless happiness to inherit the kingdom of
God, or to endless misery to inherit the kingdom of the devil, the one
on one hand, the other on the other--
		 -- Alma 41:4
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The one raised to happiness according to his desires of happiness, or
good according to his desires of good; and the other to evil according
to his desires of evil; for as he has desired to do evil all the day
long even so shall he have his reward of evil when the night cometh.
		 -- Alma 41:5
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And so it is on the other hand.  If he hath repented of his sins, and
desired righteousness until the end of his days, even so he shall be
rewarded unto righteousness.
		 -- Alma 41:6
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These are they that are redeemed of the Lord; yea, these are they that
are taken out, that are delivered from that endless night of darkness;
and thus they stand or fall; for behold, they are their own judges,
whether to do good or do evil.
		 -- Alma 41:7
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Now, the decrees of God are unalterable; therefore, the way is prepared
that whosoever will may walk therein and be saved.
		 -- Alma 41:8
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And now behold, my son, do not risk one more offense against your God upon
those points of doctrine, which ye have hitherto risked to commit sin.
		 -- Alma 41:9
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Do not suppose, because it has been spoken concerning restoration, that
ye shall be restored from sin to happiness.  Behold, I say unto you,
wickedness never was happiness.
		 -- Alma 41:10
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And now, my son, all men that are in a state of nature, or I would say,
in a carnal state, are in the gall of bitterness and in the bonds of
iniquity; they are without God in the world, and they have gone contrary
to the nature of God; therefore, they are in a state contrary to the
nature of happiness.
		 -- Alma 41:11
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And now behold, is the meaning of the word restoration to take a thing
of a natural state and place it in an unnatural state, or to place it
in a state opposite to its nature?
		 -- Alma 41:12
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O, my son, this is not the case; but the meaning of the word restoration
is to bring back again evil for evil, or carnal for carnal, or devilish
for devilish--good for that which is good; righteous for that which
is righteous; just for that which is just; merciful for that which
is merciful.
		 -- Alma 41:13
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Therefore, my son, see that you are merciful unto your brethren; deal
justly, judge righteously, and do good continually; and if ye do all
these things then shall ye receive your reward; yea, ye shall have mercy
restored unto you again; ye shall have justice restored unto you again;
ye shall have a righteous judgment restored unto you again; and ye shall
have good rewarded unto you again.
		 -- Alma 41:14
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For that which ye do send out shall return unto you again, and be
restored; therefore, the word restoration more fully condemneth the
sinner, and justifieth him not at all.
		 -- Alma 41:15
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And now, my son, I perceive there is somewhat more which doth worry
your mind, which ye cannot understand--which is concerning the justice
of God in the punishment of the sinner; for ye do try to suppose that
it is injustice that the sinner should be consigned to a state of misery.
		 -- Alma 42:1
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Now behold, my son, I will explain this thing unto thee.  For behold,
after the Lord God sent our first parents forth from the garden of Eden,
to till the ground, from whence they were taken--yea, he drew out the
man, and he placed at the east end of the garden of Eden, cherubim,
and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the tree of life--
		 -- Alma 42:2
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Now, we see that the man had become as God, knowing good and evil; and
lest he should put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life,
and eat and live forever, the Lord God placed cherubim and the flaming
sword, that he should not partake of the fruit--
		 -- Alma 42:3
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And thus we see, that there was a time granted unto man to repent, yea,
a probationary time, a time to repent and serve God.
		 -- Alma 42:4
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For behold, if Adam had put forth his hand immediately, and partaken of
the tree of life, he would have lived forever, according to the word
of God, having no space for repentance; yea, and also the word of God
would have been void, and the great plan of salvation would have been
frustrated.
		 -- Alma 42:5
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But behold, it was appointed unto man to die--therefore, as they were
cut off from the tree of life they should be cut off from the face of
the earth--and man became lost forever, yea, they became fallen man.
		 -- Alma 42:6
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And now, ye see by this that our first parents were cut off both
temporally and spiritually from the presence of the Lord; and thus we
see they became subjects to follow after their own will.
		 -- Alma 42:7
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Now behold, it was not expedient that man should be reclaimed from this
temporal death, for that would destroy the great plan of happiness.
		 -- Alma 42:8
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Therefore, as the soul could never die, and the fall had brought upon
all mankind a spiritual death as well as a temporal, that is, they were
cut off from the presence of the Lord, it was expedient that mankind
should be reclaimed from this spiritual death.
		 -- Alma 42:9
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Therefore, as they had become carnal, sensual, and devilish, by nature,
this probationary state became a state for them to prepare; it became
a preparatory state.
		 -- Alma 42:10
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And now remember, my son, if it were not for the plan of redemption,
(laying it aside) as soon as they were dead their souls were miserable,
being cut off from the presence of the Lord.
		 -- Alma 42:11
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And now, there was no means to reclaim men from this fallen state,
which man had brought upon himself because of his own disobedience;
		 -- Alma 42:12
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Therefore, according to justice, the plan of redemption could not
be brought about, only on conditions of repentance of men in this
probationary state, yea, this preparatory state; for except it were for
these conditions, mercy could not take effect except it should destroy
the work of justice.  Now the work of justice could not be destroyed;
if so, God would cease to be God.
		 -- Alma 42:13
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And thus we see that all mankind were fallen, and they were in the grasp
of justice; yea, the justice of God, which consigned them forever to be
cut off from his presence.
		 -- Alma 42:14
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And now, the plan of mercy could not be brought about except an atonement
should be made; therefore God himself atoneth for the sins of the world,
to bring about the plan of mercy, to appease the demands of justice,
that God might be a perfect, just God, and a merciful God also.
		 -- Alma 42:15
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Now, repentance could not come unto men except there were a punishment,
which also was eternal as the life of the soul should be, affixed
opposite to the plan of happiness, which was as eternal also as the life
of the soul.
		 -- Alma 42:16
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Now, how could a man repent except he should sin?  How could he sin if
there was no law?  How could there be a law save there was a punishment?
		 -- Alma 42:17
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Now, there was a punishment affixed, and a just law given, which brought
remorse of conscience unto man.
		 -- Alma 42:18
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Now, if there was no law given--if a man murdered he should die--would
he be afraid he would die if he should murder?
		 -- Alma 42:19
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And also, if there was no law given against sin men would not be afraid
to sin.
		 -- Alma 42:20
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And if there was no law given, if men sinned what could justice do,
or mercy either, for they would have no claim upon the creature?
		 -- Alma 42:21
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But there is a law given, and a punishment affixed, and a repentance
granted; which repentance, mercy claimeth; otherwise, justice claimeth the
creature and executeth the law, and the law inflicteth the punishment;
if not so, the works of justice would be destroyed, and God would cease
to be God.
		 -- Alma 42:22
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But God ceaseth not to be God, and mercy claimeth the penitent, and
mercy cometh because of the atonement; and the atonement bringeth to pass
the resurrection of the dead; and the resurrection of the dead bringeth
back men into the presence of God; and thus they are restored into his
presence, to be judged according to their works, according to the law
and justice.
		 -- Alma 42:23
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For behold, justice exerciseth all his demands, and also mercy claimeth
all which is her own; and thus, none but the truly penitent are saved.
		 -- Alma 42:24
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What, do ye suppose that mercy can rob justice?  I say unto you, Nay;
not one whit.  If so, God would cease to be God.
		 -- Alma 42:25
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And thus God bringeth about his great and eternal purposes, which were
prepared from the foundation of the world.  And thus cometh about
the salvation and the redemption of men, and also their destruction
and misery.
		 -- Alma 42:26
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Therefore, O my son, whosoever will come may come and partake of the
waters of life freely; and whosoever will not come the same is not
compelled to come; but in the last day it shall be restored unto him
according to his deeds.
		 -- Alma 42:27
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If he has desired to do evil, and has not repented in his days, behold,
evil shall be done unto him, according to the restoration of God.
		 -- Alma 42:28
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And now, my son, I desire that ye should let these things trouble you
no more, and only let your sins trouble you, with that trouble which
shall bring you down unto repentance.
		 -- Alma 42:29
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O my son, I desire that ye should deny the justice of God no more.
Do not endeavor to excuse yourself in the least point because of your
sins, by denying the justice of God; but do you let the justice of God,
and his mercy, and his long-suffering have full sway in your heart;
and let it bring you down to the dust in humility.
		 -- Alma 42:30
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And now, O my son, ye are called of God to preach the word unto this
people.  And now, my son, go thy way, declare the word with truth and
soberness, that thou mayest bring souls unto repentance, that the great
plan of mercy may have claim upon them.  And may God grant unto you even
according to my words.	Amen.
		 -- Alma 42:31
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And now it came to pass that the sons of Alma did go forth among the
people, to declare the word unto them.	And Alma, also, himself, could
not rest, and he also went forth.
		 -- Alma 43:1
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Now we shall say no more concerning their preaching, except that they
preached the word, and the truth, according to the spirit of prophecy
and revelation; and they preached after the holy order of God by which
they were called.
		 -- Alma 43:2
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And now I return to an account of the wars between the Nephites and the
Lamanites, in the eighteenth year of the reign of the judges.
		 -- Alma 43:3
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For behold, it came to pass that the Zoramites became Lamanites;
therefore, in the commencement of the eighteenth year the people of the
Nephites saw that the Lamanites were coming upon them; therefore they
made preparations for war; yea, they gathered together their armies in
the land of Jershon.
		 -- Alma 43:4
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And it came to pass that the Lamanites came with their thousands; and
they came into the land of Antionum, which is the land of the Zoramites;
and a man by the name of Zerahemnah was their leader.
		 -- Alma 43:5
%
And now, as the Amalekites were of a more wicked and murderous disposition
than the Lamanites were, in and of themselves, therefore, Zerahemnah
appointed chief captains over the Lamanites, and they were all Amalekites
and Zoramites.
		 -- Alma 43:6
%
Now this he did that he might preserve their hatred towards the Nephites,
that he might bring them into subjection to the accomplishment of his
designs.
		 -- Alma 43:7
%
For behold, his designs were to stir up the Lamanites to anger against the
Nephites; this he did that he might usurp great power over them, and also
that he might gain power over the Nephites by bringing them into bondage.
		 -- Alma 43:8
%
And now the design of the Nephites was to support their lands, and their
houses, and their wives, and their children, that they might preserve
them from the hands of their enemies; and also that they might preserve
their rights and their privileges, yea, and also their liberty, that
they might worship God according to their desires.
		 -- Alma 43:9
%
For they knew that if they should fall into the hands of the Lamanites,
that whosoever should worship God in spirit and in truth, the true and
the living God, the Lamanites would destroy.
		 -- Alma 43:10
%
Yea, and they also knew the extreme hatred of the Lamanites towards their
brethren, who were the people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi, who were called the
people of Ammon--and they would not take up arms, yea, they had entered
into a covenant and they would not break it--therefore, if they should
fall into the hands of the Lamanites they would be destroyed.
		 -- Alma 43:11
%
And the Nephites would not suffer that they should be destroyed; therefore
they gave them lands for their inheritance.
		 -- Alma 43:12
%
And the people of Ammon did give unto the Nephites a large portion
of their substance to support their armies; and thus the Nephites
were compelled, alone, to withstand against the Lamanites, who were a
compound of Laman and Lemuel, and the sons of Ishmael, and all those
who had dissented from the Nephites, who were Amalekites and Zoramites,
and the descendants of the priests of Noah.
		 -- Alma 43:13
%
Now those descendants were as numerous, nearly, as were the Nephites;
and thus the Nephites were obliged to contend with their brethren,
even unto bloodshed.
		 -- Alma 43:14
%
And it came to pass as the armies of the Lamanites had gathered together
in the land of Antionum, behold, the armies of the Nephites were prepared
to meet them in the land of Jershon.
		 -- Alma 43:15
%
Now, the leader of the Nephites, or the man who had been appointed to
be the chief captain over the Nephites--now the chief captain took the
command of all the armies of the Nephites--and his name was Moroni;
		 -- Alma 43:16
%
And Moroni took all the command, and the government of their wars.
And he was only twenty and five years old when he was appointed chief
captain over the armies of the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 43:17
%
And it came to pass that he met the Lamanites in the borders of Jershon,
and his people were armed with swords, and with cimeters, and all manner
of weapons of war.
		 -- Alma 43:18
%
And when the armies of the Lamanites saw that the people of Nephi, or that
Moroni, had prepared his people with breastplates and with arm-shields,
yea, and also shields to defend their heads, and also they were dressed
with thick clothing--
		 -- Alma 43:19
%
Now the army of Zerahemnah was not prepared with any such thing; they
had only their swords and their cimeters, their bows and their arrows,
their stones and their slings; and they were naked, save it were a skin
which was girded about their loins; yea, all were naked, save it were
the Zoramites and the Amalekites;
		 -- Alma 43:20
%
But they were not armed with breastplates, nor shields--therefore,
they were exceedingly afraid of the armies of the Nephites because of
their armor, notwithstanding their number being so much greater than
the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 43:21
%
Behold, now it came to pass that they durst not come against the Nephites
in the borders of Jershon; therefore they departed out of the land of
Antionum into the wilderness, and took their journey round about in the
wilderness, away by the head of the river Sidon, that they might come
into the land of Manti and take possession of the land; for they did
not suppose that the armies of Moroni would know whither they had gone.
		 -- Alma 43:22
%
But it came to pass, as soon as they had departed into the wilderness
Moroni sent spies into the wilderness to watch their camp; and Moroni,
also, knowing of the prophecies of Alma, sent certain men unto him,
desiring him that he should inquire of the Lord whither the armies of
the Nephites should go to defend themselves against the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 43:23
%
And it came to pass that the word of the Lord came unto Alma, and Alma
informed the messengers of Moroni, that the armies of the Lamanites were
marching round about in the wilderness, that they might come over into
the land of Manti, that they might commence an attack upon the weaker
part of the people.  And those messengers went and delivered the message
unto Moroni.
		 -- Alma 43:24
%
Now Moroni, leaving a part of his army in the land of Jershon, lest by
any means a part of the Lamanites should come into that land and take
possession of the city, took the remaining part of his army and marched
over into the land of Manti.
		 -- Alma 43:25
%
And he caused that all the people in that quarter of the land should
gather themselves together to battle against the Lamanites, to defend
their lands and their country, their rights and their liberties; therefore
they were prepared against the time of the coming of the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 43:26
%
And it came to pass that Moroni caused that his army should be secreted
in the valley which was near the bank of the river Sidon, which was on
the west of the river Sidon in the wilderness.
		 -- Alma 43:27
%
And Moroni placed spies round about, that he might know when the camp
of the Lamanites should come.
		 -- Alma 43:28
%
And now, as Moroni knew the intention of the Lamanites, that it was their
intention to destroy their brethren, or to subject them and bring them
into bondage that they might establish a kingdom unto themselves over
all the land;
		 -- Alma 43:29
%
And he also knowing that it was the only desire of the Nephites to
preserve their lands, and their liberty, and their church, therefore he
thought it no sin that he should defend them by stratagem; therefore,
he found by his spies which course the Lamanites were to take.
		 -- Alma 43:30
%
Therefore, he divided his army and brought a part over into the valley,
and concealed them on the east, and on the south of the hill Riplah;
		 -- Alma 43:31
%
And the remainder he concealed in the west valley, on the west of the
river Sidon, and so down into the borders of the land Manti.
		 -- Alma 43:32
%
And thus having placed his army according to his desire, he was prepared
to meet them.
		 -- Alma 43:33
%
And it came to pass that the Lamanites came up on the north of the hill,
where a part of the army of Moroni was concealed.
		 -- Alma 43:34
%
And as the Lamanites had passed the hill Riplah, and came into the
valley, and began to cross the river Sidon, the army which was concealed
on the south of the hill, which was led by a man whose name was Lehi,
and he led his army forth and encircled the Lamanites about on the east
in their rear.
		 -- Alma 43:35
%
And it came to pass that the Lamanites, when they saw the Nephites
coming upon them in their rear, turned them about and began to contend
with the army of Lehi.
		 -- Alma 43:36
%
And the work of death commenced on both sides, but it was more dreadful
on the part of the Lamanites, for their nakedness was exposed to the
heavy blows of the Nephites with their swords and their cimeters, which
brought death almost at every stroke.
		 -- Alma 43:37
%
While on the other hand, there was now and then a man fell among the
Nephites, by their swords and the loss of blood, they being shielded from
the more vital parts of the body, or the more vital parts of the body
being shielded from the strokes of the Lamanites, by their breastplates,
and their armshields, and their head-plates; and thus the Nephites did
carry on the work of death among the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 43:38
%
And it came to pass that the Lamanites became frightened, because of the
great destruction among them, even until they began to flee towards the
river Sidon.
		 -- Alma 43:39
%
And they were pursued by Lehi and his men; and they were driven by
Lehi into the waters of Sidon, and they crossed the waters of Sidon.
And Lehi retained his armies upon the bank of the river Sidon that they
should not cross.
		 -- Alma 43:40
%
And it came to pass that Moroni and his army met the Lamanites in the
valley, on the other side of the river Sidon, and began to fall upon
them and to slay them.
		 -- Alma 43:41
%
And the Lamanites did flee again before them, towards the land of Manti;
and they were met again by the armies of Moroni.
		 -- Alma 43:42
%
Now in this case the Lamanites did fight exceedingly; yea, never had
the Lamanites been known to fight with such exceedingly great strength
and courage, no, not even from the beginning.
		 -- Alma 43:43
%
And they were inspired by the Zoramites and the Amalekites, who were
their chief captains and leaders, and by Zerahemnah, who was their chief
captain, or their chief leader and commander; yea, they did fight like
dragons, and many of the Nephites were slain by their hands, yea, for
they did smite in two many of their head-plates, and they did pierce
many of their breastplates, and they did smite off many of their arms;
and thus the Lamanites did smite in their fierce anger.
		 -- Alma 43:44
%
Nevertheless, the Nephites were inspired by a better cause, for they were
not fighting for monarchy nor power but they were fighting for their homes
and their liberties, their wives and their children, and their all, yea,
for their rites of worship and their church.
		 -- Alma 43:45
%
And they were doing that which they felt was the duty which they owed to
their God; for the Lord had said unto them, and also unto their fathers,
that: Inasmuch as ye are not guilty of the first offense, neither the
second, ye shall not suffer yourselves to be slain by the hands of
your enemies.
		 -- Alma 43:46
%
And again, the Lord has said that: Ye shall defend your families even
unto bloodshed.  Therefore for this cause were the Nephites contending
with the Lamanites, to defend themselves, and their families, and their
lands, their country, and their rights, and their religion.
		 -- Alma 43:47
%
And it came to pass that when the men of Moroni saw the fierceness and
the anger of the Lamanites, they were about to shrink and flee from them.
And Moroni, perceiving their intent, sent forth and inspired their hearts
with these thoughts--yea, the thoughts of their lands, their liberty,
yea, their freedom from bondage.
		 -- Alma 43:48
%
And it came to pass that they turned upon the Lamanites, and they cried
with one voice unto the Lord their God, for their liberty and their
freedom from bondage.
		 -- Alma 43:49
%
And they began to stand against the Lamanites with power; and in that
selfsame hour that they cried unto the Lord for their freedom, the
Lamanites began to flee before them; and they fled even to the waters
of Sidon.
		 -- Alma 43:50
%
Now, the Lamanites were more numerous, yea, by more than double the
number of the Nephites; nevertheless, they were driven insomuch that
they were gathered together in one body in the valley, upon the bank by
the river Sidon.
		 -- Alma 43:51
%
Therefore the armies of Moroni encircled them about, yea, even on both
sides of the river, for behold, on the east were the men of Lehi.
		 -- Alma 43:52
%
Therefore when Zerahemnah saw the men of Lehi on the east of the river
Sidon, and the armies of Moroni on the west of the river Sidon, that
they were encircled about by the Nephites, they were struck with terror.
		 -- Alma 43:53
%
Now Moroni, when he saw their terror, commanded his men that they should
stop shedding their blood.
		 -- Alma 43:54
%
And it came to pass that they did stop and withdrew a pace from them.
And Moroni said unto Zerahemnah: Behold, Zerahemnah, that we do not
desire to be men of blood.  Ye know that ye are in our hands, yet we do
not desire to slay you.
		 -- Alma 44:1
%
Behold, we have not come out to battle against you that we might shed
your blood for power; neither do we desire to bring any one to the yoke
of bondage.  But this is the very cause for which ye have come against
us; yea, and ye are angry with us because of our religion.
		 -- Alma 44:2
%
But now, ye behold that the Lord is with us; and ye behold that he has
delivered you into our hands.  And now I would that ye should understand
that this is done unto us because of our religion and our faith in Christ.
And now ye see that ye cannot destroy this our faith.
		 -- Alma 44:3
%
Now ye see that this is the true faith of God; yea, ye see that God will
support, and keep, and preserve us, so long as we are faithful unto him,
and unto our faith, and our religion; and never will the Lord suffer
that we shall be destroyed except we should fall into transgression and
deny our faith.
		 -- Alma 44:4
%
And now, Zerahemnah, I command you, in the name of that all-powerful God,
who has strengthened our arms that we have gained power over you, by our
faith, by our religion, and by our rites of worship, and by our church,
and by the sacred support which we owe to our wives and our children,
by that liberty which binds us to our lands and our country; yea, and
also by the maintenance of the sacred word of God, to which we owe all
our happiness; and by all that is most dear unto us--
		 -- Alma 44:5
%
Yea, and this is not all; I command you by all the desires which ye have
for life, that ye deliver up your weapons of war unto us, and we will
seek not your blood, but we will spare your lives, if ye will go your
way and come not again to war against us.
		 -- Alma 44:6
%
And now, if ye do not this, behold, ye are in our hands, and I will
command my men that they shall fall upon you, and inflict the wounds
of death in your bodies, that ye may become extinct; and then we will
see who shall have power over this people; yea, we will see who shall
be brought into bondage.
		 -- Alma 44:7
%
And now it came to pass that when Zerahemnah had heard these sayings he
came forth and delivered up his sword and his cimeter, and his bow into
the hands of Moroni, and said unto him: Behold, here are our weapons of
war; we will deliver them up unto you, but we will not suffer ourselves
to take an oath unto you, which we know that we shall break, and also
our children; but take our weapons of war, and suffer that we may depart
into the wilderness; otherwise we will retain our swords, and we will
perish or conquer.
		 -- Alma 44:8
%
Behold, we are not of your faith; we do not believe that it is God that
has delivered us into your hands; but we believe that it is your cunning
that has preserved you from our swords.  Behold, it is your breastplates
and your shields that have preserved you.
		 -- Alma 44:9
%
And now when Zerahemnah had made an end of speaking these words, Moroni
returned the sword and the weapons of war, which he had received, unto
Zerahemnah, saying: Behold, we will end the conflict.
		 -- Alma 44:10
%
Now I cannot recall the words which I have spoken, therefore as the Lord
liveth, ye shall not depart except ye depart with an oath that ye will
not return again against us to war.  Now as ye are in our hands we will
spill your blood upon the ground, or ye shall submit to the conditions
which I have proposed.
		 -- Alma 44:11
%
And now when Moroni had said these words, Zerahemnah retained his sword,
and he was angry with Moroni, and he rushed forward that he might slay
Moroni; but as he raised his sword, behold, one of Moroni's soldiers
smote it even to the earth, and it broke by the hilt; and he also
smote Zerahemnah that he took off his scalp and it fell to the earth.
And Zerahemnah withdrew from before them into the midst of his soldiers.
		 -- Alma 44:12
%
And it came to pass that the soldier who stood by, who smote off the
scalp of Zerahemnah, took up the scalp from off the ground by the hair,
and laid it upon the point of his sword, and stretched it forth unto them,
saying unto them with a loud voice:
		 -- Alma 44:13
%
Even as this scalp has fallen to the earth, which is the scalp of your
chief, so shall ye fall to the earth except ye will deliver up your
weapons of war and depart with a covenant of peace.
		 -- Alma 44:14
%
Now there were many, when they heard these words and saw the scalp which
was upon the sword, that were struck with fear; and many came forth
and threw down their weapons of war at the feet of Moroni, and entered
into a covenant of peace.  And as many as entered into a covenant they
suffered to depart into the wilderness.
		 -- Alma 44:15
%
Now it came to pass that Zerahemnah was exceedingly wroth, and he did
stir up the remainder of his soldiers to anger, to contend more powerfully
against the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 44:16
%
And now Moroni was angry, because of the stubbornness of the Lamanites;
therefore he commanded his people that they should fall upon them and
slay them.  And it came to pass that they began to slay them; yea,
and the Lamanites did contend with their swords and their might.
		 -- Alma 44:17
%
But behold, their naked skins and their bare heads were exposed to the
sharp swords of the Nephites; yea, behold they were pierced and smitten,
yea, and did fall exceedingly fast before the swords of the Nephites; and
they began to be swept down, even as the soldier of Moroni had prophesied.
		 -- Alma 44:18
%
Now Zerahemnah, when he saw that they were all about to be destroyed,
cried mightily unto Moroni, promising that he would covenant and also
his people with them, if they would spare the remainder of their lives,
that they never would come to war again against them.
		 -- Alma 44:19
%
And it came to pass that Moroni caused that the work of death should
cease again among the people.  And he took the weapons of war from the
Lamanites; and after they had entered into a covenant with him of peace
they were suffered to depart into the wilderness.
		 -- Alma 44:20
%
Now the number of their dead was not numbered because of the greatness
of the number; yea, the number of their dead was exceedingly great,
both on the Nephites and on the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 44:21
%
And it came to pass that they did cast their dead into the waters of
Sidon, and they have gone forth and are buried in the depths of the sea.
		 -- Alma 44:22
%
And the armies of the Nephites, or of Moroni, returned and came to their
houses and their lands.
		 -- Alma 44:23
%
And thus ended the eighteenth year of the reign of the judges over the
people of Nephi.  And thus ended the record of Alma, which was written
upon the plates of Nephi.
		 -- Alma 44:24
%
Behold, now it came to pass that the people of Nephi were exceedingly
rejoiced, because the Lord had again delivered them out of the hands
of their enemies; therefore they gave thanks unto the Lord their God;
yea, and they did fast much and pray much, and they did worship God with
exceedingly great joy.
		 -- Alma 45:1
%
And it came to pass in the nineteenth year of the reign of the judges
over the people of Nephi, that Alma came unto his son Helaman and said
unto him: Believest thou the words which I spake unto thee concerning
those records which have been kept?
		 -- Alma 45:2
%
And Helaman said unto him: Yea, I believe.
		 -- Alma 45:3
%
And Alma said again: Believest thou in Jesus Christ, who shall come?
		 -- Alma 45:4
%
And he said: Yea, I believe all the words which thou hast spoken.
		 -- Alma 45:5
%
And Alma said unto him again: Will ye keep my commandments?
		 -- Alma 45:6
%
And he said: Yea, I will keep thy commandments with all my heart.
		 -- Alma 45:7
%
Then Alma said unto him: Blessed art thou; and the Lord shall prosper
thee in this land.
		 -- Alma 45:8
%
But behold, I have somewhat to prophesy unto thee; but what I prophesy
unto thee ye shall not make known; yea, what I prophesy unto thee shall
not be made known, even until the prophecy is fulfilled; therefore write
the words which I shall say.
		 -- Alma 45:9
%
And these are the words: Behold, I perceive that this very people,
the Nephites, according to the spirit of revelation which is in me,
in four hundred years from the time that Jesus Christ shall manifest
himself unto them, shall dwindle in unbelief.
		 -- Alma 45:10
%
Yea, and then shall they see wars and pestilences, yea, famines and
bloodshed, even until the people of Nephi shall become extinct--
		 -- Alma 45:11
%
Yea, and this because they shall dwindle in unbelief and fall into the
works of darkness, and lasciviousness, and all manner of iniquities;
yea, I say unto you, that because they shall sin against so great light
and knowledge, yea, I say unto you, that from that day, even the fourth
generation shall not all pass away before this great iniquity shall come.
		 -- Alma 45:12
%
And when that great day cometh, behold, the time very soon cometh that
those who are now, or the seed of those who are now numbered among the
people of Nephi, shall no more be numbered among the people of Nephi.
		 -- Alma 45:13
%
But whosoever remaineth, and is not destroyed in that great and dreadful
day, shall be numbered among the Lamanites, and shall become like unto
them, all, save it be a few who shall be called the disciples of the Lord;
and them shall the Lamanites pursue even until they shall become extinct.
And now, because of iniquity, this prophecy shall be fulfilled.
		 -- Alma 45:14
%
And now it came to pass that after Alma had said these things to Helaman,
he blessed him, and also his other sons; and he also blessed the earth
for the righteous' sake.
		 -- Alma 45:15
%
And he said: Thus saith the Lord God--Cursed shall be the land, yea, this
land, unto every nation, kindred, tongue, and people, unto destruction,
which do wickedly, when they are fully ripe; and as I have said so shall
it be; for this is the cursing and the blessing of God upon the land,
for the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance.
		 -- Alma 45:16
%
And now, when Alma had said these words he blessed the church, yea,
all those who should stand fast in the faith from that time henceforth.
		 -- Alma 45:17
%
And when Alma had done this he departed out of the land of Zarahemla,
as if to go into the land of Melek.  And it came to pass that he was
never heard of more; as to his death or burial we know not of.
		 -- Alma 45:18
%
Behold, this we know, that he was a righteous man; and the saying went
abroad in the church that he was taken up by the Spirit, or buried by the
hand of the Lord, even as Moses.  But behold, the scriptures saith the
Lord took Moses unto himself; and we suppose that he has also received
Alma in the spirit, unto himself; therefore, for this cause we know
nothing concerning his death and burial.
		 -- Alma 45:19
%
And now it came to pass in the commencement of the nineteenth year of
the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, that Helaman went
forth among the people to declare the word unto them.
		 -- Alma 45:20
%
For behold, because of their wars with the Lamanites and the many
little dissensions and disturbances which had been among the people,
it became expedient that the word of God should be declared among them,
yea, and that a regulation should be made throughout the church.
		 -- Alma 45:21
%
Therefore, Helaman and his brethren went forth to establish the church
again in all the land, yea, in every city throughout all the land which
was possessed by the people of Nephi.  And it came to pass that they
did appoint priests and teachers throughout all the land, over all
the churches.
		 -- Alma 45:22
%
And now it came to pass that after Helaman and his brethren had appointed
priests and teachers over the churches that there arose a dissension
among them, and they would not give heed to the words of Helaman and
his brethren;
		 -- Alma 45:23
%
But they grew proud, being lifted up in their hearts, because of their
exceedingly great riches; therefore they grew rich in their own eyes,
and would not give heed to their words, to walk uprightly before God.
		 -- Alma 45:24
%
And it came to pass that as many as would not hearken to the words of
Helaman and his brethren were gathered together against their brethren.
		 -- Alma 46:1
%
And now behold, they were exceedingly wroth, insomuch that they were
determined to slay them.
		 -- Alma 46:2
%
Now the leader of those who were wroth against their brethren was a
large and a strong man; and his name was Amalickiah.
		 -- Alma 46:3
%
And Amalickiah was desirous to be a king; and those people who were
wroth were also desirous that he should be their king; and they were
the greater part of them the lower judges of the land, and they were
seeking for power.
		 -- Alma 46:4
%
And they had been led by the flatteries of Amalickiah, that if they would
support him and establish him to be their king that he would make them
rulers over the people.
		 -- Alma 46:5
%
Thus they were led away by Amalickiah to dissensions, notwithstanding
the preaching of Helaman and his brethren, yea, notwithstanding their
exceedingly great care over the church, for they were high priests over
the church.
		 -- Alma 46:6
%
And there were many in the church who believed in the flattering words of
Amalickiah, therefore they dissented even from the church; and thus were
the affairs of the people of Nephi exceedingly precarious and dangerous,
notwithstanding their great victory which they had had over the Lamanites,
and their great rejoicings which they had had because of their deliverance
by the hand of the Lord.
		 -- Alma 46:7
%
Thus we see how quick the children of men do forget the Lord their God,
yea, how quick to do iniquity, and to be led away by the evil one.
		 -- Alma 46:8
%
Yea, and we also see the great wickedness one very wicked man can cause
to take place among the children of men.
		 -- Alma 46:9
%
Yea, we see that Amalickiah, because he was a man of cunning device
and a man of many flattering words, that he led away the hearts of many
people to do wickedly; yea, and to seek to destroy the church of God,
and to destroy the foundation of liberty which God had granted unto
them, or which blessing God had sent upon the face of the land for the
righteous' sake.
		 -- Alma 46:10
%
And now it came to pass that when Moroni, who was the chief commander
of the armies of the Nephites, had heard of these dissensions, he was
angry with Amalickiah.
		 -- Alma 46:11
%
And it came to pass that he rent his coat; and he took a piece thereof,
and wrote upon it--In memory of our God, our religion, and freedom,
and our peace, our wives, and our children--and he fastened it upon the
end of a pole.
		 -- Alma 46:12
%
And he fastened on his head-plate, and his breastplate, and his shields,
and girded on his armor about his loins; and he took the pole, which had
on the end thereof his rent coat, (and he called it the title of liberty)
and he bowed himself to the earth, and he prayed mightily unto his God
for the blessings of liberty to rest upon his brethren, so long as there
should a band of Christians remain to possess the land--
		 -- Alma 46:13
%
For thus were all the true believers of Christ, who belonged to the
church of God, called by those who did not belong to the church.
		 -- Alma 46:14
%
And those who did belong to the church were faithful; yea, all those
who were true believers in Christ took upon them, gladly, the name of
Christ, or Christians as they were called, because of their belief in
Christ who should come.
		 -- Alma 46:15
%
And therefore, at this time, Moroni prayed that the cause of the
Christians, and the freedom of the land might be favored.
		 -- Alma 46:16
%
And it came to pass that when he had poured out his soul to God, he
named all the land which was south of the land Desolation, yea, and in
fine, all the land, both on the north and on the south--A chosen land,
and the land of liberty.
		 -- Alma 46:17
%
And he said: Surely God shall not suffer that we, who are despised because
we take upon us the name of Christ, shall be trodden down and destroyed,
until we bring it upon us by our own transgressions.
		 -- Alma 46:18
%
And when Moroni had said these words, he went forth among the people,
waving the rent part of his garment in the air, that all might see the
writing which he had written upon the rent part, and crying with a loud
voice, saying:
		 -- Alma 46:19
%
Behold, whosoever will maintain this title upon the land, let them come
forth in the strength of the Lord, and enter into a covenant that they
will maintain their rights, and their religion, that the Lord God may
bless them.
		 -- Alma 46:20
%
And it came to pass that when Moroni had proclaimed these words, behold,
the people came running together with their armor girded about their
loins, rending their garments in token, or as a covenant, that they
would not forsake the Lord their God; or, in other words, if they should
transgress the commandments of God, or fall into transgression, and be
ashamed to take upon them the name of Christ, the Lord should rend them
even as they had rent their garments.
		 -- Alma 46:21
%
Now this was the covenant which they made, and they cast their garments
at the feet of Moroni, saying: We covenant with our God, that we shall
be destroyed, even as our brethren in the land northward, if we shall
fall into transgression; yea, he may cast us at the feet of our enemies,
even as we have cast our garments at thy feet to be trodden under foot,
if we shall fall into transgression.
		 -- Alma 46:22
%
Moroni said unto them: Behold, we are a remnant of the seed of Jacob;
yea, we are a remnant of the seed of Joseph, whose coat was rent by his
brethren into many pieces; yea, and now behold, let us remember to keep
the commandments of God, or our garments shall be rent by our brethren,
and we be cast into prison, or be sold, or be slain.
		 -- Alma 46:23
%
Yea, let us preserve our liberty as a remnant of Joseph; yea, let us
remember the words of Jacob, before his death, for behold, he saw that
a part of the remnant of the coat of Joseph was preserved and had not
decayed.  And he said--Even as this remnant of garment of my son hath
been preserved, so shall a remnant of the seed of my son be preserved
by the hand of God, and be taken unto himself, while the remainder of
the seed of Joseph shall perish, even as the remnant of his garment.
		 -- Alma 46:24
%
Now behold, this giveth my soul sorrow; nevertheless, my soul hath joy
in my son, because of that part of his seed which shall be taken unto God.
		 -- Alma 46:25
%
Now behold, this was the language of Jacob.
		 -- Alma 46:26
%
And now who knoweth but what the remnant of the seed of Joseph, which
shall perish as his garment, are those who have dissented from us?  Yea,
and even it shall be ourselves if we do not stand fast in the faith
of Christ.
		 -- Alma 46:27
%
And now it came to pass that when Moroni had said these words he went
forth, and also sent forth in all the parts of the land where there were
dissensions, and gathered together all the people who were desirous to
maintain their liberty, to stand against Amalickiah and those who had
dissented, who were called Amalickiahites.
		 -- Alma 46:28
%
And it came to pass that when Amalickiah saw that the people of Moroni
were more numerous than the Amalickiahites--and he also saw that his
people were doubtful concerning the justice of the cause in which they
had undertaken--therefore, fearing that he should not gain the point,
he took those of his people who would and departed into the land of Nephi.
		 -- Alma 46:29
%
Now Moroni thought it was not expedient that the Lamanites should have any
more strength; therefore he thought to cut off the people of Amalickiah,
or to take them and bring them back, and put Amalickiah to death; yea,
for he knew that he would stir up the Lamanites to anger against them,
and cause them to come to battle against them; and this he knew that
Amalickiah would do that he might obtain his purposes.
		 -- Alma 46:30
%
Therefore Moroni thought it was expedient that he should take his armies,
who had gathered themselves together, and armed themselves, and entered
into a covenant to keep the peace--and it came to pass that he took his
army and marched out with his tents into the wilderness, to cut off the
course of Amalickiah in the wilderness.
		 -- Alma 46:31
%
And it came to pass that he did according to his desires, and marched
forth into the wilderness, and headed the armies of Amalickiah.
		 -- Alma 46:32
%
And it came to pass that Amalickiah fled with a small number of his men,
and the remainder were delivered up into the hands of Moroni and were
taken back into the land of Zarahemla.
		 -- Alma 46:33
%
Now, Moroni being a man who was appointed by the chief judges and the
voice of the people, therefore he had power according to his will with the
armies of the Nephites, to establish and to exercise authority over them.
		 -- Alma 46:34
%
And it came to pass that whomsoever of the Amalickiahites that would not
enter into a covenant to support the cause of freedom, that they might
maintain a free government, he caused to be put to death; and there were
but few who denied the covenant of freedom.
		 -- Alma 46:35
%
And it came to pass also, that he caused the title of liberty to be
hoisted upon every tower which was in all the land, which was possessed
by the Nephites; and thus Moroni planted the standard of liberty among
the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 46:36
%
And they began to have peace again in the land; and thus they did
maintain peace in the land until nearly the end of the nineteenth year
of the reign of the judges.
		 -- Alma 46:37
%
And Helaman and the high priests did also maintain order in the church;
yea, even for the space of four years did they have much peace and
rejoicing in the church.
		 -- Alma 46:38
%
And it came to pass that there were many who died, firmly believing that
their souls were redeemed by the Lord Jesus Christ; thus they went out
of the world rejoicing.
		 -- Alma 46:39
%
And there were some who died with fevers, which at some seasons of the
year were very frequent in the land--but not so much so with fevers,
because of the excellent qualities of the many plants and roots which
God had prepared to remove the cause of diseases, to which men were
subject by the nature of the climate--
		 -- Alma 46:40
%
But there were many who died with old age; and those who died in the
faith of Christ are happy in him, as we must needs suppose.
		 -- Alma 46:41
%
Now we will return in our record to Amalickiah and those who had fled
with him into the wilderness; for, behold, he had taken those who went
with him, and went up in the land of Nephi among the Lamanites, and did
stir up the Lamanites to anger against the people of Nephi, insomuch that
the king of the Lamanites sent a proclamation throughout all his land,
among all his people, that they should gather themselves together again
to go to battle against the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 47:1
%
And it came to pass that when the proclamation had gone forth among them
they were exceedingly afraid; yea, they feared to displease the king,
and they also feared to go to battle against the Nephites lest they
should lose their lives.  And it came to pass that they would not,
or the more part of them would not, obey the commandments of the king.
		 -- Alma 47:2
%
And now it came to pass that the king was wroth because of their
disobedience; therefore he gave Amalickiah the command of that part of
his army which was obedient unto his commands, and commanded him that
he should go forth and compel them to arms.
		 -- Alma 47:3
%
Now behold, this was the desire of Amalickiah; for he being a very subtle
man to do evil therefore he laid the plan in his heart to dethrone the
king of the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 47:4
%
And now he had got the command of those parts of the Lamanites who were
in favor of the king; and he sought to gain favor of those who were
not obedient; therefore he went forward to the place which was called
Onidah, for thither had all the Lamanites fled; for they discovered
the army coming, and, supposing that they were coming to destroy them,
therefore they fled to Onidah, to the place of arms.
		 -- Alma 47:5
%
And they had appointed a man to be a king and a leader over them, being
fixed in their minds with a determined resolution that they would not
be subjected to go against the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 47:6
%
And it came to pass that they had gathered themselves together upon the
top of the mount which was called Antipas, in preparation to battle.
		 -- Alma 47:7
%
Now it was not Amalickiah's intention to give them battle according to
the commandments of the king; but behold, it was his intention to gain
favor with the armies of the Lamanites, that he might place himself at
their head and dethrone the king and take possession of the kingdom.
		 -- Alma 47:8
%
And behold, it came to pass that he caused his army to pitch their tents
in the valley which was near the mount Antipas.
		 -- Alma 47:9
%
And it came to pass that when it was night he sent a secret embassy into
the mount Antipas, desiring that the leader of those who were upon the
mount, whose name was Lehonti, that he should come down to the foot of
the mount, for he desired to speak with him.
		 -- Alma 47:10
%
And it came to pass that when Lehonti received the message he durst not
go down to the foot of the mount.  And it came to pass that Amalickiah
sent again the second time, desiring him to come down.	And it came to
pass that Lehonti would not; and he sent again the third time.
		 -- Alma 47:11
%
And it came to pass that when Amalickiah found that he could not get
Lehonti to come down off from the mount, he went up into the mount,
nearly to Lehonti's camp; and he sent again the fourth time his message
unto Lehonti, desiring that he would come down, and that he would bring
his guards with him.
		 -- Alma 47:12
%
And it came to pass that when Lehonti had come down with his guards to
Amalickiah, that Amalickiah desired him to come down with his army in the
night-time, and surround those men in their camps over whom the king had
given him command, and that he would deliver them up into Lehonti's hands,
if he would make him (Amalickiah) a second leader over the whole army.
		 -- Alma 47:13
%
And it came to pass that Lehonti came down with his men and surrounded
the men of Amalickiah, so that before they awoke at the dawn of day they
were surrounded by the armies of Lehonti.
		 -- Alma 47:14
%
And it came to pass that when they saw that they were surrounded, they
plead with Amalickiah that he would suffer them to fall in with their
brethren, that they might not be destroyed.  Now this was the very thing
which Amalickiah desired.
		 -- Alma 47:15
%
And it came to pass that he delivered his men, contrary to the commands
of the king.  Now this was the thing that Amalickiah desired, that he
might accomplish his designs in dethroning the king.
		 -- Alma 47:16
%
Now it was the custom among the Lamanites, if their chief leader was
killed, to appoint the second leader to be their chief leader.
		 -- Alma 47:17
%
And it came to pass that Amalickiah caused that one of his servants
should administer poison by degrees to Lehonti, that he died.
		 -- Alma 47:18
%
Now, when Lehonti was dead, the Lamanites appointed Amalickiah to be
their leader and their chief commander.
		 -- Alma 47:19
%
And it came to pass that Amalickiah marched with his armies (for he
had gained his desires) to the land of Nephi, to the city of Nephi,
which was the chief city.
		 -- Alma 47:20
%
And the king came out to meet him with his guards, for he supposed that
Amalickiah had fulfilled his commands, and that Amalickiah had gathered
together so great an army to go against the Nephites to battle.
		 -- Alma 47:21
%
But behold, as the king came out to meet him Amalickiah caused that
his servants should go forth to meet the king.	And they went and
bowed themselves before the king, as if to reverence him because of
his greatness.
		 -- Alma 47:22
%
And it came to pass that the king put forth his hand to raise them,
as was the custom with the Lamanites, as a token of peace, which custom
they had taken from the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 47:23
%
And it came to pass that when he had raised the first from the ground,
behold he stabbed the king to the heart; and he fell to the earth.
		 -- Alma 47:24
%
Now the servants of the king fled; and the servants of Amalickiah raised
a cry, saying:
		 -- Alma 47:25
%
Behold, the servants of the king have stabbed him to the heart, and he
has fallen and they have fled; behold, come and see.
		 -- Alma 47:26
%
And it came to pass that Amalickiah commanded that his armies should march
forth and see what had happened to the king; and when they had come to
the spot, and found the king lying in his gore, Amalickiah pretended
to be wroth, and said: Whosoever loved the king, let him go forth,
and pursue his servants that they may be slain.
		 -- Alma 47:27
%
And it came to pass that all they who loved the king, when they heard
these words, came forth and pursued after the servants of the king.
		 -- Alma 47:28
%
Now when the servants of the king saw an army pursuing after them, they
were frightened again, and fled into the wilderness, and came over into
the land of Zarahemla and joined the people of Ammon.
		 -- Alma 47:29
%
And the army which pursued after them returned, having pursued after
them in vain; and thus Amalickiah, by his fraud, gained the hearts of
the people.
		 -- Alma 47:30
%
And it came to pass on the morrow he entered the city Nephi with his
armies, and took possession of the city.
		 -- Alma 47:31
%
And now it came to pass that the queen, when she had heard that the king
was slain--for Amalickiah had sent an embassy to the queen informing
her that the king had been slain by his servants, that he had pursued
them with his army, but it was in vain, and they had made their escape--
		 -- Alma 47:32
%
Therefore, when the queen had received this message she sent unto
Amalickiah, desiring him that he would spare the people of the city;
and she also desired him that he should come in unto her; and she also
desired him that he should bring witnesses with him to testify concerning
the death of the king.
		 -- Alma 47:33
%
And it came to pass that Amalickiah took the same servant that slew
the king, and all them who were with him, and went in unto the queen,
unto the place where she sat; and they all testified unto her that the
king was slain by his own servants; and they said also: They have fled;
does not this testify against them?  And thus they satisfied the queen
concerning the death of the king.
		 -- Alma 47:34
%
And it came to pass that Amalickiah sought the favor of the queen, and
took her unto him to wife; and thus by his fraud, and by the assistance of
his cunning servants, he obtained the kingdom; yea, he was acknowledged
king throughout all the land, among all the people of the Lamanites, who
were composed of the Lamanites and the Lemuelites and the Ishmaelites,
and all the dissenters of the Nephites, from the reign of Nephi down to
the present time.
		 -- Alma 47:35
%
Now these dissenters, having the same instruction and the same
information of the Nephites, yea, having been instructed in the same
knowledge of the Lord, nevertheless, it is strange to relate, not long
after their dissensions they became more hardened and impenitent, and
more wild, wicked and ferocious than the Lamanites--drinking in with the
traditions of the Lamanites; giving way to indolence, and all manner of
lasciviousness; yea, entirely forgetting the Lord their God.
		 -- Alma 47:36
%
And now it came to pass that, as soon as Amalickiah had obtained the
kingdom he began to inspire the hearts of the Lamanites against the
people of Nephi; yea, he did appoint men to speak unto the Lamanites
from their towers, against the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 48:1
%
And thus he did inspire their hearts against the Nephites, insomuch that
in the latter end of the nineteenth year of the reign of the judges, he
having accomplished his designs thus far, yea, having been made king over
the Lamanites, he sought also to reign over all the land, yea, and all
the people who were in the land, the Nephites as well as the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 48:2
%
Therefore he had accomplished his design, for he had hardened the hearts
of the Lamanites and blinded their minds, and stirred them up to anger,
insomuch that he had gathered together a numerous host to go to battle
against the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 48:3
%
For he was determined, because of the greatness of the number of his
people, to overpower the Nephites and to bring them into bondage.
		 -- Alma 48:4
%
And thus he did appoint chief captains of the Zoramites, they being the
most acquainted with the strength of the Nephites, and their places of
resort, and the weakest parts of their cities; therefore he appointed
them to be chief captains over his armies.
		 -- Alma 48:5
%
And it came to pass that they took their camp, and moved forth toward
the land of Zarahemla in the wilderness.
		 -- Alma 48:6
%
Now it came to pass that while Amalickiah had thus been obtaining power
by fraud and deceit, Moroni, on the other hand, had been preparing the
minds of the people to be faithful unto the Lord their God.
		 -- Alma 48:7
%
Yea, he had been strengthening the armies of the Nephites, and erecting
small forts, or places of resort; throwing up banks of earth round about
to enclose his armies, and also building walls of stone to encircle
them about, round about their cities and the borders of their lands;
yea, all round about the land.
		 -- Alma 48:8
%
And in their weakest fortifications he did place the greater number of
men; and thus he did fortify and strengthen the land which was possessed
by the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 48:9
%
And thus he was preparing to support their liberty, their lands, their
wives, and their children, and their peace, and that they might live
unto the Lord their God, and that they might maintain that which was
called by their enemies the cause of Christians.
		 -- Alma 48:10
%
And Moroni was a strong and a mighty man; he was a man of a perfect
understanding; yea, a man that did not delight in bloodshed; a man
whose soul did joy in the liberty and the freedom of his country, and
his brethren from bondage and slavery;
		 -- Alma 48:11
%
Yea, a man whose heart did swell with thanksgiving to his God, for the
many privileges and blessings which he bestowed upon his people; a man
who did labor exceedingly for the welfare and safety of his people.
		 -- Alma 48:12
%
Yea, and he was a man who was firm in the faith of Christ, and he had
sworn with an oath to defend his people, his rights, and his country,
and his religion, even to the loss of his blood.
		 -- Alma 48:13
%
Now the Nephites were taught to defend themselves against their enemies,
even to the shedding of blood if it were necessary; yea, and they were
also taught never to give an offense, yea, and never to raise the sword
except it were against an enemy, except it were to preserve their lives.
		 -- Alma 48:14
%
And this was their faith, that by so doing God would prosper them in the
land, or in other words, if they were faithful in keeping the commandments
of God that he would prosper them in the land; yea, warn them to flee,
or to prepare for war, according to their danger;
		 -- Alma 48:15
%
And also, that God would make it known unto them whither they should
go to defend themselves against their enemies, and by so doing, the
Lord would deliver them; and this was the faith of Moroni, and his
heart did glory in it; not in the shedding of blood but in doing good,
in preserving his people, yea, in keeping the commandments of God, yea,
and resisting iniquity.
		 -- Alma 48:16
%
Yea, verily, verily I say unto you, if all men had been, and were, and
ever would be, like unto Moroni, behold, the very powers of hell would
have been shaken forever; yea, the devil would never have power over
the hearts of the children of men.
		 -- Alma 48:17
%
Behold, he was a man like unto Ammon, the son of Mosiah, yea, and even
the other sons of Mosiah, yea, and also Alma and his sons, for they were
all men of God.
		 -- Alma 48:18
%
Now behold, Helaman and his brethren were no less serviceable unto the
people than was Moroni; for they did preach the word of God, and they did
baptize unto repentance all men whosoever would hearken unto their words.
		 -- Alma 48:19
%
And thus they went forth, and the people did humble themselves because
of their words, insomuch that they were highly favored of the Lord,
and thus they were free from wars and contentions among themselves, yea,
even for the space of four years.
		 -- Alma 48:20
%
But, as I have said, in the latter end of the nineteenth year, yea,
notwithstanding their peace amongst themselves, they were compelled
reluctantly to contend with their brethren, the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 48:21
%
Yea, and in fine, their wars never did cease for the space of many years
with the Lamanites, notwithstanding their much reluctance.
		 -- Alma 48:22
%
Now, they were sorry to take up arms against the Lamanites, because they
did not delight in the shedding of blood; yea, and this was not all--they
were sorry to be the means of sending so many of their brethren out of
this world into an eternal world, unprepared to meet their God.
		 -- Alma 48:23
%
Nevertheless, they could not suffer to lay down their lives, that their
wives and their children should be massacred by the barbarous cruelty of
those who were once their brethren, yea, and had dissented from their
church, and had left them and had gone to destroy them by joining the
Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 48:24
%
Yea, they could not bear that their brethren should rejoice over the
blood of the Nephites, so long as there were any who should keep the
commandments of God, for the promise of the Lord was, if they should
keep his commandments they should prosper in the land.
		 -- Alma 48:25
%
And now it came to pass in the eleventh month of the nineteenth year,
on the tenth day of the month, the armies of the Lamanites were seen
approaching towards the land of Ammonihah.
		 -- Alma 49:1
%
And behold, the city had been rebuilt, and Moroni had stationed an army
by the borders of the city, and they had cast up dirt round about to
shield them from the arrows and the stones of the Lamanites; for behold,
they fought with stones and with arrows.
		 -- Alma 49:2
%
Behold, I said that the city of Ammonihah had been rebuilt. I say unto
you, yea, that it was in part rebuilt; and because the Lamanites had
destroyed it once because of the iniquity of the people, they supposed
that it would again become an easy prey for them.
		 -- Alma 49:3
%
But behold, how great was their disappointment; for behold, the Nephites
had dug up a ridge of earth round about them, which was so high that
the Lamanites could not cast their stones and their arrows at them that
they might take effect, neither could they come upon them save it was
by their place of entrance.
		 -- Alma 49:4
%
Now at this time the chief captains of the Lamanites were astonished
exceedingly, because of the wisdom of the Nephites in preparing their
places of security.
		 -- Alma 49:5
%
Now the leaders of the Lamanites had supposed, because of the greatness
of their numbers, yea, they supposed that they should be privileged
to come upon them as they had hitherto done; yea, and they had also
prepared themselves with shields, and with breastplates; and they had
also prepared themselves with garments of skins, yea, very thick garments
to cover their nakedness.
		 -- Alma 49:6
%
And being thus prepared they supposed that they should easily overpower
and subject their brethren to the yoke of bondage, or slay and massacre
them according to their pleasure.
		 -- Alma 49:7
%
But behold, to their uttermost astonishment, they were prepared for
them, in a manner which never had been known among the children of Lehi.
Now they were prepared for the Lamanites, to battle after the manner of
the instructions of Moroni.
		 -- Alma 49:8
%
And it came to pass that the Lamanites, or the Amalickiahites, were
exceedingly astonished at their manner of preparation for war.
		 -- Alma 49:9
%
Now, if king Amalickiah had come down out of the land of Nephi, at the
head of his army, perhaps he would have caused the Lamanites to have
attacked the Nephites at the city of Ammonihah; for behold, he did care
not for the blood of his people.
		 -- Alma 49:10
%
But behold, Amalickiah did not come down himself to battle.  And behold,
his chief captains durst not attack the Nephites at the city of Ammonihah,
for Moroni had altered the management of affairs among the Nephites,
insomuch that the Lamanites were disappointed in their places of retreat
and they could not come upon them.
		 -- Alma 49:11
%
Therefore they retreated into the wilderness, and took their camp and
marched towards the land of Noah, supposing that to be the next best
place for them to come against the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 49:12
%
For they knew not that Moroni had fortified, or had built forts of
security, for every city in all the land round about; therefore, they
marched forward to the land of Noah with a firm determination; yea,
their chief captains came forward and took an oath that they would
destroy the people of that city.
		 -- Alma 49:13
%
But behold, to their astonishment, the city of Noah, which had hitherto
been a weak place, had now, by the means of Moroni, become strong, yea,
even to exceed the strength of the city Ammonihah.
		 -- Alma 49:14
%
And now, behold, this was wisdom in Moroni; for he had supposed that they
would be frightened at the city Ammonihah; and as the city of Noah had
hitherto been the weakest part of the land, therefore they would march
thither to battle; and thus it was according to his desires.
		 -- Alma 49:15
%
And behold, Moroni had appointed Lehi to be chief captain over the men
of that city; and it was that same Lehi who fought with the Lamanites
in the valley on the east of the river Sidon.
		 -- Alma 49:16
%
And now behold it came to pass, that when the Lamanites had found that
Lehi commanded the city they were again disappointed, for they feared
Lehi exceedingly; nevertheless their chief captains had sworn with an
oath to attack the city; therefore, they brought up their armies.
		 -- Alma 49:17
%
Now behold, the Lamanites could not get into their forts of security by
any other way save by the entrance, because of the highness of the bank
which had been thrown up, and the depth of the ditch which had been dug
round about, save it were by the entrance.
		 -- Alma 49:18
%
And thus were the Nephites prepared to destroy all such as should attempt
to climb up to enter the fort by any other way, by casting over stones
and arrows at them.
		 -- Alma 49:19
%
Thus they were prepared, yea, a body of their strongest men, with their
swords and their slings, to smite down all who should attempt to come
into their place of security by the place of entrance; and thus were
they prepared to defend themselves against the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 49:20
%
And it came to pass that the captains of the Lamanites brought up their
armies before the place of entrance, and began to contend with the
Nephites, to get into their place of security; but behold, they were
driven back from time to time, insomuch that they were slain with an
immense slaughter.
		 -- Alma 49:21
%
Now when they found that they could not obtain power over the Nephites
by the pass, they began to dig down their banks of earth that they might
obtain a pass to their armies, that they might have an equal chance to
fight; but behold, in these attempts they were swept off by the stones
and arrows which were thrown at them; and instead of filling up their
ditches by pulling down the banks of earth, they were filled up in a
measure with their dead and wounded bodies.
		 -- Alma 49:22
%
Thus the Nephites had all power over their enemies; and thus the Lamanites
did attempt to destroy the Nephites until their chief captains were
all slain; yea, and more than a thousand of the Lamanites were slain;
while, on the other hand, there was not a single soul of the Nephites
which was slain.
		 -- Alma 49:23
%
There were about fifty who were wounded, who had been exposed to the
arrows of the Lamanites through the pass, but they were shielded by
their shields, and their breastplates, and their head-plates, insomuch
that their wounds were upon their legs, many of which were very severe.
		 -- Alma 49:24
%
And it came to pass, that when the Lamanites saw that their chief captains
were all slain they fled into the wilderness.  And it came to pass that
they returned to the land of Nephi, to inform their king, Amalickiah,
who was a Nephite by birth, concerning their great loss.
		 -- Alma 49:25
%
And it came to pass that he was exceedingly angry with his people,
because he had not obtained his desire over the Nephites; he had not
subjected them to the yoke of bondage.
		 -- Alma 49:26
%
Yea, he was exceedingly wroth, and he did curse God, and also Moroni,
swearing with an oath that he would drink his blood; and this because
Moroni had kept the commandments of God in preparing for the safety of
his people.
		 -- Alma 49:27
%
And it came to pass, that on the other hand, the people of Nephi did
thank the Lord their God, because of his matchless power in delivering
them from the hands of their enemies.
		 -- Alma 49:28
%
And thus ended the nineteenth year of the reign of the judges over the
people of Nephi.
		 -- Alma 49:29
%
Yea, and there was continual peace among them, and exceedingly great
prosperity in the church because of their heed and diligence which they
gave unto the word of God, which was declared unto them by Helaman,
and Shiblon, and Corianton, and Ammon and his brethren, yea, and by all
those who had been ordained by the holy order of God, being baptized
unto repentance, and sent forth to preach among the people.
		 -- Alma 49:30
%
And now it came to pass that Moroni did not stop making preparations for
war, or to defend his people against the Lamanites; for he caused that
his armies should commence in the commencement of the twentieth year of
the reign of the judges, that they should commence in digging up heaps
of earth round about all the cities, throughout all the land which was
possessed by the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 50:1
%
And upon the top of these ridges of earth he caused that there should
be timbers, yea, works of timbers built up to the height of a man,
round about the cities.
		 -- Alma 50:2
%
And he caused that upon those works of timbers there should be a frame of
pickets built upon the timbers round about; and they were strong and high.
		 -- Alma 50:3
%
And he caused towers to be erected that overlooked those works of pickets,
and he caused places of security to be built upon those towers, that
the stones and the arrows of the Lamanites could not hurt them.
		 -- Alma 50:4
%
And they were prepared that they could cast stones from the top thereof,
according to their pleasure and their strength, and slay him who should
attempt to approach near the walls of the city.
		 -- Alma 50:5
%
Thus Moroni did prepare strongholds against the coming of their enemies,
round about every city in all the land.
		 -- Alma 50:6
%
And it came to pass that Moroni caused that his armies should go forth
into the east wilderness; yea, and they went forth and drove all the
Lamanites who were in the east wilderness into their own lands, which
were south of the land of Zarahemla.
		 -- Alma 50:7
%
And the land of Nephi did run in a straight course from the east sea to
the west.
		 -- Alma 50:8
%
And it came to pass that when Moroni had driven all the Lamanites
out of the east wilderness, which was north of the lands of their own
possessions, he caused that the inhabitants who were in the land of
Zarahemla and in the land round about should go forth into the east
wilderness, even to the borders by the seashore, and possess the land.
		 -- Alma 50:9
%
And he also placed armies on the south, in the borders of their
possessions, and caused them to erect fortifications that they might
secure their armies and their people from the hands of their enemies.
		 -- Alma 50:10
%
And thus he cut off all the strongholds of the Lamanites in the east
wilderness, yea, and also on the west, fortifying the line between the
Nephites and the Lamanites, between the land of Zarahemla and the land
of Nephi, from the west sea, running by the head of the river Sidon--the
Nephites possessing all the land northward, yea, even all the land which
was northward of the land Bountiful, according to their pleasure.
		 -- Alma 50:11
%
Thus Moroni, with his armies, which did increase daily because of the
assurance of protection which his works did bring forth unto them, did
seek to cut off the strength and the power of the Lamanites from off
the lands of their possessions, that they should have no power upon the
lands of their possession.
		 -- Alma 50:12
%
And it came to pass that the Nephites began the foundation of a city,
and they called the name of the city Moroni; and it was by the east sea;
and it was on the south by the line of the possessions of the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 50:13
%
And they also began a foundation for a city between the city of Moroni
and the city of Aaron, joining the borders of Aaron and Moroni; and they
called the name of the city, or the land, Nephihah.
		 -- Alma 50:14
%
And they also began in that same year to build many cities on the north,
one in a particular manner which they called Lehi, which was in the
north by the borders of the seashore.
		 -- Alma 50:15
%
And thus ended the twentieth year.
		 -- Alma 50:16
%
And in these prosperous circumstances were the people of Nephi in the
commencement of the twenty and first year of the reign of the judges
over the people of Nephi.
		 -- Alma 50:17
%
And they did prosper exceedingly, and they became exceedingly rich; yea,
and they did multiply and wax strong in the land.
		 -- Alma 50:18
%
And thus we see how merciful and just are all the dealings of the Lord,
to the fulfilling of all his words unto the children of men; yea, we can
behold that his words are verified, even at this time, which he spake
unto Lehi, saying:
		 -- Alma 50:19
%
Blessed art thou and thy children; and they shall be blessed, inasmuch
as they shall keep my commandments they shall prosper in the land.
But remember, inasmuch as they will not keep my commandments they shall
be cut off from the presence of the Lord.
		 -- Alma 50:20
%
And we see that these promises have been verified to the people of
Nephi; for it has been their quarrelings and their contentions, yea,
their murderings, and their plunderings, their idolatry, their whoredoms,
and their abominations, which were among themselves, which brought upon
them their wars and their destructions.
		 -- Alma 50:21
%
And those who were faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord were
delivered at all times, whilst thousands of their wicked brethren have
been consigned to bondage, or to perish by the sword, or to dwindle in
unbelief, and mingle with the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 50:22
%
But behold there never was a happier time among the people of Nephi,
since the days of Nephi, than in the days of Moroni, yea, even at this
time, in the twenty and first year of the reign of the judges.
		 -- Alma 50:23
%
And it came to pass that the twenty and second year of the reign of the
judges also ended in peace; yea, and also the twenty and third year.
		 -- Alma 50:24
%
And it came to pass that in the commencement of the twenty and fourth
year of the reign of the judges, there would also have been peace among
the people of Nephi had it not been for a contention which took place
among them concerning the land of Lehi, and the land of Morianton, which
joined upon the borders of Lehi; both of which were on the borders by
the seashore.
		 -- Alma 50:25
%
For behold, the people who possessed the land of Morianton did claim a
part of the land of Lehi; therefore there began to be a warm contention
between them, insomuch that the people of Morianton took up arms against
their brethren, and they were determined by the sword to slay them.
		 -- Alma 50:26
%
But behold, the people who possessed the land of Lehi fled to the camp
of Moroni, and appealed unto him for assistance; for behold they were
not in the wrong.
		 -- Alma 50:27
%
And it came to pass that when the people of Morianton, who were led by
a man whose name was Morianton, found that the people of Lehi had fled
to the camp of Moroni, they were exceedingly fearful lest the army of
Moroni should come upon them and destroy them.
		 -- Alma 50:28
%
Therefore, Morianton put it into their hearts that they should flee to the
land which was northward, which was covered with large bodies of water,
and take possession of the land which was northward.
		 -- Alma 50:29
%
And behold, they would have carried this plan into effect, (which would
have been a cause to have been lamented) but behold, Morianton being a
man of much passion, therefore he was angry with one of his maid servants,
and he fell upon her and beat her much.
		 -- Alma 50:30
%
And it came to pass that she fled, and came over to the camp of Moroni,
and told Moroni all things concerning the matter, and also concerning
their intentions to flee into the land northward.
		 -- Alma 50:31
%
Now behold, the people who were in the land Bountiful, or rather Moroni,
feared that they would hearken to the words of Morianton and unite with
his people, and thus he would obtain possession of those parts of the
land, which would lay a foundation for serious consequences among the
people of Nephi, yea, which consequences would lead to the overthrow of
their liberty.
		 -- Alma 50:32
%
Therefore Moroni sent an army, with their camp, to head the people of
Morianton, to stop their flight into the land northward.
		 -- Alma 50:33
%
And it came to pass that they did not head them until they had come
to the borders of the land Desolation; and there they did head them,
by the narrow pass which led by the sea into the land northward, yea,
by the sea, on the west and on the east.
		 -- Alma 50:34
%
And it came to pass that the army which was sent by Moroni, which was
led by a man whose name was Teancum, did meet the people of Morianton;
and so stubborn were the people of Morianton, (being inspired by his
wickedness and his flattering words) that a battle commenced between them,
in the which Teancum did slay Morianton and defeat his army, and took them
prisoners, and returned to the camp of Moroni.	And thus ended the twenty
and fourth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
		 -- Alma 50:35
%
And thus were the people of Morianton brought back.  And upon their
covenanting to keep the peace they were restored to the land of Morianton,
and a union took place between them and the people of Lehi; and they
were also restored to their lands.
		 -- Alma 50:36
%
And it came to pass that in the same year that the people of Nephi had
peace restored unto them, that Nephihah, the second chief judge, died,
having filled the judgment-seat with perfect uprightness before God.
		 -- Alma 50:37
%
Nevertheless, he had refused Alma to take possession of those records
and those things which were esteemed by Alma and his fathers to be most
sacred; therefore Alma had conferred them upon his son, Helaman.
		 -- Alma 50:38
%
Behold, it came to pass that the son of Nephihah was appointed to fill
the judgment-seat, in the stead of his father; yea, he was appointed chief
judge and governor over the people, with an oath and sacred ordinance to
judge righteously, and to keep the peace and the freedom of the people,
and to grant unto them their sacred privileges to worship the Lord their
God, yea, to support and maintain the cause of God all his days, and to
bring the wicked to justice according to their crime.
		 -- Alma 50:39
%
Now behold, his name was Pahoran.  And Pahoran did fill the seat of his
father, and did commence his reign in the end of the twenty and fourth
year, over the people of Nephi.
		 -- Alma 50:40
%
And now it came to pass in the commencement of the twenty and fifth
year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, they having
established peace between the people of Lehi and the people of Morianton
concerning their lands, and having commenced the twenty and fifth year
in peace;
		 -- Alma 51:1
%
Nevertheless, they did not long maintain an entire peace in the land,
for there began to be a contention among the people concerning the chief
judge Pahoran; for behold, there were a part of the people who desired
that a few particular points of the law should be altered.
		 -- Alma 51:2
%
But behold, Pahoran would not alter nor suffer the law to be altered;
therefore, he did not hearken to those who had sent in their voices with
their petitions concerning the altering of the law.
		 -- Alma 51:3
%
Therefore, those who were desirous that the law should be altered were
angry with him, and desired that he should no longer be chief judge over
the land; therefore there arose a warm dispute concerning the matter,
but not unto bloodshed.
		 -- Alma 51:4
%
And it came to pass that those who were desirous that Pahoran should be
dethroned from the judgment-seat were called king-men, for they were
desirous that the law should be altered in a manner to overthrow the
free government and to establish a king over the land.
		 -- Alma 51:5
%
And those who were desirous that Pahoran should remain chief judge over
the land took upon them the name of freemen; and thus was the division
among them, for the freemen had sworn or covenanted to maintain their
rights and the privileges of their religion by a free government.
		 -- Alma 51:6
%
And it came to pass that this matter of their contention was settled by
the voice of the people.  And it came to pass that the voice of the people
came in favor of the freemen, and Pahoran retained the judgment-seat,
which caused much rejoicing among the brethren of Pahoran and also many
of the people of liberty, who also put the king-men to silence, that
they durst not oppose but were obliged to maintain the cause of freedom.
		 -- Alma 51:7
%
Now those who were in favor of kings were those of high birth, and they
sought to be kings; and they were supported by those who sought power
and authority over the people.
		 -- Alma 51:8
%
But behold, this was a critical time for such contentions to be among
the people of Nephi; for behold, Amalickiah had again stirred up the
hearts of the people of the Lamanites against the people of the Nephites,
and he was gathering together soldiers from all parts of his land, and
arming them, and preparing for war with all diligence; for he had sworn
to drink the blood of Moroni.
		 -- Alma 51:9
%
But behold, we shall see that his promise which he made was rash;
nevertheless, he did prepare himself and his armies to come to battle
against the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 51:10
%
Now his armies were not so great as they had hitherto been, because
of the many thousands who had been slain by the hand of the Nephites;
but notwithstanding their great loss, Amalickiah had gathered together
a wonderfully great army, insomuch that he feared not to come down to
the land of Zarahemla.
		 -- Alma 51:11
%
Yea, even Amalickiah did himself come down, at the head of the Lamanites.
And it was in the twenty and fifth year of the reign of the judges;
and it was at the same time that they had begun to settle the affairs
of their contentions concerning the chief judge, Pahoran.
		 -- Alma 51:12
%
And it came to pass that when the men who were called king-men had heard
that the Lamanites were coming down to battle against them, they were
glad in their hearts; and they refused to take up arms, for they were
so wroth with the chief judge, and also with the people of liberty,
that they would not take up arms to defend their country.
		 -- Alma 51:13
%
And it came to pass that when Moroni saw this, and also saw that the
Lamanites were coming into the borders of the land, he was exceedingly
wroth because of the stubbornness of those people whom he had labored
with so much diligence to preserve; yea, he was exceedingly wroth;
his soul was filled with anger against them.
		 -- Alma 51:14
%
And it came to pass that he sent a petition, with the voice of the people,
unto the governor of the land, desiring that he should read it, and give
him (Moroni) power to compel those dissenters to defend their country
or to put them to death.
		 -- Alma 51:15
%
For it was his first care to put an end to such contentions and
dissensions among the people; for behold, this had been hitherto a
cause of all their destruction.  And it came to pass that it was granted
according to the voice of the people.
		 -- Alma 51:16
%
And it came to pass that Moroni commanded that his army should go against
those king-men, to pull down their pride and their nobility and level
them with the earth, or they should take up arms and support the cause
of liberty.
		 -- Alma 51:17
%
And it came to pass that the armies did march forth against them; and
they did pull down their pride and their nobility, insomuch that as they
did lift their weapons of war to fight against the men of Moroni they
were hewn down and leveled to the earth.
		 -- Alma 51:18
%
And it came to pass that there were four thousand of those dissenters
who were hewn down by the sword; and those of their leaders who were
not slain in battle were taken and cast into prison, for there was no
time for their trials at this period.
		 -- Alma 51:19
%
And the remainder of those dissenters, rather than be smitten down to
the earth by the sword, yielded to the standard of liberty, and were
compelled to hoist the title of liberty upon their towers, and in their
cities, and to take up arms in defence of their country.
		 -- Alma 51:20
%
And thus Moroni put an end to those king-men, that there were not any
known by the appellation of king-men; and thus he put an end to the
stubbornness and the pride of those people who professed the blood of
nobility; but they were brought down to humble themselves like unto
their brethren, and to fight valiantly for their freedom from bondage.
		 -- Alma 51:21
%
Behold, it came to pass that while Moroni was thus breaking down the
wars and contentions among his own people, and subjecting them to peace
and civilization, and making regulations to prepare for war against
the Lamanites, behold, the Lamanites had come into the land of Moroni,
which was in the borders by the seashore.
		 -- Alma 51:22
%
And it came to pass that the Nephites were not sufficiently strong in
the city of Moroni; therefore Amalickiah did drive them, slaying many.
And it came to pass that Amalickiah took possession of the city, yea,
possession of all their fortifications.
		 -- Alma 51:23
%
And those who fled out of the city of Moroni came to the city of Nephihah;
and also the people of the city of Lehi gathered themselves together,
and made preparations and were ready to receive the Lamanites to battle.
		 -- Alma 51:24
%
But it came to pass that Amalickiah would not suffer the Lamanites to
go against the city of Nephihah to battle, but kept them down by the
seashore, leaving men in every city to maintain and defend it.
		 -- Alma 51:25
%
And thus he went on, taking possession of many cities, the city of
Nephihah, and the city of Lehi, and the city of Morianton, and the city
of Omner, and the city of Gid, and the city of Mulek, all of which were
on the east borders by the seashore.
		 -- Alma 51:26
%
And thus had the Lamanites obtained, by the cunning of Amalickiah,
so many cities, by their numberless hosts, all of which were strongly
fortified after the manner of the fortifications of Moroni; all of which
afforded strongholds for the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 51:27
%
And it came to pass that they marched to the borders of the land
Bountiful, driving the Nephites before them and slaying many.
		 -- Alma 51:28
%
But it came to pass that they were met by Teancum, who had slain Morianton
and had headed his people in his flight.
		 -- Alma 51:29
%
And it came to pass that he headed Amalickiah also, as he was marching
forth with his numerous army that he might take possession of the land
Bountiful, and also the land northward.
		 -- Alma 51:30
%
But behold he met with a disappointment by being repulsed by Teancum
and his men, for they were great warriors; for every man of Teancum
did exceed the Lamanites in their strength and in their skill of war,
insomuch that they did gain advantage over the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 51:31
%
And it came to pass that they did harass them, insomuch that they did
slay them even until it was dark.  And it came to pass that Teancum
and his men did pitch their tents in the borders of the land Bountiful;
and Amalickiah did pitch his tents in the borders on the beach by the
seashore, and after this manner were they driven.
		 -- Alma 51:32
%
And it came to pass that when the night had come, Teancum and his servant
stole forth and went out by night, and went into the camp of Amalickiah;
and behold, sleep had overpowered them because of their much fatigue,
which was caused by the labors and heat of the day.
		 -- Alma 51:33
%
And it came to pass that Teancum stole privily into the tent of the king,
and put a javelin to his heart; and he did cause the death of the king
immediately that he did not awake his servants.
		 -- Alma 51:34
%
And he returned again privily to his own camp, and behold, his men were
asleep, and he awoke them and told them all the things that he had done.
		 -- Alma 51:35
%
And he caused that his armies should stand in readiness, lest the
Lamanites had awakened and should come upon them.
		 -- Alma 51:36
%
And thus endeth the twenty and fifth year of the reign of the judges
over the people of Nephi; and thus endeth the days of Amalickiah.
		 -- Alma 51:37
%
And now, it came to pass in the twenty and sixth year of the reign of
the judges over the people of Nephi, behold, when the Lamanites awoke
on the first morning of the first month, behold, they found Amalickiah
was dead in his own tent; and they also saw that Teancum was ready to
give them battle on that day.
		 -- Alma 52:1
%
And now, when the Lamanites saw this they were affrighted; and they
abandoned their design in marching into the land northward, and retreated
with all their army into the city of Mulek, and sought protection in
their fortifications.
		 -- Alma 52:2
%
And it came to pass that the brother of Amalickiah was appointed king
over the people; and his name was Ammoron; thus king Ammoron, the brother
of king Amalickiah, was appointed to reign in his stead.
		 -- Alma 52:3
%
And it came to pass that he did command that his people should maintain
those cities, which they had taken by the shedding of blood; for they
had not taken any cities save they had lost much blood.
		 -- Alma 52:4
%
And now, Teancum saw that the Lamanites were determined to maintain those
cities which they had taken, and those parts of the land which they had
obtained possession of; and also seeing the enormity of their number,
Teancum thought it was not expedient that he should attempt to attack
them in their forts.
		 -- Alma 52:5
%
But he kept his men round about, as if making preparations for war; yea,
and truly he was preparing to defend himself against them, by casting
up walls round about and preparing places of resort.
		 -- Alma 52:6
%
And it came to pass that he kept thus preparing for war until Moroni
had sent a large number of men to strengthen his army.
		 -- Alma 52:7
%
And Moroni also sent orders unto him that he should retain all the
prisoners who fell into his hands; for as the Lamanites had taken many
prisoners, that he should retain all the prisoners of the Lamanites as
a ransom for those whom the Lamanites had taken.
		 -- Alma 52:8
%
And he also sent orders unto him that he should fortify the land
Bountiful, and secure the narrow pass which led into the land northward,
lest the Lamanites should obtain that point and should have power to
harass them on every side.
		 -- Alma 52:9
%
And Moroni also sent unto him, desiring him that he would be faithful
in maintaining that quarter of the land, and that he would seek every
opportunity to scourge the Lamanites in that quarter, as much as was in
his power, that perhaps he might take again by stratagem or some other
way those cities which had been taken out of their hands; and that he
also would fortify and strengthen the cities round about, which had not
fallen into the hands of the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 52:10
%
And he also said unto him, I would come unto you, but behold, the
Lamanites are upon us in the borders of the land by the west sea; and
behold, I go against them, therefore I cannot come unto you.
		 -- Alma 52:11
%
Now, the king (Ammoron) had departed out of the land of Zarahemla,
and had made known unto the queen concerning the death of his brother,
and had gathered together a large number of men, and had marched forth
against the Nephites on the borders by the west sea.
		 -- Alma 52:12
%
And thus he was endeavoring to harass the Nephites, and to draw away a
part of their forces to that part of the land, while he had commanded
those whom he had left to possess the cities which he had taken, that
they should also harass the Nephites on the borders by the east sea, and
should take possession of their lands as much as it was in their power,
according to the power of their armies.
		 -- Alma 52:13
%
And thus were the Nephites in those dangerous circumstances in the ending
of the twenty and sixth year of the reign of the judges over the people
of Nephi.
		 -- Alma 52:14
%
But behold, it came to pass in the twenty and seventh year of the reign of
the judges, that Teancum, by the command of Moroni--who had established
armies to protect the south and the west borders of the land, and had
begun his march towards the land Bountiful, that he might assist Teancum
with his men in retaking the cities which they had lost--
		 -- Alma 52:15
%
And it came to pass that Teancum had received orders to make an attack
upon the city of Mulek, and retake it if it were possible.
		 -- Alma 52:16
%
And it came to pass that Teancum made preparations to make an attack upon
the city of Mulek, and march forth with his army against the Lamanites;
but he saw that it was impossible that he could overpower them while
they were in their fortifications; therefore he abandoned his designs and
returned again to the city Bountiful, to wait for the coming of Moroni,
that he might receive strength to his army.
		 -- Alma 52:17
%
And it came to pass that Moroni did arrive with his army at the land
of Bountiful, in the latter end of the twenty and seventh year of the
reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
		 -- Alma 52:18
%
And in the commencement of the twenty and eighth year, Moroni and Teancum
and many of the chief captains held a council of war--what they should
do to cause the Lamanites to come out against them to battle; or that
they might by some means flatter them out of their strongholds, that
they might gain advantage over them and take again the city of Mulek.
		 -- Alma 52:19
%
And it came to pass they sent embassies to the army of the Lamanites,
which protected the city of Mulek, to their leader, whose name was Jacob,
desiring him that he would come out with his armies to meet them upon the
plains between the two cities.	But behold, Jacob, who was a Zoramite,
would not come out with his army to meet them upon the plains.
		 -- Alma 52:20
%
And it came to pass that Moroni, having no hopes of meeting them upon
fair grounds, therefore, he resolved upon a plan that he might decoy
the Lamanites out of their strongholds.
		 -- Alma 52:21
%
Therefore he caused that Teancum should take a small number of men
and march down near the seashore; and Moroni and his army, by night,
marched in the wilderness, on the west of the city Mulek; and thus,
on the morrow, when the guards of the Lamanites had discovered Teancum,
they ran and told it unto Jacob, their leader.
		 -- Alma 52:22
%
And it came to pass that the armies of the Lamanites did march forth
against Teancum, supposing by their numbers to overpower Teancum because
of the smallness of his numbers.  And as Teancum saw the armies of
the Lamanites coming out against him he began to retreat down by the
seashore, northward.
		 -- Alma 52:23
%
And it came to pass that when the Lamanites saw that he began to flee,
they took courage and pursued them with vigor.	And while Teancum was
thus leading away the Lamanites who were pursuing them in vain, behold,
Moroni commanded that a part of his army who were with him should march
forth into the city, and take possession of it.
		 -- Alma 52:24
%
And thus they did, and slew all those who had been left to protect the
city, yea, all those who would not yield up their weapons of war.
		 -- Alma 52:25
%
And thus Moroni had obtained possession of the city Mulek with a part
of his army, while he marched with the remainder to meet the Lamanites
when they should return from the pursuit of Teancum.
		 -- Alma 52:26
%
And it came to pass that the Lamanites did pursue Teancum until they came
near the city Bountiful, and then they were met by Lehi and a small army,
which had been left to protect the city Bountiful.
		 -- Alma 52:27
%
And now behold, when the chief captains of the Lamanites had beheld
Lehi with his army coming against them, they fled in much confusion,
lest perhaps they should not obtain the city Mulek before Lehi should
overtake them; for they were wearied because of their march, and the
men of Lehi were fresh.
		 -- Alma 52:28
%
Now the Lamanites did not know that Moroni had been in their rear with
his army; and all they feared was Lehi and his men.
		 -- Alma 52:29
%
Now Lehi was not desirous to overtake them till they should meet Moroni
and his army.
		 -- Alma 52:30
%
And it came to pass that before the Lamanites had retreated far they were
surrounded by the Nephites, by the men of Moroni on one hand, and the
men of Lehi on the other, all of whom were fresh and full of strength;
but the Lamanites were wearied because of their long march.
		 -- Alma 52:31
%
And Moroni commanded his men that they should fall upon them until they
had given up their weapons of war.
		 -- Alma 52:32
%
And it came to pass that Jacob, being their leader, being also a Zoramite,
and having an unconquerable spirit, he led the Lamanites forth to battle
with exceeding fury against Moroni.
		 -- Alma 52:33
%
Moroni being in their course of march, therefore Jacob was determined
to slay them and cut his way through to the city of Mulek.  But behold,
Moroni and his men were more powerful; therefore they did not give way
before the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 52:34
%
And it came to pass that they fought on both hands with exceeding fury;
and there were many slain on both sides; yea, and Moroni was wounded
and Jacob was killed.
		 -- Alma 52:35
%
And Lehi pressed upon their rear with such fury with his strong men,
that the Lamanites in the rear delivered up their weapons of war; and
the remainder of them, being much confused, knew not whither to go or
to strike.
		 -- Alma 52:36
%
Now Moroni seeing their confusion, he said unto them: If ye will bring
forth your weapons of war and deliver them up, behold we will forbear
shedding your blood.
		 -- Alma 52:37
%
And it came to pass that when the Lamanites had heard these words, their
chief captains, all those who were not slain, came forth and threw down
their weapons of war at the feet of Moroni, and also commanded their
men that they should do the same.
		 -- Alma 52:38
%
But behold, there were many that would not; and those who would not
deliver up their swords were taken and bound, and their weapons of
war were taken from them, and they were compelled to march with their
brethren forth into the land Bountiful.
		 -- Alma 52:39
%
And now the number of prisoners who were taken exceeded more than the
number of those who had been slain, yea, more than those who had been
slain on both sides.
		 -- Alma 52:40
%
And it came to pass that they did set guards over the prisoners of the
Lamanites, and did compel them to go forth and bury their dead, yea,
and also the dead of the Nephites who were slain; and Moroni placed men
over them to guard them while they should perform their labors.
		 -- Alma 53:1
%
And Moroni went to the city of Mulek with Lehi, and took command of the
city and gave it unto Lehi.  Now behold, this Lehi was a man who had
been with Moroni in the more part of all his battles; and he was a man
like unto Moroni, and they rejoiced in each other's safety; yea, they
were beloved by each other, and also beloved by all the people of Nephi.
		 -- Alma 53:2
%
And it came to pass that after the Lamanites had finished burying their
dead and also the dead of the Nephites, they were marched back into
the land Bountiful; and Teancum, by the orders of Moroni, caused that
they should commence laboring in digging a ditch round about the land,
or the city, Bountiful.
		 -- Alma 53:3
%
And he caused that they should build a breastwork of timbers upon the
inner bank of the ditch; and they cast up dirt out of the ditch against
the breastwork of timbers; and thus they did cause the Lamanites to
labor until they had encircled the city of Bountiful round about with
a strong wall of timbers and earth, to an exceeding height.
		 -- Alma 53:4
%
And this city became an exceeding stronghold ever after; and in this city
they did guard the prisoners of the Lamanites; yea, even within a wall
which they had caused them to build with their own hands.  Now Moroni
was compelled to cause the Lamanites to labor, because it was easy to
guard them while at their labor; and he desired all his forces when he
should make an attack upon the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 53:5
%
And it came to pass that Moroni had thus gained a victory over one of the
greatest of the armies of the Lamanites, and had obtained possession of
the city of Mulek, which was one of the strongest holds of the Lamanites
in the land of Nephi; and thus he had also built a stronghold to retain
his prisoners.
		 -- Alma 53:6
%
And it came to pass that he did no more attempt a battle with the
Lamanites in that year, but he did employ his men in preparing for war,
yea, and in making fortifications to guard against the Lamanites, yea,
and also delivering their women and their children from famine and
affliction, and providing food for their armies.
		 -- Alma 53:7
%
And now it came to pass that the armies of the Lamanites, on the west
sea, south, while in the absence of Moroni on account of some intrigue
amongst the Nephites, which caused dissensions amongst them, had gained
some ground over the Nephites, yea, insomuch that they had obtained
possession of a number of their cities in that part of the land.
		 -- Alma 53:8
%
And thus because of iniquity amongst themselves, yea, because of
dissensions and intrigue among themselves they were placed in the most
dangerous circumstances.
		 -- Alma 53:9
%
And now behold, I have somewhat to say concerning the people of Ammon,
who, in the beginning, were Lamanites; but by Ammon and his brethren,
or rather by the power and word of God, they had been converted unto
the Lord; and they had been brought down into the land of Zarahemla,
and had ever since been protected by the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 53:10
%
And because of their oath they had been kept from taking up arms against
their brethren; for they had taken an oath that they never would shed
blood more; and according to their oath they would have perished; yea,
they would have suffered themselves to have fallen into the hands of
their brethren, had it not been for the pity and the exceeding love
which Ammon and his brethren had had for them.
		 -- Alma 53:11
%
And for this cause they were brought down into the land of Zarahemla;
and they ever had been protected by the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 53:12
%
But it came to pass that when they saw the danger, and the many
afflictions and tribulations which the Nephites bore for them, they were
moved with compassion and were desirous to take up arms in the defence
of their country.
		 -- Alma 53:13
%
But behold, as they were about to take their weapons of war, they were
overpowered by the persuasions of Helaman and his brethren, for they
were about to break the oath which they had made.
		 -- Alma 53:14
%
And Helaman feared lest by so doing they should lose their souls;
therefore all those who had entered into this covenant were compelled to
behold their brethren wade through their afflictions, in their dangerous
circumstances at this time.
		 -- Alma 53:15
%
But behold, it came to pass they had many sons, who had not entered
into a covenant that they would not take their weapons of war to defend
themselves against their enemies; therefore they did assemble themselves
together at this time, as many as were able to take up arms, and they
called themselves Nephites.
		 -- Alma 53:16
%
And they entered into a covenant to fight for the liberty of the
Nephites, yea, to protect the land unto the laying down of their lives;
yea, even they covenanted that they never would give up their liberty,
but they would fight in all cases to protect the Nephites and themselves
from bondage.
		 -- Alma 53:17
%
Now behold, there were two thousand of those young men, who entered into
this covenant and took their weapons of war to defend their country.
		 -- Alma 53:18
%
And now behold, as they never had hitherto been a disadvantage to the
Nephites, they became now at this period of time also a great support;
for they took their weapons of war, and they would that Helaman should
be their leader.
		 -- Alma 53:19
%
And they were all young men, and they were exceedingly valiant for
courage, and also for strength and activity; but behold, this was not
all--they were men who were true at all times in whatsoever thing they
were entrusted.
		 -- Alma 53:20
%
Yea, they were men of truth and soberness, for they had been taught to
keep the commandments of God and to walk uprightly before him.
		 -- Alma 53:21
%
And now it came to pass that Helaman did march at the head of his two
thousand stripling soldiers, to the support of the people in the borders
of the land on the south by the west sea.
		 -- Alma 53:22
%
And thus ended the twenty and eighth year of the reign of the judges
over the people of Nephi.
		 -- Alma 53:23
%
And now it came to pass in the commencement of the twenty and ninth
year of the judges, that Ammoron sent unto Moroni desiring that he would
exchange prisoners.
		 -- Alma 54:1
%
And it came to pass that Moroni felt to rejoice exceedingly at this
request, for he desired the provisions which were imparted for the
support of the Lamanite prisoners for the support of his own people;
and he also desired his own people for the strengthening of his army.
		 -- Alma 54:2
%
Now the Lamanites had taken many women and children, and there was not a
woman nor a child among all the prisoners of Moroni, or the prisoners whom
Moroni had taken; therefore Moroni resolved upon a stratagem to obtain
as many prisoners of the Nephites from the Lamanites as it were possible.
		 -- Alma 54:3
%
Therefore he wrote an epistle, and sent it by the servant of Ammoron,
the same who had brought an epistle to Moroni.	Now these are the words
which he wrote unto Ammoron, saying:
		 -- Alma 54:4
%
Behold, Ammoron, I have written unto you somewhat concerning this war
which ye have waged against my people, or rather which thy brother hath
waged against them, and which ye are still determined to carry on after
his death.
		 -- Alma 54:5
%
Behold, I would tell you somewhat concerning the justice of God, and the
sword of his almighty wrath, which doth hang over you except ye repent and
withdraw your armies into your own lands, or the land of your possessions,
which is the land of Nephi.
		 -- Alma 54:6
%
Yea, I would tell you these things if ye were capable of hearkening
unto them; yea, I would tell you concerning that awful hell that awaits
to receive such murderers as thou and thy brother have been, except ye
repent and withdraw your murderous purposes, and return with your armies
to your own lands.
		 -- Alma 54:7
%
But as ye have once rejected these things, and have fought against the
people of the Lord, even so I may expect you will do it again.
		 -- Alma 54:8
%
And now behold, we are prepared to receive you; yea, and except you
withdraw your purposes, behold, ye will pull down the wrath of that God
whom you have rejected upon you, even to your utter destruction.
		 -- Alma 54:9
%
But, as the Lord liveth, our armies shall come upon you except ye
withdraw, and ye shall soon be visited with death, for we will retain
our cities and our lands; yea, and we will maintain our religion and
the cause of our God.
		 -- Alma 54:10
%
But behold, it supposeth me that I talk to you concerning these things
in vain; or it supposeth me that thou art a child of hell; therefore I
will close my epistle by telling you that I will not exchange prisoners,
save it be on conditions that ye will deliver up a man and his wife and
his children, for one prisoner; if this be the case that ye will do it,
I will exchange.
		 -- Alma 54:11
%
And behold, if ye do not this, I will come against you with my armies;
yea, even I will arm my women and my children, and I will come against
you, and I will follow you even into your own land, which is the land
of our first inheritance; yea, and it shall be blood for blood, yea,
life for life; and I will give you battle even until you are destroyed
from off the face of the earth.
		 -- Alma 54:12
%
Behold, I am in my anger, and also my people; ye have sought to murder us,
and we have only sought to defend ourselves.  But behold, if ye seek to
destroy us more we will seek to destroy you; yea, and we will seek our
land, the land of our first inheritance.
		 -- Alma 54:13
%
Now I close my epistle.  I am Moroni; I am a leader of the people of
the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 54:14
%
Now it came to pass that Ammoron, when he had received this epistle,
was angry; and he wrote another epistle unto Moroni, and these are the
words which he wrote, saying:
		 -- Alma 54:15
%
I am Ammoron, the king of the Lamanites; I am the brother of Amalickiah
whom ye have murdered.	Behold, I will avenge his blood upon you, yea,
and I will come upon you with my armies for I fear not your threatenings.
		 -- Alma 54:16
%
For behold, your fathers did wrong their brethren, insomuch that they
did rob them of their right to the government when it rightly belonged
unto them.
		 -- Alma 54:17
%
And now behold, if ye will lay down your arms, and subject yourselves
to be governed by those to whom the government doth rightly belong,
then will I cause that my people shall lay down their weapons and shall
be at war no more.
		 -- Alma 54:18
%
Behold, ye have breathed out many threatenings against me and my people;
but behold, we fear not your threatenings.
		 -- Alma 54:19
%
Nevertheless, I will grant to exchange prisoners according to your
request, gladly, that I may preserve my food for my men of war; and we
will wage a war which shall be eternal, either to the subjecting the
Nephites to our authority or to their eternal extinction.
		 -- Alma 54:20
%
And as concerning that God whom ye say we have rejected, behold, we know
not such a being; neither do ye; but if it so be that there is such a
being, we know not but that he hath made us as well as you.
		 -- Alma 54:21
%
And if it so be that there is a devil and a hell, behold will he not
send you there to dwell with my brother whom ye have murdered, whom ye
have hinted that he hath gone to such a place?	But behold these things
matter not.
		 -- Alma 54:22
%
I am Ammoron, and a descendant of Zoram, whom your fathers pressed and
brought out of Jerusalem.
		 -- Alma 54:23
%
And behold now, I am a bold Lamanite; behold, this war hath been waged
to avenge their wrongs, and to maintain and to obtain their rights to
the government; and I close my epistle to Moroni.
		 -- Alma 54:24
%
Now it came to pass that when Moroni had received this epistle he was
more angry, because he knew that Ammoron had a perfect knowledge of his
fraud; yea, he knew that Ammoron knew that it was not a just cause that
had caused him to wage a war against the people of Nephi.
		 -- Alma 55:1
%
And he said: Behold, I will not exchange prisoners with Ammoron save he
will withdraw his purpose, as I have stated in my epistle; for I will not
grant unto him that he shall have any more power than what he hath got.
		 -- Alma 55:2
%
Behold, I know the place where the Lamanites do guard my people whom
they have taken prisoners; and as Ammoron would not grant unto me mine
epistle, behold, I will give unto him according to my words; yea, I will
seek death among them until they shall sue for peace.
		 -- Alma 55:3
%
And now it came to pass that when Moroni had said these words, he caused
that a search should be made among his men, that perhaps he might find
a man who was a descendant of Laman among them.
		 -- Alma 55:4
%
And it came to pass that they found one, whose name was Laman; and he
was one of the servants of the king who was murdered by Amalickiah.
		 -- Alma 55:5
%
Now Moroni caused that Laman and a small number of his men should go
forth unto the guards who were over the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 55:6
%
Now the Nephites were guarded in the city of Gid; therefore Moroni
appointed Laman and caused that a small number of men should go with him.
		 -- Alma 55:7
%
And when it was evening Laman went to the guards who were over the
Nephites, and behold, they saw him coming and they hailed him; but he
saith unto them: Fear not; behold, I am a Lamanite.  Behold, we have
escaped from the Nephites, and they sleep; and behold we have taken of
their wine and brought with us.
		 -- Alma 55:8
%
Now when the Lamanites heard these words they received him with joy;
and they said unto him: Give us of your wine, that we may drink; we are
glad that ye have thus taken wine with you for we are weary.
		 -- Alma 55:9
%
But Laman said unto them: Let us keep of our wine till we go against
the Nephites to battle.  But this saying only made them more desirous
to drink of the wine;
		 -- Alma 55:10
%
For, said they: We are weary, therefore let us take of the wine, and by
and by we shall receive wine for our rations, which will strengthen us
to go against the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 55:11
%
And Laman said unto them: You may do according to your desires.
		 -- Alma 55:12
%
And it came to pass that they did take of the wine freely; and it was
pleasant to their taste, therefore they took of it more freely; and it
was strong, having been prepared in its strength.
		 -- Alma 55:13
%
And it came to pass they did drink and were merry, and by and by they
were all drunken.
		 -- Alma 55:14
%
And now when Laman and his men saw that they were all drunken, and were
in a deep sleep, they returned to Moroni and told him all the things
that had happened.
		 -- Alma 55:15
%
And now this was according to the design of Moroni.  And Moroni had
prepared his men with weapons of war; and he went to the city Gid, while
the Lamanites were in a deep sleep and drunken, and cast in weapons of
war unto the prisoners, insomuch that they were all armed;
		 -- Alma 55:16
%
Yea, even to their women, and all those of their children, as many as were
able to use a weapon of war, when Moroni had armed all those prisoners;
and all those things were done in a profound silence.
		 -- Alma 55:17
%
But had they awakened the Lamanites, behold they were drunken and the
Nephites could have slain them.
		 -- Alma 55:18
%
But behold, this was not the desire of Moroni; he did not delight in
murder or bloodshed, but he delighted in the saving of his people from
destruction; and for this cause he might not bring upon him injustice, he
would not fall upon the Lamanites and destroy them in their drunkenness.
		 -- Alma 55:19
%
But he had obtained his desires; for he had armed those prisoners of
the Nephites who were within the wall of the city, and had given them
power to gain possession of those parts which were within the walls.
		 -- Alma 55:20
%
And then he caused the men who were with him to withdraw a pace from them,
and surround the armies of the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 55:21
%
Now behold this was done in the night-time, so that when the Lamanites
awoke in the morning they beheld that they were surrounded by the Nephites
without, and that their prisoners were armed within.
		 -- Alma 55:22
%
And thus they saw that the Nephites had power over them; and in these
circumstances they found that it was not expedient that they should
fight with the Nephites; therefore their chief captains demanded their
weapons of war, and they brought them forth and cast them at the feet
of the Nephites, pleading for mercy.
		 -- Alma 55:23
%
Now behold, this was the desire of Moroni.  He took them prisoners of war,
and took possession of the city, and caused that all the prisoners should
be liberated, who were Nephites; and they did join the army of Moroni,
and were a great strength to his army.
		 -- Alma 55:24
%
And it came to pass that he did cause the Lamanites, whom he had taken
prisoners, that they should commence a labor in strengthening the
fortifications round about the city Gid.
		 -- Alma 55:25
%
And it came to pass that when he had fortified the city Gid, according
to his desires, he caused that his prisoners should be taken to the city
Bountiful; and he also guarded that city with an exceedingly strong force.
		 -- Alma 55:26
%
And it came to pass that they did, notwithstanding all the intrigues of
the Lamanites, keep and protect all the prisoners whom they had taken,
and also maintain all the ground and the advantage which they had retaken.
		 -- Alma 55:27
%
And it came to pass that the Nephites began again to be victorious,
and to reclaim their rights and their privileges.
		 -- Alma 55:28
%
Many times did the Lamanites attempt to encircle them about by night,
but in these attempts they did lose many prisoners.
		 -- Alma 55:29
%
And many times did they attempt to administer of their wine to the
Nephites, that they might destroy them with poison or with drunkenness.
		 -- Alma 55:30
%
But behold, the Nephites were not slow to remember the Lord their God in
this their time of affliction.	They could not be taken in their snares;
yea, they would not partake of their wine, save they had first given to
some of the Lamanite prisoners.
		 -- Alma 55:31
%
And they were thus cautious that no poison should be administered among
them; for if their wine would poison a Lamanite it would also poison a
Nephite; and thus they did try all their liquors.
		 -- Alma 55:32
%
And now it came to pass that it was expedient for Moroni to make
preparations to attack the city Morianton; for behold, the Lamanites
had, by their labors, fortified the city Morianton until it had become
an exceeding stronghold.
		 -- Alma 55:33
%
And they were continually bringing new forces into that city, and also
new supplies of provisions.
		 -- Alma 55:34
%
And thus ended the twenty and ninth year of the reign of the judges over
the people of Nephi.
		 -- Alma 55:35
%
And now it came to pass in the commencement of the thirtieth year of
the reign of the judges, on the second day in the first month, Moroni
received an epistle from Helaman, stating the affairs of the people in
that quarter of the land.
		 -- Alma 56:1
%
And these are the words which he wrote, saying: My dearly beloved brother,
Moroni, as well in the Lord as in the tribulations of our warfare;
behold, my beloved brother, I have somewhat to tell you concerning our
warfare in this part of the land.
		 -- Alma 56:2
%
Behold, two thousand of the sons of those men whom Ammon brought down
out of the land of Nephi--now ye have known that these were descendants
of Laman, who was the eldest son of our father Lehi;
		 -- Alma 56:3
%
Now I need not rehearse unto you concerning their traditions or their
unbelief, for thou knowest concerning all these things--
		 -- Alma 56:4
%
Therefore it sufficeth me that I tell you that two thousand of these
young men have taken their weapons of war, and would that I should be
their leader; and we have come forth to defend our country.
		 -- Alma 56:5
%
And now ye also know concerning the covenant which their fathers made,
that they would not take up their weapons of war against their brethren
to shed blood.
		 -- Alma 56:6
%
But in the twenty and sixth year, when they saw our afflictions and our
tribulations for them, they were about to break the covenant which they
had made and take up their weapons of war in our defence.
		 -- Alma 56:7
%
But I would not suffer them that they should break this covenant which
they had made, supposing that God would strengthen us, insomuch that
we should not suffer more because of the fulfilling the oath which they
had taken.
		 -- Alma 56:8
%
But behold, here is one thing in which we may have great joy. For behold,
in the twenty and sixth year, I, Helaman, did march at the head of
these two thousand young men to the city of Judea, to assist Antipus,
whom ye had appointed a leader over the people of that part of the land.
		 -- Alma 56:9
%
And I did join my two thousand sons, (for they are worthy to be called
sons) to the army of Antipus, in which strength Antipus did rejoice
exceedingly; for behold, his army had been reduced by the Lamanites
because their forces had slain a vast number of our men, for which cause
we have to mourn.
		 -- Alma 56:10
%
Nevertheless, we may console ourselves in this point, that they have died
in the cause of their country and of their God, yea, and they are happy.
		 -- Alma 56:11
%
And the Lamanites had also retained many prisoners, all of whom are chief
captains, for none other have they spared alive. And we suppose that they
are now at this time in the land of Nephi; it is so if they are not slain.
		 -- Alma 56:12
%
And now these are the cities of which the Lamanites have obtained
possession by the shedding of the blood of so many of our valiant men;
		 -- Alma 56:13
%
The land of Manti, or the city of Manti, and the city of Zeezrom, and
the city of Cumeni, and the city of Antiparah.
		 -- Alma 56:14
%
And these are the cities which they possessed when I arrived at the city
of Judea; and I found Antipus and his men toiling with their might to
fortify the city.
		 -- Alma 56:15
%
Yea, and they were depressed in body as well as in spirit, for they had
fought valiantly by day and toiled by night to maintain their cities;
and thus they had suffered great afflictions of every kind.
		 -- Alma 56:16
%
And now they were determined to conquer in this place or die; therefore
you may well suppose that this little force which I brought with me,
yea, those sons of mine, gave them great hopes and much joy.
		 -- Alma 56:17
%
And now it came to pass that when the Lamanites saw that Antipus had
received a greater strength to his army, they were compelled by the
orders of Ammoron to not come against the city of Judea, or against us,
to battle.
		 -- Alma 56:18
%
And thus were we favored of the Lord; for had they come upon us in this
our weakness they might have perhaps destroyed our little army; but thus
were we preserved.
		 -- Alma 56:19
%
They were commanded by Ammoron to maintain those cities which they
had taken.  And thus ended the twenty and sixth year.  And in the
commencement of the twenty and seventh year we had prepared our city
and ourselves for defence.
		 -- Alma 56:20
%
Now we were desirous that the Lamanites should come upon us; for we were
not desirous to make an attack upon them in their strongholds.
		 -- Alma 56:21
%
And it came to pass that we kept spies out round about, to watch the
movements of the Lamanites, that they might not pass us by night nor by
day to make an attack upon our other cities which were on the northward.
		 -- Alma 56:22
%
For we knew in those cities they were not sufficiently strong to meet
them; therefore we were desirous, if they should pass by us, to fall upon
them in their rear, and thus bring them up in the rear at the same time
they were met in the front.  We supposed that we could overpower them;
but behold, we were disappointed in this our desire.
		 -- Alma 56:23
%
They durst not pass by us with their whole army, neither durst they with
a part, lest they should not be sufficiently strong and they should fall.
		 -- Alma 56:24
%
Neither durst they march down against the city of Zarahemla; neither
durst they cross the head of Sidon, over to the city of Nephihah.
		 -- Alma 56:25
%
And thus, with their forces, they were determined to maintain those
cities which they had taken.
		 -- Alma 56:26
%
And now it came to pass in the second month of this year, there was
brought unto us many provisions from the fathers of those my two
thousand sons.
		 -- Alma 56:27
%
And also there were sent two thousand men unto us from the land
of Zarahemla.  And thus we were prepared with ten thousand men, and
provisions for them, and also for their wives and their children.
		 -- Alma 56:28
%
And the Lamanites, thus seeing our forces increase daily, and provisions
arrive for our support, they began to be fearful, and began to sally
forth, if it were possible to put an end to our receiving provisions
and strength.
		 -- Alma 56:29
%
Now when we saw that the Lamanites began to grow uneasy on this wise,
we were desirous to bring a stratagem into effect upon them; therefore
Antipus ordered that I should march forth with my little sons to a
neighboring city, as if we were carrying provisions to a neighboring city.
		 -- Alma 56:30
%
And we were to march near the city of Antiparah, as if we were going to
the city beyond, in the borders by the seashore.
		 -- Alma 56:31
%
And it came to pass that we did march forth, as if with our provisions,
to go to that city.
		 -- Alma 56:32
%
And it came to pass that Antipus did march forth with a part of his
army, leaving the remainder to maintain the city.  But he did not march
forth until I had gone forth with my little army, and came near the
city Antiparah.
		 -- Alma 56:33
%
And now, in the city Antiparah were stationed the strongest army of the
Lamanites; yea, the most numerous.
		 -- Alma 56:34
%
And it came to pass that when they had been informed by their spies,
they came forth with their army and marched against us.
		 -- Alma 56:35
%
And it came to pass that we did flee before them, northward.  And thus
we did lead away the most powerful army of the Lamanites;
		 -- Alma 56:36
%
Yea, even to a considerable distance, insomuch that when they saw the army
of Antipus pursuing them, with their might, they did not turn to the right
nor to the left, but pursued their march in a straight course after us;
and, as we suppose, it was their intent to slay us before Antipus should
overtake them, and this that they might not be surrounded by our people.
		 -- Alma 56:37
%
And now Antipus, beholding our danger, did speed the march of his army.
But behold, it was night; therefore they did not overtake us, neither
did Antipus overtake them; therefore we did camp for the night.
		 -- Alma 56:38
%
And it came to pass that before the dawn of the morning, behold, the
Lamanites were pursuing us.  Now we were not sufficiently strong to
contend with them; yea, I would not suffer that my little sons should
fall into their hands; therefore we did continue our march, and we took
our march into the wilderness.
		 -- Alma 56:39
%
Now they durst not turn to the right nor to the left lest they should be
surrounded; neither would I turn to the right nor to the left lest they
should overtake me, and we could not stand against them, but be slain,
and they would make their escape; and thus we did flee all that day into
the wilderness, even until it was dark.
		 -- Alma 56:40
%
And it came to pass that again, when the light of the morning came we
saw the Lamanites upon us, and we did flee before them.
		 -- Alma 56:41
%
But it came to pass that they did not pursue us far before they halted;
and it was in the morning of the third day of the seventh month.
		 -- Alma 56:42
%
And now, whether they were overtaken by Antipus we knew not, but I said
unto my men: Behold, we know not but they have halted for the purpose
that we should come against them, that they might catch us in their snare;
		 -- Alma 56:43
%
Therefore what say ye, my sons, will ye go against them to battle?
		 -- Alma 56:44
%
And now I say unto you, my beloved brother Moroni, that never had I seen
so great courage, nay, not amongst all the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 56:45
%
For as I had ever called them my sons (for they were all of them very
young) even so they said unto me: Father, behold our God is with us, and
he will not suffer that we should fall; then let us go forth; we would
not slay our brethren if they would let us alone; therefore let us go,
lest they should overpower the army of Antipus.
		 -- Alma 56:46
%
Now they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think
more upon the liberty of their fathers than they did upon their lives;
yea, they had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt,
God would deliver them.
		 -- Alma 56:47
%
And they rehearsed unto me the words of their mothers, saying: We do
not doubt our mothers knew it.
		 -- Alma 56:48
%
And it came to pass that I did return with my two thousand against these
Lamanites who had pursued us.  And now behold, the armies of Antipus
had overtaken them, and a terrible battle had commenced.
		 -- Alma 56:49
%
The army of Antipus being weary, because of their long march in so short
a space of time, were about to fall into the hands of the Lamanites;
and had I not returned with my two thousand they would have obtained
their purpose.
		 -- Alma 56:50
%
For Antipus had fallen by the sword, and many of his leaders,
because of their weariness, which was occasioned by the speed of their
march--therefore the men of Antipus, being confused because of the fall
of their leaders, began to give way before the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 56:51
%
And it came to pass that the Lamanites took courage, and began to pursue
them; and thus were the Lamanites pursuing them with great vigor when
Helaman came upon their rear with his two thousand, and began to slay
them exceedingly, insomuch that the whole army of the Lamanites halted
and turned upon Helaman.
		 -- Alma 56:52
%
Now when the people of Antipus saw that the Lamanites had turned them
about, they gathered together their men and came again upon the rear of
the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 56:53
%
And now it came to pass that we, the people of Nephi, the people of
Antipus, and I with my two thousand, did surround the Lamanites, and did
slay them; yea, insomuch that they were compelled to deliver up their
weapons of war and also themselves as prisoners of war.
		 -- Alma 56:54
%
And now it came to pass that when they had surrendered themselves up
unto us, behold, I numbered those young men who had fought with me,
fearing lest there were many of them slain.
		 -- Alma 56:55
%
But behold, to my great joy, there had not one soul of them fallen to
the earth; yea, and they had fought as if with the strength of God; yea,
never were men known to have fought with such miraculous strength; and
with such mighty power did they fall upon the Lamanites, that they did
frighten them; and for this cause did the Lamanites deliver themselves
up as prisoners of war.
		 -- Alma 56:56
%
And as we had no place for our prisoners, that we could guard them
to keep them from the armies of the Lamanites, therefore we sent them
to the land of Zarahemla, and a part of those men who were not slain
of Antipus, with them; and the remainder I took and joined them to my
stripling Ammonites, and took our march back to the city of Judea.
		 -- Alma 56:57
%
And now it came to pass that I received an epistle from Ammoron, the
king, stating that if I would deliver up those prisoners of war whom we
had taken that he would deliver up the city of Antiparah unto us.
		 -- Alma 57:1
%
But I sent an epistle unto the king, that we were sure our forces were
sufficient to take the city of Antiparah by our force; and by delivering
up the prisoners for that city we should suppose ourselves unwise,
and that we would only deliver up our prisoners on exchange.
		 -- Alma 57:2
%
And Ammoron refused mine epistle, for he would not exchange prisoners;
therefore we began to make preparations to go against the city of
Antiparah.
		 -- Alma 57:3
%
But the people of Antiparah did leave the city, and fled to their other
cities, which they had possession of, to fortify them; and thus the city
of Antiparah fell into our hands.
		 -- Alma 57:4
%
And thus ended the twenty and eighth year of the reign of the judges.
		 -- Alma 57:5
%
And it came to pass that in the commencement of the twenty and ninth year,
we received a supply of provisions, and also an addition to our army, from
the land of Zarahemla, and from the land round about, to the number of
six thousand men, besides sixty of the sons of the Ammonites who had come
to join their brethren, my little band of two thousand.  And now behold,
we were strong, yea, and we had also plenty of provisions brought unto us.
		 -- Alma 57:6
%
And it came to pass that it was our desire to wage a battle with the
army which was placed to protect the city Cumeni.
		 -- Alma 57:7
%
And now behold, I will show unto you that we soon accomplished our
desire; yea, with our strong force, or with a part of our strong force,
we did surround, by night, the city Cumeni, a little before they were
to receive a supply of provisions.
		 -- Alma 57:8
%
And it came to pass that we did camp round about the city for many nights;
but we did sleep upon our swords, and keep guards, that the Lamanites
could not come upon us by night and slay us, which they attempted many
times; but as many times as they attempted this their blood was spilt.
		 -- Alma 57:9
%
At length their provisions did arrive, and they were about to enter
the city by night.  And we, instead of being Lamanites, were Nephites;
therefore, we did take them and their provisions.
		 -- Alma 57:10
%
And notwithstanding the Lamanites being cut off from their support after
this manner, they were still determined to maintain the city; therefore
it became expedient that we should take those provisions and send them
to Judea, and our prisoners to the land of Zarahemla.
		 -- Alma 57:11
%
And it came to pass that not many days had passed away before the
Lamanites began to lose all hopes of succor; therefore they yielded up
the city unto our hands; and thus we had accomplished our designs in
obtaining the city Cumeni.
		 -- Alma 57:12
%
But it came to pass that our prisoners were so numerous that,
notwithstanding the enormity of our numbers, we were obliged to employ
all our force to keep them, or to put them to death.
		 -- Alma 57:13
%
For behold, they would break out in great numbers, and would fight with
stones, and with clubs, or whatsoever thing they could get into their
hands, insomuch that we did slay upwards of two thousand of them after
they had surrendered themselves prisoners of war.
		 -- Alma 57:14
%
Therefore it became expedient for us, that we should put an end to their
lives, or guard them, sword in hand, down to the land of Zarahemla;
and also our provisions were not any more than sufficient for our own
people, notwithstanding that which we had taken from the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 57:15
%
And now, in those critical circumstances, it became a very serious
matter to determine concerning these prisoners of war; nevertheless,
we did resolve to send them down to the land of Zarahemla; therefore we
selected a part of our men, and gave them charge over our prisoners to
go down to the land of Zarahemla.
		 -- Alma 57:16
%
But it came to pass that on the morrow they did return.  And now behold,
we did not inquire of them concerning the prisoners; for behold, the
Lamanites were upon us, and they returned in season to save us from
falling into their hands.  For behold, Ammoron had sent to their support
a new supply of provisions and also a numerous army of men.
		 -- Alma 57:17
%
And it came to pass that those men whom we sent with the prisoners did
arrive in season to check them, as they were about to overpower us.
		 -- Alma 57:18
%
But behold, my little band of two thousand and sixty fought most
desperately; yea, they were firm before the Lamanites, and did administer
death unto all those who opposed them.
		 -- Alma 57:19
%
And as the remainder of our army were about to give way before the
Lamanites, behold, those two thousand and sixty were firm and undaunted.
		 -- Alma 57:20
%
Yea, and they did obey and observe to perform every word of command with
exactness; yea, and even according to their faith it was done unto them;
and I did remember the words which they said unto me that their mothers
had taught them.
		 -- Alma 57:21
%
And now behold, it was these my sons, and those men who had been selected
to convey the prisoners, to whom we owe this great victory; for it was
they who did beat the Lamanites; therefore they were driven back to the
city of Manti.
		 -- Alma 57:22
%
And we retained our city Cumeni, and were not all destroyed by the sword;
nevertheless, we had suffered great loss.
		 -- Alma 57:23
%
And it came to pass that after the Lamanites had fled, I immediately
gave orders that my men who had been wounded should be taken from among
the dead, and caused that their wounds should be dressed.
		 -- Alma 57:24
%
And it came to pass that there were two hundred, out of my two thousand
and sixty, who had fainted because of the loss of blood; nevertheless,
according to the goodness of God, and to our great astonishment, and also
the joy of our whole army, there was not one soul of them who did perish;
yea, and neither was there one soul among them who had not received
many wounds.
		 -- Alma 57:25
%
And now, their preservation was astonishing to our whole army, yea,
that they should be spared while there was a thousand of our brethren who
were slain.  And we do justly ascribe it to the miraculous power of God,
because of their exceeding faith in that which they had been taught to
believe--that there was a just God, and whosoever did not doubt, that
they should be preserved by his marvelous power.
		 -- Alma 57:26
%
Now this was the faith of these of whom I have spoken; they are young,
and their minds are firm, and they do put their trust in God continually.
		 -- Alma 57:27
%
And now it came to pass that after we had thus taken care of our wounded
men, and had buried our dead and also the dead of the Lamanites, who
were many, behold, we did inquire of Gid concerning the prisoners whom
they had started to go down to the land of Zarahemla with.
		 -- Alma 57:28
%
Now Gid was the chief captain over the band who was appointed to guard
them down to the land.
		 -- Alma 57:29
%
And now, these are the words which Gid said unto me: Behold, we did start
to go down to the land of Zarahemla with our prisoners.  And it came to
pass that we did meet the spies of our armies, who had been sent out to
watch the camp of the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 57:30
%
And they cried unto us, saying--Behold, the armies of the Lamanites are
marching towards the city of Cumeni; and behold, they will fall upon them,
yea, and will destroy our people.
		 -- Alma 57:31
%
And it came to pass that our prisoners did hear their cries, which caused
them to take courage; and they did rise up in rebellion against us.
		 -- Alma 57:32
%
And it came to pass because of their rebellion we did cause that our
swords should come upon them.  And it came to pass that they did in a
body run upon our swords, in the which, the greater number of them were
slain; and the remainder of them broke through and fled from us.
		 -- Alma 57:33
%
And behold, when they had fled and we could not overtake them, we took
our march with speed towards the city Cumeni; and behold, we did arrive
in time that we might assist our brethren in preserving the city.
		 -- Alma 57:34
%
And behold, we are again delivered out of the hands of our enemies.
And blessed is the name of our God; for behold, it is he that has
delivered us; yea, that has done this great thing for us.
		 -- Alma 57:35
%
Now it came to pass that when I, Helaman, had heard these words of
Gid, I was filled with exceeding joy because of the goodness of God in
preserving us, that we might not all perish; yea, and I trust that the
souls of them who have been slain have entered into the rest of their God.
		 -- Alma 57:36
%
And behold, now it came to pass that our next object was to obtain the
city of Manti; but behold, there was no way that we could lead them
out of the city by our small bands.  For behold, they remembered that
which we had hitherto done; therefore we could not decoy them away from
their strongholds.
		 -- Alma 58:1
%
And they were so much more numerous than was our army that we durst not
go forth and attack them in their strongholds.
		 -- Alma 58:2
%
Yea, and it became expedient that we should employ our men to the
maintaining those parts of the land which we had regained of our
possessions; therefore it became expedient that we should wait, that we
might receive more strength from the land of Zarahemla and also a new
supply of provisions.
		 -- Alma 58:3
%
And it came to pass that I thus did send an embassy to the governor of
our land, to acquaint him concerning the affairs of our people.  And it
came to pass that we did wait to receive provisions and strength from
the land of Zarahemla.
		 -- Alma 58:4
%
But behold, this did profit us but little; for the Lamanites were also
receiving great strength from day to day, and also many provisions;
and thus were our circumstances at this period of time.
		 -- Alma 58:5
%
And the Lamanites were sallying forth against us from time to time,
resolving by stratagem to destroy us; nevertheless we could not come to
battle with them, because of their retreats and their strongholds.
		 -- Alma 58:6
%
And it came to pass that we did wait in these difficult circumstances
for the space of many months, even until we were about to perish for
the want of food.
		 -- Alma 58:7
%
But it came to pass that we did receive food, which was guarded to us
by an army of two thousand men to our assistance; and this is all the
assistance which we did receive, to defend ourselves and our country
from falling into the hands of our enemies, yea, to contend with an
enemy which was innumerable.
		 -- Alma 58:8
%
And now the cause of these our embarrassments, or the cause why they did
not send more strength unto us, we knew not; therefore we were grieved
and also filled with fear, lest by any means the judgments of God should
come upon our land, to our overthrow and utter destruction.
		 -- Alma 58:9
%
Therefore we did pour out our souls in prayer to God, that he would
strengthen us and deliver us out of the hands of our enemies, yea, and
also give us strength that we might retain our cities, and our lands,
and our possessions, for the support of our people.
		 -- Alma 58:10
%
Yea, and it came to pass that the Lord our God did visit us with
assurances that he would deliver us; yea, insomuch that he did speak
peace to our souls, and did grant unto us great faith, and did cause us
that we should hope for our deliverance in him.
		 -- Alma 58:11
%
And we did take courage with our small force which we had received, and
were fixed with a determination to conquer our enemies, and to maintain
our lands, and our possessions, and our wives, and our children, and
the cause of our liberty.
		 -- Alma 58:12
%
And thus we did go forth with all our might against the Lamanites, who
were in the city of Manti; and we did pitch our tents by the wilderness
side, which was near to the city.
		 -- Alma 58:13
%
And it came to pass that on the morrow, that when the Lamanites saw
that we were in the borders by the wilderness which was near the city,
that they sent out their spies round about us that they might discover
the number and the strength of our army.
		 -- Alma 58:14
%
And it came to pass that when they saw that we were not strong, according
to our numbers, and fearing that we should cut them off from their
support except they should come out to battle against us and kill us,
and also supposing that they could easily destroy us with their numerous
hosts, therefore they began to make preparations to come out against us
to battle.
		 -- Alma 58:15
%
And when we saw that they were making preparations to come out against us,
behold, I caused that Gid, with a small number of men, should secrete
himself in the wilderness, and also that Teomner and a small number of
men should secrete themselves also in the wilderness.
		 -- Alma 58:16
%
Now Gid and his men were on the right and the others on the left; and
when they had thus secreted themselves, behold, I remained, with the
remainder of my army, in that same place where we had first pitched our
tents against the time that the Lamanites should come out to battle.
		 -- Alma 58:17
%
And it came to pass that the Lamanites did come out with their numerous
army against us.  And when they had come and were about to fall upon
us with the sword, I caused that my men, those who were with me, should
retreat into the wilderness.
		 -- Alma 58:18
%
And it came to pass that the Lamanites did follow after us with great
speed, for they were exceedingly desirous to overtake us that they might
slay us; therefore they did follow us into the wilderness; and we did
pass by in the midst of Gid and Teomner, insomuch that they were not
discovered by the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 58:19
%
And it came to pass that when the Lamanites had passed by, or when the
army had passed by, Gid and Teomner did rise up from their secret places,
and did cut off the spies of the Lamanites that they should not return
to the city.
		 -- Alma 58:20
%
And it came to pass that when they had cut them off, they ran to the
city and fell upon the guards who were left to guard the city, insomuch
that they did destroy them and did take possession of the city.
		 -- Alma 58:21
%
Now this was done because the Lamanites did suffer their whole army,
save a few guards only, to be led away into the wilderness.
		 -- Alma 58:22
%
And it came to pass that Gid and Teomner by this means had obtained
possession of their strongholds.  And it came to pass that we took our
course, after having traveled much in the wilderness towards the land
of Zarahemla.
		 -- Alma 58:23
%
And when the Lamanites saw that they were marching towards the land of
Zarahemla, they were exceedingly afraid, lest there was a plan laid to
lead them on to destruction; therefore they began to retreat into the
wilderness again, yea, even back by the same way which they had come.
		 -- Alma 58:24
%
And behold, it was night and they did pitch their tents, for the chief
captains of the Lamanites had supposed that the Nephites were weary
because of their march; and supposing that they had driven their whole
army therefore they took no thought concerning the city of Manti.
		 -- Alma 58:25
%
Now it came to pass that when it was night, I caused that my men should
not sleep, but that they should march forward by another way towards
the land of Manti.
		 -- Alma 58:26
%
And because of this our march in the night-time, behold, on the morrow
we were beyond the Lamanites, insomuch that we did arrive before them
at the city of Manti.
		 -- Alma 58:27
%
And thus it came to pass, that by this stratagem we did take possession
of the city of Manti without the shedding of blood.
		 -- Alma 58:28
%
And it came to pass that when the armies of the Lamanites did arrive
near the city, and saw that we were prepared to meet them, they were
astonished exceedingly and struck with great fear, insomuch that they
did flee into the wilderness.
		 -- Alma 58:29
%
Yea, and it came to pass that the armies of the Lamanites did flee out
of all this quarter of the land.  But behold, they have carried with
them many women and children out of the land.
		 -- Alma 58:30
%
And those cities which had been taken by the Lamanites, all of them are
at this period of time in our possession; and our fathers and our women
and our children are returning to their homes, all save it be those who
have been taken prisoners and carried off by the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 58:31
%
But behold, our armies are small to maintain so great a number of cities
and so great possessions.
		 -- Alma 58:32
%
But behold, we trust in our God who has given us victory over those
lands, insomuch that we have obtained those cities and those lands,
which were our own.
		 -- Alma 58:33
%
Now we do not know the cause that the government does not grant us more
strength; neither do those men who came up unto us know why we have not
received greater strength.
		 -- Alma 58:34
%
Behold, we do not know but what ye are unsuccessful, and ye have drawn
away the forces into that quarter of the land; if so, we do not desire
to murmur.
		 -- Alma 58:35
%
And if it is not so, behold, we fear that there is some faction in the
government, that they do not send more men to our assistance; for we
know that they are more numerous than that which they have sent.
		 -- Alma 58:36
%
But, behold, it mattereth not--we trust God will deliver us,
notwithstanding the weakness of our armies, yea, and deliver us out of
the hands of our enemies.
		 -- Alma 58:37
%
Behold, this is the twenty and ninth year, in the latter end, and we are
in the possession of our lands; and the Lamanites have fled to the land
of Nephi.
		 -- Alma 58:38
%
And those sons of the people of Ammon, of whom I have so highly spoken,
are with me in the city of Manti; and the Lord had supported them, yea,
and kept them from falling by the sword, insomuch that even one soul
has not been slain.
		 -- Alma 58:39
%
But behold, they have received many wounds; nevertheless they stand fast
in that liberty wherewith God has made them free; and they are strict to
remember the Lord their God from day to day; yea, they do observe to keep
his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments continually; and
their faith is strong in the prophecies concerning that which is to come.
		 -- Alma 58:40
%
And now, my beloved brother, Moroni, may the Lord our God, who has
redeemed us and made us free, keep you continually in his presence;
yea, and may he favor this people, even that ye may have success in
obtaining the possession of all that which the Lamanites have taken from
us, which was for our support.	And now, behold, I close mine epistle.
I am Helaman, the son of Alma.
		 -- Alma 58:41
%
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year of the reign of the judges over
the people of Nephi, after Moroni had received and had read Helaman's
epistle, he was exceedingly rejoiced because of the welfare, yea, the
exceeding success which Helaman had had, in obtaining those lands which
were lost.
		 -- Alma 59:1
%
Yea, and he did make it known unto all his people, in all the land round
about in that part where he was, that they might rejoice also.
		 -- Alma 59:2
%
And it came to pass that he immediately sent an epistle to Pahoran,
desiring that he should cause men to be gathered together to strengthen
Helaman, or the armies of Helaman, insomuch that he might with ease
maintain that part of the land which he had been so miraculously prospered
in regaining.
		 -- Alma 59:3
%
And it came to pass when Moroni had sent this epistle to the land of
Zarahemla, he began again to lay a plan that he might obtain the remainder
of those possessions and cities which the Lamanites had taken from them.
		 -- Alma 59:4
%
And it came to pass that while Moroni was thus making preparations to
go against the Lamanites to battle, behold, the people of Nephihah,
who were gathered together from the city of Moroni and the city of Lehi
and the city of Morianton, were attacked by the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 59:5
%
Yea, even those who had been compelled to flee from the land of Manti,
and from the land round about, had come over and joined the Lamanites
in this part of the land.
		 -- Alma 59:6
%
And thus being exceedingly numerous, yea, and receiving strength from
day to day, by the command of Ammoron they came forth against the people
of Nephihah, and they did begin to slay them with an exceedingly great
slaughter.
		 -- Alma 59:7
%
And their armies were so numerous that the remainder of the people of
Nephihah were obliged to flee before them; and they came even and joined
the army of Moroni.
		 -- Alma 59:8
%
And now as Moroni had supposed that there should be men sent to the city
of Nephihah, to the assistance of the people to maintain that city,
and knowing that it was easier to keep the city from falling into the
hands of the Lamanites than to retake it from them, he supposed that
they would easily maintain that city.
		 -- Alma 59:9
%
Therefore he retained all his force to maintain those places which he
had recovered.
		 -- Alma 59:10
%
And now, when Moroni saw that the city of Nephihah was lost he was
exceedingly sorrowful, and began to doubt, because of the wickedness of
the people, whether they should not fall into the hands of their brethren.
		 -- Alma 59:11
%
Now this was the case with all his chief captains.  They doubted and
marveled also because of the wickedness of the people, and this because
of the success of the Lamanites over them.
		 -- Alma 59:12
%
And it came to pass that Moroni was angry with the government, because
of their indifference concerning the freedom of their country.
		 -- Alma 59:13
%
And it came to pass that he wrote again to the governor of the land,
who was Pahoran, and these are the words which he wrote, saying: Behold,
I direct mine epistle to Pahoran, in the city of Zarahemla, who is the
chief judge and the governor over the land, and also to all those who have
been chosen by this people to govern and manage the affairs of this war.
		 -- Alma 60:1
%
For behold, I have somewhat to say unto them by the way of condemnation;
for behold, ye yourselves know that ye have been appointed to gather
together men, and arm them with swords, and with cimeters, and all manner
of weapons of war of every kind, and send forth against the Lamanites,
in whatsoever parts they should come into our land.
		 -- Alma 60:2
%
And now behold, I say unto you that myself, and also my men, and also
Helaman and his men, have suffered exceedingly great sufferings; yea, even
hunger, thirst, and fatigue, and all manner of afflictions of every kind.
		 -- Alma 60:3
%
But behold, were this all we had suffered we would not murmur nor
complain.
		 -- Alma 60:4
%
But behold, great has been the slaughter among our people; yea, thousands
have fallen by the sword, while it might have otherwise been if ye had
rendered unto our armies sufficient strength and succor for them.  Yea,
great has been your neglect towards us.
		 -- Alma 60:5
%
And now behold, we desire to know the cause of this exceedingly great
neglect; yea, we desire to know the cause of your thoughtless state.
		 -- Alma 60:6
%
Can you think to sit upon your thrones in a state of thoughtless stupor,
while your enemies are spreading the work of death around you?	Yea,
while they are murdering thousands of your brethren--
		 -- Alma 60:7
%
Yea, even they who have looked up to you for protection, yea, have
placed you in a situation that ye might have succored them, yea, ye
might have sent armies unto them, to have strengthened them, and have
saved thousands of them from falling by the sword.
		 -- Alma 60:8
%
But behold, this is not all--ye have withheld your provisions from
them, insomuch that many have fought and bled out their lives because
of their great desires which they had for the welfare of this people;
yea, and this they have done when they were about to perish with hunger,
because of your exceedingly great neglect towards them.
		 -- Alma 60:9
%
And now, my beloved brethren--for ye ought to be beloved; yea, and ye
ought to have stirred yourselves more diligently for the welfare and
the freedom of this people; but behold, ye have neglected them insomuch
that the blood of thousands shall come upon your heads for vengeance;
yea, for known unto God were all their cries, and all their sufferings--
		 -- Alma 60:10
%
Behold, could ye suppose that ye could sit upon your thrones, and
because of the exceeding goodness of God ye could do nothing and he would
deliver you?  Behold, if ye have supposed this ye have supposed in vain.
		 -- Alma 60:11
%
Do ye suppose that, because so many of your brethren have been killed
it is because of their wickedness?  I say unto you, if ye have supposed
this ye have supposed in vain; for I say unto you, there are many who
have fallen by the sword; and behold it is to your condemnation;
		 -- Alma 60:12
%
For the Lord suffereth the righteous to be slain that his justice and
judgment may come upon the wicked; therefore ye need not suppose that
the righteous are lost because they are slain; but behold, they do enter
into the rest of the Lord their God.
		 -- Alma 60:13
%
And now behold, I say unto you, I fear exceedingly that the judgments of
God will come upon this people, because of their exceeding slothfulness,
yea, even the slothfulness of our government, and their exceedingly great
neglect towards their brethren, yea, towards those who have been slain.
		 -- Alma 60:14
%
For were it not for the wickedness which first commenced at our head,
we could have withstood our enemies that they could have gained no power
over us.
		 -- Alma 60:15
%
Yea, had it not been for the war which broke out among ourselves; yea,
were it not for these king-men, who caused so much bloodshed among
ourselves; yea, at the time we were contending among ourselves, if we
had united our strength as we hitherto have done; yea, had it not been
for the desire of power and authority which those king-men had over us;
had they been true to the cause of our freedom, and united with us,
and gone forth against our enemies, instead of taking up their swords
against us, which was the cause of so much bloodshed among ourselves;
yea, if we had gone forth against them in the strength of the Lord,
we should have dispersed our enemies, for it would have been done,
according to the fulfilling of his word.
		 -- Alma 60:16
%
But behold, now the Lamanites are coming upon us, taking possession
of our lands, and they are murdering our people with the sword, yea,
our women and our children, and also carrying them away captive, causing
them that they should suffer all manner of afflictions, and this because
of the great wickedness of those who are seeking for power and authority,
yea, even those king-men.
		 -- Alma 60:17
%
But why should I say much concerning this matter?  For we know not but
what ye yourselves are seeking for authority.  We know not but what ye
are also traitors to your country.
		 -- Alma 60:18
%
Or is it that ye have neglected us because ye are in the heart of our
country and ye are surrounded by security, that ye do not cause food to
be sent unto us, and also men to strengthen our armies?
		 -- Alma 60:19
%
Have ye forgotten the commandments of the Lord your God? Yea, have ye
forgotten the captivity of our fathers?  Have ye forgotten the many
times we have been delivered out of the hands of our enemies?
		 -- Alma 60:20
%
Or do ye suppose that the Lord will still deliver us, while we sit upon
our thrones and do not make use of the means which the Lord has provided
for us?
		 -- Alma 60:21
%
Yea, will ye sit in idleness while ye are surrounded with thousands
of those, yea, and tens of thousands, who do also sit in idleness,
while there are thousands round about in the borders of the land who
are falling by the sword, yea, wounded and bleeding?
		 -- Alma 60:22
%
Do ye suppose that God will look upon you as guiltless while ye sit still
and behold these things?  Behold I say unto you, Nay.  Now I would that
ye should remember that God has said that the inward vessel shall be
cleansed first, and then shall the outer vessel be cleansed also.
		 -- Alma 60:23
%
And now, except ye do repent of that which ye have done, and begin to be
up and doing, and send forth food and men unto us, and also unto Helaman,
that he may support those parts of our country which he has regained,
and that we may also recover the remainder of our possessions in these
parts, behold it will be expedient that we contend no more with the
Lamanites until we have first cleansed our inward vessel, yea, even the
great head of our government.
		 -- Alma 60:24
%
And except ye grant mine epistle, and come out and show unto me a true
spirit of freedom, and strive to strengthen and fortify our armies,
and grant unto them food for their support, behold I will leave a part
of my freemen to maintain this part of our land, and I will leave the
strength and the blessings of God upon them, that none other power can
operate against them--
		 -- Alma 60:25
%
And this because of their exceeding faith, and their patience in their
tribulations--
		 -- Alma 60:26
%
And I will come unto you, and if there be any among you that has a
desire for freedom, yea, if there be even a spark of freedom remaining,
behold I will stir up insurrections among you, even until those who have
desires to usurp power and authority shall become extinct.
		 -- Alma 60:27
%
Yea, behold I do not fear your power nor your authority, but it is my
God whom I fear; and it is according to his commandments that I do take
my sword to defend the cause of my country, and it is because of your
iniquity that we have suffered so much loss.
		 -- Alma 60:28
%
Behold it is time, yea, the time is now at hand, that except ye do
bestir yourselves in the defence of your country and your little ones,
the sword of justice doth hang over you; yea, and it shall fall upon
you and visit you even to your utter destruction.
		 -- Alma 60:29
%
Behold, I wait for assistance from you; and, except ye do administer
unto our relief, behold, I come unto you, even in the land of Zarahemla,
and smite you with the sword, insomuch that ye can have no more power
to impede the progress of this people in the cause of our freedom.
		 -- Alma 60:30
%
For behold, the Lord will not suffer that ye shall live and wax strong
in your iniquities to destroy his righteous people.
		 -- Alma 60:31
%
Behold, can you suppose that the Lord will spare you and come out
in judgment against the Lamanites, when it is the tradition of their
fathers that has caused their hatred, yea, and it has been redoubled by
those who have dissented from us, while your iniquity is for the cause
of your love of glory and the vain things of the world?
		 -- Alma 60:32
%
Ye know that ye do transgress the laws of God, and ye do know that
ye do trample them under your feet.  Behold, the Lord saith unto me:
If those whom ye have appointed your governors do not repent of their
sins and iniquities, ye shall go up to battle against them.
		 -- Alma 60:33
%
And now behold, I, Moroni, am constrained, according to the covenant
which I have made to keep the commandments of my God; therefore I would
that ye should adhere to the word of God, and send speedily unto me of
your provisions and of your men, and also to Helaman.
		 -- Alma 60:34
%
And behold, if ye will not do this I come unto you speedily; for behold,
God will not suffer that we should perish with hunger; therefore he will
give unto us of your food, even if it must be by the sword.  Now see
that ye fulfil the word of God.
		 -- Alma 60:35
%
Behold, I am Moroni, your chief captain.  I seek not for power, but to
pull it down.  I seek not for honor of the world, but for the glory of
my God, and the freedom and welfare of my country.  And thus I close
mine epistle.
		 -- Alma 60:36
%
Behold, now it came to pass that soon after Moroni had sent his epistle
unto the chief governor, he received an epistle from Pahoran, the chief
governor.  And these are the words which he received:
		 -- Alma 61:1
%
I, Pahoran, who am the chief governor of this land, do send these words
unto Moroni, the chief captain over the army.  Behold, I say unto you,
Moroni, that I do not joy in your great afflictions, yea, it grieves
my soul.
		 -- Alma 61:2
%
But behold, there are those who do joy in your afflictions, yea,
insomuch that they have risen up in rebellion against me, and also
those of my people who are freemen, yea, and those who have risen up
are exceedingly numerous.
		 -- Alma 61:3
%
And it is those who have sought to take away the judgment-seat from me
that have been the cause of this great iniquity; for they have used great
flattery, and they have led away the hearts of many people, which will be
the cause of sore affliction among us; they have withheld our provisions,
and have daunted our freemen that they have not come unto you.
		 -- Alma 61:4
%
And behold, they have driven me out before them, and I have fled to the
land of Gideon, with as many men as it were possible that I could get.
		 -- Alma 61:5
%
And behold, I have sent a proclamation throughout this part of the land;
and behold, they are flocking to us daily, to their arms, in the defence
of their country and their freedom, and to avenge our wrongs.
		 -- Alma 61:6
%
And they have come unto us, insomuch that those who have risen up in
rebellion against us are set at defiance, yea, insomuch that they do
fear us and durst not come out against us to battle.
		 -- Alma 61:7
%
They have got possession of the land, or the city, of Zarahemla; they
have appointed a king over them, and he hath written unto the king
of the Lamanites, in the which he hath joined an alliance with him;
in the which alliance he hath agreed to maintain the city of Zarahemla,
which maintenance he supposeth will enable the Lamanites to conquer the
remainder of the land, and he shall be placed king over this people when
they shall be conquered under the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 61:8
%
And now, in your epistle you have censured me, but it mattereth not;
I am not angry, but do rejoice in the greatness of your heart.	I,
Pahoran, do not seek for power, save only to retain my judgment-seat
that I may preserve the rights and the liberty of my people.  My soul
standeth fast in that liberty in the which God hath made us free.
		 -- Alma 61:9
%
And now, behold, we will resist wickedness even unto bloodshed.  We would
not shed the blood of the Lamanites if they would stay in their own land.
		 -- Alma 61:10
%
We would not shed the blood of our brethren if they would not rise up
in rebellion and take the sword against us.
		 -- Alma 61:11
%
We would subject ourselves to the yoke of bondage if it were requisite
with the justice of God, or if he should command us so to do.
		 -- Alma 61:12
%
But behold he doth not command us that we shall subject ourselves to our
enemies, but that we should put our trust in him, and he will deliver us.
		 -- Alma 61:13
%
Therefore, my beloved brother, Moroni, let us resist evil, and whatsoever
evil we cannot resist with our words, yea, such as rebellions and
dissensions, let us resist them with our swords, that we may retain
our freedom, that we may rejoice in the great privilege of our church,
and in the cause of our Redeemer and our God.
		 -- Alma 61:14
%
Therefore, come unto me speedily with a few of your men, and leave the
remainder in the charge of Lehi and Teancum; give unto them power to
conduct the war in that part of the land, according to the Spirit of God,
which is also the spirit of freedom which is in them.
		 -- Alma 61:15
%
Behold I have sent a few provisions unto them, that they may not perish
until ye can come unto me.
		 -- Alma 61:16
%
Gather together whatsoever force ye can upon your march hither, and we
will go speedily against those dissenters, in the strength of our God
according to the faith which is in us.
		 -- Alma 61:17
%
And we will take possession of the city of Zarahemla, that we may obtain
more food to send forth unto Lehi and Teancum; yea, we will go forth
against them in the strength of the Lord, and we will put an end to this
great iniquity.
		 -- Alma 61:18
%
And now, Moroni, I do joy in receiving your epistle, for I was somewhat
worried concerning what we should do, whether it should be just in us
to go against our brethren.
		 -- Alma 61:19
%
But ye have said, except they repent the Lord hath commanded you that
ye should go against them.
		 -- Alma 61:20
%
See that ye strengthen Lehi and Teancum in the Lord; tell them to fear
not, for God will deliver them, yea, and also all those who stand fast
in that liberty wherewith God hath made them free.  And now I close mine
epistle to my beloved brother, Moroni.
		 -- Alma 61:21
%
And now it came to pass that when Moroni had received this epistle
his heart did take courage, and was filled with exceedingly great joy
because of the faithfulness of Pahoran, that he was not also a traitor
to the freedom and cause of his country.
		 -- Alma 62:1
%
But he did also mourn exceedingly because of the iniquity of those who
had driven Pahoran from the judgment-seat, yea, in fine because of those
who had rebelled against their country and also their God.
		 -- Alma 62:2
%
And it came to pass that Moroni took a small number of men, according
to the desire of Pahoran, and gave Lehi and Teancum command over the
remainder of his army, and took his march towards the land of Gideon.
		 -- Alma 62:3
%
And he did raise the standard of liberty in whatsoever place he did enter,
and gained whatsoever force he could in all his march towards the land
of Gideon.
		 -- Alma 62:4
%
And it came to pass that thousands did flock unto his standard, and did
take up their swords in the defence of their freedom, that they might
not come into bondage.
		 -- Alma 62:5
%
And thus, when Moroni had gathered together whatsoever men he could in
all his march, he came to the land of Gideon; and uniting his forces with
those of Pahoran they became exceedingly strong, even stronger than the
men of Pachus, who was the king of those dissenters who had driven the
freemen out of the land of Zarahemla and had taken possession of the land.
		 -- Alma 62:6
%
And it came to pass that Moroni and Pahoran went down with their armies
into the land of Zarahemla, and went forth against the city, and did
meet the men of Pachus, insomuch that they did come to battle.
		 -- Alma 62:7
%
And behold, Pachus was slain and his men were taken prisoners, and
Pahoran was restored to his judgment-seat.
		 -- Alma 62:8
%
And the men of Pachus received their trial, according to the law, and
also those king-men who had been taken and cast into prison; and they
were executed according to the law; yea, those men of Pachus and those
king-men, whosoever would not take up arms in the defence of their
country, but would fight against it, were put to death.
		 -- Alma 62:9
%
And thus it became expedient that this law should be strictly observed
for the safety of their country; yea, and whosoever was found denying
their freedom was speedily executed according to the law.
		 -- Alma 62:10
%
And thus ended the thirtieth year of the reign of the judges over the
people of Nephi; Moroni and Pahoran having restored peace to the land
of Zarahemla, among their own people, having inflicted death upon all
those who were not true to the cause of freedom.
		 -- Alma 62:11
%
And it came to pass in the commencement of the thirty and first year
of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, Moroni immediately
caused that provisions should be sent, and also an army of six thousand
men should be sent unto Helaman, to assist him in preserving that part
of the land.
		 -- Alma 62:12
%
And he also caused that an army of six thousand men, with a sufficient
quantity of food, should be sent to the armies of Lehi and Teancum.
And it came to pass that this was done to fortify the land against
the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 62:13
%
And it came to pass that Moroni and Pahoran, leaving a large body of
men in the land of Zarahemla, took their march with a large body of men
towards the land of Nephihah, being determined to overthrow the Lamanites
in that city.
		 -- Alma 62:14
%
And it came to pass that as they were marching towards the land, they
took a large body of men of the Lamanites, and slew many of them, and
took their provisions and their weapons of war.
		 -- Alma 62:15
%
And it came to pass after they had taken them, they caused them to enter
into a covenant that they would no more take up their weapons of war
against the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 62:16
%
And when they had entered into this covenant they sent them to dwell
with the people of Ammon, and they were in number about four thousand
who had not been slain.
		 -- Alma 62:17
%
And it came to pass that when they had sent them away they pursued their
march towards the land of Nephihah.  And it came to pass that when they
had come to the city of Nephihah, they did pitch their tents in the
plains of Nephihah, which is near the city of Nephihah.
		 -- Alma 62:18
%
Now Moroni was desirous that the Lamanites should come out to battle
against them, upon the plains; but the Lamanites, knowing of their
exceedingly great courage, and beholding the greatness of their numbers,
therefore they durst not come out against them; therefore they did not
come to battle in that day.
		 -- Alma 62:19
%
And when the night came, Moroni went forth in the darkness of the night,
and came upon the top of the wall to spy out in what part of the city
the Lamanites did camp with their army.
		 -- Alma 62:20
%
And it came to pass that they were on the east, by the entrance; and
they were all asleep.  And now Moroni returned to his army, and caused
that they should prepare in haste strong cords and ladders, to be let
down from the top of the wall into the inner part of the wall.
		 -- Alma 62:21
%
And it came to pass that Moroni caused that his men should march forth
and come upon the top of the wall, and let themselves down into that
part of the city, yea, even on the west, where the Lamanites did not
camp with their armies.
		 -- Alma 62:22
%
And it came to pass that they were all let down into the city by night,
by the means of their strong cords and their ladders; thus when the
morning came they were all within the walls of the city.
		 -- Alma 62:23
%
And now, when the Lamanites awoke and saw that the armies of Moroni were
within the walls, they were affrighted exceedingly, insomuch that they
did flee out by the pass.
		 -- Alma 62:24
%
And now when Moroni saw that they were fleeing before him, he did
cause that his men should march forth against them, and slew many, and
surrounded many others, and took them prisoners; and the remainder of them
fled into the land of Moroni, which was in the borders by the seashore.
		 -- Alma 62:25
%
Thus had Moroni and Pahoran obtained the possession of the city of
Nephihah without the loss of one soul; and there were many of the
Lamanites who were slain.
		 -- Alma 62:26
%
Now it came to pass that many of the Lamanites that were prisoners were
desirous to join the people of Ammon and become a free people.
		 -- Alma 62:27
%
And it came to pass that as many as were desirous, unto them it was
granted according to their desires.
		 -- Alma 62:28
%
Therefore, all the prisoners of the Lamanites did join the people of
Ammon, and did begin to labor exceedingly, tilling the ground, raising
all manner of grain, and flocks and herds of every kind; and thus were
the Nephites relieved from a great burden; yea, insomuch that they were
relieved from all the prisoners of the Lamanites.
		 -- Alma 62:29
%
Now it came to pass that Moroni, after he had obtained possession of
the city of Nephihah, having taken many prisoners, which did reduce
the armies of the Lamanites exceedingly, and having regained many of
the Nephites who had been taken prisoners, which did strengthen the
army of Moroni exceedingly; therefore Moroni went forth from the land
of Nephihah to the land of Lehi.
		 -- Alma 62:30
%
And it came to pass that when the Lamanites saw that Moroni was coming
against them, they were again frightened and fled before the army
of Moroni.
		 -- Alma 62:31
%
And it came to pass that Moroni and his army did pursue them from city
to city, until they were met by Lehi and Teancum; and the Lamanites
fled from Lehi and Teancum, even down upon the borders by the seashore,
until they came to the land of Moroni.
		 -- Alma 62:32
%
And the armies of the Lamanites were all gathered together, insomuch
that they were all in one body in the land of Moroni.  Now Ammoron,
the king of the Lamanites, was also with them.
		 -- Alma 62:33
%
And it came to pass that Moroni and Lehi and Teancum did encamp with
their armies round about in the borders of the land of Moroni, insomuch
that the Lamanites were encircled about in the borders by the wilderness
on the south, and in the borders by the wilderness on the east.
		 -- Alma 62:34
%
And thus they did encamp for the night.  For behold, the Nephites and
the Lamanites also were weary because of the greatness of the march;
therefore they did not resolve upon any stratagem in the night-time,
save it were Teancum; for he was exceedingly angry with Ammoron, insomuch
that he considered that Ammoron, and Amalickiah his brother, had been the
cause of this great and lasting war between them and the Lamanites, which
had been the cause of so much war and bloodshed, yea, and so much famine.
		 -- Alma 62:35
%
And it came to pass that Teancum in his anger did go forth into the camp
of the Lamanites, and did let himself down over the walls of the city.
And he went forth with a cord, from place to place, insomuch that he did
find the king; and he did cast a javelin at him, which did pierce him
near the heart.  But behold, the king did awaken his servants before he
died, insomuch that they did pursue Teancum, and slew him.
		 -- Alma 62:36
%
Now it came to pass that when Lehi and Moroni knew that Teancum was dead
they were exceedingly sorrowful; for behold, he had been a man who had
fought valiantly for his country, yea, a true friend to liberty; and
he had suffered very many exceedingly sore afflictions.  But behold,
he was dead, and had gone the way of all the earth.
		 -- Alma 62:37
%
Now it came to pass that Moroni marched forth on the morrow, and came upon
the Lamanites, insomuch that they did slay them with a great slaughter;
and they did drive them out of the land; and they did flee, even that
they did not return at that time against the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 62:38
%
And thus ended the thirty and first year of the reign of the judges
over the people of Nephi; and thus they had had wars, and bloodsheds,
and famine, and affliction, for the space of many years.
		 -- Alma 62:39
%
And there had been murders, and contentions, and dissensions, and all
manner of iniquity among the people of Nephi; nevertheless for the
righteous' sake, yea, because of the prayers of the righteous, they
were spared.
		 -- Alma 62:40
%
But behold, because of the exceedingly great length of the war between
the Nephites and the Lamanites many had become hardened, because of the
exceedingly great length of the war; and many were softened because of
their afflictions, insomuch that they did humble themselves before God,
even in the depth of humility.
		 -- Alma 62:41
%
And it came to pass that after Moroni had fortified those parts of
the land which were most exposed to the Lamanites, until they were
sufficiently strong, he returned to the city of Zarahemla; and also
Helaman returned to the place of his inheritance; and there was once
more peace established among the people of Nephi.
		 -- Alma 62:42
%
And Moroni yielded up the command of his armies into the hands of his
son, whose name was Moronihah; and he retired to his own house that he
might spend the remainder of his days in peace.
		 -- Alma 62:43
%
And Pahoran did return to his judgment-seat; and Helaman did take upon
him again to preach unto the people the word of God; for because of
so many wars and contentions it had become expedient that a regulation
should be made again in the church.
		 -- Alma 62:44
%
Therefore, Helaman and his brethren went forth, and did declare the
word of God with much power unto the convincing of many people of their
wickedness, which did cause them to repent of their sins and to be
baptized unto the Lord their God.
		 -- Alma 62:45
%
And it came to pass that they did establish again the church of God,
throughout all the land.
		 -- Alma 62:46
%
Yea, and regulations were made concerning the law.  And their judges,
and their chief judges were chosen.
		 -- Alma 62:47
%
And the people of Nephi began to prosper again in the land, and began
to multiply and to wax exceedingly strong again in the land.  And they
began to grow exceedingly rich.
		 -- Alma 62:48
%
But notwithstanding their riches, or their strength, or their prosperity,
they were not lifted up in the pride of their eyes; neither were they
slow to remember the Lord their God; but they did humble themselves
exceedingly before him.
		 -- Alma 62:49
%
Yea, they did remember how great things the Lord had done for them,
that he had delivered them from death, and from bonds, and from prisons,
and from all manner of afflictions and he had delivered them out of the
hands of their enemies.
		 -- Alma 62:50
%
And they did pray unto the Lord their God continually, insomuch that the
Lord did bless them, according to his word, so that they did wax strong
and prosper in the land.
		 -- Alma 62:51
%
And it came to pass that all these things were done.  And Helaman died,
in the thirty and fifth year of the reign of the judges over the people
of Nephi.
		 -- Alma 62:52
%
And it came to pass in the commencement of the thirty and sixth year
of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, that Shiblon took
possession of those sacred things which had been delivered unto Helaman
by Alma.
		 -- Alma 63:1
%
And he was a just man, and he did walk uprightly before God; and he did
observe to do good continually, to keep the commandments of the Lord
his God; and also did his brother.
		 -- Alma 63:2
%
And it came to pass that Moroni died also.  And thus ended the thirty
and sixth year of the reign of the judges.
		 -- Alma 63:3
%
And it came to pass that in the thirty and seventh year of the reign
of the judges, there was a large company of men, even to the amount of
five thousand and four hundred men, with their wives and their children,
departed out of the land of Zarahemla into the land which was northward.
		 -- Alma 63:4
%
And it came to pass that Hagoth, he being an exceedingly curious man,
therefore he went forth and built him an exceedingly large ship, on
the borders of the land Bountiful, by the land Desolation, and launched
it forth into the west sea, by the narrow neck which led into the land
northward.
		 -- Alma 63:5
%
And behold, there were many of the Nephites who did enter therein and
did sail forth with much provisions, and also many women and children;
and they took their course northward.  And thus ended the thirty and
seventh year.
		 -- Alma 63:6
%
And in the thirty and eighth year, this man built other ships.	And the
first ship did also return, and many more people did enter into it; and
they also took much provisions, and set out again to the land northward.
		 -- Alma 63:7
%
And it came to pass that they were never heard of more.  And we suppose
that they were drowned in the depths of the sea.  And it came to pass that
one other ship also did sail forth; and whither she did go we know not.
		 -- Alma 63:8
%
And it came to pass that in this year there were many people who went
forth into the land northward.	And thus ended the thirty and eighth year.
		 -- Alma 63:9
%
And it came to pass in the thirty and ninth year of the reign of the
judges, Shiblon died also, and Corianton had gone forth to the land
northward in a ship, to carry forth provisions unto the people who had
gone forth into that land.
		 -- Alma 63:10
%
Therefore it became expedient for Shiblon to confer those sacred things,
before his death, upon the son of Helaman, who was called Helaman,
being called after the name of his father.
		 -- Alma 63:11
%
Now behold, all those engravings which were in the possession of Helaman
were written and sent forth among the children of men throughout all the
land, save it were those parts which had been commanded by Alma should
not go forth.
		 -- Alma 63:12
%
Nevertheless, these things were to be kept sacred, and handed down
from one generation to another; therefore, in this year, they had been
conferred upon Helaman, before the death of Shiblon.
		 -- Alma 63:13
%
And it came to pass also in this year that there were some dissenters
who had gone forth unto the Lamanites; and they were stirred up again
to anger against the Nephites.
		 -- Alma 63:14
%
And also in this same year they came down with a numerous army to war
against the people of Moronihah, or against the army of Moronihah, in
the which they were beaten and driven back again to their own lands,
suffering great loss.
		 -- Alma 63:15
%
And thus ended the thirty and ninth year of the reign of the judges over
the people of Nephi.
		 -- Alma 63:16
%
And thus ended the account of Alma, and Helaman his son, and also Shiblon,
who was his son.
		 -- Alma 63:17
%
And now behold, it came to pass in the commencement of the fortieth year
of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, there began to be
a serious difficulty among the people of the Nephites.
		 -- Helaman 1:1
%
For behold, Pahoran had died, and gone the way of all the earth; therefore
there began to be a serious contention concerning who should have the
judgment-seat among the brethren, who were the sons of Pahoran.
		 -- Helaman 1:2
%
Now these are their names who did contend for the judgment-seat, who
did also cause the people to contend: Pahoran, Paanchi, and Pacumeni.
		 -- Helaman 1:3
%
Now these are not all the sons of Pahoran (for he had many), but these
are they who did contend for the judgment-seat; therefore, they did
cause three divisions among the people.
		 -- Helaman 1:4
%
Nevertheless, it came to pass that Pahoran was appointed by the voice
of the people to be chief judge and a governor over the people of Nephi.
		 -- Helaman 1:5
%
And it came to pass that Pacumeni, when he saw that he could not obtain
the judgment-seat, he did unite with the voice of the people.
		 -- Helaman 1:6
%
But behold, Paanchi, and that part of the people that were desirous
that he should be their governor, was exceedingly wroth; therefore, he
was about to flatter away those people to rise up in rebellion against
their brethren.
		 -- Helaman 1:7
%
And it came to pass as he was about to do this, behold, he was taken, and
was tried according to the voice of the people, and condemned unto death;
for he had raised up in rebellion and sought to destroy the liberty of
the people.
		 -- Helaman 1:8
%
Now when those people who were desirous that he should be their governor
saw that he was condemned unto death, therefore they were angry, and
behold, they sent forth one Kishkumen, even to the judgment-seat of
Pahoran, and murdered Pahoran as he sat upon the judgment-seat.
		 -- Helaman 1:9
%
And he was pursued by the servants of Pahoran; but behold, so speedy
was the flight of Kishkumen that no man could overtake him.
		 -- Helaman 1:10
%
And he went unto those that sent him, and they all entered into a
covenant, yea, swearing by their everlasting Maker, that they would tell
no man that Kishkumen had murdered Pahoran.
		 -- Helaman 1:11
%
Therefore, Kishkumen was not known among the people of Nephi, for he
was in disguise at the time that he murdered Pahoran.  And Kishkumen
and his band, who had covenanted with him, did mingle themselves among
the people, in a manner that they all could not be found; but as many
as were found were condemned unto death.
		 -- Helaman 1:12
%
And now behold, Pacumeni was appointed, according to the voice of the
people, to be a chief judge and a governor over the people, to reign
in the stead of his brother Pahoran; and it was according to his right.
And all this was done in the fortieth year of the reign of the judges;
and it had an end.
		 -- Helaman 1:13
%
And it came to pass in the forty and first year of the reign of the
judges, that the Lamanites had gathered together an innumerable army
of men, and armed them with swords, and with cimeters and with bows,
and with arrows, and with head-plates, and with breastplates, and with
all manner of shields of every kind.
		 -- Helaman 1:14
%
And they came down again that they might pitch battle against the
Nephites.  And they were led by a man whose name was Coriantumr; and
he was a descendant of Zarahemla; and he was a dissenter from among the
Nephites; and he was a large and a mighty man.
		 -- Helaman 1:15
%
Therefore, the king of the Lamanites, whose name was Tubaloth, who
was the son of Ammoron, supposing that Coriantumr, being a mighty man,
could stand against the Nephites, with his strength and also with his
great wisdom, insomuch that by sending him forth he should gain power
over the Nephites--
		 -- Helaman 1:16
%
Therefore he did stir them up to anger, and he did gather together his
armies, and he did appoint Coriantumr to be their leader, and did cause
that they should march down to the land of Zarahemla to battle against
the Nephites.
		 -- Helaman 1:17
%
And it came to pass that because of so much contention and so much
difficulty in the government, that they had not kept sufficient guards in
the land of Zarahemla; for they had supposed that the Lamanites durst not
come into the heart of their lands to attack that great city Zarahemla.
		 -- Helaman 1:18
%
But it came to pass that Coriantumr did march forth at the head of his
numerous host, and came upon the inhabitants of the city, and their
march was with such exceedingly great speed that there was no time for
the Nephites to gather together their armies.
		 -- Helaman 1:19
%
Therefore Coriantumr did cut down the watch by the entrance of the city,
and did march forth with his whole army into the city, and they did slay
every one who did oppose them, insomuch that they did take possession
of the whole city.
		 -- Helaman 1:20
%
And it came to pass that Pacumeni, who was the chief judge, did flee
before Coriantumr, even to the walls of the city.  And it came to pass
that Coriantumr did smite him against the wall, insomuch that he died.
And thus ended the days of Pacumeni.
		 -- Helaman 1:21
%
And now when Coriantumr saw that he was in possession of the city of
Zarahemla, and saw that the Nephites had fled before them, and were slain,
and were taken, and were cast into prison, and that he had obtained the
possession of the strongest hold in all the land, his heart took courage
insomuch that he was about to go forth against all the land.
		 -- Helaman 1:22
%
And now he did not tarry in the land of Zarahemla, but he did march
forth with a large army, even towards the city of Bountiful; for it was
his determination to go forth and cut his way through with the sword,
that he might obtain the north parts of the land.
		 -- Helaman 1:23
%
And, supposing that their greatest strength was in the center of the land,
therefore he did march forth, giving them no time to assemble themselves
together save it were in small bodies; and in this manner they did fall
upon them and cut them down to the earth.
		 -- Helaman 1:24
%
But behold, this march of Coriantumr through the center of the land gave
Moronihah great advantage over them, notwithstanding the greatness of
the number of the Nephites who were slain.
		 -- Helaman 1:25
%
For behold, Moronihah had supposed that the Lamanites durst not come
into the center of the land, but that they would attack the cities round
about in the borders as they had hitherto done; therefore Moronihah had
caused that their strong armies should maintain those parts round about
by the borders.
		 -- Helaman 1:26
%
But behold, the Lamanites were not frightened according to his desire,
but they had come into the center of the land, and had taken the capital
city which was the city of Zarahemla, and were marching through the most
capital parts of the land, slaying the people with a great slaughter,
both men, women, and children, taking possession of many cities and of
many strongholds.
		 -- Helaman 1:27
%
But when Moronihah had discovered this, he immediately sent forth Lehi
with an army round about to head them before they should come to the
land Bountiful.
		 -- Helaman 1:28
%
And thus he did; and he did head them before they came to the land
Bountiful, and gave unto them battle, insomuch that they began to retreat
back towards the land of Zarahemla.
		 -- Helaman 1:29
%
And it came to pass that Moronihah did head them in their retreat,
and did give unto them battle, insomuch that it became an exceedingly
bloody battle; yea, many were slain, and among the number who were slain
Coriantumr was also found.
		 -- Helaman 1:30
%
And now, behold, the Lamanites could not retreat either way, neither on
the north, nor on the south, nor on the east, nor on the west, for they
were surrounded on every hand by the Nephites.
		 -- Helaman 1:31
%
And thus had Coriantumr plunged the Lamanites into the midst of the
Nephites, insomuch that they were in the power of the Nephites, and he
himself was slain, and the Lamanites did yield themselves into the hands
of the Nephites.
		 -- Helaman 1:32
%
And it came to pass that Moronihah took possession of the city of
Zarahemla again, and caused that the Lamanites who had been taken
prisoners should depart out of the land in peace.
		 -- Helaman 1:33
%
And thus ended the forty and first year of the reign of the judges.
		 -- Helaman 1:34
%
And it came to pass in the forty and second year of the reign of the
judges, after Moronihah had established again peace between the Nephites
and the Lamanites, behold there was no one to fill the judgment-seat;
therefore there began to be a contention again among the people concerning
who should fill the judgment-seat.
		 -- Helaman 2:1
%
And it came to pass that Helaman, who was the son of Helaman, was
appointed to fill the judgment-seat, by the voice of the people.
		 -- Helaman 2:2
%
But behold, Kishkumen, who had murdered Pahoran, did lay wait to destroy
Helaman also; and he was upheld by his band, who had entered into a
covenant that no one should know his wickedness.
		 -- Helaman 2:3
%
For there was one Gadianton, who was exceedingly expert in many words,
and also in his craft, to carry on the secret work of murder and of
robbery; therefore he became the leader of the band of Kishkumen.
		 -- Helaman 2:4
%
Therefore he did flatter them, and also Kishkumen, that if they would
place him in the judgment-seat he would grant unto those who belonged
to his band that they should be placed in power and authority among the
people; therefore Kishkumen sought to destroy Helaman.
		 -- Helaman 2:5
%
And it came to pass as he went forth towards the judgment-seat to destroy
Helaman, behold one of the servants of Helaman, having been out by night,
and having obtained, through disguise, a knowledge of those plans which
had been laid by this band to destroy Helaman--
		 -- Helaman 2:6
%
And it came to pass that he met Kishkumen, and he gave unto him a sign;
therefore Kishkumen made known unto him the object of his desire,
desiring that he would conduct him to the judgment-seat that he might
murder Helaman.
		 -- Helaman 2:7
%
And when the servant of Helaman had known all the heart of Kishkumen,
and how that it was his object to murder, and also that it was the object
of all those who belonged to his band to murder, and to rob, and to gain
power, (and this was their secret plan, and their combination) the servant
of Helaman said unto Kishkumen: Let us go forth unto the judgment-seat.
		 -- Helaman 2:8
%
Now this did please Kishkumen exceedingly, for he did suppose that he
should accomplish his design; but behold, the servant of Helaman, as
they were going forth unto the judgment-seat, did stab Kishkumen even
to the heart, that he fell dead without a groan.  And he ran and told
Helaman all the things which he had seen, and heard, and done.
		 -- Helaman 2:9
%
And it came to pass that Helaman did send forth to take this band of
robbers and secret murderers, that they might be executed according to
the law.
		 -- Helaman 2:10
%
But behold, when Gadianton had found that Kishkumen did not return he
feared lest that he should be destroyed; therefore he caused that his
band should follow him.  And they took their flight out of the land,
by a secret way, into the wilderness; and thus when Helaman sent forth
to take them they could nowhere be found.
		 -- Helaman 2:11
%
And more of this Gadianton shall be spoken hereafter.  And thus ended the
forty and second year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
		 -- Helaman 2:12
%
And behold, in the end of this book ye shall see that this Gadianton did
prove the overthrow, yea, almost the entire destruction of the people
of Nephi.
		 -- Helaman 2:13
%
Behold I do not mean the end of the book of Helaman, but I mean the end
of the book of Nephi, from which I have taken all the account which I
have written.
		 -- Helaman 2:14
%
And now it came to pass in the forty and third year of the reign of the
judges, there was no contention among the people of Nephi save it were
a little pride which was in the church, which did cause some little
dissensions among the people, which affairs were settled in the ending
of the forty and third year.
		 -- Helaman 3:1
%
And there was no contention among the people in the forty and fourth year;
neither was there much contention in the forty and fifth year.
		 -- Helaman 3:2
%
And it came to pass in the forty and sixth, yea, there was much contention
and many dissensions; in the which there were an exceedingly great many
who departed out of the land of Zarahemla, and went forth unto the land
northward to inherit the land.
		 -- Helaman 3:3
%
And they did travel to an exceedingly great distance, insomuch that they
came to large bodies of water and many rivers.
		 -- Helaman 3:4
%
Yea, and even they did spread forth into all parts of the land, into
whatever parts it had not been rendered desolate and without timber,
because of the many inhabitants who had before inherited the land.
		 -- Helaman 3:5
%
And now no part of the land was desolate, save it were for timber;
but because of the greatness of the destruction of the people who had
before inhabited the land it was called desolate.
		 -- Helaman 3:6
%
And there being but little timber upon the face of the land, nevertheless
the people who went forth became exceedingly expert in the working of
cement; therefore they did build houses of cement, in the which they
did dwell.
		 -- Helaman 3:7
%
And it came to pass that they did multiply and spread, and did go forth
from the land southward to the land northward, and did spread insomuch
that they began to cover the face of the whole earth, from the sea south
to the sea north, from the sea west to the sea east.
		 -- Helaman 3:8
%
And the people who were in the land northward did dwell in tents, and
in houses of cement, and they did suffer whatsoever tree should spring
up upon the face of the land that it should grow up, that in time they
might have timber to build their houses, yea, their cities, and their
temples, and their synagogues, and their sanctuaries, and all manner of
their buildings.
		 -- Helaman 3:9
%
And it came to pass as timber was exceedingly scarce in the land
northward, they did send forth much by the way of shipping.
		 -- Helaman 3:10
%
And thus they did enable the people in the land northward that they
might build many cities, both of wood and of cement.
		 -- Helaman 3:11
%
And it came to pass that there were many of the people of Ammon, who
were Lamanites by birth, did also go forth into this land.
		 -- Helaman 3:12
%
And now there are many records kept of the proceedings of this people, by
many of this people, which are particular and very large, concerning them.
		 -- Helaman 3:13
%
But behold, a hundredth part of the proceedings of this people, yea,
the account of the Lamanites and of the Nephites, and their wars, and
contentions, and dissensions, and their preaching, and their prophecies,
and their shipping and their building of ships, and their building of
temples, and of synagogues and their sanctuaries, and their righteousness,
and their wickedness, and their murders, and their robbings, and their
plundering, and all manner of abominations and whoredoms, cannot be
contained in this work.
		 -- Helaman 3:14
%
But behold, there are many books and many records of every kind, and
they have been kept chiefly by the Nephites.
		 -- Helaman 3:15
%
And they have been handed down from one generation to another by the
Nephites, even until they have fallen into transgression and have
been murdered, plundered, and hunted, and driven forth, and slain,
and scattered upon the face of the earth, and mixed with the Lamanites
until they are no more called the Nephites, becoming wicked, and wild,
and ferocious, yea, even becoming Lamanites.
		 -- Helaman 3:16
%
And now I return again to mine account; therefore, what I have spoken
had passed after there had been great contentions, and disturbances,
and wars, and dissensions, among the people of Nephi.
		 -- Helaman 3:17
%
The forty and sixth year of the reign of the judges ended;
		 -- Helaman 3:18
%
And it came to pass that there was still great contention in the land,
yea, even in the forty and seventh year, and also in the forty and
eighth year.
		 -- Helaman 3:19
%
Nevertheless Helaman did fill the judgment-seat with justice and equity;
yea, he did observe to keep the statutes, and the judgments, and the
commandments of God; and he did do that which was right in the sight of
God continually; and he did walk after the ways of his father, insomuch
that he did prosper in the land.
		 -- Helaman 3:20
%
And it came to pass that he had two sons.  He gave unto the eldest the
name of Nephi, and unto the youngest, the name of Lehi.  And they began
to grow up unto the Lord.
		 -- Helaman 3:21
%
And it came to pass that the wars and contentions began to cease, in a
small degree, among the people of the Nephites, in the latter end of the
forty and eighth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
		 -- Helaman 3:22
%
And it came to pass in the forty and ninth year of the reign of the
judges, there was continual peace established in the land, all save it
were the secret combinations which Gadianton the robber had established
in the more settled parts of the land, which at that time were not known
unto those who were at the head of government; therefore they were not
destroyed out of the land.
		 -- Helaman 3:23
%
And it came to pass that in this same year there was exceedingly great
prosperity in the church, insomuch that there were thousands who did
join themselves unto the church and were baptized unto repentance.
		 -- Helaman 3:24
%
And so great was the prosperity of the church, and so many the blessings
which were poured out upon the people, that even the high priests and
the teachers were themselves astonished beyond measure.
		 -- Helaman 3:25
%
And it came to pass that the work of the Lord did prosper unto the
baptizing and uniting to the church of God, many souls, yea, even tens
of thousands.
		 -- Helaman 3:26
%
Thus we may see that the Lord is merciful unto all who will, in the
sincerity of their hearts, call upon his holy name.
		 -- Helaman 3:27
%
Yea, thus we see that the gate of heaven is open unto all, even to those
who will believe on the name of Jesus Christ, who is the Son of God.
		 -- Helaman 3:28
%
Yea, we see that whosoever will may lay hold upon the word of God, which
is quick and powerful, which shall divide asunder all the cunning and
the snares and the wiles of the devil, and lead the man of Christ in a
strait and narrow course across that everlasting gulf of misery which
is prepared to engulf the wicked--
		 -- Helaman 3:29
%
And land their souls, yea, their immortal souls, at the right hand
of God in the kingdom of heaven, to sit down with Abraham, and Isaac,
and with Jacob, and with all our holy fathers, to go no more out.
		 -- Helaman 3:30
%
And in this year there was continual rejoicing in the land of Zarahemla,
and in all the regions round about, even in all the land which was
possessed by the Nephites.
		 -- Helaman 3:31
%
And it came to pass that there was peace and exceedingly great joy in the
remainder of the forty and ninth year; yea, and also there was continual
peace and great joy in the fiftieth year of the reign of the judges.
		 -- Helaman 3:32
%
And in the fifty and first year of the reign of the judges there was peace
also, save it were the pride which began to enter into the church--not
into the church of God, but into the hearts of the people who professed
to belong to the church of God--
		 -- Helaman 3:33
%
And they were lifted up in pride, even to the persecution of many of
their brethren.  Now this was a great evil, which did cause the more
humble part of the people to suffer great persecutions, and to wade
through much affliction.
		 -- Helaman 3:34
%
Nevertheless they did fast and pray oft, and did wax stronger and
stronger in their humility, and firmer and firmer in the faith of Christ,
unto the filling their souls with joy and consolation, yea, even to the
purifying and the sanctification of their hearts, which sanctification
cometh because of their yielding their hearts unto God.
		 -- Helaman 3:35
%
And it came to pass that the fifty and second year ended in peace also,
save it were the exceedingly great pride which had gotten into the hearts
of the people; and it was because of their exceedingly great riches and
their prosperity in the land; and it did grow upon them from day to day.
		 -- Helaman 3:36
%
And it came to pass in the fifty and third year of the reign of the
judges, Helaman died, and his eldest son Nephi began to reign in his
stead.	And it came to pass that he did fill the judgment-seat with
justice and equity; yea, he did keep the commandments of God, and did
walk in the ways of his father.
		 -- Helaman 3:37
%
And it came to pass in the fifty and fourth year there were many
dissensions in the church, and there was also a contention among the
people, insomuch that there was much bloodshed.
		 -- Helaman 4:1
%
And the rebellious part were slain and driven out of the land, and they
did go unto the king of the Lamanites.
		 -- Helaman 4:2
%
And it came to pass that they did endeavor to stir up the Lamanites to war
against the Nephites; but behold, the Lamanites were exceedingly afraid,
insomuch that they would not hearken to the words of those dissenters.
		 -- Helaman 4:3
%
But it came to pass in the fifty and sixth year of the reign of the
judges, there were dissenters who went up from the Nephites unto the
Lamanites; and they succeeded with those others in stirring them up to
anger against the Nephites; and they were all that year preparing for war.
		 -- Helaman 4:4
%
And in the fifty and seventh year they did come down against the Nephites
to battle, and they did commence the work of death; yea, insomuch that
in the fifty and eighth year of the reign of the judges they succeeded
in obtaining possession of the land of Zarahemla; yea, and also all the
lands, even unto the land which was near the land Bountiful.
		 -- Helaman 4:5
%
And the Nephites and the armies of Moronihah were driven even into the
land of Bountiful;
		 -- Helaman 4:6
%
And there they did fortify against the Lamanites, from the west sea,
even unto the east; it being a day's journey for a Nephite, on the line
which they had fortified and stationed their armies to defend their
north country.
		 -- Helaman 4:7
%
And thus those dissenters of the Nephites, with the help of a numerous
army of the Lamanites, had obtained all the possession of the Nephites
which was in the land southward.  And all this was done in the fifty
and eighth and ninth years of the reign of the judges.
		 -- Helaman 4:8
%
And it came to pass in the sixtieth year of the reign of the judges,
Moronihah did succeed with his armies in obtaining many parts of the
land; yea, they regained many cities which had fallen into the hands of
the Lamanites.
		 -- Helaman 4:9
%
And it came to pass in the sixty and first year of the reign of the
judges they succeeded in regaining even the half of all their possessions.
		 -- Helaman 4:10
%
Now this great loss of the Nephites, and the great slaughter which was
among them, would not have happened had it not been for their wickedness
and their abomination which was among them; yea, and it was among those
also who professed to belong to the church of God.
		 -- Helaman 4:11
%
And it was because of the pride of their hearts, because of their
exceeding riches, yea, it was because of their oppression to the poor,
withholding their food from the hungry, withholding their clothing from
the naked, and smiting their humble brethren upon the cheek, making a
mock of that which was sacred, denying the spirit of prophecy and of
revelation, murdering, plundering, lying, stealing, committing adultery,
rising up in great contentions, and deserting away into the land of Nephi,
among the Lamanites--
		 -- Helaman 4:12
%
And because of this their great wickedness, and their boastings in their
own strength, they were left in their own strength; therefore they did not
prosper, but were afflicted and smitten, and driven before the Lamanites,
until they had lost possession of almost all their lands.
		 -- Helaman 4:13
%
But behold, Moronihah did preach many things unto the people because of
their iniquity, and also Nephi and Lehi, who were the sons of Helaman,
did preach many things unto the people, yea, and did prophesy many things
unto them concerning their iniquities, and what should come unto them
if they did not repent of their sins.
		 -- Helaman 4:14
%
And it came to pass that they did repent, and inasmuch as they did repent
they did begin to prosper.
		 -- Helaman 4:15
%
For when Moronihah saw that they did repent he did venture to lead them
forth from place to place, and from city to city, even until they had
regained the one-half of their property and the one-half of all their
lands.
		 -- Helaman 4:16
%
And thus ended the sixty and first year of the reign of the judges.
		 -- Helaman 4:17
%
And it came to pass in the sixty and second year of the reign of
the judges, that Moronihah could obtain no more possessions over the
Lamanites.
		 -- Helaman 4:18
%
Therefore they did abandon their design to obtain the remainder of their
lands, for so numerous were the Lamanites that it became impossible for
the Nephites to obtain more power over them; therefore Moronihah did
employ all his armies in maintaining those parts which he had taken.
		 -- Helaman 4:19
%
And it came to pass, because of the greatness of the number of
the Lamanites the Nephites were in great fear, lest they should be
overpowered, and trodden down, and slain, and destroyed.
		 -- Helaman 4:20
%
Yea, they began to remember the prophecies of Alma, and also the words
of Mosiah; and they saw that they had been a stiffnecked people, and
that they had set at naught the commandments of God;
		 -- Helaman 4:21
%
And that they had altered and trampled under their feet the laws of
Mosiah, or that which the Lord commanded him to give unto the people;
and they saw that their laws had become corrupted, and that they had
become a wicked people, insomuch that they were wicked even like unto
the Lamanites.
		 -- Helaman 4:22
%
And because of their iniquity the church had begun to dwindle; and
they began to disbelieve in the spirit of prophecy and in the spirit of
revelation; and the judgments of God did stare them in the face.
		 -- Helaman 4:23
%
And they saw that they had become weak, like unto their brethren, the
Lamanites, and that the Spirit of the Lord did no more preserve them;
yea, it had withdrawn from them because the Spirit of the Lord doth not
dwell in unholy temples--
		 -- Helaman 4:24
%
Therefore the Lord did cease to preserve them by his miraculous and
matchless power, for they had fallen into a state of unbelief and awful
wickedness; and they saw that the Lamanites were exceedingly more numerous
than they, and except they should cleave unto the Lord their God they
must unavoidably perish.
		 -- Helaman 4:25
%
For behold, they saw that the strength of the Lamanites was as great as
their strength, even man for man.  And thus had they fallen into this
great transgression; yea, thus had they become weak, because of their
transgression, in the space of not many years.
		 -- Helaman 4:26
%
And it came to pass that in this same year, behold, Nephi delivered up
the judgment-seat to a man whose name was Cezoram.
		 -- Helaman 5:1
%
For as their laws and their governments were established by the voice
of the people, and they who chose evil were more numerous than they who
chose good, therefore they were ripening for destruction, for the laws
had become corrupted.
		 -- Helaman 5:2
%
Yea, and this was not all; they were a stiffnecked people, insomuch
that they could not be governed by the law nor justice, save it were to
their destruction.
		 -- Helaman 5:3
%
And it came to pass that Nephi had become weary because of their iniquity;
and he yielded up the judgment-seat, and took it upon him to preach the
word of God all the remainder of his days, and his brother Lehi also,
all the remainder of his days;
		 -- Helaman 5:4
%
For they remembered the words which their father Helaman spake unto them.
And these are the words which he spake:
		 -- Helaman 5:5
%
Behold, my sons, I desire that ye should remember to keep the commandments
of God; and I would that ye should declare unto the people these words.
Behold, I have given unto you the names of our first parents who came out
of the land of Jerusalem; and this I have done that when you remember your
names ye may remember them; and when ye remember them ye may remember
their works; and when ye remember their works ye may know how that it
is said, and also written, that they were good.
		 -- Helaman 5:6
%
Therefore, my sons, I would that ye should do that which is good, that
it may be said of you, and also written, even as it has been said and
written of them.
		 -- Helaman 5:7
%
And now my sons, behold I have somewhat more to desire of you, which
desire is, that ye may not do these things that ye may boast, but that
ye may do these things to lay up for yourselves a treasure in heaven,
yea, which is eternal, and which fadeth not away; yea, that ye may have
that precious gift of eternal life, which we have reason to suppose hath
been given to our fathers.
		 -- Helaman 5:8
%
O remember, remember, my sons, the words which king Benjamin spake unto
his people; yea, remember that there is no other way nor means whereby
man can be saved, only through the atoning blood of Jesus Christ, who
shall come; yea, remember that he cometh to redeem the world.
		 -- Helaman 5:9
%
And remember also the words which Amulek spake unto Zeezrom, in the city
of Ammonihah; for he said unto him that the Lord surely should come to
redeem his people, but that he should not come to redeem them in their
sins, but to redeem them from their sins.
		 -- Helaman 5:10
%
And he hath power given unto him from the Father to redeem them from
their sins because of repentance; therefore he hath sent his angels to
declare the tidings of the conditions of repentance, which bringeth unto
the power of the Redeemer, unto the salvation of their souls.
		 -- Helaman 5:11
%
And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of
our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your
foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea,
his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm
shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down
to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which
ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men
build they cannot fall.
		 -- Helaman 5:12
%
And it came to pass that these were the words which Helaman taught to
his sons; yea, he did teach them many things which are not written,
and also many things which are written.
		 -- Helaman 5:13
%
And they did remember his words; and therefore they went forth, keeping
the commandments of God, to teach the word of God among all the people
of Nephi, beginning at the city Bountiful;
		 -- Helaman 5:14
%
And from thenceforth to the city of Gid; and from the city of Gid to
the city of Mulek;
		 -- Helaman 5:15
%
And even from one city to another, until they had gone forth among all
the people of Nephi who were in the land southward; and from thence into
the land of Zarahemla, among the Lamanites.
		 -- Helaman 5:16
%
And it came to pass that they did preach with great power, insomuch that
they did confound many of those dissenters who had gone over from the
Nephites, insomuch that they came forth and did confess their sins and
were baptized unto repentance, and immediately returned to the Nephites
to endeavor to repair unto them the wrongs which they had done.
		 -- Helaman 5:17
%
And it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi did preach unto the Lamanites
with such great power and authority, for they had power and authority
given unto them that they might speak, and they also had what they should
speak given unto them--
		 -- Helaman 5:18
%
Therefore they did speak unto the great astonishment of the Lamanites,
to the convincing them, insomuch that there were eight thousand of the
Lamanites who were in the land of Zarahemla and round about baptized
unto repentance, and were convinced of the wickedness of the traditions
of their fathers.
		 -- Helaman 5:19
%
And it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi did proceed from thence to go
to the land of Nephi.
		 -- Helaman 5:20
%
And it came to pass that they were taken by an army of the Lamanites
and cast into prison; yea, even in that same prison in which Ammon and
his brethren were cast by the servants of Limhi.
		 -- Helaman 5:21
%
And after they had been cast into prison many days without food, behold,
they went forth into the prison to take them that they might slay them.
		 -- Helaman 5:22
%
And it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi were encircled about as if by
fire, even insomuch that they durst not lay their hands upon them for fear
lest they should be burned.  Nevertheless, Nephi and Lehi were not burned;
and they were as standing in the midst of fire and were not burned.
		 -- Helaman 5:23
%
And when they saw that they were encircled about with a pillar of fire,
and that it burned them not, their hearts did take courage.
		 -- Helaman 5:24
%
For they saw that the Lamanites durst not lay their hands upon them;
neither durst they come near unto them, but stood as if they were struck
dumb with amazement.
		 -- Helaman 5:25
%
And it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi did stand forth and began to
speak unto them, saying: Fear not, for behold, it is God that has shown
unto you this marvelous thing, in the which is shown unto you that ye
cannot lay your hands on us to slay us.
		 -- Helaman 5:26
%
And behold, when they had said these words, the earth shook exceedingly,
and the walls of the prison did shake as if they were about to tumble
to the earth; but behold, they did not fall.  And behold, they that were
in the prison were Lamanites and Nephites who were dissenters.
		 -- Helaman 5:27
%
And it came to pass that they were overshadowed with a cloud of darkness,
and an awful solemn fear came upon them.
		 -- Helaman 5:28
%
And it came to pass that there came a voice as if it were above the
cloud of darkness, saying: Repent ye, repent ye, and seek no more to
destroy my servants whom I have sent unto you to declare good tidings.
		 -- Helaman 5:29
%
And it came to pass when they heard this voice, and beheld that it was not
a voice of thunder, neither was it a voice of a great tumultuous noise,
but behold, it was a still voice of perfect mildness, as if it had been
a whisper, and it did pierce even to the very soul--
		 -- Helaman 5:30
%
And notwithstanding the mildness of the voice, behold the earth shook
exceedingly, and the walls of the prison trembled again, as if it were
about to tumble to the earth; and behold the cloud of darkness, which
had overshadowed them, did not disperse--
		 -- Helaman 5:31
%
And behold the voice came again, saying: Repent ye, repent ye, for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand; and seek no more to destroy my servants.
And it came to pass that the earth shook again, and the walls trembled.
		 -- Helaman 5:32
%
And also again the third time the voice came, and did speak unto them
marvelous words which cannot be uttered by man; and the walls did tremble
again, and the earth shook as if it were about to divide asunder.
		 -- Helaman 5:33
%
And it came to pass that the Lamanites could not flee because of the
cloud of darkness which did overshadow them; yea, and also they were
immovable because of the fear which did come upon them.
		 -- Helaman 5:34
%
Now there was one among them who was a Nephite by birth, who had once
belonged to the church of God but had dissented from them.
		 -- Helaman 5:35
%
And it came to pass that he turned him about, and behold, he saw through
the cloud of darkness the faces of Nephi and Lehi; and behold, they
did shine exceedingly, even as the faces of angels.  And he beheld that
they did lift their eyes to heaven; and they were in the attitude as if
talking or lifting their voices to some being whom they beheld.
		 -- Helaman 5:36
%
And it came to pass that this man did cry unto the multitude, that they
might turn and look.  And behold, there was power given unto them that
they did turn and look; and they did behold the faces of Nephi and Lehi.
		 -- Helaman 5:37
%
And they said unto the man: Behold, what do all these things mean,
and who is it with whom these men do converse?
		 -- Helaman 5:38
%
Now the man's name was Aminadab.  And Aminadab said unto them: They do
converse with the angels of God.
		 -- Helaman 5:39
%
And it came to pass that the Lamanites said unto him: What shall we do,
that this cloud of darkness may be removed from overshadowing us?
		 -- Helaman 5:40
%
And Aminadab said unto them: You must repent, and cry unto the voice,
even until ye shall have faith in Christ, who was taught unto you by
Alma, and Amulek, and Zeezrom; and when ye shall do this, the cloud of
darkness shall be removed from overshadowing you.
		 -- Helaman 5:41
%
And it came to pass that they all did begin to cry unto the voice of
him who had shaken the earth; yea, they did cry even until the cloud of
darkness was dispersed.
		 -- Helaman 5:42
%
And it came to pass that when they cast their eyes about, and saw that
the cloud of darkness was dispersed from overshadowing them, behold, they
saw that they were encircled about, yea every soul, by a pillar of fire.
		 -- Helaman 5:43
%
And Nephi and Lehi were in the midst of them; yea, they were encircled
about; yea, they were as if in the midst of a flaming fire, yet it did
harm them not, neither did it take hold upon the walls of the prison;
and they were filled with that joy which is unspeakable and full of glory.
		 -- Helaman 5:44
%
And behold, the Holy Spirit of God did come down from heaven, and did
enter into their hearts, and they were filled as if with fire, and they
could speak forth marvelous words.
		 -- Helaman 5:45
%
And it came to pass that there came a voice unto them, yea, a pleasant
voice, as if it were a whisper, saying:
		 -- Helaman 5:46
%
Peace, peace be unto you, because of your faith in my Well Beloved,
who was from the foundation of the world.
		 -- Helaman 5:47
%
And now, when they heard this they cast up their eyes as if to behold
from whence the voice came; and behold, they saw the heavens open;
and angels came down out of heaven and ministered unto them.
		 -- Helaman 5:48
%
And there were about three hundred souls who saw and heard these things;
and they were bidden to go forth and marvel not, neither should they
doubt.
		 -- Helaman 5:49
%
And it came to pass that they did go forth, and did minister unto
the people, declaring throughout all the regions round about all the
things which they had heard and seen, insomuch that the more part of
the Lamanites were convinced of them, because of the greatness of the
evidences which they had received.
		 -- Helaman 5:50
%
And as many as were convinced did lay down their weapons of war, and
also their hatred and the tradition of their fathers.
		 -- Helaman 5:51
%
And it came to pass that they did yield up unto the Nephites the lands
of their possession.
		 -- Helaman 5:52
%
And it came to pass that when the sixty and second year of the reign of
the judges had ended, all these things had happened and the Lamanites
had become, the more part of them, a righteous people, insomuch that
their righteousness did exceed that of the Nephites, because of their
firmness and their steadiness in the faith.
		 -- Helaman 6:1
%
For behold, there were many of the Nephites who had become hardened and
impenitent and grossly wicked, insomuch that they did reject the word
of God and all the preaching and prophesying which did come among them.
		 -- Helaman 6:2
%
Nevertheless, the people of the church did have great joy because of the
conversion of the Lamanites, yea, because of the church of God, which had
been established among them.  And they did fellowship one with another,
and did rejoice one with another, and did have great joy.
		 -- Helaman 6:3
%
And it came to pass that many of the Lamanites did come down into the
land of Zarahemla, and did declare unto the people of the Nephites the
manner of their conversion, and did exhort them to faith and repentance.
		 -- Helaman 6:4
%
Yea, and many did preach with exceedingly great power and authority,
unto the bringing down many of them into the depths of humility, to be
the humble followers of God and the Lamb.
		 -- Helaman 6:5
%
And it came to pass that many of the Lamanites did go into the land
northward; and also Nephi and Lehi went into the land northward, to
preach unto the people.  And thus ended the sixty and third year.
		 -- Helaman 6:6
%
And behold, there was peace in all the land, insomuch that the Nephites
did go into whatsoever part of the land they would, whether among the
Nephites or the Lamanites.
		 -- Helaman 6:7
%
And it came to pass that the Lamanites did also go whithersoever they
would, whether it were among the Lamanites or among the Nephites; and
thus they did have free intercourse one with another, to buy and to sell,
and to get gain, according to their desire.
		 -- Helaman 6:8
%
And it came to pass that they became exceedingly rich, both the Lamanites
and the Nephites; and they did have an exceeding plenty of gold, and
of silver, and of all manner of precious metals, both in the land south
and in the land north.
		 -- Helaman 6:9
%
Now the land south was called Lehi and the land north was called Mulek,
which was after the son of Zedekiah; for the Lord did bring Mulek into
the land north, and Lehi into the land south.
		 -- Helaman 6:10
%
And behold, there was all manner of gold in both these lands, and of
silver, and of precious ore of every kind; and there were also curious
workmen, who did work all kinds of ore and did refine it; and thus they
did become rich.
		 -- Helaman 6:11
%
They did raise grain in abundance, both in the north and in the south;
and they did flourish exceedingly, both in the north and in the south.
And they did multiply and wax exceedingly strong in the land.  And they
did raise many flocks and herds, yea, many fatlings.
		 -- Helaman 6:12
%
Behold their women did toil and spin, and did make all manner of cloth,
of fine-twined linen and cloth of every kind, to clothe their nakedness.
And thus the sixty and fourth year did pass away in peace.
		 -- Helaman 6:13
%
And in the sixty and fifth year they did also have great joy and peace,
yea, much preaching and many prophecies concerning that which was to come.
And thus passed away the sixty and fifth year.
		 -- Helaman 6:14
%
And it came to pass that in the sixty and sixth year of the reign of the
judges, behold, Cezoram was murdered by an unknown hand as he sat upon
the judgment-seat.  And it came to pass that in the same year, that his
son, who had been appointed by the people in his stead, was also murdered.
And thus ended the sixty and sixth year.
		 -- Helaman 6:15
%
And in the commencement of the sixty and seventh year the people began
to grow exceedingly wicked again.
		 -- Helaman 6:16
%
For behold, the Lord had blessed them so long with the riches of the world
that they had not been stirred up to anger, to wars, nor to bloodshed;
therefore they began to set their hearts upon their riches; yea, they
began to seek to get gain that they might be lifted up one above another;
therefore they began to commit secret murders, and to rob and to plunder,
that they might get gain.
		 -- Helaman 6:17
%
And now behold, those murderers and plunderers were a band who had been
formed by Kishkumen and Gadianton.  And now it had come to pass that there
were many, even among the Nephites, of Gadianton's band.  But behold,
they were more numerous among the more wicked part of the Lamanites.
And they were called Gadianton's robbers and murderers.
		 -- Helaman 6:18
%
And it was they who did murder the chief judge Cezoram, and his son,
while in the judgment-seat; and behold, they were not found.
		 -- Helaman 6:19
%
And now it came to pass that when the Lamanites found that there were
robbers among them they were exceedingly sorrowful; and they did use
every means in their power to destroy them off the face of the earth.
		 -- Helaman 6:20
%
But behold, Satan did stir up the hearts of the more part of the Nephites,
insomuch that they did unite with those bands of robbers, and did enter
into their covenants and their oaths, that they would protect and preserve
one another in whatsoever difficult circumstances they should be placed,
that they should not suffer for their murders, and their plunderings,
and their stealings.
		 -- Helaman 6:21
%
And it came to pass that they did have their signs, yea, their secret
signs, and their secret words; and this that they might distinguish a
brother who had entered into the covenant, that whatsoever wickedness
his brother should do he should not be injured by his brother, nor by
those who did belong to his band, who had taken this covenant.
		 -- Helaman 6:22
%
And thus they might murder, and plunder, and steal, and commit whoredoms
and all manner of wickedness, contrary to the laws of their country and
also the laws of their God.
		 -- Helaman 6:23
%
And whosoever of those who belonged to their band should reveal unto
the world of their wickedness and their abominations, should be tried,
not according to the laws of their country, but according to the laws
of their wickedness, which had been given by Gadianton and Kishkumen.
		 -- Helaman 6:24
%
Now behold, it is these secret oaths and covenants which Alma commanded
his son should not go forth unto the world, lest they should be a means
of bringing down the people unto destruction.
		 -- Helaman 6:25
%
Now behold, those secret oaths and covenants did not come forth unto
Gadianton from the records which were delivered unto Helaman; but behold,
they were put into the heart of Gadianton by that same being who did
entice our first parents to partake of the forbidden fruit--
		 -- Helaman 6:26
%
Yea, that same being who did plot with Cain, that if he would murder
his brother Abel it should not be known unto the world.  And he did plot
with Cain and his followers from that time forth.
		 -- Helaman 6:27
%
And also it is that same being who put it into the hearts of the people
to build a tower sufficiently high that they might get to heaven.  And it
was that same being who led on the people who came from that tower into
this land; who spread the works of darkness and abominations over all
the face of the land, until he dragged the people down to an entire
destruction, and to an everlasting hell.
		 -- Helaman 6:28
%
Yea, it is that same being who put it into the heart of Gadianton to
still carry on the work of darkness, and of secret murder; and he has
brought it forth from the beginning of man even down to this time.
		 -- Helaman 6:29
%
And behold, it is he who is the author of all sin.  And behold, he doth
carry on his works of darkness and secret murder, and doth hand down
their plots, and their oaths, and their covenants, and their plans of
awful wickedness, from generation to generation according as he can get
hold upon the hearts of the children of men.
		 -- Helaman 6:30
%
And now behold, he had got great hold upon the hearts of the Nephites;
yea, insomuch that they had become exceedingly wicked; yea, the more part
of them had turned out of the way of righteousness, and did trample under
their feet the commandments of God, and did turn unto their own ways,
and did build up unto themselves idols of their gold and their silver.
		 -- Helaman 6:31
%
And it came to pass that all these iniquities did come unto them in the
space of not many years, insomuch that a more part of it had come unto
them in the sixty and seventh year of the reign of the judges over the
people of Nephi.
		 -- Helaman 6:32
%
And they did grow in their iniquities in the sixty and eighth year also,
to the great sorrow and lamentation of the righteous.
		 -- Helaman 6:33
%
And thus we see that the Nephites did begin to dwindle in unbelief,
and grow in wickedness and abominations, while the Lamanites began to
grow exceedingly in the knowledge of their God; yea, they did begin to
keep his statutes and commandments, and to walk in truth and uprightness
before him.
		 -- Helaman 6:34
%
And thus we see that the Spirit of the Lord began to withdraw from the
Nephites, because of the wickedness and the hardness of their hearts.
		 -- Helaman 6:35
%
And thus we see that the Lord began to pour out his Spirit upon the
Lamanites, because of their easiness and willingness to believe in
his words.
		 -- Helaman 6:36
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And it came to pass that the Lamanites did hunt the band of robbers of
Gadianton; and they did preach the word of God among the more wicked
part of them, insomuch that this band of robbers was utterly destroyed
from among the Lamanites.
		 -- Helaman 6:37
%
And it came to pass on the other hand, that the Nephites did build them
up and support them, beginning at the more wicked part of them, until
they had overspread all the land of the Nephites, and had seduced the
more part of the righteous until they had come down to believe in their
works and partake of their spoils, and to join with them in their secret
murders and combinations.
		 -- Helaman 6:38
%
And thus they did obtain the sole management of the government, insomuch
that they did trample under their feet and smite and rend and turn their
backs upon the poor and the meek, and the humble followers of God.
		 -- Helaman 6:39
%
And thus we see that they were in an awful state, and ripening for an
everlasting destruction.
		 -- Helaman 6:40
%
And it came to pass that thus ended the sixty and eighth year of the
reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
		 -- Helaman 6:41
%
Behold, now it came to pass in the sixty and ninth year of the reign
of the judges over the people of the Nephites, that Nephi, the son of
Helaman, returned to the land of Zarahemla from the land northward.
		 -- Helaman 7:1
%
For he had been forth among the people who were in the land northward
and did preach the word of God unto them, and did prophesy many things
unto them;
		 -- Helaman 7:2
%
And they did reject all his words, insomuch that he could not stay among
them, but returned again unto the land of his nativity.
		 -- Helaman 7:3
%
And seeing the people in a state of such awful wickedness, and those
Gadianton robbers filling the judgment-seats--having usurped the power
and authority of the land; laying aside the commandments of God, and not
in the least aright before him; doing no justice unto the children of men;
		 -- Helaman 7:4
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Condemning the righteous because of their righteousness; letting the
guilty and the wicked go unpunished because of their money; and moreover
to be held in office at the head of government, to rule and do according
to their wills, that they might get gain and glory of the world, and,
moreover, that they might the more easily commit adultery, and steal,
and kill, and do according to their own wills--
		 -- Helaman 7:5
%
Now this great iniquity had come upon the Nephites, in the space of not
many years; and when Nephi saw it, his heart was swollen with sorrow
within his breast; and he did exclaim in the agony of his soul:
		 -- Helaman 7:6
%
Oh, that I could have had my days in the days when my father Nephi
first came out of the land of Jerusalem, that I could have joyed with
him in the promised land; then were his people easy to be entreated,
firm to keep the commandments of God, and slow to be led to do iniquity;
and they were quick to hearken unto the words of the Lord--
		 -- Helaman 7:7
%
Yea, if my days could have been in those days, then would my soul have
had joy in the righteousness of my brethren.
		 -- Helaman 7:8
%
But behold, I am consigned that these are my days, and that my soul
shall be filled with sorrow because of this the wickedness of my brethren.
		 -- Helaman 7:9
%
And behold, now it came to pass that it was upon a tower, which was in the
garden of Nephi, which was by the highway which led to the chief market,
which was in the city of Zarahemla; therefore, Nephi had bowed himself
upon the tower which was in his garden, which tower was also near unto
the garden gate by which led the highway.
		 -- Helaman 7:10
%
And it came to pass that there were certain men passing by and saw Nephi
as he was pouring out his soul unto God upon the tower; and they ran
and told the people what they had seen, and the people came together in
multitudes that they might know the cause of so great mourning for the
wickedness of the people.
		 -- Helaman 7:11
%
And now, when Nephi arose he beheld the multitudes of people who had
gathered together.
		 -- Helaman 7:12
%
And it came to pass that he opened his mouth and said unto them: Behold,
why have ye gathered yourselves together?  That I may tell you of your
iniquities?
		 -- Helaman 7:13
%
Yea, because I have got upon my tower that I might pour out my soul unto
my God, because of the exceeding sorrow of my heart, which is because
of your iniquities!
		 -- Helaman 7:14
%
And because of my mourning and lamentation ye have gathered yourselves
together, and do marvel; yea, and ye have great need to marvel; yea,
ye ought to marvel because ye are given away that the devil has got so
great hold upon your hearts.
		 -- Helaman 7:15
%
Yea, how could you have given way to the enticing of him who is seeking
to hurl away your souls down to everlasting misery and endless wo?
		 -- Helaman 7:16
%
O repent ye, repent ye!  Why will ye die?  Turn ye, turn ye unto the
Lord your God.	Why has he forsaken you?
		 -- Helaman 7:17
%
It is because you have hardened your hearts; yea, ye will not hearken
unto the voice of the good shepherd; yea, ye have provoked him to anger
against you.
		 -- Helaman 7:18
%
And behold, instead of gathering you, except ye will repent, behold,
he shall scatter you forth that ye shall become meat for dogs and
wild beasts.
		 -- Helaman 7:19
%
O, how could you have forgotten your God in the very day that he has
delivered you?
		 -- Helaman 7:20
%
But behold, it is to get gain, to be praised of men, yea, and that
ye might get gold and silver.  And ye have set your hearts upon the
riches and the vain things of this world, for the which ye do murder,
and plunder, and steal, and bear false witness against your neighbor,
and do all manner of iniquity.
		 -- Helaman 7:21
%
And for this cause wo shall come unto you except ye shall repent.  For if
ye will not repent, behold, this great city, and also all those great
cities which are round about, which are in the land of our possession,
shall be taken away that ye shall have no place in them; for behold,
the Lord will not grant unto you strength, as he has hitherto done,
to withstand against your enemies.
		 -- Helaman 7:22
%
For behold, thus saith the Lord: I will not show unto the wicked of my
strength, to one more than the other, save it be unto those who repent
of their sins, and hearken unto my words. Now therefore, I would that
ye should behold, my brethren, that it shall be better for the Lamanites
than for you except ye shall repent.
		 -- Helaman 7:23
%
For behold, they are more righteous than you, for they have not sinned
against that great knowledge which ye have received; therefore the Lord
will be merciful unto them; yea, he will lengthen out their days and
increase their seed, even when thou shalt be utterly destroyed except
thou shalt repent.
		 -- Helaman 7:24
%
Yea, wo be unto you because of that great abomination which has come
among you; and ye have united yourselves unto it, yea, to that secret
band which was established by Gadianton!
		 -- Helaman 7:25
%
Yea, wo shall come unto you because of that pride which ye have suffered
to enter your hearts, which has lifted you up beyond that which is good
because of your exceedingly great riches!
		 -- Helaman 7:26
%
Yea, wo be unto you because of your wickedness and abominations!
		 -- Helaman 7:27
%
And except ye repent ye shall perish; yea, even your lands shall be
taken from you, and ye shall be destroyed from off the face of the earth.
		 -- Helaman 7:28
%
Behold now, I do not say that these things shall be, of myself, because
it is not of myself that I know these things; but behold, I know that
these things are true because the Lord God has made them known unto me,
therefore I testify that they shall be.
		 -- Helaman 7:29
%
And now it came to pass that when Nephi had said these words, behold,
there were men who were judges, who also belonged to the secret band of
Gadianton, and they were angry, and they cried out against him, saying
unto the people: Why do ye not seize upon this man and bring him forth,
that he may be condemned according to the crime which he has done?
		 -- Helaman 8:1
%
Why seest thou this man, and hearest him revile against this people and
against our law?
		 -- Helaman 8:2
%
For behold, Nephi had spoken unto them concerning the corruptness of
their law; yea, many things did Nephi speak which cannot be written;
and nothing did he speak which was contrary to the commandments of God.
		 -- Helaman 8:3
%
And those judges were angry with him because he spake plainly unto them
concerning their secret works of darkness; nevertheless, they durst not
lay their own hands upon him, for they feared the people lest they should
cry out against them.
		 -- Helaman 8:4
%
Therefore they did cry unto the people, saying: Why do you suffer this
man to revile against us?  For behold he doth condemn all this people,
even unto destruction; yea, and also that these our great cities shall
be taken from us, that we shall have no place in them.
		 -- Helaman 8:5
%
And now we know that this is impossible, for behold, we are powerful,
and our cities great, therefore our enemies can have no power over us.
		 -- Helaman 8:6
%
And it came to pass that thus they did stir up the people to anger
against Nephi, and raised contentions among them; for there were some
who did cry out: Let this man alone, for he is a good man, and those
things which he saith will surely come to pass except we repent;
		 -- Helaman 8:7
%
Yea, behold, all the judgments will come upon us which he has testified
unto us; for we know that he has testified aright unto us concerning
our iniquities.  And behold they are many, and he knoweth as well all
things which shall befall us as he knoweth of our iniquities;
		 -- Helaman 8:8
%
Yea, and behold, if he had not been a prophet he could not have testified
concerning those things.
		 -- Helaman 8:9
%
And it came to pass that those people who sought to destroy Nephi were
compelled because of their fear, that they did not lay their hands on him;
therefore he began again to speak unto them, seeing that he had gained
favor in the eyes of some, insomuch that the remainder of them did fear.
		 -- Helaman 8:10
%
Therefore he was constrained to speak more unto them saying: Behold,
my brethren, have ye not read that God gave power unto one man, even
Moses, to smite upon the waters of the Red Sea, and they parted hither
and thither, insomuch that the Israelites, who were our fathers, came
through upon dry ground, and the waters closed upon the armies of the
Egyptians and swallowed them up?
		 -- Helaman 8:11
%
And now behold, if God gave unto this man such power, then why should ye
dispute among yourselves, and say that he hath given unto me no power
whereby I may know concerning the judgments that shall come upon you
except ye repent?
		 -- Helaman 8:12
%
But, behold, ye not only deny my words, but ye also deny all the words
which have been spoken by our fathers, and also the words which were
spoken by this man, Moses, who had such great power given unto him, yea,
the words which he hath spoken concerning the coming of the Messiah.
		 -- Helaman 8:13
%
Yea, did he not bear record that the Son of God should come?  And as
he lifted up the brazen serpent in the wilderness, even so shall he be
lifted up who should come.
		 -- Helaman 8:14
%
And as many as should look upon that serpent should live, even so as many
as should look upon the Son of God with faith, having a contrite spirit,
might live, even unto that life which is eternal.
		 -- Helaman 8:15
%
And now behold, Moses did not only testify of these things, but also
all the holy prophets, from his days even to the days of Abraham.
		 -- Helaman 8:16
%
Yea, and behold, Abraham saw of his coming, and was filled with gladness
and did rejoice.
		 -- Helaman 8:17
%
Yea, and behold I say unto you, that Abraham not only knew of these
things, but there were many before the days of Abraham who were called
by the order of God; yea, even after the order of his Son; and this that
it should be shown unto the people, a great many thousand years before
his coming, that even redemption should come unto them.
		 -- Helaman 8:18
%
And now I would that ye should know, that even since the days of Abraham
there have been many prophets that have testified these things; yea,
behold, the prophet Zenos did testify boldly; for the which he was slain.
		 -- Helaman 8:19
%
And behold, also Zenock, and also Ezias, and also Isaiah, and Jeremiah,
(Jeremiah being that same prophet who testified of the destruction of
Jerusalem) and now we know that Jerusalem was destroyed according to
the words of Jeremiah.	O then why not the Son of God come, according
to his prophecy?
		 -- Helaman 8:20
%
And now will you dispute that Jerusalem was destroyed?	Will ye say that
the sons of Zedekiah were not slain, all except it were Mulek?	Yea,
and do ye not behold that the seed of Zedekiah are with us, and they
were driven out of the land of Jerusalem?  But behold, this is not all--
		 -- Helaman 8:21
%
Our father Lehi was driven out of Jerusalem because he testified of
these things.  Nephi also testified of these things, and also almost all
of our fathers, even down to this time; yea, they have testified of the
coming of Christ, and have looked forward, and have rejoiced in his day
which is to come.
		 -- Helaman 8:22
%
And behold, he is God, and he is with them, and he did manifest himself
unto them, that they were redeemed by him; and they gave unto him glory,
because of that which is to come.
		 -- Helaman 8:23
%
And now, seeing ye know these things and cannot deny them except ye
shall lie, therefore in this ye have sinned, for ye have rejected all
these things, notwithstanding so many evidences which ye have received;
yea, even ye have received all things, both things in heaven, and all
things which are in the earth, as a witness that they are true.
		 -- Helaman 8:24
%
But behold, ye have rejected the truth, and rebelled against your
holy God; and even at this time, instead of laying up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where nothing doth corrupt, and where nothing can
come which is unclean, ye are heaping up for yourselves wrath against
the day of judgment.
		 -- Helaman 8:25
%
Yea, even at this time ye are ripening, because of your murders and your
fornication and wickedness, for everlasting destruction; yea, and except
ye repent it will come unto you soon.
		 -- Helaman 8:26
%
Yea, behold it is now even at your doors; yea, go ye in unto the
judgment-seat, and search; and behold, your judge is murdered, and he
lieth in his blood; and he hath been murdered by his brother, who seeketh
to sit in the judgment-seat.
		 -- Helaman 8:27
%
And behold, they both belong to your secret band, whose author is
Gadianton and the evil one who seeketh to destroy the souls of men.
		 -- Helaman 8:28
%
Behold, now it came to pass that when Nephi had spoken these words,
certain men who were among them ran to the judgment-seat; yea, even
there were five who went, and they said among themselves, as they went:
		 -- Helaman 9:1
%
Behold, now we will know of a surety whether this man be a prophet
and God hath commanded him to prophesy such marvelous things unto us.
Behold, we do not believe that he hath; yea, we do not believe that he
is a prophet; nevertheless, if this thing which he has said concerning
the chief judge be true, that he be dead, then will we believe that the
other words which he has spoken are true.
		 -- Helaman 9:2
%
And it came to pass that they ran in their might, and came in unto the
judgment-seat; and behold, the chief judge had fallen to the earth,
and did lie in his blood.
		 -- Helaman 9:3
%
And now behold, when they saw this they were astonished exceedingly,
insomuch that they fell to the earth; for they had not believed the
words which Nephi had spoken concerning the chief judge.
		 -- Helaman 9:4
%
But now, when they saw they believed, and fear came upon them lest
all the judgments which Nephi had spoken should come upon the people;
therefore they did quake, and had fallen to the earth.
		 -- Helaman 9:5
%
Now, immediately when the judge had been murdered--he being stabbed by
his brother by a garb of secrecy, and he fled, and the servants ran and
told the people, raising the cry of murder among them;
		 -- Helaman 9:6
%
And behold the people did gather themselves together unto the place of
the judgment-seat--and behold, to their astonishment they saw those five
men who had fallen to the earth.
		 -- Helaman 9:7
%
And now behold, the people knew nothing concerning the multitude who
had gathered together at the garden of Nephi; therefore they said among
themselves: These men are they who have murdered the judge, and God has
smitten them that they could not flee from us.
		 -- Helaman 9:8
%
And it came to pass that they laid hold on them, and bound them and cast
them into prison.  And there was a proclamation sent abroad that the
judge was slain, and that the murderers had been taken and were cast
into prison.
		 -- Helaman 9:9
%
And it came to pass that on the morrow the people did assemble themselves
together to mourn and to fast, at the burial of the great chief judge
who had been slain.
		 -- Helaman 9:10
%
And thus also those judges who were at the garden of Nephi, and heard
his words, were also gathered together at the burial.
		 -- Helaman 9:11
%
And it came to pass that they inquired among the people, saying: Where
are the five who were sent to inquire concerning the chief judge whether
he was dead?  And they answered and said: Concerning this five whom ye
say ye have sent, we know not; but there are five who are the murderers,
whom we have cast into prison.
		 -- Helaman 9:12
%
And it came to pass that the judges desired that they should be brought;
and they were brought, and behold they were the five who were sent;
and behold the judges inquired of them to know concerning the matter,
and they told them all that they had done, saying:
		 -- Helaman 9:13
%
We ran and came to the place of the judgment-seat, and when we saw all
things even as Nephi had testified, we were astonished insomuch that
we fell to the earth; and when we were recovered from our astonishment,
behold they cast us into prison.
		 -- Helaman 9:14
%
Now, as for the murder of this man, we know not who has done it; and
only this much we know, we ran and came according as ye desired, and
behold he was dead, according to the words of Nephi.
		 -- Helaman 9:15
%
And now it came to pass that the judges did expound the matter unto
the people, and did cry out against Nephi, saying: Behold, we know that
this Nephi must have agreed with some one to slay the judge, and then he
might declare it unto us, that he might convert us unto his faith, that
he might raise himself to be a great man, chosen of God, and a prophet.
		 -- Helaman 9:16
%
And now behold, we will detect this man, and he shall confess his fault
and make known unto us the true murderer of this judge.
		 -- Helaman 9:17
%
And it came to pass that the five were liberated on the day of the burial.
Nevertheless, they did rebuke the judges in the words which they had
spoken against Nephi, and did contend with them one by one, insomuch
that they did confound them.
		 -- Helaman 9:18
%
Nevertheless, they caused that Nephi should be taken and bound and brought
before the multitude, and they began to question him in divers ways that
they might cross him, that they might accuse him to death--
		 -- Helaman 9:19
%
Saying unto him: Thou art confederate; who is this man that hath done
this murder?  Now tell us, and acknowledge thy fault; saying, Behold here
is money; and also we will grant unto thee thy life if thou wilt tell us,
and acknowledge the agreement which thou hast made with him.
		 -- Helaman 9:20
%
But Nephi said unto them: O ye fools, ye uncircumcised of heart, ye blind,
and ye stiffnecked people, do ye know how long the Lord your God will
suffer you that ye shall go on in this your way of sin?
		 -- Helaman 9:21
%
O ye ought to begin to howl and mourn, because of the great destruction
which at this time doth await you, except ye shall repent.
		 -- Helaman 9:22
%
Behold ye say that I have agreed with a man that he should murder
Seezoram, our chief judge.  But behold, I say unto you, that this is
because I have testified unto you that ye might know concerning this
thing; yea, even for a witness unto you, that I did know of the wickedness
and abominations which are among you.
		 -- Helaman 9:23
%
And because I have done this, ye say that I have agreed with a man that
he should do this thing; yea, because I showed unto you this sign ye
are angry with me, and seek to destroy my life.
		 -- Helaman 9:24
%
And now behold, I will show unto you another sign, and see if ye will
in this thing seek to destroy me.
		 -- Helaman 9:25
%
Behold I say unto you: Go to the house of Seantum, who is the brother
of Seezoram, and say unto him--
		 -- Helaman 9:26
%
Has Nephi, the pretended prophet, who doth prophesy so much evil
concerning this people, agreed with thee, in the which ye have murdered
Seezoram, who is your brother?
		 -- Helaman 9:27
%
And behold, he shall say unto you, Nay.
		 -- Helaman 9:28
%
And ye shall say unto him: Have ye murdered your brother?
		 -- Helaman 9:29
%
And he shall stand with fear, and wist not what to say.  And behold,
he shall deny unto you; and he shall make as if he were astonished;
nevertheless, he shall declare unto you that he is innocent.
		 -- Helaman 9:30
%
But behold, ye shall examine him, and ye shall find blood upon the skirts
of his cloak.
		 -- Helaman 9:31
%
And when ye have seen this, ye shall say: From whence cometh this blood?
Do we not know that it is the blood of your brother?
		 -- Helaman 9:32
%
And then shall he tremble, and shall look pale, even as if death had
come upon him.
		 -- Helaman 9:33
%
And then shall ye say: Because of this fear and this paleness which has
come upon your face, behold, we know that thou art guilty.
		 -- Helaman 9:34
%
And then shall greater fear come upon him; and then shall he confess
unto you, and deny no more that he has done this murder.
		 -- Helaman 9:35
%
And then shall he say unto you, that I, Nephi, know nothing concerning
the matter save it were given unto me by the power of God.  And then shall
ye know that I am an honest man, and that I am sent unto you from God.
		 -- Helaman 9:36
%
And it came to pass that they went and did, even according as Nephi had
said unto them.  And behold, the words which he had said were true; for
according to the words he did deny; and also according to the words he
did confess.
		 -- Helaman 9:37
%
And he was brought to prove that he himself was the very murderer,
insomuch that the five were set at liberty, and also was Nephi.
		 -- Helaman 9:38
%
And there were some of the Nephites who believed on the words of Nephi;
and there were some also, who believed because of the testimony of the
five, for they had been converted while they were in prison.
		 -- Helaman 9:39
%
And now there were some among the people, who said that Nephi was
a prophet.
		 -- Helaman 9:40
%
And there were others who said: Behold, he is a god, for except he was
a god he could not know of all things.	For behold, he has told us the
thoughts of our hearts, and also has told us things; and even he has
brought unto our knowledge the true murderer of our chief judge.
		 -- Helaman 9:41
%
And it came to pass that there arose a division among the people,
insomuch that they divided hither and thither and went their ways,
leaving Nephi alone, as he was standing in the midst of them.
		 -- Helaman 10:1
%
And it came to pass that Nephi went his way towards his own house,
pondering upon the things which the Lord had shown unto him.
		 -- Helaman 10:2
%
And it came to pass as he was thus pondering--being much cast down because
of the wickedness of the people of the Nephites, their secret works of
darkness, and their murderings, and their plunderings, and all manner of
iniquities--and it came to pass as he was thus pondering in his heart,
behold, a voice came unto him saying:
		 -- Helaman 10:3
%
Blessed art thou, Nephi, for those things which thou hast done; for I
have beheld how thou hast with unwearyingness declared the word, which I
have given unto thee, unto this people.  And thou hast not feared them,
and hast not sought thine own life, but hast sought my will, and to keep
my commandments.
		 -- Helaman 10:4
%
And now, because thou hast done this with such unwearyingness, behold,
I will bless thee forever; and I will make thee mighty in word and in
deed, in faith and in works; yea, even that all things shall be done
unto thee according to thy word, for thou shalt not ask that which is
contrary to my will.
		 -- Helaman 10:5
%
Behold, thou art Nephi, and I am God.  Behold, I declare it unto thee
in the presence of mine angels, that ye shall have power over this
people, and shall smite the earth with famine, and with pestilence,
and destruction, according to the wickedness of this people.
		 -- Helaman 10:6
%
Behold, I give unto you power, that whatsoever ye shall seal on earth
shall be sealed in heaven; and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall
be loosed in heaven; and thus shall ye have power among this people.
		 -- Helaman 10:7
%
And thus, if ye shall say unto this temple it shall be rent in twain,
it shall be done.
		 -- Helaman 10:8
%
And if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou cast down and become
smooth, it shall be done.
		 -- Helaman 10:9
%
And behold, if ye shall say that God shall smite this people, it shall
come to pass.
		 -- Helaman 10:10
%
And now behold, I command you, that ye shall go and declare unto this
people, that thus saith the Lord God, who is the Almighty: Except ye
repent ye shall be smitten, even unto destruction.
		 -- Helaman 10:11
%
And behold, now it came to pass that when the Lord had spoken these words
unto Nephi, he did stop and did not go unto his own house, but did return
unto the multitudes who were scattered about upon the face of the land,
and began to declare unto them the word of the Lord which had been spoken
unto him, concerning their destruction if they did not repent.
		 -- Helaman 10:12
%
Now behold, notwithstanding that great miracle which Nephi had done in
telling them concerning the death of the chief judge, they did harden
their hearts and did not hearken unto the words of the Lord.
		 -- Helaman 10:13
%
Therefore Nephi did declare unto them the word of the Lord, saying: Except
ye repent, thus saith the Lord, ye shall be smitten even unto destruction.
		 -- Helaman 10:14
%
And it came to pass that when Nephi had declared unto them the word,
behold, they did still harden their hearts and would not hearken unto
his words; therefore they did revile against him, and did seek to lay
their hands upon him that they might cast him into prison.
		 -- Helaman 10:15
%
But behold, the power of God was with him, and they could not take him
to cast him into prison, for he was taken by the Spirit and conveyed
away out of the midst of them.
		 -- Helaman 10:16
%
And it came to pass that thus he did go forth in the Spirit, from
multitude to multitude, declaring the word of God, even until he had
declared it unto them all, or sent it forth among all the people.
		 -- Helaman 10:17
%
And it came to pass that they would not hearken unto his words; and
there began to be contentions, insomuch that they were divided against
themselves and began to slay one another with the sword.
		 -- Helaman 10:18
%
And thus ended the seventy and first year of the reign of the judges
over the people of Nephi.
		 -- Helaman 10:19
%
And now it came to pass in the seventy and second year of the reign of
the judges that the contentions did increase, insomuch that there were
wars throughout all the land among all the people of Nephi.
		 -- Helaman 11:1
%
And it was this secret band of robbers who did carry on this work of
destruction and wickedness.  And this war did last all that year; and
in the seventy and third year it did also last.
		 -- Helaman 11:2
%
And it came to pass that in this year Nephi did cry unto the Lord, saying:
		 -- Helaman 11:3
%
O Lord, do not suffer that this people shall be destroyed by the sword;
but O Lord, rather let there be a famine in the land, to stir them up
in remembrance of the Lord their God, and perhaps they will repent and
turn unto thee.
		 -- Helaman 11:4
%
And so it was done, according to the words of Nephi.  And there was a
great famine upon the land, among all the people of Nephi.  And thus
in the seventy and fourth year the famine did continue, and the work of
destruction did cease by the sword but became sore by famine.
		 -- Helaman 11:5
%
And this work of destruction did also continue in the seventy and fifth
year.  For the earth was smitten that it was dry, and did not yield forth
grain in the season of grain; and the whole earth was smitten, even among
the Lamanites as well as among the Nephites, so that they were smitten
that they did perish by thousands in the more wicked parts of the land.
		 -- Helaman 11:6
%
And it came to pass that the people saw that they were about to perish
by famine, and they began to remember the Lord their God; and they began
to remember the words of Nephi.
		 -- Helaman 11:7
%
And the people began to plead with their chief judges and their leaders,
that they would say unto Nephi: Behold, we know that thou art a man of
God, and therefore cry unto the Lord our God that he turn away from us
this famine, lest all the words which thou hast spoken concerning our
destruction be fulfilled.
		 -- Helaman 11:8
%
And it came to pass that the judges did say unto Nephi, according to
the words which had been desired.  And it came to pass that when Nephi
saw that the people had repented and did humble themselves in sackcloth,
he cried again unto the Lord, saying:
		 -- Helaman 11:9
%
O Lord, behold this people repenteth; and they have swept away the band
of Gadianton from amongst them insomuch that they have become extinct,
and they have concealed their secret plans in the earth.
		 -- Helaman 11:10
%
Now, O Lord, because of this their humility wilt thou turn away thine
anger, and let thine anger be appeased in the destruction of those wicked
men whom thou hast already destroyed.
		 -- Helaman 11:11
%
O Lord, wilt thou turn away thine anger, yea, thy fierce anger, and
cause that this famine may cease in this land.
		 -- Helaman 11:12
%
O Lord, wilt thou hearken unto me, and cause that it may be done according
to my words, and send forth rain upon the face of the earth, that she
may bring forth her fruit, and her grain in the season of grain.
		 -- Helaman 11:13
%
O Lord, thou didst hearken unto my words when I said, Let there be a
famine, that the pestilence of the sword might cease; and I know that
thou wilt, even at this time, hearken unto my words, for thou saidst that:
If this people repent I will spare them.
		 -- Helaman 11:14
%
Yea, O Lord, and thou seest that they have repented, because of the
famine and the pestilence and destruction which has come unto them.
		 -- Helaman 11:15
%
And now, O Lord, wilt thou turn away thine anger, and try again if they
will serve thee?  And if so, O Lord, thou canst bless them according to
thy words which thou hast said.
		 -- Helaman 11:16
%
And it came to pass that in the seventy and sixth year the Lord did turn
away his anger from the people, and caused that rain should fall upon
the earth, insomuch that it did bring forth her fruit in the season of
her fruit.  And it came to pass that it did bring forth her grain in
the season of her grain.
		 -- Helaman 11:17
%
And behold, the people did rejoice and glorify God, and the whole face of
the land was filled with rejoicing; and they did no more seek to destroy
Nephi, but they did esteem him as a great prophet, and a man of God,
having great power and authority given unto him from God.
		 -- Helaman 11:18
%
And behold, Lehi, his brother, was not a whit behind him as to things
pertaining to righteousness.
		 -- Helaman 11:19
%
And thus it did come to pass that the people of Nephi began to prosper
again in the land, and began to build up their waste places, and began
to multiply and spread, even until they did cover the whole face of the
land, both on the northward and on the southward, from the sea west to
the sea east.
		 -- Helaman 11:20
%
And it came to pass that the seventy and sixth year did end in peace.
And the seventy and seventh year began in peace; and the church did
spread throughout the face of all the land; and the more part of the
people, both the Nephites and the Lamanites, did belong to the church;
and they did have exceedingly great peace in the land; and thus ended
the seventy and seventh year.
		 -- Helaman 11:21
%
And also they had peace in the seventy and eighth year, save it were a
few contentions concerning the points of doctrine which had been laid
down by the prophets.
		 -- Helaman 11:22
%
And in the seventy and ninth year there began to be much strife.  But it
came to pass that Nephi and Lehi, and many of their brethren who knew
concerning the true points of doctrine, having many revelations daily,
therefore they did preach unto the people, insomuch that they did put
an end to their strife in that same year.
		 -- Helaman 11:23
%
And it came to pass that in the eightieth year of the reign of the judges
over the people of Nephi, there were a certain number of the dissenters
from the people of Nephi, who had some years before gone over unto the
Lamanites, and taken upon themselves the name of Lamanites, and also a
certain number who were real descendants of the Lamanites, being stirred
up to anger by them, or by those dissenters, therefore they commenced
a war with their brethren.
		 -- Helaman 11:24
%
And they did commit murder and plunder; and then they would retreat
back into the mountains, and into the wilderness and secret places,
hiding themselves that they could not be discovered, receiving daily an
addition to their numbers, inasmuch as there were dissenters that went
forth unto them.
		 -- Helaman 11:25
%
And thus in time, yea, even in the space of not many years, they became
an exceedingly great band of robbers; and they did search out all the
secret plans of Gadianton; and thus they became robbers of Gadianton.
		 -- Helaman 11:26
%
Now behold, these robbers did make great havoc, yea, even great
destruction among the people of Nephi, and also among the people of
the Lamanites.
		 -- Helaman 11:27
%
And it came to pass that it was expedient that there should be a stop
put to this work of destruction; therefore they sent an army of strong
men into the wilderness and upon the mountains to search out this band
of robbers, and to destroy them.
		 -- Helaman 11:28
%
But behold, it came to pass that in that same year they were driven
back even into their own lands.  And thus ended the eightieth year of
the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
		 -- Helaman 11:29
%
And it came to pass in the commencement of the eighty and first year they
did go forth again against this band of robbers, and did destroy many;
and they were also visited with much destruction.
		 -- Helaman 11:30
%
And they were again obliged to return out of the wilderness and out of the
mountains unto their own lands, because of the exceeding greatness of the
numbers of those robbers who infested the mountains and the wilderness.
		 -- Helaman 11:31
%
And it came to pass that thus ended this year.	And the robbers did
still increase and wax strong, insomuch that they did defy the whole
armies of the Nephites, and also of the Lamanites; and they did cause
great fear to come unto the people upon all the face of the land.
		 -- Helaman 11:32
%
Yea, for they did visit many parts of the land, and did do great
destruction unto them; yea, did kill many, and did carry away others
captive into the wilderness, yea, and more especially their women and
their children.
		 -- Helaman 11:33
%
Now this great evil, which came unto the people because of their iniquity,
did stir them up again in remembrance of the Lord their God.
		 -- Helaman 11:34
%
And thus ended the eighty and first year of the reign of the judges.
		 -- Helaman 11:35
%
And in the eighty and second year they began again to forget the Lord
their God.  And in the eighty and third year they began to wax strong in
iniquity.  And in the eighty and fourth year they did not mend their ways.
		 -- Helaman 11:36
%
And it came to pass in the eighty and fifth year they did wax stronger
and stronger in their pride, and in their wickedness; and thus they were
ripening again for destruction.
		 -- Helaman 11:37
%
And thus ended the eighty and fifth year.
		 -- Helaman 11:38
%
And thus we can behold how false, and also the unsteadiness of the
hearts of the children of men; yea, we can see that the Lord in his great
infinite goodness doth bless and prosper those who put their trust in him.
		 -- Helaman 12:1
%
Yea, and we may see at the very time when he doth prosper his people,
yea, in the increase of their fields, their flocks and their herds, and
in gold, and in silver, and in all manner of precious things of every
kind and art; sparing their lives, and delivering them out of the hands
of their enemies; softening the hearts of their enemies that they should
not declare wars against them; yea, and in fine, doing all things for the
welfare and happiness of his people; yea, then is the time that they do
harden their hearts, and do forget the Lord their God, and do trample
under their feet the Holy One--yea, and this because of their ease,
and their exceedingly great prosperity.
		 -- Helaman 12:2
%
And thus we see that except the Lord doth chasten his people with
many afflictions, yea, except he doth visit them with death and with
terror, and with famine and with all manner of pestilence, they will
not remember him.
		 -- Helaman 12:3
%
O how foolish, and how vain, and how evil, and devilish, and how quick
to do iniquity, and how slow to do good, are the children of men; yea,
how quick to hearken unto the words of the evil one, and to set their
hearts upon the vain things of the world!
		 -- Helaman 12:4
%
Yea, how quick to be lifted up in pride; yea, how quick to boast,
and do all manner of that which is iniquity; and how slow are they to
remember the Lord their God, and to give ear unto his counsels, yea,
how slow to walk in wisdom's paths!
		 -- Helaman 12:5
%
Behold, they do not desire that the Lord their God, who hath created them,
should rule and reign over them; notwithstanding his great goodness and
his mercy towards them, they do set at naught his counsels, and they
will not that he should be their guide.
		 -- Helaman 12:6
%
O how great is the nothingness of the children of men; yea, even they
are less than the dust of the earth.
		 -- Helaman 12:7
%
For behold, the dust of the earth moveth hither and thither, to the
dividing asunder, at the command of our great and everlasting God.
		 -- Helaman 12:8
%
Yea, behold at his voice do the hills and the mountains tremble and quake.
		 -- Helaman 12:9
%
And by the power of his voice they are broken up, and become smooth,
yea, even like unto a valley.
		 -- Helaman 12:10
%
Yea, by the power of his voice doth the whole earth shake;
		 -- Helaman 12:11
%
Yea, by the power of his voice, do the foundations rock, even to the
very center.
		 -- Helaman 12:12
%
Yea, and if he say unto the earth--Move--it is moved.
		 -- Helaman 12:13
%
Yea, if he say unto the earth--Thou shalt go back, that it lengthen out
the day for many hours--it is done;
		 -- Helaman 12:14
%
And thus, according to his word the earth goeth back, and it appeareth
unto man that the sun standeth still; yea, and behold, this is so;
for surely it is the earth that moveth and not the sun.
		 -- Helaman 12:15
%
And behold, also, if he say unto the waters of the great deep--Be thou
dried up--it is done.
		 -- Helaman 12:16
%
Behold, if he say unto this mountain--Be thou raised up, and come over
and fall upon that city, that it be buried up--behold it is done.
		 -- Helaman 12:17
%
And behold, if a man hide up a treasure in the earth, and the Lord shall
say--Let it be accursed, because of the iniquity of him who hath hid it
up--behold, it shall be accursed.
		 -- Helaman 12:18
%
And if the Lord shall say--Be thou accursed, that no man shall find
thee from this time henceforth and forever--behold, no man getteth it
henceforth and forever.
		 -- Helaman 12:19
%
And behold, if the Lord shall say unto a man--Because of thine iniquities,
thou shalt be accursed forever--it shall be done.
		 -- Helaman 12:20
%
And if the Lord shall say--Because of thine iniquities thou shalt be
cut off from my presence--he will cause that it shall be so.
		 -- Helaman 12:21
%
And wo unto him to whom he shall say this, for it shall be unto him that
will do iniquity, and he cannot be saved; therefore, for this cause,
that men might be saved, hath repentance been declared.
		 -- Helaman 12:22
%
Therefore, blessed are they who will repent and hearken unto the voice
of the Lord their God; for these are they that shall be saved.
		 -- Helaman 12:23
%
And may God grant, in his great fulness, that men might be brought unto
repentance and good works, that they might be restored unto grace for
grace, according to their works.
		 -- Helaman 12:24
%
And I would that all men might be saved.  But we read that in the great
and last day there are some who shall be cast out, yea, who shall be
cast off from the presence of the Lord;
		 -- Helaman 12:25
%
Yea, who shall be consigned to a state of endless misery, fulfilling
the words which say: They that have done good shall have everlasting
life; and they that have done evil shall have everlasting damnation.
And thus it is.  Amen.
		 -- Helaman 12:26
%
And now it came to pass in the eighty and sixth year, the Nephites did
still remain in wickedness, yea, in great wickedness, while the Lamanites
did observe strictly to keep the commandments of God, according to the
law of Moses.
		 -- Helaman 13:1
%
And it came to pass that in this year there was one Samuel, a Lamanite,
came into the land of Zarahemla, and began to preach unto the people.
And it came to pass that he did preach, many days, repentance unto the
people, and they did cast him out, and he was about to return to his
own land.
		 -- Helaman 13:2
%
But behold, the voice of the Lord came unto him, that he should return
again, and prophesy unto the people whatsoever things should come into
his heart.
		 -- Helaman 13:3
%
And it came to pass that they would not suffer that he should enter
into the city; therefore he went and got upon the wall thereof, and
stretched forth his hand and cried with a loud voice, and prophesied
unto the people whatsoever things the Lord put into his heart.
		 -- Helaman 13:4
%
And he said unto them: Behold, I, Samuel, a Lamanite, do speak the words
of the Lord which he doth put into my heart; and behold he hath put it
into my heart to say unto this people that the sword of justice hangeth
over this people; and four hundred years pass not away save the sword
of justice falleth upon this people.
		 -- Helaman 13:5
%
Yea, heavy destruction awaiteth this people, and it surely cometh unto
this people, and nothing can save this people save it be repentance and
faith on the Lord Jesus Christ, who surely shall come into the world,
and shall suffer many things and shall be slain for his people.
		 -- Helaman 13:6
%
And behold, an angel of the Lord hath declared it unto me, and he did
bring glad tidings to my soul.	And behold, I was sent unto you to
declare it unto you also, that ye might have glad tidings; but behold
ye would not receive me.
		 -- Helaman 13:7
%
Therefore, thus saith the Lord: Because of the hardness of the hearts of
the people of the Nephites, except they repent I will take away my word
from them, and I will withdraw my Spirit from them, and I will suffer
them no longer, and I will turn the hearts of their brethren against them.
		 -- Helaman 13:8
%
And four hundred years shall not pass away before I will cause that they
shall be smitten; yea, I will visit them with the sword and with famine
and with pestilence.
		 -- Helaman 13:9
%
Yea, I will visit them in my fierce anger, and there shall be those of
the fourth generation who shall live, of your enemies, to behold your
utter destruction; and this shall surely come except ye repent, saith
the Lord; and those of the fourth generation shall visit your destruction.
		 -- Helaman 13:10
%
But if ye will repent and return unto the Lord your God I will turn away
mine anger, saith the Lord; yea, thus saith the Lord, blessed are they
who will repent and turn unto me, but wo unto him that repenteth not.
		 -- Helaman 13:11
%
Yea, wo unto this great city of Zarahemla; for behold, it is because
of those who are righteous that it is saved; yea, wo unto this great
city, for I perceive, saith the Lord, that there are many, yea, even the
more part of this great city, that will harden their hearts against me,
saith the Lord.
		 -- Helaman 13:12
%
But blessed are they who will repent, for them will I spare.  But behold,
if it were not for the righteous who are in this great city, behold,
I would cause that fire should come down out of heaven and destroy it.
		 -- Helaman 13:13
%
But behold, it is for the righteous' sake that it is spared.  But behold,
the time cometh, saith the Lord, that when ye shall cast out the righteous
from among you, then shall ye be ripe for destruction; yea, wo be unto
this great city, because of the wickedness and abominations which are
in her.
		 -- Helaman 13:14
%
Yea, and wo be unto the city of Gideon, for the wickedness and
abominations which are in her.
		 -- Helaman 13:15
%
Yea, and wo be unto all the cities which are in the land round about,
which are possessed by the Nephites, because of the wickedness and
abominations which are in them.
		 -- Helaman 13:16
%
And behold, a curse shall come upon the land, saith the Lord of Hosts,
because of the peoples' sake who are upon the land, yea, because of
their wickedness and their abominations.
		 -- Helaman 13:17
%
And it shall come to pass, saith the Lord of Hosts, yea, our great and
true God, that whoso shall hide up treasures in the earth shall find
them again no more, because of the great curse of the land, save he be
a righteous man and shall hide it up unto the Lord.
		 -- Helaman 13:18
%
For I will, saith the Lord, that they shall hide up their treasures
unto me; and cursed be they who hide not up their treasures unto me;
for none hideth up their treasures unto me save it be the righteous;
and he that hideth not up his treasures unto me, cursed is he, and also
the treasure, and none shall redeem it because of the curse of the land.
		 -- Helaman 13:19
%
And the day shall come that they shall hide up their treasures, because
they have set their hearts upon riches; and because they have set their
hearts upon their riches, and will hide up their treasures when they shall
flee before their enemies; because they will not hide them up unto me,
cursed be they and also their treasures; and in that day shall they be
smitten, saith the Lord.
		 -- Helaman 13:20
%
Behold ye, the people of this great city, and hearken unto my words; yea,
hearken unto the words which the Lord saith; for behold, he saith that
ye are cursed because of your riches, and also are your riches cursed
because ye have set your hearts upon them, and have not hearkened unto
the words of him who gave them unto you.
		 -- Helaman 13:21
%
Ye do not remember the Lord your God in the things with which he hath
blessed you, but ye do always remember your riches, not to thank the Lord
your God for them; yea, your hearts are not drawn out unto the Lord, but
they do swell with great pride, unto boasting, and unto great swelling,
envyings, strifes, malice, persecutions, and murders, and all manner
of iniquities.
		 -- Helaman 13:22
%
For this cause hath the Lord God caused that a curse should come upon
the land, and also upon your riches, and this because of your iniquities.
		 -- Helaman 13:23
%
Yea, wo unto this people, because of this time which has arrived, that
ye do cast out the prophets, and do mock them, and cast stones at them,
and do slay them, and do all manner of iniquity unto them, even as they
did of old time.
		 -- Helaman 13:24
%
And now when ye talk, ye say: If our days had been in the days of our
fathers of old, we would not have slain the prophets; we would not have
stoned them, and cast them out.
		 -- Helaman 13:25
%
Behold ye are worse than they; for as the Lord liveth, if a prophet come
among you and declareth unto you the word of the Lord, which testifieth
of your sins and iniquities, ye are angry with him, and cast him out
and seek all manner of ways to destroy him; yea, you will say that he
is a false prophet, and that he is a sinner, and of the devil, because
he testifieth that your deeds are evil.
		 -- Helaman 13:26
%
But behold, if a man shall come among you and shall say: Do this, and
there is no iniquity; do that and ye shall not suffer; yea, he will say:
Walk after the pride of your own hearts; yea, walk after the pride of
your eyes, and do whatsoever your heart desireth--and if a man shall come
among you and say this, ye will receive him, and say that he is a prophet.
		 -- Helaman 13:27
%
Yea, ye will lift him up, and ye will give unto him of your substance; ye
will give unto him of your gold, and of your silver, and ye will clothe
him with costly apparel; and because he speaketh flattering words unto
you, and he saith that all is well, then ye will not find fault with him.
		 -- Helaman 13:28
%
O ye wicked and ye perverse generation; ye hardened and ye stiffnecked
people, how long will ye suppose that the Lord will suffer you?  Yea,
how long will ye suffer yourselves to be led by foolish and blind guides?
Yea, how long will ye choose darkness rather than light?
		 -- Helaman 13:29
%
Yea, behold, the anger of the Lord is already kindled against you;
behold, he hath cursed the land because of your iniquity.
		 -- Helaman 13:30
%
And behold, the time cometh that he curseth your riches, that they become
slippery, that ye cannot hold them; and in the days of your poverty ye
cannot retain them.
		 -- Helaman 13:31
%
And in the days of your poverty ye shall cry unto the Lord; and in vain
shall ye cry, for your desolation is already come upon you, and your
destruction is made sure; and then shall ye weep and howl in that day,
saith the Lord of Hosts.  And then shall ye lament, and say:
		 -- Helaman 13:32
%
O that I had repented, and had not killed the prophets, and stoned
them, and cast them out.  Yea, in that day ye shall say: O that we
had remembered the Lord our God in the day that he gave us our riches,
and then they would not have become slippery that we should lose them;
for behold, our riches are gone from us.
		 -- Helaman 13:33
%
Behold, we lay a tool here and on the morrow it is gone; and behold,
our swords are taken from us in the day we have sought them for battle.
		 -- Helaman 13:34
%
Yea, we have hid up our treasures and they have slipped away from us,
because of the curse of the land.
		 -- Helaman 13:35
%
O that we had repented in the day that the word of the Lord came unto
us; for behold the land is cursed, and all things are become slippery,
and we cannot hold them.
		 -- Helaman 13:36
%
Behold, we are surrounded by demons, yea, we are encircled about by
the angels of him who hath sought to destroy our souls.  Behold, our
iniquities are great.  O Lord, canst thou not turn away thine anger
from us?  And this shall be your language in those days.
		 -- Helaman 13:37
%
But behold, your days of probation are past; ye have procrastinated
the day of your salvation until it is everlastingly too late, and
your destruction is made sure; yea, for ye have sought all the days of
your lives for that which ye could not obtain; and ye have sought for
happiness in doing iniquity, which thing is contrary to the nature of
that righteousness which is in our great and Eternal Head.
		 -- Helaman 13:38
%
O ye people of the land, that ye would hear my words!  And I pray that
the anger of the Lord be turned away from you, and that ye would repent
and be saved.
		 -- Helaman 13:39
%
And now it came to pass that Samuel, the Lamanite, did prophesy a great
many more things which cannot be written.
		 -- Helaman 14:1
%
And behold, he said unto them: Behold, I give unto you a sign; for five
years more cometh, and behold, then cometh the Son of God to redeem all
those who shall believe on his name.
		 -- Helaman 14:2
%
And behold, this will I give unto you for a sign at the time of his
coming; for behold, there shall be great lights in heaven, insomuch that
in the night before he cometh there shall be no darkness, insomuch that
it shall appear unto man as if it was day.
		 -- Helaman 14:3
%
Therefore, there shall be one day and a night and a day, as if it were
one day and there were no night; and this shall be unto you for a sign;
for ye shall know of the rising of the sun and also of its setting;
therefore they shall know of a surety that there shall be two days and
a night; nevertheless the night shall not be darkened; and it shall be
the night before he is born.
		 -- Helaman 14:4
%
And behold, there shall a new star arise, such an one as ye never have
beheld; and this also shall be a sign unto you.
		 -- Helaman 14:5
%
And behold this is not all, there shall be many signs and wonders
in heaven.
		 -- Helaman 14:6
%
And it shall come to pass that ye shall all be amazed, and wonder,
insomuch that ye shall fall to the earth.
		 -- Helaman 14:7
%
And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall believe on the Son of God,
the same shall have everlasting life.
		 -- Helaman 14:8
%
And behold, thus hath the Lord commanded me, by his angel, that I should
come and tell this thing unto you; yea, he hath commanded that I should
prophesy these things unto you; yea, he hath said unto me: Cry unto this
people, repent and prepare the way of the Lord.
		 -- Helaman 14:9
%
And now, because I am a Lamanite, and have spoken unto you the words
which the Lord hath commanded me, and because it was hard against you,
ye are angry with me and do seek to destroy me, and have cast me out
from among you.
		 -- Helaman 14:10
%
And ye shall hear my words, for, for this intent have I come up upon the
walls of this city, that ye might hear and know of the judgments of God
which do await you because of your iniquities, and also that ye might
know the conditions of repentance;
		 -- Helaman 14:11
%
And also that ye might know of the coming of Jesus Christ, the Son of
God, the Father of heaven and of earth, the Creator of all things from
the beginning; and that ye might know of the signs of his coming, to
the intent that ye might believe on his name.
		 -- Helaman 14:12
%
And if ye believe on his name ye will repent of all your sins, that
thereby ye may have a remission of them through his merits.
		 -- Helaman 14:13
%
And behold, again, another sign I give unto you, yea, a sign of his death.
		 -- Helaman 14:14
%
For behold, he surely must die that salvation may come; yea, it
behooveth him and becometh expedient that he dieth, to bring to pass
the resurrection of the dead, that thereby men may be brought into the
presence of the Lord.
		 -- Helaman 14:15
%
Yea, behold, this death bringeth to pass the resurrection, and redeemeth
all mankind from the first death--that spiritual death; for all mankind,
by the fall of Adam being cut off from the presence of the Lord, are
considered as dead, both as to things temporal and to things spiritual.
		 -- Helaman 14:16
%
But behold, the resurrection of Christ redeemeth mankind, yea, even all
mankind, and bringeth them back into the presence of the Lord.
		 -- Helaman 14:17
%
Yea, and it bringeth to pass the condition of repentance, that whosoever
repenteth the same is not hewn down and cast into the fire; but whosoever
repenteth not is hewn down and cast into the fire; and there cometh upon
them again a spiritual death, yea, a second death, for they are cut off
again as to things pertaining to righteousness.
		 -- Helaman 14:18
%
Therefore repent ye, repent ye, lest by knowing these things and not
doing them ye shall suffer yourselves to come under condemnation, and
ye are brought down unto this second death.
		 -- Helaman 14:19
%
But behold, as I said unto you concerning another sign, a sign of his
death, behold, in that day that he shall suffer death the sun shall be
darkened and refuse to give his light unto you; and also the moon and
the stars; and there shall be no light upon the face of this land, even
from the time that he shall suffer death, for the space of three days,
to the time that he shall rise again from the dead.
		 -- Helaman 14:20
%
Yea, at the time that he shall yield up the ghost there shall be
thunderings and lightnings for the space of many hours, and the earth
shall shake and tremble; and the rocks which are upon the face of this
earth, which are both above the earth and beneath, which ye know at
this time are solid, or the more part of it is one solid mass, shall be
broken up;
		 -- Helaman 14:21
%
Yea, they shall be rent in twain, and shall ever after be found in seams
and in cracks, and in broken fragments upon the face of the whole earth,
yea, both above the earth and beneath.
		 -- Helaman 14:22
%
And behold, there shall be great tempests, and there shall be many
mountains laid low, like unto a valley, and there shall be many places
which are now called valleys which shall become mountains, whose height
is great.
		 -- Helaman 14:23
%
And many highways shall be broken up, and many cities shall become
desolate.
		 -- Helaman 14:24
%
And many graves shall be opened, and shall yield up many of their dead;
and many saints shall appear unto many.
		 -- Helaman 14:25
%
And behold, thus hath the angel spoken unto me; for he said unto me that
there should be thunderings and lightnings for the space of many hours.
		 -- Helaman 14:26
%
And he said unto me that while the thunder and the lightning lasted,
and the tempest, that these things should be, and that darkness should
cover the face of the whole earth for the space of three days.
		 -- Helaman 14:27
%
And the angel said unto me that many shall see greater things than these,
to the intent that they might believe that these signs and these wonders
should come to pass upon all the face of this land, to the intent that
there should be no cause for unbelief among the children of men--
		 -- Helaman 14:28
%
And this to the intent that whosoever will believe might be saved, and
that whosoever will not believe, a righteous judgment might come upon
them; and also if they are condemned they bring upon themselves their
own condemnation.
		 -- Helaman 14:29
%
And now remember, remember, my brethren, that whosoever perisheth,
perisheth unto himself; and whosoever doeth iniquity, doeth it unto
himself; for behold, ye are free; ye are permitted to act for yourselves;
for behold, God hath given unto you a knowledge and he hath made you free.
		 -- Helaman 14:30
%
He hath given unto you that ye might know good from evil, and he hath
given unto you that ye might choose life or death; and ye can do good
and be restored unto that which is good, or have that which is good
restored unto you; or ye can do evil, and have that which is evil restored
unto you.
		 -- Helaman 14:31
%
And now, my beloved brethren, behold, I declare unto you that except ye
shall repent your houses shall be left unto you desolate.
		 -- Helaman 15:1
%
Yea, except ye repent, your women shall have great cause to mourn in the
day that they shall give suck; for ye shall attempt to flee and there
shall be no place for refuge; yea, and wo unto them which are with child,
for they shall be heavy and cannot flee; therefore, they shall be trodden
down and shall be left to perish.
		 -- Helaman 15:2
%
Yea, wo unto this people who are called the people of Nephi except they
shall repent, when they shall see all these signs and wonders which
shall be showed unto them; for behold, they have been a chosen people
of the Lord; yea, the people of Nephi hath he loved, and also hath he
chastened them; yea, in the days of their iniquities hath he chastened
them because he loveth them.
		 -- Helaman 15:3
%
But behold my brethren, the Lamanites hath he hated because their deeds
have been evil continually, and this because of the iniquity of the
tradition of their fathers.  But behold, salvation hath come unto them
through the preaching of the Nephites; and for this intent hath the Lord
prolonged their days.
		 -- Helaman 15:4
%
And I would that ye should behold that the more part of them are in the
path of their duty, and they do walk circumspectly before God, and they
do observe to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments
according to the law of Moses.
		 -- Helaman 15:5
%
Yea, I say unto you, that the more part of them are doing this, and they
are striving with unwearied diligence that they may bring the remainder
of their brethren to the knowledge of the truth; therefore there are
many who do add to their numbers daily.
		 -- Helaman 15:6
%
And behold, ye do know of yourselves, for ye have witnessed it, that
as many of them as are brought to the knowledge of the truth, and to
know of the wicked and abominable traditions of their fathers, and are
led to believe the holy scriptures, yea, the prophecies of the holy
prophets, which are written, which leadeth them to faith on the Lord,
and unto repentance, which faith and repentance bringeth a change of
heart unto them--
		 -- Helaman 15:7
%
Therefore, as many as have come to this, ye know of yourselves are firm
and steadfast in the faith, and in the thing wherewith they have been
made free.
		 -- Helaman 15:8
%
And ye know also that they have buried their weapons of war, and they
fear to take them up lest by any means they should sin; yea, ye can see
that they fear to sin--for behold they will suffer themselves that they
be trodden down and slain by their enemies, and will not lift their
swords against them, and this because of their faith in Christ.
		 -- Helaman 15:9
%
And now, because of their steadfastness when they do believe in that thing
which they do believe, for because of their firmness when they are once
enlightened, behold, the Lord shall bless them and prolong their days,
notwithstanding their iniquity--
		 -- Helaman 15:10
%
Yea, even if they should dwindle in unbelief the Lord shall prolong their
days, until the time shall come which hath been spoken of by our fathers,
and also by the prophet Zenos, and many other prophets, concerning the
restoration of our brethren, the Lamanites, again to the knowledge of
the truth--
		 -- Helaman 15:11
%
Yea, I say unto you, that in the latter times the promises of the Lord
have been extended to our brethren, the Lamanites; and notwithstanding
the many afflictions which they shall have, and notwithstanding they
shall be driven to and fro upon the face of the earth, and be hunted,
and shall be smitten and scattered abroad, having no place for refuge,
the Lord shall be merciful unto them.
		 -- Helaman 15:12
%
And this is according to the prophecy, that they shall again be brought
to the true knowledge, which is the knowledge of their Redeemer, and
their great and true shepherd, and be numbered among his sheep.
		 -- Helaman 15:13
%
Therefore I say unto you, it shall be better for them than for you except
ye repent.
		 -- Helaman 15:14
%
For behold, had the mighty works been shown unto them which have been
shown unto you, yea, unto them who have dwindled in unbelief because
of the traditions of their fathers, ye can see of yourselves that they
never would again have dwindled in unbelief.
		 -- Helaman 15:15
%
Therefore, saith the Lord: I will not utterly destroy them, but I will
cause that in the day of my wisdom they shall return again unto me,
saith the Lord.
		 -- Helaman 15:16
%
And now behold, saith the Lord, concerning the people of the Nephites:
If they will not repent, and observe to do my will, I will utterly
destroy them, saith the Lord, because of their unbelief notwithstanding
the many mighty works which I have done among them; and as surely as
the Lord liveth shall these things be, saith the Lord.
		 -- Helaman 15:17
%
And now, it came to pass that there were many who heard the words
of Samuel, the Lamanite, which he spake upon the walls of the city.
And as many as believed on his word went forth and sought for Nephi;
and when they had come forth and found him they confessed unto him their
sins and denied not, desiring that they might be baptized unto the Lord.
		 -- Helaman 16:1
%
But as many as there were who did not believe in the words of Samuel
were angry with him; and they cast stones at him upon the wall, and also
many shot arrows at him as he stood upon the wall; but the Spirit of
the Lord was with him, insomuch that they could not hit him with their
stones neither with their arrows.
		 -- Helaman 16:2
%
Now when they saw that they could not hit him, there were many more who
did believe on his words, insomuch that they went away unto Nephi to
be baptized.
		 -- Helaman 16:3
%
For behold, Nephi was baptizing, and prophesying, and preaching, crying
repentance unto the people, showing signs and wonders, working miracles
among the people, that they might know that the Christ must shortly come--
		 -- Helaman 16:4
%
Telling them of things which must shortly come, that they might know and
remember at the time of their coming that they had been made known unto
them beforehand, to the intent that they might believe; therefore as many
as believed on the words of Samuel went forth unto him to be baptized,
for they came repenting and confessing their sins.
		 -- Helaman 16:5
%
But the more part of them did not believe in the words of Samuel;
therefore when they saw that they could not hit him with their stones and
their arrows, they cried unto their captains, saying: Take this fellow
and bind him, for behold he hath a devil; and because of the power of the
devil which is in him we cannot hit him with our stones and our arrows;
therefore take him and bind him, and away with him.
		 -- Helaman 16:6
%
And as they went forth to lay their hands on him, behold, he did cast
himself down from the wall, and did flee out of their lands, yea, even
unto his own country, and began to preach and to prophesy among his
own people.
		 -- Helaman 16:7
%
And behold, he was never heard of more among the Nephites; and thus were
the affairs of the people.
		 -- Helaman 16:8
%
And thus ended the eighty and sixth year of the reign of the judges over
the people of Nephi.
		 -- Helaman 16:9
%
And thus ended also the eighty and seventh year of the reign of the
judges, the more part of the people remaining in their pride and
wickedness, and the lesser part walking more circumspectly before God.
		 -- Helaman 16:10
%
And these were the conditions also, in the eighty and eighth year of
the reign of the judges.
		 -- Helaman 16:11
%
And there was but little alteration in the affairs of the people, save
it were the people began to be more hardened in iniquity, and do more
and more of that which was contrary to the commandments of God, in the
eighty and ninth year of the reign of the judges.
		 -- Helaman 16:12
%
But it came to pass in the ninetieth year of the reign of the judges,
there were great signs given unto the people, and wonders; and the words
of the prophets began to be fulfilled.
		 -- Helaman 16:13
%
And angels did appear unto men, wise men, and did declare unto them
glad tidings of great joy; thus in this year the scriptures began to
be fulfilled.
		 -- Helaman 16:14
%
Nevertheless, the people began to harden their hearts, all save it were
the most believing part of them, both of the Nephites and also of the
Lamanites, and began to depend upon their own strength and upon their
own wisdom, saying:
		 -- Helaman 16:15
%
Some things they may have guessed right, among so many; but behold,
we know that all these great and marvelous works cannot come to pass,
of which has been spoken.
		 -- Helaman 16:16
%
And they began to reason and to contend among themselves, saying:
		 -- Helaman 16:17
%
That it is not reasonable that such a being as a Christ shall come;
if so, and he be the Son of God, the Father of heaven and of earth,
as it has been spoken, why will he not show himself unto us as well as
unto them who shall be at Jerusalem?
		 -- Helaman 16:18
%
Yea, why will he not show himself in this land as well as in the land
of Jerusalem?
		 -- Helaman 16:19
%
But behold, we know that this is a wicked tradition, which has been handed
down unto us by our fathers, to cause us that we should believe in some
great and marvelous thing which should come to pass, but not among us,
but in a land which is far distant, a land which we know not; therefore
they can keep us in ignorance, for we cannot witness with our own eyes
that they are true.
		 -- Helaman 16:20
%
And they will, by the cunning and the mysterious arts of the evil one,
work some great mystery which we cannot understand, which will keep us
down to be servants to their words, and also servants unto them, for
we depend upon them to teach us the word; and thus will they keep us in
ignorance if we will yield ourselves unto them, all the days of our lives.
		 -- Helaman 16:21
%
And many more things did the people imagine up in their hearts, which
were foolish and vain; and they were much disturbed, for Satan did stir
them up to do iniquity continually; yea, he did go about spreading rumors
and contentions upon all the face of the land, that he might harden the
hearts of the people against that which was good and against that which
should come.
		 -- Helaman 16:22
%
And notwithstanding the signs and the wonders which were wrought among the
people of the Lord, and the many miracles which they did, Satan did get
great hold upon the hearts of the people upon all the face of the land.
		 -- Helaman 16:23
%
And thus ended the ninetieth year of the reign of the judges over the
people of Nephi.
		 -- Helaman 16:24
%
And thus ended the book of Helaman, according to the record of Helaman
and his sons.
		 -- Helaman 16:25
%
Now it came to pass that the ninety and first year had passed away and
it was six hundred years from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem; and it
was in the year that Lachoneus was the chief judge and the governor over
the land.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:1
%
And Nephi, the son of Helaman, had departed out of the land of Zarahemla,
giving charge unto his son Nephi, who was his eldest son, concerning
the plates of brass, and all the records which had been kept, and all
those things which had been kept sacred from the departure of Lehi out
of Jerusalem.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:2
%
Then he departed out of the land, and whither he went, no man knoweth;
and his son Nephi did keep the records in his stead, yea, the record of
this people.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:3
%
And it came to pass that in the commencement of the ninety and second
year, behold, the prophecies of the prophets began to be fulfilled more
fully; for there began to be greater signs and greater miracles wrought
among the people.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:4
%
But there were some who began to say that the time was past for the
words to be fulfilled, which were spoken by Samuel, the Lamanite.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:5
%
And they began to rejoice over their brethren, saying: Behold the time
is past, and the words of Samuel are not fulfilled; therefore, your joy
and your faith concerning this thing hath been vain.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:6
%
And it came to pass that they did make a great uproar throughout the
land; and the people who believed began to be very sorrowful, lest by
any means those things which had been spoken might not come to pass.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:7
%
But behold, they did watch steadfastly for that day and that night and
that day which should be as one day as if there were no night, that they
might know that their faith had not been vain.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:8
%
Now it came to pass that there was a day set apart by the unbelievers,
that all those who believed in those traditions should be put to death
except the sign should come to pass, which had been given by Samuel
the prophet.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:9
%
Now it came to pass that when Nephi, the son of Nephi, saw this wickedness
of his people, his heart was exceedingly sorrowful.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:10
%
And it came to pass that he went out and bowed himself down upon the
earth, and cried mightily to his God in behalf of his people, yea, those
who were about to be destroyed because of their faith in the tradition
of their fathers.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:11
%
And it came to pass that he cried mightily unto the Lord all that day;
and behold, the voice of the Lord came unto him, saying:
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:12
%
Lift up your head and be of good cheer; for behold, the time is at hand,
and on this night shall the sign be given, and on the morrow come I into
the world, to show unto the world that I will fulfil all that which I
have caused to be spoken by the mouth of my holy prophets.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:13
%
Behold, I come unto my own, to fulfil all things which I have made known
unto the children of men from the foundation of the world, and to do the
will, both of the Father and of the Son--of the Father because of me,
and of the Son because of my flesh.  And behold, the time is at hand,
and this night shall the sign be given.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:14
%
And it came to pass that the words which came unto Nephi were fulfilled,
according as they had been spoken; for behold, at the going down of the
sun there was no darkness; and the people began to be astonished because
there was no darkness when the night came.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:15
%
And there were many, who had not believed the words of the prophets,
who fell to the earth and became as if they were dead, for they knew
that the great plan of destruction which they had laid for those who
believed in the words of the prophets had been frustrated; for the sign
which had been given was already at hand.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:16
%
And they began to know that the Son of God must shortly appear; yea,
in fine, all the people upon the face of the whole earth from the west
to the east, both in the land north and in the land south, were so
exceedingly astonished that they fell to the earth.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:17
%
For they knew that the prophets had testified of these things for many
years, and that the sign which had been given was already at hand;
and they began to fear because of their iniquity and their unbelief.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:18
%
And it came to pass that there was no darkness in all that night, but
it was as light as though it was mid-day.  And it came to pass that
the sun did rise in the morning again, according to its proper order;
and they knew that it was the day that the Lord should be born, because
of the sign which had been given.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:19
%
And it had come to pass, yea, all things, every whit, according to the
words of the prophets.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:20
%
And it came to pass also that a new star did appear, according to
the word.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:21
%
And it came to pass that from this time forth there began to be lyings
sent forth among the people, by Satan, to harden their hearts, to the
intent that they might not believe in those signs and wonders which they
had seen; but notwithstanding these lyings and deceivings the more part
of the people did believe, and were converted unto the Lord.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:22
%
And it came to pass that Nephi went forth among the people, and also
many others, baptizing unto repentance, in the which there was a great
remission of sins.  And thus the people began again to have peace in
the land.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:23
%
And there were no contentions, save it were a few that began to preach,
endeavoring to prove by the scriptures that it was no more expedient to
observe the law of Moses.  Now in this thing they did err, having not
understood the scriptures.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:24
%
But it came to pass that they soon became converted, and were convinced
of the error which they were in, for it was made known unto them that
the law was not yet fulfilled, and that it must be fulfilled in every
whit; yea, the word came unto them that it must be fulfilled; yea, that
one jot or tittle should not pass away till it should all be fulfilled;
therefore in this same year were they brought to a knowledge of their
error and did confess their faults.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:25
%
And thus the ninety and second year did pass away, bringing glad tidings
unto the people because of the signs which did come to pass, according
to the words of the prophecy of all the holy prophets.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:26
%
And it came to pass that the ninety and third year did also pass away
in peace, save it were for the Gadianton robbers, who dwelt upon the
mountains, who did infest the land; for so strong were their holds and
their secret places that the people could not overpower them; therefore
they did commit many murders, and did do much slaughter among the people.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:27
%
And it came to pass that in the ninety and fourth year they began to
increase in a great degree, because there were many dissenters of the
Nephites who did flee unto them, which did cause much sorrow unto those
Nephites who did remain in the land.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:28
%
And there was also a cause of much sorrow among the Lamanites; for behold,
they had many children who did grow up and began to wax strong in years,
that they became for themselves, and were led away by some who were
Zoramites, by their lyings and their flattering words, to join those
Gadianton robbers.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:29
%
And thus were the Lamanites afflicted also, and began to decrease as to
their faith and righteousness, because of the wickedness of the rising
generation.
		 -- 3 Nephi 1:30
%
And it came to pass that thus passed away the ninety and fifth year also,
and the people began to forget those signs and wonders which they had
heard, and began to be less and less astonished at a sign or a wonder from
heaven, insomuch that they began to be hard in their hearts, and blind in
their minds, and began to disbelieve all which they had heard and seen--
		 -- 3 Nephi 2:1
%
Imagining up some vain thing in their hearts, that it was wrought by
men and by the power of the devil, to lead away and deceive the hearts
of the people; and thus did Satan get possession of the hearts of the
people again, insomuch that he did blind their eyes and lead them away
to believe that the doctrine of Christ was a foolish and a vain thing.
		 -- 3 Nephi 2:2
%
And it came to pass that the people began to wax strong in wickedness
and abominations; and they did not believe that there should be any more
signs or wonders given; and Satan did go about, leading away the hearts
of the people, tempting them and causing them that they should do great
wickedness in the land.
		 -- 3 Nephi 2:3
%
And thus did pass away the ninety and sixth year; and also the ninety
and seventh year; and also the ninety and eighth year; and also the
ninety and ninth year;
		 -- 3 Nephi 2:4
%
And also an hundred years had passed away since the days of Mosiah,
who was king over the people of the Nephites.
		 -- 3 Nephi 2:5
%
And six hundred and nine years had passed away since Lehi left Jerusalem.
		 -- 3 Nephi 2:6
%
And nine years had passed away from the time when the sign was given,
which was spoken of by the prophets, that Christ should come into
the world.
		 -- 3 Nephi 2:7
%
Now the Nephites began to reckon their time from this period when the
sign was given, or from the coming of Christ; therefore, nine years had
passed away.
		 -- 3 Nephi 2:8
%
And Nephi, who was the father of Nephi, who had the charge of the records,
did not return to the land of Zarahemla, and could nowhere be found in
all the land.
		 -- 3 Nephi 2:9
%
And it came to pass that the people did still remain in wickedness,
notwithstanding the much preaching and prophesying which was sent among
them; and thus passed away the tenth year also; and the eleventh year
also passed away in iniquity.
		 -- 3 Nephi 2:10
%
And it came to pass in the thirteenth year there began to be wars and
contentions throughout all the land; for the Gadianton robbers had become
so numerous, and did slay so many of the people, and did lay waste so
many cities, and did spread so much death and carnage throughout the
land, that it became expedient that all the people, both the Nephites
and the Lamanites, should take up arms against them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 2:11
%
Therefore, all the Lamanites who had become converted unto the Lord did
unite with their brethren, the Nephites, and were compelled, for the
safety of their lives and their women and their children, to take up
arms against those Gadianton robbers, yea, and also to maintain their
rights, and the privileges of their church and of their worship, and
their freedom and their liberty.
		 -- 3 Nephi 2:12
%
And it came to pass that before this thirteenth year had passed away
the Nephites were threatened with utter destruction because of this war,
which had become exceedingly sore.
		 -- 3 Nephi 2:13
%
And it came to pass that those Lamanites who had united with the Nephites
were numbered among the Nephites;
		 -- 3 Nephi 2:14
%
And their curse was taken from them, and their skin became white like
unto the Nephites;
		 -- 3 Nephi 2:15
%
And their young men and their daughters became exceedingly fair,
and they were numbered among the Nephites, and were called Nephites.
And thus ended the thirteenth year.
		 -- 3 Nephi 2:16
%
And it came to pass in the commencement of the fourteenth year, the
war between the robbers and the people of Nephi did continue and did
become exceedingly sore; nevertheless, the people of Nephi did gain some
advantage of the robbers, insomuch that they did drive them back out of
their lands into the mountains and into their secret places.
		 -- 3 Nephi 2:17
%
And thus ended the fourteenth year.  And in the fifteenth year they did
come forth against the people of Nephi; and because of the wickedness
of the people of Nephi, and their many contentions and dissensions,
the Gadianton robbers did gain many advantages over them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 2:18
%
And thus ended the fifteenth year, and thus were the people in a state
of many afflictions; and the sword of destruction did hang over them,
insomuch that they were about to be smitten down by it, and this because
of their iniquity.
		 -- 3 Nephi 2:19
%
And now it came to pass that in the sixteenth year from the coming of
Christ, Lachoneus, the governor of the land, received an epistle from
the leader and the governor of this band of robbers; and these were the
words which were written, saying:
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:1
%
Lachoneus, most noble and chief governor of the land, behold, I write this
epistle unto you, and do give unto you exceedingly great praise because of
your firmness, and also the firmness of your people, in maintaining that
which ye suppose to be your right and liberty; yea, ye do stand well,
as if ye were supported by the hand of a god, in the defence of your
liberty, and your property, and your country, or that which ye do call so.
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:2
%
And it seemeth a pity unto me, most noble Lachoneus, that ye should be so
foolish and vain as to suppose that ye can stand against so many brave
men who are at my command, who do now at this time stand in their arms,
and do await with great anxiety for the word--Go down upon the Nephites
and destroy them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:3
%
And I, knowing of their unconquerable spirit, having proved them in
the field of battle, and knowing of their everlasting hatred towards you
because of the many wrongs which ye have done unto them, therefore if they
should come down against you they would visit you with utter destruction.
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:4
%
Therefore I have written this epistle, sealing it with mine own hand,
feeling for your welfare, because of your firmness in that which ye
believe to be right, and your noble spirit in the field of battle.
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:5
%
Therefore I write unto you, desiring that ye would yield up unto this
my people, your cities, your lands, and your possessions, rather than
that they should visit you with the sword and that destruction should
come upon you.
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:6
%
Or in other words, yield yourselves up unto us, and unite with us and
become acquainted with our secret works, and become our brethren that
ye may be like unto us--not our slaves, but our brethren and partners
of all our substance.
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:7
%
And behold, I swear unto you, if ye will do this, with an oath, ye shall
not be destroyed; but if ye will not do this, I swear unto you with an
oath, that on the morrow month I will command that my armies shall come
down against you, and they shall not stay their hand and shall spare not,
but shall slay you, and shall let fall the sword upon you even until ye
shall become extinct.
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:8
%
And behold, I am Giddianhi; and I am the governor of this the secret
society of Gadianton; which society and the works thereof I know to be
good; and they are of ancient date and they have been handed down unto us.
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:9
%
And I write this epistle unto you, Lachoneus, and I hope that ye will
deliver up your lands and your possessions, without the shedding of blood,
that this my people may recover their rights and government, who have
dissented away from you because of your wickedness in retaining from
them their rights of government, and except ye do this, I will avenge
their wrongs.  I am Giddianhi.
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:10
%
And now it came to pass when Lachoneus received this epistle he was
exceedingly astonished, because of the boldness of Giddianhi demanding
the possession of the land of the Nephites, and also of threatening
the people and avenging the wrongs of those that had received no wrong,
save it were they had wronged themselves by dissenting away unto those
wicked and abominable robbers.
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:11
%
Now behold, this Lachoneus, the governor, was a just man, and could not be
frightened by the demands and the threatenings of a robber; therefore he
did not hearken to the epistle of Giddianhi, the governor of the robbers,
but he did cause that his people should cry unto the Lord for strength
against the time that the robbers should come down against them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:12
%
Yea, he sent a proclamation among all the people, that they should gather
together their women, and their children, their flocks and their herds,
and all their substance, save it were their land, unto one place.
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:13
%
And he caused that fortifications should be built round about them,
and the strength thereof should be exceedingly great. And he caused
that armies, both of the Nephites and of the Lamanites, or of all them
who were numbered among the Nephites, should be placed as guards round
about to watch them, and to guard them from the robbers day and night.
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:14
%
Yea, he said unto them: As the Lord liveth, except ye repent of all your
iniquities, and cry unto the Lord, ye will in no wise be delivered out
of the hands of those Gadianton robbers.
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:15
%
And so great and marvelous were the words and prophecies of Lachoneus
that they did cause fear to come upon all the people; and they did exert
themselves in their might to do according to the words of Lachoneus.
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:16
%
And it came to pass that Lachoneus did appoint chief captains over all
the armies of the Nephites, to command them at the time that the robbers
should come down out of the wilderness against them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:17
%
Now the chiefest among all the chief captains and the great commander of
all the armies of the Nephites was appointed, and his name was Gidgiddoni.
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:18
%
Now it was the custom among all the Nephites to appoint for their chief
captains, (save it were in their times of wickedness) some one that had
the spirit of revelation and also prophecy; therefore, this Gidgiddoni
was a great prophet among them, as also was the chief judge.
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:19
%
Now the people said unto Gidgiddoni: Pray unto the Lord, and let us go
up upon the mountains and into the wilderness, that we may fall upon
the robbers and destroy them in their own lands.
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:20
%
But Gidgiddoni saith unto them: The Lord forbid; for if we should go up
against them the Lord would deliver us into their hands; therefore we
will prepare ourselves in the center of our lands, and we will gather
all our armies together, and we will not go against them, but we will
wait till they shall come against us; therefore as the Lord liveth,
if we do this he will deliver them into our hands.
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:21
%
And it came to pass in the seventeenth year, in the latter end of the
year, the proclamation of Lachoneus had gone forth throughout all the
face of the land, and they had taken their horses, and their chariots,
and their cattle, and all their flocks, and their herds, and their grain,
and all their substance, and did march forth by thousands and by tens
of thousands, until they had all gone forth to the place which had
been appointed that they should gather themselves together, to defend
themselves against their enemies.
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:22
%
And the land which was appointed was the land of Zarahemla, and the
land which was between the land Zarahemla and the land Bountiful, yea,
to the line which was between the land Bountiful and the land Desolation.
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:23
%
And there were a great many thousand people who were called Nephites,
who did gather themselves together in this land.  Now Lachoneus did
cause that they should gather themselves together in the land southward,
because of the great curse which was upon the land northward.
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:24
%
And they did fortify themselves against their enemies; and they did dwell
in one land, and in one body, and they did fear the words which had been
spoken by Lachoneus, insomuch that they did repent of all their sins;
and they did put up their prayers unto the Lord their God, that he would
deliver them in the time that their enemies should come down against
them to battle.
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:25
%
And they were exceedingly sorrowful because of their enemies.
And Gidgiddoni did cause that they should make weapons of war of every
kind, and they should be strong with armor, and with shields, and with
bucklers, after the manner of his instruction.
		 -- 3 Nephi 3:26
%
And it came to pass that in the latter end of the eighteenth year
those armies of robbers had prepared for battle, and began to come down
and to sally forth from the hills, and out of the mountains, and the
wilderness, and their strongholds, and their secret places, and began
to take possession of the lands, both which were in the land south and
which were in the land north, and began to take possession of all the
lands which had been deserted by the Nephites, and the cities which had
been left desolate.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:1
%
But behold, there were no wild beasts nor game in those lands which had
been deserted by the Nephites, and there was no game for the robbers
save it were in the wilderness.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:2
%
And the robbers could not exist save it were in the wilderness, for the
want of food; for the Nephites had left their lands desolate, and had
gathered their flocks and their herds and all their substance, and they
were in one body.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:3
%
Therefore, there was no chance for the robbers to plunder and to obtain
food, save it were to come up in open battle against the Nephites; and
the Nephites being in one body, and having so great a number, and having
reserved for themselves provisions, and horses and cattle, and flocks
of every kind, that they might subsist for the space of seven years,
in the which time they did hope to destroy the robbers from off the face
of the land; and thus the eighteenth year did pass away.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:4
%
And it came to pass that in the nineteenth year Giddianhi found that
it was expedient that he should go up to battle against the Nephites,
for there was no way that they could subsist save it were to plunder
and rob and murder.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:5
%
And they durst not spread themselves upon the face of the land insomuch
that they could raise grain, lest the Nephites should come upon them and
slay them; therefore Giddianhi gave commandment unto his armies that in
this year they should go up to battle against the Nephites.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:6
%
And it came to pass that they did come up to battle; and it was in
the sixth month; and behold, great and terrible was the day that they
did come up to battle; and they were girded about after the manner of
robbers; and they had a lamb-skin about their loins, and they were dyed
in blood, and their heads were shorn, and they had head-plates upon them;
and great and terrible was the appearance of the armies of Giddianhi,
because of their armor, and because of their being dyed in blood.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:7
%
And it came to pass that the armies of the Nephites, when they saw the
appearance of the army of Giddianhi, had all fallen to the earth, and
did lift their cries to the Lord their God, that he would spare them
and deliver them out of the hands of their enemies.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:8
%
And it came to pass that when the armies of Giddianhi saw this they
began to shout with a loud voice, because of their joy, for they had
supposed that the Nephites had fallen with fear because of the terror
of their armies.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:9
%
But in this thing they were disappointed, for the Nephites did not fear
them; but they did fear their God and did supplicate him for protection;
therefore, when the armies of Giddianhi did rush upon them they were
prepared to meet them; yea, in the strength of the Lord they did
receive them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:10
%
And the battle commenced in this the sixth month; and great and terrible
was the battle thereof, yea, great and terrible was the slaughter thereof,
insomuch that there never was known so great a slaughter among all the
people of Lehi since he left Jerusalem.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:11
%
And notwithstanding the threatenings and the oaths which Giddianhi had
made, behold, the Nephites did beat them, insomuch that they did fall
back from before them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:12
%
And it came to pass that Gidgiddoni commanded that his armies should
pursue them as far as the borders of the wilderness, and that they
should not spare any that should fall into their hands by the way;
and thus they did pursue them and did slay them, to the borders of the
wilderness, even until they had fulfilled the commandment of Gidgiddoni.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:13
%
And it came to pass that Giddianhi, who had stood and fought with
boldness, was pursued as he fled; and being weary because of his much
fighting he was overtaken and slain.  And thus was the end of Giddianhi
the robber.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:14
%
And it came to pass that the armies of the Nephites did return again to
their place of security.  And it came to pass that this nineteenth year
did pass away, and the robbers did not come again to battle; neither
did they come again in the twentieth year.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:15
%
And in the twenty and first year they did not come up to battle, but
they came up on all sides to lay siege round about the people of Nephi;
for they did suppose that if they should cut off the people of Nephi
from their lands, and should hem them in on every side, and if they
should cut them off from all their outward privileges, that they could
cause them to yield themselves up according to their wishes.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:16
%
Now they had appointed unto themselves another leader, whose name was
Zemnarihah; therefore it was Zemnarihah that did cause that this siege
should take place.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:17
%
But behold, this was an advantage to the Nephites; for it was impossible
for the robbers to lay siege sufficiently long to have any effect upon the
Nephites, because of their much provision which they had laid up in store,
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:18
%
And because of the scantiness of provisions among the robbers; for behold,
they had nothing save it were meat for their subsistence, which meat
they did obtain in the wilderness;
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:19
%
And it came to pass that the wild game became scarce in the wilderness
insomuch that the robbers were about to perish with hunger.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:20
%
And the Nephites were continually marching out by day and by night,
and falling upon their armies, and cutting them off by thousands and by
tens of thousands.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:21
%
And thus it became the desire of the people of Zemnarihah to withdraw
from their design, because of the great destruction which came upon them
by night and by day.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:22
%
And it came to pass that Zemnarihah did give command unto his people
that they should withdraw themselves from the siege, and march into the
furthermost parts of the land northward.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:23
%
And now, Gidgiddoni being aware of their design, and knowing of their
weakness because of the want of food, and the great slaughter which
had been made among them, therefore he did send out his armies in the
night-time, and did cut off the way of their retreat, and did place his
armies in the way of their retreat.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:24
%
And this did they do in the night-time, and got on their march beyond
the robbers, so that on the morrow, when the robbers began their march,
they were met by the armies of the Nephites both in their front and in
their rear.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:25
%
And the robbers who were on the south were also cut off in their places
of retreat.  And all these things were done by command of Gidgiddoni.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:26
%
And there were many thousands who did yield themselves up prisoners unto
the Nephites, and the remainder of them were slain.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:27
%
And their leader, Zemnarihah, was taken and hanged upon a tree, yea,
even upon the top thereof until he was dead.  And when they had hanged
him until he was dead they did fell the tree to the earth, and did cry
with a loud voice, saying:
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:28
%
May the Lord preserve his people in righteousness and in holiness of
heart, that they may cause to be felled to the earth all who shall seek
to slay them because of power and secret combinations, even as this man
hath been felled to the earth.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:29
%
And they did rejoice and cry again with one voice, saying: May the God
of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, protect this
people in righteousness, so long as they shall call on the name of their
God for protection.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:30
%
And it came to pass that they did break forth, all as one, in singing,
and praising their God for the great thing which he had done for them,
in preserving them from falling into the hands of their enemies.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:31
%
Yea, they did cry: Hosanna to the Most High God.  And they did cry:
Blessed be the name of the Lord God Almighty, the Most High God.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:32
%
And their hearts were swollen with joy, unto the gushing out of many
tears, because of the great goodness of God in delivering them out
of the hands of their enemies; and they knew it was because of their
repentance and their humility that they had been delivered from an
everlasting destruction.
		 -- 3 Nephi 4:33
%
And now behold, there was not a living soul among all the people of the
Nephites who did doubt in the least the words of all the holy prophets
who had spoken; for they knew that it must needs be that they must
be fulfilled.
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:1
%
And they knew that it must be expedient that Christ had come, because
of the many signs which had been given, according to the words of the
prophets; and because of the things which had come to pass already they
knew that it must needs be that all things should come to pass according
to that which had been spoken.
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:2
%
Therefore they did forsake all their sins, and their abominations,
and their whoredoms, and did serve God with all diligence day and night.
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:3
%
And now it came to pass that when they had taken all the robbers
prisoners, insomuch that none did escape who were not slain, they did
cast their prisoners into prison, and did cause the word of God to be
preached unto them; and as many as would repent of their sins and enter
into a covenant that they would murder no more were set at liberty.
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:4
%
But as many as there were who did not enter into a covenant, and who
did still continue to have those secret murders in their hearts, yea,
as many as were found breathing out threatenings against their brethren
were condemned and punished according to the law.
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:5
%
And thus they did put an end to all those wicked, and secret, and
abominable combinations, in the which there was so much wickedness,
and so many murders committed.
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:6
%
And thus had the twenty and second year passed away, and the twenty and
third year also, and the twenty and fourth, and the twenty and fifth;
and thus had twenty and five years passed away.
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:7
%
And there had many things transpired which, in the eyes of some, would
be great and marvelous; nevertheless, they cannot all be written in this
book; yea, this book cannot contain even a hundredth part of what was
done among so many people in the space of twenty and five years;
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:8
%
But behold there are records which do contain all the proceedings of
this people; and a shorter but true account was given by Nephi.
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:9
%
Therefore I have made my record of these things according to the record
of Nephi, which was engraven on the plates which were called the plates
of Nephi.
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:10
%
And behold, I do make the record on plates which I have made with mine
own hands.
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:11
%
And behold, I am called Mormon, being called after the land of Mormon,
the land in which Alma did establish the church among the people, yea, the
first church which was established among them after their transgression.
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:12
%
Behold, I am a disciple of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  I have been
called of him to declare his word among his people, that they might have
everlasting life.
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:13
%
And it hath become expedient that I, according to the will of God,
that the prayers of those who have gone hence, who were the holy ones,
should be fulfilled according to their faith, should make a record of
these things which have been done--
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:14
%
Yea, a small record of that which hath taken place from the time that
Lehi left Jerusalem, even down until the present time.
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:15
%
Therefore I do make my record from the accounts which have been given
by those who were before me, until the commencement of my day;
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:16
%
And then I do make a record of the things which I have seen with mine
own eyes.
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:17
%
And I know the record which I make to be a just and a true record;
nevertheless there are many things which, according to our language,
we are not able to write.
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:18
%
And now I make an end of my saying, which is of myself, and proceed to
give my account of the things which have been before me.
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:19
%
I am Mormon, and a pure descendant of Lehi.  I have reason to bless my
God and my Savior Jesus Christ, that he brought our fathers out of the
land of Jerusalem, (and no one knew it save it were himself and those
whom he brought out of that land) and that he hath given me and my people
so much knowledge unto the salvation of our souls.
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:20
%
Surely he hath blessed the house of Jacob, and hath been merciful unto
the seed of Joseph.
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:21
%
And insomuch as the children of Lehi have kept his commandments he hath
blessed them and prospered them according to his word.
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:22
%
Yea, and surely shall he again bring a remnant of the seed of Joseph to
the knowledge of the Lord their God.
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:23
%
And as surely as the Lord liveth, will he gather in from the four
quarters of the earth all the remnant of the seed of Jacob, who are
scattered abroad upon all the face of the earth.
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:24
%
And as he hath covenanted with all the house of Jacob, even so shall
the covenant wherewith he hath covenanted with the house of Jacob be
fulfilled in his own due time, unto the restoring all the house of Jacob
unto the knowledge of the covenant that he hath covenanted with them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:25
%
And then shall they know their Redeemer, who is Jesus Christ, the Son
of God; and then shall they be gathered in from the four quarters of
the earth unto their own lands, from whence they have been dispersed;
yea, as the Lord liveth so shall it be.  Amen.
		 -- 3 Nephi 5:26
%
And now it came to pass that the people of the Nephites did all return
to their own lands in the twenty and sixth year, every man, with his
family, his flocks and his herds, his horses and his cattle, and all
things whatsoever did belong unto them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:1
%
And it came to pass that they had not eaten up all their provisions;
therefore they did take with them all that they had not devoured,
of all their grain of every kind, and their gold, and their silver,
and all their precious things, and they did return to their own lands
and their possessions, both on the north and on the south, both on the
land northward and on the land southward.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:2
%
And they granted unto those robbers who had entered into a covenant to
keep the peace of the land, who were desirous to remain Lamanites, lands,
according to their numbers, that they might have, with their labors,
wherewith to subsist upon; and thus they did establish peace in all
the land.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:3
%
And they began again to prosper and to wax great; and the twenty and
sixth and seventh years passed away, and there was great order in the
land; and they had formed their laws according to equity and justice.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:4
%
And now there was nothing in all the land to hinder the people from
prospering continually, except they should fall into transgression.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:5
%
And now it was Gidgiddoni, and the judge, Lachoneus, and those who had
been appointed leaders, who had established this great peace in the land.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:6
%
And it came to pass that there were many cities built anew, and there
were many old cities repaired.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:7
%
And there were many highways cast up, and many roads made, which led
from city to city, and from land to land, and from place to place.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:8
%
And thus passed away the twenty and eighth year, and the people had
continual peace.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:9
%
But it came to pass in the twenty and ninth year there began to be some
disputings among the people; and some were lifted up unto pride and
boastings because of their exceedingly great riches, yea, even unto
great persecutions;
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:10
%
For there were many merchants in the land, and also many lawyers, and
many officers.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:11
%
And the people began to be distinguished by ranks, according to their
riches and their chances for learning; yea, some were ignorant because
of their poverty, and others did receive great learning because of
their riches.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:12
%
Some were lifted up in pride, and others were exceedingly humble; some
did return railing for railing, while others would receive railing and
persecution and all manner of afflictions, and would not turn and revile
again, but were humble and penitent before God.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:13
%
And thus there became a great inequality in all the land, insomuch that
the church began to be broken up; yea, insomuch that in the thirtieth
year the church was broken up in all the land save it were among a few
of the Lamanites who were converted unto the true faith; and they would
not depart from it, for they were firm, and steadfast, and immovable,
willing with all diligence to keep the commandments of the Lord.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:14
%
Now the cause of this iniquity of the people was this--Satan had great
power, unto the stirring up of the people to do all manner of iniquity,
and to the puffing them up with pride, tempting them to seek for power,
and authority, and riches, and the vain things of the world.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:15
%
And thus Satan did lead away the hearts of the people to do all manner
of iniquity; therefore they had enjoyed peace but a few years.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:16
%
And thus, in the commencement of the thirtieth year--the people having
been delivered up for the space of a long time to be carried about by the
temptations of the devil whithersoever he desired to carry them, and to do
whatsoever iniquity he desired they should--and thus in the commencement
of this, the thirtieth year, they were in a state of awful wickedness.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:17
%
Now they did not sin ignorantly, for they knew the will of God concerning
them, for it had been taught unto them; therefore they did wilfully
rebel against God.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:18
%
And now it was in the days of Lachoneus, the son of Lachoneus, for
Lachoneus did fill the seat of his father and did govern the people
that year.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:19
%
And there began to be men inspired from heaven and sent forth, standing
among the people in all the land, preaching and testifying boldly of the
sins and iniquities of the people, and testifying unto them concerning
the redemption which the Lord would make for his people, or in other
words, the resurrection of Christ; and they did testify boldly of his
death and sufferings.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:20
%
Now there were many of the people who were exceedingly angry because
of those who testified of these things; and those who were angry were
chiefly the chief judges, and they who had been high priests and lawyers;
yea, all those who were lawyers were angry with those who testified of
these things.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:21
%
Now there was no lawyer nor judge nor high priest that could have power
to condemn any one to death save their condemnation was signed by the
governor of the land.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:22
%
Now there were many of those who testified of the things pertaining to
Christ who testified boldly, who were taken and put to death secretly by
the judges, that the knowledge of their death came not unto the governor
of the land until after their death.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:23
%
Now behold, this was contrary to the laws of the land, that any man should
be put to death except they had power from the governor of the land--
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:24
%
Therefore a complaint came up unto the land of Zarahemla, to the governor
of the land, against these judges who had condemned the prophets of the
Lord unto death, not according to the law.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:25
%
Now it came to pass that they were taken and brought up before the judge,
to be judged of the crime which they had done, according to the law
which had been given by the people.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:26
%
Now it came to pass that those judges had many friends and kindreds; and
the remainder, yea, even almost all the lawyers and the high priests,
did gather themselves together, and unite with the kindreds of those
judges who were to be tried according to the law.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:27
%
And they did enter into a covenant one with another, yea, even into that
covenant which was given by them of old, which covenant was given and
administered by the devil, to combine against all righteousness.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:28
%
Therefore they did combine against the people of the Lord, and enter
into a covenant to destroy them, and to deliver those who were guilty
of murder from the grasp of justice, which was about to be administered
according to the law.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:29
%
And they did set at defiance the law and the rights of their country;
and they did covenant one with another to destroy the governor, and
to establish a king over the land, that the land should no more be at
liberty but should be subject unto kings.
		 -- 3 Nephi 6:30
%
Now behold, I will show unto you that they did not establish a king over
the land; but in this same year, yea, the thirtieth year, they did destroy
upon the judgment-seat, yea, did murder the chief judge of the land.
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:1
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And the people were divided one against another; and they did separate
one from another into tribes, every man according to his family and his
kindred and friends; and thus they did destroy the government of the land.
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:2
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And every tribe did appoint a chief or a leader over them; and thus they
became tribes and leaders of tribes.
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:3
%
Now behold, there was no man among them save he had much family and many
kindreds and friends; therefore their tribes became exceedingly great.
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:4
%
Now all this was done, and there were no wars as yet among them; and all
this iniquity had come upon the people because they did yield themselves
unto the power of Satan.
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:5
%
And the regulations of the government were destroyed, because of the
secret combination of the friends and kindreds of those who murdered
the prophets.
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:6
%
And they did cause a great contention in the land, insomuch that the
more righteous part of the people had nearly all become wicked; yea,
there were but few righteous men among them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:7
%
And thus six years had not passed away since the more part of the people
had turned from their righteousness, like the dog to his vomit, or like
the sow to her wallowing in the mire.
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:8
%
Now this secret combination, which had brought so great iniquity upon
the people, did gather themselves together, and did place at their head
a man whom they did call Jacob;
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:9
%
And they did call him their king; therefore he became a king over this
wicked band; and he was one of the chiefest who had given his voice
against the prophets who testified of Jesus.
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:10
%
And it came to pass that they were not so strong in number as the tribes
of the people, who were united together save it were their leaders did
establish their laws, every one according to his tribe; nevertheless
they were enemies; notwithstanding they were not a righteous people, yet
they were united in the hatred of those who had entered into a covenant
to destroy the government.
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:11
%
Therefore, Jacob seeing that their enemies were more numerous than they,
he being the king of the band, therefore he commanded his people that
they should take their flight into the northernmost part of the land,
and there build up unto themselves a kingdom, until they were joined by
dissenters, (for he flattered them that there would be many dissenters)
and they become sufficiently strong to contend with the tribes of the
people; and they did so.
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:12
%
And so speedy was their march that it could not be impeded until they had
gone forth out of the reach of the people.  And thus ended the thirtieth
year; and thus were the affairs of the people of Nephi.
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:13
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And it came to pass in the thirty and first year that they were divided
into tribes, every man according to his family, kindred and friends;
nevertheless they had come to an agreement that they would not go to war
one with another; but they were not united as to their laws, and their
manner of government, for they were established according to the minds of
those who were their chiefs and their leaders.	But they did establish
very strict laws that one tribe should not trespass against another,
insomuch that in some degree they had peace in the land; nevertheless,
their hearts were turned from the Lord their God, and they did stone
the prophets and did cast them out from among them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:14
%
And it came to pass that Nephi--having been visited by angels and also the
voice of the Lord, therefore having seen angels, and being eye-witness,
and having had power given unto him that he might know concerning the
ministry of Christ, and also being eye-witness to their quick return
from righteousness unto their wickedness and abominations;
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:15
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Therefore, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts and the
blindness of their minds--went forth among them in that same year, and
began to testify, boldly, repentance and remission of sins through faith
on the Lord Jesus Christ.
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:16
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And he did minister many things unto them; and all of them cannot be
written, and a part of them would not suffice, therefore they are not
written in this book.  And Nephi did minister with power and with great
authority.
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:17
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And it came to pass that they were angry with him, even because he
had greater power than they, for it were not possible that they could
disbelieve his words, for so great was his faith on the Lord Jesus Christ
that angels did minister unto him daily.
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:18
%
And in the name of Jesus did he cast out devils and unclean spirits;
and even his brother did he raise from the dead, after he had been stoned
and suffered death by the people.
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:19
%
And the people saw it, and did witness of it, and were angry with him
because of his power; and he did also do many more miracles, in the
sight of the people, in the name of Jesus.
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:20
%
And it came to pass that the thirty and first year did pass away, and
there were but few who were converted unto the Lord; but as many as
were converted did truly signify unto the people that they had been
visited by the power and Spirit of God, which was in Jesus Christ,
in whom they believed.
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:21
%
And as many as had devils cast out from them, and were healed of their
sicknesses and their infirmities, did truly manifest unto the people that
they had been wrought upon by the Spirit of God, and had been healed; and
they did show forth signs also and did do some miracles among the people.
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:22
%
Thus passed away the thirty and second year also.  And Nephi did cry
unto the people in the commencement of the thirty and third year; and
he did preach unto them repentance and remission of sins.
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:23
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Now I would have you to remember also, that there were none who were
brought unto repentance who were not baptized with water.
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:24
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Therefore, there were ordained of Nephi, men unto this ministry,
that all such as should come unto them should be baptized with water,
and this as a witness and a testimony before God, and unto the people,
that they had repented and received a remission of their sins.
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:25
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And there were many in the commencement of this year that were baptized
unto repentance; and thus the more part of the year did pass away.
		 -- 3 Nephi 7:26
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And now it came to pass that according to our record, and we know
our record to be true, for behold, it was a just man who did keep the
record--for he truly did many miracles in the name of Jesus; and there
was not any man who could do a miracle in the name of Jesus save he were
cleansed every whit from his iniquity--
		 -- 3 Nephi 8:1
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And now it came to pass, if there was no mistake made by this man in
the reckoning of our time, the thirty and third year had passed away;
		 -- 3 Nephi 8:2
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And the people began to look with great earnestness for the sign which
had been given by the prophet Samuel, the Lamanite, yea, for the time
that there should be darkness for the space of three days over the face
of the land.
		 -- 3 Nephi 8:3
%
And there began to be great doubtings and disputations among the people,
notwithstanding so many signs had been given.
		 -- 3 Nephi 8:4
%
And it came to pass in the thirty and fourth year, in the first month,
on the fourth day of the month, there arose a great storm, such an one
as never had been known in all the land.
		 -- 3 Nephi 8:5
%
And there was also a great and terrible tempest; and there was terrible
thunder, insomuch that it did shake the whole earth as if it was about
to divide asunder.
		 -- 3 Nephi 8:6
%
And there were exceedingly sharp lightnings, such as never had been
known in all the land.
		 -- 3 Nephi 8:7
%
And the city of Zarahemla did take fire.
		 -- 3 Nephi 8:8
%
And the city of Moroni did sink into the depths of the sea, and the
inhabitants thereof were drowned.
		 -- 3 Nephi 8:9
%
And the earth was carried up upon the city of Moronihah, that in the
place of the city there became a great mountain.
		 -- 3 Nephi 8:10
%
And there was a great and terrible destruction in the land southward.
		 -- 3 Nephi 8:11
%
But behold, there was a more great and terrible destruction in the land
northward; for behold, the whole face of the land was changed, because of
the tempest and the whirlwinds, and the thunderings and the lightnings,
and the exceedingly great quaking of the whole earth;
		 -- 3 Nephi 8:12
%
And the highways were broken up, and the level roads were spoiled,
and many smooth places became rough.
		 -- 3 Nephi 8:13
%
And many great and notable cities were sunk, and many were burned, and
many were shaken till the buildings thereof had fallen to the earth,
and the inhabitants thereof were slain, and the places were left desolate.
		 -- 3 Nephi 8:14
%
And there were some cities which remained; but the damage thereof was
exceedingly great, and there were many in them who were slain.
		 -- 3 Nephi 8:15
%
And there were some who were carried away in the whirlwind; and whither
they went no man knoweth, save they know that they were carried away.
		 -- 3 Nephi 8:16
%
And thus the face of the whole earth became deformed, because of the
tempests, and the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the quaking of
the earth.
		 -- 3 Nephi 8:17
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And behold, the rocks were rent in twain; they were broken up upon
the face of the whole earth, insomuch that they were found in broken
fragments, and in seams and in cracks, upon all the face of the land.
		 -- 3 Nephi 8:18
%
And it came to pass that when the thunderings, and the lightnings,
and the storm, and the tempest, and the quakings of the earth did
cease--for behold, they did last for about the space of three hours;
and it was said by some that the time was greater; nevertheless, all
these great and terrible things were done in about the space of three
hours--and then behold, there was darkness upon the face of the land.
		 -- 3 Nephi 8:19
%
And it came to pass that there was thick darkness upon all the face of
the land, insomuch that the inhabitants thereof who had not fallen could
feel the vapor of darkness;
		 -- 3 Nephi 8:20
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And there could be no light, because of the darkness, neither candles,
neither torches; neither could there be fire kindled with their fine
and exceedingly dry wood, so that there could not be any light at all;
		 -- 3 Nephi 8:21
%
And there was not any light seen, neither fire, nor glimmer, neither
the sun, nor the moon, nor the stars, for so great were the mists of
darkness which were upon the face of the land.
		 -- 3 Nephi 8:22
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And it came to pass that it did last for the space of three days that
there was no light seen; and there was great mourning and howling and
weeping among all the people continually; yea, great were the groanings
of the people, because of the darkness and the great destruction which
had come upon them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 8:23
%
And in one place they were heard to cry, saying: O that we had repented
before this great and terrible day, and then would our brethren have been
spared, and they would not have been burned in that great city Zarahemla.
		 -- 3 Nephi 8:24
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And in another place they were heard to cry and mourn, saying: O that
we had repented before this great and terrible day, and had not killed
and stoned the prophets, and cast them out; then would our mothers and
our fair daughters, and our children have been spared, and not have been
buried up in that great city Moronihah.  And thus were the howlings of
the people great and terrible.
		 -- 3 Nephi 8:25
%
And it came to pass that there was a voice heard among all the inhabitants
of the earth, upon all the face of this land, crying:
		 -- 3 Nephi 9:1
%
Wo, wo, wo unto this people; wo unto the inhabitants of the whole earth
except they shall repent; for the devil laugheth, and his angels rejoice,
because of the slain of the fair sons and daughters of my people; and
it is because of their iniquity and abominations that they are fallen!
		 -- 3 Nephi 9:2
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Behold, that great city Zarahemla have I burned with fire, and the
inhabitants thereof.
		 -- 3 Nephi 9:3
%
And behold, that great city Moroni have I caused to be sunk in the depths
of the sea, and the inhabitants thereof to be drowned.
		 -- 3 Nephi 9:4
%
And behold, that great city Moronihah have I covered with earth, and the
inhabitants thereof, to hide their iniquities and their abominations from
before my face, that the blood of the prophets and the saints shall not
come any more unto me against them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 9:5
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And behold, the city of Gilgal have I caused to be sunk, and the
inhabitants thereof to be buried up in the depths of the earth;
		 -- 3 Nephi 9:6
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Yea, and the city of Onihah and the inhabitants thereof, and the city
of Mocum and the inhabitants thereof, and the city of Jerusalem and the
inhabitants thereof; and waters have I caused to come up in the stead
thereof, to hide their wickedness and abominations from before my face,
that the blood of the prophets and the saints shall not come up any more
unto me against them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 9:7
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And behold, the city of Gadiandi, and the city of Gadiomnah, and the city
of Jacob, and the city of Gimgimno, all these have I caused to be sunk,
and made hills and valleys in the places thereof; and the inhabitants
thereof have I buried up in the depths of the earth, to hide their
wickedness and abominations from before my face, that the blood of the
prophets and the saints should not come up any more unto me against them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 9:8
%
And behold, that great city Jacobugath, which was inhabited by the people
of king Jacob, have I caused to be burned with fire because of their sins
and their wickedness, which was above all the wickedness of the whole
earth, because of their secret murders and combinations; for it was they
that did destroy the peace of my people and the government of the land;
therefore I did cause them to be burned, to destroy them from before my
face, that the blood of the prophets and the saints should not come up
unto me any more against them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 9:9
%
And behold, the city of Laman, and the city of Josh, and the city of
Gad, and the city of Kishkumen, have I caused to be burned with fire,
and the inhabitants thereof, because of their wickedness in casting out
the prophets, and stoning those whom I did send to declare unto them
concerning their wickedness and their abominations.
		 -- 3 Nephi 9:10
%
And because they did cast them all out, that there were none righteous
among them, I did send down fire and destroy them, that their wickedness
and abominations might be hid from before my face, that the blood of
the prophets and the saints whom I sent among them might not cry unto
me from the ground against them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 9:11
%
And many great destructions have I caused to come upon this land, and
upon this people, because of their wickedness and their abominations.
		 -- 3 Nephi 9:12
%
O all ye that are spared because ye were more righteous than they, will
ye not now return unto me, and repent of your sins, and be converted,
that I may heal you?
		 -- 3 Nephi 9:13
%
Yea, verily I say unto you, if ye will come unto me ye shall have eternal
life.  Behold, mine arm of mercy is extended towards you, and whosoever
will come, him will I receive; and blessed are those who come unto me.
		 -- 3 Nephi 9:14
%
Behold, I am Jesus Christ the Son of God.  I created the heavens and
the earth, and all things that in them are.  I was with the Father from
the beginning.	I am in the Father, and the Father in me; and in me hath
the Father glorified his name.
		 -- 3 Nephi 9:15
%
I came unto my own, and my own received me not.  And the scriptures
concerning my coming are fulfilled.
		 -- 3 Nephi 9:16
%
And as many as have received me, to them have I given to become the sons
of God; and even so will I to as many as shall believe on my name, for
behold, by me redemption cometh, and in me is the law of Moses fulfilled.
		 -- 3 Nephi 9:17
%
I am the light and the life of the world.  I am Alpha and Omega, the
beginning and the end.
		 -- 3 Nephi 9:18
%
And ye shall offer up unto me no more the shedding of blood; yea, your
sacrifices and your burnt offerings shall be done away, for I will accept
none of your sacrifices and your burnt offerings.
		 -- 3 Nephi 9:19
%
And ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a contrite
spirit.  And whoso cometh unto me with a broken heart and a contrite
spirit, him will I baptize with fire and with the Holy Ghost, even as the
Lamanites, because of their faith in me at the time of their conversion,
were baptized with fire and with the Holy Ghost, and they knew it not.
		 -- 3 Nephi 9:20
%
Behold, I have come unto the world to bring redemption unto the world,
to save the world from sin.
		 -- 3 Nephi 9:21
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Therefore, whoso repenteth and cometh unto me as a little child, him
will I receive, for of such is the kingdom of God.  Behold, for such I
have laid down my life, and have taken it up again; therefore repent,
and come unto me ye ends of the earth, and be saved.
		 -- 3 Nephi 9:22
%
And now behold, it came to pass that all the people of the land did hear
these sayings, and did witness of it.  And after these sayings there
was silence in the land for the space of many hours;
		 -- 3 Nephi 10:1
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For so great was the astonishment of the people that they did cease
lamenting and howling for the loss of their kindred which had been slain;
therefore there was silence in all the land for the space of many hours.
		 -- 3 Nephi 10:2
%
And it came to pass that there came a voice again unto the people,
and all the people did hear, and did witness of it, saying:
		 -- 3 Nephi 10:3
%
O ye people of these great cities which have fallen, who are descendants
of Jacob, yea, who are of the house of Israel, how oft have I gathered you
as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and have nourished you.
		 -- 3 Nephi 10:4
%
And again, how oft would I have gathered you as a hen gathereth her
chickens under her wings, yea, O ye people of the house of Israel, who
have fallen; yea, O ye people of the house of Israel, ye that dwell at
Jerusalem, as ye that have fallen; yea, how oft would I have gathered
you as a hen gathereth her chickens, and ye would not.
		 -- 3 Nephi 10:5
%
O ye house of Israel whom I have spared, how oft will I gather you as a
hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, if ye will repent and return
unto me with full purpose of heart.
		 -- 3 Nephi 10:6
%
But if not, O house of Israel, the places of your dwellings shall become
desolate until the time of the fulfilling of the covenant to your fathers.
		 -- 3 Nephi 10:7
%
And now it came to pass that after the people had heard these words,
behold, they began to weep and howl again because of the loss of their
kindred and friends.
		 -- 3 Nephi 10:8
%
And it came to pass that thus did the three days pass away.  And it was in
the morning, and the darkness dispersed from off the face of the land, and
the earth did cease to tremble, and the rocks did cease to rend, and the
dreadful groanings did cease, and all the tumultuous noises did pass away.
		 -- 3 Nephi 10:9
%
And the earth did cleave together again, that it stood; and the mourning,
and the weeping, and the wailing of the people who were spared alive did
cease; and their mourning was turned into joy, and their lamentations into
the praise and thanksgiving unto the Lord Jesus Christ, their Redeemer.
		 -- 3 Nephi 10:10
%
And thus far were the scriptures fulfilled which had been spoken by
the prophets.
		 -- 3 Nephi 10:11
%
And it was the more righteous part of the people who were saved, and it
was they who received the prophets and stoned them not; and it was they
who had not shed the blood of the saints, who were spared--
		 -- 3 Nephi 10:12
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And they were spared and were not sunk and buried up in the earth; and
they were not drowned in the depths of the sea; and they were not burned
by fire, neither were they fallen upon and crushed to death; and they
were not carried away in the whirlwind; neither were they overpowered
by the vapor of smoke and of darkness.
		 -- 3 Nephi 10:13
%
And now, whoso readeth, let him understand; he that hath the scriptures,
let him search them, and see and behold if all these deaths and
destructions by fire, and by smoke, and by tempests, and by whirlwinds,
and by the opening of the earth to receive them, and all these things are
not unto the fulfilling of the prophecies of many of the holy prophets.
		 -- 3 Nephi 10:14
%
Behold, I say unto you, Yea, many have testified of these things at the
coming of Christ, and were slain because they testified of these things.
		 -- 3 Nephi 10:15
%
Yea, the prophet Zenos did testify of these things, and also Zenock spake
concerning these things, because they testified particularly concerning
us, who are the remnant of their seed.
		 -- 3 Nephi 10:16
%
Behold, our father Jacob also testified concerning a remnant of the seed
of Joseph.  And behold, are not we a remnant of the seed of Joseph?
And these things which testify of us, are they not written upon the
plates of brass which our father Lehi brought out of Jerusalem?
		 -- 3 Nephi 10:17
%
And it came to pass that in the ending of the thirty and fourth year,
behold, I will show unto you that the people of Nephi who were spared,
and also those who had been called Lamanites, who had been spared,
did have great favors shown unto them, and great blessings poured out
upon their heads, insomuch that soon after the ascension of Christ into
heaven he did truly manifest himself unto them--
		 -- 3 Nephi 10:18
%
Showing his body unto them, and ministering unto them; and an account
of his ministry shall be given hereafter.  Therefore for this time I
make an end of my sayings.
		 -- 3 Nephi 10:19
%
And now it came to pass that there were a great multitude gathered
together, of the people of Nephi, round about the temple which was in the
land Bountiful; and they were marveling and wondering one with another,
and were showing one to another the great and marvelous change which
had taken place.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:1
%
And they were also conversing about this Jesus Christ, of whom the sign
had been given concerning his death.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:2
%
And it came to pass that while they were thus conversing one with another,
they heard a voice as if it came out of heaven; and they cast their
eyes round about, for they understood not the voice which they heard;
and it was not a harsh voice, neither was it a loud voice; nevertheless,
and notwithstanding it being a small voice it did pierce them that did
hear to the center, insomuch that there was no part of their frame that
it did not cause to quake; yea, it did pierce them to the very soul,
and did cause their hearts to burn.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:3
%
And it came to pass that again they heard the voice, and they understood
it not.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:4
%
And again the third time they did hear the voice, and did open their ears
to hear it; and their eyes were towards the sound thereof; and they did
look steadfastly towards heaven, from whence the sound came.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:5
%
And behold, the third time they did understand the voice which they heard;
and it said unto them:
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:6
%
Behold my Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, in whom I have glorified
my name--hear ye him.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:7
%
And it came to pass, as they understood they cast their eyes up again
towards heaven; and behold, they saw a Man descending out of heaven; and
he was clothed in a white robe; and he came down and stood in the midst
of them; and the eyes of the whole multitude were turned upon him, and
they durst not open their mouths, even one to another, and wist not what
it meant, for they thought it was an angel that had appeared unto them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:8
%
And it came to pass that he stretched forth his hand and spake unto the
people, saying:
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:9
%
Behold, I am Jesus Christ, whom the prophets testified shall come into
the world.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:10
%
And behold, I am the light and the life of the world; and I have drunk
out of that bitter cup which the Father hath given me, and have glorified
the Father in taking upon me the sins of the world, in the which I have
suffered the will of the Father in all things from the beginning.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:11
%
And it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words the whole
multitude fell to the earth; for they remembered that it had been
prophesied among them that Christ should show himself unto them after
his ascension into heaven.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:12
%
And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto them saying:
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:13
%
Arise and come forth unto me, that ye may thrust your hands into my side,
and also that ye may feel the prints of the nails in my hands and in my
feet, that ye may know that I am the God of Israel, and the God of the
whole earth, and have been slain for the sins of the world.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:14
%
And it came to pass that the multitude went forth, and thrust their hands
into his side, and did feel the prints of the nails in his hands and in
his feet; and this they did do, going forth one by one until they had all
gone forth, and did see with their eyes and did feel with their hands,
and did know of a surety and did bear record, that it was he, of whom
it was written by the prophets, that should come.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:15
%
And when they had all gone forth and had witnessed for themselves,
they did cry out with one accord, saying:
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:16
%
Hosanna!  Blessed be the name of the Most High God!  And they did fall
down at the feet of Jesus, and did worship him.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:17
%
And it came to pass that he spake unto Nephi (for Nephi was among the
multitude) and he commanded him that he should come forth.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:18
%
And Nephi arose and went forth, and bowed himself before the Lord and
did kiss his feet.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:19
%
And the Lord commanded him that he should arise.  And he arose and stood
before him.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:20
%
And the Lord said unto him: I give unto you power that ye shall baptize
this people when I am again ascended into heaven.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:21
%
And again the Lord called others, and said unto them likewise; and he
gave unto them power to baptize.  And he said unto them: On this wise
shall ye baptize; and there shall be no disputations among you.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:22
%
Verily I say unto you, that whoso repenteth of his sins through your
words, and desireth to be baptized in my name, on this wise shall ye
baptize them--Behold, ye shall go down and stand in the water, and in
my name shall ye baptize them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:23
%
And now behold, these are the words which ye shall say, calling them by
name, saying:
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:24
%
Having authority given me of Jesus Christ, I baptize you in the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:25
%
And then shall ye immerse them in the water, and come forth again out
of the water.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:26
%
And after this manner shall ye baptize in my name; for behold, verily
I say unto you, that the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost are
one; and I am in the Father, and the Father in me, and the Father and
I are one.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:27
%
And according as I have commanded you thus shall ye baptize.  And there
shall be no disputations among you, as there have hitherto been;
neither shall there be disputations among you concerning the points of
my doctrine, as there have hitherto been.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:28
%
For verily, verily I say unto you, he that hath the spirit of contention
is not of me, but is of the devil, who is the father of contention, and
he stirreth up the hearts of men to contend with anger, one with another.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:29
%
Behold, this is not my doctrine, to stir up the hearts of men with anger,
one against another; but this is my doctrine, that such things should
be done away.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:30
%
Behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, I will declare unto you my
doctrine.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:31
%
And this is my doctrine, and it is the doctrine which the Father hath
given unto me; and I bear record of the Father, and the Father beareth
record of me, and the Holy Ghost beareth record of the Father and me;
and I bear record that the Father commandeth all men, everywhere, to
repent and believe in me.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:32
%
And whoso believeth in me, and is baptized, the same shall be saved;
and they are they who shall inherit the kingdom of God.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:33
%
And whoso believeth not in me, and is not baptized, shall be damned.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:34
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, that this is my doctrine, and I bear
record of it from the Father; and whoso believeth in me believeth in the
Father also; and unto him will the Father bear record of me, for he will
visit him with fire and with the Holy Ghost.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:35
%
And thus will the Father bear record of me, and the Holy Ghost will
bear record unto him of the Father and me; for the Father, and I, and
the Holy Ghost are one.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:36
%
And again I say unto you, ye must repent, and become as a little child,
and be baptized in my name, or ye can in nowise receive these things.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:37
%
And again I say unto you, ye must repent, and be baptized in my name, and
become as a little child, or ye can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:38
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, that this is my doctrine, and whoso
buildeth upon this buildeth upon my rock, and the gates of hell shall
not prevail against them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:39
%
And whoso shall declare more or less than this, and establish it for
my doctrine, the same cometh of evil, and is not built upon my rock;
but he buildeth upon a sandy foundation, and the gates of hell stand
open to receive such when the floods come and the winds beat upon them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:40
%
Therefore, go forth unto this people, and declare the words which I have
spoken, unto the ends of the earth.
		 -- 3 Nephi 11:41
%
And it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words unto Nephi,
and to those who had been called, (now the number of them who had been
called, and received power and authority to baptize, was twelve) and
behold, he stretched forth his hand unto the multitude, and cried unto
them, saying: Blessed are ye if ye shall give heed unto the words of
these twelve whom I have chosen from among you to minister unto you,
and to be your servants; and unto them I have given power that they
may baptize you with water; and after that ye are baptized with water,
behold, I will baptize you with fire and with the Holy Ghost; therefore
blessed are ye if ye shall believe in me and be baptized, after that ye
have seen me and know that I am.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:1
%
And again, more blessed are they who shall believe in your words because
that ye shall testify that ye have seen me, and that ye know that I am.
Yea, blessed are they who shall believe in your words, and come down into
the depths of humility and be baptized, for they shall be visited with
fire and with the Holy Ghost, and shall receive a remission of their sins.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:2
%
Yea, blessed are the poor in spirit who come unto me, for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:3
%
And again, blessed are all they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:4
%
And blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:5
%
And blessed are all they who do hunger and thirst after righteousness,
for they shall be filled with the Holy Ghost.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:6
%
And blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:7
%
And blessed are all the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:8
%
And blessed are all the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children
of God.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:9
%
And blessed are all they who are persecuted for my name's sake, for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:10
%
And blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute, and shall
say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake;
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:11
%
For ye shall have great joy and be exceedingly glad, for great shall
be your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were
before you.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:12
%
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 be thenceforth good for nothing, but to be
cast out and to be trodden under foot of men.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:13
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, I give unto you to be the light of
this people.  A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:14
%
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;
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:15
%
Therefore let your light so shine before this people, that they may see
your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:16
%
Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets.  I am not
come to destroy but to fulfil;
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:17
%
For verily I say unto you, one jot nor one tittle hath not passed away
from the law, but in me it hath all been fulfilled.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:18
%
And behold, I have given you the law and the commandments of my Father,
that ye shall believe in me, and that ye shall repent of your sins,
and come unto me with a broken heart and a contrite spirit.  Behold,
ye have the commandments before you, and the law is fulfilled.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:19
%
Therefore come unto me and be ye saved; for verily I say unto you,
that except ye shall keep my commandments, which I have commanded you
at this time, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:20
%
Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, and it is also
written before you, that thou shalt not kill, and whosoever shall kill
shall be in danger of the judgment of God;
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:21
%
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,
shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool,
shall be in danger of hell fire.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:22
%
Therefore, if ye shall come unto me, or shall desire to come unto me,
and rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee--
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:23
%
Go thy way unto thy brother, and first be reconciled to thy brother,
and then come unto me with full purpose of heart, and I will receive you.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:24
%
Agree with thine adversary quickly while thou art in the way with him,
lest at any time he shall get thee, and thou shalt be cast into prison.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:25
%
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, thou shalt by no means come out thence
until thou hast paid the uttermost senine.  And while ye are in prison
can ye pay even one senine?  Verily, verily, I say unto you, Nay.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:26
%
Behold, it is written by them of old time, that thou shalt not commit
adultery;
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:27
%
But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman, to lust after her,
hath committed adultery already in his heart.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:28
%
Behold, I give unto you a commandment, that ye suffer none of these
things to enter into your heart;
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:29
%
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.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:30
%
It hath been written, that whosoever shall put away his wife, let him
give her a writing of divorcement.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:31
%
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 whoso shall marry her who is divorced committeth adultery.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:32
%
And again it is written, thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt
perform unto the Lord thine oaths;
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:33
%
But verily, verily, I say unto you, swear not at all; neither by heaven,
for it is God's throne;
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:34
%
Nor by the earth, for it is his footstool;
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:35
%
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one
hair black or white;
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:36
%
But let your communication be Yea, yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever cometh
of more than these is evil.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:37
%
And behold, it is written, an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth;
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:38
%
But I say unto you, that ye shall not resist evil, but whosoever shall
smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also;
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:39
%
And if any man will sue thee at the law and take away thy coat, let him
have thy cloak also;
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:40
%
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:41
%
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee
turn thou not away.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:42
%
And behold it is written also, that thou shalt love thy neighbor and
hate thine enemy;
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:43
%
But behold I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you,
do good to them that hate you, and pray for them who despitefully use
you and persecute you;
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:44
%
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.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:45
%
Therefore those things which were of old time, which were under the law,
in me are all fulfilled.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:46
%
Old things are done away, and all things have become new.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:47
%
Therefore I would that ye should be perfect even as I, or your Father
who is in heaven is perfect.
		 -- 3 Nephi 12:48
%
Verily, verily, I say that I would that ye should do alms unto the poor;
but 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.
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:1
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Therefore, when ye shall do your alms do not sound a trumpet before you,
as will 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.
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:2
%
But when thou doest alms let not thy left hand know what thy right
hand doeth;
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:3
%
That thine alms may be in secret; and thy Father who seeth in secret,
himself shall reward thee openly.
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:4
%
And when thou prayest thou shalt not do 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.  Verily I say unto you, they have their
reward.
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:5
%
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast
shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father,
who seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:6
%
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen, for they
think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:7
%
Be not ye therefore like unto them, for your Father knoweth what things
ye have need of before ye ask him.
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:8
%
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:9
%
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:10
%
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:11
%
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:12
%
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.  Amen.
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:13
%
For, if ye forgive men their trespasses your heavenly Father will also
forgive you;
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:14
%
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses neither will your Father
forgive your trespasses.
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:15
%
Moreover, when ye fast be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance,
for they disfigure their faces that they may appear unto men to fast.
Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:16
%
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:17
%
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.
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:18
%
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth
corrupt, and thieves break through and steal;
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:19
%
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:20
%
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:21
%
The light of the body is the eye; if, therefore, thine eye be single,
thy whole body shall be full of light.
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:22
%
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness.
If, therefore, the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is
that darkness!
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:23
%
No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and
love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other.
Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:24
%
And now it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words he looked
upon the twelve whom he had chosen, and said unto them: Remember the
words which I have spoken.  For behold, ye are they whom I have chosen
to minister unto this people.  Therefore I say unto you, take no thought
for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for
your body, what ye shall put on.  Is not the life more than meat, and
the body than raiment?
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:25
%
Behold the fowls of the air, for they sow not, neither do they reap nor
gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them.  Are ye not
much better than they?
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:26
%
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:27
%
And why take ye thought for raiment?  Consider the lilies of the field
how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin;
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:28
%
And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon, in all his glory, was not
arrayed like one of these.
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:29
%
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is,
and tomorrow is cast into the oven, even so will he clothe you, if ye
are not of little faith.
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:30
%
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat?  or, What shall
we drink?  or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:31
%
For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:32
%
But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all
these things shall be added unto you.
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:33
%
Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take
thought for the things of itself.  Sufficient is the day unto the evil
thereof.
		 -- 3 Nephi 13:34
%
And now it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words he turned
again to the multitude, and did open his mouth unto them again, saying:
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Judge not, that ye be not judged.
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:1
%
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what
measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:2
%
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but
considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:3
%
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother: Let me pull the mote out of thine
eye--and behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:4
%
Thou hypocrite, first cast the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt
thou see clearly to cast the mote out of thy brother's eye.
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:5
%
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls
before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again
and rend you.
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:6
%
Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you.
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:7
%
For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth;
and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:8
%
Or what man is there of you, who, if his son ask bread, will give him
a stone?
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:9
%
Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:10
%
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?
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:11
%
Therefore, all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,
do ye even so to them, for this is the law and the prophets.
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:12
%
Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the
way, which leadeth to destruction, and many there be who go in thereat;
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:13
%
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto
life, and few there be that find it.
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:14
%
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but
inwardly they are ravening wolves.
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:15
%
Ye shall know them by their fruits.  Do men gather grapes of thorns,
or figs of thistles?
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:16
%
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree
bringeth forth evil fruit.
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:17
%
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither a corrupt tree bring
forth good fruit.
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:18
%
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast
into the fire.
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:19
%
Wherefore, by their fruits ye shall know them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:20
%
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom
of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:21
%
Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in
thy name, and in thy name have cast out devils, and in thy name done
many wonderful works?
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:22
%
And then will I profess unto them: I never knew you; depart from me,
ye that work iniquity.
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:23
%
Therefore, whoso heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them, I will
liken him unto a wise man, who built his house upon a rock--
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:24
%
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and
beat upon that house; and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock.
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:25
%
And every one that heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them not
shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand--
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:26
%
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and
beat upon that house; and it fell, and great was the fall of it.
		 -- 3 Nephi 14:27
%
And now it came to pass that when Jesus had ended these sayings he cast
his eyes round about on the multitude, and said unto them: Behold, ye
have heard the things which I taught before I ascended to my Father;
therefore, whoso remembereth these sayings of mine and doeth them,
him will I raise up at the last day.
		 -- 3 Nephi 15:1
%
And it came to pass that when Jesus had said these words he perceived
that there were some among them who marveled, and wondered what he would
concerning the law of Moses; for they understood not the saying that
old things had passed away, and that all things had become new.
		 -- 3 Nephi 15:2
%
And he said unto them: Marvel not that I said unto you that old things
had passed away, and that all things had become new.
		 -- 3 Nephi 15:3
%
Behold, I say unto you that the law is fulfilled that was given unto
Moses.
		 -- 3 Nephi 15:4
%
Behold, I am he that gave the law, and I am he who covenanted with my
people Israel; therefore, the law in me is fulfilled, for I have come
to fulfil the law; therefore it hath an end.
		 -- 3 Nephi 15:5
%
Behold, I do not destroy the prophets, for as many as have not been
fulfilled in me, verily I say unto you, shall all be fulfilled.
		 -- 3 Nephi 15:6
%
And because I said unto you that old things have passed away, I do not
destroy that which hath been spoken concerning things which are to come.
		 -- 3 Nephi 15:7
%
For behold, the covenant which I have made with my people is not all
fulfilled; but the law which was given unto Moses hath an end in me.
		 -- 3 Nephi 15:8
%
Behold, I am the law, and the light.  Look unto me, and endure to the
end, and ye shall live; for unto him that endureth to the end will I
give eternal life.
		 -- 3 Nephi 15:9
%
Behold, I have given unto you the commandments; therefore keep my
commandments.  And this is the law and the prophets, for they truly
testified of me.
		 -- 3 Nephi 15:10
%
And now it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words, he said
unto those twelve whom he had chosen:
		 -- 3 Nephi 15:11
%
Ye are my disciples; and ye are a light unto this people, who are a
remnant of the house of Joseph.
		 -- 3 Nephi 15:12
%
And behold, this is the land of your inheritance; and the Father hath
given it unto you.
		 -- 3 Nephi 15:13
%
And not at any time hath the Father given me commandment that I should
tell it unto your brethren at Jerusalem.
		 -- 3 Nephi 15:14
%
Neither at any time hath the Father given me commandment that I should
tell unto them concerning the other tribes of the house of Israel,
whom the Father hath led away out of the land.
		 -- 3 Nephi 15:15
%
This much did the Father command me, that I should tell unto them:
		 -- 3 Nephi 15:16
%
That 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.
		 -- 3 Nephi 15:17
%
And now, because of stiffneckedness and unbelief they understood not my
word; therefore I was commanded to say no more of the Father concerning
this thing unto them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 15:18
%
But, verily, I say unto you that the Father hath commanded me, and I tell
it unto you, that ye were separated from among them because of their
iniquity; therefore it is because of their iniquity that they know not
of you.
		 -- 3 Nephi 15:19
%
And verily, I say unto you again that the other tribes hath the Father
separated from them; and it is because of their iniquity that they know
not of them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 15:20
%
And verily I say unto you, that ye are they of whom I said: 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.
		 -- 3 Nephi 15:21
%
And they understood me not, for they supposed it had been the Gentiles;
for they understood not that the Gentiles should be converted through
their preaching.
		 -- 3 Nephi 15:22
%
And they understood me not that I said they shall hear my voice; and
they understood me not that the Gentiles should not at any time hear my
voice--that I should not manifest myself unto them save it were by the
Holy Ghost.
		 -- 3 Nephi 15:23
%
But behold, ye have both heard my voice, and seen me; and ye are my sheep,
and ye are numbered among those whom the Father hath given me.
		 -- 3 Nephi 15:24
%
And verily, verily, I say unto you that I have other sheep, which are
not of this land, neither of the land of Jerusalem, neither in any parts
of that land round about whither I have been to minister.
		 -- 3 Nephi 16:1
%
For they of whom I speak are they who have not as yet heard my voice;
neither have I at any time manifested myself unto them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 16:2
%
But I have received a commandment of the Father that I shall go unto them,
and that they shall hear my voice, and shall be numbered among my sheep,
that there may be one fold and one shepherd; therefore I go to show
myself unto them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 16:3
%
And I command you that ye shall write these sayings after I am gone,
that if it so be that my people at Jerusalem, they who have seen me and
been with me in my ministry, do not ask the Father in my name, that they
may receive a knowledge of you by the Holy Ghost, and also of the other
tribes whom they know not of, that these sayings which ye shall write
shall be kept and shall be manifested unto the Gentiles, that through
the fulness of the Gentiles, the remnant of their seed, who shall be
scattered forth upon the face of the earth because of their unbelief,
may be brought in, or may be brought to a knowledge of me, their Redeemer.
		 -- 3 Nephi 16:4
%
And then will I gather them in from the four quarters of the earth;
and then will I fulfil the covenant which the Father hath made unto all
the people of the house of Israel.
		 -- 3 Nephi 16:5
%
And blessed are the Gentiles, because of their belief in me, in and of
the Holy Ghost, which witnesses unto them of me and of the Father.
		 -- 3 Nephi 16:6
%
Behold, because of their belief in me, saith the Father, and because
of the unbelief of you, O house of Israel, in the latter day shall the
truth come unto the Gentiles, that the fulness of these things shall be
made known unto them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 16:7
%
But wo, saith the Father, unto the unbelieving of the Gentiles--for
notwithstanding they have come forth upon the face of this land, and
have scattered my people who are of the house of Israel; and my people
who are of the house of Israel have been cast out from among them,
and have been trodden under feet by them;
		 -- 3 Nephi 16:8
%
And because of the mercies of the Father unto the Gentiles, and also the
judgments of the Father upon my people who are of the house of Israel,
verily, verily, I say unto you, that after all this, and I have caused my
people who are of the house of Israel to be smitten, and to be afflicted,
and to be slain, and to be cast out from among them, and to become hated
by them, and to become a hiss and a byword among them--
		 -- 3 Nephi 16:9
%
And thus commandeth the Father that I should say unto you: At that
day when the Gentiles shall sin against my gospel, and shall reject
the fulness of my gospel, and shall be lifted up in the pride of their
hearts above all nations, and above all the people of the whole earth,
and shall be filled with all manner of lyings, and of deceits, and of
mischiefs, and all manner of hypocrisy, and murders, and priestcrafts,
and whoredoms, and of secret abominations; and if they shall do all
those things, and shall reject the fulness of my gospel, behold, saith
the Father, I will bring the fulness of my gospel from among them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 16:10
%
And then will I remember my covenant which I have made unto my people,
O house of Israel, and I will bring my gospel unto them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 16:11
%
And I will show unto thee, O house of Israel, that the Gentiles shall not
have power over you; but I will remember my covenant unto you, O house of
Israel, and ye shall come unto the knowledge of the fulness of my gospel.
		 -- 3 Nephi 16:12
%
But if the Gentiles will repent and return unto me, saith the Father,
behold they shall be numbered among my people, O house of Israel.
		 -- 3 Nephi 16:13
%
And I will not suffer my people, who are of the house of Israel, to go
through among them, and tread them down, saith the Father.
		 -- 3 Nephi 16:14
%
But if they will not turn unto me, and hearken unto my voice, I will
suffer them, yea, I will suffer my people, O house of Israel, that they
shall go through among them, and shall tread them down, and they shall be
as salt that hath lost its savor, which is thenceforth good for nothing
but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of my people, O house
of Israel.
		 -- 3 Nephi 16:15
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, thus hath the Father commanded me--that
I should give unto this people this land for their inheritance.
		 -- 3 Nephi 16:16
%
And then the words of the prophet Isaiah shall be fulfilled, which say:
		 -- 3 Nephi 16:17
%
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.
		 -- 3 Nephi 16:18
%
Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem;
for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
		 -- 3 Nephi 16:19
%
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 God.
		 -- 3 Nephi 16:20
%
Behold, now it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words he
looked round about again on the multitude, and he said unto them: Behold,
my time is at hand.
		 -- 3 Nephi 17:1
%
I perceive that ye are weak, that ye cannot understand all my words
which I am commanded of the Father to speak unto you at this time.
		 -- 3 Nephi 17:2
%
Therefore, go ye unto your homes, and ponder upon the things which I
have said, and ask of the Father, in my name, that ye may understand,
and prepare your minds for the morrow, and I come unto you again.
		 -- 3 Nephi 17:3
%
But now I go unto the Father, and also to show myself unto the lost
tribes of Israel, for they are not lost unto the Father, for he knoweth
whither he hath taken them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 17:4
%
And it came to pass that when Jesus had thus spoken, he cast his eyes
round about again on the multitude, and beheld they were in tears,
and did look steadfastly upon him as if they would ask him to tarry a
little longer with them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 17:5
%
And he said unto them: Behold, my bowels are filled with compassion
towards you.
		 -- 3 Nephi 17:6
%
Have ye any that are sick among you?  Bring them hither.  Have ye
any that are lame, or blind, or halt, or maimed, or leprous, or that
are withered, or that are deaf, or that are afflicted in any manner?
Bring them hither and I will heal them, for I have compassion upon you;
my bowels are filled with mercy.
		 -- 3 Nephi 17:7
%
For I perceive that ye desire that I should show unto you what I have
done unto your brethren at Jerusalem, for I see that your faith is
sufficient that I should heal you.
		 -- 3 Nephi 17:8
%
And it came to pass that when he had thus spoken, all the multitude,
with one accord, did go forth with their sick and their afflicted,
and their lame, and with their blind, and with their dumb, and with all
them that were afflicted in any manner; and he did heal them every one
as they were brought forth unto him.
		 -- 3 Nephi 17:9
%
And they did all, both they who had been healed and they who were whole,
bow down at his feet, and did worship him; and as many as could come
for the multitude did kiss his feet, insomuch that they did bathe his
feet with their tears.
		 -- 3 Nephi 17:10
%
And it came to pass that he commanded that their little children should
be brought.
		 -- 3 Nephi 17:11
%
So they brought their little children and set them down upon the ground
round about him, and Jesus stood in the midst; and the multitude gave
way till they had all been brought unto him.
		 -- 3 Nephi 17:12
%
And it came to pass that when they had all been brought, and Jesus stood
in the midst, he commanded the multitude that they should kneel down
upon the ground.
		 -- 3 Nephi 17:13
%
And it came to pass that when they had knelt upon the ground, Jesus
groaned within himself, and said: Father, I am troubled because of the
wickedness of the people of the house of Israel.
		 -- 3 Nephi 17:14
%
And when he had said these words, he himself also knelt upon the earth;
and behold he prayed unto the Father, and the things which he prayed
cannot be written, and the multitude did bear record who heard him.
		 -- 3 Nephi 17:15
%
And after this manner do they bear record: The eye hath never seen,
neither hath the ear heard, before, so great and marvelous things as we
saw and heard Jesus speak unto the Father;
		 -- 3 Nephi 17:16
%
And no tongue can speak, neither can there be written by any man, neither
can the hearts of men conceive so great and marvelous things as we both
saw and heard Jesus speak; and no one can conceive of the joy which
filled our souls at the time we heard him pray for us unto the Father.
		 -- 3 Nephi 17:17
%
And it came to pass that when Jesus had made an end of praying unto the
Father, he arose; but so great was the joy of the multitude that they
were overcome.
		 -- 3 Nephi 17:18
%
And it came to pass that Jesus spake unto them, and bade them arise.
		 -- 3 Nephi 17:19
%
And they arose from the earth, and he said unto them: Blessed are ye
because of your faith.	And now behold, my joy is full.
		 -- 3 Nephi 17:20
%
And when he had said these words, he wept, and the multitude bare record
of it, and he took their little children, one by one, and blessed them,
and prayed unto the Father for them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 17:21
%
And when he had done this he wept again;
		 -- 3 Nephi 17:22
%
And he spake unto the multitude, and said unto them: Behold your little
ones.
		 -- 3 Nephi 17:23
%
And as they looked to behold they cast their eyes towards heaven, and
they saw the heavens open, and they saw angels descending out of heaven
as it were in the midst of fire; and they came down and encircled those
little ones about, and they were encircled about with fire; and the
angels did minister unto them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 17:24
%
And the multitude did see and hear and bear record; and they know that
their record is true for they all of them did see and hear, every man
for himself; and they were in number about two thousand and five hundred
souls; and they did consist of men, women, and children.
		 -- 3 Nephi 17:25
%
And it came to pass that Jesus commanded his disciples that they should
bring forth some bread and wine unto him.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:1
%
And while they were gone for bread and wine, he commanded the multitude
that they should sit themselves down upon the earth.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:2
%
And when the disciples had come with bread and wine, he took of the bread
and brake and blessed it; and he gave unto the disciples and commanded
that they should eat.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:3
%
And when they had eaten and were filled, he commanded that they should
give unto the multitude.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:4
%
And when the multitude had eaten and were filled, he said unto the
disciples: Behold there shall one be ordained among you, and to him will
I give power that he shall break bread and bless it and give it unto the
people of my church, unto all those who shall believe and be baptized
in my name.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:5
%
And this shall ye always observe to do, even as I have done, even as I
have broken bread and blessed it and given it unto you.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:6
%
And this shall ye do in remembrance of my body, which I have shown
unto you.  And it shall be a testimony unto the Father that ye do always
remember me.  And if ye do always remember me ye shall have my Spirit
to be with you.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:7
%
And it came to pass that when he said these words, he commanded his
disciples that they should take of the wine of the cup and drink of it,
and that they should also give unto the multitude that they might drink
of it.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:8
%
And it came to pass that they did so, and did drink of it and were
filled; and they gave unto the multitude, and they did drink, and they
were filled.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:9
%
And when the disciples had done this, Jesus said unto them: Blessed
are ye for this thing which ye have done, for this is fulfilling my
commandments, and this doth witness unto the Father that ye are willing
to do that which I have commanded you.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:10
%
And this shall ye always do to those who repent and are baptized in my
name; and ye shall do it in remembrance of my blood, which I have shed for
you, that ye may witness unto the Father that ye do always remember me.
And if ye do always remember me ye shall have my Spirit to be with you.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:11
%
And I give unto you a commandment that ye shall do these things.  And if
ye shall always do these things blessed are ye, for ye are built upon
my rock.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:12
%
But whoso among you shall do more or less than these are not built upon my
rock, but are built upon a sandy foundation; and when the rain descends,
and the floods come, and the winds blow, and beat upon them, they shall
fall, and the gates of hell are ready open to receive them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:13
%
Therefore blessed are ye if ye shall keep my commandments, which the
Father hath commanded me that I should give unto you.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:14
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, ye must watch and pray always, lest ye
be tempted by the devil, and ye be led away captive by him.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:15
%
And as I have prayed among you even so shall ye pray in my church, among
my people who do repent and are baptized in my name.  Behold I am the
light; I have set an example for you.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:16
%
And it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words unto his
disciples, he turned again unto the multitude and said unto them:
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:17
%
Behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, ye must watch and pray always
lest ye enter into temptation; for Satan desireth to have you, that he
may sift you as wheat.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:18
%
Therefore ye must always pray unto the Father in my name;
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:19
%
And whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, which is right,
believing that ye shall receive, behold it shall be given unto you.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:20
%
Pray in your families unto the Father, always in my name, that your
wives and your children may be blessed.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:21
%
And behold, ye shall meet together oft; and ye shall not forbid any man
from coming unto you when ye shall meet together, but suffer them that
they may come unto you and forbid them not;
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:22
%
But ye shall pray for them, and shall not cast them out; and if it so
be that they come unto you oft ye shall pray for them unto the Father,
in my name.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:23
%
Therefore, hold up your light that it may shine unto the world.
Behold I am the light which ye shall hold up--that which ye have seen
me do.	Behold ye see that I have prayed unto the Father, and ye all
have witnessed.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:24
%
And ye see that I have commanded that none of you should go away, but
rather have commanded that ye should come unto me, that ye might feel
and see; even so shall ye do unto the world; and whosoever breaketh this
commandment suffereth himself to be led into temptation.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:25
%
And now it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words, he turned
his eyes again upon the disciples whom he had chosen, and said unto them:
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:26
%
Behold verily, verily, I say unto you, I give unto you another
commandment, and then I must go unto my Father that I may fulfil other
commandments which he hath given me.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:27
%
And now behold, this is the commandment which I give unto you, that
ye shall not suffer any one knowingly to partake of my flesh and blood
unworthily, when ye shall minister it;
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:28
%
For whoso eateth and drinketh my flesh and blood unworthily eateth
and drinketh damnation to his soul; therefore if ye know that a man is
unworthy to eat and drink of my flesh and blood ye shall forbid him.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:29
%
Nevertheless, ye shall not cast him out from among you, but ye shall
minister unto him and shall pray for him unto the Father, in my name;
and if it so be that he repenteth and is baptized in my name, then shall
ye receive him, and shall minister unto him of my flesh and blood.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:30
%
But if he repent not he shall not be numbered among my people, that he may
not destroy my people, for behold I know my sheep, and they are numbered.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:31
%
Nevertheless, ye shall not cast him out of your synagogues, or your
places of worship, for unto such shall ye continue to minister; for ye
know not but what they will return and repent, and come unto me with
full purpose of heart, and I shall heal them; and ye shall be the means
of bringing salvation unto them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:32
%
Therefore, keep these sayings which I have commanded you that ye come
not under condemnation; for wo unto him whom the Father condemneth.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:33
%
And I give you these commandments because of the disputations which have
been among you.  And blessed are ye if ye have no disputations among you.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:34
%
And now I go unto the Father, because it is expedient that I should go
unto the Father for your sakes.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:35
%
And it came to pass that when Jesus had made an end of these sayings, he
touched with his hand the disciples whom he had chosen, one by one, even
until he had touched them all, and spake unto them as he touched them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:36
%
And the multitude heard not the words which he spake, therefore they did
not bear record; but the disciples bare record that he gave them power
to give the Holy Ghost.  And I will show unto you hereafter that this
record is true.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:37
%
And it came to pass that when Jesus had touched them all, there came a
cloud and overshadowed the multitude that they could not see Jesus.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:38
%
And while they were overshadowed he departed from them, and ascended
into heaven.  And the disciples saw and did bear record that he ascended
again into heaven.
		 -- 3 Nephi 18:39
%
And now it came to pass that when Jesus had ascended into heaven, the
multitude did disperse, and every man did take his wife and his children
and did return to his own home.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:1
%
And it was noised abroad among the people immediately, before it was
yet dark, that the multitude had seen Jesus, and that he had ministered
unto them, and that he would also show himself on the morrow unto the
multitude.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:2
%
Yea, and even all the night it was noised abroad concerning Jesus;
and insomuch did they send forth unto the people that there were many,
yea, an exceedingly great number, did labor exceedingly all that night,
that they might be on the morrow in the place where Jesus should show
himself unto the multitude.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:3
%
And it came to pass that on the morrow, when the multitude was gathered
together, behold, Nephi and his brother whom he had raised from the
dead, whose name was Timothy, and also his son, whose name was Jonas,
and also Mathoni, and Mathonihah, his brother, and Kumen, and Kumenonhi,
and Jeremiah, and Shemnon, and Jonas, and Zedekiah, and Isaiah--now these
were the names of the disciples whom Jesus had chosen--and it came to
pass that they went forth and stood in the midst of the multitude.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:4
%
And behold, the multitude was so great that they did cause that they
should be separated into twelve bodies.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:5
%
And the twelve did teach the multitude; and behold, they did cause that
the multitude should kneel down upon the face of the earth, and should
pray unto the Father in the name of Jesus.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:6
%
And the disciples did pray unto the Father also in the name of Jesus.
And it came to pass that they arose and ministered unto the people.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:7
%
And when they had ministered those same words which Jesus had
spoken--nothing varying from the words which Jesus had spoken--behold,
they knelt again and prayed to the Father in the name of Jesus.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:8
%
And they did pray for that which they most desired; and they desired
that the Holy Ghost should be given unto them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:9
%
And when they had thus prayed they went down unto the water's edge,
and the multitude followed them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:10
%
And it came to pass that Nephi went down into the water and was baptized.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:11
%
And he came up out of the water and began to baptize.  And he baptized
all those whom Jesus had chosen.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:12
%
And it came to pass when they were all baptized and had come up out of
the water, the Holy Ghost did fall upon them, and they were filled with
the Holy Ghost and with fire.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:13
%
And behold, they were encircled about as if it were by fire; and it came
down from heaven, and the multitude did witness it, and did bear record;
and angels did come down out of heaven and did minister unto them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:14
%
And it came to pass that while the angels were ministering unto the
disciples, behold, Jesus came and stood in the midst and ministered
unto them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:15
%
And it came to pass that he spake unto the multitude, and commanded
them that they should kneel down again upon the earth, and also that
his disciples should kneel down upon the earth.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:16
%
And it came to pass that when they had all knelt down upon the earth,
he commanded his disciples that they should pray.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:17
%
And behold, they began to pray; and they did pray unto Jesus, calling
him their Lord and their God.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:18
%
And it came to pass that Jesus departed out of the midst of them, and went
a little way off from them and bowed himself to the earth, and he said:
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:19
%
Father, I thank thee that thou hast given the Holy Ghost unto these whom
I have chosen; and it is because of their belief in me that I have chosen
them out of the world.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:20
%
Father, I pray thee that thou wilt give the Holy Ghost unto all them
that shall believe in their words.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:21
%
Father, thou hast given them the Holy Ghost because they believe in me;
and thou seest that they believe in me because thou hearest them, and
they pray unto me; and they pray unto me because I am with them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:22
%
And now Father, I pray unto thee for them, and also for all those who
shall believe on their words, that they may believe in me, that I may
be in them as thou, Father, art in me, that we may be one.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:23
%
And it came to pass that when Jesus had thus prayed unto the Father, he
came unto his disciples, and behold, they did still continue, without
ceasing, to pray unto him; and they did not multiply many words, for
it was given unto them what they should pray, and they were filled
with desire.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:24
%
And it came to pass that Jesus blessed them as they did pray unto him;
and his countenance did smile upon them, and the light of his countenance
did shine upon them, and behold they were as white as the countenance
and also the garments of Jesus; and behold the whiteness thereof did
exceed all the whiteness, yea, even there could be nothing upon earth
so white as the whiteness thereof.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:25
%
And Jesus said unto them: Pray on; nevertheless they did not cease
to pray.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:26
%
And he turned from them again, and went a little way off and bowed
himself to the earth; and he prayed again unto the Father, saying:
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:27
%
Father, I thank thee that thou hast purified those whom I have chosen,
because of their faith, and I pray for them, and also for them who shall
believe on their words, that they may be purified in me, through faith
on their words, even as they are purified in me.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:28
%
Father, I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me
out of the world, because of their faith, that they may be purified in
me, that I may be in them as thou, Father, art in me, that we may be one,
that I may be glorified in them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:29
%
And when Jesus had spoken these words he came again unto his disciples;
and behold they did pray steadfastly, without ceasing, unto him; and he
did smile upon them again; and behold they were white, even as Jesus.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:30
%
And it came to pass that he went again a little way off and prayed unto
the Father;
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:31
%
And tongue cannot speak the words which he prayed, neither can be written
by man the words which he prayed.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:32
%
And the multitude did hear and do bear record; and their hearts were
open and they did understand in their hearts the words which he prayed.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:33
%
Nevertheless, so great and marvelous were the words which he prayed that
they cannot be written, neither can they be uttered by man.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:34
%
And it came to pass that when Jesus had made an end of praying he came
again to the disciples, and said unto them: So great faith have I never
seen among all the Jews; wherefore I could not show unto them so great
miracles, because of their unbelief.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:35
%
Verily I say unto you, there are none of them that have seen so great
things as ye have seen; neither have they heard so great things as ye
have heard.
		 -- 3 Nephi 19:36
%
And it came to pass that he commanded the multitude that they should
cease to pray, and also his disciples.	And he commanded them that they
should not cease to pray in their hearts.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:1
%
And he commanded them that they should arise and stand up upon their feet.
And they arose up and stood upon their feet.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:2
%
And it came to pass that he brake bread again and blessed it, and gave
to the disciples to eat.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:3
%
And when they had eaten he commanded them that they should break bread,
and give unto the multitude.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:4
%
And when they had given unto the multitude he also gave them wine to
drink, and commanded them that they should give unto the multitude.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:5
%
Now, there had been no bread, neither wine, brought by the disciples,
neither by the multitude;
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:6
%
But he truly gave unto them bread to eat, and also wine to drink.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:7
%
And he said unto them: He that eateth this bread eateth of my body to his
soul; and he that drinketh of this wine drinketh of my blood to his soul;
and his soul shall never hunger nor thirst, but shall be filled.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:8
%
Now, when the multitude had all eaten and drunk, behold, they were filled
with the Spirit; and they did cry out with one voice, and gave glory to
Jesus, whom they both saw and heard.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:9
%
And it came to pass that when they had all given glory unto Jesus, he
said unto them: Behold now I finish the commandment which the Father
hath commanded me concerning this people, who are a remnant of the house
of Israel.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:10
%
Ye remember that I spake unto you, and said that when the words of Isaiah
should be fulfilled--behold they are written, ye have them before you,
therefore search them--
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:11
%
And verily, verily, I say unto you, that when they shall be fulfilled
then is the fulfilling of the covenant which the Father hath made unto
his people, O house of Israel.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:12
%
And then shall the remnants, which shall be scattered abroad upon the
face of the earth, be gathered in from the east and from the west,
and from the south and from the north; and they shall be brought to the
knowledge of the Lord their God, who hath redeemed them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:13
%
And the Father hath commanded me that I should give unto you this land,
for your inheritance.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:14
%
And I say unto you, that if the Gentiles do not repent after the blessing
which they shall receive, after they have scattered my people--
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:15
%
Then shall ye, who are a remnant of the house of Jacob, go forth among
them; and ye shall be in the midst of them who shall be many; and ye
shall be among them as a lion among the beasts of the forest, and as
a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he goeth through both
treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:16
%
Thy hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies
shall be cut off.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:17
%
And I will gather my people together as a man gathereth his sheaves into
the floor.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:18
%
For I will make my people with whom the Father hath covenanted, yea,
I will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass.  And thou
shalt beat in pieces many people; and I will consecrate their gain
unto the Lord, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
And behold, I am he who doeth it.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:19
%
And it shall come to pass, saith the Father, that the sword of my
justice shall hang over them at that day; and except they repent it
shall fall upon them, saith the Father, yea, even upon all the nations
of the Gentiles.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:20
%
And it shall come to pass that I will establish my people, O house
of Israel.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:21
%
And behold, this people will I establish in this land, unto the fulfilling
of the covenant which I made with your father Jacob; and it shall be a
New Jerusalem.	And the powers of heaven shall be in the midst of this
people; yea, even I will be in the midst of you.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:22
%
Behold, I am he of whom Moses spake, saying: 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.  And it shall come
to pass that every soul who will not hear that prophet shall be cut off
from among the people.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:23
%
Verily I say unto you, yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those
that follow after, as many as have spoken, have testified of me.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:24
%
And behold, ye are the children of the prophets; and ye are of the house
of Israel; and ye are of the covenant which the Father made with your
fathers, saying unto Abraham: And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of
the earth be blessed.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:25
%
The Father having raised me up unto you first, and sent me to bless you
in turning away every one of you from his iniquities; and this because
ye are the children of the covenant--
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:26
%
And after that ye were blessed then fulfilleth the Father the covenant
which he made with Abraham, saying: In thy seed shall all the kindreds
of the earth be blessed--unto the pouring out of the Holy Ghost through
me upon the Gentiles, which blessing upon the Gentiles shall make them
mighty above all, unto the scattering of my people, O house of Israel.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:27
%
And they shall be a scourge unto the people of this land.  Nevertheless,
when they shall have received the fulness of my gospel, then if they
shall harden their hearts against me I will return their iniquities upon
their own heads, saith the Father.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:28
%
And I will remember the covenant which I have made with my people;
and I have covenanted with them that I would gather them together in
mine own due time, that I would give unto them again the land of their
fathers for their inheritance, which is the land of Jerusalem, which is
the promised land unto them forever, saith the Father.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:29
%
And it shall come to pass that the time cometh, when the fulness of my
gospel shall be preached unto them;
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:30
%
And they shall believe in me, that I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
and shall pray unto the Father in my name.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:31
%
Then shall their watchmen lift up their voice, and with the voice together
shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:32
%
Then will the Father gather them together again, and give unto them
Jerusalem for the land of their inheritance.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:33
%
Then shall they break forth into joy--Sing together, ye waste places of
Jerusalem; for the Father hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed
Jerusalem.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:34
%
The Father 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 the Father;
and the Father and I are one.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:35
%
And then shall be brought to pass that which is written: Awake, awake
again, and 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.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:36
%
Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, O Jerusalem; loose thyself
from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:37
%
For thus saith the Lord: Ye have sold yourselves for naught, and ye
shall be redeemed without money.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:38
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, that my people shall know my name; yea,
in that day they shall know that I am he that doth speak.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:39
%
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!
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:40
%
And then shall a cry go forth: Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from
thence, touch not that which is unclean; go ye out of the midst of her;
be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:41
%
For ye shall not go out with haste nor go by flight; for the Lord will
go before you, and the God of Israel shall be your rearward.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:42
%
Behold, my servant shall deal prudently; he shall be exalted and extolled
and be very high.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:43
%
As many were astonished at thee--his visage was so marred, more than
any man, and his form more than the sons of men--
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:44
%
So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths
at him, for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that
which they had not heard shall they consider.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:45
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, all these things shall surely come,
even as the Father hath commanded me.  Then shall this covenant which
the Father hath covenanted with his people be fulfilled; and then shall
Jerusalem be inhabited again with my people, and it shall be the land
of their inheritance.
		 -- 3 Nephi 20:46
%
And verily I say unto you, I give unto you a sign, that ye may know
the time when these things shall be about to take place--that I shall
gather in, from their long dispersion, my people, O house of Israel,
and shall establish again among them my Zion;
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:1
%
And behold, this is the thing which I will give unto you for a sign--for
verily I say unto you that when these things which I declare unto you,
and which I shall declare unto you hereafter of myself, and by the power
of the Holy Ghost which shall be given unto you of the Father, shall be
made known unto the Gentiles that they may know concerning this people
who are a remnant of the house of Jacob, and concerning this my people
who shall be scattered by them;
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:2
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, when these things shall be made known
unto them of the Father, and shall come forth of the Father, from them
unto you;
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:3
%
For it is wisdom in the Father that they should be established in this
land, and be set up as a free people by the power of the Father, that
these things might come forth from them unto a remnant of your seed,
that the covenant of the Father may be fulfilled which he hath covenanted
with his people, O house of Israel;
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:4
%
Therefore, when these works and the works which shall be wrought among
you hereafter shall come forth from the Gentiles, unto your seed which
shall dwindle in unbelief because of iniquity;
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:5
%
For thus it behooveth the Father that it should come forth from the
Gentiles, that he may show forth his power unto the Gentiles, for this
cause that the Gentiles, if they will not harden their hearts, that they
may repent and come unto me and be baptized in my name and know of the
true points of my doctrine, that they may be numbered among my people,
O house of Israel;
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:6
%
And when these things come to pass that thy seed shall begin to know these
things--it shall be a sign unto them, that they may know that the work
of the Father hath already commenced unto the fulfilling of the covenant
which he hath made unto the people who are of the house of Israel.
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:7
%
And when that day shall come, it shall come to pass that kings shall
shut their mouths; for that which had not been told them shall they see;
and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:8
%
For in that day, for my sake shall the Father work a work, which shall
be a great and a marvelous work among them; and there shall be among them
those who will not believe it, although a man shall declare it unto them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:9
%
But behold, the life of my servant shall be in my hand; therefore they
shall not hurt him, although he shall be marred because of them.  Yet I
will heal him, for I will show unto them that my wisdom is greater than
the cunning of the devil.
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:10
%
Therefore it shall come to pass that whosoever will not believe in my
words, who am Jesus Christ, which the Father shall cause him to bring
forth unto the Gentiles, and shall give unto him power that he shall
bring them forth unto the Gentiles, (it shall be done even as Moses said)
they shall be cut off from among my people who are of the covenant.
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:11
%
And my people who are a remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles,
yea, in the midst of them 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.
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:12
%
Their hand shall be lifted up upon their adversaries, and all their
enemies shall be cut off.
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:13
%
Yea, wo be unto the Gentiles except they repent; for it shall come to
pass in that day, saith the Father, that I will cut off thy horses out
of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots;
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:14
%
And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy
strongholds;
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:15
%
And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy land, and thou shalt have no
more soothsayers;
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:16
%
Thy graven images I will also cut off, and thy standing images out of
the midst of thee, and thou shalt no more worship the works of thy hands;
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:17
%
And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee; so will I
destroy thy cities.
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:18
%
And it shall come to pass that all lyings, and deceivings, and envyings,
and strifes, and priestcrafts, and whoredoms, shall be done away.
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:19
%
For it shall come to pass, saith the Father, that at that day whosoever
will not repent and come unto my Beloved Son, them will I cut off from
among my people, O house of Israel;
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:20
%
And I will execute vengeance and fury upon them, even as upon the heathen,
such as they have not heard.
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:21
%
But if they will repent and hearken unto my words, and harden not their
hearts, I will establish my church among them, and they shall come
in unto the covenant and be numbered among this the remnant of Jacob,
unto whom I have given this land for their inheritance;
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:22
%
And they shall assist my people, the remnant of Jacob, and also as many
of the house of Israel as shall come, that they may build a city, which
shall be called the New Jerusalem.
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:23
%
And then shall they assist my people that they may be gathered in, who
are scattered upon all the face of the land, in unto the New Jerusalem.
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:24
%
And then shall the power of heaven come down among them; and I also will
be in the midst.
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:25
%
And then shall the work of the Father commence at that day, even when this
gospel shall be preached among the remnant of this people.  Verily I say
unto you, at that day shall the work of the Father commence among all
the dispersed of my people, yea, even the tribes which have been lost,
which the Father hath led away out of Jerusalem.
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:26
%
Yea, the work shall commence among all the dispersed of my people, with
the Father to prepare the way whereby they may come unto me, that they
may call on the Father in my name.
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:27
%
Yea, and then shall the work commence, with the Father among all nations
in preparing the way whereby his people may be gathered home to the land
of their inheritance.
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:28
%
And they shall go out from all nations; and they shall not go out in
haste, nor go by flight, for I will go before them, saith the Father,
and I will be their rearward.
		 -- 3 Nephi 21:29
%
And then shall that which is written come to pass: 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.
		 -- 3 Nephi 22:1
%
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of
thy habitations; spare not, lengthen thy cords and strengthen thy stakes;
		 -- 3 Nephi 22:2
%
For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left, and thy seed
shall inherit the Gentiles and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
		 -- 3 Nephi 22:3
%
Fear not, for thou shalt not be ashamed; neither be thou confounded,
for thou shalt not be put to shame; for thou shalt forget the shame of
thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy youth, and shalt
not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
		 -- 3 Nephi 22:4
%
For thy maker, thy 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.
		 -- 3 Nephi 22:5
%
For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit,
and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
		 -- 3 Nephi 22:6
%
For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I
gather thee.
		 -- 3 Nephi 22:7
%
In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment, but with
everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy
Redeemer.
		 -- 3 Nephi 22:8
%
For this, 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.
		 -- 3 Nephi 22:9
%
For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but my kindness
shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be
removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.
		 -- 3 Nephi 22:10
%
O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted!  Behold, I will
lay thy stones with fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
		 -- 3 Nephi 22:11
%
And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles,
and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
		 -- 3 Nephi 22:12
%
And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be
the peace of thy children.
		 -- 3 Nephi 22:13
%
In righteousness shalt thou be established; thou shalt be far from
oppression for thou shalt not fear, and from terror for it shall not
come near thee.
		 -- 3 Nephi 22:14
%
Behold, they shall surely gather together against thee, not by me;
whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
		 -- 3 Nephi 22:15
%
Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire,
and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created
the waster to destroy.
		 -- 3 Nephi 22:16
%
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue
that shall revile 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.
		 -- 3 Nephi 22:17
%
And now, behold, I say unto you, that ye ought to search these things.
Yea, a commandment I give unto you that ye search these things diligently;
for great are the words of Isaiah.
		 -- 3 Nephi 23:1
%
For surely he spake as touching all things concerning my people which
are of the house of Israel; therefore it must needs be that he must
speak also to the Gentiles.
		 -- 3 Nephi 23:2
%
And all things that he spake have been and shall be, even according to
the words which he spake.
		 -- 3 Nephi 23:3
%
Therefore give heed to my words; write the things which I have told you;
and according to the time and the will of the Father they shall go forth
unto the Gentiles.
		 -- 3 Nephi 23:4
%
And whosoever will hearken unto my words and repenteth and is baptized,
the same shall be saved.  Search the prophets, for many there be that
testify of these things.
		 -- 3 Nephi 23:5
%
And now it came to pass that when Jesus had said these words he said
unto them again, after he had expounded all the scriptures unto them
which they had received, he said unto them: Behold, other scriptures I
would that ye should write, that ye have not.
		 -- 3 Nephi 23:6
%
And it came to pass that he said unto Nephi: Bring forth the record
which ye have kept.
		 -- 3 Nephi 23:7
%
And when Nephi had brought forth the records, and laid them before him,
he cast his eyes upon them and said:
		 -- 3 Nephi 23:8
%
Verily I say unto you, I commanded my servant Samuel, the Lamanite, that
he should testify unto this people, that at the day that the Father should
glorify his name in me that there were many saints who should arise from
the dead, and should appear unto many, and should minister unto them.
And he said unto them: Was it not so?
		 -- 3 Nephi 23:9
%
And his disciples answered him and said: Yea, Lord, Samuel did prophesy
according to thy words, and they were all fulfilled.
		 -- 3 Nephi 23:10
%
And Jesus said unto them: How be it that ye have not written this thing,
that many saints did arise and appear unto many and did minister unto
them?
		 -- 3 Nephi 23:11
%
And it came to pass that Nephi remembered that this thing had not been
written.
		 -- 3 Nephi 23:12
%
And it came to pass that Jesus commanded that it should be written;
therefore it was written according as he commanded.
		 -- 3 Nephi 23:13
%
And now it came to pass that when Jesus had expounded all the scriptures
in one, which they had written, he commanded them that they should teach
the things which he had expounded unto them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 23:14
%
And it came to pass that he commanded them that they should write the
words which the Father had given unto Malachi, which he should tell unto
them.  And it came to pass that after they were written he expounded them.
And these are the words which he did tell unto them, saying: Thus said
the Father unto Malachi--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.
		 -- 3 Nephi 24:1
%
But who may abide the day of his coming, and who shall stand when he
appeareth?  For he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap.
		 -- 3 Nephi 24:2
%
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify
the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer
unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
		 -- 3 Nephi 24:3
%
Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord,
as in the days of old, and as in former years.
		 -- 3 Nephi 24:4
%
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness
against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false
swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages,
the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger, and fear
not me, saith the Lord of Hosts.
		 -- 3 Nephi 24:5
%
For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not
consumed.
		 -- 3 Nephi 24:6
%
Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances,
and have not kept them.  Return unto me and I will return unto you,
saith the Lord of Hosts.  But ye say: Wherein shall we return?
		 -- 3 Nephi 24:7
%
Will a man rob God?  Yet ye have robbed me.  But ye say: Wherein have
we robbed thee?  In tithes and offerings.
		 -- 3 Nephi 24:8
%
Ye are cursed with a curse, for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
		 -- 3 Nephi 24:9
%
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in
my 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.
		 -- 3 Nephi 24:10
%
And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy
the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before
the time in the fields, saith the Lord of Hosts.
		 -- 3 Nephi 24:11
%
And all nations shall call you blessed, for ye shall be a delightsome
land, saith the Lord of Hosts.
		 -- 3 Nephi 24:12
%
Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord.	Yet ye say:
What have we spoken against thee?
		 -- 3 Nephi 24:13
%
Ye have said: It is vain to serve God, and what doth it profit that we
have kept his ordinances and that we have walked mournfully before the
Lord of Hosts?
		 -- 3 Nephi 24:14
%
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set
up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
		 -- 3 Nephi 24:15
%
Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another, and the Lord
hearkened and heard; and a book of remembrance was written before him
for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
		 -- 3 Nephi 24:16
%
And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of Hosts, in that day when I make
up my jewels; and I will spare them as a man spareth his own son that
serveth him.
		 -- 3 Nephi 24:17
%
Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked,
between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
		 -- 3 Nephi 24:18
%
For behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud,
yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh
shall burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, that it shall leave them
neither root nor branch.
		 -- 3 Nephi 25:1
%
But unto you that fear my name, shall the Son of Righteousness arise
with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and grow up as calves
in the stall.
		 -- 3 Nephi 25:2
%
And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the
soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord
of Hosts.
		 -- 3 Nephi 25:3
%
Remember ye the law of Moses, my servant, which I commanded unto him in
Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
		 -- 3 Nephi 25:4
%
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the
great and dreadful day of the Lord;
		 -- 3 Nephi 25:5
%
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart
of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with
a curse.
		 -- 3 Nephi 25:6
%
And now it came to pass that when Jesus had told these things he expounded
them unto the multitude; and he did expound all things unto them, both
great and small.
		 -- 3 Nephi 26:1
%
And he saith: These scriptures, which ye had not with you, the Father
commanded that I should give unto you; for it was wisdom in him that
they should be given unto future generations.
		 -- 3 Nephi 26:2
%
And he did expound all things, even from the beginning until the time
that he should come in his glory--yea, even all things which should
come upon the face of the earth, even until the elements should melt
with fervent heat, and the earth should be wrapt together as a scroll,
and the heavens and the earth should pass away;
		 -- 3 Nephi 26:3
%
And even unto the great and last day, when all people, and all kindreds,
and all nations and tongues shall stand before God, to be judged of
their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil--
		 -- 3 Nephi 26:4
%
If they be good, to the resurrection of everlasting life; and if they be
evil, to the resurrection of damnation; being on a parallel, the one on
the one hand and the other on the other hand, according to the mercy,
and the justice, and the holiness which is in Christ, who was before
the world began.
		 -- 3 Nephi 26:5
%
And now there cannot be written in this book even a hundredth part of
the things which Jesus did truly teach unto the people;
		 -- 3 Nephi 26:6
%
But behold the plates of Nephi do contain the more part of the things
which he taught the people.
		 -- 3 Nephi 26:7
%
And these things have I written, which are a lesser part of the things
which he taught the people; and I have written them to the intent that
they may be brought again unto this people, from the Gentiles, according
to the words which Jesus hath spoken.
		 -- 3 Nephi 26:8
%
And when they shall have received this, which is expedient that they
should have first, to try their faith, and if it shall so be that they
shall believe these things then shall the greater things be made manifest
unto them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 26:9
%
And if it so be that they will not believe these things, then shall the
greater things be withheld from them, unto their condemnation.
		 -- 3 Nephi 26:10
%
Behold, I was about to write them, all which were engraven upon the
plates of Nephi, but the Lord forbade it, saying: I will try the faith
of my people.
		 -- 3 Nephi 26:11
%
Therefore I, Mormon, do write the things which have been commanded me
of the Lord.  And now I, Mormon, make an end of my sayings, and proceed
to write the things which have been commanded me.
		 -- 3 Nephi 26:12
%
Therefore, I would that ye should behold that the Lord truly did teach
the people, for the space of three days; and after that he did show
himself unto them oft, and did break bread oft, and bless it, and give
it unto them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 26:13
%
And it came to pass that he did teach and minister unto the children of
the multitude of whom hath been spoken, and he did loose their tongues,
and they did speak unto their fathers great and marvelous things, even
greater than he had revealed unto the people; and he loosed their tongues
that they could utter.
		 -- 3 Nephi 26:14
%
And it came to pass that after he had ascended into heaven--the second
time that he showed himself unto them, and had gone unto the Father,
after having healed all their sick, and their lame, and opened the eyes
of their blind and unstopped the ears of the deaf, and even had done
all manner of cures among them, and raised a man from the dead, and had
shown forth his power unto them, and had ascended unto the Father--
		 -- 3 Nephi 26:15
%
Behold, it came to pass on the morrow that the multitude gathered
themselves together, and they both saw and heard these children; yea,
even babes did open their mouths and utter marvelous things; and the
things which they did utter were forbidden that there should not any
man write them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 26:16
%
And it came to pass that the disciples whom Jesus had chosen began from
that time forth to baptize and to teach as many as did come unto them;
and as many as were baptized in the name of Jesus were filled with the
Holy Ghost.
		 -- 3 Nephi 26:17
%
And many of them saw and heard unspeakable things, which are not lawful
to be written.
		 -- 3 Nephi 26:18
%
And they taught, and did minister one to another; and they had all things
common among them, every man dealing justly, one with another.
		 -- 3 Nephi 26:19
%
And it came to pass that they did do all things even as Jesus had
commanded them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 26:20
%
And they who were baptized in the name of Jesus were called the church
of Christ.
		 -- 3 Nephi 26:21
%
And it came to pass that as the disciples of Jesus were journeying and
were preaching the things which they had both heard and seen, and were
baptizing in the name of Jesus, it came to pass that the disciples were
gathered together and were united in mighty prayer and fasting.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:1
%
And Jesus again showed himself unto them, for they were praying unto
the Father in his name; and Jesus came and stood in the midst of them,
and said unto them: What will ye that I shall give unto you?
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:2
%
And they said unto him: Lord, we will that thou wouldst tell us the name
whereby we shall call this church; for there are disputations among the
people concerning this matter.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:3
%
And the Lord said unto them: Verily, verily, I say unto you, why is it
that the people should murmur and dispute because of this thing?
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:4
%
Have they not read the scriptures, which say ye must take upon you the
name of Christ, which is my name?  For by this name shall ye be called
at the last day;
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:5
%
And whoso taketh upon him my name, and endureth to the end, the same
shall be saved at the last day.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:6
%
Therefore, whatsoever ye shall do, ye shall do it in my name; therefore
ye shall call the church in my name; and ye shall call upon the Father
in my name that he will bless the church for my sake.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:7
%
And how be it my church save it be called in my name?  For if a church be
called in Moses' name then it be Moses' church; or if it be called in the
name of a man then it be the church of a man; but if it be called in my
name then it is my church, if it so be that they are built upon my gospel.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:8
%
Verily I say unto you, that ye are built upon my gospel; therefore ye
shall call whatsoever things ye do call, in my name; therefore if ye
call upon the Father, for the church, if it be in my name the Father
will hear you;
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:9
%
And if it so be that the church is built upon my gospel then will the
Father show forth his own works in it.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:10
%
But if it be not built upon my gospel, and is built upon the works of
men, or upon the works of the devil, verily I say unto you they have joy
in their works for a season, and by and by the end cometh, and they are
hewn down and cast into the fire, from whence there is no return.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:11
%
For their works do follow them, for it is because of their works that
they are hewn down; therefore remember the things that I have told you.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:12
%
Behold I have given unto you my gospel, and this is the gospel which
I have given unto you--that I came into the world to do the will of my
Father, because my Father sent me.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:13
%
And my Father sent me that I might be lifted up upon the cross; and
after that I had been lifted up upon the cross, that I might draw all
men unto me, that as I have been lifted up by men even so should men be
lifted up by the Father, to stand before me, to be judged of their works,
whether they be good or whether they be evil--
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:14
%
And for this cause have I been lifted up; therefore, according to the
power of the Father I will draw all men unto me, that they may be judged
according to their works.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:15
%
And it shall come to pass, that whoso repenteth and is baptized in my
name shall be filled; and if he endureth to the end, behold, him will I
hold guiltless before my Father at that day when I shall stand to judge
the world.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:16
%
And he that endureth not unto the end, the same is he that is also
hewn down and cast into the fire, from whence they can no more return,
because of the justice of the Father.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:17
%
And this is the word which he hath given unto the children of men.
And for this cause he fulfilleth the words which he hath given, and he
lieth not, but fulfilleth all his words.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:18
%
And no unclean thing can enter into his kingdom; therefore nothing
entereth into his rest save it be those who have washed their garments in
my blood, because of their faith, and the repentance of all their sins,
and their faithfulness unto the end.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:19
%
Now this is the commandment: Repent, all ye ends of the earth, and come
unto me and be baptized in my name, that ye may be sanctified by the
reception of the Holy Ghost, that ye may stand spotless before me at
the last day.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:20
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, this is my gospel; and ye know the things
that ye must do in my church; for the works which ye have seen me do that
shall ye also do; for that which ye have seen me do even that shall ye do;
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:21
%
Therefore, if ye do these things blessed are ye, for ye shall be lifted
up at the last day.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:22
%
Write the things which ye have seen and heard, save it be those which
are forbidden.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:23
%
Write the works of this people, which shall be, even as hath been written,
of that which hath been.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:24
%
For behold, out of the books which have been written, and which shall
be written, shall this people be judged, for by them shall their works
be known unto men.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:25
%
And behold, all things are written by the Father; therefore out of the
books which shall be written shall the world be judged.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:26
%
And know ye that ye shall be judges of this people, according to the
judgment which I shall give unto you, which shall be just.  Therefore,
what manner of men ought ye to be?  Verily I say unto you, even as I am.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:27
%
And now I go unto the Father.  And verily I say unto you, whatsoever
things ye shall ask the Father in my name shall be given unto you.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:28
%
Therefore, ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened
unto you; for he that asketh, receiveth; and unto him that knocketh,
it shall be opened.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:29
%
And now, behold, my joy is great, even unto fulness, because of you,
and also this generation; yea, and even the Father rejoiceth, and also
all the holy angels, because of you and this generation; for none of
them are lost.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:30
%
Behold, I would that ye should understand; for I mean them who are now
alive of this generation; and none of them are lost; and in them I have
fulness of joy.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:31
%
But behold, it sorroweth me because of the fourth generation from this
generation, for they are led away captive by him even as was the son of
perdition; for they will sell me for silver and for gold, and for that
which moth doth corrupt and which thieves can break through and steal.
And in that day will I visit them, even in turning their works upon
their own heads.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:32
%
And it came to pass that when Jesus had ended these sayings he said unto
his disciples: Enter ye in at the strait gate; for strait is the gate, and
narrow is the way that leads to life, and few there be that find it; but
wide is the gate, and broad the way which leads to death, and many there
be that travel therein, until the night cometh, wherein no man can work.
		 -- 3 Nephi 27:33
%
And it came to pass when Jesus had said these words, he spake unto his
disciples, one by one, saying unto them: What is it that ye desire of me,
after that I am gone to the Father?
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:1
%
And they all spake, save it were three, saying: We desire that after we
have lived unto the age of man, that our ministry, wherein thou hast
called us, may have an end, that we may speedily come unto thee in
thy kingdom.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:2
%
And he said unto them: Blessed are ye because ye desired this thing of
me; therefore, after that ye are seventy and two years old ye shall come
unto me in my kingdom; and with me ye shall find rest.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:3
%
And when he had spoken unto them, he turned himself unto the three,
and said unto them: What will ye that I should do unto you, when I am
gone unto the Father?
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:4
%
And they sorrowed in their hearts, for they durst not speak unto him
the thing which they desired.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:5
%
And he said unto them: Behold, I know your thoughts, and ye have desired
the thing which John, my beloved, who was with me in my ministry, before
that I was lifted up by the Jews, desired of me.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:6
%
Therefore, more blessed are ye, for ye shall never taste of death; but
ye shall live to behold all the doings of the Father unto the children
of men, even until all things shall be fulfilled according to the will
of the Father, when I shall come in my glory with the powers of heaven.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:7
%
And ye shall never endure the pains of death; but when I shall come in
my glory ye shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye from mortality
to immortality; and then shall ye be blessed in the kingdom of my Father.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:8
%
And again, ye shall not have pain while ye shall dwell in the flesh,
neither sorrow save it be for the sins of the world; and all this will I
do because of the thing which ye have desired of me, for ye have desired
that ye might bring the souls of men unto me, while the world shall stand.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:9
%
And for this cause ye shall have fulness of joy; and ye shall sit down
in the kingdom of my Father; yea, your joy shall be full, even as the
Father hath given me fulness of joy; and ye shall be even as I am,
and I am even as the Father; and the Father and I are one;
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:10
%
And the Holy Ghost beareth record of the Father and me; and the Father
giveth the Holy Ghost unto the children of men, because of me.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:11
%
And it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words, he touched
every one of them with his finger save it were the three who were to
tarry, and then he departed.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:12
%
And behold, the heavens were opened, and they were caught up into heaven,
and saw and heard unspeakable things.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:13
%
And it was forbidden them that they should utter; neither was it given
unto them power that they could utter the things which they saw and heard;
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:14
%
And whether they were in the body or out of the body, they could not tell;
for it did seem unto them like a transfiguration of them, that they were
changed from this body of flesh into an immortal state, that they could
behold the things of God.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:15
%
But it came to pass that they did again minister upon the face of the
earth; nevertheless they did not minister of the things which they had
heard and seen, because of the commandment which was given them in heaven.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:16
%
And now, whether they were mortal or immortal, from the day of their
transfiguration, I know not;
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:17
%
But this much I know, according to the record which hath been given--they
did go forth upon the face of the land, and did minister unto all the
people, uniting as many to the church as would believe in their preaching;
baptizing them, and as many as were baptized did receive the Holy Ghost.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:18
%
And they were cast into prison by them who did not belong to the church.
And the prisons could not hold them, for they were rent in twain.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:19
%
And they were cast down into the earth; but they did smite the earth
with the word of God, insomuch that by his power they were delivered
out of the depths of the earth; and therefore they could not dig pits
sufficient to hold them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:20
%
And thrice they were cast into a furnace and received no harm.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:21
%
And twice were they cast into a den of wild beasts; and behold they
did play with the beasts as a child with a suckling lamb, and received
no harm.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:22
%
And it came to pass that thus they did go forth among all the people of
Nephi, and did preach the gospel of Christ unto all people upon the face
of the land; and they were converted unto the Lord, and were united unto
the church of Christ, and thus the people of that generation were blessed,
according to the word of Jesus.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:23
%
And now I, Mormon, make an end of speaking concerning these things for
a time.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:24
%
Behold, I was about to write the names of those who were never to taste
of death, but the Lord forbade; therefore I write them not, for they
are hid from the world.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:25
%
But behold, I have seen them, and they have ministered unto me.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:26
%
And behold they will be among the Gentiles, and the Gentiles shall know
them not.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:27
%
They will also be among the Jews, and the Jews shall know them not.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:28
%
And it shall come to pass, when the Lord seeth fit in his wisdom that
they shall minister unto all the scattered tribes of Israel, and unto all
nations, kindreds, tongues and people, and shall bring out of them unto
Jesus many souls, that their desire may be fulfilled, and also because
of the convincing power of God which is in them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:29
%
And they are as the angels of God, and if they shall pray unto the
Father in the name of Jesus they can show themselves unto whatsoever
man it seemeth them good.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:30
%
Therefore, great and marvelous works shall be wrought by them, before
the great and coming day when all people must surely stand before the
judgment-seat of Christ;
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:31
%
Yea even among the Gentiles shall there be a great and marvelous work
wrought by them, before that judgment day.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:32
%
And if ye had all the scriptures which give an account of all the
marvelous works of Christ, ye would, according to the words of Christ,
know that these things must surely come.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:33
%
And wo be unto him that will not hearken unto the words of Jesus, and
also to them whom he hath chosen and sent among them; for whoso receiveth
not the words of Jesus and the words of those whom he hath sent receiveth
not him; and therefore he will not receive them at the last day;
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:34
%
And it would be better for them if they had not been born. For do ye
suppose that ye can get rid of the justice of an offended God, who hath
been trampled under feet of men, that thereby salvation might come?
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:35
%
And now behold, as I spake concerning those whom the Lord hath chosen,
yea, even three who were caught up into the heavens, that I knew not
whether they were cleansed from mortality to immortality--
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:36
%
But behold, since I wrote, I have inquired of the Lord, and he hath made
it manifest unto me that there must needs be a change wrought upon their
bodies, or else it needs be that they must taste of death;
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:37
%
Therefore, that they might not taste of death there was a change wrought
upon their bodies, that they might not suffer pain nor sorrow save it
were for the sins of the world.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:38
%
Now this change was not equal to that which shall take place at the
last day; but there was a change wrought upon them, insomuch that Satan
could have no power over them, that he could not tempt them; and they
were sanctified in the flesh, that they were holy, and that the powers
of the earth could not hold them.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:39
%
And in this state they were to remain until the judgment day of Christ;
and at that day they were to receive a greater change, and to be received
into the kingdom of the Father to go no more out, but to dwell with God
eternally in the heavens.
		 -- 3 Nephi 28:40
%
And now behold, I say unto you that when the Lord shall see fit, in
his wisdom, that these sayings shall come unto the Gentiles according
to his word, then ye may know that the covenant which the Father hath
made with the children of Israel, concerning their restoration to the
lands of their inheritance, is already beginning to be fulfilled.
		 -- 3 Nephi 29:1
%
And ye may know that the words of the Lord, which have been spoken by
the holy prophets, shall all be fulfilled; and ye need not say that the
Lord delays his coming unto the children of Israel.
		 -- 3 Nephi 29:2
%
And ye need not imagine in your hearts that the words which have been
spoken are vain, for behold, the Lord will remember his covenant which
he hath made unto his people of the house of Israel.
		 -- 3 Nephi 29:3
%
And when ye shall see these sayings coming forth among you, then ye
need not any longer spurn at the doings of the Lord, for the sword of
his justice is in his right hand; and behold, at that day, if ye shall
spurn at his doings he will cause that it shall soon overtake you.
		 -- 3 Nephi 29:4
%
Wo unto him that spurneth at the doings of the Lord; yea, wo unto him
that shall deny the Christ and his works!
		 -- 3 Nephi 29:5
%
Yea, wo unto him that shall deny the revelations of the Lord, and that
shall say the Lord no longer worketh by revelation, or by prophecy, or by
gifts, or by tongues, or by healings, or by the power of the Holy Ghost!
		 -- 3 Nephi 29:6
%
Yea, and wo unto him that shall say at that day, to get gain, that there
can be no miracle wrought by Jesus Christ; for he that doeth this shall
become like unto the son of perdition, for whom there was no mercy,
according to the word of Christ!
		 -- 3 Nephi 29:7
%
Yea, and ye need not any longer hiss, nor spurn, nor make game of
the Jews, nor any of the remnant of the house of Israel; for behold,
the Lord remembereth his covenant unto them, and he will do unto them
according to that which he hath sworn.
		 -- 3 Nephi 29:8
%
Therefore ye need not suppose that ye can turn the right hand of the Lord
unto the left, that he may not execute judgment unto the fulfilling of
the covenant which he hath made unto the house of Israel.
		 -- 3 Nephi 29:9
%
Hearken, O ye Gentiles, and hear the words of Jesus Christ, the Son of
the living God, which he hath commanded me that I should speak concerning
you, for, behold he commandeth me that I should write, saying:
		 -- 3 Nephi 30:1
%
Turn, all ye Gentiles, from your wicked ways; and repent of your evil
doings, of your lyings and deceivings, and of your whoredoms, and of
your secret abominations, and your idolatries, and of your murders,
and your priestcrafts, and your envyings, and your strifes, and from
all your wickedness and abominations, and come unto me, and be baptized
in my name, that ye may receive a remission of your sins, and be filled
with the Holy Ghost, that ye may be numbered with my people who are of
the house of Israel.
		 -- 3 Nephi 30:2
%
And it came to pass that the thirty and fourth year passed away, and
also the thirty and fifth, and behold the disciples of Jesus had formed
a church of Christ in all the lands round about. And as many as did come
unto them, and did truly repent of their sins, were baptized in the name
of Jesus; and they did also receive the Holy Ghost.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:1
%
And it came to pass in the thirty and sixth year, the people were all
converted unto the Lord, upon all the face of the land, both Nephites
and Lamanites, and there were no contentions and disputations among them,
and every man did deal justly one with another.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:2
%
And they had all things common among them; therefore there were not rich
and poor, bond and free, but they were all made free, and partakers of
the heavenly gift.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:3
%
And it came to pass that the thirty and seventh year passed away also,
and there still continued to be peace in the land.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:4
%
And there were great and marvelous works wrought by the disciples of
Jesus, insomuch that they did heal the sick, and raise the dead, and cause
the lame to walk, and the blind to receive their sight, and the deaf to
hear; and all manner of miracles did they work among the children of men;
and in nothing did they work miracles save it were in the name of Jesus.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:5
%
And thus did the thirty and eighth year pass away, and also the thirty
and ninth, and forty and first, and the forty and second, yea, even
until forty and nine years had passed away, and also the fifty and first,
and the fifty and second; yea, and even until fifty and nine years had
passed away.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:6
%
And the Lord did prosper them exceedingly in the land; yea, insomuch
that they did build cities again where there had been cities burned.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:7
%
Yea, even that great city Zarahemla did they cause to be built again.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:8
%
But there were many cities which had been sunk, and waters came up in
the stead thereof; therefore these cities could not be renewed.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:9
%
And now, behold, it came to pass that the people of Nephi did wax strong,
and did multiply exceedingly fast, and became an exceedingly fair and
delightsome people.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:10
%
And they were married, and given in marriage, and were blessed according
to the multitude of the promises which the Lord had made unto them.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:11
%
And they did not walk any more after the performances and ordinances of
the law of Moses; but they did walk after the commandments which they had
received from their Lord and their God, continuing in fasting and prayer,
and in meeting together oft both to pray and to hear the word of the Lord.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:12
%
And it came to pass that there was no contention among all the people, in
all the land; but there were mighty miracles wrought among the disciples
of Jesus.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:13
%
And it came to pass that the seventy and first year passed away, and
also the seventy and second year, yea, and in fine, till the seventy
and ninth year had passed away; yea, even an hundred years had passed
away, and the disciples of Jesus, whom he had chosen, had all gone to
the paradise of God, save it were the three who should tarry; and there
were other disciples ordained in their stead; and also many of that
generation had passed away.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:14
%
And it came to pass that there was no contention in the land, because
of the love of God which did dwell in the hearts of the people.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:15
%
And there were no envyings, nor strifes, nor tumults, nor whoredoms,
nor lyings, nor murders, nor any manner of lasciviousness; and surely
there could not be a happier people among all the people who had been
created by the hand of God.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:16
%
There were no robbers, nor murderers, neither were there Lamanites,
nor any manner of -ites; but they were in one, the children of Christ,
and heirs to the kingdom of God.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:17
%
And how blessed were they! For the Lord did bless them in all their
doings; yea, even they were blessed and prospered until an hundred and
ten years had passed away; and the first generation from Christ had
passed away, and there was no contention in all the land.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:18
%
And it came to pass that Nephi, he that kept this last record, (and he
kept it upon the plates of Nephi) died, and his son Amos kept it in his
stead; and he kept it upon the plates of Nephi also.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:19
%
And he kept it eighty and four years, and there was still peace in the
land, save it were a small part of the people who had revolted from the
church and taken upon them the name of Lamanites; therefore there began
to be Lamanites again in the land.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:20
%
And it came to pass that Amos died also, (and it was an hundred and
ninety and four years from the coming of Christ) and his son Amos kept
the record in his stead; and he also kept it upon the plates of Nephi;
and it was also written in the book of Nephi, which is this book.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:21
%
And it came to pass that two hundred years had passed away; and the
second generation had all passed away save it were a few.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:22
%
And now I, Mormon, would that ye should know that the people had
multiplied, insomuch that they were spread upon all the face of the land,
and that they had become exceedingly rich, because of their prosperity
in Christ.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:23
%
And now, in this two hundred and first year there began to be among them
those who were lifted up in pride, such as the wearing of costly apparel,
and all manner of fine pearls, and of the fine things of the world.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:24
%
And from that time forth they did have their goods and their substance
no more common among them.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:25
%
And they began to be divided into classes; and they began to build up
churches unto themselves to get gain, and began to deny the true church
of Christ.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:26
%
And it came to pass that when two hundred and ten years had passed away
there were many churches in the land; yea, there were many churches which
professed to know the Christ, and yet they did deny the more parts of
his gospel, insomuch that they did receive all manner of wickedness,
and did administer that which was sacred unto him to whom it had been
forbidden because of unworthiness.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:27
%
And this church did multiply exceedingly because of iniquity, and because
of the power of Satan who did get hold upon their hearts.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:28
%
And again, there was another church which denied the Christ; and they
did persecute the true church of Christ, because of their humility and
their belief in Christ; and they did despise them because of the many
miracles which were wrought among them.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:29
%
Therefore they did exercise power and authority over the disciples of
Jesus who did tarry with them, and they did cast them into prison; but
by the power of the word of God, which was in them, the prisons were
rent in twain, and they went forth doing mighty miracles among them.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:30
%
Nevertheless, and notwithstanding all these miracles, the people did
harden their hearts, and did seek to kill them, even as the Jews at
Jerusalem sought to kill Jesus, according to his word.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:31
%
And they did cast them into furnaces of fire, and they came forth
receiving no harm.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:32
%
And they also cast them into dens of wild beasts, and they did play with
the wild beasts even as a child with a lamb; and they did come forth
from among them, receiving no harm.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:33
%
Nevertheless, the people did harden their hearts, for they were led by
many priests and false prophets to build up many churches, and to do
all manner of iniquity. And they did smite upon the people of Jesus;
but the people of Jesus did not smite again. And thus they did dwindle
in unbelief and wickedness, from year to year, even until two hundred
and thirty years had passed away.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:34
%
And now it came to pass in this year, yea, in the two hundred and thirty
and first year, there was a great division among the people.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:35
%
And it came to pass that in this year there arose a people who were
called the Nephites, and they were true believers in Christ; and among
them there were those who were called by the Lamanites--Jacobites,
and Josephites, and Zoramites;
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:36
%
Therefore the true believers in Christ, and the true worshipers of Christ,
(among whom were the three disciples of Jesus who should tarry) were
called Nephites, and Jacobites, and Josephites, and Zoramites.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:37
%
And it came to pass that they who rejected the gospel were called
Lamanites, and Lemuelites, and Ishmaelites; and they did not dwindle
in unbelief, but they did wilfully rebel against the gospel of Christ;
and they did teach their children that they should not believe, even as
their fathers, from the beginning, did dwindle.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:38
%
And it was because of the wickedness and abomination of their fathers,
even as it was in the beginning. And they were taught to hate the children
of God, even as the Lamanites were taught to hate the children of Nephi
from the beginning.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:39
%
And it came to pass that two hundred and forty and four years had passed
away, and thus were the affairs of the people. And the more wicked part
of the people did wax strong, and became exceedingly more numerous than
were the people of God.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:40
%
And they did still continue to build up churches unto themselves, and
adorn them with all manner of precious things. And thus did two hundred
and fifty years pass away, and also two hundred and sixty years.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:41
%
And it came to pass that the wicked part of the people began again to
build up the secret oaths and combinations of Gadianton.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:42
%
And also the people who were called the people of Nephi began to be
proud in their hearts, because of their exceeding riches, and become
vain like unto their brethren, the Lamanites.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:43
%
And from this time the disciples began to sorrow for the sins of the
world.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:44
%
And it came to pass that when three hundred years had passed away, both
the people of Nephi and the Lamanites had become exceedingly wicked one
like unto another.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:45
%
And it came to pass that the robbers of Gadianton did spread over all
the face of the land; and there were none that were righteous save it
were the disciples of Jesus. And gold and silver did they lay up in
store in abundance, and did traffic in all manner of traffic.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:46
%
And it came to pass that after three hundred and five years had passed
away, (and the people did still remain in wickedness) Amos died; and
his brother, Ammaron, did keep the record in his stead.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:47
%
And it came to pass that when three hundred and twenty years had passed
away, Ammaron, being constrained by the Holy Ghost, did hide up the
records which were sacred--yea, even all the sacred records which had
been handed down from generation to generation, which were sacred--even
until the three hundred and twentieth year from the coming of Christ.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:48
%
And he did hide them up unto the Lord, that they might come again unto
the remnant of the house of Jacob, according to the prophecies and the
promises of the Lord. And thus is the end of the record of Ammaron.
		 -- 4 Nephi 1:49
%
And now I, Mormon, make a record of the things which I have both seen
and heard, and call it the Book of Mormon.
		 -- Mormon 1:1
%
And about the time that Ammaron hid up the records unto the Lord, he
came unto me, (I being about ten years of age, and I began to be learned
somewhat after the manner of the learning of my people) and Ammaron said
unto me: I perceive that thou art a sober child, and art quick to observe;
		 -- Mormon 1:2
%
Therefore, when ye are about twenty and four years old I would that ye
should remember the things that ye have observed concerning this people;
and when ye are of that age go to the land Antum, unto a hill which shall
be called Shim; and there have I deposited unto the Lord all the sacred
engravings concerning this people.
		 -- Mormon 1:3
%
And behold, ye shall take the plates of Nephi unto yourself, and the
remainder shall ye leave in the place where they are; and ye shall engrave
on the plates of Nephi all the things that ye have observed concerning
this people.
		 -- Mormon 1:4
%
And I, Mormon, being a descendant of Nephi, (and my father's name was
Mormon) I remembered the things which Ammaron commanded me.
		 -- Mormon 1:5
%
And it came to pass that I, being eleven years old, was carried by my
father into the land southward, even to the land of Zarahemla.
		 -- Mormon 1:6
%
The whole face of the land had become covered with buildings, and the
people were as numerous almost, as it were the sand of the sea.
		 -- Mormon 1:7
%
And it came to pass in this year there began to be a war between the
Nephites, who consisted of the Nephites and the Jacobites and the
Josephites and the Zoramites; and this war was between the Nephites,
and the Lamanites and the Lemuelites and the Ishmaelites.
		 -- Mormon 1:8
%
Now the Lamanites and the Lemuelites and the Ishmaelites were called
Lamanites, and the two parties were Nephites and Lamanites.
		 -- Mormon 1:9
%
And it came to pass that the war began to be among them in the borders
of Zarahemla, by the waters of Sidon.
		 -- Mormon 1:10
%
And it came to pass that the Nephites had gathered together a great
number of men, even to exceed the number of thirty thousand.  And it
came to pass that they did have in this same year a number of battles,
in which the Nephites did beat the Lamanites and did slay many of them.
		 -- Mormon 1:11
%
And it came to pass that the Lamanites withdrew their design, and there
was peace settled in the land; and peace did remain for the space of
about four years, that there was no bloodshed.
		 -- Mormon 1:12
%
But wickedness did prevail upon the face of the whole land, insomuch that
the Lord did take away his beloved disciples, and the work of miracles
and of healing did cease because of the iniquity of the people.
		 -- Mormon 1:13
%
And there were no gifts from the Lord, and the Holy Ghost did not come
upon any, because of their wickedness and unbelief.
		 -- Mormon 1:14
%
And I, being fifteen years of age and being somewhat of a sober mind,
therefore I was visited of the Lord, and tasted and knew of the goodness
of Jesus.
		 -- Mormon 1:15
%
And I did endeavor to preach unto this people, but my mouth was shut,
and I was forbidden that I should preach unto them; for behold they
had wilfully rebelled against their God; and the beloved disciples were
taken away out of the land, because of their iniquity.
		 -- Mormon 1:16
%
But I did remain among them, but I was forbidden to preach unto them,
because of the hardness of their hearts; and because of the hardness of
their hearts the land was cursed for their sake.
		 -- Mormon 1:17
%
And these Gadianton robbers, who were among the Lamanites, did infest
the land, insomuch that the inhabitants thereof began to hide up their
treasures in the earth; and they became slippery, because the Lord had
cursed the land, that they could not hold them, nor retain them again.
		 -- Mormon 1:18
%
And it came to pass that there were sorceries, and witchcrafts, and
magics; and the power of the evil one was wrought upon all the face of
the land, even unto the fulfilling of all the words of Abinadi, and also
Samuel the Lamanite.
		 -- Mormon 1:19
%
And it came to pass in that same year there began to be a war again
between the Nephites and the Lamanites.  And notwithstanding I being
young, was large in stature; therefore the people of Nephi appointed me
that I should be their leader, or the leader of their armies.
		 -- Mormon 2:1
%
Therefore it came to pass that in my sixteenth year I did go forth at
the head of an army of the Nephites, against the Lamanites; therefore
three hundred and twenty and six years had passed away.
		 -- Mormon 2:2
%
And it came to pass that in the three hundred and twenty and seventh year
the Lamanites did come upon us with exceedingly great power, insomuch
that they did frighten my armies; therefore they would not fight, and
they began to retreat towards the north countries.
		 -- Mormon 2:3
%
And it came to pass that we did come to the city of Angola, and we did
take possession of the city, and make preparations to defend ourselves
against the Lamanites.	And it came to pass that we did fortify the city
with our might; but notwithstanding all our fortifications the Lamanites
did come upon us and did drive us out of the city.
		 -- Mormon 2:4
%
And they did also drive us forth out of the land of David.
		 -- Mormon 2:5
%
And we marched forth and came to the land of Joshua, which was in the
borders west by the seashore.
		 -- Mormon 2:6
%
And it came to pass that we did gather in our people as fast as it were
possible, that we might get them together in one body.
		 -- Mormon 2:7
%
But behold, the land was filled with robbers and with Lamanites;
and notwithstanding the great destruction which hung over my people,
they did not repent of their evil doings; therefore there was blood and
carnage spread throughout all the face of the land, both on the part
of the Nephites and also on the part of the Lamanites; and it was one
complete revolution throughout all the face of the land.
		 -- Mormon 2:8
%
And now, the Lamanites had a king, and his name was Aaron; and he
came against us with an army of forty and four thousand.  And behold,
I withstood him with forty and two thousand.  And it came to pass that
I beat him with my army that he fled before me.  And behold, all this
was done, and three hundred and thirty years had passed away.
		 -- Mormon 2:9
%
And it came to pass that the Nephites began to repent of their iniquity,
and began to cry even as had been prophesied by Samuel the prophet;
for behold no man could keep that which was his own, for the thieves,
and the robbers, and the murderers, and the magic art, and the witchcraft
which was in the land.
		 -- Mormon 2:10
%
Thus there began to be a mourning and a lamentation in all the land
because of these things, and more especially among the people of Nephi.
		 -- Mormon 2:11
%
And it came to pass that when I, Mormon, saw their lamentation and
their mourning and their sorrow before the Lord, my heart did begin to
rejoice within me, knowing the mercies and the long-suffering of the Lord,
therefore supposing that he would be merciful unto them that they would
again become a righteous people.
		 -- Mormon 2:12
%
But behold this my joy was vain, for their sorrowing was not unto
repentance, because of the goodness of God; but it was rather the
sorrowing of the damned, because the Lord would not always suffer them
to take happiness in sin.
		 -- Mormon 2:13
%
And they did not come unto Jesus with broken hearts and contrite spirits,
but they did curse God, and wish to die.  Nevertheless they would struggle
with the sword for their lives.
		 -- Mormon 2:14
%
And it came to pass that my sorrow did return unto me again, and I
saw that the day of grace was passed with them, both temporally and
spiritually; for I saw thousands of them hewn down in open rebellion
against their God, and heaped up as dung upon the face of the land.
And thus three hundred and forty and four years had passed away.
		 -- Mormon 2:15
%
And it came to pass that in the three hundred and forty and fifth year the
Nephites did begin to flee before the Lamanites; and they were pursued
until they came even to the land of Jashon, before it was possible to
stop them in their retreat.
		 -- Mormon 2:16
%
And now, the city of Jashon was near the land where Ammaron had deposited
the records unto the Lord, that they might not be destroyed.  And behold I
had gone according to the word of Ammaron, and taken the plates of Nephi,
and did make a record according to the words of Ammaron.
		 -- Mormon 2:17
%
And upon the plates of Nephi I did make a full account of all the
wickedness and abominations; but upon these plates I did forbear to
make a full account of their wickedness and abominations, for behold,
a continual scene of wickedness and abominations has been before mine
eyes ever since I have been sufficient to behold the ways of man.
		 -- Mormon 2:18
%
And wo is me because of their wickedness; for my heart has been filled
with sorrow because of their wickedness, all my days; nevertheless,
I know that I shall be lifted up at the last day.
		 -- Mormon 2:19
%
And it came to pass that in this year the people of Nephi again were
hunted and driven.  And it came to pass that we were driven forth until
we had come northward to the land which was called Shem.
		 -- Mormon 2:20
%
And it came to pass that we did fortify the city of Shem, and we did
gather in our people as much as it were possible, that perhaps we might
save them from destruction.
		 -- Mormon 2:21
%
And it came to pass in the three hundred and forty and sixth year they
began to come upon us again.
		 -- Mormon 2:22
%
And it came to pass that I did speak unto my people, and did urge them
with great energy, that they would stand boldly before the Lamanites
and fight for their wives, and their children, and their houses, and
their homes.
		 -- Mormon 2:23
%
And my words did arouse them somewhat to vigor, insomuch that they did not
flee from before the Lamanites, but did stand with boldness against them.
		 -- Mormon 2:24
%
And it came to pass that we did contend with an army of thirty thousand
against an army of fifty thousand.  And it came to pass that we did
stand before them with such firmness that they did flee from before us.
		 -- Mormon 2:25
%
And it came to pass that when they had fled we did pursue them with our
armies, and did meet them again, and did beat them; nevertheless the
strength of the Lord was not with us; yea, we were left to ourselves,
that the Spirit of the Lord did not abide in us; therefore we had become
weak like unto our brethren.
		 -- Mormon 2:26
%
And my heart did sorrow because of this the great calamity of my people,
because of their wickedness and their abominations.  But behold, we did
go forth against the Lamanites and the robbers of Gadianton, until we
had again taken possession of the lands of our inheritance.
		 -- Mormon 2:27
%
And the three hundred and forty and ninth year had passed away.  And in
the three hundred and fiftieth year we made a treaty with the Lamanites
and the robbers of Gadianton, in which we did get the lands of our
inheritance divided.
		 -- Mormon 2:28
%
And the Lamanites did give unto us the land northward, yea, even to the
narrow passage which led into the land southward. And we did give unto
the Lamanites all the land southward.
		 -- Mormon 2:29
%
And it came to pass that the Lamanites did not come to battle again until
ten years more had passed away.  And behold, I had employed my people,
the Nephites, in preparing their lands and their arms against the time
of battle.
		 -- Mormon 3:1
%
And it came to pass that the Lord did say unto me: Cry unto this
people--Repent ye, and come unto me, and be ye baptized, and build up
again my church, and ye shall be spared.
		 -- Mormon 3:2
%
And I did cry unto this people, but it was in vain; and they did not
realize that it was the Lord that had spared them, and granted unto
them a chance for repentance.  And behold they did harden their hearts
against the Lord their God.
		 -- Mormon 3:3
%
And it came to pass that after this tenth year had passed away, making,
in the whole, three hundred and sixty years from the coming of Christ,
the king of the Lamanites sent an epistle unto me, which gave unto me
to know that they were preparing to come again to battle against us.
		 -- Mormon 3:4
%
And it came to pass that I did cause my people that they should gather
themselves together at the land Desolation, to a city which was in the
borders, by the narrow pass which led into the land southward.
		 -- Mormon 3:5
%
And there we did place our armies, that we might stop the armies of
the Lamanites, that they might not get possession of any of our lands;
therefore we did fortify against them with all our force.
		 -- Mormon 3:6
%
And it came to pass that in the three hundred and sixty and first year the
Lamanites did come down to the city of Desolation to battle against us;
and it came to pass that in that year we did beat them, insomuch that
they did return to their own lands again.
		 -- Mormon 3:7
%
And in the three hundred and sixty and second year they did come down
again to battle.  And we did beat them again, and did slay a great number
of them, and their dead were cast into the sea.
		 -- Mormon 3:8
%
And now, because of this great thing which my people, the Nephites,
had done, they began to boast in their own strength, and began to swear
before the heavens that they would avenge themselves of the blood of
their brethren who had been slain by their enemies.
		 -- Mormon 3:9
%
And they did swear by the heavens, and also by the throne of God, that
they would go up to battle against their enemies, and would cut them
off from the face of the land.
		 -- Mormon 3:10
%
And it came to pass that I, Mormon, did utterly refuse from this time
forth to be a commander and a leader of this people, because of their
wickedness and abomination.
		 -- Mormon 3:11
%
Behold, I had led them, notwithstanding their wickedness I had led them
many times to battle, and had loved them, according to the love of God
which was in me, with all my heart; and my soul had been poured out
in prayer unto my God all the day long for them; nevertheless, it was
without faith, because of the hardness of their hearts.
		 -- Mormon 3:12
%
And thrice have I delivered them out of the hands of their enemies,
and they have repented not of their sins.
		 -- Mormon 3:13
%
And when they had sworn by all that had been forbidden them by our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ, that they would go up unto their enemies to
battle, and avenge themselves of the blood of their brethren, behold
the voice of the Lord came unto me, saying:
		 -- Mormon 3:14
%
Vengeance is mine, and I will repay; and because this people repented
not after I had delivered them, behold, they shall be cut off from the
face of the earth.
		 -- Mormon 3:15
%
And it came to pass that I utterly refused to go up against mine enemies;
and I did even as the Lord had commanded me; and I did stand as an idle
witness to manifest unto the world the things which I saw and heard,
according to the manifestations of the Spirit which had testified of
things to come.
		 -- Mormon 3:16
%
Therefore I write unto you, Gentiles, and also unto you, house of Israel,
when the work shall commence, that ye shall be about to prepare to return
to the land of your inheritance;
		 -- Mormon 3:17
%
Yea, behold, I write unto all the ends of the earth; yea, unto you,
twelve tribes of Israel, who shall be judged according to your works by
the twelve whom Jesus chose to be his disciples in the land of Jerusalem.
		 -- Mormon 3:18
%
And I write also unto the remnant of this people, who shall also be
judged by the twelve whom Jesus chose in this land; and they shall be
judged by the other twelve whom Jesus chose in the land of Jerusalem.
		 -- Mormon 3:19
%
And these things doth the Spirit manifest unto me; therefore I write
unto you all.  And for this cause I write unto you, that ye may know
that ye must all stand before the judgment-seat of Christ, yea, every
soul who belongs to the whole human family of Adam; and ye must stand
to be judged of your works, whether they be good or evil;
		 -- Mormon 3:20
%
And also that ye may believe the gospel of Jesus Christ, which ye shall
have among you; and also that the Jews, the covenant people of the Lord,
shall have other witness besides him whom they saw and heard, that Jesus,
whom they slew, was the very Christ and the very God.
		 -- Mormon 3:21
%
And I would that I could persuade all ye ends of the earth to repent
and prepare to stand before the judgment-seat of Christ.
		 -- Mormon 3:22
%
And now it came to pass that in the three hundred and sixty and third year
the Nephites did go up with their armies to battle against the Lamanites,
out of the land Desolation.
		 -- Mormon 4:1
%
And it came to pass that the armies of the Nephites were driven back
again to the land of Desolation.  And while they were yet weary, a fresh
army of the Lamanites did come upon them; and they had a sore battle,
insomuch that the Lamanites did take possession of the city Desolation,
and did slay many of the Nephites, and did take many prisoners.
		 -- Mormon 4:2
%
And the remainder did flee and join the inhabitants of the city Teancum.
Now the city Teancum lay in the borders by the seashore; and it was also
near the city Desolation.
		 -- Mormon 4:3
%
And it was because the armies of the Nephites went up unto the Lamanites
that they began to be smitten; for were it not for that, the Lamanites
could have had no power over them.
		 -- Mormon 4:4
%
But, behold, the judgments of God will overtake the wicked; and it is
by the wicked that the wicked are punished; for it is the wicked that
stir up the hearts of the children of men unto bloodshed.
		 -- Mormon 4:5
%
And it came to pass that the Lamanites did make preparations to come
against the city Teancum.
		 -- Mormon 4:6
%
And it came to pass in the three hundred and sixty and fourth year
the Lamanites did come against the city Teancum, that they might take
possession of the city Teancum also.
		 -- Mormon 4:7
%
And it came to pass that they were repulsed and driven back by the
Nephites.  And when the Nephites saw that they had driven the Lamanites
they did again boast of their own strength; and they went forth in their
own might, and took possession again of the city Desolation.
		 -- Mormon 4:8
%
And now all these things had been done, and there had been thousands
slain on both sides, both the Nephites and the Lamanites.
		 -- Mormon 4:9
%
And it came to pass that the three hundred and sixty and sixth year had
passed away, and the Lamanites came again upon the Nephites to battle;
and yet the Nephites repented not of the evil they had done, but persisted
in their wickedness continually.
		 -- Mormon 4:10
%
And it is impossible for the tongue to describe, or for man to write
a perfect description of the horrible scene of the blood and carnage
which was among the people, both of the Nephites and of the Lamanites;
and every heart was hardened, so that they delighted in the shedding of
blood continually.
		 -- Mormon 4:11
%
And there never had been so great wickedness among all the children of
Lehi, nor even among all the house of Israel, according to the words of
the Lord, as was among this people.
		 -- Mormon 4:12
%
And it came to pass that the Lamanites did take possession of the city
Desolation, and this because their number did exceed the number of
the Nephites.
		 -- Mormon 4:13
%
And they did also march forward against the city Teancum, and did drive
the inhabitants forth out of her, and did take many prisoners both women
and children, and did offer them up as sacrifices unto their idol gods.
		 -- Mormon 4:14
%
And it came to pass that in the three hundred and sixty and seventh year,
the Nephites being angry because the Lamanites had sacrificed their
women and their children, that they did go against the Lamanites with
exceedingly great anger, insomuch that they did beat again the Lamanites,
and drive them out of their lands.
		 -- Mormon 4:15
%
And the Lamanites did not come again against the Nephites until the
three hundred and seventy and fifth year.
		 -- Mormon 4:16
%
And in this year they did come down against the Nephites with all
their powers; and they were not numbered because of the greatness of
their number.
		 -- Mormon 4:17
%
And from this time forth did the Nephites gain no power over the
Lamanites, but began to be swept off by them even as a dew before the sun.
		 -- Mormon 4:18
%
And it came to pass that the Lamanites did come down against the city
Desolation; and there was an exceedingly sore battle fought in the land
Desolation, in the which they did beat the Nephites.
		 -- Mormon 4:19
%
And they fled again from before them, and they came to the city Boaz;
and there they did stand against the Lamanites with exceeding boldness,
insomuch that the Lamanites did not beat them until they had come again
the second time.
		 -- Mormon 4:20
%
And when they had come the second time, the Nephites were driven and
slaughtered with an exceedingly great slaughter; their women and their
children were again sacrificed unto idols.
		 -- Mormon 4:21
%
And it came to pass that the Nephites did again flee from before them,
taking all the inhabitants with them, both in towns and villages.
		 -- Mormon 4:22
%
And now I, Mormon, seeing that the Lamanites were about to overthrow
the land, therefore I did go to the hill Shim, and did take up all the
records which Ammaron had hid up unto the Lord.
		 -- Mormon 4:23
%
And it came to pass that I did go forth among the Nephites, and did
repent of the oath which I had made that I would no more assist them;
and they gave me command again of their armies, for they looked upon me
as though I could deliver them from their afflictions.
		 -- Mormon 5:1
%
But behold, I was without hope, for I knew the judgments of the Lord which
should come upon them; for they repented not of their iniquities, but did
struggle for their lives without calling upon that Being who created them.
		 -- Mormon 5:2
%
And it came to pass that the Lamanites did come against us as we had
fled to the city of Jordan; but behold, they were driven back that they
did not take the city at that time.
		 -- Mormon 5:3
%
And it came to pass that they came against us again, and we did maintain
the city.  And there were also other cities which were maintained by the
Nephites, which strongholds did cut them off that they could not get into
the country which lay before us, to destroy the inhabitants of our land.
		 -- Mormon 5:4
%
And it came to pass that whatsoever lands we had passed by, and the
inhabitants thereof were not gathered in, were destroyed by the Lamanites,
and their towns, and villages, and cities were burned with fire; and
thus three hundred and seventy and nine years passed away.
		 -- Mormon 5:5
%
And it came to pass that in the three hundred and eightieth year the
Lamanites did come again against us to battle, and we did stand against
them boldly; but it was all in vain, for so great were their numbers
that they did tread the people of the Nephites under their feet.
		 -- Mormon 5:6
%
And it came to pass that we did again take to flight, and those whose
flight was swifter than the Lamanites' did escape, and those whose flight
did not exceed the Lamanites' were swept down and destroyed.
		 -- Mormon 5:7
%
And now behold, I, Mormon, do not desire to harrow up the souls of men
in casting before them such an awful scene of blood and carnage as was
laid before mine eyes; but I, knowing that these things must surely
be made known, and that all things which are hid must be revealed upon
the house-tops--
		 -- Mormon 5:8
%
And also that a knowledge of these things must come unto the remnant of
these people, and also unto the Gentiles, who the Lord hath said should
scatter this people, and this people should be counted as naught among
them--therefore I write a small abridgment, daring not to give a full
account of the things which I have seen, because of the commandment
which I have received, and also that ye might not have too great sorrow
because of the wickedness of this people.
		 -- Mormon 5:9
%
And now behold, this I speak unto their seed, and also to the Gentiles
who have care for the house of Israel, that realize and know from whence
their blessings come.
		 -- Mormon 5:10
%
For I know that such will sorrow for the calamity of the house of Israel;
yea, they will sorrow for the destruction of this people; they will sorrow
that this people had not repented that they might have been clasped in
the arms of Jesus.
		 -- Mormon 5:11
%
Now these things are written unto the remnant of the house of Jacob;
and they are written after this manner, because it is known of God that
wickedness will not bring them forth unto them; and they are to be hid
up unto the Lord that they may come forth in his own due time.
		 -- Mormon 5:12
%
And this is the commandment which I have received; and behold, they shall
come forth according to the commandment of the Lord, when he shall see
fit, in his wisdom.
		 -- Mormon 5:13
%
And behold, they shall go unto the unbelieving of the Jews; and for
this intent shall they go--that they may be persuaded that Jesus is
the Christ, the Son of the living God; that the Father may bring about,
through his most Beloved, his great and eternal purpose, in restoring the
Jews, or all the house of Israel, to the land of their inheritance, which
the Lord their God hath given them, unto the fulfilling of his covenant;
		 -- Mormon 5:14
%
And also that the seed of this people may more fully believe his gospel,
which shall go forth unto them from the Gentiles; for this people shall
be scattered, and shall become a dark, a filthy, and a loathsome people,
beyond the description of that which ever hath been amongst us, yea,
even that which hath been among the Lamanites, and this because of their
unbelief and idolatry.
		 -- Mormon 5:15
%
For behold, the Spirit of the Lord hath already ceased to strive with
their fathers; and they are without Christ and God in the world; and
they are driven about as chaff before the wind.
		 -- Mormon 5:16
%
They were once a delightsome people, and they had Christ for their
shepherd; yea, they were led even by God the Father.
		 -- Mormon 5:17
%
But now, behold, they are led about by Satan, even as chaff is driven
before the wind, or as a vessel is tossed about upon the waves, without
sail or anchor, or without anything wherewith to steer her; and even as
she is, so are they.
		 -- Mormon 5:18
%
And behold, the Lord hath reserved their blessings, which they might
have received in the land, for the Gentiles who shall possess the land.
		 -- Mormon 5:19
%
But behold, it shall come to pass that they shall be driven and scattered
by the Gentiles; and after they have been driven and scattered by the
Gentiles, behold, then will the Lord remember the covenant which he made
unto Abraham and unto all the house of Israel.
		 -- Mormon 5:20
%
And also the Lord will remember the prayers of the righteous, which have
been put up unto him for them.
		 -- Mormon 5:21
%
And then, O ye Gentiles, how can ye stand before the power of God,
except ye shall repent and turn from your evil ways?
		 -- Mormon 5:22
%
Know ye not that ye are in the hands of God?  Know ye not that he hath
all power, and at his great command the earth shall be rolled together
as a scroll?
		 -- Mormon 5:23
%
Therefore, repent ye, and humble yourselves before him, lest he shall
come out in justice against you--lest a remnant of the seed of Jacob
shall go forth among you as a lion, and tear you in pieces, and there
is none to deliver.
		 -- Mormon 5:24
%
And now I finish my record concerning the destruction of my people,
the Nephites.  And it came to pass that we did march forth before the
Lamanites.
		 -- Mormon 6:1
%
And I, Mormon, wrote an epistle unto the king of the Lamanites, and
desired of him that he would grant unto us that we might gather together
our people unto the land of Cumorah, by a hill which was called Cumorah,
and there we could give them battle.
		 -- Mormon 6:2
%
And it came to pass that the king of the Lamanites did grant unto me
the thing which I desired.
		 -- Mormon 6:3
%
And it came to pass that we did march forth to the land of Cumorah,
and we did pitch our tents around about the hill Cumorah; and it was in
a land of many waters, rivers, and fountains; and here we had hope to
gain advantage over the Lamanites.
		 -- Mormon 6:4
%
And when three hundred and eighty and four years had passed away, we
had gathered in all the remainder of our people unto the land of Cumorah.
		 -- Mormon 6:5
%
And it came to pass that when we had gathered in all our people in one to
the land of Cumorah, behold I, Mormon, began to be old; and knowing it
to be the last struggle of my people, and having been commanded of the
Lord that I should not suffer the records which had been handed down by
our fathers, which were sacred, to fall into the hands of the Lamanites,
(for the Lamanites would destroy them) therefore I made this record out
of the plates of Nephi, and hid up in the hill Cumorah all the records
which had been entrusted to me by the hand of the Lord, save it were
these few plates which I gave unto my son Moroni.
		 -- Mormon 6:6
%
And it came to pass that my people, with their wives and their children,
did now behold the armies of the Lamanites marching towards them; and
with that awful fear of death which fills the breasts of all the wicked,
did they await to receive them.
		 -- Mormon 6:7
%
And it came to pass that they came to battle against us, and every soul
was filled with terror because of the greatness of their numbers.
		 -- Mormon 6:8
%
And it came to pass that they did fall upon my people with the sword,
and with the bow, and with the arrow, and with the ax, and with all
manner of weapons of war.
		 -- Mormon 6:9
%
And it came to pass that my men were hewn down, yea, even my ten thousand
who were with me, and I fell wounded in the midst; and they passed by
me that they did not put an end to my life.
		 -- Mormon 6:10
%
And when they had gone through and hewn down all my people save it were
twenty and four of us, (among whom was my son Moroni) and we having
survived the dead of our people, did behold on the morrow, when the
Lamanites had returned unto their camps, from the top of the hill Cumorah,
the ten thousand of my people who were hewn down, being led in the front
by me.
		 -- Mormon 6:11
%
And we also beheld the ten thousand of my people who were led by my
son Moroni.
		 -- Mormon 6:12
%
And behold, the ten thousand of Gidgiddonah had fallen, and he also in
the midst.
		 -- Mormon 6:13
%
And Lamah had fallen with his ten thousand; and Gilgal had fallen with his
ten thousand; and Limhah had fallen with his ten thousand; and Jeneum had
fallen with his ten thousand; and Cumenihah, and Moronihah, and Antionum,
and Shiblom, and Shem, and Josh, had fallen with their ten thousand each.
		 -- Mormon 6:14
%
And it came to pass that there were ten more who did fall by the sword,
with their ten thousand each; yea, even all my people, save it were those
twenty and four who were with me, and also a few who had escaped into
the south countries, and a few who had deserted over unto the Lamanites,
had fallen; and their flesh, and bones, and blood lay upon the face of
the earth, being left by the hands of those who slew them to molder upon
the land, and to crumble and to return to their mother earth.
		 -- Mormon 6:15
%
And my soul was rent with anguish, because of the slain of my people,
and I cried:
		 -- Mormon 6:16
%
O ye fair ones, how could ye have departed from the ways of the Lord!
O ye fair ones, how could ye have rejected that Jesus, who stood with
open arms to receive you!
		 -- Mormon 6:17
%
Behold, if ye had not done this, ye would not have fallen.  But behold,
ye are fallen, and I mourn your loss.
		 -- Mormon 6:18
%
O ye fair sons and daughters, ye fathers and mothers, ye husbands and
wives, ye fair ones, how is it that ye could have fallen!
		 -- Mormon 6:19
%
But behold, ye are gone, and my sorrows cannot bring your return.
		 -- Mormon 6:20
%
And the day soon cometh that your mortal must put on immortality, and
these bodies which are now moldering in corruption must soon become
incorruptible bodies; and then ye must stand before the judgment-seat of
Christ, to be judged according to your works; and if it so be that ye are
righteous, then are ye blessed with your fathers who have gone before you.
		 -- Mormon 6:21
%
O that ye had repented before this great destruction had come upon you.
But behold, ye are gone, and the Father, yea, the Eternal Father of
heaven, knoweth your state; and he doeth with you according to his
justice and mercy.
		 -- Mormon 6:22
%
And now, behold, I would speak somewhat unto the remnant of this people
who are spared, if it so be that God may give unto them my words, that
they may know of the things of their fathers; yea, I speak unto you,
ye remnant of the house of Israel; and these are the words which I speak:
		 -- Mormon 7:1
%
Know ye that ye are of the house of Israel.
		 -- Mormon 7:2
%
Know ye that ye must come unto repentance, or ye cannot be saved.
		 -- Mormon 7:3
%
Know ye that ye must lay down your weapons of war, and delight no more
in the shedding of blood, and take them not again, save it be that God
shall command you.
		 -- Mormon 7:4
%
Know ye that ye must come to the knowledge of your fathers, and repent
of all your sins and iniquities, and believe in Jesus Christ, that he
is the Son of God, and that he was slain by the Jews, and by the power
of the Father he hath risen again, whereby he hath gained the victory
over the grave; and also in him is the sting of death swallowed up.
		 -- Mormon 7:5
%
And he bringeth to pass the resurrection of the dead, whereby man must
be raised to stand before his judgment-seat.
		 -- Mormon 7:6
%
And he hath brought to pass the redemption of the world, whereby he that
is found guiltless before him at the judgment day hath it given unto him
to dwell in the presence of God in his kingdom, to sing ceaseless praises
with the choirs above, unto the Father, and unto the Son, and unto the
Holy Ghost, which are one God, in a state of happiness which hath no end.
		 -- Mormon 7:7
%
Therefore repent, and be baptized in the name of Jesus, and lay hold
upon the gospel of Christ, which shall be set before you, not only in
this record but also in the record which shall come unto the Gentiles
from the Jews, which record shall come from the Gentiles unto you.
		 -- Mormon 7:8
%
For behold, this is written for the intent that ye may believe that;
and if ye believe that ye will believe this also; and if ye believe this
ye will know concerning your fathers, and also the marvelous works which
were wrought by the power of God among them.
		 -- Mormon 7:9
%
And ye will also know that ye are a remnant of the seed of Jacob;
therefore ye are numbered among the people of the first covenant; and if
it so be that ye believe in Christ, and are baptized, first with water,
then with fire and with the Holy Ghost, following the example of our
Savior, according to that which he hath commanded us, it shall be well
with you in the day of judgment.  Amen.
		 -- Mormon 7:10
%
Behold I, Moroni, do finish the record of my father, Mormon. Behold,
I have but few things to write, which things I have been commanded by
my father.
		 -- Mormon 8:1
%
And now it came to pass that after the great and tremendous battle at
Cumorah, behold, the Nephites who had escaped into the country southward
were hunted by the Lamanites, until they were all destroyed.
		 -- Mormon 8:2
%
And my father also was killed by them, and I even remain alone to write
the sad tale of the destruction of my people.  But behold, they are gone,
and I fulfil the commandment of my father.  And whether they will slay
me, I know not.
		 -- Mormon 8:3
%
Therefore I will write and hide up the records in the earth; and whither
I go it mattereth not.
		 -- Mormon 8:4
%
Behold, my father hath made this record, and he hath written the intent
thereof.  And behold, I would write it also if I had room upon the plates,
but I have not; and ore I have none, for I am alone.  My father hath been
slain in battle, and all my kinsfolk, and I have not friends nor whither
to go; and how long the Lord will suffer that I may live I know not.
		 -- Mormon 8:5
%
Behold, four hundred years have passed away since the coming of our Lord
and Savior.
		 -- Mormon 8:6
%
And behold, the Lamanites have hunted my people, the Nephites, down from
city to city and from place to place, even until they are no more; and
great has been their fall; yea, great and marvelous is the destruction
of my people, the Nephites.
		 -- Mormon 8:7
%
And behold, it is the hand of the Lord which hath done it.  And behold
also, the Lamanites are at war one with another; and the whole face of
this land is one continual round of murder and bloodshed; and no one
knoweth the end of the war.
		 -- Mormon 8:8
%
And now, behold, I say no more concerning them, for there are none save
it be the Lamanites and robbers that do exist upon the face of the land.
		 -- Mormon 8:9
%
And there are none that do know the true God save it be the disciples of
Jesus, who did tarry in the land until the wickedness of the people was
so great that the Lord would not suffer them to remain with the people;
and whether they be upon the face of the land no man knoweth.
		 -- Mormon 8:10
%
But behold, my father and I have seen them, and they have ministered
unto us.
		 -- Mormon 8:11
%
And whoso receiveth this record, and shall not condemn it because of the
imperfections which are in it, the same shall know of greater things
than these.  Behold, I am Moroni; and were it possible, I would make
all things known unto you.
		 -- Mormon 8:12
%
Behold, I make an end of speaking concerning this people.  I am the son
of Mormon, and my father was a descendant of Nephi.
		 -- Mormon 8:13
%
And I am the same who hideth up this record unto the Lord; the plates
thereof are of no worth, because of the commandment of the Lord.
For he truly saith that no one shall have them to get gain; but the
record thereof is of great worth; and whoso shall bring it to light,
him will the Lord bless.
		 -- Mormon 8:14
%
For none can have power to bring it to light save it be given him of God;
for God wills that it shall be done with an eye single to his glory, or
the welfare of the ancient and long dispersed covenant people of the Lord.
		 -- Mormon 8:15
%
And blessed be he that shall bring this thing to light; for it shall be
brought out of darkness unto light, according to the word of God; yea,
it shall be brought out of the earth, and it shall shine forth out of
darkness, and come unto the knowledge of the people; and it shall be
done by the power of God.
		 -- Mormon 8:16
%
And if there be faults they be the faults of a man.  But behold, we
know no fault; nevertheless God knoweth all things; therefore, he that
condemneth, let him be aware lest he shall be in danger of hell fire.
		 -- Mormon 8:17
%
And he that saith: Show unto me, or ye shall be smitten--let him beware
lest he commandeth that which is forbidden of the Lord.
		 -- Mormon 8:18
%
For behold, the same that judgeth rashly shall be judged rashly again;
for according to his works shall his wages be; therefore, he that smiteth
shall be smitten again, of the Lord.
		 -- Mormon 8:19
%
Behold what the scripture says--man shall not smite, neither shall he
judge; for judgment is mine, saith the Lord, and vengeance is mine also,
and I will repay.
		 -- Mormon 8:20
%
And he that shall breathe out wrath and strifes against the work of the
Lord, and against the covenant people of the Lord who are the house of
Israel, and shall say: We will destroy the work of the Lord, and the
Lord will not remember his covenant which he hath made unto the house
of Israel--the same is in danger to be hewn down and cast into the fire;
		 -- Mormon 8:21
%
For the eternal purposes of the Lord shall roll on, until all his promises
shall be fulfilled.
		 -- Mormon 8:22
%
Search the prophecies of Isaiah.  Behold, I cannot write them.	Yea,
behold I say unto you, that those saints who have gone before me, who
have possessed this land, shall cry, yea, even from the dust will they
cry unto the Lord; and as the Lord liveth he will remember the covenant
which he hath made with them.
		 -- Mormon 8:23
%
And he knoweth their prayers, that they were in behalf of their brethren.
And he knoweth their faith, for in his name could they remove mountains;
and in his name could they cause the earth to shake; and by the power of
his word did they cause prisons to tumble to the earth; yea, even the
fiery furnace could not harm them, neither wild beasts nor poisonous
serpents, because of the power of his word.
		 -- Mormon 8:24
%
And behold, their prayers were also in behalf of him that the Lord should
suffer to bring these things forth.
		 -- Mormon 8:25
%
And no one need say they shall not come, for they surely shall, for the
Lord hath spoken it; for out of the earth shall they come, by the hand
of the Lord, and none can stay it; and it shall come in a day when it
shall be said that miracles are done away; and it shall come even as if
one should speak from the dead.
		 -- Mormon 8:26
%
And it shall come in a day when the blood of saints shall cry unto the
Lord, because of secret combinations and the works of darkness.
		 -- Mormon 8:27
%
Yea, it shall come in a day when the power of God shall be denied, and
churches become defiled and be lifted up in the pride of their hearts;
yea, even in a day when leaders of churches and teachers shall rise in
the pride of their hearts, even to the envying of them who belong to
their churches.
		 -- Mormon 8:28
%
Yea, it shall come in a day when there shall be heard of fires, and
tempests, and vapors of smoke in foreign lands;
		 -- Mormon 8:29
%
And there shall also be heard of wars, rumors of wars, and earthquakes
in divers places.
		 -- Mormon 8:30
%
Yea, it shall come in a day when there shall be great pollutions upon
the face of the earth; there shall be murders, and robbing, and lying,
and deceivings, and whoredoms, and all manner of abominations; when there
shall be many who will say, Do this, or do that, and it mattereth not,
for the Lord will uphold such at the last day.	But wo unto such, for
they are in the gall of bitterness and in the bonds of iniquity.
		 -- Mormon 8:31
%
Yea, it shall come in a day when there shall be churches built up that
shall say: Come unto me, and for your money you shall be forgiven of
your sins.
		 -- Mormon 8:32
%
O ye wicked and perverse and stiffnecked people, why have ye built up
churches unto yourselves to get gain?  Why have ye transfigured the holy
word of God, that ye might bring damnation upon your souls?  Behold,
look ye unto the revelations of God; for behold, the time cometh at that
day when all these things must be fulfilled.
		 -- Mormon 8:33
%
Behold, the Lord hath shown unto me great and marvelous things concerning
that which must shortly come, at that day when these things shall come
forth among you.
		 -- Mormon 8:34
%
Behold, I speak unto you as if ye were present, and yet ye are not.
But behold, Jesus Christ hath shown you unto me, and I know your doing.
		 -- Mormon 8:35
%
And I know that ye do walk in the pride of your hearts; and there
are none save a few only who do not lift themselves up in the pride
of their hearts, unto the wearing of very fine apparel, unto envying,
and strifes, and malice, and persecutions, and all manner of iniquities;
and your churches, yea, even every one, have become polluted because of
the pride of your hearts.
		 -- Mormon 8:36
%
For behold, ye do love money, and your substance, and your fine apparel,
and the adorning of your churches, more than ye love the poor and the
needy, the sick and the afflicted.
		 -- Mormon 8:37
%
O ye pollutions, ye hypocrites, ye teachers, who sell yourselves for
that which will canker, why have ye polluted the holy church of God?
Why are ye ashamed to take upon you the name of Christ?  Why do ye not
think that greater is the value of an endless happiness than that misery
which never dies--because of the praise of the world?
		 -- Mormon 8:38
%
Why do ye adorn yourselves with that which hath no life, and yet suffer
the hungry, and the needy, and the naked, and the sick and the afflicted
to pass by you, and notice them not?
		 -- Mormon 8:39
%
Yea, why do ye build up your secret abominations to get gain, and cause
that widows should mourn before the Lord, and also orphans to mourn
before the Lord, and also the blood of their fathers and their husbands
to cry unto the Lord from the ground, for vengeance upon your heads?
		 -- Mormon 8:40
%
Behold, the sword of vengeance hangeth over you; and the time soon cometh
that he avengeth the blood of the saints upon you, for he will not suffer
their cries any longer.
		 -- Mormon 8:41
%
And now, I speak also concerning those who do not believe in Christ.
		 -- Mormon 9:1
%
Behold, will ye believe in the day of your visitation--behold, when the
Lord shall come, yea, even that great day when the earth shall be rolled
together as a scroll, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, yea,
in that great day when ye shall be brought to stand before the Lamb of
God--then will ye say that there is no God?
		 -- Mormon 9:2
%
Then will ye longer deny the Christ, or can ye behold the Lamb of God?
Do ye suppose that ye shall dwell with him under a consciousness of
your guilt?  Do ye suppose that ye could be happy to dwell with that
holy Being, when your souls are racked with a consciousness of guilt
that ye have ever abused his laws?
		 -- Mormon 9:3
%
Behold, I say unto you that ye would be more miserable to dwell with a
holy and just God, under a consciousness of your filthiness before him,
than ye would to dwell with the damned souls in hell.
		 -- Mormon 9:4
%
For behold, when ye shall be brought to see your nakedness before God,
and also the glory of God, and the holiness of Jesus Christ, it will
kindle a flame of unquenchable fire upon you.
		 -- Mormon 9:5
%
O then ye unbelieving, turn ye unto the Lord; cry mightily unto the
Father in the name of Jesus, that perhaps ye may be found spotless,
pure, fair, and white, having been cleansed by the blood of the Lamb,
at that great and last day.
		 -- Mormon 9:6
%
And again I speak unto you who deny the revelations of God, and say that
they are done away, that there are no revelations, nor prophecies, nor
gifts, nor healing, nor speaking with tongues, and the interpretation
of tongues;
		 -- Mormon 9:7
%
Behold I say unto you, he that denieth these things knoweth not the
gospel of Christ; yea, he has not read the scriptures; if so, he does
not understand them.
		 -- Mormon 9:8
%
For do we not read that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever,
and in him there is no variableness neither shadow of changing?
		 -- Mormon 9:9
%
And now, if ye have imagined up unto yourselves a god who doth vary,
and in whom there is shadow of changing, then have ye imagined up unto
yourselves a god who is not a God of miracles.
		 -- Mormon 9:10
%
But behold, I will show unto you a God of miracles, even the God of
Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and it is that
same God who created the heavens and the earth, and all things that in
them are.
		 -- Mormon 9:11
%
Behold, he created Adam, and by Adam came the fall of man.  And because
of the fall of man came Jesus Christ, even the Father and the Son;
and because of Jesus Christ came the redemption of man.
		 -- Mormon 9:12
%
And because of the redemption of man, which came by Jesus Christ, they
are brought back into the presence of the Lord; yea, this is wherein
all men are redeemed, because the death of Christ bringeth to pass the
resurrection, which bringeth to pass a redemption from an endless sleep,
from which sleep all men shall be awakened by the power of God when
the trump shall sound; and they shall come forth, both small and great,
and all shall stand before his bar, being redeemed and loosed from this
eternal band of death, which death is a temporal death.
		 -- Mormon 9:13
%
And then cometh the judgment of the Holy One upon them; and then cometh
the time that he that is filthy shall be filthy still; and he that is
righteous shall be righteous still; he that is happy shall be happy still;
and he that is unhappy shall be unhappy still.
		 -- Mormon 9:14
%
And now, O all ye that have imagined up unto yourselves a god who can
do no miracles, I would ask of you, have all these things passed, of
which I have spoken?  Has the end come yet?  Behold I say unto you, Nay;
and God has not ceased to be a God of miracles.
		 -- Mormon 9:15
%
Behold, are not the things that God hath wrought marvelous in our eyes?
Yea, and who can comprehend the marvelous works of God?
		 -- Mormon 9:16
%
Who shall say that it was not a miracle that by his word the heaven
and the earth should be; and by the power of his word man was created
of the dust of the earth; and by the power of his word have miracles
been wrought?
		 -- Mormon 9:17
%
And who shall say that Jesus Christ did not do many mighty miracles?
And there were many mighty miracles wrought by the hands of the apostles.
		 -- Mormon 9:18
%
And if there were miracles wrought then, why has God ceased to be a God
of miracles and yet be an unchangeable Being?  And behold, I say unto
you he changeth not; if so he would cease to be God; and he ceaseth not
to be God, and is a God of miracles.
		 -- Mormon 9:19
%
And the reason why he ceaseth to do miracles among the children of men
is because that they dwindle in unbelief, and depart from the right way,
and know not the God in whom they should trust.
		 -- Mormon 9:20
%
Behold, I say unto you that whoso believeth in Christ, doubting nothing,
whatsoever he shall ask the Father in the name of Christ it shall
be granted him; and this promise is unto all, even unto the ends of
the earth.
		 -- Mormon 9:21
%
For behold, thus said Jesus Christ, the Son of God, unto his disciples
who should tarry, yea, and also to all his disciples, in the hearing
of the multitude: Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to
every creature;
		 -- Mormon 9:22
%
And he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, but he that
believeth not shall be damned;
		 -- Mormon 9:23
%
And these signs shall follow them that believe--in my name shall they
cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up
serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them;
they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover;
		 -- Mormon 9:24
%
And whosoever shall believe in my name, doubting nothing, unto him will
I confirm all my words, even unto the ends of the earth.
		 -- Mormon 9:25
%
And now, behold, who can stand against the works of the Lord?  Who can
deny his sayings?  Who will rise up against the almighty power of
the Lord?  Who will despise the works of the Lord?  Who will despise
the children of Christ?  Behold, all ye who are despisers of the works
of the Lord, for ye shall wonder and perish.
		 -- Mormon 9:26
%
O then despise not, and wonder not, but hearken unto the words of the
Lord, and ask the Father in the name of Jesus for what things soever
ye shall stand in need.  Doubt not, but be believing, and begin as in
times of old, and come unto the Lord with all your heart, and work out
your own salvation with fear and trembling before him.
		 -- Mormon 9:27
%
Be wise in the days of your probation; strip yourselves of all
uncleanness; ask not, that ye may consume it on your lusts, but ask with
a firmness unshaken, that ye will yield to no temptation, but that ye
will serve the true and living God.
		 -- Mormon 9:28
%
See that ye are not baptized unworthily; see that ye partake not of
the sacrament of Christ unworthily; but see that ye do all things in
worthiness, and do it in the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of the living
God; and if ye do this, and endure to the end, ye will in nowise be
cast out.
		 -- Mormon 9:29
%
Behold, I speak unto you as though I spake from the dead; for I know
that ye shall have my words.
		 -- Mormon 9:30
%
Condemn me not because of mine imperfection, neither my father, because
of his imperfection, neither them who have written before him; but
rather give thanks unto God that he hath made manifest unto you our
imperfections, that ye may learn to be more wise than we have been.
		 -- Mormon 9:31
%
And now, behold, we have written this record according to our knowledge,
in the characters which are called among us the reformed Egyptian,
being handed down and altered by us, according to our manner of speech.
		 -- Mormon 9:32
%
And if our plates had been sufficiently large we should have written in
Hebrew; but the Hebrew hath been altered by us also; and if we could
have written in Hebrew, behold, ye would have had no imperfection in
our record.
		 -- Mormon 9:33
%
But the Lord knoweth the things which we have written, and also that
none other people knoweth our language; and because that none other
people knoweth our language, therefore he hath prepared means for the
interpretation thereof.
		 -- Mormon 9:34
%
And these things are written that we may rid our garments of the blood
of our brethren, who have dwindled in unbelief.
		 -- Mormon 9:35
%
And behold, these things which we have desired concerning our brethren,
yea, even their restoration to the knowledge of Christ, are according
to the prayers of all the saints who have dwelt in the land.
		 -- Mormon 9:36
%
And may the Lord Jesus Christ grant that their prayers may be answered
according to their faith; and may God the Father remember the covenant
which he hath made with the house of Israel; and may he bless them
forever, through faith on the name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.
		 -- Mormon 9:37
%
And now I, Moroni, proceed to give an account of those ancient inhabitants
who were destroyed by the hand of the Lord upon the face of this north
country.
		 -- Ether 1:1
%
And I take mine account from the twenty and four plates which were found
by the people of Limhi, which is called the Book of Ether.
		 -- Ether 1:2
%
And as I suppose that the first part of this record, which speaks
concerning the creation of the world, and also of Adam, and an account
from that time even to the great tower, and whatsoever things transpired
among the children of men until that time, is had among the Jews--
		 -- Ether 1:3
%
Therefore I do not write those things which transpired from the days
of Adam until that time; but they are had upon the plates; and whoso
findeth them, the same will have power that he may get the full account.
		 -- Ether 1:4
%
But behold, I give not the full account, but a part of the account I give,
from the tower down until they were destroyed.
		 -- Ether 1:5
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And on this wise do I give the account.  He that wrote this record was
Ether, and he was a descendant of Coriantor.
		 -- Ether 1:6
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Coriantor was the son of Moron.
		 -- Ether 1:7
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And Moron was the son of Ethem.
		 -- Ether 1:8
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And Ethem was the son of Ahah.
		 -- Ether 1:9
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And Ahah was the son of Seth.
		 -- Ether 1:10
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And Seth was the son of Shiblon.
		 -- Ether 1:11
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And Shiblon was the son of Com.
		 -- Ether 1:12
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And Com was the son of Coriantum.
		 -- Ether 1:13
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And Coriantum was the son of Amnigaddah.
		 -- Ether 1:14
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And Amnigaddah was the son of Aaron.
		 -- Ether 1:15
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And Aaron was a descendant of Heth, who was the son of Hearthom.
		 -- Ether 1:16
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And Hearthom was the son of Lib.
		 -- Ether 1:17
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And Lib was the son of Kish.
		 -- Ether 1:18
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And Kish was the son of Corom.
		 -- Ether 1:19
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And Corom was the son of Levi.
		 -- Ether 1:20
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And Levi was the son of Kim.
		 -- Ether 1:21
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And Kim was the son of Morianton.
		 -- Ether 1:22
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And Morianton was a descendant of Riplakish.
		 -- Ether 1:23
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And Riplakish was the son of Shez.
		 -- Ether 1:24
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And Shez was the son of Heth.
		 -- Ether 1:25
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And Heth was the son of Com.
		 -- Ether 1:26
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And Com was the son of Coriantum.
		 -- Ether 1:27
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And Coriantum was the son of Emer.
		 -- Ether 1:28
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And Emer was the son of Omer.
		 -- Ether 1:29
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And Omer was the son of Shule.
		 -- Ether 1:30
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And Shule was the son of Kib.
		 -- Ether 1:31
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And Kib was the son of Orihah, who was the son of Jared;
		 -- Ether 1:32
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Which Jared came forth with his brother and their families, with some
others and their families, from the great tower, at the time the Lord
confounded the language of the people, and swore in his wrath that they
should be scattered upon all the face of the earth; and according to
the word of the Lord the people were scattered.
		 -- Ether 1:33
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And the brother of Jared being a large and mighty man, and a man highly
favored of the Lord, Jared, his brother, said unto him: Cry unto the Lord,
that he will not confound us that we may not understand our words.
		 -- Ether 1:34
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And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did cry unto the Lord,
and the Lord had compassion upon Jared; therefore he did not confound
the language of Jared; and Jared and his brother were not confounded.
		 -- Ether 1:35
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Then Jared said unto his brother: Cry again unto the Lord, and it may
be that he will turn away his anger from them who are our friends,
that he confound not their language.
		 -- Ether 1:36
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And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did cry unto the Lord,
and the Lord had compassion upon their friends and their families also,
that they were not confounded.
		 -- Ether 1:37
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And it came to pass that Jared spake again unto his brother, saying:
Go and inquire of the Lord whether he will drive us out of the land, and
if he will drive us out of the land, cry unto him whither we shall go.
And who knoweth but the Lord will carry us forth into a land which is
choice above all the earth?  And if it so be, let us be faithful unto
the Lord, that we may receive it for our inheritance.
		 -- Ether 1:38
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And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did cry unto the Lord
according to that which had been spoken by the mouth of Jared.
		 -- Ether 1:39
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And it came to pass that the Lord did hear the brother of Jared, and
had compassion upon him, and said unto him:
		 -- Ether 1:40
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Go to and gather together thy flocks, both male and female, of every kind;
and also of the seed of the earth of every kind; and thy families; and
also Jared thy brother and his family; and also thy friends and their
families, and the friends of Jared and their families.
		 -- Ether 1:41
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And when thou hast done this thou shalt go at the head of them down into
the valley which is northward.	And there will I meet thee, and I will go
before thee into a land which is choice above all the lands of the earth.
		 -- Ether 1:42
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And there will I bless thee and thy seed, and raise up unto me of thy
seed, and of the seed of thy brother, and they who shall go with thee,
a great nation.  And there shall be none greater than the nation which
I will raise up unto me of thy seed, upon all the face of the earth.
And thus I will do unto thee because this long time ye have cried unto me.
		 -- Ether 1:43
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And it came to pass that Jared and his brother, and their families,
and also the friends of Jared and his brother and their families, went
down into the valley which was northward, (and the name of the valley
was Nimrod, being called after the mighty hunter) with their flocks
which they had gathered together, male and female, of every kind.
		 -- Ether 2:1
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And they did also lay snares and catch fowls of the air; and they did
also prepare a vessel, in which they did carry with them the fish of
the waters.
		 -- Ether 2:2
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And they did also carry with them deseret, which, by interpretation, is
a honey bee; and thus they did carry with them swarms of bees, and all
manner of that which was upon the face of the land, seeds of every kind.
		 -- Ether 2:3
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And it came to pass that when they had come down into the valley of
Nimrod the Lord came down and talked with the brother of Jared; and he
was in a cloud, and the brother of Jared saw him not.
		 -- Ether 2:4
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And it came to pass that the Lord commanded them that they should go
forth into the wilderness, yea, into that quarter where there never had
man been.  And it came to pass that the Lord did go before them, and did
talk with them as he stood in a cloud, and gave directions whither they
should travel.
		 -- Ether 2:5
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And it came to pass that they did travel in the wilderness, and did build
barges, in which they did cross many waters, being directed continually
by the hand of the Lord.
		 -- Ether 2:6
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And the Lord would not suffer that they should stop beyond the sea in
the wilderness, but he would that they should come forth even unto the
land of promise, which was choice above all other lands, which the Lord
God had preserved for a righteous people.
		 -- Ether 2:7
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And he had sworn in his wrath unto the brother of Jared, that whoso should
possess this land of promise, from that time henceforth and forever,
should serve him, the true and only God, or they should be swept off
when the fulness of his wrath should come upon them.
		 -- Ether 2:8
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And now, we can behold the decrees of God concerning this land, that it
is a land of promise; and whatsoever nation shall possess it shall serve
God, or they shall be swept off when the fulness of his wrath shall come
upon them.  And the fulness of his wrath cometh upon them when they are
ripened in iniquity.
		 -- Ether 2:9
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For behold, this is a land which is choice above all other lands;
wherefore he that doth possess it shall serve God or shall be swept off;
for it is the everlasting decree of God.  And it is not until the fulness
of iniquity among the children of the land, that they are swept off.
		 -- Ether 2:10
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And this cometh unto you, O ye Gentiles, that ye may know the decrees
of God--that ye may repent, and not continue in your iniquities until
the fulness come, that ye may not bring down the fulness of the wrath
of God upon you as the inhabitants of the land have hitherto done.
		 -- Ether 2:11
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Behold, this is a choice land, and whatsoever nation shall possess it
shall be free from bondage, and from captivity, and from all other nations
under heaven, if they will but serve the God of the land, who is Jesus
Christ, who hath been manifested by the things which we have written.
		 -- Ether 2:12
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And now I proceed with my record; for behold, it came to pass that the
Lord did bring Jared and his brethren forth even to that great sea which
divideth the lands.  And as they came to the sea they pitched their tents;
and they called the name of the place Moriancumer; and they dwelt in
tents, and dwelt in tents upon the seashore for the space of four years.
		 -- Ether 2:13
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And it came to pass at the end of four years that the Lord came again unto
the brother of Jared, and stood in a cloud and talked with him.  And for
the space of three hours did the Lord talk with the brother of Jared, and
chastened him because he remembered not to call upon the name of the Lord.
		 -- Ether 2:14
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And the brother of Jared repented of the evil which he had done, and
did call upon the name of the Lord for his brethren who were with him.
And the Lord said unto him: I will forgive thee and thy brethren of their
sins; but thou shalt not sin any more, for ye shall remember that my
Spirit will not always strive with man; wherefore, if ye will sin until
ye are fully ripe ye shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord.
And these are my thoughts upon the land which I shall give you for your
inheritance; for it shall be a land choice above all other lands.
		 -- Ether 2:15
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And the Lord said: Go to work and build, after the manner of barges
which ye have hitherto built.  And it came to pass that the brother of
Jared did go to work, and also his brethren, and built barges after the
manner which they had built, according to the instructions of the Lord.
And they were small, and they were light upon the water, even like unto
the lightness of a fowl upon the water.
		 -- Ether 2:16
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And they were built after a manner that they were exceedingly tight,
even that they would hold water like unto a dish; and the bottom thereof
was tight like unto a dish; and the sides thereof were tight like unto
a dish; and the ends thereof were peaked; and the top thereof was tight
like unto a dish; and the length thereof was the length of a tree;
and the door thereof, when it was shut, was tight like unto a dish.
		 -- Ether 2:17
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And it came to pass that the brother of Jared cried unto the Lord,
saying: O Lord, I have performed the work which thou hast commanded me,
and I have made the barges according as thou hast directed me.
		 -- Ether 2:18
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And behold, O Lord, in them there is no light; whither shall we steer?
And also we shall perish, for in them we cannot breathe, save it is the
air which is in them; therefore we shall perish.
		 -- Ether 2:19
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And the Lord said unto the brother of Jared: Behold, thou shalt make a
hole in the top, and also in the bottom; and when thou shalt suffer for
air thou shalt unstop the hole and receive air.  And if it be so that
the water come in upon thee, behold, ye shall stop the hole, that ye
may not perish in the flood.
		 -- Ether 2:20
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And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did so, according as the
Lord had commanded.
		 -- Ether 2:21
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And he cried again unto the Lord saying: O Lord, behold I have done even
as thou hast commanded me; and I have prepared the vessels for my people,
and behold there is no light in them.  Behold, O Lord, wilt thou suffer
that we shall cross this great water in darkness?
		 -- Ether 2:22
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And the Lord said unto the brother of Jared: What will ye that I should
do that ye may have light in your vessels?  For behold, ye cannot have
windows, for they will be dashed in pieces; neither shall ye take fire
with you, for ye shall not go by the light of fire.
		 -- Ether 2:23
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For behold, ye shall be as a whale in the midst of the sea; for the
mountain waves shall dash upon you.  Nevertheless, I will bring you up
again out of the depths of the sea; for the winds have gone forth out
of my mouth, and also the rains and the floods have I sent forth.
		 -- Ether 2:24
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And behold, I prepare you against these things; for ye cannot cross
this great deep save I prepare you against the waves of the sea,
and the winds which have gone forth, and the floods which shall come.
Therefore what will ye that I should prepare for you that ye may have
light when ye are swallowed up in the depths of the sea?
		 -- Ether 2:25
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And it came to pass that the brother of Jared, (now the number of the
vessels which had been prepared was eight) went forth unto the mount,
which they called the mount Shelem, because of its exceeding height,
and did molten out of a rock sixteen small stones; and they were white
and clear, even as transparent glass; and he did carry them in his hands
upon the top of the mount, and cried again unto the Lord, saying:
		 -- Ether 3:1
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O Lord, thou hast said that we must be encompassed about by the floods.
Now behold, O Lord, and do not be angry with thy servant because of
his weakness before thee; for we know that thou art holy and dwellest
in the heavens, and that we are unworthy before thee; because of the
fall our natures have become evil continually; nevertheless, O Lord,
thou hast given us a commandment that we must call upon thee, that from
thee we may receive according to our desires.
		 -- Ether 3:2
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Behold, O Lord, thou hast smitten us because of our iniquity, and hast
driven us forth, and for these many years we have been in the wilderness;
nevertheless, thou hast been merciful unto us. O Lord, look upon me in
pity, and turn away thine anger from this thy people, and suffer not
that they shall go forth across this raging deep in darkness; but behold
these things which I have molten out of the rock.
		 -- Ether 3:3
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And I know, O Lord, that thou hast all power, and can do whatsoever
thou wilt for the benefit of man; therefore touch these stones, O Lord,
with thy finger, and prepare them that they may shine forth in darkness;
and they shall shine forth unto us in the vessels which we have prepared,
that we may have light while we shall cross the sea.
		 -- Ether 3:4
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Behold, O Lord, thou canst do this.  We know that thou art able to show
forth great power, which looks small unto the understanding of men.
		 -- Ether 3:5
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And it came to pass that when the brother of Jared had said these words,
behold, the Lord stretched forth his hand and touched the stones one by
one with his finger.  And the veil was taken from off the eyes of the
brother of Jared, and he saw the finger of the Lord; and it was as the
finger of a man, like unto flesh and blood; and the brother of Jared
fell down before the Lord, for he was struck with fear.
		 -- Ether 3:6
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And the Lord saw that the brother of Jared had fallen to the earth;
and the Lord said unto him: Arise, why hast thou fallen?
		 -- Ether 3:7
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And he saith unto the Lord: I saw the finger of the Lord, and I feared
lest he should smite me; for I knew not that the Lord had flesh and blood.
		 -- Ether 3:8
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And the Lord said unto him: Because of thy faith thou hast seen that
I shall take upon me flesh and blood; and never has man come before me
with such exceeding faith as thou hast; for were it not so ye could not
have seen my finger.  Sawest thou more than this?
		 -- Ether 3:9
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And he answered: Nay; Lord, show thyself unto me.
		 -- Ether 3:10
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And the Lord said unto him: Believest thou the words which I shall speak?
		 -- Ether 3:11
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And he answered: Yea, Lord, I know that thou speakest the truth, for
thou art a God of truth, and canst not lie.
		 -- Ether 3:12
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And when he had said these words, behold, the Lord showed himself unto
him, and said: Because thou knowest these things ye are redeemed from
the fall; therefore ye are brought back into my presence; therefore I
show myself unto you.
		 -- Ether 3:13
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Behold, I am he who was prepared from the foundation of the world to
redeem my people.  Behold, I am Jesus Christ.  I am the Father and the
Son.  In me shall all mankind have life, and that eternally, even they who
shall believe on my name; and they shall become my sons and my daughters.
		 -- Ether 3:14
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And never have I showed myself unto man whom I have created, for never
has man believed in me as thou hast.  Seest thou that ye are created
after mine own image?  Yea, even all men were created in the beginning
after mine own image.
		 -- Ether 3:15
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Behold, this body, which ye now behold, is the body of my spirit; and
man have I created after the body of my spirit; and even as I appear
unto thee to be in the spirit will I appear unto my people in the flesh.
		 -- Ether 3:16
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And now, as I, Moroni, said I could not make a full account of these
things which are written, therefore it sufficeth me to say that Jesus
showed himself unto this man in the spirit, even after the manner and in
the likeness of the same body even as he showed himself unto the Nephites.
		 -- Ether 3:17
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And he ministered unto him even as he ministered unto the Nephites;
and all this, that this man might know that he was God, because of the
many great works which the Lord had showed unto him.
		 -- Ether 3:18
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And because of the knowledge of this man he could not be kept from
beholding within the veil; and he saw the finger of Jesus, which, when he
saw, he fell with fear; for he knew that it was the finger of the Lord;
and he had faith no longer, for he knew, nothing doubting.
		 -- Ether 3:19
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Wherefore, having this perfect knowledge of God, he could not be kept from
within the veil; therefore he saw Jesus; and he did minister unto him.
		 -- Ether 3:20
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And it came to pass that the Lord said unto the brother of Jared: Behold,
thou shalt not suffer these things which ye have seen and heard to go
forth unto the world, until the time cometh that I shall glorify my name
in the flesh; wherefore, ye shall treasure up the things which ye have
seen and heard, and show it to no man.
		 -- Ether 3:21
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And behold, when ye shall come unto me, ye shall write them and shall
seal them up, that no one can interpret them; for ye shall write them
in a language that they cannot be read.
		 -- Ether 3:22
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And behold, these two stones will I give unto thee, and ye shall seal
them up also with the things which ye shall write.
		 -- Ether 3:23
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For behold, the language which ye shall write I have confounded; wherefore
I will cause in my own due time that these stones shall magnify to the
eyes of men these things which ye shall write.
		 -- Ether 3:24
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And when the Lord had said these words, he showed unto the brother of
Jared all the inhabitants of the earth which had been, and also all that
would be; and he withheld them not from his sight, even unto the ends
of the earth.
		 -- Ether 3:25
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For he had said unto him in times before, that if he would believe in
him that he could show unto him all things--it should be shown unto him;
therefore the Lord could not withhold anything from him, for he knew
that the Lord could show him all things.
		 -- Ether 3:26
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And the Lord said unto him: Write these things and seal them up; and I
will show them in mine own due time unto the children of men.
		 -- Ether 3:27
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And it came to pass that the Lord commanded him that he should seal up
the two stones which he had received, and show them not, until the Lord
should show them unto the children of men.
		 -- Ether 3:28
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And the Lord commanded the brother of Jared to go down out of the mount
from the presence of the Lord, and write the things which he had seen;
and they were forbidden to come unto the children of men until after
that he should be lifted up upon the cross; and for this cause did king
Mosiah keep them, that they should not come unto the world until after
Christ should show himself unto his people.
		 -- Ether 4:1
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And after Christ truly had showed himself unto his people he commanded
that they should be made manifest.
		 -- Ether 4:2
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And now, after that, they have all dwindled in unbelief; and there is none
save it be the Lamanites, and they have rejected the gospel of Christ;
therefore I am commanded that I should hide them up again in the earth.
		 -- Ether 4:3
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Behold, I have written upon these plates the very things which the
brother of Jared saw; and there never were greater things made manifest
than those which were made manifest unto the brother of Jared.
		 -- Ether 4:4
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Wherefore the Lord hath commanded me to write them; and I have written
them.  And he commanded me that I should seal them up; and he also hath
commanded that I should seal up the interpretation thereof; wherefore I
have sealed up the interpreters, according to the commandment of the Lord.
		 -- Ether 4:5
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For the Lord said unto me: They shall not go forth unto the Gentiles
until the day that they shall repent of their iniquity, and become clean
before the Lord.
		 -- Ether 4:6
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And in that day that they shall exercise faith in me, saith the Lord,
even as the brother of Jared did, that they may become sanctified in me,
then will I manifest unto them the things which the brother of Jared saw,
even to the unfolding unto them all my revelations, saith Jesus Christ,
the Son of God, the Father of the heavens and of the earth, and all
things that in them are.
		 -- Ether 4:7
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And he that will contend against the word of the Lord, let him be
accursed; and he that shall deny these things, let him be accursed;
for unto them will I show no greater things, saith Jesus Christ; for I
am he who speaketh.
		 -- Ether 4:8
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And at my command the heavens are opened and are shut; and at my word
the earth shall shake; and at my command the inhabitants thereof shall
pass away, even so as by fire.
		 -- Ether 4:9
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And he that believeth not my words believeth not my disciples; and if
it so be that I do not speak, judge ye; for ye shall know that it is I
that speaketh, at the last day.
		 -- Ether 4:10
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But he that believeth these things which I have spoken, him will I visit
with the manifestations of my Spirit, and he shall know and bear record.
For because of my Spirit he shall know that these things are true;
for it persuadeth men to do good.
		 -- Ether 4:11
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And whatsoever thing persuadeth men to do good is of me; for good cometh
of none save it be of me.  I am the same that leadeth men to all good; he
that will not believe my words will not believe me--that I am; and he that
will not believe me will not believe the Father who sent me.  For behold,
I am the Father, I am the light, and the life, and the truth of the world.
		 -- Ether 4:12
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Come unto me, O ye Gentiles, and I will show unto you the greater things,
the knowledge which is hid up because of unbelief.
		 -- Ether 4:13
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Come unto me, O ye house of Israel, and it shall be made manifest unto
you how great things the Father hath laid up for you, from the foundation
of the world; and it hath not come unto you, because of unbelief.
		 -- Ether 4:14
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Behold, when ye shall rend that veil of unbelief which doth cause you
to remain in your awful state of wickedness, and hardness of heart,
and blindness of mind, then shall the great and marvelous things which
have been hid up from the foundation of the world from you--yea, when ye
shall call upon the Father in my name, with a broken heart and a contrite
spirit, then shall ye know that the Father hath remembered the covenant
which he made unto your fathers, O house of Israel.
		 -- Ether 4:15
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And then shall my revelations which I have caused to be written by
my servant John be unfolded in the eyes of all the people.  Remember,
when ye see these things, ye shall know that the time is at hand that
they shall be made manifest in very deed.
		 -- Ether 4:16
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Therefore, when ye shall receive this record ye may know that the work
of the Father has commenced upon all the face of the land.
		 -- Ether 4:17
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Therefore, repent all ye ends of the earth, and come unto me, and believe
in my gospel, and be baptized in my name; for he that believeth and
is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned;
and signs shall follow them that believe in my name.
		 -- Ether 4:18
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And blessed is he that is found faithful unto my name at the last day, for
he shall be lifted up to dwell in the kingdom prepared for him from the
foundation of the world.  And behold it is I that hath spoken it.  Amen.
		 -- Ether 4:19
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And now I, Moroni, have written the words which were commanded me,
according to my memory; and I have told you the things which I have
sealed up; therefore touch them not in order that ye may translate; for
that thing is forbidden you, except by and by it shall be wisdom in God.
		 -- Ether 5:1
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And behold, ye may be privileged that ye may show the plates unto those
who shall assist to bring forth this work;
		 -- Ether 5:2
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And unto three shall they be shown by the power of God; wherefore they
shall know of a surety that these things are true.
		 -- Ether 5:3
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And in the mouth of three witnesses shall these things be established; and
the testimony of three, and this work, in the which shall be shown forth
the power of God and also his word, of which the Father, and the Son,
and the Holy Ghost bear record--and all this shall stand as a testimony
against the world at the last day.
		 -- Ether 5:4
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And if it so be that they repent and come unto the Father in the name
of Jesus, they shall be received into the kingdom of God.
		 -- Ether 5:5
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And now, if I have no authority for these things, judge ye; for ye
shall know that I have authority when ye shall see me, and we shall
stand before God at the last day.  Amen.
		 -- Ether 5:6
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And now I, Moroni, proceed to give the record of Jared and his brother.
		 -- Ether 6:1
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For it came to pass after the Lord had prepared the stones which the
brother of Jared had carried up into the mount, the brother of Jared
came down out of the mount, and he did put forth the stones into the
vessels which were prepared, one in each end thereof; and behold, they
did give light unto the vessels.
		 -- Ether 6:2
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And thus the Lord caused stones to shine in darkness, to give light unto
men, women, and children, that they might not cross the great waters
in darkness.
		 -- Ether 6:3
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And it came to pass that when they had prepared all manner of food, that
thereby they might subsist upon the water, and also food for their flocks
and herds, and whatsoever beast or animal or fowl that they should carry
with them--and it came to pass that when they had done all these things
they got aboard of their vessels or barges, and set forth into the sea,
commending themselves unto the Lord their God.
		 -- Ether 6:4
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And it came to pass that the Lord God caused that there should be a
furious wind blow upon the face of the waters, towards the promised land;
and thus they were tossed upon the waves of the sea before the wind.
		 -- Ether 6:5
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And it came to pass that they were many times buried in the depths of
the sea, because of the mountain waves which broke upon them, and also
the great and terrible tempests which were caused by the fierceness of
the wind.
		 -- Ether 6:6
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And it came to pass that when they were buried in the deep there was no
water that could hurt them, their vessels being tight like unto a dish,
and also they were tight like unto the ark of Noah; therefore when they
were encompassed about by many waters they did cry unto the Lord, and
he did bring them forth again upon the top of the waters.
		 -- Ether 6:7
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And it came to pass that the wind did never cease to blow towards the
promised land while they were upon the waters; and thus they were driven
forth before the wind.
		 -- Ether 6:8
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And they did sing praises unto the Lord; yea, the brother of Jared did
sing praises unto the Lord, and he did thank and praise the Lord all the
day long; and when the night came, they did not cease to praise the Lord.
		 -- Ether 6:9
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And thus they were driven forth; and no monster of the sea could
break them, neither whale that could mar them; and they did have light
continually, whether it was above the water or under the water.
		 -- Ether 6:10
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And thus they were driven forth, three hundred and forty and four days
upon the water.
		 -- Ether 6:11
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And they did land upon the shore of the promised land.	And when they had
set their feet upon the shores of the promised land they bowed themselves
down upon the face of the land, and did humble themselves before the Lord,
and did shed tears of joy before the Lord, because of the multitude of
his tender mercies over them.
		 -- Ether 6:12
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And it came to pass that they went forth upon the face of the land,
and began to till the earth.
		 -- Ether 6:13
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And Jared had four sons; and they were called Jacom, and Gilgah, and
Mahah, and Orihah.
		 -- Ether 6:14
%
And the brother of Jared also begat sons and daughters.
		 -- Ether 6:15
%
And the friends of Jared and his brother were in number about twenty
and two souls; and they also begat sons and daughters before they came
to the promised land; and therefore they began to be many.
		 -- Ether 6:16
%
And they were taught to walk humbly before the Lord; and they were also
taught from on high.
		 -- Ether 6:17
%
And it came to pass that they began to spread upon the face of the
land, and to multiply and to till the earth; and they did wax strong in
the land.
		 -- Ether 6:18
%
And the brother of Jared began to be old, and saw that he must soon go
down to the grave; wherefore he said unto Jared: Let us gather together
our people that we may number them, that we may know of them what they
will desire of us before we go down to our graves.
		 -- Ether 6:19
%
And accordingly the people were gathered together.  Now the number
of the sons and the daughters of the brother of Jared were twenty and
two souls; and the number of sons and daughters of Jared were twelve,
he having four sons.
		 -- Ether 6:20
%
And it came to pass that they did number their people; and after that
they had numbered them, they did desire of them the things which they
would that they should do before they went down to their graves.
		 -- Ether 6:21
%
And it came to pass that the people desired of them that they should
anoint one of their sons to be a king over them.
		 -- Ether 6:22
%
And now behold, this was grievous unto them.  And the brother of Jared
said unto them: Surely this thing leadeth into captivity.
		 -- Ether 6:23
%
But Jared said unto his brother: Suffer them that they may have a king.
And therefore he said unto them: Choose ye out from among our sons a king,
even whom ye will.
		 -- Ether 6:24
%
And it came to pass that they chose even the firstborn of the brother of
Jared; and his name was Pagag.	And it came to pass that he refused and
would not be their king.  And the people would that his father should
constrain him, but his father would not; and he commanded them that they
should constrain no man to be their king.
		 -- Ether 6:25
%
And it came to pass that they chose all the brothers of Pagag, and they
would not.
		 -- Ether 6:26
%
And it came to pass that neither would the sons of Jared, even all save
it were one; and Orihah was anointed to be king over the people.
		 -- Ether 6:27
%
And he began to reign, and the people began to prosper; and they became
exceedingly rich.
		 -- Ether 6:28
%
And it came to pass that Jared died, and his brother also.
		 -- Ether 6:29
%
And it came to pass that Orihah did walk humbly before the Lord, and
did remember how great things the Lord had done for his father, and also
taught his people how great things the Lord had done for their fathers.
		 -- Ether 6:30
%
And it came to pass that Orihah did execute judgment upon the land in
righteousness all his days, whose days were exceedingly many.
		 -- Ether 7:1
%
And he begat sons and daughters; yea, he begat thirty and one, among
whom were twenty and three sons.
		 -- Ether 7:2
%
And it came to pass that he also begat Kib in his old age.  And it came
to pass that Kib reigned in his stead; and Kib begat Corihor.
		 -- Ether 7:3
%
And when Corihor was thirty and two years old he rebelled against his
father, and went over and dwelt in the land of Nehor; and he begat sons
and daughters, and they became exceedingly fair; wherefore Corihor drew
away many people after him.
		 -- Ether 7:4
%
And when he had gathered together an army he came up unto the land
of Moron where the king dwelt, and took him captive, which brought
to pass the saying of the brother of Jared that they would be brought
into captivity.
		 -- Ether 7:5
%
Now the land of Moron, where the king dwelt, was near the land which is
called Desolation by the Nephites.
		 -- Ether 7:6
%
And it came to pass that Kib dwelt in captivity, and his people under
Corihor his son, until he became exceedingly old; nevertheless Kib begat
Shule in his old age, while he was yet in captivity.
		 -- Ether 7:7
%
And it came to pass that Shule was angry with his brother; and Shule
waxed strong, and became mighty as to the strength of a man; and he was
also mighty in judgment.
		 -- Ether 7:8
%
Wherefore, he came to the hill Ephraim, and he did molten out of the hill,
and made swords out of steel for those whom he had drawn away with him;
and after he had armed them with swords he returned to the city Nehor
and gave battle unto his brother Corihor, by which means he obtained
the kingdom and restored it unto his father Kib.
		 -- Ether 7:9
%
And now because of the thing which Shule had done, his father bestowed
upon him the kingdom; therefore he began to reign in the stead of
his father.
		 -- Ether 7:10
%
And it came to pass that he did execute judgment in righteousness; and
he did spread his kingdom upon all the face of the land, for the people
had become exceedingly numerous.
		 -- Ether 7:11
%
And it came to pass that Shule also begat many sons and daughters.
		 -- Ether 7:12
%
And Corihor repented of the many evils which he had done; wherefore
Shule gave him power in his kingdom.
		 -- Ether 7:13
%
And it came to pass that Corihor had many sons and daughters.  And among
the sons of Corihor there was one whose name was Noah.
		 -- Ether 7:14
%
And it came to pass that Noah rebelled against Shule, the king, and also
his father Corihor, and drew away Cohor his brother, and also all his
brethren and many of the people.
		 -- Ether 7:15
%
And he gave battle unto Shule, the king, in which he did obtain the
land of their first inheritance; and he became a king over that part of
the land.
		 -- Ether 7:16
%
And it came to pass that he gave battle again unto Shule, the king;
and he took Shule, the king, and carried him away captive into Moron.
		 -- Ether 7:17
%
And it came to pass as he was about to put him to death, the sons of
Shule crept into the house of Noah by night and slew him, and broke down
the door of the prison and brought out their father, and placed him upon
his throne in his own kingdom.
		 -- Ether 7:18
%
Wherefore, the son of Noah did build up his kingdom in his stead;
nevertheless they did not gain power any more over Shule the king,
and the people who were under the reign of Shule the king did prosper
exceedingly and wax great.
		 -- Ether 7:19
%
And the country was divided; and there were two kingdoms, the kingdom
of Shule, and the kingdom of Cohor, the son of Noah.
		 -- Ether 7:20
%
And Cohor, the son of Noah, caused that his people should give battle
unto Shule, in which Shule did beat them and did slay Cohor.
		 -- Ether 7:21
%
And now Cohor had a son who was called Nimrod; and Nimrod gave up the
kingdom of Cohor unto Shule, and he did gain favor in the eyes of Shule;
wherefore Shule did bestow great favors upon him, and he did do in the
kingdom of Shule according to his desires.
		 -- Ether 7:22
%
And also in the reign of Shule there came prophets among the people, who
were sent from the Lord, prophesying that the wickedness and idolatry
of the people was bringing a curse upon the land, and they should be
destroyed if they did not repent.
		 -- Ether 7:23
%
And it came to pass that the people did revile against the prophets,
and did mock them.  And it came to pass that king Shule did execute
judgment against all those who did revile against the prophets.
		 -- Ether 7:24
%
And he did execute a law throughout all the land, which gave power unto
the prophets that they should go whithersoever they would; and by this
cause the people were brought unto repentance.
		 -- Ether 7:25
%
And because the people did repent of their iniquities and idolatries
the Lord did spare them, and they began to prosper again in the land.
And it came to pass that Shule begat sons and daughters in his old age.
		 -- Ether 7:26
%
And there were no more wars in the days of Shule; and he remembered the
great things that the Lord had done for his fathers in bringing them
across the great deep into the promised land; wherefore he did execute
judgment in righteousness all his days.
		 -- Ether 7:27
%
And it came to pass that he begat Omer, and Omer reigned in his stead.
And Omer begat Jared; and Jared begat sons and daughters.
		 -- Ether 8:1
%
And Jared rebelled against his father, and came and dwelt in the land
of Heth.  And it came to pass that he did flatter many people, because
of his cunning words, until he had gained the half of the kingdom.
		 -- Ether 8:2
%
And when he had gained the half of the kingdom he gave battle unto his
father, and he did carry away his father into captivity, and did make
him serve in captivity;
		 -- Ether 8:3
%
And now, in the days of the reign of Omer he was in captivity the half
of his days.  And it came to pass that he begat sons and daughters,
among whom were Esrom and Coriantumr;
		 -- Ether 8:4
%
And they were exceedingly angry because of the doings of Jared their
brother, insomuch that they did raise an army and gave battle unto Jared.
And it came to pass that they did give battle unto him by night.
		 -- Ether 8:5
%
And it came to pass that when they had slain the army of Jared they were
about to slay him also; and he plead with them that they would not slay
him, and he would give up the kingdom unto his father.	And it came to
pass that they did grant unto him his life.
		 -- Ether 8:6
%
And now Jared became exceedingly sorrowful because of the loss of the
kingdom, for he had set his heart upon the kingdom and upon the glory
of the world.
		 -- Ether 8:7
%
Now the daughter of Jared being exceedingly expert, and seeing the
sorrows of her father, thought to devise a plan whereby she could redeem
the kingdom unto her father.
		 -- Ether 8:8
%
Now the daughter of Jared was exceedingly fair.  And it came to pass that
she did talk with her father, and said unto him: Whereby hath my father so
much sorrow?  Hath he not read the record which our fathers brought across
the great deep?  Behold, is there not an account concerning them of old,
that they by their secret plans did obtain kingdoms and great glory?
		 -- Ether 8:9
%
And now, therefore, let my father send for Akish, the son of Kimnor;
and behold, I am fair, and I will dance before him, and I will please
him, that he will desire me to wife; wherefore if he shall desire of
thee that ye shall give unto him me to wife, then shall ye say: I will
give her if ye will bring unto me the head of my father, the king.
		 -- Ether 8:10
%
And now Omer was a friend to Akish; wherefore, when Jared had sent for
Akish, the daughter of Jared danced before him that she pleased him,
insomuch that he desired her to wife.  And it came to pass that he said
unto Jared: Give her unto me to wife.
		 -- Ether 8:11
%
And Jared said unto him: I will give her unto you, if ye will bring unto
me the head of my father, the king.
		 -- Ether 8:12
%
And it came to pass that Akish gathered in unto the house of Jared all
his kinsfolk, and said unto them: Will ye swear unto me that ye will be
faithful unto me in the thing which I shall desire of you?
		 -- Ether 8:13
%
And it came to pass that they all sware unto him, by the God of heaven,
and also by the heavens, and also by the earth, and by their heads,
that whoso should vary from the assistance which Akish desired should
lose his head; and whoso should divulge whatsoever thing Akish made
known unto them, the same should lose his life.
		 -- Ether 8:14
%
And it came to pass that thus they did agree with Akish.  And Akish
did administer unto them the oaths which were given by them of old who
also sought power, which had been handed down even from Cain, who was
a murderer from the beginning.
		 -- Ether 8:15
%
And they were kept up by the power of the devil to administer these oaths
unto the people, to keep them in darkness, to help such as sought power
to gain power, and to murder, and to plunder, and to lie, and to commit
all manner of wickedness and whoredoms.
		 -- Ether 8:16
%
And it was the daughter of Jared who put it into his heart to search up
these things of old; and Jared put it into the heart of Akish; wherefore,
Akish administered it unto his kindred and friends, leading them away
by fair promises to do whatsoever thing he desired.
		 -- Ether 8:17
%
And it came to pass that they formed a secret combination, even as
they of old; which combination is most abominable and wicked above all,
in the sight of God;
		 -- Ether 8:18
%
For the Lord worketh not in secret combinations, neither doth he will
that man should shed blood, but in all things hath forbidden it, from
the beginning of man.
		 -- Ether 8:19
%
And now I, Moroni, do not write the manner of their oaths and
combinations, for it hath been made known unto me that they are had
among all people, and they are had among the Lamanites.
		 -- Ether 8:20
%
And they have caused the destruction of this people of whom I am now
speaking, and also the destruction of the people of Nephi.
		 -- Ether 8:21
%
And whatsoever nation shall uphold such secret combinations, to get power
and gain, until they shall spread over the nation, behold, they shall be
destroyed; for the Lord will not suffer that the blood of his saints,
which shall be shed by them, shall always cry unto him from the ground
for vengeance upon them and yet he avenge them not.
		 -- Ether 8:22
%
Wherefore, O ye Gentiles, it is wisdom in God that these things should
be shown unto you, that thereby ye may repent of your sins, and suffer
not that these murderous combinations shall get above you, which are
built up to get power and gain--and the work, yea, even the work of
destruction come upon you, yea, even the sword of the justice of the
Eternal God shall fall upon you, to your overthrow and destruction if
ye shall suffer these things to be.
		 -- Ether 8:23
%
Wherefore, the Lord commandeth you, when ye shall see these things come
among you that ye shall awake to a sense of your awful situation, because
of this secret combination which shall be among you; or wo be unto it,
because of the blood of them who have been slain; for they cry from the
dust for vengeance upon it, and also upon those who built it up.
		 -- Ether 8:24
%
For it cometh to pass that whoso buildeth it up seeketh to overthrow the
freedom of all lands, nations, and countries; and it bringeth to pass the
destruction of all people, for it is built up by the devil, who is the
father of all lies; even that same liar who beguiled our first parents,
yea, even that same liar who hath caused man to commit murder from the
beginning; who hath hardened the hearts of men that they have murdered
the prophets, and stoned them, and cast them out from the beginning.
		 -- Ether 8:25
%
Wherefore, I, Moroni, am commanded to write these things that evil may
be done away, and that the time may come that Satan may have no power
upon the hearts of the children of men, but that they may be persuaded
to do good continually, that they may come unto the fountain of all
righteousness and be saved.
		 -- Ether 8:26
%
And now I, Moroni, proceed with my record.  Therefore, behold, it came
to pass that because of the secret combinations of Akish and his friends,
behold, they did overthrow the kingdom of Omer.
		 -- Ether 9:1
%
Nevertheless, the Lord was merciful unto Omer, and also to his sons and
to his daughters who did not seek his destruction.
		 -- Ether 9:2
%
And the Lord warned Omer in a dream that he should depart out of the land;
wherefore Omer departed out of the land with his family, and traveled
many days, and came over and passed by the hill of Shim, and came over by
the place where the Nephites were destroyed, and from thence eastward,
and came to a place which was called Ablom, by the seashore, and there
he pitched his tent, and also his sons and his daughters, and all his
household, save it were Jared and his family.
		 -- Ether 9:3
%
And it came to pass that Jared was anointed king over the people, by
the hand of wickedness; and he gave unto Akish his daughter to wife.
		 -- Ether 9:4
%
And it came to pass that Akish sought the life of his father-in-law; and
he applied unto those whom he had sworn by the oath of the ancients, and
they obtained the head of his father-in-law, as he sat upon his throne,
giving audience to his people.
		 -- Ether 9:5
%
For so great had been the spreading of this wicked and secret society
that it had corrupted the hearts of all the people; therefore Jared was
murdered upon his throne, and Akish reigned in his stead.
		 -- Ether 9:6
%
And it came to pass that Akish began to be jealous of his son, therefore
he shut him up in prison, and kept him upon little or no food until he
had suffered death.
		 -- Ether 9:7
%
And now the brother of him that suffered death, (and his name was Nimrah)
was angry with his father because of that which his father had done unto
his brother.
		 -- Ether 9:8
%
And it came to pass that Nimrah gathered together a small number of men,
and fled out of the land, and came over and dwelt with Omer.
		 -- Ether 9:9
%
And it came to pass that Akish begat other sons, and they won the hearts
of the people, notwithstanding they had sworn unto him to do all manner
of iniquity according to that which he desired.
		 -- Ether 9:10
%
Now the people of Akish were desirous for gain, even as Akish was
desirous for power; wherefore, the sons of Akish did offer them money,
by which means they drew away the more part of the people after them.
		 -- Ether 9:11
%
And there began to be a war between the sons of Akish and Akish, which
lasted for the space of many years, yea, unto the destruction of nearly
all the people of the kingdom, yea, even all, save it were thirty souls,
and they who fled with the house of Omer.
		 -- Ether 9:12
%
Wherefore, Omer was restored again to the land of his inheritance.
		 -- Ether 9:13
%
And it came to pass that Omer began to be old; nevertheless, in his old
age he begat Emer; and he anointed Emer to be king to reign in his stead.
		 -- Ether 9:14
%
And after that he had anointed Emer to be king he saw peace in the land
for the space of two years, and he died, having seen exceedingly many
days, which were full of sorrow.  And it came to pass that Emer did
reign in his stead, and did fill the steps of his father.
		 -- Ether 9:15
%
And the Lord began again to take the curse from off the land, and the
house of Emer did prosper exceedingly under the reign of Emer; and in
the space of sixty and two years they had become exceedingly strong,
insomuch that they became exceedingly rich--
		 -- Ether 9:16
%
Having all manner of fruit, and of grain, and of silks, and of fine linen,
and of gold, and of silver, and of precious things;
		 -- Ether 9:17
%
And also all manner of cattle, of oxen, and cows, and of sheep, and of
swine, and of goats, and also many other kinds of animals which were
useful for the food of man.
		 -- Ether 9:18
%
And they also had horses, and asses, and there were elephants and cureloms
and cumoms; all of which were useful unto man, and more especially the
elephants and cureloms and cumoms.
		 -- Ether 9:19
%
And thus the Lord did pour out his blessings upon this land, which was
choice above all other lands; and he commanded that whoso should possess
the land should possess it unto the Lord, or they should be destroyed
when they were ripened in iniquity; for upon such, saith the Lord:
I will pour out the fulness of my wrath.
		 -- Ether 9:20
%
And Emer did execute judgment in righteousness all his days, and he
begat many sons and daughters; and he begat Coriantum, and he anointed
Coriantum to reign in his stead.
		 -- Ether 9:21
%
And after he had anointed Coriantum to reign in his stead he lived four
years, and he saw peace in the land; yea, and he even saw the Son of
Righteousness, and did rejoice and glory in his day; and he died in peace.
		 -- Ether 9:22
%
And it came to pass that Coriantum did walk in the steps of his father,
and did build many mighty cities, and did administer that which was
good unto his people in all his days.  And it came to pass that he had
no children even until he was exceedingly old.
		 -- Ether 9:23
%
And it came to pass that his wife died, being an hundred and two years
old.  And it came to pass that Coriantum took to wife, in his old age,
a young maid, and begat sons and daughters; wherefore he lived until he
was an hundred and forty and two years old.
		 -- Ether 9:24
%
And it came to pass that he begat Com, and Com reigned in his stead;
and he reigned forty and nine years, and he begat Heth; and he also
begat other sons and daughters.
		 -- Ether 9:25
%
And the people had spread again over all the face of the land, and
there began again to be an exceedingly great wickedness upon the face
of the land, and Heth began to embrace the secret plans again of old,
to destroy his father.
		 -- Ether 9:26
%
And it came to pass that he did dethrone his father, for he slew him
with his own sword; and he did reign in his stead.
		 -- Ether 9:27
%
And there came prophets in the land again, crying repentance unto
them--that they must prepare the way of the Lord or there should come
a curse upon the face of the land; yea, even there should be a great
famine, in which they should be destroyed if they did not repent.
		 -- Ether 9:28
%
But the people believed not the words of the prophets, but they cast
them out; and some of them they cast into pits and left them to perish.
And it came to pass that they did all these things according to the
commandment of the king, Heth.
		 -- Ether 9:29
%
And it came to pass that there began to be a great dearth upon the land,
and the inhabitants began to be destroyed exceedingly fast because of
the dearth, for there was no rain upon the face of the earth.
		 -- Ether 9:30
%
And there came forth poisonous serpents also upon the face of the land,
and did poison many people.  And it came to pass that their flocks
began to flee before the poisonous serpents, towards the land southward,
which was called by the Nephites Zarahemla.
		 -- Ether 9:31
%
And it came to pass that there were many of them which did perish by
the way; nevertheless, there were some which fled into the land southward.
		 -- Ether 9:32
%
And it came to pass that the Lord did cause the serpents that they
should pursue them no more, but that they should hedge up the way that
the people could not pass, that whoso should attempt to pass might fall
by the poisonous serpents.
		 -- Ether 9:33
%
And it came to pass that the people did follow the course of the beasts,
and did devour the carcasses of them which fell by the way, until they
had devoured them all.	Now when the people saw that they must perish
they began to repent of their iniquities and cry unto the Lord.
		 -- Ether 9:34
%
And it came to pass that when they had humbled themselves sufficiently
before the Lord he did send rain upon the face of the earth; and the
people began to revive again, and there began to be fruit in the north
countries, and in all the countries round about.  And the Lord did show
forth his power unto them in preserving them from famine.
		 -- Ether 9:35
%
And it came to pass that Shez, who was a descendant of Heth--for
Heth had perished by the famine, and all his household save it were
Shez--wherefore, Shez began to build up again a broken people.
		 -- Ether 10:1
%
And it came to pass that Shez did remember the destruction of his fathers,
and he did build up a righteous kingdom; for he remembered what the Lord
had done in bringing Jared and his brother across the deep; and he did
walk in the ways of the Lord; and he begat sons and daughters.
		 -- Ether 10:2
%
And his eldest son, whose name was Shez, did rebel against him;
nevertheless, Shez was smitten by the hand of a robber, because of his
exceeding riches, which brought peace again unto his father.
		 -- Ether 10:3
%
And it came to pass that his father did build up many cities upon the
face of the land, and the people began again to spread over all the
face of the land.  And Shez did live to an exceedingly old age; and he
begat Riplakish.  And he died, and Riplakish reigned in his stead.
		 -- Ether 10:4
%
And it came to pass that Riplakish did not do that which was right in
the sight of the Lord, for he did have many wives and concubines, and
did lay that upon men's shoulders which was grievous to be borne; yea,
he did tax them with heavy taxes; and with the taxes he did build many
spacious buildings.
		 -- Ether 10:5
%
And he did erect him an exceedingly beautiful throne; and he did build
many prisons, and whoso would not be subject unto taxes he did cast into
prison; and whoso was not able to pay taxes he did cast into prison;
and he did cause that they should labor continually for their support;
and whoso refused to labor he did cause to be put to death.
		 -- Ether 10:6
%
Wherefore he did obtain all his fine work, yea, even his fine gold he
did cause to be refined in prison; and all manner of fine workmanship
he did cause to be wrought in prison.  And it came to pass that he did
afflict the people with his whoredoms and abominations.
		 -- Ether 10:7
%
And when he had reigned for the space of forty and two years the people
did rise up in rebellion against him; and there began to be war again
in the land, insomuch that Riplakish was killed, and his descendants
were driven out of the land.
		 -- Ether 10:8
%
And it came to pass after the space of many years, Morianton, (he being
a descendant of Riplakish) gathered together an army of outcasts, and
went forth and gave battle unto the people; and he gained power over
many cities; and the war became exceedingly sore, and did last for the
space of many years; and he did gain power over all the land, and did
establish himself king over all the land.
		 -- Ether 10:9
%
And after that he had established himself king he did ease the burden
of the people, by which he did gain favor in the eyes of the people,
and they did anoint him to be their king.
		 -- Ether 10:10
%
And he did do justice unto the people, but not unto himself because of his
many whoredoms; wherefore he was cut off from the presence of the Lord.
		 -- Ether 10:11
%
And it came to pass that Morianton built up many cities, and the people
became exceedingly rich under his reign, both in buildings, and in gold
and silver, and in raising grain, and in flocks, and herds, and such
things which had been restored unto them.
		 -- Ether 10:12
%
And Morianton did live to an exceedingly great age, and then he begat
Kim; and Kim did reign in the stead of his father; and he did reign eight
years, and his father died.  And it came to pass that Kim did not reign
in righteousness, wherefore he was not favored of the Lord.
		 -- Ether 10:13
%
And his brother did rise up in rebellion against him, by which he did
bring him into captivity; and he did remain in captivity all his days;
and he begat sons and daughters in captivity, and in his old age he
begat Levi; and he died.
		 -- Ether 10:14
%
And it came to pass that Levi did serve in captivity after the death
of his father, for the space of forty and two years. And he did make
war against the king of the land, by which he did obtain unto himself
the kingdom.
		 -- Ether 10:15
%
And after he had obtained unto himself the kingdom he did that which
was right in the sight of the Lord; and the people did prosper in the
land; and he did live to a good old age, and begat sons and daughters;
and he also begat Corom, whom he anointed king in his stead.
		 -- Ether 10:16
%
And it came to pass that Corom did that which was good in the sight of
the Lord all his days; and he begat many sons and daughters; and after
he had seen many days he did pass away, even like unto the rest of the
earth; and Kish reigned in his stead.
		 -- Ether 10:17
%
And it came to pass that Kish passed away also, and Lib reigned in
his stead.
		 -- Ether 10:18
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And it came to pass that Lib also did that which was good in the sight of
the Lord.  And in the days of Lib the poisonous serpents were destroyed.
Wherefore they did go into the land southward, to hunt food for the
people of the land, for the land was covered with animals of the forest.
And Lib also himself became a great hunter.
		 -- Ether 10:19
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And they built a great city by the narrow neck of land, by the place
where the sea divides the land.
		 -- Ether 10:20
%
And they did preserve the land southward for a wilderness, to get game.
And the whole face of the land northward was covered with inhabitants.
		 -- Ether 10:21
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And they were exceedingly industrious, and they did buy and sell and
traffic one with another, that they might get gain.
		 -- Ether 10:22
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And they did work in all manner of ore, and they did make gold, and
silver, and iron, and brass, and all manner of metals; and they did
dig it out of the earth; wherefore, they did cast up mighty heaps of
earth to get ore, of gold, and of silver, and of iron, and of copper.
And they did work all manner of fine work.
		 -- Ether 10:23
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And they did have silks, and fine-twined linen; and they did work all
manner of cloth, that they might clothe themselves from their nakedness.
		 -- Ether 10:24
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And they did make all manner of tools to till the earth, both to plow
and to sow, to reap and to hoe, and also to thrash.
		 -- Ether 10:25
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And they did make all manner of tools with which they did work their
beasts.
		 -- Ether 10:26
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And they did make all manner of weapons of war.  And they did work all
manner of work of exceedingly curious workmanship.
		 -- Ether 10:27
%
And never could be a people more blessed than were they, and more
prospered by the hand of the Lord.  And they were in a land that was
choice above all lands, for the Lord had spoken it.
		 -- Ether 10:28
%
And it came to pass that Lib did live many years, and begat sons and
daughters; and he also begat Hearthom.
		 -- Ether 10:29
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And it came to pass that Hearthom reigned in the stead of his father.
And when Hearthom had reigned twenty and four years, behold, the kingdom
was taken away from him.  And he served many years in captivity, yea,
even all the remainder of his days.
		 -- Ether 10:30
%
And he begat Heth, and Heth lived in captivity all his days.  And Heth
begat Aaron, and Aaron dwelt in captivity all his days; and he begat
Amnigaddah, and Amnigaddah also dwelt in captivity all his days; and he
begat Coriantum, and Coriantum dwelt in captivity all his days; and he
begat Com.
		 -- Ether 10:31
%
And it came to pass that Com drew away the half of the kingdom.  And he
reigned over the half of the kingdom forty and two years; and he went
to battle against the king, Amgid, and they fought for the space of many
years, during which time Com gained power over Amgid, and obtained power
over the remainder of the kingdom.
		 -- Ether 10:32
%
And in the days of Com there began to be robbers in the land; and they
adopted the old plans, and administered oaths after the manner of the
ancients, and sought again to destroy the kingdom.
		 -- Ether 10:33
%
Now Com did fight against them much; nevertheless, he did not prevail
against them.
		 -- Ether 10:34
%
And there came also in the days of Com many prophets, and prophesied of
the destruction of that great people except they should repent, and turn
unto the Lord, and forsake their murders and wickedness.
		 -- Ether 11:1
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And it came to pass that the prophets were rejected by the people, and
they fled unto Com for protection, for the people sought to destroy them.
		 -- Ether 11:2
%
And they prophesied unto Com many things; and he was blessed in all the
remainder of his days.
		 -- Ether 11:3
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And he lived to a good old age, and begat Shiblom; and Shiblom reigned
in his stead.  And the brother of Shiblom rebelled against him, and
there began to be an exceedingly great war in all the land.
		 -- Ether 11:4
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And it came to pass that the brother of Shiblom caused that all the
prophets who prophesied of the destruction of the people should be put
to death;
		 -- Ether 11:5
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And there was great calamity in all the land, for they had testified
that a great curse should come upon the land, and also upon the people,
and that there should be a great destruction among them, such an one
as never had been upon the face of the earth, and their bones should
become as heaps of earth upon the face of the land except they should
repent of their wickedness.
		 -- Ether 11:6
%
And they hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord, because of their
wicked combinations; wherefore, there began to be wars and contentions
in all the land, and also many famines and pestilences, insomuch that
there was a great destruction, such an one as never had been known upon
the face of the earth; and all this came to pass in the days of Shiblom.
		 -- Ether 11:7
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And the people began to repent of their iniquity; and inasmuch as they
did the Lord did have mercy on them.
		 -- Ether 11:8
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And it came to pass that Shiblom was slain, and Seth was brought into
captivity, and did dwell in captivity all his days.
		 -- Ether 11:9
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And it came to pass that Ahah, his son, did obtain the kingdom; and he
did reign over the people all his days.  And he did do all manner of
iniquity in his days, by which he did cause the shedding of much blood;
and few were his days.
		 -- Ether 11:10
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And Ethem, being a descendant of Ahah, did obtain the kingdom; and he
also did do that which was wicked in his days.
		 -- Ether 11:11
%
And it came to pass that in the days of Ethem there came many prophets,
and prophesied again unto the people; yea, they did prophesy that the
Lord would utterly destroy them from off the face of the earth except
they repented of their iniquities.
		 -- Ether 11:12
%
And it came to pass that the people hardened their hearts, and would
not hearken unto their words; and the prophets mourned and withdrew from
among the people.
		 -- Ether 11:13
%
And it came to pass that Ethem did execute judgment in wickedness all
his days; and he begat Moron.  And it came to pass that Moron did reign
in his stead; and Moron did that which was wicked before the Lord.
		 -- Ether 11:14
%
And it came to pass that there arose a rebellion among the people,
because of that secret combination which was built up to get power and
gain; and there arose a mighty man among them in iniquity, and gave
battle unto Moron, in which he did overthrow the half of the kingdom;
and he did maintain the half of the kingdom for many years.
		 -- Ether 11:15
%
And it came to pass that Moron did overthrow him, and did obtain the
kingdom again.
		 -- Ether 11:16
%
And it came to pass that there arose another mighty man; and he was a
descendant of the brother of Jared.
		 -- Ether 11:17
%
And it came to pass that he did overthrow Moron and obtain the kingdom;
wherefore, Moron dwelt in captivity all the remainder of his days;
and he begat Coriantor.
		 -- Ether 11:18
%
And it came to pass that Coriantor dwelt in captivity all his days.
		 -- Ether 11:19
%
And in the days of Coriantor there also came many prophets, and prophesied
of great and marvelous things, and cried repentance unto the people,
and except they should repent the Lord God would execute judgment against
them to their utter destruction;
		 -- Ether 11:20
%
And that the Lord God would send or bring forth another people to
possess the land, by his power, after the manner by which he brought
their fathers.
		 -- Ether 11:21
%
And they did reject all the words of the prophets, because of their
secret society and wicked abominations.
		 -- Ether 11:22
%
And it came to pass that Coriantor begat Ether, and he died, having
dwelt in captivity all his days.
		 -- Ether 11:23
%
And it came to pass that the days of Ether were in the days of Coriantumr;
and Coriantumr was king over all the land.
		 -- Ether 12:1
%
And Ether was a prophet of the Lord; wherefore Ether came forth in the
days of Coriantumr, and began to prophesy unto the people, for he could
not be restrained because of the Spirit of the Lord which was in him.
		 -- Ether 12:2
%
For he did cry from the morning, even until the going down of the sun,
exhorting the people to believe in God unto repentance lest they should
be destroyed, saying unto them that by faith all things are fulfilled--
		 -- Ether 12:3
%
Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with surety hope for a better
world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God, which hope cometh of
faith, maketh an anchor to the souls of men, which would make them sure
and steadfast, always abounding in good works, being led to glorify God.
		 -- Ether 12:4
%
And it came to pass that Ether did prophesy great and marvelous things
unto the people, which they did not believe, because they saw them not.
		 -- Ether 12:5
%
And now, I, Moroni, would speak somewhat concerning these things; I
would show unto the world that faith is things which are hoped for and
not seen; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no
witness until after the trial of your faith.
		 -- Ether 12:6
%
For it was by faith that Christ showed himself unto our fathers, after
he had risen from the dead; and he showed not himself unto them until
after they had faith in him; wherefore, it must needs be that some had
faith in him, for he showed himself not unto the world.
		 -- Ether 12:7
%
But because of the faith of men he has shown himself unto the world,
and glorified the name of the Father, and prepared a way that thereby
others might be partakers of the heavenly gift, that they might hope
for those things which they have not seen.
		 -- Ether 12:8
%
Wherefore, ye may also have hope, and be partakers of the gift, if ye
will but have faith.
		 -- Ether 12:9
%
Behold it was by faith that they of old were called after the holy order
of God.
		 -- Ether 12:10
%
Wherefore, by faith was the law of Moses given.  But in the gift of his
Son hath God prepared a more excellent way; and it is by faith that it
hath been fulfilled.
		 -- Ether 12:11
%
For if there be no faith among the children of men God can do no miracle
among them; wherefore, he showed not himself until after their faith.
		 -- Ether 12:12
%
Behold, it was the faith of Alma and Amulek that caused the prison to
tumble to the earth.
		 -- Ether 12:13
%
Behold, it was the faith of Nephi and Lehi that wrought the change upon
the Lamanites, that they were baptized with fire and with the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Ether 12:14
%
Behold, it was the faith of Ammon and his brethren which wrought so
great a miracle among the Lamanites.
		 -- Ether 12:15
%
Yea, and even all they who wrought miracles wrought them by faith,
even those who were before Christ and also those who were after.
		 -- Ether 12:16
%
And it was by faith that the three disciples obtained a promise that
they should not taste of death; and they obtained not the promise until
after their faith.
		 -- Ether 12:17
%
And neither at any time hath any wrought miracles until after their faith;
wherefore they first believed in the Son of God.
		 -- Ether 12:18
%
And there were many whose faith was so exceedingly strong, even before
Christ came, who could not be kept from within the veil, but truly saw
with their eyes the things which they had beheld with an eye of faith,
and they were glad.
		 -- Ether 12:19
%
And behold, we have seen in this record that one of these was the brother
of Jared; for so great was his faith in God, that when God put forth
his finger he could not hide it from the sight of the brother of Jared,
because of his word which he had spoken unto him, which word he had
obtained by faith.
		 -- Ether 12:20
%
And after the brother of Jared had beheld the finger of the Lord,
because of the promise which the brother of Jared had obtained by faith,
the Lord could not withhold anything from his sight; wherefore he showed
him all things, for he could no longer be kept without the veil.
		 -- Ether 12:21
%
And it is by faith that my fathers have obtained the promise that these
things should come unto their brethren through the Gentiles; therefore
the Lord hath commanded me, yea, even Jesus Christ.
		 -- Ether 12:22
%
And I said unto him: Lord, the Gentiles will mock at these things,
because of our weakness in writing; for Lord thou hast made us mighty
in word by faith, but thou hast not made us mighty in writing; for thou
hast made all this people that they could speak much, because of the
Holy Ghost which thou hast given them;
		 -- Ether 12:23
%
And thou hast made us that we could write but little, because of the
awkwardness of our hands.  Behold, thou hast not made us mighty in
writing like unto the brother of Jared, for thou madest him that the
things which he wrote were mighty even as thou art, unto the overpowering
of man to read them.
		 -- Ether 12:24
%
Thou hast also made our words powerful and great, even that we cannot
write them; wherefore, when we write we behold our weakness, and stumble
because of the placing of our words; and I fear lest the Gentiles shall
mock at our words.
		 -- Ether 12:25
%
And when I had said this, the Lord spake unto me, saying: Fools mock,
but they shall mourn; and my grace is sufficient for the meek, that they
shall take no advantage of your weakness;
		 -- Ether 12:26
%
And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness.  I give
unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for
all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves
before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become
strong unto them.
		 -- Ether 12:27
%
Behold, I will show unto the Gentiles their weakness, and I will show
unto them that faith, hope and charity bringeth unto me--the fountain
of all righteousness.
		 -- Ether 12:28
%
And I, Moroni, having heard these words, was comforted, and said: O Lord,
thy righteous will be done, for I know that thou workest unto the children
of men according to their faith;
		 -- Ether 12:29
%
For the brother of Jared said unto the mountain Zerin, Remove--and
it was removed.  And if he had not had faith it would not have moved;
wherefore thou workest after men have faith.
		 -- Ether 12:30
%
For thus didst thou manifest thyself unto thy disciples; for after they
had faith, and did speak in thy name, thou didst show thyself unto them
in great power.
		 -- Ether 12:31
%
And I also remember that thou hast said that thou hast prepared a house
for man, yea, even among the mansions of thy Father, in which man might
have a more excellent hope; wherefore man must hope, or he cannot receive
an inheritance in the place which thou hast prepared.
		 -- Ether 12:32
%
And again, I remember that thou hast said that thou hast loved the world,
even unto the laying down of thy life for the world, that thou mightest
take it again to prepare a place for the children of men.
		 -- Ether 12:33
%
And now I know that this love which thou hast had for the children of
men is charity; wherefore, except men shall have charity they cannot
inherit that place which thou hast prepared in the mansions of thy Father.
		 -- Ether 12:34
%
Wherefore, I know by this thing which thou hast said, that if the Gentiles
have not charity, because of our weakness, that thou wilt prove them,
and take away their talent, yea, even that which they have received,
and give unto them who shall have more abundantly.
		 -- Ether 12:35
%
And it came to pass that I prayed unto the Lord that he would give unto
the Gentiles grace, that they might have charity.
		 -- Ether 12:36
%
And it came to pass that the Lord said unto me: If they have not charity
it mattereth not unto thee, thou hast been faithful; wherefore, thy
garments shall be made clean.  And because thou hast seen thy weakness
thou shalt be made strong, even unto the sitting down in the place which
I have prepared in the mansions of my Father.
		 -- Ether 12:37
%
And now I, Moroni, bid farewell unto the Gentiles, yea, and also unto
my brethren whom I love, until we shall meet before the judgment-seat
of Christ, where all men shall know that my garments are not spotted
with your blood.
		 -- Ether 12:38
%
And then shall ye know that I have seen Jesus, and that he hath talked
with me face to face, and that he told me in plain humility, even as a
man telleth another in mine own language, concerning these things;
		 -- Ether 12:39
%
And only a few have I written, because of my weakness in writing.
		 -- Ether 12:40
%
And now, I would commend you to seek this Jesus of whom the prophets
and apostles have written, that the grace of God the Father, and also
the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost, which beareth record of them,
may be and abide in you forever.  Amen.
		 -- Ether 12:41
%
And now I, Moroni, proceed to finish my record concerning the destruction
of the people of whom I have been writing.
		 -- Ether 13:1
%
For behold, they rejected all the words of Ether; for he truly told them
of all things, from the beginning of man; and that after the waters had
receded from off the face of this land it became a choice land above
all other lands, a chosen land of the Lord; wherefore the Lord would
have that all men should serve him who dwell upon the face thereof;
		 -- Ether 13:2
%
And that it was the place of the New Jerusalem, which should come down
out of heaven, and the holy sanctuary of the Lord.
		 -- Ether 13:3
%
Behold, Ether saw the days of Christ, and he spake concerning a New
Jerusalem upon this land.
		 -- Ether 13:4
%
And he spake also concerning the house of Israel, and the Jerusalem from
whence Lehi should come--after it should be destroyed it should be built
up again, a holy city unto the Lord; wherefore, it could not be a new
Jerusalem for it had been in a time of old; but it should be built up
again, and become a holy city of the Lord; and it should be built unto
the house of Israel.
		 -- Ether 13:5
%
And that a New Jerusalem should be built up upon this land, unto the
remnant of the seed of Joseph, for which things there has been a type.
		 -- Ether 13:6
%
For as Joseph brought his father down into the land of Egypt, even so he
died there; wherefore, the Lord brought a remnant of the seed of Joseph
out of the land of Jerusalem, that he might be merciful unto the seed
of Joseph that they should perish not, even as he was merciful unto the
father of Joseph that he should perish not.
		 -- Ether 13:7
%
Wherefore, the remnant of the house of Joseph shall be built upon this
land; and it shall be a land of their inheritance; and they shall build up
a holy city unto the Lord, like unto the Jerusalem of old; and they shall
no more be confounded, until the end come when the earth shall pass away.
		 -- Ether 13:8
%
And there shall be a new heaven and a new earth; and they shall be
like unto the old save the old have passed away, and all things have
become new.
		 -- Ether 13:9
%
And then cometh the New Jerusalem; and blessed are they who dwell therein,
for it is they whose garments are white through the blood of the Lamb;
and they are they who are numbered among the remnant of the seed of
Joseph, who were of the house of Israel.
		 -- Ether 13:10
%
And then also cometh the Jerusalem of old; and the inhabitants thereof,
blessed are they, for they have been washed in the blood of the Lamb; and
they are they who were scattered and gathered in from the four quarters
of the earth, and from the north countries, and are partakers of the
fulfilling of the covenant which God made with their father, Abraham.
		 -- Ether 13:11
%
And when these things come, bringeth to pass the scripture which saith,
there are they who were first, who shall be last; and there are they
who were last, who shall be first.
		 -- Ether 13:12
%
And I was about to write more, but I am forbidden; but great and marvelous
were the prophecies of Ether; but they esteemed him as naught, and cast
him out; and he hid himself in the cavity of a rock by day, and by night
he went forth viewing the things which should come upon the people.
		 -- Ether 13:13
%
And as he dwelt in the cavity of a rock he made the remainder of this
record, viewing the destructions which came upon the people, by night.
		 -- Ether 13:14
%
And it came to pass that in that same year in which he was cast out from
among the people there began to be a great war among the people, for
there were many who rose up, who were mighty men, and sought to destroy
Coriantumr by their secret plans of wickedness, of which hath been spoken.
		 -- Ether 13:15
%
And now Coriantumr, having studied, himself, in all the arts of war and
all the cunning of the world, wherefore he gave battle unto them who
sought to destroy him.
		 -- Ether 13:16
%
But he repented not, neither his fair sons nor daughters; neither the
fair sons and daughters of Cohor; neither the fair sons and daughters
of Corihor; and in fine, there were none of the fair sons and daughters
upon the face of the whole earth who repented of their sins.
		 -- Ether 13:17
%
Wherefore, it came to pass that in the first year that Ether dwelt in the
cavity of a rock, there were many people who were slain by the sword of
those secret combinations, fighting against Coriantumr that they might
obtain the kingdom.
		 -- Ether 13:18
%
And it came to pass that the sons of Coriantumr fought much and bled much.
		 -- Ether 13:19
%
And in the second year the word of the Lord came to Ether, that he should
go and prophesy unto Coriantumr that, if he would repent, and all his
household, the Lord would give unto him his kingdom and spare the people--
		 -- Ether 13:20
%
Otherwise they should be destroyed, and all his household save it
were himself.  And he should only live to see the fulfilling of the
prophecies which had been spoken concerning another people receiving
the land for their inheritance; and Coriantumr should receive a burial
by them; and every soul should be destroyed save it were Coriantumr.
		 -- Ether 13:21
%
And it came to pass that Coriantumr repented not, neither his household,
neither the people; and the wars ceased not; and they sought to kill
Ether, but he fled from before them and hid again in the cavity of
the rock.
		 -- Ether 13:22
%
And it came to pass that there arose up Shared, and he also gave battle
unto Coriantumr; and he did beat him, insomuch that in the third year
he did bring him into captivity.
		 -- Ether 13:23
%
And the sons of Coriantumr, in the fourth year, did beat Shared, and
did obtain the kingdom again unto their father.
		 -- Ether 13:24
%
Now there began to be a war upon all the face of the land, every man
with his band fighting for that which he desired.
		 -- Ether 13:25
%
And there were robbers, and in fine, all manner of wickedness upon all
the face of the land.
		 -- Ether 13:26
%
And it came to pass that Coriantumr was exceedingly angry with Shared,
and he went against him with his armies to battle; and they did meet in
great anger, and they did meet in the valley of Gilgal; and the battle
became exceedingly sore.
		 -- Ether 13:27
%
And it came to pass that Shared fought against him for the space of
three days.  And it came to pass that Coriantumr beat him, and did pursue
him until he came to the plains of Heshlon.
		 -- Ether 13:28
%
And it came to pass that Shared gave him battle again upon the plains;
and behold, he did beat Coriantumr, and drove him back again to the
valley of Gilgal.
		 -- Ether 13:29
%
And Coriantumr gave Shared battle again in the valley of Gilgal, in
which he beat Shared and slew him.
		 -- Ether 13:30
%
And Shared wounded Coriantumr in his thigh, that he did not go to battle
again for the space of two years, in which time all the people upon the
face of the land were shedding blood, and there was none to restrain them.
		 -- Ether 13:31
%
And now there began to be a great curse upon all the land because of
the iniquity of the people, in which, if a man should lay his tool or
his sword upon his shelf, or upon the place whither he would keep it,
behold, upon the morrow, he could not find it, so great was the curse
upon the land.
		 -- Ether 14:1
%
Wherefore every man did cleave unto that which was his own, with his
hands, and would not borrow neither would he lend; and every man kept
the hilt of his sword in his right hand, in the defence of his property
and his own life and of his wives and children.
		 -- Ether 14:2
%
And now, after the space of two years, and after the death of Shared,
behold, there arose the brother of Shared and he gave battle unto
Coriantumr, in which Coriantumr did beat him and did pursue him to the
wilderness of Akish.
		 -- Ether 14:3
%
And it came to pass that the brother of Shared did give battle unto
him in the wilderness of Akish; and the battle became exceedingly sore,
and many thousands fell by the sword.
		 -- Ether 14:4
%
And it came to pass that Coriantumr did lay siege to the wilderness;
and the brother of Shared did march forth out of the wilderness by night,
and slew a part of the army of Coriantumr, as they were drunken.
		 -- Ether 14:5
%
And he came forth to the land of Moron, and placed himself upon the
throne of Coriantumr.
		 -- Ether 14:6
%
And it came to pass that Coriantumr dwelt with his army in the wilderness
for the space of two years, in which he did receive great strength to
his army.
		 -- Ether 14:7
%
Now the brother of Shared, whose name was Gilead, also received great
strength to his army, because of secret combinations.
		 -- Ether 14:8
%
And it came to pass that his high priest murdered him as he sat upon
his throne.
		 -- Ether 14:9
%
And it came to pass that one of the secret combinations murdered him in
a secret pass, and obtained unto himself the kingdom; and his name was
Lib; and Lib was a man of great stature, more than any other man among
all the people.
		 -- Ether 14:10
%
And it came to pass that in the first year of Lib, Coriantumr came up
unto the land of Moron, and gave battle unto Lib.
		 -- Ether 14:11
%
And it came to pass that he fought with Lib, in which Lib did smite upon
his arm that he was wounded; nevertheless, the army of Coriantumr did
press forward upon Lib, that he fled to the borders upon the seashore.
		 -- Ether 14:12
%
And it came to pass that Coriantumr pursued him; and Lib gave battle
unto him upon the seashore.
		 -- Ether 14:13
%
And it came to pass that Lib did smite the army of Coriantumr, that they
fled again to the wilderness of Akish.
		 -- Ether 14:14
%
And it came to pass that Lib did pursue him until he came to the plains
of Agosh.  And Coriantumr had taken all the people with him as he fled
before Lib in that quarter of the land whither he fled.
		 -- Ether 14:15
%
And when he had come to the plains of Agosh he gave battle unto Lib,
and he smote upon him until he died; nevertheless, the brother of Lib
did come against Coriantumr in the stead thereof, and the battle became
exceedingly sore, in the which Coriantumr fled again before the army of
the brother of Lib.
		 -- Ether 14:16
%
Now the name of the brother of Lib was called Shiz.  And it came to pass
that Shiz pursued after Coriantumr, and he did overthrow many cities,
and he did slay both women and children, and he did burn the cities.
		 -- Ether 14:17
%
And there went a fear of Shiz throughout all the land; yea, a cry
went forth throughout the land--Who can stand before the army of Shiz?
Behold, he sweepeth the earth before him!
		 -- Ether 14:18
%
And it came to pass that the people began to flock together in armies,
throughout all the face of the land.
		 -- Ether 14:19
%
And they were divided; and a part of them fled to the army of Shiz,
and a part of them fled to the army of Coriantumr.
		 -- Ether 14:20
%
And so great and lasting had been the war, and so long had been the
scene of bloodshed and carnage, that the whole face of the land was
covered with the bodies of the dead.
		 -- Ether 14:21
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And so swift and speedy was the war that there was none left to bury the
dead, but they did march forth from the shedding of blood to the shedding
of blood, leaving the bodies of both men, women, and children strewed
upon the face of the land, to become a prey to the worms of the flesh.
		 -- Ether 14:22
%
And the scent thereof went forth upon the face of the land, even upon
all the face of the land; wherefore the people became troubled by day
and by night, because of the scent thereof.
		 -- Ether 14:23
%
Nevertheless, Shiz did not cease to pursue Coriantumr; for he had sworn
to avenge himself upon Coriantumr of the blood of his brother, who had
been slain, and the word of the Lord which came to Ether that Coriantumr
should not fall by the sword.
		 -- Ether 14:24
%
And thus we see that the Lord did visit them in the fulness of his
wrath, and their wickedness and abominations had prepared a way for
their everlasting destruction.
		 -- Ether 14:25
%
And it came to pass that Shiz did pursue Coriantumr eastward, even to
the borders by the seashore, and there he gave battle unto Shiz for the
space of three days.
		 -- Ether 14:26
%
And so terrible was the destruction among the armies of Shiz that the
people began to be frightened, and began to flee before the armies of
Coriantumr; and they fled to the land of Corihor, and swept off the
inhabitants before them, all them that would not join them.
		 -- Ether 14:27
%
And they pitched their tents in the valley of Corihor; and Coriantumr
pitched his tents in the valley of Shurr.  Now the valley of Shurr
was near the hill Comnor; wherefore, Coriantumr did gather his armies
together upon the hill Comnor, and did sound a trumpet unto the armies
of Shiz to invite them forth to battle.
		 -- Ether 14:28
%
And it came to pass that they came forth, but were driven again; and
they came the second time, and they were driven again the second time.
And it came to pass that they came again the third time, and the battle
became exceedingly sore.
		 -- Ether 14:29
%
And it came to pass that Shiz smote upon Coriantumr that he gave him
many deep wounds; and Coriantumr, having lost his blood, fainted, and
was carried away as though he were dead.
		 -- Ether 14:30
%
Now the loss of men, women and children on both sides was so great that
Shiz commanded his people that they should not pursue the armies of
Coriantumr; wherefore, they returned to their camp.
		 -- Ether 14:31
%
And it came to pass when Coriantumr had recovered of his wounds, he
began to remember the words which Ether had spoken unto him.
		 -- Ether 15:1
%
He saw that there had been slain by the sword already nearly two millions
of his people, and he began to sorrow in his heart; yea, there had been
slain two millions of mighty men, and also their wives and their children.
		 -- Ether 15:2
%
He began to repent of the evil which he had done; he began to remember
the words which had been spoken by the mouth of all the prophets, and
he saw them that they were fulfilled thus far, every whit; and his soul
mourned and refused to be comforted.
		 -- Ether 15:3
%
And it came to pass that he wrote an epistle unto Shiz, desiring him
that he would spare the people, and he would give up the kingdom for
the sake of the lives of the people.
		 -- Ether 15:4
%
And it came to pass that when Shiz had received his epistle he wrote an
epistle unto Coriantumr, that if he would give himself up, that he might
slay him with his own sword, that he would spare the lives of the people.
		 -- Ether 15:5
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And it came to pass that the people repented not of their iniquity; and
the people of Coriantumr were stirred up to anger against the people of
Shiz; and the people of Shiz were stirred up to anger against the people
of Coriantumr; wherefore, the people of Shiz did give battle unto the
people of Coriantumr.
		 -- Ether 15:6
%
And when Coriantumr saw that he was about to fall he fled again before
the people of Shiz.
		 -- Ether 15:7
%
And it came to pass that he came to the waters of Ripliancum, which, by
interpretation, is large, or to exceed all; wherefore, when they came to
these waters they pitched their tents; and Shiz also pitched his tents
near unto them; and therefore on the morrow they did come to battle.
		 -- Ether 15:8
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And it came to pass that they fought an exceedingly sore battle, in
which Coriantumr was wounded again, and he fainted with the loss of blood.
		 -- Ether 15:9
%
And it came to pass that the armies of Coriantumr did press upon the
armies of Shiz that they beat them, that they caused them to flee before
them; and they did flee southward, and did pitch their tents in a place
which was called Ogath.
		 -- Ether 15:10
%
And it came to pass that the army of Coriantumr did pitch their tents
by the hill Ramah; and it was that same hill where my father Mormon did
hide up the records unto the Lord, which were sacred.
		 -- Ether 15:11
%
And it came to pass that they did gather together all the people upon
all the face of the land, who had not been slain, save it was Ether.
		 -- Ether 15:12
%
And it came to pass that Ether did behold all the doings of the people;
and he beheld that the people who were for Coriantumr were gathered
together to the army of Coriantumr; and the people who were for Shiz
were gathered together to the army of Shiz.
		 -- Ether 15:13
%
Wherefore, they were for the space of four years gathering together
the people, that they might get all who were upon the face of the land,
and that they might receive all the strength which it was possible that
they could receive.
		 -- Ether 15:14
%
And it came to pass that when they were all gathered together, every one
to the army which he would, with their wives and their children--both
men, women and children being armed with weapons of war, having shields,
and breastplates, and head-plates, and being clothed after the manner
of war--they did march forth one against another to battle; and they
fought all that day, and conquered not.
		 -- Ether 15:15
%
And it came to pass that when it was night they were weary, and retired
to their camps; and after they had retired to their camps they took up
a howling and a lamentation for the loss of the slain of their people;
and so great were their cries, their howlings and lamentations, that
they did rend the air exceedingly.
		 -- Ether 15:16
%
And it came to pass that on the morrow they did go again to battle,
and great and terrible was that day; nevertheless, they conquered not,
and when the night came again they did rend the air with their cries,
and their howlings, and their mournings, for the loss of the slain of
their people.
		 -- Ether 15:17
%
And it came to pass that Coriantumr wrote again an epistle unto Shiz,
desiring that he would not come again to battle, but that he would take
the kingdom, and spare the lives of the people.
		 -- Ether 15:18
%
But behold, the Spirit of the Lord had ceased striving with them, and
Satan had full power over the hearts of the people; for they were given
up unto the hardness of their hearts, and the blindness of their minds
that they might be destroyed; wherefore they went again to battle.
		 -- Ether 15:19
%
And it came to pass that they fought all that day, and when the night
came they slept upon their swords.
		 -- Ether 15:20
%
And on the morrow they fought even until the night came.
		 -- Ether 15:21
%
And when the night came they were drunken with anger, even as a man who
is drunken with wine; and they slept again upon their swords.
		 -- Ether 15:22
%
And on the morrow they fought again; and when the night came they had
all fallen by the sword save it were fifty and two of the people of
Coriantumr, and sixty and nine of the people of Shiz.
		 -- Ether 15:23
%
And it came to pass that they slept upon their swords that night, and
on the morrow they fought again, and they contended in their might with
their swords and with their shields, all that day.
		 -- Ether 15:24
%
And when the night came there were thirty and two of the people of Shiz,
and twenty and seven of the people of Coriantumr.
		 -- Ether 15:25
%
And it came to pass that they ate and slept, and prepared for death on
the morrow.  And they were large and mighty men as to the strength of men.
		 -- Ether 15:26
%
And it came to pass that they fought for the space of three hours,
and they fainted with the loss of blood.
		 -- Ether 15:27
%
And it came to pass that when the men of Coriantumr had received
sufficient strength that they could walk, they were about to flee for
their lives; but behold, Shiz arose, and also his men, and he swore in
his wrath that he would slay Coriantumr or he would perish by the sword.
		 -- Ether 15:28
%
Wherefore, he did pursue them, and on the morrow he did overtake them;
and they fought again with the sword.  And it came to pass that when
they had all fallen by the sword, save it were Coriantumr and Shiz,
behold Shiz had fainted with the loss of blood.
		 -- Ether 15:29
%
And it came to pass that when Coriantumr had leaned upon his sword,
that he rested a little, he smote off the head of Shiz.
		 -- Ether 15:30
%
And it came to pass that after he had smitten off the head of Shiz, that
Shiz raised up on his hands and fell; and after that he had struggled
for breath, he died.
		 -- Ether 15:31
%
And it came to pass that Coriantumr fell to the earth, and became as if
he had no life.
		 -- Ether 15:32
%
And the Lord spake unto Ether, and said unto him: Go forth. And he went
forth, and beheld that the words of the Lord had all been fulfilled;
and he finished his record; (and the hundredth part I have not written)
and he hid them in a manner that the people of Limhi did find them.
		 -- Ether 15:33
%
Now the last words which are written by Ether are these: Whether the
Lord will that I be translated, or that I suffer the will of the Lord in
the flesh, it mattereth not, if it so be that I am saved in the kingdom
of God.  Amen.
		 -- Ether 15:34
%
Now I, Moroni, after having made an end of abridging the account of the
people of Jared, I had supposed not to have written more, but I have not
as yet perished; and I make not myself known to the Lamanites lest they
should destroy me.
		 -- Moroni 1:1
%
For behold, their wars are exceedingly fierce among themselves; and
because of their hatred they put to death every Nephite that will not
deny the Christ.
		 -- Moroni 1:2
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And I, Moroni, will not deny the Christ; wherefore, I wander whithersoever
I can for the safety of mine own life.
		 -- Moroni 1:3
%
Wherefore, I write a few more things, contrary to that which I had
supposed; for I had supposed not to have written any more; but I write
a few more things, that perhaps they may be of worth unto my brethren,
the Lamanites, in some future day, according to the will of the Lord.
		 -- Moroni 1:4
%
The words of Christ, which he spake unto his disciples, the twelve whom
he had chosen, as he laid his hands upon them--
		 -- Moroni 2:1
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And he called them by name, saying: Ye shall call on the Father in my
name, in mighty prayer; and after ye have done this ye shall have power
that to him upon whom ye shall lay your hands, ye shall give the Holy
Ghost; and in my name shall ye give it, for thus do mine apostles.
		 -- Moroni 2:2
%
Now Christ spake these words unto them at the time of his first appearing;
and the multitude heard it not, but the disciples heard it; and on as
many as they laid their hands, fell the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Moroni 2:3
%
The manner which the disciples, who were called the elders of the church,
ordained priests and teachers--
		 -- Moroni 3:1
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After they had prayed unto the Father in the name of Christ, they laid
their hands upon them, and said:
		 -- Moroni 3:2
%
In the name of Jesus Christ I ordain you to be a priest, (or, if he
be a teacher) I ordain you to be a teacher, to preach repentance and
remission of sins through Jesus Christ, by the endurance of faith on
his name to the end.  Amen.
		 -- Moroni 3:3
%
And after this manner did they ordain priests and teachers, according
to the gifts and callings of God unto men; and they ordained them by
the power of the Holy Ghost, which was in them.
		 -- Moroni 3:4
%
The manner of their elders and priests administering the flesh and
blood of Christ unto the church; and they administered it according to
the commandments of Christ; wherefore we know the manner to be true;
and the elder or priest did minister it--
		 -- Moroni 4:1
%
And they did kneel down with the church, and pray to the Father in the
name of Christ, saying:
		 -- Moroni 4:2
%
O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus
Christ, to bless and sanctify this bread to the souls of all those who
partake of it; that they may eat in remembrance of the body of thy Son,
and witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they are willing
to take upon them the name of thy Son, and always remember him, and
keep his commandments which he hath given them, that they may always
have his Spirit to be with them.  Amen.
		 -- Moroni 4:3
%
The manner of administering the wine--Behold, they took the cup, and said:
		 -- Moroni 5:1
%
O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee, in the name of thy Son, Jesus
Christ, to bless and sanctify this wine to the souls of all those who
drink of it, that they may do it in remembrance of the blood of thy Son,
which was shed for them; that they may witness unto thee, O God, the
Eternal Father, that they do always remember him, that they may have
his Spirit to be with them.  Amen.
		 -- Moroni 5:2
%
And now I speak concerning baptism.  Behold, elders, priests, and teachers
were baptized; and they were not baptized save they brought forth fruit
meet that they were worthy of it.
		 -- Moroni 6:1
%
Neither did they receive any unto baptism save they came forth with a
broken heart and a contrite spirit, and witnessed unto the church that
they truly repented of all their sins.
		 -- Moroni 6:2
%
And none were received unto baptism save they took upon them the name
of Christ, having a determination to serve him to the end.
		 -- Moroni 6:3
%
And after they had been received unto baptism, and were wrought upon
and cleansed by the power of the Holy Ghost, they were numbered among
the people of the church of Christ; and their names were taken, that
they might be remembered and nourished by the good word of God, to keep
them in the right way, to keep them continually watchful unto prayer,
relying alone upon the merits of Christ, who was the author and the
finisher of their faith.
		 -- Moroni 6:4
%
And the church did meet together oft, to fast and to pray, and to speak
one with another concerning the welfare of their souls.
		 -- Moroni 6:5
%
And they did meet together oft to partake of bread and wine, in
remembrance of the Lord Jesus.
		 -- Moroni 6:6
%
And they were strict to observe that there should be no iniquity among
them; and whoso was found to commit iniquity, and three witnesses of the
church did condemn them before the elders, and if they repented not, and
confessed not, their names were blotted out, and they were not numbered
among the people of Christ.
		 -- Moroni 6:7
%
But as oft as they repented and sought forgiveness, with real intent,
they were forgiven.
		 -- Moroni 6:8
%
And their meetings were conducted by the church after the manner of
the workings of the Spirit, and by the power of the Holy Ghost; for as
the power of the Holy Ghost led them whether to preach, or to exhort,
or to pray, or to supplicate, or to sing, even so it was done.
		 -- Moroni 6:9
%
And now I, Moroni, write a few of the words of my father Mormon, which
he spake concerning faith, hope, and charity; for after this manner did
he speak unto the people, as he taught them in the synagogue which they
had built for the place of worship.
		 -- Moroni 7:1
%
And now I, Mormon, speak unto you, my beloved brethren; and it is by the
grace of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, and his holy will,
because of the gift of his calling unto me, that I am permitted to speak
unto you at this time.
		 -- Moroni 7:2
%
Wherefore, I would speak unto you that are of the church, that are the
peaceable followers of Christ, and that have obtained a sufficient hope
by which ye can enter into the rest of the Lord, from this time henceforth
until ye shall rest with him in heaven.
		 -- Moroni 7:3
%
And now my brethren, I judge these things of you because of your peaceable
walk with the children of men.
		 -- Moroni 7:4
%
For I remember the word of God which saith by their works ye shall know
them; for if their works be good, then they are good also.
		 -- Moroni 7:5
%
For behold, God hath said a man being evil cannot do that which is good;
for if he offereth a gift, or prayeth unto God, except he shall do it
with real intent it profiteth him nothing.
		 -- Moroni 7:6
%
For behold, it is not counted unto him for righteousness.
		 -- Moroni 7:7
%
For behold, if a man being evil giveth a gift, he doeth it grudgingly;
wherefore it is counted unto him the same as if he had retained the gift;
wherefore he is counted evil before God.
		 -- Moroni 7:8
%
And likewise also is it counted evil unto a man, if he shall pray and
not with real intent of heart; yea, and it profiteth him nothing, for
God receiveth none such.
		 -- Moroni 7:9
%
Wherefore, a man being evil cannot do that which is good; neither will
he give a good gift.
		 -- Moroni 7:10
%
For behold, a bitter fountain cannot bring forth good water; neither
can a good fountain bring forth bitter water; wherefore, a man being a
servant of the devil cannot follow Christ; and if he follow Christ he
cannot be a servant of the devil.
		 -- Moroni 7:11
%
Wherefore, all things which are good cometh of God; and that which
is evil cometh of the devil; for the devil is an enemy unto God, and
fighteth against him continually, and inviteth and enticeth to sin,
and to do that which is evil continually.
		 -- Moroni 7:12
%
But behold, that which is of God inviteth and enticeth to do good
continually; wherefore, every thing which inviteth and enticeth to do
good, and to love God, and to serve him, is inspired of God.
		 -- Moroni 7:13
%
Wherefore, take heed, my beloved brethren, that ye do not judge that which
is evil to be of God, or that which is good and of God to be of the devil.
		 -- Moroni 7:14
%
For behold, my brethren, it is given unto you to judge, that ye may know
good from evil; and the way to judge is as plain, that ye may know with
a perfect knowledge, as the daylight is from the dark night.
		 -- Moroni 7:15
%
For behold, the Spirit of Christ is given to every man, that he may know
good from evil; wherefore, I show unto you the way to judge; for every
thing which inviteth to do good, and to persuade to believe in Christ,
is sent forth by the power and gift of Christ; wherefore ye may know
with a perfect knowledge it is of God.
		 -- Moroni 7:16
%
But whatsoever thing persuadeth men to do evil, and believe not in
Christ, and deny him, and serve not God, then ye may know with a perfect
knowledge it is of the devil; for after this manner doth the devil work,
for he persuadeth no man to do good, no, not one; neither do his angels;
neither do they who subject themselves unto him.
		 -- Moroni 7:17
%
And now, my brethren, seeing that ye know the light by which ye may judge,
which light is the light of Christ, see that ye do not judge wrongfully;
for with that same judgment which ye judge ye shall also be judged.
		 -- Moroni 7:18
%
Wherefore, I beseech of you, brethren, that ye should search diligently
in the light of Christ that ye may know good from evil; and if ye will
lay hold upon every good thing, and condemn it not, ye certainly will
be a child of Christ.
		 -- Moroni 7:19
%
And now, my brethren, how is it possible that ye can lay hold upon every
good thing?
		 -- Moroni 7:20
%
And now I come to that faith, of which I said I would speak; and I will
tell you the way whereby ye may lay hold on every good thing.
		 -- Moroni 7:21
%
For behold, God knowing all things, being from everlasting to everlasting,
behold, he sent angels to minister unto the children of men, to make
manifest concerning the coming of Christ; and in Christ there should
come every good thing.
		 -- Moroni 7:22
%
And God also declared unto prophets, by his own mouth, that Christ
should come.
		 -- Moroni 7:23
%
And behold, there were divers ways that he did manifest things unto the
children of men, which were good; and all things which are good cometh
of Christ; otherwise men were fallen, and there could no good thing come
unto them.
		 -- Moroni 7:24
%
Wherefore, by the ministering of angels, and by every word which proceeded
forth out of the mouth of God, men began to exercise faith in Christ;
and thus by faith, they did lay hold upon every good thing; and thus it
was until the coming of Christ.
		 -- Moroni 7:25
%
And after that he came men also were saved by faith in his name; and by
faith, they become the sons of God.  And as surely as Christ liveth he
spake these words unto our fathers, saying: Whatsoever thing ye shall
ask the Father in my name, which is good, in faith believing that ye
shall receive, behold, it shall be done unto you.
		 -- Moroni 7:26
%
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, have miracles ceased because Christ hath
ascended into heaven, and hath sat down on the right hand of God, to claim
of the Father his rights of mercy which he hath upon the children of men?
		 -- Moroni 7:27
%
For he hath answered the ends of the law, and he claimeth all those who
have faith in him; and they who have faith in him will cleave unto every
good thing; wherefore he advocateth the cause of the children of men;
and he dwelleth eternally in the heavens.
		 -- Moroni 7:28
%
And because he hath done this, my beloved brethren, have miracles ceased?
Behold I say unto you, Nay; neither have angels ceased to minister unto
the children of men.
		 -- Moroni 7:29
%
For behold, they are subject unto him, to minister according to the word
of his command, showing themselves unto them of strong faith and a firm
mind in every form of godliness.
		 -- Moroni 7:30
%
And the office of their ministry is to call men unto repentance, and to
fulfil and to do the work of the covenants of the Father, which he hath
made unto the children of men, to prepare the way among the children of
men, by declaring the word of Christ unto the chosen vessels of the Lord,
that they may bear testimony of him.
		 -- Moroni 7:31
%
And by so doing, the Lord God prepareth the way that the residue of men
may have faith in Christ, that the Holy Ghost may have place in their
hearts, according to the power thereof; and after this manner bringeth
to pass the Father, the covenants which he hath made unto the children
of men.
		 -- Moroni 7:32
%
And Christ hath said: If ye will have faith in me ye shall have power
to do whatsoever thing is expedient in me.
		 -- Moroni 7:33
%
And he hath said: Repent all ye ends of the earth, and come unto me,
and be baptized in my name, and have faith in me, that ye may be saved.
		 -- Moroni 7:34
%
And now, my beloved brethren, if this be the case that these things
are true which I have spoken unto you, and God will show unto you, with
power and great glory at the last day, that they are true, and if they
are true has the day of miracles ceased?
		 -- Moroni 7:35
%
Or have angels ceased to appear unto the children of men?  Or has he
withheld the power of the Holy Ghost from them?  Or will he, so long
as time shall last, or the earth shall stand, or there shall be one man
upon the face thereof to be saved?
		 -- Moroni 7:36
%
Behold I say unto you, Nay; for it is by faith that miracles are wrought;
and it is by faith that angels appear and minister unto men; wherefore,
if these things have ceased wo be unto the children of men, for it is
because of unbelief, and all is vain.
		 -- Moroni 7:37
%
For no man can be saved, according to the words of Christ, save they
shall have faith in his name; wherefore, if these things have ceased,
then has faith ceased also; and awful is the state of man, for they are
as though there had been no redemption made.
		 -- Moroni 7:38
%
But behold, my beloved brethren, I judge better things of you, for I
judge that ye have faith in Christ because of your meekness; for if
ye have not faith in him then ye are not fit to be numbered among the
people of his church.
		 -- Moroni 7:39
%
And again, my beloved brethren, I would speak unto you concerning
hope. How is it that ye can attain unto faith, save ye shall have hope?
		 -- Moroni 7:40
%
And what is it that ye shall hope for?	Behold I say unto you that ye
shall have hope through the atonement of Christ and the power of his
resurrection, to be raised unto life eternal, and this because of your
faith in him according to the promise.
		 -- Moroni 7:41
%
Wherefore, if a man have faith he must needs have hope; for without
faith there cannot be any hope.
		 -- Moroni 7:42
%
And again, behold I say unto you that he cannot have faith and hope,
save he shall be meek, and lowly of heart.
		 -- Moroni 7:43
%
If so, his faith and hope is vain, for none is acceptable before God,
save the meek and lowly in heart; and if a man be meek and lowly in heart,
and confesses by the power of the Holy Ghost that Jesus is the Christ,
he must needs have charity; for if he have not charity he is nothing;
wherefore he must needs have charity.
		 -- Moroni 7:44
%
And charity suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not, and is not
puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil,
and rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth, beareth all
things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
		 -- Moroni 7:45
%
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, if ye have not charity, ye are nothing,
for charity never faileth.  Wherefore, cleave unto charity, which is
the greatest of all, for all things must fail--
		 -- Moroni 7:46
%
But charity is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever; and
whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well with him.
		 -- Moroni 7:47
%
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, pray unto the Father with all the energy
of heart, that ye may be filled with this love, which he hath bestowed
upon all who are true followers of his Son, Jesus Christ; that ye may
become the sons of God; that when he shall appear we shall be like him,
for we shall see him as he is; that we may have this hope; that we may
be purified even as he is pure.  Amen.
		 -- Moroni 7:48
%
An epistle of my father Mormon, written to me, Moroni; and it was written
unto me soon after my calling to the ministry.	And on this wise did he
write unto me, saying:
		 -- Moroni 8:1
%
My beloved son, Moroni, I rejoice exceedingly that your Lord Jesus
Christ hath been mindful of you, and hath called you to his ministry,
and to his holy work.
		 -- Moroni 8:2
%
I am mindful of you always in my prayers, continually praying unto God
the Father in the name of his Holy Child, Jesus, that he, through his
infinite goodness and grace, will keep you through the endurance of
faith on his name to the end.
		 -- Moroni 8:3
%
And now, my son, I speak unto you concerning that which grieveth me
exceedingly; for it grieveth me that there should disputations rise
among you.
		 -- Moroni 8:4
%
For, if I have learned the truth, there have been disputations among
you concerning the baptism of your little children.
		 -- Moroni 8:5
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And now, my son, I desire that ye should labor diligently, that this
gross error should be removed from among you; for, for this intent I
have written this epistle.
		 -- Moroni 8:6
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For immediately after I had learned these things of you I inquired of
the Lord concerning the matter.  And the word of the Lord came to me by
the power of the Holy Ghost, saying:
		 -- Moroni 8:7
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Listen to the words of Christ, your Redeemer, your Lord and your God.
Behold, I came into the world not to call the righteous but sinners
to repentance; the whole need no physician, but they that are sick;
wherefore, little children are whole, for they are not capable of
committing sin; wherefore the curse of Adam is taken from them in me,
that it hath no power over them; and the law of circumcision is done
away in me.
		 -- Moroni 8:8
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And after this manner did the Holy Ghost manifest the word of God unto me;
wherefore, my beloved son, I know that it is solemn mockery before God,
that ye should baptize little children.
		 -- Moroni 8:9
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Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teach--repentance and
baptism unto those who are accountable and capable of committing sin;
yea, teach parents that they must repent and be baptized, and humble
themselves as their little children, and they shall all be saved with
their little children.
		 -- Moroni 8:10
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And their little children need no repentance, neither baptism.	Behold,
baptism is unto repentance to the fulfilling the commandments unto the
remission of sins.
		 -- Moroni 8:11
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But little children are alive in Christ, even from the foundation of
the world; if not so, God is a partial God, and also a changeable God,
and a respecter to persons; for how many little children have died
without baptism!
		 -- Moroni 8:12
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Wherefore, if little children could not be saved without baptism, these
must have gone to an endless hell.
		 -- Moroni 8:13
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Behold I say unto you, that he that supposeth that little children need
baptism is in the gall of bitterness and in the bonds of iniquity; for
he hath neither faith, hope, nor charity; wherefore, should he be cut
off while in the thought, he must go down to hell.
		 -- Moroni 8:14
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For awful is the wickedness to suppose that God saveth one child because
of baptism, and the other must perish because he hath no baptism.
		 -- Moroni 8:15
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Wo be unto them that shall pervert the ways of the Lord after this manner,
for they shall perish except they repent.  Behold, I speak with boldness,
having authority from God; and I fear not what man can do; for perfect
love casteth out all fear.
		 -- Moroni 8:16
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And I am filled with charity, which is everlasting love; wherefore,
all children are alike unto me; wherefore, I love little children with
a perfect love; and they are all alike and partakers of salvation.
		 -- Moroni 8:17
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For I know that God is not a partial God, neither a changeable being;
but he is unchangeable from all eternity to all eternity.
		 -- Moroni 8:18
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Little children cannot repent; wherefore, it is awful wickedness to deny
the pure mercies of God unto them, for they are all alive in him because
of his mercy.
		 -- Moroni 8:19
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And he that saith that little children need baptism denieth the mercies
of Christ, and setteth at naught the atonement of him and the power of
his redemption.
		 -- Moroni 8:20
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Wo unto such, for they are in danger of death, hell, and an endless
torment.  I speak it boldly; God hath commanded me.  Listen unto them
and give heed, or they stand against you at the judgment-seat of Christ.
		 -- Moroni 8:21
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For behold that all little children are alive in Christ, and also all they
that are without the law.  For the power of redemption cometh on all them
that have no law; wherefore, he that is not condemned, or he that is under
no condemnation, cannot repent; and unto such baptism availeth nothing--
		 -- Moroni 8:22
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But it is mockery before God, denying the mercies of Christ, and the
power of his Holy Spirit, and putting trust in dead works.
		 -- Moroni 8:23
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Behold, my son, this thing ought not to be; for repentance is unto them
that are under condemnation and under the curse of a broken law.
		 -- Moroni 8:24
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And the first fruits of repentance is baptism; and baptism cometh by
faith unto the fulfilling the commandments; and the fulfilling the
commandments bringeth remission of sins;
		 -- Moroni 8:25
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And the remission of sins bringeth meekness, and lowliness of heart;
and because of meekness and lowliness of heart cometh the visitation
of the Holy Ghost, which Comforter filleth with hope and perfect love,
which love endureth by diligence unto prayer, until the end shall come,
when all the saints shall dwell with God.
		 -- Moroni 8:26
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Behold, my son, I will write unto you again if I go not out soon against
the Lamanites.	Behold, the pride of this nation, or the people of the
Nephites, hath proven their destruction except they should repent.
		 -- Moroni 8:27
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Pray for them, my son, that repentance may come unto them.  But behold,
I fear lest the Spirit hath ceased striving with them; and in this part
of the land they are also seeking to put down all power and authority
which cometh from God; and they are denying the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Moroni 8:28
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And after rejecting so great a knowledge, my son, they must perish soon,
unto the fulfilling of the prophecies which were spoken by the prophets,
as well as the words of our Savior himself.
		 -- Moroni 8:29
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Farewell, my son, until I shall write unto you, or shall meet you again.
Amen.
		 -- Moroni 8:30
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My beloved son, I write unto you again that ye may know that I am yet
alive; but I write somewhat of that which is grievous.
		 -- Moroni 9:1
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For behold, I have had a sore battle with the Lamanites, in which we did
not conquer; and Archeantus has fallen by the sword, and also Luram and
Emron; yea, and we have lost a great number of our choice men.
		 -- Moroni 9:2
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And now behold, my son, I fear lest the Lamanites shall destroy this
people; for they do not repent, and Satan stirreth them up continually
to anger one with another.
		 -- Moroni 9:3
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Behold, I am laboring with them continually; and when I speak the word
of God with sharpness they tremble and anger against me; and when I use
no sharpness they harden their hearts against it; wherefore, I fear lest
the Spirit of the Lord hath ceased striving with them.
		 -- Moroni 9:4
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For so exceedingly do they anger that it seemeth me that they have
no fear of death; and they have lost their love, one towards another;
and they thirst after blood and revenge continually.
		 -- Moroni 9:5
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And now, my beloved son, notwithstanding their hardness, let us labor
diligently; for if we should cease to labor, we should be brought under
condemnation; for we have a labor to perform whilst in this tabernacle
of clay, that we may conquer the enemy of all righteousness, and rest
our souls in the kingdom of God.
		 -- Moroni 9:6
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And now I write somewhat concerning the sufferings of this people.
For according to the knowledge which I have received from Amoron, behold,
the Lamanites have many prisoners, which they took from the tower of
Sherrizah; and there were men, women, and children.
		 -- Moroni 9:7
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And the husbands and fathers of those women and children they have
slain; and they feed the women upon the flesh of their husbands, and the
children upon the flesh of their fathers; and no water, save a little,
do they give unto them.
		 -- Moroni 9:8
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And notwithstanding this great abomination of the Lamanites, it doth
not exceed that of our people in Moriantum.  For behold, many of the
daughters of the Lamanites have they taken prisoners; and after depriving
them of that which was most dear and precious above all things, which
is chastity and virtue--
		 -- Moroni 9:9
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And after they had done this thing, they did murder them in a most
cruel manner, torturing their bodies even unto death; and after they
have done this, they devour their flesh like unto wild beasts, because
of the hardness of their hearts; and they do it for a token of bravery.
		 -- Moroni 9:10
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O my beloved son, how can a people like this, that are without
civilization--
		 -- Moroni 9:11
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(And only a few years have passed away, and they were a civil and a
delightsome people)
		 -- Moroni 9:12
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But O my son, how can a people like this, whose delight is in so much
abomination--
		 -- Moroni 9:13
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How can we expect that God will stay his hand in judgment against us?
		 -- Moroni 9:14
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Behold, my heart cries: Wo unto this people.  Come out in judgment, O
God, and hide their sins, and wickedness, and abominations from before
thy face!
		 -- Moroni 9:15
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And again, my son, there are many widows and their daughters who remain
in Sherrizah; and that part of the provisions which the Lamanites did
not carry away, behold, the army of Zenephi has carried away, and left
them to wander whithersoever they can for food; and many old women do
faint by the way and die.
		 -- Moroni 9:16
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And the army which is with me is weak; and the armies of the Lamanites
are betwixt Sherrizah and me; and as many as have fled to the army of
Aaron have fallen victims to their awful brutality.
		 -- Moroni 9:17
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O the depravity of my people!  They are without order and without mercy.
Behold, I am but a man, and I have but the strength of a man, and I
cannot any longer enforce my commands.
		 -- Moroni 9:18
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And they have become strong in their perversion; and they are alike
brutal, sparing none, neither old nor young; and they delight in
everything save that which is good; and the suffering of our women and
our children upon all the face of this land doth exceed everything; yea,
tongue cannot tell, neither can it be written.
		 -- Moroni 9:19
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And now, my son, I dwell no longer upon this horrible scene. Behold,
thou knowest the wickedness of this people; thou knowest that they are
without principle, and past feeling; and their wickedness doth exceed
that of the Lamanites.
		 -- Moroni 9:20
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Behold, my son, I cannot recommend them unto God lest he should smite me.
		 -- Moroni 9:21
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But behold, my son, I recommend thee unto God, and I trust in Christ that
thou wilt be saved; and I pray unto God that he will spare thy life, to
witness the return of his people unto him, or their utter destruction;
for I know that they must perish except they repent and return unto him.
		 -- Moroni 9:22
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And if they perish it will be like unto the Jaredites, because of the
wilfulness of their hearts, seeking for blood and revenge.
		 -- Moroni 9:23
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And if it so be that they perish, we know that many of our brethren have
deserted over unto the Lamanites, and many more will also desert over
unto them; wherefore, write somewhat a few things, if thou art spared and
I shall perish and not see thee; but I trust that I may see thee soon;
for I have sacred records that I would deliver up unto thee.
		 -- Moroni 9:24
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My son, be faithful in Christ; and may not the things which I have written
grieve thee, to weigh thee down unto death; but may Christ lift thee up,
and may his sufferings and death, and the showing his body unto our
fathers, and his mercy and long-suffering, and the hope of his glory
and of eternal life, rest in your mind forever.
		 -- Moroni 9:25
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And may the grace of God the Father, whose throne is high in the heavens,
and our Lord Jesus Christ, who sitteth on the right hand of his power,
until all things shall become subject unto him, be, and abide with
you forever.  Amen.
		 -- Moroni 9:26
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Now I, Moroni, write somewhat as seemeth me good; and I write unto my
brethren, the Lamanites; and I would that they should know that more
than four hundred and twenty years have passed away since the sign was
given of the coming of Christ.
		 -- Moroni 10:1
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And I seal up these records, after I have spoken a few words by way of
exhortation unto you.
		 -- Moroni 10:2
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Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it
be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember how
merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation
of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things,
and ponder it in your hearts.
		 -- Moroni 10:3
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And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would
ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are
not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent,
having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you,
by the power of the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Moroni 10:4
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And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.
		 -- Moroni 10:5
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And whatsoever thing is good is just and true; wherefore, nothing that
is good denieth the Christ, but acknowledgeth that he is.
		 -- Moroni 10:6
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And ye may know that he is, by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore I
would exhort you that ye deny not the power of God; for he worketh by
power, according to the faith of the children of men, the same today
and tomorrow, and forever.
		 -- Moroni 10:7
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And again, I exhort you, my brethren, that ye deny not the gifts of
God, for they are many; and they come from the same God.  And there are
different ways that these gifts are administered; but it is the same God
who worketh all in all; and they are given by the manifestations of the
Spirit of God unto men, to profit them.
		 -- Moroni 10:8
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For behold, to one is given by the Spirit of God, that he may teach the
word of wisdom;
		 -- Moroni 10:9
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And to another, that he may teach the word of knowledge by the same
Spirit;
		 -- Moroni 10:10
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And to another, exceedingly great faith; and to another, the gifts of
healing by the same Spirit;
		 -- Moroni 10:11
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And again, to another, that he may work mighty miracles;
		 -- Moroni 10:12
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And again, to another, that he may prophesy concerning all things;
		 -- Moroni 10:13
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And again, to another, the beholding of angels and ministering spirits;
		 -- Moroni 10:14
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And again, to another, all kinds of tongues;
		 -- Moroni 10:15
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And again, to another, the interpretation of languages and of divers
kinds of tongues.
		 -- Moroni 10:16
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And all these gifts come by the Spirit of Christ; and they come unto
every man severally, according as he will.
		 -- Moroni 10:17
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And I would exhort you, my beloved brethren, that ye remember that every
good gift cometh of Christ.
		 -- Moroni 10:18
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And I would exhort you, my beloved brethren, that ye remember that he
is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and that all these gifts
of which I have spoken, which are spiritual, never will be done away,
even as long as the world shall stand, only according to the unbelief
of the children of men.
		 -- Moroni 10:19
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Wherefore, there must be faith; and if there must be faith there must
also be hope; and if there must be hope there must also be charity.
		 -- Moroni 10:20
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And except ye have charity ye can in nowise be saved in the kingdom of
God; neither can ye be saved in the kingdom of God if ye have not faith;
neither can ye if ye have no hope.
		 -- Moroni 10:21
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And if ye have no hope ye must needs be in despair; and despair cometh
because of iniquity.
		 -- Moroni 10:22
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And Christ truly said unto our fathers: If ye have faith ye can do all
things which are expedient unto me.
		 -- Moroni 10:23
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And now I speak unto all the ends of the earth--that if the day cometh
that the power and gifts of God shall be done away among you, it shall
be because of unbelief.
		 -- Moroni 10:24
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And wo be unto the children of men if this be the case; for there shall
be none that doeth good among you, no not one.	For if there be one
among you that doeth good, he shall work by the power and gifts of God.
		 -- Moroni 10:25
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And wo unto them who shall do these things away and die, for they die
in their sins, and they cannot be saved in the kingdom of God; and I
speak it according to the words of Christ; and I lie not.
		 -- Moroni 10:26
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And I exhort you to remember these things; for the time speedily cometh
that ye shall know that I lie not, for ye shall see me at the bar of God;
and the Lord God will say unto you: Did I not declare my words unto you,
which were written by this man, like as one crying from the dead, yea,
even as one speaking out of the dust?
		 -- Moroni 10:27
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I declare these things unto the fulfilling of the prophecies.  And behold,
they shall proceed forth out of the mouth of the everlasting God; and
his word shall hiss forth from generation to generation.
		 -- Moroni 10:28
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And God shall show unto you, that that which I have written is true.
		 -- Moroni 10:29
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And again I would exhort you that ye would come unto Christ, and lay hold
upon every good gift, and touch not the evil gift, nor the unclean thing.
		 -- Moroni 10:30
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And awake, and arise from the dust, O Jerusalem; yea, and put on thy
beautiful garments, O daughter of Zion; and strengthen thy stakes and
enlarge thy borders forever, that thou mayest no more be confounded,
that the covenants of the Eternal Father which he hath made unto thee,
O house of Israel, may be fulfilled.
		 -- Moroni 10:31
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Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of
all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness,
and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace
sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and
if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny
the power of God.
		 -- Moroni 10:32
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And again, if ye by the grace of God are perfect in Christ, and deny not
his power, then are ye sanctified in Christ by the grace of God, through
the shedding of the blood of Christ, which is in the covenant of the
Father unto the remission of your sins, that ye become holy, without spot.
		 -- Moroni 10:33
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And now I bid unto all, farewell.  I soon go to rest in the paradise
of God, until my spirit and body shall again reunite, and I am brought
forth triumphant through the air, to meet you before the pleasing bar
of the great Jehovah, the Eternal Judge of both quick and dead.  Amen.
		 -- Moroni 10:34
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HEARKEN, O ye people of my church, saith the voice of him who dwells
on high, and whose eyes are upon all men; yea, verily I say: Hearken
ye people from afar; and ye that are upon the islands of the sea,
listen together.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:1
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For verily the voice of the Lord is unto all men, and there is none to
escape; and there is no eye that shall not see, neither ear that shall
not hear, neither heart that shall not be penetrated.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:2
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And the rebellious shall be pierced with much sorrow; for their
iniquities shall be spoken upon the housetops, and their secret acts
shall be revealed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:3
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And the voice of warning shall be unto all people, by the mouths of my
disciples, whom I have chosen in these last days.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:4
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And they shall go forth and none shall stay them, for I the Lord have
commanded them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:5
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Behold, this is mine authority, and the authority of my servants, and
my preface unto the book of my commandments, which I have given them to
publish unto you, O inhabitants of the earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:6
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Wherefore, fear and tremble, O ye people, for what I the Lord have
decreed in them shall be fulfilled.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:7
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And verily I say unto you, that they who go forth, bearing these tidings
unto the inhabitants of the earth, to them is power given to seal both
on earth and in heaven, the unbelieving and rebellious;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:8
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Yea, verily, to seal them up unto the day when the wrath of God shall
be poured out upon the wicked without measure--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:9
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Unto the day when the Lord shall come to recompense unto every man
according to his work, and measure to every man according to the measure
which he has measured to his fellow man.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:10
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Wherefore the voice of the Lord is unto the ends of the earth, that all
that will hear may hear:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:11
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Prepare ye, prepare ye for that which is to come, for the Lord is nigh;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:12
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And the anger of the Lord is kindled, and his sword is bathed in heaven,
and it shall fall upon the inhabitants of the earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:13
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And the arm of the Lord shall be revealed; and the day cometh that
they who will not hear the voice of the Lord, neither the voice of his
servants, neither give heed to the words of the prophets and apostles,
shall be cut off from among the people;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:14
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For they have strayed from mine ordinances, and have broken mine
everlasting covenant;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:15
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They seek not the Lord to establish his righteousness, but every man
walketh in his own way, and after the image of his own god, whose image
is in the likeness of the world, and whose substance is that of an idol,
which waxeth old and shall perish in Babylon, even Babylon the great,
which shall fall.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:16
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Wherefore, I the Lord, knowing the calamity which should come upon the
inhabitants of the earth, called upon my servant Joseph Smith, Jun.,
and spake unto him from heaven, and gave him commandments;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:17
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And also gave commandments to others, that they should proclaim these
things unto the world; and all this that it might be fulfilled, which
was written by the prophets--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:18
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The weak things of the world shall come forth and break down the mighty
and strong ones, that man should not counsel his fellow man, neither
trust in the arm of flesh--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:19
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But that every man might speak in the name of God the Lord, even the
Savior of the world;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:20
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That faith also might increase in the earth;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:21
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That mine everlasting covenant might be established;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:22
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That the fulness of my gospel might be proclaimed by the weak and the
simple unto the ends of the world, and before kings and rulers.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:23
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Behold, I am God and have spoken it; these commandments are of me, and
were given unto my servants in their weakness, after the manner of their
language, that they might come to understanding.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:24
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And inasmuch as they erred it might be made known;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:25
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And inasmuch as they sought wisdom they might be instructed;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:26
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And inasmuch as they sinned they might be chastened, that they might
repent;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:27
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And inasmuch as they were humble they might be made strong, and blessed
from on high, and receive knowledge from time to time.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:28
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And after having received the record of the Nephites, yea, even my
servant Joseph Smith, Jun., might have power to translate through the
mercy of God, by the power of God, the Book of Mormon.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:29
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And also those to whom these commandments were given, might have power
to lay the foundation of this church, and to bring it forth out of
obscurity and out of darkness, the only true and living church upon
the face of the whole earth, with which I, the Lord, am well pleased,
speaking unto the church collectively and not individually--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:30
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For I the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:31
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Nevertheless, he that repents and does the commandments of the Lord
shall be forgiven;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:32
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And he that repents not, from him shall be taken even the light which
he has received; for my Spirit shall not always strive with man, saith
the Lord of Hosts.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:33
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And again, verily I say unto you, O inhabitants of the earth: I the Lord
am willing to make these things known unto all flesh;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:34
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For I am no respecter of persons, and will that all men shall know that
the day speedily cometh; the hour is not yet, but is nigh at hand, when
peace shall be taken from the earth, and the devil shall have power over
his own dominion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:35
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And also the Lord shall have power over his saints, and shall reign in
their midst, and shall come down in judgment upon Idumea, or the world.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:36
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Search these commandments, for they are true and faithful, and the
prophecies and promises which are in them shall all be fulfilled.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:37
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What I the Lord have spoken, I have spoken, and I excuse not myself;
and though the heavens and the earth pass away, my word shall not pass
away, but shall all be fulfilled, whether by mine own voice or by the
voice of my servants, it is the same.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:38
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For behold, and lo, the Lord is God, and the Spirit beareth record,
and the record is true, and the truth abideth forever and ever.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 1:39
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BEHOLD, I will reveal unto you the Priesthood, by the hand of Elijah
the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 2:1
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And he shall plant in the hearts of the children the promises made to
the fathers, and the hearts of the children shall turn to their fathers.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 2:2
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If it were not so, the whole earth would be utterly wasted at his coming.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 2:3
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THE works, and the designs, and the purposes of God cannot be frustrated,
neither can they come to naught.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 3:1
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For God doth not walk in crooked paths, neither doth he turn to the right
hand nor to the left, neither doth he vary from that which he hath said,
therefore his paths are straight, and his course is one eternal round.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 3:2
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Remember, remember that it is not the work of God that is frustrated,
but the work of men;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 3:3
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For although a man may have many revelations, and have power to do many
mighty works, yet if he boasts in his own strength, and sets at naught the
counsels of God, and follows after the dictates of his own will and carnal
desires, he must fall and incur the vengeance of a just God upon him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 3:4
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Behold, you have been entrusted with these things, but how strict were
your commandments; and remember also the promises which were made to you,
if you did not transgress them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 3:5
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And behold, how oft you have transgressed the commandments and the laws
of God, and have gone on in the persuasions of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 3:6
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For, behold, you should not have feared man more than God.  Although men
set at naught the counsels of God, and despise his words--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 3:7
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Yet you should have been faithful; and he would have extended his arm
and supported you against all the fiery darts of the adversary; and he
would have been with you in every time of trouble.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 3:8
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Behold, thou art Joseph, and thou wast chosen to do the work of the Lord,
but because of transgression, if thou art not aware thou wilt fall.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 3:9
%
But remember, God is merciful; therefore, repent of that which thou
hast done which is contrary to the commandment which I gave you, and
thou art still chosen, and art again called to the work;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 3:10
%
Except thou do this, thou shalt be delivered up and become as other men,
and have no more gift.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 3:11
%
And when thou deliveredst up that which God had given thee sight and
power to translate, thou deliveredst up that which was sacred into the
hands of a wicked man,
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 3:12
%
Who has set at naught the counsels of God, and has broken the most
sacred promises which were made before God, and has depended upon his
own judgment and boasted in his own wisdom.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 3:13
%
And this is the reason that thou hast lost thy privileges for a season--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 3:14
%
For thou hast suffered the counsel of thy director to be trampled upon
from the beginning.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 3:15
%
Nevertheless, my work shall go forth, for inasmuch as the knowledge of
a Savior has come unto the world, through the testimony of the Jews,
even so shall the knowledge of a Savior come unto my people--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 3:16
%
And to the Nephites, and the Jacobites, and the Josephites, and the
Zoramites, through the testimony of their fathers--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 3:17
%
And this testimony shall come to the knowledge of the Lamanites, and the
Lemuelites, and the Ishmaelites, who dwindled in unbelief because of the
iniquity of their fathers, whom the Lord has suffered to destroy their
brethren the Nephites, because of their iniquities and their abominations.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 3:18
%
And for this very purpose are these plates preserved, which contain
these records--that the promises of the Lord might be fulfilled, which
he made to his people;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 3:19
%
And that the Lamanites might come to the knowledge of their fathers,
and that they might know the promises of the Lord, and that they may
believe the gospel and rely upon the merits of Jesus Christ, and be
glorified through faith in his name, and that through their repentance
they might be saved.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 3:20
%
NOW behold, a marvelous work is about to come forth among the children
of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 4:1
%
Therefore, O ye that embark in the service of God, see that ye serve
him with all your heart, might, mind and strength, that ye may stand
blameless before God at the last day.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 4:2
%
Therefore, if ye have desires to serve God ye are called to the work;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 4:3
%
For behold the field is white already to harvest; and lo, he that
thrusteth in his sickle with his might, the same layeth up in store that
he perisheth not, but bringeth salvation to his soul;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 4:4
%
And faith, hope, charity and love, with an eye single to the glory of God,
qualify him for the work.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 4:5
%
Remember faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, brotherly
kindness, godliness, charity, humility, diligence.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 4:6
%
Ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 4:7
%
BEHOLD, I say unto you, that as my servant Martin Harris has desired a
witness at my hand, that you, my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., have got
the plates of which you have testified and borne record that you have
received of me;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:1
%
And now, behold, this shall you say unto him--he who spake unto you,
said unto you: I, the Lord, am God, and have given these things unto you,
my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., and have commanded you that you should
stand as a witness of these things;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:2
%
And I have caused you that you should enter into a covenant with me, that
you should not show them except to those persons to whom I commanded you;
and you have no power over them except I grant it unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:3
%
And you have a gift to translate the plates; and this is the first gift
that I bestowed upon you; and I have commanded that you should pretend
to no other gift until my purpose is fulfilled in this; for I will grant
unto you no other gift until it is finished.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:4
%
Verily, I say unto you, that woe shall come unto the inhabitants of the
earth if they will not hearken unto my words;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:5
%
For hereafter you shall be ordained and go forth and deliver my words
unto the children of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:6
%
Behold, if they will not believe my words, they would not believe you,
my servant Joseph, if it were possible that you should show them all
these things which I have committed unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:7
%
Oh, this unbelieving and stiffnecked generation--mine anger is kindled
against them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:8
%
Behold, verily I say unto you, I have reserved those things which I
have entrusted unto you, my servant Joseph, for a wise purpose in me,
and it shall be made known unto future generations;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:9
%
But this generation shall have my word through you;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:10
%
And in addition to your testimony, the testimony of three of my servants,
whom I shall call and ordain, unto whom I will show these things, and
they shall go forth with my words that are given through you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:11
%
Yea, they shall know of a surety that these things are true, for from
heaven will I declare it unto them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:12
%
I will give them power that they may behold and view these things as
they are;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:13
%
And to none else will I grant this power, to receive this same testimony
among this generation, in this the beginning of the rising up and the
coming forth of my church out of the wilderness--clear as the moon,
and fair as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:14
%
And the testimony of three witnesses will I send forth of my word.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:15
%
And behold, whosoever believeth on my words, them will I visit with the
manifestation of my Spirit; and they shall be born of me, even of water
and of the Spirit--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:16
%
And you must wait yet a little while, for ye are not yet ordained--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:17
%
And their testimony shall also go forth unto the condemnation of this
generation if they harden their hearts against them;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:18
%
For a desolating scourge shall go forth among the inhabitants of the
earth, and shall continue to be poured out from time to time, if they
repent not, until the earth is empty, and the inhabitants thereof are
consumed away and utterly destroyed by the brightness of my coming.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:19
%
Behold, I tell you these things, even as I also told the people of the
destruction of Jerusalem; and my word shall be verified at this time as
it hath hitherto been verified.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:20
%
And now I command you, my servant Joseph, to repent and walk more
uprightly before me, and to yield to the persuasions of men no more;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:21
%
And that you be firm in keeping the commandments wherewith I have
commanded you; and if you do this, behold I grant unto you eternal life,
even if you should be slain.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:22
%
And now, again, I speak unto you, my servant Joseph, concerning the man
that desires the witness--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:23
%
Behold, I say unto him, he exalts himself and does not humble himself
sufficiently before me; but if he will bow down before me, and humble
himself in mighty prayer and faith, in the sincerity of his heart,
then will I grant unto him a view of the things which he desires to see.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:24
%
And then he shall say unto the people of this generation: Behold,
I have seen the things which the Lord hath shown unto Joseph Smith,
Jun., and I know of a surety that they are true, for I have seen them,
for they have been shown unto me by the power of God and not of man.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:25
%
And I the Lord command him, my servant Martin Harris, that he shall
say no more unto them concerning these things, except he shall say:
I have seen them, and they have been shown unto me by the power of God;
and these are the words which he shall say.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:26
%
But if he deny this he will break the covenant which he has before
covenanted with me, and behold, he is condemned.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:27
%
And now, except he humble himself and acknowledge unto me the things
that he has done which are wrong, and covenant with me that he will
keep my commandments, and exercise faith in me, behold, I say unto him,
he shall have no such views, for I will grant unto him no views of the
things of which I have spoken.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:28
%
And if this be the case, I command you, my servant Joseph, that you
shall say unto him, that he shall do no more, nor trouble me any more
concerning this matter.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:29
%
And if this be the case, behold, I say unto thee Joseph, when thou hast
translated a few more pages thou shalt stop for a season, even until I
command thee again; then thou mayest translate again.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:30
%
And except thou do this, behold, thou shalt have no more gift, and I
will take away the things which I have entrusted with thee.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:31
%
And now, because I foresee the lying in wait to destroy thee, yea,
I foresee that if my servant Martin Harris humbleth not himself and
receive a witness from my hand, that he will fall into transgression;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:32
%
And there are many that lie in wait to destroy thee from off the face
of the earth; and for this cause, that thy days may be prolonged, I have
given unto thee these commandments.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:33
%
Yea, for this cause I have said: Stop, and stand still until I command
thee, and I will provide means whereby thou mayest accomplish the thing
which I have commanded thee.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:34
%
And if thou art faithful in keeping my commandments, thou shalt be lifted
up at the last day.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 5:35
%
A GREAT and marvelous work is about to come forth unto the children
of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:1
%
Behold, I am God; give heed unto my word, which is quick and powerful,
sharper than a two-edged sword, to the dividing asunder of both joints
and marrow; therefore give heed unto my words.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:2
%
Behold, the field is white already to harvest; therefore, whoso desireth
to reap, let him thrust in his sickle with his might, and reap while the
day lasts, that he may treasure up for his soul everlasting salvation
in the kingdom of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:3
%
Yea, whosoever will thrust in his sickle and reap, the same is called
of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:4
%
Therefore, if you will ask of me you shall receive; if you will knock
it shall be opened unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:5
%
Now, as you have asked, behold, I say unto you, keep my commandments,
and seek to bring forth and establish the cause of Zion;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:6
%
Seek not for riches but for wisdom, and behold, the mysteries of God
shall be unfolded unto you, and then shall you be made rich.  Behold,
he that hath eternal life is rich.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:7
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, even as you desire of me so it shall be
unto you; and if you desire, you shall be the means of doing much good
in this generation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:8
%
Say nothing but repentance unto this generation; keep my commandments,
and assist to bring forth my work, according to my commandments, and
you shall be blessed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:9
%
Behold thou hast a gift, and blessed art thou because of thy gift.
Remember it is sacred and cometh from above--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:10
%
And if thou wilt inquire, thou shalt know mysteries which are great and
marvelous; therefore thou shalt exercise thy gift, that thou mayest find
out mysteries, that thou mayest bring many to the knowledge of the truth,
yea, convince them of the error of their ways.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:11
%
Make not thy gift known unto any save it be those who are of thy faith.
Trifle not with sacred things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:12
%
If thou wilt do good, yea, and hold out faithful to the end, thou shalt
be saved in the kingdom of God, which is the greatest of all the gifts
of God; for there is no gift greater than the gift of salvation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:13
%
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, blessed art thou for what thou hast done;
for thou hast inquired of me, and behold, as often as thou hast inquired
thou hast received instruction of my Spirit.  If it had not been so,
thou wouldst not have come to the place where thou art at this time.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:14
%
Behold, thou knowest that thou hast inquired of me and I did enlighten
thy mind; and now I tell thee these things that thou mayest know that
thou hast been enlightened by the Spirit of truth;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:15
%
Yea, I tell thee, that thou mayest know that there is none else save
God that knowest thy thoughts and the intents of thy heart.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:16
%
I tell thee these things as a witness unto thee--that the words or the
work which thou hast been writing are true.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:17
%
Therefore be diligent; stand by my servant Joseph, faithfully, in
whatsoever difficult circumstances he may be for the word's sake.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:18
%
Admonish him in his faults, and also receive admonition of him.  Be
patient; be sober; be temperate; have patience, faith, hope and charity.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:19
%
Behold, thou art Oliver, and I have spoken unto thee because of thy
desires; therefore treasure up these words in thy heart.  Be faithful
and diligent in keeping the commandments of God, and I will encircle
thee in the arms of my love.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:20
%
Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  I am the same that came unto
mine own, and mine own received me not.  I am the light which shineth
in darkness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:21
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, if you desire a further witness, cast
your mind upon the night that you cried unto me in your heart, that you
might know concerning the truth of these things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:22
%
Did I not speak peace to your mind concerning the matter?  What greater
witness can you have than from God?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:23
%
And now, behold, you have received a witness; for if I have told you
things which no man knoweth have you not received a witness?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:24
%
And, behold, I grant unto you a gift, if you desire of me, to translate,
even as my servant Joseph.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:25
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, that there are records which contain
much of my gospel, which have been kept back because of the wickedness
of the people;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:26
%
And now I command you, that if you have good desires--a desire to lay
up treasures for yourself in heaven--then shall you assist in bringing
to light, with your gift, those parts of my scriptures which have been
hidden because of iniquity.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:27
%
And now, behold, I give unto you, and also unto my servant Joseph, the
keys of this gift, which shall bring to light this ministry; and in the
mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:28
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, if they reject my words, and this part
of my gospel and ministry, blessed are ye, for they can do no more unto
you than unto me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:29
%
And even if they do unto you even as they have done unto me, blessed
are ye, for you shall dwell with me in glory.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:30
%
But if they reject not my words, which shall be established by the
testimony which shall be given, blessed are they, and then shall ye have
joy in the fruit of your labors.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:31
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, as I said unto my disciples, where two
or three are gathered together in my name, as touching one thing, behold,
there will I be in the midst of them--even so am I in the midst of you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:32
%
Fear not to do good, my sons, for whatsoever ye sow, that shall ye also
reap; therefore, if ye sow good ye shall also reap good for your reward.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:33
%
Therefore, fear not, little flock; do good; let earth and hell combine
against you, for if ye are built upon my rock, they cannot prevail.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:34
%
Behold, I do not condemn you; go your ways and sin no more; perform with
soberness the work which I have commanded you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:35
%
Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:36
%
Behold the wounds which pierced my side, and also the prints of the
nails in my hands and feet; be faithful, keep my commandments, and ye
shall inherit the kingdom of heaven.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 6:37
%
AND the Lord said unto me: John, my beloved, what desirest thou?  For if
you shall ask what you will, it shall be granted unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 7:1
%
And I said unto him: Lord, give unto me power over death, that I may
live and bring souls unto thee.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 7:2
%
And the Lord said unto me: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, because
thou desirest this thou shalt tarry until I come in my glory, and shalt
prophesy before nations, kindreds, tongues and people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 7:3
%
And for this cause the Lord said unto Peter: If I will that he tarry
till I come, what is that to thee?  For he desired of me that he might
bring souls unto me, but thou desiredst that thou mightest speedily come
unto me in my kingdom.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 7:4
%
I say unto thee, Peter, this was a good desire; but my beloved has desired
that he might do more, or a greater work yet among men than what he has
before done.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 7:5
%
Yea, he has undertaken a greater work; therefore I will make him as
flaming fire and a ministering angel; he shall minister for those who
shall be heirs of salvation who dwell on the earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 7:6
%
And I will make thee to minister for him and for thy brother James;
and unto you three I will give this power and the keys of this ministry
until I come.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 7:7
%
Verily I say unto you, ye shall both have according to your desires,
for ye both joy in that which ye have desired.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 7:8
%
OLIVER Cowdery, verily, verily, I say unto you, that assuredly as the
Lord liveth, who is your God and your Redeemer, even so surely shall you
receive a knowledge of whatsoever things you shall ask in faith, with an
honest heart, believing that you shall receive a knowledge concerning the
engravings of old records, which are ancient, which contain those parts of
my scripture of which has been spoken by the manifestation of my Spirit.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 8:1
%
Yea, behold, I will tell you in your mind and in your heart, by the Holy
Ghost, which shall come upon you and which shall dwell in your heart.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 8:2
%
Now, behold, this is the spirit of revelation; behold, this is the
spirit by which Moses brought the children of Israel through the Red
Sea on dry ground.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 8:3
%
Therefore this is thy gift; apply unto it, and blessed art thou, for
it shall deliver you out of the hands of your enemies, when, if it were
not so, they would slay you and bring your soul to destruction.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 8:4
%
Oh, remember these words, and keep my commandments.  Remember, this is
your gift.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 8:5
%
Now this is not all thy gift; for you have another gift, which is the
gift of Aaron; behold, it has told you many things;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 8:6
%
Behold, there is no other power, save the power of God, that can cause
this gift of Aaron to be with you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 8:7
%
Therefore, doubt not, for it is the gift of God; and you shall hold it
in your hands, and do marvelous works; and no power shall be able to
take it away out of your hands, for it is the work of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 8:8
%
And, therefore, whatsoever you shall ask me to tell you by that means,
that will I grant unto you, and you shall have knowledge concerning it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 8:9
%
Remember that without faith you can do nothing; therefore ask in faith.
Trifle not with these things; do not ask for that which you ought not.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 8:10
%
Ask that you may know the mysteries of God, and that you may translate and
receive knowledge from all those ancient records which have been hid up,
that are sacred; and according to your faith shall it be done unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 8:11
%
Behold, it is I that have spoken it; and I am the same that spake unto
you from the beginning.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 8:12
%
BEHOLD, I say unto you, my son, that because you did not translate
according to that which you desired of me, and did commence again to
write for my servant, Joseph Smith, Jun., even so I would that ye should
continue until you have finished this record, which I have entrusted
unto him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 9:1
%
And then, behold, other records have I, that I will give unto you power
that you may assist to translate.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 9:2
%
Be patient, my son, for it is wisdom in me, and it is not expedient that
you should translate at this present time.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 9:3
%
Behold, the work which you are called to do is to write for my servant
Joseph.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 9:4
%
And, behold, it is because that you did not continue as you commenced,
when you began to translate, that I have taken away this privilege
from you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 9:5
%
Do not murmur, my son, for it is wisdom in me that I have dealt with
you after this manner.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 9:6
%
Behold, you have not understood; you have supposed that I would give it
unto you, when you took no thought save it was to ask me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 9:7
%
But, behold, I say unto you, that you must study it out in your mind; then
you must ask me if it be right, and if it is right I will cause that your
bosom shall burn within you; therefore, you shall feel that it is right.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 9:8
%
But if it be not right you shall have no such feelings, but you shall
have a stupor of thought that shall cause you to forget the thing which
is wrong; therefore, you cannot write that which is sacred save it be
given you from me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 9:9
%
Now, if you had known this you could have translated; nevertheless,
it is not expedient that you should translate now.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 9:10
%
Behold, it was expedient when you commenced; but you feared, and the
time is past, and it is not expedient now;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 9:11
%
For, do you not behold that I have given unto my servant Joseph sufficient
strength, whereby it is made up?  And neither of you have I condemned.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 9:12
%
Do this thing which I have commanded you, and you shall prosper.
Be faithful, and yield to no temptation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 9:13
%
Stand fast in the work wherewith I have called you, and a hair of your
head shall not be lost, and you shall be lifted up at the last day.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 9:14
%
NOW, behold, I say unto you, that because you delivered up those writings
which you had power given unto you to translate by the means of the Urim
and Thummim, into the hands of a wicked man, you have lost them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:1
%
And you also lost your gift at the same time, and your mind became
darkened.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:2
%
Nevertheless, it is now restored unto you again; therefore see that you
are faithful and continue on unto the finishing of the remainder of the
work of translation as you have begun.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:3
%
Do not run faster or labor more than you have strength and means provided
to enable you to translate; but be diligent unto the end.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:4
%
Pray always, that you may come off conqueror; yea, that you may conquer
Satan, and that you may escape the hands of the servants of Satan that
do uphold his work.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:5
%
Behold, they have sought to destroy you; yea, even the man in whom you
have trusted has sought to destroy you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:6
%
And for this cause I said that he is a wicked man, for he has sought to
take away the things wherewith you have been entrusted; and he has also
sought to destroy your gift.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:7
%
And because you have delivered the writings into his hands, behold,
wicked men have taken them from you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:8
%
Therefore, you have delivered them up, yea, that which was sacred,
unto wickedness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:9
%
And, behold, Satan hath put it into their hearts to alter the words
which you have caused to be written, or which you have translated,
which have gone out of your hands.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:10
%
And behold, I say unto you, that because they have altered the words, they
read contrary from that which you translated and caused to be written;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:11
%
And, on this wise, the devil has sought to lay a cunning plan, that he
may destroy this work;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:12
%
For he hath put into their hearts to do this, that by lying they may say
they have caught you in the words which you have pretended to translate.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:13
%
Verily, I say unto you, that I will not suffer that Satan shall accomplish
his evil design in this thing.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:14
%
For behold, he has put it into their hearts to get thee to tempt the
Lord thy God, in asking to translate it over again.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:15
%
And then, behold, they say and think in their hearts--We will see if
God has given him power to translate; if so, he will also give him
power again;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:16
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And if God giveth him power again, or if he translates again, or, in
other words, if he bringeth forth the same words, behold, we have the
same with us, and we have altered them;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:17
%
Therefore they will not agree, and we will say that he has lied in his
words, and that he has no gift, and that he has no power;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:18
%
Therefore we will destroy him, and also the work; and we will do this that
we may not be ashamed in the end, and that we may get glory of the world.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:19
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, that Satan has great hold upon their
hearts; he stirreth them up to iniquity against that which is good;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:20
%
And their hearts are corrupt, and full of wickedness and abominations;
and they love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil;
therefore they will not ask of me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:21
%
Satan stirreth them up, that he may lead their souls to destruction.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:22
%
And thus he has laid a cunning plan, thinking to destroy the work of God;
but I will require this at their hands, and it shall turn to their shame
and condemnation in the day of judgment.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:23
%
Yea, he stirreth up their hearts to anger against this work.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:24
%
Yea, he saith unto them: Deceive and lie in wait to catch, that ye
may destroy; behold, this is no harm.  And thus he flattereth them, and
telleth them that it is no sin to lie that they may catch a man in a lie,
that they may destroy him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:25
%
And thus he flattereth them, and leadeth them along until he draggeth
their souls down to hell; and thus he causeth them to catch themselves
in their own snare.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:26
%
And thus he goeth up and down, to and fro in the earth, seeking to
destroy the souls of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:27
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, wo be unto him that lieth to deceive
because he supposeth that another lieth to deceive, for such are not
exempt from the justice of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:28
%
Now, behold, they have altered these words, because Satan saith unto them:
He hath deceived you--and thus he flattereth them away to do iniquity,
to get thee to tempt the Lord thy God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:29
%
Behold, I say unto you, that you shall not translate again those words
which have gone forth out of your hands;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:30
%
For, behold, they shall not accomplish their evil designs in lying against
those words.  For, behold, if you should bring forth the same words they
will say that you have lied and that you have pretended to translate,
but that you have contradicted yourself.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:31
%
And, behold, they will publish this, and Satan will harden the hearts
of the people to stir them up to anger against you, that they will not
believe my words.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:32
%
Thus Satan thinketh to overpower your testimony in this generation,
that the work may not come forth in this generation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:33
%
But behold, here is wisdom, and because I show unto you wisdom, and
give you commandments concerning these things, what you shall do, show
it not unto the world until you have accomplished the work of translation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:34
%
Marvel not that I said unto you: Here is wisdom, show it not unto the
world--for I said, show it not unto the world, that you may be preserved.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:35
%
Behold, I do not say that you shall not show it unto the righteous;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:36
%
But as you cannot always judge the righteous, or as you cannot always
tell the wicked from the righteous, therefore I say unto you, hold your
peace until I shall see fit to make all things known unto the world
concerning the matter.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:37
%
And now, verily I say unto you, that an account of those things that
you have written, which have gone out of your hands, is engraven upon
the plates of Nephi;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:38
%
Yea, and you remember it was said in those writings that a more particular
account was given of these things upon the plates of Nephi.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:39
%
And now, because the account which is engraven upon the plates of Nephi
is more particular concerning the things which, in my wisdom, I would
bring to the knowledge of the people in this account--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:40
%
Therefore, you shall translate the engravings which are on the plates of
Nephi, down even till you come to the reign of king Benjamin, or until
you come to that which you have translated, which you have retained;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:41
%
And behold, you shall publish it as the record of Nephi; and thus I will
confound those who have altered my words.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:42
%
I will not suffer that they shall destroy my work; yea, I will show unto
them that my wisdom is greater than the cunning of the devil.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:43
%
Behold, they have only got a part, or an abridgment of the account
of Nephi.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:44
%
Behold, there are many things engraven upon the plates of Nephi which
do throw greater views upon my gospel; therefore, it is wisdom in me
that you should translate this first part of the engravings of Nephi,
and send forth in this work.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:45
%
And, behold, all the remainder of this work does contain all those
parts of my gospel which my holy prophets, yea, and also my disciples,
desired in their prayers should come forth unto this people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:46
%
And I said unto them, that it should be granted unto them according to
their faith in their prayers;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:47
%
Yea, and this was their faith--that my gospel, which I gave unto them
that they might preach in their days, might come unto their brethren
the Lamanites, and also all that had become Lamanites because of their
dissensions.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:48
%
Now, this is not all--their faith in their prayers was that this gospel
should be made known also, if it were possible that other nations should
possess this land;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:49
%
And thus they did leave a blessing upon this land in their prayers,
that whosoever should believe in this gospel in this land might have
eternal life;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:50
%
Yea, that it might be free unto all of whatsoever nation, kindred,
tongue, or people they may be.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:51
%
And now, behold, according to their faith in their prayers will I bring
this part of my gospel to the knowledge of my people.  Behold, I do not
bring it to destroy that which they have received, but to build it up.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:52
%
And for this cause have I said: If this generation harden not their
hearts, I will establish my church among them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:53
%
Now I do not say this to destroy my church, but I say this to build up
my church;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:54
%
Therefore, whosoever belongeth to my church need not fear, for such
shall inherit the kingdom of heaven.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:55
%
But it is they who do not fear me, neither keep my commandments but
build up churches unto themselves to get gain, yea, and all those that
do wickedly and build up the kingdom of the devil--yea, verily, verily,
I say unto you, that it is they that I will disturb, and cause to tremble
and shake to the center.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:56
%
Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  I came unto mine own, and
mine own received me not.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:57
%
I am the light which shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehendeth
it not.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:58
%
I am he who said--Other sheep have I which are not of this fold--unto
my disciples, and many there were that understood me not.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:59
%
And I will show unto this people that I had other sheep, and that they
were a branch of the house of Jacob;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:60
%
And I will bring to light their marvelous works, which they did in
my name;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:61
%
Yea, and I will also bring to light my gospel which was ministered unto
them, and, behold, they shall not deny that which you have received,
but they shall build it up, and shall bring to light the true points of
my doctrine, yea, and the only doctrine which is in me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:62
%
And this I do that I may establish my gospel, that there may not be so
much contention; yea, Satan doth stir up the hearts of the people to
contention concerning the points of my doctrine; and in these things
they do err, for they do wrest the scriptures and do not understand them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:63
%
Therefore, I will unfold unto them this great mystery;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:64
%
For, behold, I will gather them as a hen gathereth her chickens under
her wings, if they will not harden their hearts;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:65
%
Yea, if they will come, they may, and partake of the waters of life
freely.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:66
%
Behold, this is my doctrine--whosoever repenteth and cometh unto me,
the same is my church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:67
%
Whosoever declareth more or less than this, the same is not of me,
but is against me; therefore he is not of my church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:68
%
And now, behold, whosoever is of my church, and endureth of my church
to the end, him will I establish upon my rock, and the gates of hell
shall not prevail against them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:69
%
And now, remember the words of him who is the life and light of the world,
your Redeemer, your Lord and your God.	Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 10:70
%
A GREAT and marvelous work is about to come forth among the children
of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:1
%
Behold, I am God; give heed to my word, which is quick and powerful,
sharper than a two-edged sword, to the dividing asunder of both joints
and marrow; therefore give heed unto my word.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:2
%
Behold, the field is white already to harvest; therefore, whoso desireth
to reap let him thrust in his sickle with his might, and reap while the
day lasts, that he may treasure up for his soul everlasting salvation
in the kingdom of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:3
%
Yea, whosoever will thrust in his sickle and reap, the same is called
of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:4
%
Therefore, if you will ask of me you shall receive; if you will knock
it shall be opened unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:5
%
Now, as you have asked, behold, I say unto you, keep my commandments,
and seek to bring forth and establish the cause of Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:6
%
Seek not for riches but for wisdom; and, behold, the mysteries of God
shall be unfolded unto you, and then shall you be made rich.  Behold,
he that hath eternal life is rich.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:7
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, even as you desire of me so it shall be
done unto you; and, if you desire, you shall be the means of doing much
good in this generation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:8
%
Say nothing but repentance unto this generation.  Keep my commandments,
and assist to bring forth my work, according to my commandments, and
you shall be blessed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:9
%
Behold, thou hast a gift, or thou shalt have a gift if thou wilt desire
of me in faith, with an honest heart, believing in the power of Jesus
Christ, or in my power which speaketh unto thee;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:10
%
For, behold, it is I that speak; behold, I am the light which shineth
in darkness, and by my power I give these words unto thee.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:11
%
And now, verily, verily, I say unto thee, put your trust in that Spirit
which leadeth to do good--yea, to do justly, to walk humbly, to judge
righteously; and this is my Spirit.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:12
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, I will impart unto you of my Spirit,
which shall enlighten your mind, which shall fill your soul with joy;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:13
%
And then shall ye know, or by this shall you know, all things whatsoever
you desire of me, which are pertaining unto things of righteousness,
in faith believing in me that you shall receive.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:14
%
Behold, I command you that you need not suppose that you are called to
preach until you are called.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:15
%
Wait a little longer, until you shall have my word, my rock, my church,
and my gospel, that you may know of a surety my doctrine.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:16
%
And then, behold, according to your desires, yea, even according to your
faith shall it be done unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:17
%
Keep my commandments; hold your peace; appeal unto my Spirit;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:18
%
Yea, cleave unto me with all your heart, that you may assist in bringing
to light those things of which has been spoken--yea, the translation of
my work; be patient until you shall accomplish it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:19
%
Behold, this is your work, to keep my commandments, yea, with all your
might, mind and strength.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:20
%
Seek not to declare my word, but first seek to obtain my word, and then
shall your tongue be loosed; then, if you desire, you shall have my
Spirit and my word, yea, the power of God unto the convincing of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:21
%
But now hold your peace; study my word which hath gone forth among the
children of men, and also study my word which shall come forth among
the children of men, or that which is now translating, yea, until you
have obtained all which I shall grant unto the children of men in this
generation, and then shall all things be added thereto.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:22
%
Behold thou art Hyrum, my son; seek the kingdom of God, and all things
shall be added according to that which is just.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:23
%
Build upon my rock, which is my gospel;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:24
%
Deny not the spirit of revelation, nor the spirit of prophecy, for wo
unto him that denieth these things;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:25
%
Therefore, treasure up in your heart until the time which is in my wisdom
that you shall go forth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:26
%
Behold, I speak unto all who have good desires, and have thrust in their
sickle to reap.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:27
%
Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  I am the life and the light
of the world.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:28
%
I am the same who came unto mine own and mine own received me not;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:29
%
But verily, verily, I say unto you, that as many as receive me, to them
will I give power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe
on my name.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 11:30
%
A GREAT and marvelous work is about to come forth among the children
of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 12:1
%
Behold, I am God; give heed to my word, which is quick and powerful,
sharper than a two-edged sword, to the dividing asunder of both joints
and marrow; therefore, give heed unto my word.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 12:2
%
Behold, the field is white already to harvest; therefore, whoso desireth
to reap let him thrust in his sickle with his might, and reap while the
day lasts, that he may treasure up for his soul everlasting salvation
in the kingdom of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 12:3
%
Yea, whosoever will thrust in his sickle and reap, the same is called
of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 12:4
%
Therefore, if you will ask of me you shall receive; if you will knock
it shall be opened unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 12:5
%
Now, as you have asked, behold, I say unto you, keep my commandments,
and seek to bring forth and establish the cause of Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 12:6
%
Behold, I speak unto you, and also to all those who have desires to
bring forth and establish this work;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 12:7
%
And no one can assist in this work except he shall be humble and full
of love, having faith, hope, and charity, being temperate in all things,
whatsoever shall be entrusted to his care.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 12:8
%
Behold, I am the light and the life of the world, that speak these words,
therefore give heed with your might, and then you are called.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 12:9
%
UPON you my fellow servants, in the name of Messiah I confer the
Priesthood of Aaron, which holds the keys of the ministering of angels,
and of the gospel of repentance, and of baptism by immersion for the
remission of sins; and this shall never be taken again from the earth,
until the sons of Levi do offer again an offering unto the Lord in
righteousness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 13:1
%
A GREAT and marvelous work is about to come forth unto the children
of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 14:1
%
Behold, I am God; give heed to my word, which is quick and powerful,
sharper than a two-edged sword, to the dividing asunder of both joints
and marrow; therefore give heed unto my word.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 14:2
%
Behold, the field is white already to harvest; therefore, whoso desireth
to reap let him thrust in his sickle with his might, and reap while the
day lasts, that he may treasure up for his soul everlasting salvation
in the kingdom of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 14:3
%
Yea, whosoever will thrust in his sickle and reap, the same is called
of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 14:4
%
Therefore, if you will ask of me you shall receive; if you will knock
it shall be opened unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 14:5
%
Seek to bring forth and establish my Zion.  Keep my commandments in
all things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 14:6
%
And, if you keep my commandments and endure to the end you shall have
eternal life, which gift is the greatest of all the gifts of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 14:7
%
And it shall come to pass, that if you shall ask the Father in my name, in
faith believing, you shall receive the Holy Ghost, which giveth utterance,
that you may stand as a witness of the things of which you shall both hear
and see, and also that you may declare repentance unto this generation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 14:8
%
Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, who created the
heavens and the earth, a light which cannot be hid in darkness;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 14:9
%
Wherefore, I must bring forth the fulness of my gospel from the Gentiles
unto the house of Israel.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 14:10
%
And behold, thou art David, and thou art called to assist; which thing
if ye do, and are faithful, ye shall be blessed both spiritually and
temporally, and great shall be your reward.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 14:11
%
HEARKEN, my servant John, and listen to the words of Jesus Christ,
your Lord and your Redeemer.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 15:1
%
For behold, I speak unto you with sharpness and with power, for mine
arm is over all the earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 15:2
%
And I will tell you that which no man knoweth save me and thee alone--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 15:3
%
For many times you have desired of me to know that which would be of
the most worth unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 15:4
%
Behold, blessed are you for this thing, and for speaking my words which
I have given you according to my commandments.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 15:5
%
And now, behold, I say unto you, that the thing which will be of the
most worth unto you will be to declare repentance unto this people,
that you may bring souls unto me, that you may rest with them in the
kingdom of my Father.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 15:6
%
HEARKEN, my servant Peter, and listen to the words of Jesus Christ,
your Lord and your Redeemer.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 16:1
%
For behold, I speak unto you with sharpness and with power, for mine
arm is over all the earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 16:2
%
And I will tell you that which no man knoweth save me and thee alone--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 16:3
%
For many times you have desired of me to know that which would be of
the most worth unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 16:4
%
Behold, blessed are you for this thing, and for speaking my words which
I have given unto you according to my commandments.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 16:5
%
And now, behold, I say unto you, that the thing which will be of the
most worth unto you will be to declare repentance unto this people,
that you may bring souls unto me, that you may rest with them in the
kingdom of my Father.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 16:6
%
BEHOLD, I say unto you, that you must rely upon my word, which if you
do with full purpose of heart, you shall have a view of the plates,
and also of the breastplate, the sword of Laban, the Urim and Thummim,
which were given to the brother of Jared upon the mount, when he talked
with the Lord face to face, and the miraculous directors which were
given to Lehi while in the wilderness, on the borders of the Red Sea.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 17:1
%
And it is by your faith that you shall obtain a view of them, even by
that faith which was had by the prophets of old.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 17:2
%
And after that you have obtained faith, and have seen them with your eyes,
you shall testify of them, by the power of God;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 17:3
%
And this you shall do that my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., may not be
destroyed, that I may bring about my righteous purposes unto the children
of men in this work.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 17:4
%
And ye shall testify that you have seen them, even as my servant Joseph
Smith, Jun., has seen them; for it is by my power that he has seen them,
and it is because he had faith.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 17:5
%
And he has translated the book, even that part which I have commanded him,
and as your Lord and your God liveth it is true.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 17:6
%
Wherefore, you have received the same power, and the same faith, and
the same gift like unto him;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 17:7
%
And if you do these last commandments of mine, which I have given you, the
gates of hell shall not prevail against you; for my grace is sufficient
for you, and you shall be lifted up at the last day.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 17:8
%
And I, Jesus Christ, your Lord and your God, have spoken it unto you, that
I might bring about my righteous purposes unto the children of men.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 17:9
%
NOW, behold, because of the thing which you, my servant Oliver Cowdery,
have desired to know of me, I give unto you these words:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:1
%
Behold, I have manifested unto you, by my Spirit in many instances, that
the things which you have written are true; wherefore you know that they
are true.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:2
%
And if you know that they are true, behold, I give unto you a commandment,
that you rely upon the things which are written;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:3
%
For in them are all things written concerning the foundation of my church,
my gospel, and my rock.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:4
%
Wherefore, if you shall build up my church, upon the foundation of my
gospel and my rock, the gates of hell shall not prevail against you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:5
%
Behold, the world is ripening in iniquity; and it must needs be that
the children of men are stirred up unto repentance, both the Gentiles
and also the house of Israel.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:6
%
Wherefore, as thou hast been baptized by the hands of my servant Joseph
Smith, Jun., according to that which I have commanded him, he hath
fulfilled the thing which I commanded him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:7
%
And now, marvel not that I have called him unto mine own purpose, which
purpose is known in me; wherefore, if he shall be diligent in keeping
my commandments he shall be blessed unto eternal life; and his name
is Joseph.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:8
%
And now, Oliver Cowdery, I speak unto you, and also unto David Whitmer,
by the way of commandment; for, behold, I command all men everywhere to
repent, and I speak unto you, even as unto Paul mine apostle, for you
are called even with that same calling with which he was called.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:9
%
Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:10
%
For, behold, the Lord your Redeemer suffered death in the flesh;
wherefore he suffered the pain of all men, that all men might repent
and come unto him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:11
%
And he hath risen again from the dead, that he might bring all men unto
him, on conditions of repentance.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:12
%
And how great is his joy in the soul that repenteth!
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:13
%
Wherefore, you are called to cry repentance unto this people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:14
%
And if it so be that you should labor all your days in crying repentance
unto this people, and bring, save it be one soul unto me, how great
shall be your joy with him in the kingdom of my Father!
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:15
%
And now, if your joy will be great with one soul that you have brought
unto me into the kingdom of my Father, how great will be your joy if
you should bring many souls unto me!
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:16
%
Behold, you have my gospel before you, and my rock, and my salvation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:17
%
Ask the Father in my name, in faith believing that you shall receive,
and you shall have the Holy Ghost, which manifesteth all things which
are expedient unto the children of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:18
%
And if you have not faith, hope, and charity, you can do nothing.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:19
%
Contend against no church, save it be the church of the devil.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:20
%
Take upon you the name of Christ, and speak the truth in soberness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:21
%
And as many as repent and are baptized in my name, which is Jesus Christ,
and endure to the end, the same shall be saved.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:22
%
Behold, Jesus Christ is the name which is given of the Father, and there
is none other name given whereby man can be saved;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:23
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Wherefore, all men must take upon them the name which is given of the
Father, for in that name shall they be called at the last day;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:24
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Wherefore, if they know not the name by which they are called, they
cannot have place in the kingdom of my Father.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:25
%
And now, behold, there are others who are called to declare my gospel,
both unto Gentile and unto Jew;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:26
%
Yea, even twelve; and the Twelve shall be my disciples, and they shall
take upon them my name; and the Twelve are they who shall desire to take
upon them my name with full purpose of heart.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:27
%
And if they desire to take upon them my name with full purpose of heart,
they are called to go into all the world to preach my gospel unto every
creature.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:28
%
And they are they who are ordained of me to baptize in my name, according
to that which is written;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:29
%
And you have that which is written before you; wherefore, you must
perform it according to the words which are written.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:30
%
And now I speak unto you, the Twelve--Behold, my grace is sufficient
for you; you must walk uprightly before me and sin not.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:31
%
And, behold, you are they who are ordained of me to ordain priests and
teachers; to declare my gospel, according to the power of the Holy Ghost
which is in you, and according to the callings and gifts of God unto men;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:32
%
And I, Jesus Christ, your Lord and your God, have spoken it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:33
%
These words are not of men nor of man, but of me; wherefore, you shall
testify they are of me and not of man;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:34
%
For it is my voice which speaketh them unto you; for they are given by
my Spirit unto you, and by my power you can read them one to another;
and save it were by my power you could not have them;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:35
%
Wherefore, you can testify that you have heard my voice, and know
my words.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:36
%
And now, behold, I give unto you, Oliver Cowdery, and also unto David
Whitmer, that you shall search out the Twelve, who shall have the desires
of which I have spoken;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:37
%
And by their desires and their works you shall know them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:38
%
And when you have found them you shall show these things unto them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:39
%
And you shall fall down and worship the Father in my name.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:40
%
And you must preach unto the world, saying: You must repent and be
baptized, in the name of Jesus Christ;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:41
%
For all men must repent and be baptized, and not only men, but women,
and children who have arrived at the years of accountability.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:42
%
And now, after that you have received this, you must keep my commandments
in all things;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:43
%
And by your hands I will work a marvelous work among the children of
men, unto the convincing of many of their sins, that they may come unto
repentance, and that they may come unto the kingdom of my Father.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:44
%
Wherefore, the blessings which I give unto you are above all things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:45
%
And after that you have received this, if you keep not my commandments
you cannot be saved in the kingdom of my Father.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:46
%
Behold, I, Jesus Christ, your Lord and your God, and your Redeemer,
by the power of my Spirit have spoken it.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 18:47
%
I AM Alpha and Omega, Christ the Lord; yea, even I am he, the beginning
and the end, the Redeemer of the world.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:1
%
I, having accomplished and finished the will of him whose I am, even the
Father, concerning me--having done this that I might subdue all things
unto myself--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:2
%
Retaining all power, even to the destroying of Satan and his works at
the end of the world, and the last great day of judgment, which I shall
pass upon the inhabitants thereof, judging every man according to his
works and the deeds which he hath done.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:3
%
And surely every man must repent or suffer, for I, God, am endless.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:4
%
Wherefore, I revoke not the judgments which I shall pass, but woes shall
go forth, weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth, yea, to those who are
found on my left hand.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:5
%
Nevertheless, it is not written that there shall be no end to this
torment, but it is written endless torment.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:6
%
Again, it is written eternal damnation; wherefore it is more express than
other scriptures, that it might work upon the hearts of the children of
men, altogether for my name's glory.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:7
%
Wherefore, I will explain unto you this mystery, for it is meet unto
you to know even as mine apostles.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:8
%
I speak unto you that are chosen in this thing, even as one, that you
may enter into my rest.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:9
%
For, behold, the mystery of godliness, how great is it!  For, behold,
I am endless, and the punishment which is given from my hand is endless
punishment, for Endless is my name.  Wherefore--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:10
%
Eternal punishment is God's punishment.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:11
%
Endless punishment is God's punishment.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:12
%
Wherefore, I command you to repent, and keep the commandments which you
have received by the hand of my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., in my name;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:13
%
And it is by my almighty power that you have received them;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:14
%
Therefore I command you to repent--repent, lest I smite you by the rod
of my mouth, and by my wrath, and by my anger, and your sufferings be
sore--how sore you know not, how exquisite you know not, yea, how hard
to bear you know not.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:15
%
For behold, I, God, have suffered these things for all, that they might
not suffer if they would repent;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:16
%
But if they would not repent they must suffer even as I;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:17
%
Which suffering caused myself, even God, the greatest of all, to tremble
because of pain, and to bleed at every pore, and to suffer both body
and spirit--and would that I might not drink the bitter cup, and shrink--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:18
%
Nevertheless, glory be to the Father, and I partook and finished my
preparations unto the children of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:19
%
Wherefore, I command you again to repent, lest I humble you with my
almighty power; and that you confess your sins, lest you suffer these
punishments of which I have spoken, of which in the smallest, yea,
even in the least degree you have tasted at the time I withdrew my Spirit.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:20
%
And I command you that you preach naught but repentance, and show not
these things unto the world until it is wisdom in me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:21
%
For they cannot bear meat now, but milk they must receive; wherefore,
they must not know these things, lest they perish.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:22
%
Learn of me, and listen to my words; walk in the meekness of my Spirit,
and you shall have peace in me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:23
%
I am Jesus Christ; I came by the will of the Father, and I do his will.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:24
%
And again, I command thee that thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife;
nor seek thy neighbor's life.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:25
%
And again, I command thee that thou shalt not covet thine own property,
but impart it freely to the printing of the Book of Mormon, which contains
the truth and the word of God--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:26
%
Which is my word to the Gentile, that soon it may go to the Jew, of
whom the Lamanites are a remnant, that they may believe the gospel,
and look not for a Messiah to come who has already come.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:27
%
And again, I command thee that thou shalt pray vocally as well as in thy
heart; yea, before the world as well as in secret, in public as well as
in private.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:28
%
And thou shalt declare glad tidings, yea, publish it upon the mountains,
and upon every high place, and among every people that thou shalt be
permitted to see.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:29
%
And thou shalt do it with all humility, trusting in me, reviling not
against revilers.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:30
%
And of tenets thou shalt not talk, but thou shalt declare repentance and
faith on the Savior, and remission of sins by baptism, and by fire, yea,
even the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:31
%
Behold, this is a great and the last commandment which I shall give unto
you concerning this matter; for this shall suffice for thy daily walk,
even unto the end of thy life.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:32
%
And misery thou shalt receive if thou wilt slight these counsels, yea,
even the destruction of thyself and property.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:33
%
Impart a portion of thy property, yea, even part of thy lands, and all
save the support of thy family.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:34
%
Pay the debt thou hast contracted with the printer.  Release thyself
from bondage.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:35
%
Leave thy house and home, except when thou shalt desire to see thy family;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:36
%
And speak freely to all; yea, preach, exhort, declare the truth, even
with a loud voice, with a sound of rejoicing, crying--Hosanna, hosanna,
blessed be the name of the Lord God!
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:37
%
Pray always, and I will pour out my Spirit upon you, and great shall
be your blessing--yea, even more than if you should obtain treasures of
earth and corruptibleness to the extent thereof.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:38
%
Behold, canst thou read this without rejoicing and lifting up thy heart
for gladness?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:39
%
Or canst thou run about longer as a blind guide?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:40
%
Or canst thou be humble and meek, and conduct thyself wisely before me?
Yea, come unto me thy Savior.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 19:41
%
THE rise of the Church of Christ in these last days, being one thousand
eight hundred and thirty years since the coming of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ in the flesh, it being regularly organized and established
agreeable to the laws of our country, by the will and commandments of
God, in the fourth month, and on the sixth day of the month which is
called April--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:1
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Which commandments were given to Joseph Smith, Jun., who was called of
God, and ordained an apostle of Jesus Christ, to be the first elder of
this church;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:2
%
And to Oliver Cowdery, who was also called of God, an apostle of Jesus
Christ, to be the second elder of this church, and ordained under
his hand;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:3
%
And this according to the grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
to whom be all glory, both now and forever.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:4
%
After it was truly manifested unto this first elder that he had received
a remission of his sins, he was entangled again in the vanities of
the world;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:5
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But after repenting, and humbling himself sincerely, through faith, God
ministered unto him by an holy angel, whose countenance was as lightning,
and whose garments were pure and white above all other whiteness;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:6
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And gave unto him commandments which inspired him;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:7
%
And gave him power from on high, by the means which were before prepared,
to translate the Book of Mormon;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:8
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Which contains a record of a fallen people, and the fulness of the gospel
of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles and to the Jews also;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:9
%
Which was given by inspiration, and is confirmed to others by the
ministering of angels, and is declared unto the world by them--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:10
%
Proving to the world that the holy scriptures are true, and that God does
inspire men and call them to his holy work in this age and generation,
as well as in generations of old;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:11
%
Thereby showing that he is the same God yesterday, today,and forever.
Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:12
%
Therefore, having so great witnesses, by them shall the world be judged,
even as many as shall hereafter come to a knowledge of this work.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:13
%
And those who receive it in faith, and work righteousness, shall receive
a crown of eternal life;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:14
%
But those who harden their hearts in unbelief, and reject it, it shall
turn to their own condemnation--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:15
%
For the Lord God has spoken it; and we, the elders of the church, have
heard and bear witness to the words of the glorious Majesty on high,
to whom be glory forever and ever.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:16
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By these things we know that there is a God in heaven, who is infinite
and eternal, from everlasting to everlasting the same unchangeable God,
the framer of heaven and earth, and all things which are in them;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:17
%
And that he created man, male and female, after his own image and in
his own likeness, created he them;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:18
%
And gave unto them commandments that they should love and serve him,
the only living and true God, and that he should be the only being whom
they should worship.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:19
%
But by the transgression of these holy laws man became sensual and
devilish, and became fallen man.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:20
%
Wherefore, the Almighty God gave his Only Begotten Son, as it is written
in those scriptures which have been given of him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:21
%
He suffered temptations but gave no heed unto them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:22
%
He was crucified, died, and rose again the third day;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:23
%
And ascended into heaven, to sit down on the right hand of the Father,
to reign with almighty power according to the will of the Father;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:24
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That as many as would believe and be baptized in his holy name, and
endure in faith to the end, should be saved--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:25
%
Not only those who believed after he came in the meridian of time, in the
flesh, but all those from the beginning, even as many as were before he
came, who believed in the words of the holy prophets, who spake as they
were inspired by the gift of the Holy Ghost, who truly testified of him
in all things, should have eternal life,
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:26
%
As well as those who should come after, who should believe in the gifts
and callings of God by the Holy Ghost, which beareth record of the Father
and of the Son;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:27
%
Which Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are one God, infinite and eternal,
without end.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:28
%
And we know that all men must repent and believe on the name of Jesus
Christ, and worship the Father in his name, and endure in faith on his
name to the end, or they cannot be saved in the kingdom of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:29
%
And we know that justification through the grace of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ is just and true;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:30
%
And we know also, that sanctification through the grace of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ is just and true, to all those who love and serve
God with all their mights, minds, and strength.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:31
%
But there is a possibility that man may fall from grace and depart from
the living God;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:32
%
Therefore let the church take heed and pray always, lest they fall
into temptation;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:33
%
Yea, and even let those who are sanctified take heed also.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:34
%
And we know that these things are true and according to the revelations
of John, neither adding to, nor diminishing from the prophecy of his
book, the holy scriptures, or the revelations of God which shall come
hereafter by the gift and power of the Holy Ghost, the voice of God,
or the ministering of angels.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:35
%
And the Lord God has spoken it; and honor, power and glory be rendered
to his holy name, both now and ever.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:36
%
And again, by way of commandment to the church concerning the manner
of baptism--All those who humble themselves before God, and desire to
be baptized, and come forth with broken hearts and contrite spirits,
and witness before the church that they have truly repented of all
their sins, and are willing to take upon them the name of Jesus Christ,
having a determination to serve him to the end, and truly manifest by
their works that they have received of the Spirit of Christ unto the
remission of their sins, shall be received by baptism into his church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:37
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The duty of the elders, priests, teachers, deacons, and members of
the church of Christ--An apostle is an elder, and it is his calling
to baptize;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:38
%
And to ordain other elders, priests, teachers, and deacons;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:39
%
And to administer bread and wine--the emblems of the flesh and blood
of Christ--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:40
%
And to confirm those who are baptized into the church, by the laying
on of hands for the baptism of fire and the Holy Ghost, according to
the scriptures;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:41
%
And to teach, expound, exhort, baptize, and watch over the church;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:42
%
And to confirm the church by the laying on of the hands, and the giving
of the Holy Ghost;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:43
%
And to take the lead of all meetings.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:44
%
The elders are to conduct the meetings as they are led by the Holy Ghost,
according to the commandments and revelations of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:45
%
The priest's duty is to preach, teach, expound, exhort, and baptize,
and administer the sacrament,
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:46
%
And visit the house of each member, and exhort them to pray vocally and
in secret and attend to all family duties.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:47
%
And he may also ordain other priests, teachers, and deacons.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:48
%
And he is to take the lead of meetings when there is no elder present;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:49
%
But when there is an elder present, he is only to preach, teach, expound,
exhort, and baptize,
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:50
%
And visit the house of each member, exhorting them to pray vocally and
in secret and attend to all family duties.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:51
%
In all these duties the priest is to assist the elder if occasion
requires.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:52
%
The teacher's duty is to watch over the church always, and be with and
strengthen them;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:53
%
And see that there is no iniquity in the church, neither hardness with
each other, neither lying, backbiting, nor evil speaking;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:54
%
And see that the church meet together often, and also see that all the
members do their duty.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:55
%
And he is to take the lead of meetings in the absence of the elder
or priest--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:56
%
And is to be assisted always, in all his duties in the church, by the
deacons, if occasion requires.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:57
%
But neither teachers nor deacons have authority to baptize, administer
the sacrament, or lay on hands;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:58
%
They are, however, to warn, expound, exhort, and teach, and invite all
to come unto Christ.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:59
%
Every elder, priest, teacher, or deacon is to be ordained according to
the gifts and callings of God unto him; and he is to be ordained by the
power of the Holy Ghost, which is in the one who ordains him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:60
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The several elders composing this church of Christ are to meet in
conference once in three months, or from time to time as said conferences
shall direct or appoint;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:61
%
And said conferences are to do whatever church business is necessary to
be done at the time.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:62
%
The elders are to receive their licenses from other elders, by vote of
the church to which they belong, or from the conferences.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:63
%
Each priest, teacher, or deacon, who is ordained by a priest, may take a
certificate from him at the time, which certificate, when presented to
an elder, shall entitle him to a license, which shall authorize him to
perform the duties of his calling, or he may receive it from a conference.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:64
%
No person is to be ordained to any office in this church, where there is
a regularly organized branch of the same, without the vote of that church;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:65
%
But the presiding elders, traveling bishops, high councilors, high
priests, and elders, may have the privilege of ordaining, where there
is no branch of the church that a vote may be called.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:66
%
Every president of the high priesthood (or presiding elder), bishop,
high councilor, and high priest, is to be ordained by the direction of
a high council or general conference.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:67
%
The duty of the members after they are received by baptism.--The elders
or priests are to have a sufficient time to expound all things concerning
the church of Christ to their understanding, previous to their partaking
of the sacrament and being confirmed by the laying on of the hands of
the elders, so that all things may be done in order.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:68
%
And the members shall manifest before the church, and also before the
elders, by a godly walk and conversation, that they are worthy of it, that
there may be works and faith agreeable to the holy scriptures--walking
in holiness before the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:69
%
Every member of the church of Christ having children is to bring them
unto the elders before the church, who are to lay their hands upon them
in the name of Jesus Christ, and bless them in his name.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:70
%
No one can be received into the church of Christ unless he has arrived
unto the years of accountability before God, and is capable of repentance.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:71
%
Baptism is to be administered in the following manner unto all those
who repent--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:72
%
The person who is called of God and has authority from Jesus Christ to
baptize, shall go down into the water with the person who has presented
himself or herself for baptism, and shall say, calling him or her by
name: Having been commissioned of Jesus Christ, I baptize you in the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:73
%
Then shall he immerse him or her in the water, and come forth again out
of the water.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:74
%
It is expedient that the church meet together often to partake of bread
and wine in the remembrance of the Lord Jesus;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:75
%
And the elder or priest shall administer it; and after this manner shall
he administer it--he shall kneel with the church and call upon the Father
in solemn prayer, saying:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:76
%
O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus
Christ, to bless and sanctify this bread to the souls of all those who
partake of it, that they may eat in remembrance of the body of thy Son,
and witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they are willing
to take upon them the name of thy Son, and always remember him and keep
his commandments which he has given them; that they may always have his
Spirit to be with them.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:77
%
The manner of administering the wine--he shall take the cup also, and say:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:78
%
O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus
Christ, to bless and sanctify this wine to the souls of all those who
drink of it, that they may do it in remembrance of the blood of thy Son,
which was shed for them; that they may witness unto thee, O God, the
Eternal Father, that they do always remember him, that they may have
his Spirit to be with them.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:79
%
Any member of the church of Christ transgressing, or being overtaken in
a fault, shall be dealt with as the scriptures direct.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:80
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It shall be the duty of the several churches, composing the church of
Christ, to send one or more of their teachers to attend the several
conferences held by the elders of the church,
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:81
%
With a list of the names of the several members uniting themselves with
the church since the last conference; or send by the hand of some priest;
so that a regular list of all the names of the whole church may be kept
in a book by one of the elders, whomsoever the other elders shall appoint
from time to time;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:82
%
And also, if any have been expelled from the church, so that their names
may be blotted out of the general church record of names.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:83
%
All members removing from the church where they reside, if going to
a church where they are not known, may take a letter certifying that
they are regular members and in good standing, which certificate may
be signed by any elder or priest if the member receiving the letter is
personally acquainted with the elder or priest, or it may be signed by
the teachers or deacons of the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 20:84
%
BEHOLD, there shall be a record kept among you; and in it thou shalt
be called a seer, a translator, a prophet, an apostle of Jesus Christ,
an elder of the church through the will of God the Father, and the grace
of your Lord Jesus Christ,
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 21:1
%
Being inspired of the Holy Ghost to lay the foundation thereof, and to
build it up unto the most holy faith.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 21:2
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Which church was organized and established in the year of your Lord
eighteen hundred and thirty, in the fourth month, and on the sixth day
of the month which is called April.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 21:3
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Wherefore, meaning the church, thou shalt give heed unto all his words
and commandments which he shall give unto you as he receiveth them,
walking in all holiness before me;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 21:4
%
For his word ye shall receive, as if from mine own mouth, in all patience
and faith.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 21:5
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For by doing these things the gates of hell shall not prevail against you;
yea, and the Lord God will disperse the powers of darkness from before
you, and cause the heavens to shake for your good, and his name's glory.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 21:6
%
For thus saith the Lord God: Him have I inspired to move the cause of
Zion in mighty power for good, and his diligence I know, and his prayers
I have heard.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 21:7
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Yea, his weeping for Zion I have seen, and I will cause that he shall
mourn for her no longer; for his days of rejoicing are come unto the
remission of his sins, and the manifestations of my blessings upon
his works.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 21:8
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For, behold, I will bless all those who labor in my vineyard with a
mighty blessing, and they shall believe on his words, which are given him
through me by the Comforter, which manifesteth that Jesus was crucified
by sinful men for the sins of the world, yea, for the remission of sins
unto the contrite heart.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 21:9
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Wherefore it behooveth me that he should be ordained by you, Oliver
Cowdery mine apostle;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 21:10
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This being an ordinance unto you, that you are an elder under his hand,
he being the first unto you, that you might be an elder unto this church
of Christ, bearing my name--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 21:11
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And the first preacher of this church unto the church, and before the
world, yea, before the Gentiles; yea, and thus saith the Lord God, lo, lo!
to the Jews also.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 21:12
%
BEHOLD, I say unto you that all old covenants have I caused to be done
away in this thing; and this is a new and an everlasting covenant,
even that which was from the beginning.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 22:1
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Wherefore, although a man should be baptized an hundred times it availeth
him nothing, for you cannot enter in at the strait gate by the law of
Moses, neither by your dead works.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 22:2
%
For it is because of your dead works that I have caused this last covenant
and this church to be built up unto me, even as in days of old.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 22:3
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Wherefore, enter ye in at the gate, as I have commanded, and seek not
to counsel your God.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 22:4
%
BEHOLD, I speak unto you, Oliver, a few words.	Behold, thou art blessed,
and art under no condemnation.	But beware of pride, lest thou shouldst
enter into temptation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 23:1
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Make known thy calling unto the church, and also before the world,
and thy heart shall be opened to preach the truth from henceforth and
forever.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 23:2
%
Behold, I speak unto you, Hyrum, a few words; for thou also art under no
condemnation, and thy heart is opened, and thy tongue loosed; and thy
calling is to exhortation, and to strengthen the church continually.
Wherefore thy duty is unto the church forever, and this because of
thy family.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 23:3
%
Behold, I speak a few words unto you, Samuel; for thou also art under no
condemnation, and thy calling is to exhortation, and to strengthen the
church; and thou art not as yet called to preach before the world.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 23:4
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Behold, I speak a few words unto you, Joseph; for thou also art under no
condemnation, and thy calling also is to exhortation, and to strengthen
the church; and this is thy duty from henceforth and forever.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 23:5
%
Behold, I manifest unto you, Joseph Knight, by these words, that you
must take up your cross, in the which you must pray vocally before the
world as well as in secret, and in your family, and among your friends,
and in all places.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 23:6
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And, behold, it is your duty to unite with the true church, and give your
language to exhortation continually, that you may receive the reward of
the laborer.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 23:7
%
BEHOLD, thou wast called and chosen to write the Book of Mormon, and to
my ministry; and I have lifted thee up out of thine afflictions, and have
counseled thee, that thou hast been delivered from all thine enemies,
and thou hast been delivered from the powers of Satan and from darkness!
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 24:1
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Nevertheless, thou art not excusable in thy transgressions; nevertheless,
go thy way and sin no more.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 24:2
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Magnify thine office; and after thou hast sowed thy fields and secured
them, go speedily unto the church which is in Colesville, Fayette,
and Manchester, and they shall support thee; and I will bless them both
spiritually and temporally;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 24:3
%
But if they receive thee not, I will send upon them a cursing instead
of a blessing.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 24:4
%
And thou shalt continue in calling upon God in my name, and writing the
things which shall be given thee by the Comforter, and expounding all
scriptures unto the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 24:5
%
And it shall be given thee in the very moment what thou shalt speak
and write, and they shall hear it, or I will send unto them a cursing
instead of a blessing.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 24:6
%
For thou shalt devote all thy service in Zion; and in this thou shalt
have strength.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 24:7
%
Be patient in afflictions, for thou shalt have many; but endure them,
for, lo, I am with thee, even unto the end of thy days.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 24:8
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And in temporal labors thou shalt not have strength, for this is not
thy calling.  Attend to thy calling and thou shalt have wherewith to
magnify thine office, and to expound all scriptures, and continue in
laying on of the hands and confirming the churches.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 24:9
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And thy brother Oliver shall continue in bearing my name before the world,
and also to the church.  And he shall not suppose that he can say enough
in my cause; and lo, I am with him to the end.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 24:10
%
In me he shall have glory, and not of himself, whether in weakness or
in strength, whether in bonds or free;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 24:11
%
And at all times, and in all places, he shall open his mouth and declare
my gospel as with the voice of a trump, both day and night.  And I will
give unto him strength such as is not known among men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 24:12
%
Require not miracles, except I shall command you, except casting out
devils, healing the sick, and against poisonous serpents, and against
deadly poisons;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 24:13
%
And these things ye shall not do, except it be required of you by them
who desire it, that the scriptures might be fulfilled; for ye shall do
according to that which is written.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 24:14
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And in whatsoever place ye shall enter, and they receive you not in my
name, ye shall leave a cursing instead of a blessing, by casting off
the dust of your feet against them as a testimony, and cleansing your
feet by the wayside.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 24:15
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And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall lay their hands upon you
by violence, ye shall command to be smitten in my name; and, behold,
I will smite them according to your words, in mine own due time.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 24:16
%
And whosoever shall go to law with thee shall be cursed by the law.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 24:17
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And thou shalt take no purse nor scrip, neither staves, neither two coats,
for the church shall give unto thee in the very hour what thou needest
for food and for raiment, and for shoes and for money, and for scrip.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 24:18
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For thou art called to prune my vineyard with a mighty pruning, yea,
even for the last time; yea, and also all those whom thou hast ordained,
and they shall do even according to this pattern.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 24:19
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HEARKEN unto the voice of the Lord your God, while I speak unto you,
Emma Smith, my daughter; for verily I say unto you, all those who receive
my gospel are sons and daughters in my kingdom.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 25:1
%
A revelation I give unto you concerning my will; and if thou art faithful
and walk in the paths of virtue before me, I will preserve thy life,
and thou shalt receive an inheritance in Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 25:2
%
Behold, thy sins are forgiven thee, and thou art an elect lady, whom I
have called.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 25:3
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Murmur not because of the things which thou hast not seen, for they are
withheld from thee and from the world, which is wisdom in me in a time
to come.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 25:4
%
And the office of thy calling shall be for a comfort unto my servant,
Joseph Smith, Jun., thy husband, in his afflictions, with consoling words,
in the spirit of meekness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 25:5
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And thou shalt go with him at the time of his going, and be unto him for
a scribe, while there is no one to be a scribe for him, that I may send
my servant, Oliver Cowdery, whithersoever I will.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 25:6
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And thou shalt be ordained under his hand to expound scriptures, and to
exhort the church, according as it shall be given thee by my Spirit.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 25:7
%
For he shall lay his hands upon thee, and thou shalt receive the Holy
Ghost, and thy time shall be given to writing, and to learning much.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 25:8
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And thou needest not fear, for thy husband shall support thee in the
church; for unto them is his calling, that all things might be revealed
unto them, whatsoever I will, according to their faith.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 25:9
%
And verily I say unto thee that thou shalt lay aside the things of this
world, and seek for the things of a better.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 25:10
%
And it shall be given thee, also, to make a selection of sacred hymns, as
it shall be given thee, which is pleasing unto me, to be had in my church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 25:11
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For my soul delighteth in the song of the heart; yea, the song of the
righteous is a prayer unto me, and it shall be answered with a blessing
upon their heads.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 25:12
%
Wherefore, lift up thy heart and rejoice, and cleave unto the covenants
which thou hast made.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 25:13
%
Continue in the spirit of meekness, and beware of pride.  Let thy soul
delight in thy husband, and the glory which shall come upon him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 25:14
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Keep my commandments continually, and a crown of righteousness thou
shalt receive.	And except thou do this, where I am you cannot come.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 25:15
%
And verily, verily, I say unto you, that this is my voice unto all.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 25:16
%
BEHOLD, I say unto you that you shall let your time be devoted to the
studying of the scriptures, and to preaching, and to confirming the
church at Colesville, and to performing your labors on the land, such
as is required, until after you shall go to the west to hold the next
conference; and then it shall be made known what you shall do.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 26:1
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And all things shall be done by common consent in the church, by much
prayer and faith, for all things you shall receive by faith.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 26:2
%
LISTEN to the voice of Jesus Christ, your Lord, your God, and your
Redeemer, whose word is quick and powerful.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 27:1
%
For, behold, I say unto you, that it mattereth not what ye shall eat or
what ye shall drink when ye partake of the sacrament, if it so be that
ye do it with an eye single to my glory--remembering unto the Father my
body which was laid down for you, and my blood which was shed for the
remission of your sins.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 27:2
%
Wherefore, a commandment I give unto you, that you shall not purchase
wine neither strong drink of your enemies;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 27:3
%
Wherefore, you shall partake of none except it is made new among you;
yea, in this my Father's kingdom which shall be built up on the earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 27:4
%
Behold, this is wisdom in me; wherefore, marvel not, for the hour cometh
that I will drink of the fruit of the vine with you on the earth, and
with Moroni, whom I have sent unto you to reveal the Book of Mormon,
containing the fulness of my everlasting gospel, to whom I have committed
the keys of the record of the stick of Ephraim;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 27:5
%
And also with Elias, to whom I have committed the keys of bringing to
pass the restoration of all things spoken by the mouth of all the holy
prophets since the world began, concerning the last days;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 27:6
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And also John the son of Zacharias, which Zacharias he (Elias) visited
and gave promise that he should have a son, and his name should be John,
and he should be filled with the spirit of Elias;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 27:7
%
Which John I have sent unto you, my servants, Joseph Smith, Jun., and
Oliver Cowdery, to ordain you unto the first priesthood which you have
received, that you might be called and ordained even as Aaron;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 27:8
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And also Elijah, unto whom I have committed the keys of the power of
turning the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of
the children to the fathers, that the whole earth may not be smitten
with a curse;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 27:9
%
And also with Joseph and Jacob, and Isaac, and Abraham, your fathers,
by whom the promises remain;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 27:10
%
And also with Michael, or Adam, the father of all, the prince of all,
the ancient of days;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 27:11
%
And also with Peter, and James, and John, whom I have sent unto you, by
whom I have ordained you and confirmed you to be apostles, and especial
witnesses of my name, and bear the keys of your ministry and of the same
things which I revealed unto them;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 27:12
%
Unto whom I have committed the keys of my kingdom, and a dispensation
of the gospel for the last times; and for the fulness of times, in the
which I will gather together in one all things, both which are in heaven,
and which are on earth;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 27:13
%
And also with all those whom my Father hath given me out of the world.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 27:14
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Wherefore, lift up your hearts and rejoice, and gird up your loins,
and take upon you my whole armor, that ye may be able to withstand the
evil day, having done all, that ye may be able to stand.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 27:15
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Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, having on the
breastplate of righteousness, and your feet shod with the preparation
of the gospel of peace, which I have sent mine angels to commit unto you;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 27:16
%
Taking the shield of faith wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the
fiery darts of the wicked;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 27:17
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And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of my Spirit, which I will
pour out upon you, and my word which I reveal unto you, and be agreed
as touching all things whatsoever ye ask of me, and be faithful until I
come, and ye shall be caught up, that where I am ye shall be also.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 27:18
%
BEHOLD, I say unto thee, Oliver, that it shall be given unto thee that
thou shalt be heard by the church in all things whatsoever thou shalt
teach them by the Comforter, concerning the revelations and commandments
which I have given.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 28:1
%
But, behold, verily, verily, I say unto thee, no one shall be appointed
to receive commandments and revelations in this church excepting my
servant Joseph Smith, Jun., for he receiveth them even as Moses.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 28:2
%
And thou shalt be obedient unto the things which I shall give unto him,
even as Aaron, to declare faithfully the commandments and the revelations,
with power and authority unto the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 28:3
%
And if thou art led at any time by the Comforter to speak or teach, or
at all times by the way of commandment unto the church, thou mayest do it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 28:4
%
But thou shalt not write by way of commandment, but by wisdom;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 28:5
%
And thou shalt not command him who is at thy head, and at the head of
the church;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 28:6
%
For I have given him the keys of the mysteries, and the revelations
which are sealed, until I shall appoint unto them another in his stead.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 28:7
%
And now, behold, I say unto you that you shall go unto the Lamanites and
preach my gospel unto them; and inasmuch as they receive thy teachings
thou shalt cause my church to be established among them; and thou shalt
have revelations, but write them not by way of commandment.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 28:8
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And now, behold, I say unto you that it is not revealed, and no man
knoweth where the city Zion shall be built, but it shall be given
hereafter.  Behold, I say unto you that it shall be on the borders by
the Lamanites.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 28:9
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Thou shalt not leave this place until after the conference; and my
servant Joseph shall be appointed to preside over the conference by the
voice of it, and what he saith to thee thou shalt tell.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 28:10
%
And again, thou shalt take thy brother, Hiram Page, between him and thee
alone, and tell him that those things which he hath written from that
stone are not of me and that Satan deceiveth him;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 28:11
%
For, behold, these things have not been appointed unto him, neither
shall anything be appointed unto any of this church contrary to the
church covenants.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 28:12
%
For all things must be done in order, and by common consent in the church,
by the prayer of faith.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 28:13
%
And thou shalt assist to settle all these things, according to the
covenants of the church, before thou shalt take thy journey among the
Lamanites.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 28:14
%
And it shall be given thee from the time thou shalt go, until the time
thou shalt return, what thou shalt do.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 28:15
%
And thou must open thy mouth at all times, declaring my gospel with the
sound of rejoicing.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 28:16
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LISTEN to the voice of Jesus Christ, your Redeemer, the Great I AM,
whose arm of mercy hath atoned for your sins;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:1
%
Who will gather his people even as a hen gathereth her chickens under
her wings, even as many as will hearken to my voice and humble themselves
before me, and call upon me in mighty prayer.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:2
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Behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, that at this time your sins are
forgiven you, therefore ye receive these things; but remember to sin no
more, lest perils shall come upon you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:3
%
Verily, I say unto you that ye are chosen out of the world to declare
my gospel with the sound of rejoicing, as with the voice of a trump.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:4
%
Lift up your hearts and be glad, for I am in your midst, and am your
advocate with the Father; and it is his good will to give you the kingdom.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:5
%
And, as it is written--Whatsoever ye shall ask in faith, being united
in prayer according to my command, ye shall receive.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:6
%
And ye are called to bring to pass the gathering of mine elect; for mine
elect hear my voice and harden not their hearts;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:7
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Wherefore the decree hath gone forth from the Father that they shall be
gathered in unto one place upon the face of this land, to prepare their
hearts and be prepared in all things against the day when tribulation
and desolation are sent forth upon the wicked.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:8
%
For the hour is nigh and the day soon at hand when the earth is ripe;
and all the proud and they that do wickedly shall be as stubble; and I
will burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, that wickedness shall not
be upon the earth;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:9
%
For the hour is nigh, and that which was spoken by mine apostles must
be fulfilled; for as they spoke so shall it come to pass;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:10
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For I will reveal myself from heaven with power and great glory, with
all the hosts thereof, and dwell in righteousness with men on earth a
thousand years, and the wicked shall not stand.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:11
%
And again, verily, verily, I say unto you, and it hath gone forth in a
firm decree, by the will of the Father, that mine apostles, the Twelve
which were with me in my ministry at Jerusalem, shall stand at my right
hand at the day of my coming in a pillar of fire, being clothed with
robes of righteousness, with crowns upon their heads, in glory even as
I am, to judge the whole house of Israel, even as many as have loved me
and kept my commandments, and none else.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:12
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For a trump shall sound both long and loud, even as upon Mount Sinai,
and all the earth shall quake, and they shall come forth--yea, even the
dead which died in me, to receive a crown of righteousness, and to be
clothed upon, even as I am, to be with me, that we may be one.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:13
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But, behold, I say unto you that before this great day shall come the
sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall be turned into blood, and the
stars shall fall from heaven, and there shall be greater signs in heaven
above and in the earth beneath;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:14
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And there shall be weeping and wailing among the hosts of men;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:15
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And there shall be a great hailstorm sent forth to destroy the crops of
the earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:16
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And it shall come to pass, because of the wickedness of the world,
that I will take vengeance upon the wicked, for they will not repent;
for the cup of mine indignation is full; for behold, my blood shall not
cleanse them if they hear me not.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:17
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Wherefore, I the Lord God will send forth flies upon the face of the
earth, which shall take hold of the inhabitants thereof, and shall eat
their flesh, and shall cause maggots to come in upon them;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:18
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And their tongues shall be stayed that they shall not utter against me;
and their flesh shall fall from off their bones, and their eyes from
their sockets;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:19
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And it shall come to pass that the beasts of the forest and the fowls
of the air shall devour them up.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:20
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And the great and abominable church, which is the whore of all the earth,
shall be cast down by devouring fire, according as it is spoken by the
mouth of Ezekiel the prophet, who spoke of these things, which have not
come to pass but surely must, as I live, for abominations shall not reign.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:21
%
And again, verily, verily, I say unto you that when the thousand years
are ended, and men again begin to deny their God, then will I spare the
earth but for a little season;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:22
%
And the end shall come, and the heaven and the earth shall be consumed
and pass away, and there shall be a new heaven and a new earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:23
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For all old things shall pass away, and all things shall become new,
even the heaven and the earth, and all the fulness thereof, both men
and beasts, the fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:24
%
And not one hair, neither mote, shall be lost, for it is the workmanship
of mine hand.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:25
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But, behold, verily I say unto you, before the earth shall pass away,
Michael, mine archangel, shall sound his trump, and then shall all
the dead awake, for their graves shall be opened, and they shall come
forth--yea, even all.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:26
%
And the righteous shall be gathered on my right hand unto eternal life;
and the wicked on my left hand will I be ashamed to own before the Father;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:27
%
Wherefore I will say unto them--Depart from me, ye cursed, into
everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:28
%
And now, behold, I say unto you, never at any time have I declared from
mine own mouth that they should return, for where I am they cannot come,
for they have no power.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:29
%
But remember that all my judgments are not given unto men; and as the
words have gone forth out of my mouth even so shall they be fulfilled,
that the first shall be last, and that the last shall be first in all
things whatsoever I have created by the word of my power, which is the
power of my Spirit.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:30
%
For by the power of my Spirit created I them; yea, all things both
spiritual and temporal--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:31
%
First spiritual, secondly temporal, which is the beginning of my work;
and again, first temporal, and secondly spiritual, which is the last of
my work--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:32
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Speaking unto you that you may naturally understand; but unto myself my
works have no end, neither beginning; but it is given unto you that ye
may understand, because ye have asked it of me and are agreed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:33
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Wherefore, verily I say unto you that all things unto me are spiritual,
and not at any time have I given unto you a law which was temporal;
neither any man, nor the children of men; neither Adam, your father,
whom I created.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:34
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Behold, I gave unto him that he should be an agent unto himself; and I
gave unto him commandment, but no temporal commandment gave I unto him,
for my commandments are spiritual; they are not natural nor temporal,
neither carnal nor sensual.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:35
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And it came to pass that Adam, being tempted of the devil--for, behold,
the devil was before Adam, for he rebelled against me, saying, Give me
thine honor, which is my power; and also a third part of the hosts of
heaven turned he away from me because of their agency;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:36
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And they were thrust down, and thus came the devil and his angels;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:37
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And, behold, there is a place prepared for them from the beginning,
which place is hell.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:38
%
And it must needs be that the devil should tempt the children of men,
or they could not be agents unto themselves; for if they never should
have bitter they could not know the sweet--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:39
%
Wherefore, it came to pass that the devil tempted Adam, and he partook of
the forbidden fruit and transgressed the commandment, wherein he became
subject to the will of the devil, because he yielded unto temptation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:40
%
Wherefore, I, the Lord God, caused that he should be cast out from
the Garden of Eden, from my presence, because of his transgression,
wherein he became spiritually dead, which is the first death, even that
same death which is the last death, which is spiritual, which shall be
pronounced upon the wicked when I shall say: Depart, ye cursed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:41
%
But, behold, I say unto you that I, the Lord God, gave unto Adam and unto
his seed, that they should not die as to the temporal death, until I,
the Lord God, should send forth angels to declare unto them repentance
and redemption, through faith on the name of mine Only Begotten Son.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:42
%
And thus did I, the Lord God, appoint unto man the days of his
probation--that by his natural death he might be raised in immortality
unto eternal life, even as many as would believe;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:43
%
And they that believe not unto eternal damnation; for they cannot be
redeemed from their spiritual fall, because they repent not;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:44
%
For they love darkness rather than light, and their deeds are evil,
and they receive their wages of whom they list to obey.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:45
%
But behold, I say unto you, that little children are redeemed from the
foundation of the world through mine Only Begotten;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:46
%
Wherefore, they cannot sin, for power is not given unto Satan to tempt
little children, until they begin to become accountable before me;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:47
%
For it is given unto them even as I will, according to mine own pleasure,
that great things may be required at the hand of their fathers.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:48
%
And, again, I say unto you, that whoso having knowledge, have I not
commanded to repent?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:49
%
And he that hath no understanding, it remaineth in me to do according
as it is written.  And now I declare no more unto you at this time.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 29:50
%
BEHOLD, I say unto you, David, that you have feared man and have not
relied on me for strength as you ought.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 30:1
%
But your mind has been on the things of the earth more than on the things
of me, your Maker, and the ministry whereunto you have been called;
and you have not given heed unto my Spirit, and to those who were set
over you, but have been persuaded by those whom I have not commanded.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 30:2
%
Wherefore, you are left to inquire for yourself at my hand, and ponder
upon the things which you have received.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 30:3
%
And your home shall be at your father's house, until I give unto you
further commandments.  And you shall attend to the ministry in the church,
and before the world, and in the regions round about.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 30:4
%
Behold, I say unto you, Peter, that you shall take your journey with your
brother Oliver; for the time has come that it is expedient in me that you
shall open your mouth to declare my gospel; therefore, fear not, but give
heed unto the words and advice of your brother, which he shall give you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 30:5
%
And be you afflicted in all his afflictions, ever lifting up your heart
unto me in prayer and faith, for his and your deliverance; for I have
given unto him power to build up my church among the Lamanites;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 30:6
%
And none have I appointed to be his counselor over him in the church,
concerning church matters, except it is his brother, Joseph Smith, Jun.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 30:7
%
Wherefore, give heed unto these things and be diligent in keeping my
commandments, and you shall be blessed unto eternal life.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 30:8
%
Behold, I say unto you, my servant John, that thou shalt commence from
this time forth to proclaim my gospel, as with the voice of a trump.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 30:9
%
And your labor shall be at your brother Philip Burroughs', and in that
region round about, yea, wherever you can be heard, until I command you
to go from hence.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 30:10
%
And your whole labor shall be in Zion, with all your soul, from
henceforth; yea, you shall ever open your mouth in my cause, not fearing
what man can do, for I am with you.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 30:11
%
THOMAS, my son, blessed are you because of your faith in my work.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 31:1
%
Behold, you have had many afflictions because of your family;
nevertheless, I will bless you and your family, yea, your little ones;
and the day cometh that they will believe and know the truth and be one
with you in my church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 31:2
%
Lift up your heart and rejoice, for the hour of your mission is come;
and your tongue shall be loosed, and you shall declare glad tidings of
great joy unto this generation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 31:3
%
You shall declare the things which have been revealed to my servant,
Joseph Smith, Jun.  You shall begin to preach from this time forth, yea,
to reap in the field which is white already to be burned.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 31:4
%
Therefore, thrust in your sickle with all your soul, and your sins are
forgiven you, and you shall be laden with sheaves upon your back, for
the laborer is worthy of his hire.  Wherefore, your family shall live.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 31:5
%
Behold, verily I say unto you, go from them only for a little time,
and declare my word, and I will prepare a place for them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 31:6
%
Yea, I will open the hearts of the people, and they will receive you.
And I will establish a church by your hand;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 31:7
%
And you shall strengthen them and prepare them against the time when
they shall be gathered.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 31:8
%
Be patient in afflictions, revile not against those that revile.
Govern your house in meekness, and be steadfast.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 31:9
%
Behold, I say unto you that you shall be a physician unto the church,
but not unto the world, for they will not receive you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 31:10
%
Go your way whithersoever I will, and it shall be given you by the
Comforter what you shall do and whither you shall go.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 31:11
%
Pray always, lest you enter into temptation and lose your reward.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 31:12
%
Be faithful unto the end, and lo, I am with you.  These words are not
of man nor of men, but of me, even Jesus Christ, your Redeemer, by the
will of the Father.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 31:13
%
AND now concerning my servant Parley P. Pratt, behold, I say unto him
that as I live I will that he shall declare my gospel and learn of me,
and be meek and lowly of heart.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 32:1
%
And that which I have appointed unto him is that he shall go with my
servants, Oliver Cowdery and Peter Whitmer, Jun., into the wilderness
among the Lamanites.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 32:2
%
And Ziba Peterson also shall go with them; and I myself will go with
them and be in their midst; and I am their advocate with the Father,
and nothing shall prevail against them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 32:3
%
And they shall give heed to that which is written, and pretend to no
other revelation; and they shall pray always that I may unfold the same
to their understanding.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 32:4
%
And they shall give heed unto these words and trifle not, and I will
bless them.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 32:5
%
BEHOLD, I say unto you, my servants Ezra and Northrop, open ye your ears
and hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, whose word is quick and
powerful, sharper than a two-edged sword, to the dividing asunder of the
joints and marrow, soul and spirit; and is a discerner of the thoughts
and intents of the heart.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 33:1
%
For verily, verily, I say unto you that ye are called to lift up your
voices as with the sound of a trump, to declare my gospel unto a crooked
and perverse generation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 33:2
%
For behold, the field is white already to harvest; and it is the eleventh
hour, and the last time that I shall call laborers into my vineyard.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 33:3
%
And my vineyard has become corrupted every whit; and there is none which
doeth good save it be a few; and they err in many instances because of
priestcrafts, all having corrupt minds.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 33:4
%
And verily, verily, I say unto you, that this church have I established
and called forth out of the wilderness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 33:5
%
And even so will I gather mine elect from the four quarters of the earth,
even as many as will believe in me, and hearken unto my voice.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 33:6
%
Yea, verily, verily, I say unto you, that the field is white already to
harvest; wherefore, thrust in your sickles, and reap with all your might,
mind, and strength.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 33:7
%
Open your mouths and they shall be filled, and you shall become even as
Nephi of old, who journeyed from Jerusalem in the wilderness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 33:8
%
Yea, open your mouths and spare not, and you shall be laden with sheaves
upon your backs, for lo, I am with you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 33:9
%
Yea, open your mouths and they shall be filled, saying: Repent, repent,
and prepare ye the way of the Lord, and make his paths straight; for
the kingdom of heaven is at hand;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 33:10
%
Yea, repent and be baptized, every one of you, for a remission of your
sins; yea, be baptized even by water, and then cometh the baptism of
fire and of the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 33:11
%
Behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, this is my gospel; and remember
that they shall have faith in me or they can in nowise be saved;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 33:12
%
And upon this rock I will build my church; yea, upon this rock ye are
built, and if ye continue, the gates of hell shall not prevail against
you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 33:13
%
And ye shall remember the church articles and covenants to keep them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 33:14
%
And whoso having faith you shall confirm in my church, by the laying on
of the hands, and I will bestow the gift of the Holy Ghost upon them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 33:15
%
And the Book of Mormon and the holy scriptures are given of me for your
instruction; and the power of my Spirit quickeneth all things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 33:16
%
Wherefore, be faithful, praying always, having your lamps trimmed and
burning, and oil with you, that you may be ready at the coming of the
Bridegroom--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 33:17
%
For behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, that I come quickly.
Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 33:18
%
MY son Orson, hearken and hear and behold what I, the Lord God, shall
say unto you, even Jesus Christ your Redeemer;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 34:1
%
The light and the life of the world, a light which shineth in darkness
and the darkness comprehendeth it not;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 34:2
%
Who so loved the world that he gave his own life, that as many as would
believe might become the sons of God.  Wherefore you are my son;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 34:3
%
And blessed are you because you have believed;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 34:4
%
And more blessed are you because you are called of me to preach my
gospel--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 34:5
%
To lift up your voice as with the sound of a trump, both long and loud,
and cry repentance unto a crooked and perverse generation, preparing
the way of the Lord for his second coming.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 34:6
%
For behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, the time is soon at hand
that I shall come in a cloud with power and great glory.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 34:7
%
And it shall be a great day at the time of my coming, for all nations
shall tremble.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 34:8
%
But before that great day shall come, the sun shall be darkened, and
the moon be turned into blood; and the stars shall refuse their shining,
and some shall fall, and great destructions await the wicked.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 34:9
%
Wherefore, lift up your voice and spare not, for the Lord God hath spoken;
therefore prophesy, and it shall be given by the power of the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 34:10
%
And if you are faithful, behold, I am with you until I come--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 34:11
%
And verily, verily, I say unto you, I come quickly.  I am your Lord and
your Redeemer.	Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 34:12
%
LISTEN to the voice of the Lord your God, even Alpha and Omega, the
beginning and the end, whose course is one eternal round, the same today
as yesterday, and forever.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:1
%
I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who was crucified for the sins of the
world, even as many as will believe on my name, that they may become the
sons of God, even one in me as I am one in the Father, as the Father is
one in me, that we may be one.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:2
%
Behold, verily, verily, I say unto my servant Sidney, I have looked upon
thee and thy works.  I have heard thy prayers, and prepared thee for a
greater work.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:3
%
Thou art blessed, for thou shalt do great things.  Behold thou wast sent
forth, even as John, to prepare the way before me, and before Elijah
which should come, and thou knewest it not.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:4
%
Thou didst baptize by water unto repentance, but they received not the
Holy Ghost;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:5
%
But now I give unto thee a commandment, that thou shalt baptize by water,
and they shall receive the Holy Ghost by the laying on of the hands,
even as the apostles of old.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:6
%
And it shall come to pass that there shall be a great work in the land,
even among the Gentiles, for their folly and their abominations shall
be made manifest in the eyes of all people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:7
%
For I am God, and mine arm is not shortened; and I will show miracles,
signs, and wonders, unto all those who believe on my name.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:8
%
And whoso shall ask it in my name in faith, they shall cast out devils;
they shall heal the sick; they shall cause the blind to receive their
sight, and the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak, and the lame to walk.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:9
%
And the time speedily cometh that great things are to be shown forth
unto the children of men;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:10
%
But without faith shall not anything be shown forth except desolations
upon Babylon, the same which has made all nations drink of the wine of
the wrath of her fornication.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:11
%
And there are none that doeth good except those who are ready to receive
the fulness of my gospel, which I have sent forth unto this generation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:12
%
Wherefore, I call upon the weak things of the world, those who are
unlearned and despised, to thrash the nations by the power of my Spirit;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:13
%
And their arm shall be my arm, and I will be their shield and their
buckler; and I will gird up their loins, and they shall fight manfully
for me; and their enemies shall be under their feet; and I will let fall
the sword in their behalf, and by the fire of mine indignation will I
preserve them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:14
%
And the poor and the meek shall have the gospel preached unto them,
and they shall be looking forth for the time of my coming, for it is
nigh at hand--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:15
%
And they shall learn the parable of the fig-tree, for even now already
summer is nigh.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:16
%
And I have sent forth the fulness of my gospel by the hand of my servant
Joseph; and in weakness have I blessed him;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:17
%
And I have given unto him the keys of the mystery of those things which
have been sealed, even things which were from the foundation of the world,
and the things which shall come from this time until the time of my
coming, if he abide in me, and if not, another will I plant in his stead.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:18
%
Wherefore, watch over him that his faith fail not, and it shall be given
by the Comforter, the Holy Ghost, that knoweth all things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:19
%
And a commandment I give unto thee--that thou shalt write for him;
and the scriptures shall be given, even as they are in mine own bosom,
to the salvation of mine own elect;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:20
%
For they will hear my voice, and shall see me, and shall not be asleep,
and shall abide the day of my coming; for they shall be purified, even
as I am pure.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:21
%
And now I say unto you, tarry with him, and he shall journey with you;
forsake him not, and surely these things shall be fulfilled.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:22
%
And inasmuch as ye do not write, behold, it shall be given unto him to
prophesy; and thou shalt preach my gospel and call on the holy prophets
to prove his words, as they shall be given him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:23
%
Keep all the commandments and covenants by which ye are bound; and I
will cause the heavens to shake for your good, and Satan shall tremble
and Zion shall rejoice upon the hills and flourish;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:24
%
And Israel shall be saved in mine own due time; and by the keys which
I have given shall they be led, and no more be confounded at all.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:25
%
Lift up your hearts and be glad, your redemption draweth nigh.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:26
%
Fear not, little flock, the kingdom is yours until I come.  Behold,
I come quickly.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 35:27
%
THUS saith the Lord God, the Mighty One of Israel: Behold, I say unto you,
my servant Edward, that you are blessed, and your sins are forgiven you,
and you are called to preach my gospel as with the voice of a trump;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 36:1
%
And I will lay my hand upon you by the hand of my servant Sidney Rigdon,
and you shall receive my Spirit, the Holy Ghost, even the Comforter,
which shall teach you the peaceable things of the kingdom;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 36:2
%
And you shall declare it with a loud voice, saying: Hosanna, blessed be
the name of the most high God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 36:3
%
And now this calling and commandment give I unto you concerning all men--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 36:4
%
That as many as shall come before my servants Sidney Rigdon and Joseph
Smith, Jun., embracing this calling and commandment, shall be ordained
and sent forth to preach the everlasting gospel among the nations--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 36:5
%
Crying repentance, saying: Save yourselves from this untoward generation,
and come forth out of the fire, hating even the garments spotted with
the flesh.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 36:6
%
And this commandment shall be given unto the elders of my church, that
every man which will embrace it with singleness of heart may be ordained
and sent forth, even as I have spoken.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 36:7
%
I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God; wherefore, gird up your loins and I
will suddenly come to my temple.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 36:8
%
BEHOLD, I say unto you that it is not expedient in me that ye should
translate any more until ye shall go to the Ohio, and this because of
the enemy and for your sakes.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 37:1
%
And again, I say unto you that ye shall not go until ye have preached my
gospel in those parts, and have strengthened up the church whithersoever
it is found, and more especially in Colesville; for, behold, they pray
unto me in much faith.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 37:2
%
And again, a commandment I give unto the church, that it is expedient
in me that they should assemble together at the Ohio, against the time
that my servant Oliver Cowdery shall return unto them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 37:3
%
Behold, here is wisdom, and let every man choose for himself until I come.
Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 37:4
%
THUS saith the Lord your God, even Jesus Christ, the Great I AM, Alpha
and Omega, the beginning and the end, the same which looked upon the
wide expanse of eternity, and all the seraphic hosts of heaven, before
the world was made;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:1
%
The same which knoweth all things, for all things are present before
mine eyes;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:2
%
I am the same which spake, and the world was made, and all things came
by me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:3
%
I am the same which have taken the Zion of Enoch into mine own bosom;
and verily, I say, even as many as have believed in my name, for I am
Christ, and in mine own name, by the virtue of the blood which I have
spilt, have I pleaded before the Father for them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:4
%
But behold, the residue of the wicked have I kept in chains of darkness
until the judgment of the great day, which shall come at the end of
the earth;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:5
%
And even so will I cause the wicked to be kept, that will not hear my
voice but harden their hearts, and wo, wo, wo, is their doom.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:6
%
But behold, verily, verily, I say unto you that mine eyes are upon you.
I am in your midst and ye cannot see me;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:7
%
But the day soon cometh that ye shall see me, and know that I am; for
the veil of darkness shall soon be rent, and he that is not purified
shall not abide the day.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:8
%
Wherefore, gird up your loins and be prepared.	Behold, the kingdom is
yours, and the enemy shall not overcome.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:9
%
Verily I say unto you, ye are clean, but not all; and there is none else
with whom I am well pleased;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:10
%
For all flesh is corrupted before me; and the powers of darkness prevail
upon the earth, among the children of men, in the presence of all the
hosts of heaven--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:11
%
Which causeth silence to reign, and all eternity is pained, and the
angels are waiting the great command to reap down the earth, to gather
the tares that they may be burned; and, behold, the enemy is combined.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:12
%
And now I show unto you a mystery, a thing which is had in secret
chambers, to bring to pass even your destruction in process of time,
and ye knew it not;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:13
%
But now I tell it unto you, and ye are blessed, not because of your
iniquity, neither your hearts of unbelief; for verily some of you are
guilty before me, but I will be merciful unto your weakness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:14
%
Therefore, be ye strong from henceforth; fear not, for the kingdom
is yours.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:15
%
And for your salvation I give unto you a commandment, for I have heard
your prayers, and the poor have complained before me, and the rich have
I made, and all flesh is mine, and I am no respecter of persons.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:16
%
And I have made the earth rich, and behold it is my footstool, wherefore,
again I will stand upon it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:17
%
And I hold forth and deign to give unto you greater riches, even a land
of promise, a land flowing with milk and honey, upon which there shall
be no curse when the Lord cometh;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:18
%
And I will give it unto you for the land of your inheritance, if you
seek it with all your hearts.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:19
%
And this shall be my covenant with you, ye shall have it for the land
of your inheritance, and for the inheritance of your children forever,
while the earth shall stand, and ye shall possess it again in eternity,
no more to pass away.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:20
%
But, verily I say unto you that in time ye shall have no king nor ruler,
for I will be your king and watch over you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:21
%
Wherefore, hear my voice and follow me, and you shall be a free people,
and ye shall have no laws but my laws when I come, for I am your lawgiver,
and what can stay my hand?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:22
%
But, verily I say unto you, teach one another according to the office
wherewith I have appointed you;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:23
%
And let every man esteem his brother as himself, and practise virtue
and holiness before me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:24
%
And again I say unto you, let every man esteem his brother as himself.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:25
%
For what man among you having twelve sons, and is no respecter of them,
and they serve him obediently, and he saith unto the one: Be thou clothed
in robes and sit thou here; and to the other: Be thou clothed in rags
and sit thou there--and looketh upon his sons and saith I am just?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:26
%
Behold, this I have given unto you as a parable, and it is even as I am.
I say unto you, be one; and if ye are not one ye are not mine.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:27
%
And again, I say unto you that the enemy in the secret chambers seeketh
your lives.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:28
%
Ye hear of wars in far countries, and you say that there will soon be
great wars in far countries, but ye know not the hearts of men in your
own land.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:29
%
I tell you these things because of your prayers; wherefore, treasure up
wisdom in your bosoms, lest the wickedness of men reveal these things
unto you by their wickedness, in a manner which shall speak in your
ears with a voice louder than that which shall shake the earth; but if
ye are prepared ye shall not fear.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:30
%
And that ye might escape the power of the enemy, and be gathered unto
me a righteous people, without spot and blameless--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:31
%
Wherefore, for this cause I gave unto you the commandment that ye should
go to the Ohio; and there I will give unto you my law; and there you
shall be endowed with power from on high;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:32
%
And from thence, whosoever I will shall go forth among all nations, and
it shall be told them what they shall do; for I have a great work laid up
in store, for Israel shall be saved, and I will lead them whithersoever
I will, and no power shall stay my hand.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:33
%
And now, I give unto the church in these parts a commandment, that
certain men among them shall be appointed, and they shall be appointed
by the voice of the church;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:34
%
And they shall look to the poor and the needy, and administer to their
relief that they shall not suffer; and send them forth to the place
which I have commanded them;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:35
%
And this shall be their work, to govern the affairs of the property of
this church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:36
%
And they that have farms that cannot be sold, let them be left or rented
as seemeth them good.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:37
%
See that all things are preserved; and when men are endowed with power
from on high and sent forth, all these things shall be gathered unto
the bosom of the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:38
%
And if ye seek the riches which it is the will of the Father to give unto
you, ye shall be the richest of all people, for ye shall have the riches
of eternity; and it must needs be that the riches of the earth are mine
to give; but beware of pride, lest ye become as the Nephites of old.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:39
%
And again, I say unto you, I give unto you a commandment, that every
man, both elder, priest, teacher, and also member, go to with his might,
with the labor of his hands, to prepare and accomplish the things which
I have commanded.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:40
%
And let your preaching be the warning voice, every man to his neighbor,
in mildness and in meekness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:41
%
And go ye out from among the wicked.  Save yourselves.	Be ye clean that
bear the vessels of the Lord.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 38:42
%
HEARKEN and listen to the voice of him who is from all eternity to all
eternity, the Great I AM, even Jesus Christ--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 39:1
%
The light and the life of the world; a light which shineth in darkness
and the darkness comprehendeth it not;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 39:2
%
The same which came in the meridian of time unto mine own, and mine own
received me not;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 39:3
%
But to as many as received me, gave I power to become my sons; and even
so will I give unto as many as will receive me, power to become my sons.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 39:4
%
And verily, verily, I say unto you, he that receiveth my gospel receiveth
me; and he that receiveth not my gospel receiveth not me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 39:5
%
And this is my gospel--repentance and baptism by water, and then cometh
the baptism of fire and the Holy Ghost, even the Comforter, which showeth
all things, and teacheth the peaceable things of the kingdom.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 39:6
%
And now, behold, I say unto you, my servant James, I have looked upon
thy works and I know thee.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 39:7
%
And verily I say unto thee, thine heart is now right before me at this
time; and, behold, I have bestowed great blessings upon thy head;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 39:8
%
Nevertheless, thou hast seen great sorrow, for thou hast rejected me
many times because of pride and the cares of the world.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 39:9
%
But, behold, the days of thy deliverance are come, if thou wilt hearken
to my voice, which saith unto thee: Arise and be baptized, and wash
away your sins, calling on my name, and you shall receive my Spirit,
and a blessing so great as you never have known.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 39:10
%
And if thou do this, I have prepared thee for a greater work.  Thou shalt
preach the fulness of my gospel, which I have sent forth in these last
days, the covenant which I have sent forth to recover my people, which
are of the house of Israel.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 39:11
%
And it shall come to pass that power shall rest upon thee; thou shalt
have great faith, and I will be with thee and go before thy face.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 39:12
%
Thou art called to labor in my vineyard, and to build up my church,
and to bring forth Zion, that it may rejoice upon the hills and flourish.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 39:13
%
Behold, verily, verily, I say unto thee, thou art not called to go into
the eastern countries, but thou art called to go to the Ohio.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 39:14
%
And inasmuch as my people shall assemble themselves at the Ohio, I have
kept in store a blessing such as is not known among the children of men,
and it shall be poured forth upon their heads.	And from thence men
shall go forth into all nations.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 39:15
%
Behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, that the people in Ohio call
upon me in much faith, thinking I will stay my hand in judgment upon
the nations, but I cannot deny my word.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 39:16
%
Wherefore lay to with your might and call faithful laborers into my
vineyard, that it may be pruned for the last time.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 39:17
%
And inasmuch as they do repent and receive the fulness of my gospel,
and become sanctified, I will stay mine hand in judgment.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 39:18
%
Wherefore, go forth, crying with a loud voice, saying: The kingdom of
heaven is at hand; crying: Hosanna!  blessed be the name of the Most
High God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 39:19
%
Go forth baptizing with water, preparing the way before my face for the
time of my coming;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 39:20
%
For the time is at hand; the day or the hour no man knoweth; but it
surely shall come.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 39:21
%
And he that receiveth these things receiveth me; and they shall be
gathered unto me in time and in eternity.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 39:22
%
And again, it shall come to pass that on as many as ye shall baptize
with water, ye shall lay your hands, and they shall receive the gift of
the Holy Ghost, and shall be looking forth for the signs of my coming,
and shall know me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 39:23
%
Behold, I come quickly.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 39:24
%
BEHOLD, verily I say unto you, that the heart of my servant James Covill
was right before me, for he covenanted with me that he would obey my word.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 40:1
%
And he received the word with gladness, but straightway Satan tempted
him; and the fear of persecution and the cares of the world caused him
to reject the word.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 40:2
%
Wherefore he broke my covenant, and it remaineth with me to do with him
as seemeth me good.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 40:3
%
HEARKEN and hear, O ye my people, saith the Lord and your God, ye whom I
delight to bless with the greatest of all blessings, ye that hear me;
and ye that hear me not will I curse, that have professed my name,
with the heaviest of all cursings.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 41:1
%
Hearken, O ye elders of my church whom I have called, behold I give unto
you a commandment, that ye shall assemble yourselves together to agree
upon my word;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 41:2
%
And by the prayer of your faith ye shall receive my law, that ye may
know how to govern my church and have all things right before me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 41:3
%
And I will be your ruler when I come; and behold, I come quickly, and
ye shall see that my law is kept.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 41:4
%
He that receiveth my law and doeth it, the same is my disciple; and he
that saith he receiveth it and doeth it not, the same is not my disciple,
and shall be cast out from among you;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 41:5
%
For it is not meet that the things which belong to the children of the
kingdom should be given to them that are not worthy, or to dogs, or the
pearls to be cast before swine.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 41:6
%
And again, it is meet that my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., should have
a house built, in which to live and translate.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 41:7
%
And again, it is meet that my servant Sidney Rigdon should live as
seemeth him good, inasmuch as he keepeth my commandments.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 41:8
%
And again, I have called my servant Edward Partridge; and I give a
commandment, that he should be appointed by the voice of the church,
and ordained a bishop unto the church, to leave his merchandise and to
spend all his time in the labors of the church;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 41:9
%
To see to all things as it shall be appointed unto him in my laws in
the day that I shall give them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 41:10
%
And this because his heart is pure before me, for he is like unto
Nathanael of old, in whom there is no guile.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 41:11
%
These words are given unto you, and they are pure before me; wherefore,
beware how you hold them, for they are to be answered upon your souls
in the day of judgment.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 41:12
%
HEARKEN, O ye elders of my church, who have assembled yourselves together
in my name, even Jesus Christ the Son of the living God, the Savior of
the world; inasmuch as ye believe on my name and keep my commandments.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:1
%
Again I say unto you, hearken and hear and obey the law which I shall
give unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:2
%
For verily I say, as ye have assembled yourselves together according to
the commandment wherewith I commanded you, and are agreed as touching this
one thing, and have asked the Father in my name, even so ye shall receive.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:3
%
Behold, verily I say unto you, I give unto you this first commandment,
that ye shall go forth in my name, every one of you, excepting my servants
Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney Rigdon.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:4
%
And I give unto them a commandment that they shall go forth for a
little season, and it shall be given by the power of the Spirit when
they shall return.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:5
%
And ye shall go forth in the power of my Spirit, preaching my gospel,
two by two, in my name, lifting up your voices as with the sound of a
trump, declaring my word like unto angels of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:6
%
And ye shall go forth baptizing with water, saying: Repent ye, repent ye,
for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:7
%
And from this place ye shall go forth into the regions westward; and
inasmuch as ye shall find them that will receive you ye shall build up
my church in every region--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:8
%
Until the time shall come when it shall be revealed unto you from on
high, when the city of the New Jerusalem shall be prepared, that ye may
be gathered in one, that ye may be my people and I will be your God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:9
%
And again, I say unto you, that my servant Edward Partridge shall stand
in the office whereunto I have appointed him.  And it shall come to
pass, that if he transgress another shall be appointed in his stead.
Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:10
%
Again I say unto you, that it shall not be given to any one to go forth
to preach my gospel, or to build up my church, except he be ordained by
some one who has authority, and it is known to the church that he has
authority and has been regularly ordained by the heads of the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:11
%
And again, the elders, priests and teachers of this church shall teach the
principles of my gospel, which are in the Bible and the Book of Mormon,
in the which is the fulness of the gospel.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:12
%
And they shall observe the covenants and church articles to do them, and
these shall be their teachings, as they shall be directed by the Spirit.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:13
%
And the Spirit shall be given unto you by the prayer of faith; and if
ye receive not the Spirit ye shall not teach.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:14
%
And all this ye shall observe to do as I have commanded concerning your
teaching, until the fulness of my scriptures is given.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:15
%
And as ye shall lift up your voices by the Comforter, ye shall speak
and prophesy as seemeth me good;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:16
%
For, behold, the Comforter knoweth all things, and beareth record of
the Father and of the Son.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:17
%
And now, behold, I speak unto the church.  Thou shalt not kill; and he
that kills shall not have forgiveness in this world, nor in the world
to come.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:18
%
And again, I say, thou shalt not kill; but he that killeth shall die.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:19
%
Thou shalt not steal; and he that stealeth and will not repent shall be
cast out.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:20
%
Thou shalt not lie; he that lieth and will not repent shall be cast out.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:21
%
Thou shalt love thy wife with all thy heart, and shalt cleave unto her
and none else.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:22
%
And he that looketh upon a woman to lust after her shall deny the faith,
and shall not have the Spirit; and if he repents not he shall be cast out.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:23
%
Thou shalt not commit adultery; and he that committeth adultery, and
repenteth not, shall be cast out.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:24
%
But he that has committed adultery and repents with all his heart,
and forsaketh it, and doeth it no more, thou shalt forgive;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:25
%
But if he doeth it again, he shall not be forgiven, but shall be cast out.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:26
%
Thou shalt not speak evil of thy neighbor, nor do him any harm.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:27
%
Thou knowest my laws concerning these things are given in my scriptures;
he that sinneth and repenteth not shall be cast out.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:28
%
If thou lovest me thou shalt serve me and keep all my commandments.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:29
%
And behold, thou wilt remember the poor, and consecrate of thy properties
for their support that which thou hast to impart unto them, with a
covenant and a deed which cannot be broken.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:30
%
And inasmuch as ye impart of your substance unto the poor, ye will do
it unto me; and they shall be laid before the bishop of my church and
his counselors, two of the elders, or high priests, such as he shall
appoint or has appointed and set apart for that purpose.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:31
%
And it shall come to pass, that after they are laid before the bishop of
my church, and after that he has received these testimonies concerning the
consecration of the properties of my church, that they cannot be taken
from the church, agreeable to my commandments, every man shall be made
accountable unto me, a steward over his own property, or that which he has
received by consecration, as much as is sufficient for himself and family.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:32
%
And again, if there shall be properties in the hands of the church, or
any individuals of it, more than is necessary for their support after this
first consecration, which is a residue to be consecrated unto the bishop,
it shall be kept to administer to those who have not, from time to time,
that every man who has need may be amply supplied and receive according
to his wants.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:33
%
Therefore, the residue shall be kept in my storehouse, to administer
to the poor and the needy, as shall be appointed by the high council of
the church, and the bishop and his council;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:34
%
And for the purpose of purchasing lands for the public benefit of the
church, and building houses of worship, and building up of the New
Jerusalem which is hereafter to be revealed--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:35
%
That my covenant people may be gathered in one in that day when I shall
come to my temple.  And this I do for the salvation of my people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:36
%
And it shall come to pass, that he that sinneth and repenteth not shall
be cast out of the church, and shall not receive again that which he has
consecrated unto the poor and the needy of my church, or in other words,
unto me--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:37
%
For inasmuch as ye do it unto the least of these, ye do it unto me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:38
%
For it shall come to pass, that which I spake by the mouths of my prophets
shall be fulfilled; for I will consecrate of the riches of those who
embrace my gospel among the Gentiles unto the poor of my people who are
of the house of Israel.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:39
%
And again, thou shalt not be proud in thy heart; let all thy garments
be plain, and their beauty the beauty of the work of thine own hands;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:40
%
And let all things be done in cleanliness before me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:41
%
Thou shalt not be idle; for he that is idle shall not eat the bread nor
wear the garments of the laborer.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:42
%
And whosoever among you are sick, and have not faith to be healed, but
believe, shall be nourished with all tenderness, with herbs and mild food,
and that not by the hand of an enemy.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:43
%
And the elders of the church, two or more, shall be called, and shall
pray for and lay their hands upon them in my name; and if they die they
shall die unto me, and if they live they shall live unto me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:44
%
Thou shalt live together in love, insomuch that thou shalt weep for the
loss of them that die, and more especially for those that have not hope
of a glorious resurrection.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:45
%
And it shall come to pass that those that die in me shall not taste of
death, for it shall be sweet unto them;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:46
%
And they that die not in me, wo unto them, for their death is bitter.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:47
%
And again, it shall come to pass that he that hath faith in me to be
healed, and is not appointed unto death, shall be healed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:48
%
He who hath faith to see shall see.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:49
%
He who hath faith to hear shall hear.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:50
%
The lame who hath faith to leap shall leap.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:51
%
And they who have not faith to do these things, but believe in me,
have power to become my sons; and inasmuch as they break not my laws
thou shalt bear their infirmities.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:52
%
Thou shalt stand in the place of thy stewardship.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:53
%
Thou shalt not take thy brother's garment; thou shalt pay for that which
thou shalt receive of thy brother.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:54
%
And if thou obtainest more than that which would be for thy support,
thou shalt give it into my storehouse, that all things may be done
according to that which I have said.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:55
%
Thou shalt ask, and my scriptures shall be given as I have appointed,
and they shall be preserved in safety;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:56
%
And it is expedient that thou shouldst hold thy peace concerning them,
and not teach them until ye have received them in full.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:57
%
And I give unto you a commandment that then ye shall teach them unto
all men; for they shall be taught unto all nations, kindreds, tongues
and people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:58
%
Thou shalt take the things which thou hast received, which have been given
unto thee in my scriptures for a law, to be my law to govern my church;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:59
%
And he that doeth according to these things shall be saved, and he that
doeth them not shall be damned if he so continue.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:60
%
If thou shalt ask, thou shalt receive revelation upon revelation,
knowledge upon knowledge, that thou mayest know the mysteries and
peaceable things--that which bringeth joy, that which bringeth life
eternal.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:61
%
Thou shalt ask, and it shall be revealed unto you in mine own due time
where the New Jerusalem shall be built.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:62
%
And behold, it shall come to pass that my servants shall be sent forth
to the east and to the west, to the north and to the south.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:63
%
And even now, let him that goeth to the east teach them that shall be
converted to flee to the west, and this in consequence of that which is
coming on the earth, and of secret combinations.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:64
%
Behold, thou shalt observe all these things, and great shall be thy
reward; for unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom,
but unto the world it is not given to know them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:65
%
Ye shall observe the laws which ye have received and be faithful.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:66
%
And ye shall hereafter receive church covenants, such as shall be
sufficient to establish you, both here and in the New Jerusalem.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:67
%
Therefore, he that lacketh wisdom, let him ask of me, and I will give
him liberally and upbraid him not.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:68
%
Lift up your hearts and rejoice, for unto you the kingdom, or in other
words, the keys of the church have been given.	Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:69
%
The priests and teachers shall have their stewardships, even as the
members.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:70
%
And the elders or high priests who are appointed to assist the bishop as
counselors in all things, are to have their families supported out of the
property which is consecrated to the bishop, for the good of the poor,
and for other purposes, as before mentioned;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:71
%
Or they are to receive a just remuneration for all their services,
either a stewardship or otherwise, as may be thought best or decided by
the counselors and bishop.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:72
%
And the bishop, also, shall receive his support, or a just remuneration
for all his services in the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:73
%
Behold, verily I say unto you, that whatever persons among you, having put
away their companions for the cause of fornication, or in other words,
if they shall testify before you in all lowliness of heart that this is
the case, ye shall not cast them out from among you;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:74
%
But if ye shall find that any persons have left their companions for
the sake of adultery, and they themselves are the offenders, and their
companions are living, they shall be cast out from among you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:75
%
And again, I say unto you, that ye shall be watchful and careful, with
all inquiry, that ye receive none such among you if they are married;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:76
%
And if they are not married, they shall repent of all their sins or ye
shall not receive them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:77
%
And again, every person who belongeth to this church of Christ, shall
observe to keep all the commandments and covenants of the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:78
%
And it shall come to pass, that if any persons among you shall kill they
shall be delivered up and dealt with according to the laws of the land;
for remember that he hath no forgiveness; and it shall be proved according
to the laws of the land.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:79
%
And if any man or woman shall commit adultery, he or she shall be
tried before two elders of the church, or more, and every word shall be
established against him or her by two witnesses of the church, and not
of the enemy; but if there are more than two witnesses it is better.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:80
%
But he or she shall be condemned by the mouth of two witnesses; and the
elders shall lay the case before the church, and the church shall lift
up their hands against him or her, that they may be dealt with according
to the law of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:81
%
And if it can be, it is necessary that the bishop be present also.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:82
%
And thus ye shall do in all cases which shall come before you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:83
%
And if a man or woman shall rob, he or she shall be delivered up unto
the law of the land.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:84
%
And if he or she shall steal, he or she shall be delivered up unto the
law of the land.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:85
%
And if he or she shall lie, he or she shall be delivered up unto the
law of the land.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:86
%
And if he or she do any manner of iniquity, he or she shall be delivered
up unto the law, even that of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:87
%
And if thy brother or sister offend thee, thou shalt take him or her
between him or her and thee alone; and if he or she confess thou shalt
be reconciled.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:88
%
And if he or she confess not thou shalt deliver him or her up unto the
church, not to the members, but to the elders.	And it shall be done in
a meeting, and that not before the world.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:89
%
And if thy brother or sister offend many, he or she shall be chastened
before many.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:90
%
And if any one offend openly, he or she shall be rebuked openly, that
he or she may be ashamed.  And if he or she confess not, he or she shall
be delivered up unto the law of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:91
%
If any shall offend in secret, he or she shall be rebuked in secret,
that he or she may have opportunity to confess in secret to him or her
whom he or she has offended, and to God, that the church may not speak
reproachfully of him or her.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:92
%
And thus shall ye conduct in all things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 42:93
%
O HEARKEN, ye elders of my church, and give ear to the words which I
shall speak unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:1
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For behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye have received a
commandment for a law unto my church, through him whom I have appointed
unto you to receive commandments and revelations from my hand.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:2
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And this ye shall know assuredly--that there is none other appointed
unto you to receive commandments and revelations until he be taken,
if he abide in me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:3
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But verily, verily, I say unto you, that none else shall be appointed
unto this gift except it be through him; for if it be taken from him he
shall not have power except to appoint another in his stead.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:4
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And this shall be a law unto you, that ye receive not the teachings of
any that shall come before you as revelations or commandments;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:5
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And this I give unto you that you may not be deceived, that you may know
they are not of me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:6
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For verily I say unto you, that he that is ordained of me shall come in
at the gate and be ordained as I have told you before, to teach those
revelations which you have received and shall receive through him whom
I have appointed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:7
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And now, behold, I give unto you a commandment, that when ye are assembled
together ye shall instruct and edify each other, that ye may know how
to act and direct my church, how to act upon the points of my law and
commandments, which I have given.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:8
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And thus ye shall become instructed in the law of my church, and be
sanctified by that which ye have received, and ye shall bind yourselves
to act in all holiness before me--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:9
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That inasmuch as ye do this, glory shall be added to the kingdom which
ye have received.  Inasmuch as ye do it not, it shall be taken, even
that which ye have received.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:10
%
Purge ye out the iniquity which is among you; sanctify yourselves
before me;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:11
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And if ye desire the glories of the kingdom, appoint ye my servant Joseph
Smith, Jun., and uphold him before me by the prayer of faith.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:12
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And again, I say unto you, that if ye desire the mysteries of the kingdom,
provide for him food and raiment, and whatsoever thing he needeth to
accomplish the work wherewith I have commanded him;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:13
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And if ye do it not he shall remain unto them that have received him,
that I may reserve unto myself a pure people before me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:14
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Again I say, hearken ye elders of my church, whom I have appointed:
Ye are not sent forth to be taught, but to teach the children of men
the things which I have put into your hands by the power of my Spirit;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:15
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And ye are to be taught from on high.  Sanctify yourselves and ye shall
be endowed with power, that ye may give even as I have spoken.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:16
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Hearken ye, for, behold, the great day of the Lord is nigh at hand.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:17
%
For the day cometh that the Lord shall utter his voice out of heaven;
the heavens shall shake and the earth shall tremble, and the trump of God
shall sound both long and loud, and shall say to the sleeping nations: Ye
saints arise and live; ye sinners stay and sleep until I shall call again.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:18
%
Wherefore gird up your loins lest ye be found among the wicked.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:19
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Lift up your voices and spare not.  Call upon the nations to repent,
both old and young, both bond and free, saying: Prepare yourselves for
the great day of the Lord;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:20
%
For if I, who am a man, do lift up my voice and call upon you to repent,
and ye hate me, what will ye say when the day cometh when the thunders
shall utter their voices from the ends of the earth, speaking to the
ears of all that live, saying--Repent, and prepare for the great day of
the Lord?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:21
%
Yea, and again, when the lightnings shall streak forth from the east
unto the west, and shall utter forth their voices unto all that live,
and make the ears of all tingle that hear, saying these words--Repent ye,
for the great day of the Lord is come?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:22
%
And again, the Lord shall utter his voice out of heaven, saying: Hearken,
O ye nations of the earth, and hear the words of that God who made you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:23
%
O, ye nations of the earth, how often would I have gathered you together
as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, but ye would not!
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:24
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How oft have I called upon you by the mouth of my servants, and by
the ministering of angels, and by mine own voice, and by the voice of
thunderings, and by the voice of lightnings, and by the voice of tempests,
and by the voice of earthquakes, and great hailstorms, and by the voice of
famines and pestilences of every kind, and by the great sound of a trump,
and by the voice of judgment, and by the voice of mercy all the day long,
and by the voice of glory and honor and the riches of eternal life,
and would have saved you with an everlasting salvation, but ye would not!
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:25
%
Behold, the day has come, when the cup of the wrath of mine indignation
is full.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:26
%
Behold, verily I say unto you, that these are the words of the Lord
your God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:27
%
Wherefore, labor ye, labor ye in my vineyard for the last time--for the
last time call upon the inhabitants of the earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:28
%
For in mine own due time will I come upon the earth in judgment, and my
people shall be redeemed and shall reign with me on earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:29
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For the great Millennium, of which I have spoken by the mouth of my
servants, shall come.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:30
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For Satan shall be bound, and when he is loosed again he shall only
reign for a little season, and then cometh the end of the earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:31
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And he that liveth in righteousness shall be changed in the twinkling
of an eye, and the earth shall pass away so as by fire.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:32
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And the wicked shall go away into unquenchable fire, and their end no
man knoweth on earth, nor ever shall know, until they come before me
in judgment.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:33
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Hearken ye to these words.  Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the Savior
of the world.  Treasure these things up in your hearts, and let the
solemnities of eternity rest upon your minds.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:34
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Be sober.  Keep all my commandments.  Even so.	Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 43:35
%
BEHOLD, thus saith the Lord unto you my servants, it is expedient in me
that the elders of my church should be called together, from the east
and from the west, and from the north and from the south, by letter or
some other way.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 44:1
%
And it shall come to pass, that inasmuch as they are faithful, and
exercise faith in me, I will pour out my Spirit upon them in the day
that they assemble themselves together.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 44:2
%
And it shall come to pass that they shall go forth into the regions
round about, and preach repentance unto the people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 44:3
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And many shall be converted, insomuch that ye shall obtain power to
organize yourselves according to the laws of man;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 44:4
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That your enemies may not have power over you; that you may be preserved
in all things; that you may be enabled to keep my laws; that every bond
may be broken wherewith the enemy seeketh to destroy my people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 44:5
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Behold, I say unto you, that ye must visit the poor and the needy and
administer to their relief, that they may be kept until all things may
be done according to my law which ye have received.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 44:6
%
HEARKEN, O ye people of my church, to whom the kingdom has been given;
hearken ye and give ear to him who laid the foundation of the earth,
who made the heavens and all the hosts thereof, and by whom all things
were made which live, and move, and have a being.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:1
%
And again I say, hearken unto my voice, lest death shall overtake you;
in an hour when ye think not the summer shall be past, and the harvest
ended, and your souls not saved.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:2
%
Listen to him who is the advocate with the Father, who is pleading your
cause before him--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:3
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Saying: Father, behold the sufferings and death of him who did no sin,
in whom thou wast well pleased; behold the blood of thy Son which was
shed, the blood of him whom thou gavest that thyself might be glorified;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:4
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Wherefore, Father, spare these my brethren that believe on my name,
that they may come unto me and have everlasting life.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:5
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Hearken, O ye people of my church, and ye elders listen together, and
hear my voice while it is called today, and harden not your hearts;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:6
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For verily I say unto you that I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and
the end, the light and the life of the world--a light that shineth in
darkness and the darkness comprehendeth it not.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:7
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I came unto mine own, and mine own received me not; but unto as many as
received me gave I power to do many miracles, and to become the sons of
God; and even unto them that believed on my name gave I power to obtain
eternal life.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:8
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And even so I have sent mine everlasting covenant into the world, to be
a light to the world, and to be a standard for my people, and for the
Gentiles to seek to it, and to be a messenger before my face to prepare
the way before me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:9
%
Wherefore, come ye unto it, and with him that cometh I will reason as
with men in days of old, and I will show unto you my strong reasoning.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:10
%
Wherefore, hearken ye together and let me show unto you even my
wisdom--the wisdom of him whom ye say is the God of Enoch, and his
brethren,
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:11
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Who were separated from the earth, and were received unto myself--a
city reserved until a day of righteousness shall come--a day which was
sought for by all holy men, and they found it not because of wickedness
and abominations;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:12
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And confessed they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:13
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But obtained a promise that they should find it and see it in their flesh.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:14
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Wherefore, hearken and I will reason with you, and I will speak unto
you and prophesy, as unto men in days of old.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:15
%
And I will show it plainly as I showed it unto my disciples as I stood
before them in the flesh, and spake unto them, saying: As ye have asked
of me concerning the signs of my coming, in the day when I shall come
in my glory in the clouds of heaven, to fulfil the promises that I have
made unto your fathers,
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:16
%
For as ye have looked upon the long absence of your spirits from your
bodies to be a bondage, I will show unto you how the day of redemption
shall come, and also the restoration of the scattered Israel.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:17
%
And now ye behold this temple which is in Jerusalem, which ye call the
house of God, and your enemies say that this house shall never fall.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:18
%
But, verily I say unto you, that desolation shall come upon this
generation as a thief in the night, and this people shall be destroyed
and scattered among all nations.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:19
%
And this temple which ye now see shall be thrown down that there shall
not be left one stone upon another.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:20
%
And it shall come to pass, that this generation of Jews shall not pass
away until every desolation which I have told you concerning them shall
come to pass.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:21
%
Ye say that ye know that the end of the world cometh; ye say also that
ye know that the heavens and the earth shall pass away;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:22
%
And in this ye say truly, for so it is; but these things which I have
told you shall not pass away until all shall be fulfilled.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:23
%
And this I have told you concerning Jerusalem; and when that day shall
come, shall a remnant be scattered among all nations;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:24
%
But they shall be gathered again; but they shall remain until the times
of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:25
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And in that day shall be heard of wars and rumors of wars, and the whole
earth shall be in commotion, and men's hearts shall fail them, and they
shall say that Christ delayeth his coming until the end of the earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:26
%
And the love of men shall wax cold, and iniquity shall abound.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:27
%
And when the times of the Gentiles is come in, a light shall break forth
among them that sit in darkness, and it shall be the fulness of my gospel;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:28
%
But they receive it not; for they perceive not the light, and they turn
their hearts from me because of the precepts of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:29
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And in that generation shall the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:30
%
And there shall be men standing in that generation, that shall not pass
until they shall see an overflowing scourge; for a desolating sickness
shall cover the land.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:31
%
But my disciples shall stand in holy places, and shall not be moved; but
among the wicked, men shall lift up their voices and curse God and die.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:32
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And there shall be earthquakes also in divers places, and many
desolations; yet men will harden their hearts against me, and they will
take up the sword, one against another, and they will kill one another.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:33
%
And now, when I the Lord had spoken these words unto my disciples,
they were troubled.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:34
%
And I said unto them: Be not troubled, for, when all these things shall
come to pass, ye may know that the promises which have been made unto
you shall be fulfilled.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:35
%
And when the light shall begin to break forth, it shall be with them
like unto a parable which I will show you--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:36
%
Ye look and behold the fig-trees, and ye see them with your eyes, and
ye say when they begin to shoot forth, and their leaves are yet tender,
that summer is now nigh at hand;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:37
%
Even so it shall be in that day when they shall see all these things,
then shall they know that the hour is nigh.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:38
%
And it shall come to pass that he that feareth me shall be looking forth
for the great day of the Lord to come, even for the signs of the coming
of the Son of Man.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:39
%
And they shall see signs and wonders, for they shall be shown forth in
the heavens above, and in the earth beneath.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:40
%
And they shall behold blood, and fire, and vapors of smoke.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:41
%
And before the day of the Lord shall come, the sun shall be darkened,
and the moon be turned into blood, and the stars fall from heaven.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:42
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And the remnant shall be gathered unto this place;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:43
%
And then they shall look for me, and, behold, I will come; and they
shall see me in the clouds of heaven, clothed with power and great glory;
with all the holy angels; and he that watches not for me shall be cut off.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:44
%
But before the arm of the Lord shall fall, an angel shall sound his trump,
and the saints that have slept shall come forth to meet me in the cloud.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:45
%
Wherefore, if ye have slept in peace blessed are you; for as you now
behold me and know that I am, even so shall ye come unto me and your
souls shall live, and your redemption shall be perfected; and the saints
shall come forth from the four quarters of the earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:46
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Then shall the arm of the Lord fall upon the nations.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:47
%
And then shall the Lord set his foot upon this mount, and it shall
cleave in twain, and the earth shall tremble, and reel to and fro,
and the heavens also shall shake.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:48
%
And the Lord shall utter his voice, and all the ends of the earth shall
hear it; and the nations of the earth shall mourn, and they that have
laughed shall see their folly.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:49
%
And calamity shall cover the mocker, and the scorner shall be consumed;
and they that have watched for iniquity shall be hewn down and cast into
the fire.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:50
%
And then shall the Jews look upon me and say: What are these wounds in
thine hands and in thy feet?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:51
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Then shall they know that I am the Lord; for I will say unto them:
These wounds are the wounds with which I was wounded in the house of
my friends.  I am he who was lifted up.  I am Jesus that was crucified.
I am the Son of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:52
%
And then shall they weep because of their iniquities; then shall they
lament because they persecuted their king.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:53
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And then shall the heathen nations be redeemed, and they that knew no
law shall have part in the first resurrection; and it shall be tolerable
for them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:54
%
And Satan shall be bound, that he shall have no place in the hearts of
the children of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:55
%
And at that day, when I shall come in my glory, shall the parable be
fulfilled which I spake concerning the ten virgins.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:56
%
For they that are wise and have received the truth, and have taken the
Holy Spirit for their guide, and have not been deceived--verily I say
unto you, they shall not be hewn down and cast into the fire, but shall
abide the day.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:57
%
And the earth shall be given unto them for an inheritance; and they
shall multiply and wax strong, and their children shall grow up without
sin unto salvation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:58
%
For the Lord shall be in their midst, and his glory shall be upon them,
and he will be their king and their lawgiver.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:59
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And now, behold, I say unto you, it shall not be given unto you to
know any further concerning this chapter, until the New Testament be
translated, and in it all these things shall be made known;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:60
%
Wherefore I give unto you that ye may now translate it, that ye may be
prepared for the things to come.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:61
%
For verily I say unto you, that great things await you;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:62
%
Ye hear of wars in foreign lands; but, behold, I say unto you, they are
nigh, even at your doors, and not many years hence ye shall hear of wars
in your own lands.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:63
%
Wherefore I, the Lord, have said, gather ye out from the eastern lands,
assemble ye yourselves together ye elders of my church; go ye forth into
the western countries, call upon the inhabitants to repent, and inasmuch
as they do repent, build up churches unto me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:64
%
And with one heart and with one mind, gather up your riches that ye may
purchase an inheritance which shall hereafter be appointed unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:65
%
And it shall be called the New Jerusalem, a land of peace, a city of
refuge, a place of safety for the saints of the Most High God;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:66
%
And the glory of the Lord shall be there, and the terror of the Lord
also shall be there, insomuch that the wicked will not come unto it,
and it shall be called Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:67
%
And it shall come to pass among the wicked, that every man that will not
take his sword against his neighbor must needs flee unto Zion for safety.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:68
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And there shall be gathered unto it out of every nation under heaven;
and it shall be the only people that shall not be at war one with another.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:69
%
And it shall be said among the wicked: Let us not go up to battle against
Zion, for the inhabitants of Zion are terrible; wherefore we cannot stand.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:70
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And it shall come to pass that the righteous shall be gathered out
from among all nations, and shall come to Zion, singing with songs of
everlasting joy.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:71
%
And now I say unto you, keep these things from going abroad unto the
world until it is expedient in me, that ye may accomplish this work in
the eyes of the people, and in the eyes of your enemies, that they may
not know your works until ye have accomplished the thing which I have
commanded you;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:72
%
That when they shall know it, that they may consider these things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:73
%
For when the Lord shall appear he shall be terrible unto them, that fear
may seize upon them, and they shall stand afar off and tremble.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:74
%
And all nations shall be afraid because of the terror of the Lord,
and the power of his might.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 45:75
%
HEARKEN, O ye people of my church; for verily I say unto you that these
things were spoken unto you for your profit and learning.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:1
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But notwithstanding those things which are written, it always has been
given to the elders of my church from the beginning, and ever shall be, to
conduct all meetings as they are directed and guided by the Holy Spirit.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:2
%
Nevertheless ye are commanded never to cast any one out from your public
meetings, which are held before the world.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:3
%
Ye are also commanded not to cast any one who belongeth to the church
out of your sacrament meetings; nevertheless, if any have trespassed,
let him not partake until he makes reconciliation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:4
%
And again I say unto you, ye shall not cast any out of your sacrament
meetings who are earnestly seeking the kingdom--I speak this concerning
those who are not of the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:5
%
And again I say unto you, concerning your confirmation meetings, that
if there be any that are not of the church, that are earnestly seeking
after the kingdom, ye shall not cast them out.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:6
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But ye are commanded in all things to ask of God, who giveth liberally;
and that which the Spirit testifies unto you even so I would that
ye should do in all holiness of heart, walking uprightly before me,
considering the end of your salvation, doing all things with prayer and
thanksgiving, that ye may not be seduced by evil spirits, or doctrines
of devils, or the commandments of men; for some are of men, and others
of devils.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:7
%
Wherefore, beware lest ye are deceived; and that ye may not be deceived
seek ye earnestly the best gifts, always remembering for what they
are given;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:8
%
For verily I say unto you, they are given for the benefit of those who
love me and keep all my commandments, and him that seeketh so to do;
that all may be benefited that seek or that ask of me, that ask and not
for a sign that they may consume it upon their lusts.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:9
%
And again, verily I say unto you, I would that ye should always remember,
and always retain in your minds what those gifts are, that are given
unto the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:10
%
For all have not every gift given unto them; for there are many gifts,
and to every man is given a gift by the Spirit of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:11
%
To some is given one, and to some is given another, that all may be
profited thereby.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:12
%
To some it is given by the Holy Ghost to know that Jesus Christ is the
Son of God, and that he was crucified for the sins of the world.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:13
%
To others it is given to believe on their words, that they also might
have eternal life if they continue faithful.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:14
%
And again, to some it is given by the Holy Ghost to know the differences
of administration, as it will be pleasing unto the same Lord, according
as the Lord will, suiting his mercies according to the conditions of
the children of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:15
%
And again, it is given by the Holy Ghost to some to know the diversities
of operations, whether they be of God, that the manifestations of the
Spirit may be given to every man to profit withal.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:16
%
And again, verily I say unto you, to some is given, by the Spirit of God,
the word of wisdom.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:17
%
To another is given the word of knowledge, that all may be taught to be
wise and to have knowledge.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:18
%
And again, to some it is given to have faith to be healed;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:19
%
And to others it is given to have faith to heal.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:20
%
And again, to some is given the working of miracles;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:21
%
And to others it is given to prophesy;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:22
%
And to others the discerning of spirits.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:23
%
And again, it is given to some to speak with tongues;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:24
%
And to another is given the interpretation of tongues.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:25
%
And all these gifts come from God, for the benefit of the children of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:26
%
And unto the bishop of the church, and unto such as God shall appoint
and ordain to watch over the church and to be elders unto the church,
are to have it given unto them to discern all those gifts lest there
shall be any among you professing and yet be not of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:27
%
And it shall come to pass that he that asketh in Spirit shall receive
in Spirit;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:28
%
That unto some it may be given to have all those gifts, that there may
be a head, in order that every member may be profited thereby.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:29
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He that asketh in the Spirit asketh according to the will of God;
wherefore it is done even as he asketh.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:30
%
And again, I say unto you, all things must be done in the name of Christ,
whatsoever you do in the Spirit;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:31
%
And ye must give thanks unto God in the Spirit for whatsoever blessing
ye are blessed with.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:32
%
And ye must practise virtue and holiness before me continually.  Even so.
Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 46:33
%
BEHOLD, it is expedient in me that my servant John should write and keep
a regular history, and assist you, my servant Joseph, in transcribing
all things which shall be given you, until he is called to further duties.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 47:1
%
Again, verily I say unto you that he can also lift up his voice in
meetings, whenever it shall be expedient.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 47:2
%
And again, I say unto you that it shall be appointed unto him to keep
the church record and history continually; for Oliver Cowdery I have
appointed to another office.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 47:3
%
Wherefore, it shall be given him, inasmuch as he is faithful, by the
Comforter, to write these things.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 47:4
%
IT is necessary that ye should remain for the present time in your places
of abode, as it shall be suitable to your circumstances.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 48:1
%
And inasmuch as ye have lands, ye shall impart to the eastern brethren;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 48:2
%
And inasmuch as ye have not lands, let them buy for the present time in
those regions round about, as seemeth them good, for it must needs be
necessary that they have places to live for the present time.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 48:3
%
It must needs be necessary that ye save all the money that ye can, and
that ye obtain all that ye can in righteousness, that in time ye may be
enabled to purchase land for an inheritance, even the city.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 48:4
%
The place is not yet to be revealed; but after your brethren come from
the east there are to be certain men appointed, and to them it shall be
given to know the place, or to them it shall be revealed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 48:5
%
And they shall be appointed to purchase the lands, and to make a
commencement to lay the foundation of the city; and then shall ye
begin to be gathered with your families, every man according to his
family, according to his circumstances, and as is appointed to him by
the presidency and the bishop of the church, according to the laws and
commandments which ye have received, and which ye shall hereafter receive.
Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 48:6
%
HEARKEN unto my word, my servants Sidney, and Parley, and Leman; for
behold, verily I say unto you, that I give unto you a commandment that
you shall go and preach my gospel which ye have received, even as ye
have received it, unto the Shakers.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:1
%
Behold, I say unto you, that they desire to know the truth in part,
but not all, for they are not right before me and must needs repent.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:2
%
Wherefore, I send you, my servants Sidney and Parley, to preach the
gospel unto them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:3
%
And my servant Leman shall be ordained unto this work, that he may
reason with them, not according to that which he has received of them,
but according to that which shall be taught him by you my servants;
and by so doing I will bless him, otherwise he shall not prosper.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:4
%
Thus saith the Lord; for I am God, and have sent mine Only Begotten Son
into the world for the redemption of the world, and have decreed that he
that receiveth him shall be saved, and he that receiveth him not shall
be damned--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:5
%
And they have done unto the Son of Man even as they listed; and he has
taken his power on the right hand of his glory, and now reigneth in the
heavens, and will reign till he descends on the earth to put all enemies
under his feet, which time is nigh at hand--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:6
%
I, the Lord God, have spoken it; but the hour and the day no man knoweth,
neither the angels in heaven, nor shall they know until he comes.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:7
%
Wherefore, I will that all men shall repent, for all are under sin, except
those which I have reserved unto myself, holy men that ye know not of.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:8
%
Wherefore, I say unto you that I have sent unto you mine everlasting
covenant, even that which was from the beginning.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:9
%
And that which I have promised I have so fulfilled, and the nations of
the earth shall bow to it; and, if not of themselves, they shall come
down, for that which is now exalted of itself shall be laid low of power.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:10
%
Wherefore, I give unto you a commandment that ye go among this people,
and say unto them, like unto mine apostle of old, whose name was Peter:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:11
%
Believe on the name of the Lord Jesus, who was on the earth, and is to
come, the beginning and the end;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:12
%
Repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, according to the
holy commandment, for the remission of sins;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:13
%
And whoso doeth this shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, by the
laying on of the hands of the elders of the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:14
%
And again, verily I say unto you, that whoso forbiddeth to marry is not
ordained of God, for marriage is ordained of God unto man.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:15
%
Wherefore, it is lawful that he should have one wife, and they twain
shall be one flesh, and all this that the earth might answer the end of
its creation;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:16
%
And that it might be filled with the measure of man, according to his
creation before the world was made.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:17
%
And whoso forbiddeth to abstain from meats, that man should not eat the
same, is not ordained of God;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:18
%
For, behold, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, and that
which cometh of the earth, is ordained for the use of man for food and
for raiment, and that he might have in abundance.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:19
%
But it is not given that one man should possess that which is above
another, wherefore the world lieth in sin.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:20
%
And wo be unto man that sheddeth blood or that wasteth flesh and hath
no need.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:21
%
And again, verily I say unto you, that the Son of Man cometh not in the
form of a woman, neither of a man traveling on the earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:22
%
Wherefore, be not deceived, but continue in steadfastness, looking forth
for the heavens to be shaken, and the earth to tremble and to reel to
and fro as a drunken man, and for the valleys to be exalted, and for the
mountains to be made low, and for the rough places to become smooth--and
all this when the angel shall sound his trumpet.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:23
%
But before the great day of the Lord shall come, Jacob shall flourish
in the wilderness, and the Lamanites shall blossom as the rose.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:24
%
Zion shall flourish upon the hills and rejoice upon the mountains,
and shall be assembled together unto the place which I have appointed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:25
%
Behold, I say unto you, go forth as I have commanded you; repent of
all your sins; ask and ye shall receive; knock and it shall be opened
unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:26
%
Behold, I will go before you and be your rearward; and I will be in your
midst, and you shall not be confounded.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:27
%
Behold, I am Jesus Christ, and I come quickly.	Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 49:28
%
HEARKEN, O ye elders of my church, and give ear to the voice of the
living God; and attend to the words of wisdom which shall be given unto
you, according as ye have asked and are agreed as touching the church,
and the spirits which have gone abroad in the earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:1
%
Behold, verily I say unto you, that there are many spirits which are
false spirits, which have gone forth in the earth, deceiving the world.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:2
%
And also Satan hath sought to deceive you, that he might overthrow you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:3
%
Behold, I, the Lord, have looked upon you, and have seen abominations
in the church that profess my name.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:4
%
But blessed are they who are faithful and endure, whether in life or in
death, for they shall inherit eternal life.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:5
%
But wo unto them that are deceivers and hypocrites, for, thus saith the
Lord, I will bring them to judgment.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:6
%
Behold, verily I say unto you, there are hypocrites among you, who have
deceived some, which has given the adversary power; but behold such
shall be reclaimed;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:7
%
But the hypocrites shall be detected and shall be cut off, either in
life or in death, even as I will; and wo unto them who are cut off from
my church, for the same are overcome of the world.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:8
%
Wherefore, let every man beware lest he do that which is not in truth
and righteousness before me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:9
%
And now come, saith the Lord, by the Spirit, unto the elders of his
church, and let us reason together, that ye may understand;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:10
%
Let us reason even as a man reasoneth one with another face to face.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:11
%
Now, when a man reasoneth he is understood of man, because he reasoneth as
a man; even so will I, the Lord, reason with you that you may understand.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:12
%
Wherefore, I the Lord ask you this question--unto what were ye ordained?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:13
%
To preach my gospel by the Spirit, even the Comforter which was sent
forth to teach the truth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:14
%
And then received ye spirits which ye could not understand, and received
them to be of God; and in this are ye justified?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:15
%
Behold ye shall answer this question yourselves; nevertheless, I will
be merciful unto you; he that is weak among you hereafter shall be
made strong.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:16
%
Verily I say unto you, he that is ordained of me and sent forth to
preach the word of truth by the Comforter, in the Spirit of truth,
doth he preach it by the Spirit of truth or some other way?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:17
%
And if it be by some other way it is not of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:18
%
And again, he that receiveth the word of truth, doth he receive it by
the Spirit of truth or some other way?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:19
%
If it be some other way it is not of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:20
%
Therefore, why is it that ye cannot understand and know, that he that
receiveth the word by the Spirit of truth receiveth it as it is preached
by the Spirit of truth?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:21
%
Wherefore, he that preacheth and he that receiveth, understand one
another, and both are edified and rejoice together.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:22
%
And that which doth not edify is not of God, and is darkness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:23
%
That which is of God is light; and he that receiveth light, and continueth
in God, receiveth more light; and that light groweth brighter and brighter
until the perfect day.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:24
%
And again, verily I say unto you, and I say it that you may know the
truth, that you may chase darkness from among you;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:25
%
He that is ordained of God and sent forth, the same is appointed to be
the greatest, notwithstanding he is the least and the servant of all.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:26
%
Wherefore, he is possessor of all things; for all things are subject unto
him, both in heaven and on the earth, the life and the light, the Spirit
and the power, sent forth by the will of the Father through Jesus Christ,
his Son.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:27
%
But no man is possessor of all things except he be purified and cleansed
from all sin.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:28
%
And if ye are purified and cleansed from all sin, ye shall ask whatsoever
you will in the name of Jesus and it shall be done.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:29
%
But know this, it shall be given you what you shall ask; and as ye are
appointed to the head, the spirits shall be subject unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:30
%
Wherefore, it shall come to pass, that if you behold a spirit manifested
that you cannot understand, and you receive not that spirit, ye shall
ask of the Father in the name of Jesus; and if he give not unto you that
spirit, then you may know that it is not of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:31
%
And it shall be given unto you, power over that spirit; and you shall
proclaim against that spirit with a loud voice that it is not of God--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:32
%
Not with railing accusation, that ye be not overcome, neither with
boasting nor rejoicing, lest you be seized therewith.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:33
%
He that receiveth of God, let him account it of God; and let him rejoice
that he is accounted of God worthy to receive.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:34
%
And by giving heed and doing these things which ye have received, and
which ye shall hereafter receive--and the kingdom is given you of the
Father, and power to overcome all things which are not ordained of him--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:35
%
And behold, verily I say unto you, blessed are you who are now hearing
these words of mine from the mouth of my servant, for your sins are
forgiven you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:36
%
Let my servant Joseph Wakefield, in whom I am well pleased, and my servant
Parley P. Pratt go forth among the churches and strengthen them by the
word of exhortation;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:37
%
And also my servant John Corrill, or as many of my servants as are
ordained unto this office, and let them labor in the vineyard; and let
no man hinder them doing that which I have appointed unto them--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:38
%
Wherefore, in this thing my servant Edward Partridge is not justified;
nevertheless let him repent and he shall be forgiven.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:39
%
Behold, ye are little children and ye cannot bear all things now; ye
must grow in grace and in the knowledge of the truth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:40
%
Fear not, little children, for you are mine, and I have overcome the
world, and you are of them that my Father hath given me;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:41
%
And none of them that my Father hath given me shall be lost.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:42
%
And the Father and I are one.  I am in the Father and the Father in me;
and inasmuch as ye have received me, ye are in me and I in you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:43
%
Wherefore, I am in your midst, and I am the good shepherd, and the stone
of Israel.  He that buildeth upon this rock shall never fall.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:44
%
And the day cometh that you shall hear my voice and see me, and know
that I am.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:45
%
Watch, therefore, that ye may be ready.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 50:46
%
HEARKEN unto me, saith the Lord your God, and I will speak unto my
servant Edward Partridge, and give unto him directions; for it must
needs be that he receive directions how to organize this people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 51:1
%
For it must needs be that they be organized according to my laws; if
otherwise, they will be cut off.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 51:2
%
Wherefore, let my servant Edward Partridge, and those whom he has chosen,
in whom I am well pleased, appoint unto this people their portions,
every man equal according to his family, according to his circumstances
and his wants and needs.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 51:3
%
And let my servant Edward Partridge, when he shall appoint a man his
portion, give unto him a writing that shall secure unto him his portion,
that he shall hold it, even this right and this inheritance in the church,
until he transgresses and is not accounted worthy by the voice of the
church, according to the laws and covenants of the church, to belong to
the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 51:4
%
And if he shall transgress and is not accounted worthy to belong to
the church, he shall not have power to claim that portion which he
has consecrated unto the bishop for the poor and needy of my church;
therefore, he shall not retain the gift, but shall only have claim on
that portion that is deeded unto him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 51:5
%
And thus all things shall be made sure, according to the laws of the land.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 51:6
%
And let that which belongs to this people be appointed unto this people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 51:7
%
And the money which is left unto this people--let there be an agent
appointed unto this people, to take the money to provide food and raiment,
according to the wants of this people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 51:8
%
And let every man deal honestly, and be alike among this people, and
receive alike, that ye may be one, even as I have commanded you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 51:9
%
And let that which belongeth to this people not be taken and given unto
that of another church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 51:10
%
Wherefore, if another church would receive money of this church, let
them pay unto this church again according as they shall agree;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 51:11
%
And this shall be done through the bishop or the agent, which shall be
appointed by the voice of the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 51:12
%
And again, let the bishop appoint a storehouse unto this church; and
let all things both in money and in meat, which are more than is needful
for the wants of this people, be kept in the hands of the bishop.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 51:13
%
And let him also reserve unto himself for his own wants, and for the
wants of his family, as he shall be employed in doing this business.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 51:14
%
And thus I grant unto this people a privilege of organizing themselves
according to my laws.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 51:15
%
And I consecrate unto them this land for a little season, until I,
the Lord, shall provide for them otherwise, and command them to go hence;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 51:16
%
And the hour and the day is not given unto them, wherefore let them act
upon this land as for years, and this shall turn unto them for their good.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 51:17
%
Behold, this shall be an example unto my servant Edward Partridge,
in other places, in all churches.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 51:18
%
And whoso is found a faithful, a just, and a wise steward shall enter
into the joy of his Lord, and shall inherit eternal life.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 51:19
%
Verily, I say unto you, I am Jesus Christ, who cometh quickly, in an
hour you think not.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 51:20
%
BEHOLD, thus saith the Lord unto the elders whom he hath called and
chosen in these last days, by the voice of his Spirit--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:1
%
Saying: I, the Lord, will make known unto you what I will that ye shall
do from this time until the next conference, which shall be held in
Missouri, upon the land which I will consecrate unto my people, which
are a remnant of Jacob, and those who are heirs according to the covenant.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:2
%
Wherefore, verily I say unto you, let my servants Joseph Smith, Jun.,
and Sidney Rigdon take their journey as soon as preparations can be made
to leave their homes, and journey to the land of Missouri.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:3
%
And inasmuch as they are faithful unto me, it shall be made known unto
them what they shall do;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:4
%
And it shall also, inasmuch as they are faithful, be made known unto
them the land of your inheritance.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:5
%
And inasmuch as they are not faithful, they shall be cut off, even as
I will, as seemeth me good.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:6
%
And again, verily I say unto you, let my servant Lyman Wight and my
servant John Corrill take their journey speedily;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:7
%
And also my servant John Murdock, and my servant Hyrum Smith, take their
journey unto the same place by the way of Detroit.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:8
%
And let them journey from thence preaching the word by the way, saying
none other things than that which the prophets and apostles have
written, and that which is taught them by the Comforter through the
prayer of faith.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:9
%
Let them go two by two, and thus let them preach by the way in every
congregation, baptizing by water, and the laying on of the hands by the
water's side.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:10
%
For thus saith the Lord, I will cut my work short in righteousness,
for the days come that I will send forth judgment unto victory.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:11
%
And let my servant Lyman Wight beware, for Satan desireth to sift him
as chaff.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:12
%
And behold, he that is faithful shall be made ruler over many things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:13
%
And again, I will give unto you a pattern in all things, that ye may
not be deceived; for Satan is abroad in the land, and he goeth forth
deceiving the nations--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:14
%
Wherefore he that prayeth, whose spirit is contrite, the same is accepted
of me if he obey mine ordinances.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:15
%
He that speaketh, whose spirit is contrite, whose language is meek and
edifieth, the same is of God if he obey mine ordinances.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:16
%
And again, he that trembleth under my power shall be made strong,
and shall bring forth fruits of praise and wisdom, according to the
revelations and truths which I have given you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:17
%
And again, he that is overcome and bringeth not forth fruits, even
according to this pattern, is not of me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:18
%
Wherefore, by this pattern ye shall know the spirits in all cases under
the whole heavens.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:19
%
And the days have come; according to men's faith it shall be done
unto them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:20
%
Behold, this commandment is given unto all the elders whom I have chosen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:21
%
And again, verily I say unto you, let my servant Thomas B. Marsh and my
servant Ezra Thayre take their journey also, preaching the word by the
way unto this same land.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:22
%
And again, let my servant Isaac Morley and my servant Ezra Booth take
their journey, also preaching the word by the way unto this same land.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:23
%
And again, let my servants Edward Partridge and Martin Harris take their
journey with my servants Sidney Rigdon and Joseph Smith, Jun.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:24
%
Let my servants David Whitmer and Harvey Whitlock also take their journey,
and preach by the way unto this same land.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:25
%
And let my servants Parley P. Pratt and Orson Pratt take their journey,
and preach by the way, even unto this same land.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:26
%
And let my servants Solomon Hancock and Simeon Carter also take their
journey unto this same land, and preach by the way.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:27
%
Let my servants Edson Fuller and Jacob Scott also take their journey.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:28
%
Let my servants Levi W. Hancock and Zebedee Coltrin also take their
journey.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:29
%
Let my servants Reynolds Cahoon and Samuel H. Smith also take their
journey.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:30
%
Let my servants Wheeler Baldwin and William Carter also take their
journey.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:31
%
And let my servants Newel Knight and Selah J. Griffin both be ordained,
and also take their journey.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:32
%
Yea, verily I say, let all these take their journey unto one place,
in their several courses, and one man shall not build upon another's
foundation, neither journey in another's track.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:33
%
He that is faithful, the same shall be kept and blessed with much fruit.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:34
%
And again, I say unto you, let my servants Joseph Wakefield and Solomon
Humphrey take their journey into the eastern lands;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:35
%
Let them labor with their families, declaring none other things than
the prophets and apostles, that which they have seen and heard and most
assuredly believe, that the prophecies may be fulfilled.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:36
%
In consequence of transgression, let that which was bestowed upon Heman
Basset be taken from him, and placed upon the head of Simonds Ryder.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:37
%
And again, verily I say unto you, let Jared Carter be ordained a priest,
and also George James be ordained a priest.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:38
%
Let the residue of the elders watch over the churches, and declare the
word in the regions round about them; and let them labor with their own
hands that there be no idolatry nor wickedness practised.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:39
%
And remember in all things the poor and the needy, the sick and the
afflicted, for he that doeth not these things, the same is not my
disciple.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:40
%
And again, let my servants Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney Rigdon and
Edward Partridge take with them a recommend from the church.  And let
there be one obtained for my servant Oliver Cowdery also.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:41
%
And thus, even as I have said, if ye are faithful ye shall assemble
yourselves together to rejoice upon the land of Missouri, which is the
land of your inheritance, which is now the land of your enemies.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:42
%
But, behold, I, the Lord, will hasten the city in its time, and will
crown the faithful with joy and with rejoicing.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:43
%
Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and I will lift them up at
the last day.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 52:44
%
BEHOLD, I say unto you, my servant Sidney Gilbert, that I have heard
your prayers; and you have called upon me that it should be made known
unto you, of the Lord your God, concerning your calling and election in
the church, which I, the Lord, have raised up in these last days.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 53:1
%
Behold, I, the Lord, who was crucified for the sins of the world, give
unto you a commandment that you shall forsake the world.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 53:2
%
Take upon you mine ordination, even that of an elder, to preach faith
and repentance and remission of sins, according to my word, and the
reception of the Holy Spirit by the laying on of hands;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 53:3
%
And also to be an agent unto this church in the place which shall be
appointed by the bishop, according to commandments which shall be given
hereafter.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 53:4
%
And again, verily I say unto you, you shall take your journey with my
servants Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney Rigdon.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 53:5
%
Behold, these are the first ordinances which you shall receive; and the
residue shall be made known in a time to come, according to your labor
in my vineyard.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 53:6
%
And again, I would that ye should learn that he only is saved who endureth
unto the end.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 53:7
%
BEHOLD, thus saith the Lord, even Alpha and Omega, the beginning and
the end, even he who was crucified for the sins of the world--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 54:1
%
Behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, my servant Newel Knight, you
shall stand fast in the office whereunto I have appointed you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 54:2
%
And if your brethren desire to escape their enemies, let them repent of
all their sins, and become truly humble before me and contrite.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 54:3
%
And as the covenant which they made unto me has been broken, even so it
has become void and of none effect.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 54:4
%
And wo to him by whom this offense cometh, for it had been better for
him that he had been drowned in the depth of the sea.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 54:5
%
But blessed are they who have kept the covenant and observed the
commandment, for they shall obtain mercy.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 54:6
%
Wherefore, go to now and flee the land, lest your enemies come upon you;
and take your journey, and appoint whom you will to be your leader,
and to pay moneys for you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 54:7
%
And thus you shall take your journey into the regions westward, unto
the land of Missouri, unto the borders of the Lamanites.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 54:8
%
And after you have done journeying, behold, I say unto you, seek ye a
living like unto men, until I prepare a place for you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 54:9
%
And again, be patient in tribulation until I come; and, behold, I come
quickly, and my reward is with me, and they who have sought me early
shall find rest to their souls.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 54:10
%
BEHOLD, thus saith the Lord unto you, my servant William, yea, even the
Lord of the whole earth, thou art called and chosen; and after thou hast
been baptized by water, which if you do with an eye single to my glory,
you shall have a remission of your sins and a reception of the Holy
Spirit by the laying on of hands;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 55:1
%
And then thou shalt be ordained by the hand of my servant Joseph Smith,
Jun., to be an elder unto this church, to preach repentance and remission
of sins by way of baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of the
living God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 55:2
%
And on whomsoever you shall lay your hands, if they are contrite before
me, you shall have power to give the Holy Spirit.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 55:3
%
And again, you shall be ordained to assist my servant Oliver Cowdery to
do the work of printing, and of selecting and writing books for schools
in this church, that little children also may receive instruction before
me as is pleasing unto me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 55:4
%
And again, verily I say unto you, for this cause you shall take your
journey with my servants Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney Rigdon, that
you may be planted in the land of your inheritance to do this work.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 55:5
%
And again, let my servant Joseph Coe also take his journey with them.
The residue shall be made known hereafter, even as I will.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 55:6
%
HEARKEN, O ye people who profess my name, saith the Lord your God; for
behold, mine anger is kindled against the rebellious, and they shall
know mine arm and mine indignation, in the day of visitation and of
wrath upon the nations.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 56:1
%
And he that will not take up his cross and follow me, and keep my
commandments, the same shall not be saved.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 56:2
%
Behold, I, the Lord, command; and he that will not obey shall be cut
off in mine own due time, after I have commanded and the commandment
is broken.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 56:3
%
Wherefore I, the Lord, command and revoke, as it seemeth me good; and
all this to be answered upon the heads of the rebellious, saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 56:4
%
Wherefore, I revoke the commandment which was given unto my servants
Thomas B. Marsh and Ezra Thayre, and give a new commandment unto my
servant Thomas, that he shall take up his journey speedily to the land
of Missouri, and my servant Selah J. Griffin shall also go with him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 56:5
%
For behold, I revoke the commandment which was given unto my servants
Selah J. Griffin and Newel Knight, in consequence of the stiffneckedness
of my people which are in Thompson, and their rebellions.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 56:6
%
Wherefore, let my servant Newel Knight remain with them; and as many as
will go may go, that are contrite before me, and be led by him to the
land which I have appointed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 56:7
%
And again, verily I say unto you, that my servant Ezra Thayre must repent
of his pride, and of his selfishness, and obey the former commandment
which I have given him concerning the place upon which he lives.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 56:8
%
And if he will do this, as there shall be no divisions made upon the land,
he shall be appointed still to go to the land of Missouri;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 56:9
%
Otherwise he shall receive the money which he has paid, and shall leave
the place, and shall be cut off out of my church, saith the Lord God
of hosts;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 56:10
%
And though the heaven and the earth pass away, these words shall not
pass away, but shall be fulfilled.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 56:11
%
And if my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., must needs pay the money, behold,
I, the Lord, will pay it unto him again in the land of Missouri, that
those of whom he shall receive may be rewarded again according to that
which they do;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 56:12
%
For according to that which they do they shall receive, even in lands
for their inheritance.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 56:13
%
Behold, thus saith the Lord unto my people--you have many things to do
and to repent of; for behold, your sins have come up unto me, and are
not pardoned, because you seek to counsel in your own ways.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 56:14
%
And your hearts are not satisfied.  And ye obey not the truth, but have
pleasure in unrighteousness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 56:15
%
Wo unto you rich men, that will not give your substance to the poor, for
your riches will canker your souls; and this shall be your lamentation in
the day of visitation, and of judgment, and of indignation: The harvest
is past, the summer is ended, and my soul is not saved!
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 56:16
%
Wo unto you poor men, whose hearts are not broken, whose spirits are not
contrite, and whose bellies are not satisfied, and whose hands are not
stayed from laying hold upon other men's goods, whose eyes are full of
greediness, and who will not labor with your own hands!
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 56:17
%
But blessed are the poor who are pure in heart, whose hearts are broken,
and whose spirits are contrite, for they shall see the kingdom of God
coming in power and great glory unto their deliverance; for the fatness
of the earth shall be theirs.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 56:18
%
For behold, the Lord shall come, and his recompense shall be with him,
and he shall reward every man, and the poor shall rejoice;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 56:19
%
And their generations shall inherit the earth from generation to
generation, forever and ever.  And now I make an end of speaking unto you.
Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 56:20
%
HEARKEN, O ye elders of my church, saith the Lord your God, who have
assembled yourselves together, according to my commandments, in this land,
which is the land of Missouri, which is the land which I have appointed
and consecrated for the gathering of the saints.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 57:1
%
Wherefore, this is the land of promise, and the place for the city
of Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 57:2
%
And thus saith the Lord your God, if you will receive wisdom here
is wisdom.  Behold, the place which is now called Independence is the
center place; and a spot for the temple is lying westward, upon a lot
which is not far from the courthouse.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 57:3
%
Wherefore, it is wisdom that the land should be purchased by the saints,
and also every tract lying westward, even unto the line running directly
between Jew and Gentile;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 57:4
%
And also every tract bordering by the prairies, inasmuch as my disciples
are enabled to buy lands.  Behold, this is wisdom, that they may obtain
it for an everlasting inheritance.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 57:5
%
And let my servant Sidney Gilbert stand in the office to which I have
appointed him, to receive moneys, to be an agent unto the church, to
buy land in all the regions round about, inasmuch as can be done in
righteousness, and as wisdom shall direct.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 57:6
%
And let my servant Edward Partridge stand in the office to which I have
appointed him, and divide unto the saints their inheritance, even as I
have commanded; and also those whom he has appointed to assist him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 57:7
%
And again, verily I say unto you, let my servant Sidney Gilbert plant
himself in this place, and establish a store, that he may sell goods
without fraud, that he may obtain money to buy lands for the good of the
saints, and that he may obtain whatsoever things the disciples may need
to plant them in their inheritance.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 57:8
%
And also let my servant Sidney Gilbert obtain a license--behold here is
wisdom, and whoso readeth let him understand--that he may send goods also
unto the people, even by whom he will as clerks employed in his service;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 57:9
%
And thus provide for my saints, that my gospel may be preached unto
those who sit in darkness and in the region and shadow of death.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 57:10
%
And again, verily I say unto you, let my servant William W. Phelps be
planted in this place, and be established as a printer unto the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 57:11
%
And lo, if the world receive his writings--behold here is wisdom--let
him obtain whatsoever he can obtain in righteousness, for the good of
the saints.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 57:12
%
And let my servant Oliver Cowdery assist him, even as I have commanded,
in whatsoever place I shall appoint unto him, to copy, and to correct,
and select, that all things may be right before me, as it shall be proved
by the Spirit through him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 57:13
%
And thus let those of whom I have spoken be planted in the land of Zion,
as speedily as can be, with their families, to do those things even as
I have spoken.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 57:14
%
And now concerning the gathering--Let the bishop and the agent make
preparations for those families which have been commanded to come to
this land, as soon as possible, and plant them in their inheritance.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 57:15
%
And unto the residue of both elders and members further directions shall
be given hereafter.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 57:16
%
HEARKEN, O ye elders of my church, and give ear to my word, and learn
of me what I will concerning you, and also concerning this land unto
which I have sent you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:1
%
For verily I say unto you, blessed is he that keepeth my commandments,
whether in life or in death; and he that is faithful in tribulation,
the reward of the same is greater in the kingdom of heaven.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:2
%
Ye cannot behold with your natural eyes, for the present time, the
design of your God concerning those things which shall come hereafter,
and the glory which shall follow after much tribulation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:3
%
For after much tribulation come the blessings.	Wherefore the day cometh
that ye shall be crowned with much glory; the hour is not yet, but is
nigh at hand.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:4
%
Remember this, which I tell you before, that you may lay it to heart,
and receive that which is to follow.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:5
%
Behold, verily I say unto you, for this cause I have sent you--that
you might be obedient, and that your hearts might be prepared to bear
testimony of the things which are to come;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:6
%
And also that you might be honored in laying the foundation, and in
bearing record of the land upon which the Zion of God shall stand;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:7
%
And also that a feast of fat things might be prepared for the poor; yea,
a feast of fat things, of wine on the lees well refined, that the earth
may know that the mouths of the prophets shall not fail;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:8
%
Yea, a supper of the house of the Lord, well prepared, unto which all
nations shall be invited.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:9
%
First, the rich and the learned, the wise and the noble;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:10
%
And after that cometh the day of my power; then shall the poor, the lame,
and the blind, and the deaf, come in unto the marriage of the Lamb,
and partake of the supper of the Lord, prepared for the great day to come.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:11
%
Behold, I, the Lord, have spoken it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:12
%
And that the testimony might go forth from Zion, yea, from the mouth of
the city of the heritage of God--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:13
%
Yea, for this cause I have sent you hither, and have selected my servant
Edward Partridge, and have appointed unto him his mission in this land.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:14
%
But if he repent not of his sins, which are unbelief and blindness of
heart, let him take heed lest he fall.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:15
%
Behold his mission is given unto him, and it shall not be given again.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:16
%
And whoso standeth in this mission is appointed to be a judge in Israel,
like as it was in ancient days, to divide the lands of the heritage of
God unto his children;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:17
%
And to judge his people by the testimony of the just, and by the
assistance of his counselors, according to the laws of the kingdom which
are given by the prophets of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:18
%
For verily I say unto you, my law shall be kept on this land.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:19
%
Let no man think he is ruler; but let God rule him that judgeth, according
to the counsel of his own will, or, in other words, him that counseleth
or sitteth upon the judgment seat.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:20
%
Let no man break the laws of the land, for he that keepeth the laws of
God hath no need to break the laws of the land.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:21
%
Wherefore, be subject to the powers that be, until he reigns whose right
it is to reign, and subdues all enemies under his feet.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:22
%
Behold, the laws which ye have received from my hand are the laws of
the church, and in this light ye shall hold them forth.  Behold, here
is wisdom.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:23
%
And now, as I spake concerning my servant Edward Partridge, this land
is the land of his residence, and those whom he has appointed for
his counselors; and also the land of the residence of him whom I have
appointed to keep my storehouse;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:24
%
Wherefore, let them bring their families to this land, as they shall
counsel between themselves and me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:25
%
For behold, it is not meet that I should command in all things; for he
that is compelled in all things, the same is a slothful and not a wise
servant; wherefore he receiveth no reward.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:26
%
Verily I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do
many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:27
%
For the power is in them, wherein they are agents unto themselves.
And inasmuch as men do good they shall in nowise lose their reward.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:28
%
But he that doeth not anything until he is commanded, and receiveth
a commandment with doubtful heart, and keepeth it with slothfulness,
the same is damned.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:29
%
Who am I that made man, saith the Lord, that will hold him guiltless
that obeys not my commandments?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:30
%
Who am I, saith the Lord, that have promised and have not fulfilled?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:31
%
I command and men obey not; I revoke and they receive not the blessing.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:32
%
Then they say in their hearts: This is not the work of the Lord, for his
promises are not fulfilled.  But wo unto such, for their reward lurketh
beneath, and not from above.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:33
%
And now I give unto you further directions concerning this land.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:34
%
It is wisdom in me that my servant Martin Harris should be an example
unto the church, in laying his moneys before the bishop of the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:35
%
And also, this is a law unto every man that cometh unto this land to
receive an inheritance; and he shall do with his moneys according as
the law directs.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:36
%
And it is wisdom also that there should be lands purchased in
Independence, for the place of the storehouse, and also for the house
of the printing.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:37
%
And other directions concerning my servant Martin Harris shall be
given him of the Spirit, that he may receive his inheritance as seemeth
him good;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:38
%
And let him repent of his sins, for he seeketh the praise of the world.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:39
%
And also let my servant William W. Phelps stand in the office to which
I have appointed him, and receive his inheritance in the land;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:40
%
And also he hath need to repent, for I, the Lord, am not well pleased with
him, for he seeketh to excel, and he is not sufficiently meek before me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:41
%
Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I,
the Lord, remember them no more.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:42
%
By this ye may know if a man repenteth of his sins--behold, he will
confess them and forsake them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:43
%
And now, verily, I say concerning the residue of the elders of my church,
the time has not yet come, for many years, for them to receive their
inheritance in this land, except they desire it through the prayer of
faith, only as it shall be appointed unto them of the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:44
%
For, behold, they shall push the people together from the ends of
the earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:45
%
Wherefore, assemble yourselves together; and they who are not appointed
to stay in this land, let them preach the gospel in the regions round
about; and after that let them return to their homes.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:46
%
Let them preach by the way, and bear testimony of the truth in all places,
and call upon the rich, the high and the low, and the poor to repent.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:47
%
And let them build up churches, inasmuch as the inhabitants of the earth
will repent.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:48
%
And let there be an agent appointed by the voice of the church, unto
the church in Ohio, to receive moneys to purchase lands in Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:49
%
And I give unto my servant Sidney Rigdon a commandment, that he shall
write a description of the land of Zion, and a statement of the will of
God, as it shall be made known by the Spirit unto him;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:50
%
And an epistle and subscription, to be presented unto all the churches
to obtain moneys, to be put into the hands of the bishop, of himself or
the agent, as seemeth him good or as he shall direct, to purchase lands
for an inheritance for the children of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:51
%
For, behold, verily I say unto you, the Lord willeth that the disciples
and the children of men should open their hearts, even to purchase this
whole region of country, as soon as time will permit.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:52
%
Behold, here is wisdom.  Let them do this lest they receive none
inheritance, save it be by the shedding of blood.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:53
%
And again, inasmuch as there is land obtained, let there be workmen sent
forth of all kinds unto this land, to labor for the saints of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:54
%
Let all these things be done in order; and let the privileges of the lands
be made known from time to time, by the bishop or the agent of the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:55
%
And let the work of the gathering be not in haste, nor by flight; but
let it be done as it shall be counseled by the elders of the church at
the conferences, according to the knowledge which they receive from time
to time.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:56
%
And let my servant Sidney Rigdon consecrate and dedicate this land,
and the spot for the temple, unto the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:57
%
And let a conference meeting be called; and after that let my servants
Sidney Rigdon and Joseph Smith, Jun., return, and also Oliver Cowdery
with them, to accomplish the residue of the work which I have appointed
unto them in their own land, and the residue as shall be ruled by the
conferences.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:58
%
And let no man return from this land except he bear record by the way,
of that which he knows and most assuredly believes.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:59
%
Let that which has been bestowed upon Ziba Peterson be taken from him;
and let him stand as a member in the church, and labor with his own hands,
with the brethren, until he is sufficiently chastened for all his sins;
for he confesseth them not, and he thinketh to hide them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:60
%
Let the residue of the elders of this church, who are coming to this
land, some of whom are exceedingly blessed even above measure, also hold
a conference upon this land.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:61
%
And let my servant Edward Partridge direct the conference which shall
be held by them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:62
%
And let them also return, preaching the gospel by the way, bearing record
of the things which are revealed unto them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:63
%
For, verily, the sound must go forth from this place into all the world,
and unto the uttermost parts of the earth--the gospel must be preached
unto every creature, with signs following them that believe.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:64
%
And behold the Son of Man cometh.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 58:65
%
BEHOLD, blessed, saith the Lord, are they who have come up unto this
land with an eye single to my glory, according to my commandments.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 59:1
%
For those that live shall inherit the earth, and those that die shall
rest from all their labors, and their works shall follow them; and they
shall receive a crown in the mansions of my Father, which I have prepared
for them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 59:2
%
Yea, blessed are they whose feet stand upon the land of Zion, who have
obeyed my gospel; for they shall receive for their reward the good things
of the earth, and it shall bring forth in its strength.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 59:3
%
And they shall also be crowned with blessings from above, yea, and with
commandments not a few, and with revelations in their time--they that
are faithful and diligent before me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 59:4
%
Wherefore, I give unto them a commandment, saying thus: Thou shalt
love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy might, mind,
and strength; and in the name of Jesus Christ thou shalt serve him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 59:5
%
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.  Thou shalt not steal; neither
commit adultery, nor kill, nor do anything like unto it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 59:6
%
Thou shalt thank the Lord thy God in all things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 59:7
%
Thou shalt offer a sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in righteousness,
even that of a broken heart and a contrite spirit.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 59:8
%
And that thou mayest more fully keep thyself unspotted from the world,
thou shalt go to the house of prayer and offer up thy sacraments upon
my holy day;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 59:9
%
For verily this is a day appointed unto you to rest from your labors,
and to pay thy devotions unto the Most High;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 59:10
%
Nevertheless thy vows shall be offered up in righteousness on all days
and at all times;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 59:11
%
But remember that on this, the Lord's day, thou shalt offer thine
oblations and thy sacraments unto the Most High, confessing thy sins
unto thy brethren, and before the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 59:12
%
And on this day thou shalt do none other thing, only let thy food be
prepared with singleness of heart that thy fasting may be perfect, or,
in other words, that thy joy may be full.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 59:13
%
Verily, this is fasting and prayer, or in other words, rejoicing and
prayer.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 59:14
%
And inasmuch as ye do these things with thanksgiving, with cheerful
hearts and countenances, not with much laughter, for this is sin, but
with a glad heart and a cheerful countenance--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 59:15
%
Verily I say, that inasmuch as ye do this, the fulness of the earth is
yours, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, and that which
climbeth upon the trees and walketh upon the earth;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 59:16
%
Yea, and the herb, and the good things which come of the earth, whether
for food or for raiment, or for houses, or for barns, or for orchards,
or for gardens, or for vineyards;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 59:17
%
Yea, all things which come of the earth, in the season thereof, are
made for the benefit and the use of man, both to please the eye and to
gladden the heart;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 59:18
%
Yea, for food and for raiment, for taste and for smell, to strengthen
the body and to enliven the soul.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 59:19
%
And it pleaseth God that he hath given all these things unto man; for
unto this end were they made to be used, with judgment, not to excess,
neither by extortion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 59:20
%
And in nothing doth man offend God, or against none is his wrath kindled,
save those who confess not his hand in all things, and obey not his
commandments.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 59:21
%
Behold, this is according to the law and the prophets; wherefore,
trouble me no more concerning this matter.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 59:22
%
But learn that he who doeth the works of righteousness shall receive his
reward, even peace in this world and eternal life in the world to come.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 59:23
%
I, the Lord, have spoken it, and the Spirit beareth record.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 59:24
%
BEHOLD, thus saith the Lord unto the elders of his church, who are to
return speedily to the land from whence they came: Behold, it pleaseth
me, that you have come up hither;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 60:1
%
But with some I am not well pleased, for they will not open their mouths,
but they hide the talent which I have given unto them, because of the
fear of man.  Wo unto such, for mine anger is kindled against them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 60:2
%
And it shall come to pass, if they are not more faithful unto me, it
shall be taken away, even that which they have.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 60:3
%
For I, the Lord, rule in the heavens above, and among the armies of the
earth; and in the day when I shall make up my jewels, all men shall know
what it is that bespeaketh the power of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 60:4
%
But, verily, I will speak unto you concerning your journey unto the land
from whence you came.  Let there be a craft made, or bought, as seemeth
you good, it mattereth not unto me, and take your journey speedily for
the place which is called St. Louis.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 60:5
%
And from thence let my servants, Sidney Rigdon, Joseph Smith, Jun.,
and Oliver Cowdery, take their journey for Cincinnati;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 60:6
%
And in this place let them lift up their voice and declare my word with
loud voices, without wrath or doubting, lifting up holy hands upon them.
For I am able to make you holy, and your sins are forgiven you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 60:7
%
And let the residue take their journey from St. Louis, two by two, and
preach the word, not in haste, among the congregations of the wicked,
until they return to the churches from whence they came.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 60:8
%
And all this for the good of the churches; for this intent have I
sent them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 60:9
%
And let my servant Edward Partridge impart of the money which I have
given him, a portion unto mine elders who are commanded to return;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 60:10
%
And he that is able, let him return it by the way of the agent; and he
that is not, of him it is not required.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 60:11
%
And now I speak of the residue who are to come unto this land.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 60:12
%
Behold, they have been sent to preach my gospel among the congregations
of the wicked; wherefore, I give unto them a commandment, thus: Thou
shalt not idle away thy time, neither shalt thou bury thy talent that
it may not be known.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 60:13
%
And after thou hast come up unto the land of Zion, and hast proclaimed
my word, thou shalt speedily return, proclaiming my word among the
congregations of the wicked, not in haste, neither in wrath nor with
strife.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 60:14
%
And shake off the dust of thy feet against those who receive thee not,
not in their presence, lest thou provoke them, but in secret; and wash
thy feet, as a testimony against them in the day of judgment.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 60:15
%
Behold, this is sufficient for you, and the will of him who hath sent you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 60:16
%
And by the mouth of my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., it shall be made known
concerning Sidney Rigdon and Oliver Cowdery.  The residue hereafter.
Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 60:17
%
BEHOLD, and hearken unto the voice of him who has all power, who is
from everlasting to everlasting, even Alpha and Omega, the beginning
and the end.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:1
%
Behold, verily thus saith the Lord unto you, O ye elders of my church,
who are assembled upon this spot, whose sins are now forgiven you, for
I, the Lord, forgive sins, and am merciful unto those who confess their
sins with humble hearts;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:2
%
But verily I say unto you, that it is not needful for this whole
company of mine elders to be moving swiftly upon the waters, whilst the
inhabitants on either side are perishing in unbelief.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:3
%
Nevertheless, I suffered it that ye might bear record; behold, there
are many dangers upon the waters, and more especially hereafter;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:4
%
For I, the Lord, have decreed in mine anger many destructions upon the
waters; yea, and especially upon these waters.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:5
%
Nevertheless, all flesh is in mine hand, and he that is faithful among
you shall not perish by the waters.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:6
%
Wherefore, it is expedient that my servant Sidney Gilbert and my servant
William W. Phelps be in haste upon their errand and mission.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:7
%
Nevertheless, I would not suffer that ye should part until you were
chastened for all your sins, that you might be one, that you might not
perish in wickedness;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:8
%
But now, verily I say, it behooveth me that ye should part.  Wherefore
let my servants Sidney Gilbert and William W. Phelps take their former
company, and let them take their journey in haste that they may fill
their mission, and through faith they shall overcome;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:9
%
And inasmuch as they are faithful they shall be preserved, and I, the
Lord, will be with them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:10
%
And let the residue take that which is needful for clothing.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:11
%
Let my servant Sidney Gilbert take that which is not needful with him,
as you shall agree.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:12
%
And now, behold, for your good I gave unto you a commandment concerning
these things; and I, the Lord, will reason with you as with men in days
of old.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:13
%
Behold, I, the Lord, in the beginning blessed the waters; but in the
last days, by the mouth of my servant John, I cursed the waters.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:14
%
Wherefore, the days will come that no flesh shall be safe upon the waters.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:15
%
And it shall be said in days to come that none is able to go up to the
land of Zion upon the waters, but he that is upright in heart.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:16
%
And, as I, the Lord, in the beginning cursed the land, even so in the
last days have I blessed it, in its time, for the use of my saints,
that they may partake the fatness thereof.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:17
%
And now I give unto you a commandment that what I say unto one I say
unto all, that you shall forewarn your brethren concerning these waters,
that they come not in journeying upon them, lest their faith fail and
they are caught in snares;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:18
%
I, the Lord, have decreed, and the destroyer rideth upon the face thereof,
and I revoke not the decree.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:19
%
I, the Lord, was angry with you yesterday, but today mine anger is
turned away.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:20
%
Wherefore, let those concerning whom I have spoken, that should take
their journey in haste--again I say unto you, let them take their journey
in haste.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:21
%
And it mattereth not unto me, after a little, if it so be that they fill
their mission, whether they go by water or by land; let this be as it
is made known unto them according to their judgments hereafter.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:22
%
And now, concerning my servants, Sidney Rigdon, Joseph Smith, Jun.,
and Oliver Cowdery, let them come not again upon the waters, save it
be upon the canal, while journeying unto their homes; or in other words
they shall not come upon the waters to journey, save upon the canal.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:23
%
Behold, I, the Lord, have appointed a way for the journeying of my saints;
and behold, this is the way--that after they leave the canal they shall
journey by land, inasmuch as they are commanded to journey and go up
unto the land of Zion;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:24
%
And they shall do like unto the children of Israel, pitching their tents
by the way.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:25
%
And, behold, this commandment you shall give unto all your brethren.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:26
%
Nevertheless, unto whom is given power to command the waters, unto him
it is given by the Spirit to know all his ways;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:27
%
Wherefore, let him do as the Spirit of the living God commandeth him,
whether upon the land or upon the waters, as it remaineth with me to
do hereafter.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:28
%
And unto you is given the course for the saints, or the way for the
saints of the camp of the Lord, to journey.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:29
%
And again, verily I say unto you, my servants, Sidney Rigdon, Joseph
Smith, Jun., and Oliver Cowdery, shall not open their mouths in the
congregations of the wicked until they arrive at Cincinnati;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:30
%
And in that place they shall lift up their voices unto God against that
people, yea, unto him whose anger is kindled against their wickedness,
a people who are well-nigh ripened for destruction.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:31
%
And from thence let them journey for the congregations of their brethren,
for their labors even now are wanted more abundantly among them than
among the congregations of the wicked.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:32
%
And now, concerning the residue, let them journey and declare the word
among the congregations of the wicked, inasmuch as it is given;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:33
%
And inasmuch as they do this they shall rid their garments, and they
shall be spotless before me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:34
%
And let them journey together, or two by two, as seemeth them good,
only let my servant Reynolds Cahoon, and my servant Samuel H. Smith,
with whom I am well pleased, be not separated until they return to their
homes, and this for a wise purpose in me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:35
%
And now, verily I say unto you, and what I say unto one I say unto all,
be of good cheer, little children; for I am in your midst, and I have
not forsaken you;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:36
%
And inasmuch as you have humbled yourselves before me, the blessings of
the kingdom are yours.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:37
%
Gird up your loins and be watchful and be sober, looking forth for the
coming of the Son of Man, for he cometh in an hour you think not.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:38
%
Pray always that you enter not into temptation, that you may abide the
day of his coming, whether in life or in death.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 61:39
%
BEHOLD, and hearken, O ye elders of my church, saith the Lord your God,
even Jesus Christ, your advocate, who knoweth the weakness of man and
how to succor them who are tempted.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 62:1
%
And verily mine eyes are upon those who have not as yet gone up unto
the land of Zion; wherefore your mission is not yet full.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 62:2
%
Nevertheless, ye are blessed, for the testimony which ye have borne is
recorded in heaven for the angels to look upon; and they rejoice over you,
and your sins are forgiven you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 62:3
%
And now continue your journey.	Assemble yourselves upon the land of Zion;
and hold a meeting and rejoice together, and offer a sacrament unto the
Most High.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 62:4
%
And then you may return to bear record, yea, even altogether, or two by
two, as seemeth you good, it mattereth not unto me; only be faithful,
and declare glad tidings unto the inhabitants of the earth, or among
the congregations of the wicked.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 62:5
%
Behold, I, the Lord, have brought you together that the promise might be
fulfilled, that the faithful among you should be preserved and rejoice
together in the land of Missouri.  I, the Lord, promise the faithful
and cannot lie.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 62:6
%
I, the Lord, am willing, if any among you desire to ride upon horses,
or upon mules, or in chariots, he shall receive this blessing, if he
receive it from the hand of the Lord, with a thankful heart in all things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 62:7
%
These things remain with you to do according to judgment and the
directions of the Spirit.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 62:8
%
Behold, the kingdom is yours.  And behold, and lo, I am with the faithful
always.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 62:9
%
HEARKEN, O ye people, and open your hearts and give ear from afar; and
listen, you that call yourselves the people of the Lord, and hear the
word of the Lord and his will concerning you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:1
%
Yea, verily, I say, hear the word of him whose anger is kindled against
the wicked and rebellious;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:2
%
Who willeth to take even them whom he will take, and preserveth in life
them whom he will preserve;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:3
%
Who buildeth up at his own will and pleasure; and destroyeth when he
pleases, and is able to cast the soul down to hell.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:4
%
Behold, I, the Lord, utter my voice, and it shall be obeyed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:5
%
Wherefore, verily I say, let the wicked take heed, and let the rebellious
fear and tremble; and let the unbelieving hold their lips, for the day
of wrath shall come upon them as a whirlwind, and all flesh shall know
that I am God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:6
%
And he that seeketh signs shall see signs, but not unto salvation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:7
%
Verily, I say unto you, there are those among you who seek signs, and
there have been such even from the beginning;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:8
%
But, behold, faith cometh not by signs, but signs follow those that
believe.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:9
%
Yea, signs come by faith, not by the will of men, nor as they please,
but by the will of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:10
%
Yea, signs come by faith, unto mighty works, for without faith no
man pleaseth God; and with whom God is angry he is not well pleased;
wherefore, unto such he showeth no signs, only in wrath unto their
condemnation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:11
%
Wherefore, I, the Lord, am not pleased with those among you who have
sought after signs and wonders for faith, and not for the good of men
unto my glory.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:12
%
Nevertheless, I give commandments, and many have turned away from my
commandments and have not kept them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:13
%
There were among you adulterers and adulteresses; some of whom have
turned away from you, and others remain with you that hereafter shall
be revealed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:14
%
Let such beware and repent speedily, lest judgment shall come upon them
as a snare, and their folly shall be made manifest, and their works
shall follow them in the eyes of the people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:15
%
And verily I say unto you, as I have said before, he that looketh on a
woman to lust after her, or if any shall commit adultery in their hearts,
they shall not have the Spirit, but shall deny the faith and shall fear.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:16
%
Wherefore, I, the Lord, have said that the fearful, and the unbelieving,
and all liars, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie, and the whoremonger,
and the sorcerer, shall have their part in that lake which burneth with
fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:17
%
Verily I say, that they shall not have part in the first resurrection.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:18
%
And now behold, I, the Lord, say unto you that ye are not justified,
because these things are among you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:19
%
Nevertheless, he that endureth in faith and doeth my will, the same
shall overcome, and shall receive an inheritance upon the earth when
the day of transfiguration shall come;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:20
%
When the earth shall be transfigured, even according to the pattern
which was shown unto mine apostles upon the mount; of which account the
fulness ye have not yet received.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:21
%
And now, verily I say unto you, that as I said that I would make known
my will unto you, behold I will make it known unto you, not by the way of
commandment, for there are many who observe not to keep my commandments.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:22
%
But unto him that keepeth my commandments I will give the mysteries
of my kingdom, and the same shall be in him a well of living water,
springing up unto everlasting life.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:23
%
And now, behold, this is the will of the Lord your God concerning his
saints, that they should assemble themselves together unto the land
of Zion, not in haste, lest there should be confusion, which bringeth
pestilence.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:24
%
Behold, the land of Zion--I, the Lord, hold it in mine own hands;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:25
%
Nevertheless, I, the Lord, render unto Caesar the things which are
Caesar's.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:26
%
Wherefore, I the Lord will that you should purchase the lands, that you
may have advantage of the world, that you may have claim on the world,
that they may not be stirred up unto anger.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:27
%
For Satan putteth it into their hearts to anger against you, and to the
shedding of blood.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:28
%
Wherefore, the land of Zion shall not be obtained but by purchase or by
blood, otherwise there is none inheritance for you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:29
%
And if by purchase, behold you are blessed;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:30
%
And if by blood, as you are forbidden to shed blood, lo, your enemies are
upon you, and ye shall be scourged from city to city, and from synagogue
to synagogue, and but few shall stand to receive an inheritance.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:31
%
I, the Lord, am angry with the wicked; I am holding my Spirit from the
inhabitants of the earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:32
%
I have sworn in my wrath, and decreed wars upon the face of the earth,
and the wicked shall slay the wicked, and fear shall come upon every man;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:33
%
And the saints also shall hardly escape; nevertheless, I, the Lord, am
with them, and will come down in heaven from the presence of my Father
and consume the wicked with unquenchable fire.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:34
%
And behold, this is not yet, but by and by.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:35
%
Wherefore, seeing that I, the Lord, have decreed all these things upon
the face of the earth, I will that my saints should be assembled upon
the land of Zion;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:36
%
And that every man should take righteousness in his hands and faithfulness
upon his loins, and lift a warning voice unto the inhabitants of the
earth; and declare both by word and by flight that desolation shall come
upon the wicked.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:37
%
Wherefore, let my disciples in Kirtland arrange their temporal concerns,
who dwell upon this farm.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:38
%
Let my servant Titus Billings, who has the care thereof, dispose of the
land, that he may be prepared in the coming spring to take his journey
up unto the land of Zion, with those that dwell upon the face thereof,
excepting those whom I shall reserve unto myself, that shall not go
until I shall command them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:39
%
And let all the moneys which can be spared, it mattereth not unto me
whether it be little or much, be sent up unto the land of Zion, unto
them whom I have appointed to receive.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:40
%
Behold, I, the Lord, will give unto my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., power
that he shall be enabled to discern by the Spirit those who shall go up
unto the land of Zion, and those of my disciples who shall tarry.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:41
%
Let my servant Newel K. Whitney retain his store, or in other words,
the store, yet for a little season.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:42
%
Nevertheless, let him impart all the money which he can impart, to be
sent up unto the land of Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:43
%
Behold, these things are in his own hands, let him do according to wisdom.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:44
%
Verily I say, let him be ordained as an agent unto the disciples that
shall tarry, and let him be ordained unto this power;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:45
%
And now speedily visit the churches, expounding these things unto them,
with my servant Oliver Cowdery.  Behold, this is my will, obtaining
moneys even as I have directed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:46
%
He that is faithful and endureth shall overcome the world.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:47
%
He that sendeth up treasures unto the land of Zion shall receive an
inheritance in this world, and his works shall follow him, and also a
reward in the world to come.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:48
%
Yea, and blessed are the dead that die in the Lord, from henceforth,
when the Lord shall come, and old things shall pass away, and all things
become new, they shall rise from the dead and shall not die after,
and shall receive an inheritance before the Lord, in the holy city.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:49
%
And he that liveth when the Lord shall come, and hath kept the faith,
blessed is he; nevertheless, it is appointed to him to die at the age
of man.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:50
%
Wherefore, children shall grow up until they become old; old men shall
die; but they shall not sleep in the dust, but they shall be changed in
the twinkling of an eye.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:51
%
Wherefore, for this cause preached the apostles unto the world the
resurrection of the dead.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:52
%
These things are the things that ye must look for; and, speaking after
the manner of the Lord, they are now nigh at hand, and in a time to come,
even in the day of the coming of the Son of Man.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:53
%
And until that hour there will be foolish virgins among the wise; and at
that hour cometh an entire separation of the righteous and the wicked;
and in that day will I send mine angels to pluck out the wicked and cast
them into unquenchable fire.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:54
%
And now behold, verily I say unto you, I, the Lord, am not pleased with
my servant Sidney Rigdon; he exalted himself in his heart, and received
not counsel, but grieved the Spirit;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:55
%
Wherefore his writing is not acceptable unto the Lord, and he shall make
another; and if the Lord receive it not, behold he standeth no longer
in the office to which I have appointed him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:56
%
And again, verily I say unto you, those who desire in their hearts,
in meekness, to warn sinners to repentance, let them be ordained unto
this power.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:57
%
For this is a day of warning, and not a day of many words.  For I,
the Lord, am not to be mocked in the last days.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:58
%
Behold, I am from above, and my power lieth beneath.  I am over all,
and in all, and through all, and search all things, and the day cometh
that all things shall be subject unto me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:59
%
Behold, I am Alpha and Omega, even Jesus Christ.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:60
%
Wherefore, let all men beware how they take my name in their lips--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:61
%
For behold, verily I say, that many there be who are under this
condemnation, who use the name of the Lord, and use it in vain, having
not authority.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:62
%
Wherefore, let the church repent of their sins, and I, the Lord, will
own them; otherwise they shall be cut off.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:63
%
Remember that that which cometh from above is sacred, and must be spoken
with care, and by constraint of the Spirit; and in this there is no
condemnation, and ye receive the Spirit through prayer; wherefore,
without this there remaineth condemnation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:64
%
Let my servants, Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney Rigdon, seek them a home,
as they are taught through prayer by the Spirit.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:65
%
These things remain to overcome through patience, that such may receive
a more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, otherwise, a greater
condemnation.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 63:66
%
BEHOLD, thus saith the Lord your God unto you, O ye elders of my church,
hearken ye and hear, and receive my will concerning you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:1
%
For verily I say unto you, I will that ye should overcome the world;
wherefore I will have compassion upon you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:2
%
There are those among you who have sinned; but verily I say, for this
once, for mine own glory, and for the salvation of souls, I have forgiven
you your sins.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:3
%
I will be merciful unto you, for I have given unto you the kingdom.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:4
%
And the keys of the mysteries of the kingdom shall not be taken from my
servant Joseph Smith, Jun., through the means I have appointed, while
he liveth, inasmuch as he obeyeth mine ordinances.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:5
%
There are those who have sought occasion against him without cause;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:6
%
Nevertheless, he has sinned; but verily I say unto you, I, the Lord,
forgive sins unto those who confess their sins before me and ask
forgiveness, who have not sinned unto death.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:7
%
My disciples, in days of old, sought occasion against one another and
forgave not one another in their hearts; and for this evil they were
afflicted and sorely chastened.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:8
%
Wherefore, I say unto you, that ye ought to forgive one another; for he
that forgiveth not his brother his trespasses standeth condemned before
the Lord; for there remaineth in him the greater sin.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:9
%
I, the Lord, will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required
to forgive all men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:10
%
And ye ought to say in your hearts--let God judge between me and thee,
and reward thee according to thy deeds.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:11
%
And him that repenteth not of his sins, and confesseth them not, ye shall
bring before the church, and do with him as the scripture saith unto you,
either by commandment or by revelation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:12
%
And this ye shall do that God may be glorified--not because ye forgive
not, having not compassion, but that ye may be justified in the eyes of
the law, that ye may not offend him who is your lawgiver--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:13
%
Verily I say, for this cause ye shall do these things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:14
%
Behold, I, the Lord, was angry with him who was my servant Ezra Booth,
and also my servant Isaac Morley, for they kept not the law, neither
the commandment;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:15
%
They sought evil in their hearts, and I, the Lord, withheld my Spirit.
They condemned for evil that thing in which there was no evil;
nevertheless I have forgiven my servant Isaac Morley.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:16
%
And also my servant Edward Partridge, behold, he hath sinned, and Satan
seeketh to destroy his soul; but when these things are made known unto
them, and they repent of the evil, they shall be forgiven.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:17
%
And now, verily I say that it is expedient in me that my servant Sidney
Gilbert, after a few weeks, shall return upon his business, and to his
agency in the land of Zion;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:18
%
And that which he hath seen and heard may be made known unto my disciples,
that they perish not.  And for this cause have I spoken these things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:19
%
And again, I say unto you, that my servant Isaac Morley may not be tempted
above that which he is able to bear, and counsel wrongfully to your hurt,
I gave commandment that his farm should be sold.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:20
%
I will not that my servant Frederick G. Williams should sell his farm,
for I, the Lord, will to retain a strong hold in the land of Kirtland,
for the space of five years, in the which I will not overthrow the wicked,
that thereby I may save some.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:21
%
And after that day, I, the Lord, will not hold any guilty that shall go
with an open heart up to the land of Zion; for I, the Lord, require the
hearts of the children of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:22
%
Behold, now it is called today until the coming of the Son of Man, and
verily it is a day of sacrifice, and a day for the tithing of my people;
for he that is tithed shall not be burned at his coming.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:23
%
For after today cometh the burning--this is speaking after the manner
of the Lord--for verily I say, tomorrow all the proud and they that do
wickedly shall be as stubble; and I will burn them up, for I am the Lord
of Hosts; and I will not spare any that remain in Babylon.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:24
%
Wherefore, if ye believe me, ye will labor while it is called today.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:25
%
And it is not meet that my servants, Newel K. Whitney and Sidney Gilbert,
should sell their store and their possessions here; for this is not
wisdom until the residue of the church, which remaineth in this place,
shall go up unto the land of Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:26
%
Behold, it is said in my laws, or forbidden, to get in debt to thine
enemies;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:27
%
But behold, it is not said at any time that the Lord should not take
when he please, and pay as seemeth him good.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:28
%
Wherefore, as ye are agents, ye are on the Lord's errand; and whatever
ye do according to the will of the Lord is the Lord's business.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:29
%
And he hath set you to provide for his saints in these last days, that
they may obtain an inheritance in the land of Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:30
%
And behold, I, the Lord, declare unto you, and my words are sure and
shall not fail, that they shall obtain it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:31
%
But all things must come to pass in their time.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:32
%
Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation
of a great work.  And out of small things proceedeth that which is great.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:33
%
Behold, the Lord requireth the heart and a willing mind; and the willing
and obedient shall eat the good of the land of Zion in these last days.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:34
%
And the rebellious shall be cut off out of the land of Zion, and shall
be sent away, and shall not inherit the land.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:35
%
For, verily I say that the rebellious are not of the blood of Ephraim,
wherefore they shall be plucked out.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:36
%
Behold, I, the Lord, have made my church in these last days like unto
a judge sitting on a hill, or in a high place, to judge the nations.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:37
%
For it shall come to pass that the inhabitants of Zion shall judge all
things pertaining to Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:38
%
And liars and hypocrites shall be proved by them, and they who are not
apostles and prophets shall be known.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:39
%
And even the bishop, who is a judge, and his counselors, if they are not
faithful in their stewardships shall be condemned, and others shall be
planted in their stead.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:40
%
For, behold, I say unto you that Zion shall flourish, and the glory of
the Lord shall be upon her;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:41
%
And she shall be an ensign unto the people, and there shall come unto
her out of every nation under heaven.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:42
%
And the day shall come when the nations of the earth shall tremble
because of her, and shall fear because of her terrible ones.  The Lord
hath spoken it.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 64:43
%
HEARKEN, and lo, a voice as of one sent down from on high, who is
mighty and powerful, whose going forth is unto the ends of the earth,
yea, whose voice is unto men--Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his
paths straight.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 65:1
%
The keys of the kingdom of God are committed unto man on the earth,
and from thence shall the gospel roll forth unto the ends of the earth,
as the stone which is cut out of the mountain without hands shall roll
forth, until it has filled the whole earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 65:2
%
Yea, a voice crying--Prepare ye the way of the Lord, prepare ye the
supper of the Lamb, make ready for the Bridegroom.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 65:3
%
Pray unto the Lord, call upon his holy name, make known his wonderful
works among the people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 65:4
%
Call upon the Lord, that his kingdom may go forth upon the earth, that
the inhabitants thereof may receive it, and be prepared for the days to
come, in the which the Son of Man shall come down in heaven, clothed in
the brightness of his glory, to meet the kingdom of God which is set up
on the earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 65:5
%
Wherefore, may the kingdom of God go forth, that the kingdom of heaven
may come, that thou, O God, mayest be glorified in heaven so on earth,
that thine enemies may be subdued; for thine is the honor, power and
glory, forever and ever.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 65:6
%
BEHOLD, thus saith the Lord unto my servant William E. McLellin--Blessed
are you, inasmuch as you have turned away from your iniquities, and have
received my truths, saith the Lord your Redeemer, the Savior of the world,
even of as many as believe on my name.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 66:1
%
Verily I say unto you, blessed are you for receiving mine everlasting
covenant, even the fulness of my gospel, sent forth unto the children
of men, that they might have life and be made partakers of the glories
which are to be revealed in the last days, as it was written by the
prophets and apostles in days of old.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 66:2
%
Verily I say unto you, my servant William, that you are clean, but not
all; repent, therefore, of those things which are not pleasing in my
sight, saith the Lord, for the Lord will show them unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 66:3
%
And now, verily, I, the Lord, will show unto you what I will concerning
you, or what is my will concerning you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 66:4
%
Behold, verily I say unto you, that it is my will that you should proclaim
my gospel from land to land, and from city to city, yea, in those regions
round about where it has not been proclaimed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 66:5
%
Tarry not many days in this place; go not up unto the land of Zion as yet;
but inasmuch as you can send, send; otherwise, think not of thy property.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 66:6
%
Go unto the eastern lands, bear testimony in every place, unto every
people and in their synagogues, reasoning with the people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 66:7
%
Let my servant Samuel H. Smith go with you, and forsake him not, and give
him thine instructions; and he that is faithful shall be made strong in
every place; and I, the Lord, will go with you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 66:8
%
Lay your hands upon the sick, and they shall recover.  Return not till I,
the Lord, shall send you.  Be patient in affliction.  Ask, and ye shall
receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 66:9
%
Seek not to be cumbered.  Forsake all unrighteousness.	Commit not
adultery--a temptation with which thou hast been troubled.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 66:10
%
Keep these sayings, for they are true and faithful; and thou shalt magnify
thine office, and push many people to Zion with songs of everlasting
joy upon their heads.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 66:11
%
Continue in these things even unto the end, and you shall have a crown
of eternal life at the right hand of my Father, who is full of grace
and truth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 66:12
%
Verily, thus saith the Lord your God, your Redeemer, even Jesus Christ.
Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 66:13
%
BEHOLD and hearken, O ye elders of my church, who have assembled
yourselves together, whose prayers I have heard, and whose hearts I know,
and whose desires have come up before me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 67:1
%
Behold and lo, mine eyes are upon you, and the heavens and the earth
are in mine hands, and the riches of eternity are mine to give.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 67:2
%
Ye endeavored to believe that ye should receive the blessing which was
offered unto you; but behold, verily I say unto you there were fears in
your hearts, and verily this is the reason that ye did not receive.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 67:3
%
And now I, the Lord, give unto you a testimony of the truth of these
commandments which are lying before you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 67:4
%
Your eyes have been upon my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., and his language
you have known, and his imperfections you have known; and you have sought
in your hearts knowledge that you might express beyond his language;
this you also know.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 67:5
%
Now, seek ye out of the Book of Commandments, even the least that is
among them, and appoint him that is the most wise among you;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 67:6
%
Or, if there be any among you that shall make one like unto it, then ye
are justified in saying that ye do not know that they are true;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 67:7
%
But if ye cannot make one like unto it, ye are under condemnation if ye
do not bear record that they are true.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 67:8
%
For ye know that there is no unrighteousness in them, and that which is
righteous cometh down from above, from the Father of lights.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 67:9
%
And again, verily I say unto you that it is your privilege, and a
promise I give unto you that have been ordained unto this ministry,
that inasmuch as you strip yourselves from jealousies and fears, and
humble yourselves before me, for ye are not sufficiently humble, the
veil shall be rent and you shall see me and know that I am--not with
the carnal neither natural mind, but with the spiritual.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 67:10
%
For no man has seen God at any time in the flesh, except quickened by
the Spirit of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 67:11
%
Neither can any natural man abide the presence of God, neither after
the carnal mind.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 67:12
%
Ye are not able to abide the presence of God now, neither the ministering
of angels; wherefore, continue in patience until ye are perfected.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 67:13
%
Let not your minds turn back; and when ye are worthy, in mine own due
time, ye shall see and know that which was conferred upon you by the
hands of my servant Joseph Smith, Jun.	Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 67:14
%
MY servant, Orson Hyde, was called by his ordination to proclaim the
everlasting gospel, by the Spirit of the living God, from people to
people, and from land to land, in the congregations of the wicked, in
their synagogues, reasoning with and expounding all scriptures unto them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:1
%
And, behold, and lo, this is an ensample unto all those who were ordained
unto this priesthood, whose mission is appointed unto them to go forth--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:2
%
And this is the ensample unto them, that they shall speak as they are
moved upon by the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:3
%
And whatsoever they shall speak when moved upon by the Holy Ghost shall
be scripture, shall be the will of the Lord, shall be the mind of the
Lord, shall be the word of the Lord, shall be the voice of the Lord,
and the power of God unto salvation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:4
%
Behold, this is the promise of the Lord unto you, O ye my servants.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:5
%
Wherefore, be of good cheer, and do not fear, for I the Lord am with you,
and will stand by you; and ye shall bear record of me, even Jesus Christ,
that I am the Son of the living God, that I was, that I am, and that I
am to come.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:6
%
This is the word of the Lord unto you, my servant Orson Hyde, and also
unto my servant Luke Johnson, and unto my servant Lyman Johnson, and
unto my servant William E. McLellin, and unto all the faithful elders
of my church--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:7
%
Go ye into all the world, preach the gospel to every creature, acting
in the authority which I have given you, baptizing in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:8
%
And he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, and he that
believeth not shall be damned.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:9
%
And he that believeth shall be blest with signs following, even as it
is written.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:10
%
And unto you it shall be given to know the signs of the times, and the
signs of the coming of the Son of Man;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:11
%
And of as many as the Father shall bear record, to you shall be given
power to seal them up unto eternal life.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:12
%
And now, concerning the items in addition to the covenants and
commandments, they are these--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:13
%
There remain hereafter, in the due time of the Lord, other bishops to
be set apart unto the church, to minister even according to the first;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:14
%
Wherefore they shall be high priests who are worthy, and they shall be
appointed by the First Presidency of the Melchizedek Priesthood, except
they be literal descendants of Aaron.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:15
%
And if they be literal descendants of Aaron they have a legal right to
the bishopric, if they are the firstborn among the sons of Aaron;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:16
%
For the firstborn holds the right of the presidency over this priesthood,
and the keys or authority of the same.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:17
%
No man has a legal right to this office, to hold the keys of this
priesthood, except he be a literal descendant and the firstborn of Aaron.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:18
%
But, as a high priest of the Melchizedek Priesthood has authority to
officiate in all the lesser offices he may officiate in the office of
bishop when no literal descendant of Aaron can be found, provided he is
called and set apart and ordained unto this power, under the hands of
the First Presidency of the Melchizedek Priesthood.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:19
%
And a literal descendant of Aaron, also, must be designated by this
Presidency, and found worthy, and anointed, and ordained under the hands
of this Presidency, otherwise they are not legally authorized to officiate
in their priesthood.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:20
%
But, by virtue of the decree concerning their right of the priesthood
descending from father to son, they may claim their anointing if at any
time they can prove their lineage, or do ascertain it by revelation from
the Lord under the hands of the above named Presidency.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:21
%
And again, no bishop or high priest who shall be set apart for this
ministry shall be tried or condemned for any crime, save it be before
the First Presidency of the church;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:22
%
And inasmuch as he is found guilty before this Presidency, by testimony
that cannot be impeached, he shall be condemned;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:23
%
And if he repent he shall be forgiven, according to the covenants and
commandments of the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:24
%
And again, inasmuch as parents have children in Zion, or in any of
her stakes which are organized, that teach them not to understand the
doctrine of repentance, faith in Christ the Son of the living God, and
of baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of the hands,
when eight years old, the sin be upon the heads of the parents.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:25
%
For this shall be a law unto the inhabitants of Zion, or in any of her
stakes which are organized.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:26
%
And their children shall be baptized for the remission of their sins
when eight years old, and receive the laying on of the hands.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:27
%
And they shall also teach their children to pray, and to walk uprightly
before the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:28
%
And the inhabitants of Zion shall also observe the Sabbath day to keep
it holy.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:29
%
And the inhabitants of Zion also shall remember their labors, inasmuch
as they are appointed to labor, in all faithfulness; for the idler shall
be had in remembrance before the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:30
%
Now, I, the Lord, am not well pleased with the inhabitants of Zion,
for there are idlers among them; and their children are also growing
up in wickedness; they also seek not earnestly the riches of eternity,
but their eyes are full of greediness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:31
%
These things ought not to be, and must be done away from among them;
wherefore, let my servant Oliver Cowdery carry these sayings unto the
land of Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:32
%
And a commandment I give unto them--that he that observeth not his prayers
before the Lord in the season thereof, let him be had in remembrance
before the judge of my people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:33
%
These sayings are true and faithful; wherefore, transgress them not,
neither take therefrom.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:34
%
Behold, I am Alpha and Omega, and I come quickly.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 68:35
%
HEARKEN unto me, saith the Lord your God, for my servant Oliver Cowdery's
sake.  It is not wisdom in me that he should be entrusted with the
commandments and the moneys which he shall carry unto the land of Zion,
except one go with him who will be true and faithful.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 69:1
%
Wherefore, I, the Lord, will that my servant, John Whitmer, should go
with my servant Oliver Cowdery;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 69:2
%
And also that he shall continue in writing and making a history of all
the important things which he shall observe and know concerning my church;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 69:3
%
And also that he receive counsel and assistance from my servant Oliver
Cowdery and others.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 69:4
%
And also, my servants who are abroad in the earth should send forth the
accounts of their stewardships to the land of Zion;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 69:5
%
For the land of Zion shall be a seat and a place to receive and do all
these things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 69:6
%
Nevertheless, let my servant John Whitmer travel many times from place
to place, and from church to church, that he may the more easily obtain
knowledge--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 69:7
%
Preaching and expounding, writing, copying, selecting, and obtaining
all things which shall be for the good of the church, and for the rising
generations that shall grow up on the land of Zion, to possess it from
generation to generation, forever and ever.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 69:8
%
BEHOLD, and hearken, O ye inhabitants of Zion, and all ye people of my
church who are afar off, and hear the word of the Lord which I give unto
my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., and also unto my servant Martin Harris,
and also unto my servant Oliver Cowdery, and also unto my servant John
Whitmer, and also unto my servant Sidney Rigdon, and also unto my servant
William W. Phelps, by the way of commandment unto them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 70:1
%
For I give unto them a commandment; wherefore hearken and hear, for thus
saith the Lord unto them--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 70:2
%
I, the Lord, have appointed them, and ordained them to be stewards over
the revelations and commandments which I have given unto them, and which
I shall hereafter give unto them;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 70:3
%
And an account of this stewardship will I require of them in the day
of judgment.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 70:4
%
Wherefore, I have appointed unto them, and this is their business in
the church of God, to manage them and the concerns thereof, yea, the
benefits thereof.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 70:5
%
Wherefore, a commandment I give unto them, that they shall not give
these things unto the church, neither unto the world;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 70:6
%
Nevertheless, inasmuch as they receive more than is needful for their
necessities and their wants, it shall be given into my storehouse;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 70:7
%
And the benefits shall be consecrated unto the inhabitants of Zion,
and unto their generations, inasmuch as they become heirs according to
the laws of the kingdom.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 70:8
%
Behold, this is what the Lord requires of every man in his stewardship,
even as I, the Lord, have appointed or shall hereafter appoint unto
any man.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 70:9
%
And behold, none are exempt from this law who belong to the church of
the living God;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 70:10
%
Yea, neither the bishop, neither the agent who keepeth the Lord's
storehouse, neither he who is appointed in a stewardship over temporal
things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 70:11
%
He who is appointed to administer spiritual things, the same is worthy of
his hire, even as those who are appointed to a stewardship to administer
in temporal things;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 70:12
%
Yea, even more abundantly, which abundance is multiplied unto them
through the manifestations of the Spirit.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 70:13
%
Nevertheless, in your temporal things you shall be equal, and this not
grudgingly, otherwise the abundance of the manifestations of the Spirit
shall be withheld.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 70:14
%
Now, this commandment I give unto my servants for their benefit while
they remain, for a manifestation of my blessings upon their heads,
and for a reward of their diligence and for their security;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 70:15
%
For food and for raiment; for an inheritance; for houses and for lands, in
whatsoever circumstances I, the Lord, shall place them, and whithersoever
I, the Lord, shall send them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 70:16
%
For they have been faithful over many things, and have done well inasmuch
as they have not sinned.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 70:17
%
Behold, I, the Lord, am merciful and will bless them, and they shall
enter into the joy of these things.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 70:18
%
BEHOLD, thus saith the Lord unto you my servants Joseph Smith, Jun.,
and Sidney Rigdon, that the time has verily come that it is necessary
and expedient in me that you should open your mouths in proclaiming my
gospel, the things of the kingdom, expounding the mysteries thereof out
of the scriptures, according to that portion of Spirit and power which
shall be given unto you, even as I will.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 71:1
%
Verily I say unto you, proclaim unto the world in the regions round about,
and in the church also, for the space of a season, even until it shall
be made known unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 71:2
%
Verily this is a mission for a season, which I give unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 71:3
%
Wherefore, labor ye in my vineyard.  Call upon the inhabitants of the
earth, and bear record, and prepare the way for the commandments and
revelations which are to come.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 71:4
%
Now, behold this is wisdom; whoso readeth, let him understand and
receive also;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 71:5
%
For unto him that receiveth it shall be given more abundantly, even power.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 71:6
%
Wherefore, confound your enemies; call upon them to meet you both in
public and in private; and inasmuch as ye are faithful their shame shall
be made manifest.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 71:7
%
Wherefore, let them bring forth their strong reasons against the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 71:8
%
Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you--there is no weapon that is formed
against you shall prosper;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 71:9
%
And if any man lift his voice against you he shall be confounded in mine
own due time.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 71:10
%
Wherefore, keep my commandments; they are true and faithful.  Even so.
Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 71:11
%
HEARKEN, and listen to the voice of the Lord, O ye who have assembled
yourselves together, who are the high priests of my church, to whom the
kingdom and power have been given.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:1
%
For verily thus saith the Lord, it is expedient in me for a bishop to
be appointed unto you, or of you, unto the church in this part of the
Lord's vineyard.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:2
%
And verily in this thing ye have done wisely, for it is required of
the Lord, at the hand of every steward, to render an account of his
stewardship, both in time and in eternity.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:3
%
For he who is faithful and wise in time is accounted worthy to inherit
the mansions prepared for him of my Father.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:4
%
Verily I say unto you, the elders of the church in this part of my
vineyard shall render an account of their stewardship unto the bishop,
who shall be appointed of me in this part of my vineyard.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:5
%
These things shall be had on record, to be handed over unto the bishop
in Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:6
%
And the duty of the bishop shall be made known by the commandments which
have been given, and the voice of the conference.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:7
%
And now, verily I say unto you, my servant Newel K. Whitney is the man
who shall be appointed and ordained unto this power.  This is the will
of the Lord your God, your Redeemer.  Even so.	Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:8
%
The word of the Lord, in addition to the law which has been given, making
known the duty of the bishop who has been ordained unto the church in
this part of the vineyard, which is verily this--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:9
%
To keep the Lord's storehouse; to receive the funds of the church in
this part of the vineyard;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:10
%
To take an account of the elders as before has been commanded; and to
administer to their wants, who shall pay for that which they receive,
inasmuch as they have wherewith to pay;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:11
%
That this also may be consecrated to the good of the church, to the poor
and needy.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:12
%
And he who hath not wherewith to pay, an account shall be taken and
handed over to the bishop of Zion, who shall pay the debt out of that
which the Lord shall put into his hands.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:13
%
And the labors of the faithful who labor in spiritual things, in
administering the gospel and the things of the kingdom unto the church,
and unto the world, shall answer the debt unto the bishop in Zion;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:14
%
Thus it cometh out of the church, for according to the law every man
that cometh up to Zion must lay all things before the bishop in Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:15
%
And now, verily I say unto you, that as every elder in this part of the
vineyard must give an account of his stewardship unto the bishop in this
part of the vineyard--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:16
%
A certificate from the judge or bishop in this part of the vineyard,
unto the bishop in Zion, rendereth every man acceptable, and answereth
all things, for an inheritance, and to be received as a wise steward
and as a faithful laborer;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:17
%
Otherwise he shall not be accepted of the bishop of Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:18
%
And now, verily I say unto you, let every elder who shall give an account
unto the bishop of the church in this part of the vineyard be recommended
by the church or churches, in which he labors, that he may render himself
and his accounts approved in all things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:19
%
And again, let my servants who are appointed as stewards over the
literary concerns of my church have claim for assistance upon the bishop
or bishops in all things--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:20
%
That the revelations may be published, and go forth unto the ends of the
earth; that they also may obtain funds which shall benefit the church
in all things;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:21
%
That they also may render themselves approved in all things, and be
accounted as wise stewards.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:22
%
And now, behold, this shall be an ensample for all the extensive branches
of my church, in whatsoever land they shall be established.  And now I
make an end of my sayings.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:23
%
A few words in addition to the laws of the kingdom, respecting the members
of the church--they that are appointed by the Holy Spirit to go up unto
Zion, and they who are privileged to go up unto Zion--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:24
%
Let them carry up unto the bishop a certificate from three elders of
the church, or a certificate from the bishop;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:25
%
Otherwise he who shall go up unto the land of Zion shall not be accounted
as a wise steward.  This is also an ensample.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:26
%
FOR verily, thus saith the Lord, it is expedient in me that they should
continue preaching the gospel, and in exhortation to the churches in
the regions round about, until conference;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 73:1
%
And then, behold, it shall be made known unto them, by the voice of the
conference, their several missions.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 73:2
%
Now, verily I say unto you my servants, Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney
Rigdon, saith the Lord, it is expedient to translate again;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 73:3
%
And, inasmuch as it is practicable, to preach in the regions round about
until conference; and after that it is expedient to continue the work
of translation until it be finished.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 73:4
%
And let this be a pattern unto the elders until further knowledge,
even as it is written.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 73:5
%
Now I give no more unto you at this time.  Gird up your loins and
be sober.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 73:6
%
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.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 74:1
%
Now, in the days of the apostles the law of circumcision was had among
all the Jews who believed not the gospel of Jesus Christ.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 74:2
%
And it came to pass that there arose a great contention among the people
concerning the law of circumcision, for the unbelieving husband was
desirous that his children should be circumcised and become subject to
the law of Moses, which law was fulfilled.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 74:3
%
And it came to pass that the children, being brought up in subjection
to the law of Moses, gave heed to the traditions of their fathers and
believed not the gospel of Christ, wherein they became unholy.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 74:4
%
Wherefore, for this cause the apostle wrote unto the church, giving unto
them a commandment, not of the Lord, but of himself, that a believer
should not be united to an unbeliever; except the law of Moses should
be done away among them,
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 74:5
%
That their children might remain without circumcision; and that the
tradition might be done away, which saith that little children are unholy;
for it was had among the Jews;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 74:6
%
But little children are holy, being sanctified through the atonement of
Jesus Christ; and this is what the scriptures mean.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 74:7
%
VERILY, verily I say unto you, I who speak even by the voice of my Spirit,
even Alpha and Omega, your Lord and your God--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:1
%
Hearken, O ye who have given your names to go forth to proclaim my gospel,
and to prune my vineyard.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:2
%
Behold, I say unto you that it is my will that you should go forth and
not tarry, neither be idle but labor with your might--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:3
%
Lifting up your voices as with the sound of a trump, proclaiming the truth
according to the revelations and commandments which I have given you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:4
%
And thus, if ye are faithful ye shall be laden with many sheaves, and
crowned with honor, and glory, and immortality, and eternal life.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:5
%
Therefore, verily I say unto my servant William E. McLellin, I revoke
the commission which I gave unto him to go unto the eastern countries;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:6
%
And I give unto him a new commission and a new commandment, in the which
I, the Lord, chasten him for the murmurings of his heart;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:7
%
And he sinned; nevertheless, I forgive him and say unto him again,
Go ye into the south countries.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:8
%
And let my servant Luke Johnson go with him, and proclaim the things
which I have commanded them--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:9
%
Calling on the name of the Lord for the Comforter, which shall teach
them all things that are expedient for them--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:10
%
Praying always that they faint not; and inasmuch as they do this, I will
be with them even unto the end.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:11
%
Behold, this is the will of the Lord your God concerning you.  Even so.
Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:12
%
And again, verily thus saith the Lord, let my servant Orson Hyde and my
servant Samuel H. Smith take their journey into the eastern countries,
and proclaim the things which I have commanded them; and inasmuch as
they are faithful, lo, I will be with them even unto the end.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:13
%
And again, verily I say unto my servant Lyman Johnson, and unto my
servant Orson Pratt, they shall also take their journey into the eastern
countries; and behold, and lo, I am with them also, even unto the end.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:14
%
And again, I say unto my servant Asa Dodds, and unto my servant Calves
Wilson, that they also shall take their journey unto the western
countries, and proclaim my gospel, even as I have commanded them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:15
%
And he who is faithful shall overcome all things, and shall be lifted
up at the last day.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:16
%
And again, I say unto my servant Major N. Ashley, and my servant Burr
Riggs, let them take their journey also into the south country.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:17
%
Yea, let all those take their journey, as I have commanded them, going
from house to house, and from village to village, and from city to city.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:18
%
And in whatsoever house ye enter, and they receive you, leave your
blessing upon that house.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:19
%
And in whatsoever house ye enter, and they receive you not, ye shall
depart speedily from that house, and shake off the dust of your feet as
a testimony against them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:20
%
And you shall be filled with joy and gladness; and know this, that in
the day of judgment you shall be judges of that house, and condemn them;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:21
%
And it shall be more tolerable for the heathen in the day of judgment,
than for that house; therefore, gird up your loins and be faithful,
and ye shall overcome all things, and be lifted up at the last day.
Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:22
%
And again, thus saith the Lord unto you, O ye elders of my church,
who have given your names that you might know his will concerning you--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:23
%
Behold, I say unto you, that it is the duty of the church to assist in
supporting the families of those, and also to support the families of
those who are called and must needs be sent unto the world to proclaim
the gospel unto the world.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:24
%
Wherefore, I, the Lord, give unto you this commandment, that ye obtain
places for your families, inasmuch as your brethren are willing to open
their hearts.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:25
%
And let all such as can obtain places for their families, and support
of the church for them, not fail to go into the world, whether to the
east or to the west, or to the north, or to the south.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:26
%
Let them ask and they shall receive, knock and it shall be opened unto
them, and be made known from on high, even by the Comforter, whither
they shall go.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:27
%
And again, verily I say unto you, that every man who is obliged to
provide for his own family, let him provide, and he shall in nowise lose
his crown; and let him labor in the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:28
%
Let every man be diligent in all things.  And the idler shall not have
place in the church, except he repent and mend his ways.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:29
%
Wherefore, let my servant Simeon Carter and my servant Emer Harris be
united in the ministry;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:30
%
And also my servant Ezra Thayre and my servant Thomas B. Marsh;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:31
%
Also my servant Hyrum Smith and my servant Reynolds Cahoon;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:32
%
And also my servant Daniel Stanton and my servant Seymour Brunson;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:33
%
And also my servant Sylvester Smith and my servant Gideon Carter;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:34
%
And also my servant Ruggles Eames and my servant Stephen Burnett;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:35
%
And also my servant Micah B. Welton and also my servant Eden Smith.
Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 75:36
%
HEAR, O ye heavens, and give ear, O earth, and rejoice ye inhabitants
thereof, for the Lord is God, and beside him there is no Savior.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:1
%
Great is his wisdom, marvelous are his ways, and the extent of his doings
none can find out.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:2
%
His purposes fail not, neither are there any who can stay his hand.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:3
%
From eternity to eternity he is the same, and his years never fail.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:4
%
For thus saith the Lord--I, the Lord, am merciful and gracious unto those
who fear me, and delight to honor those who serve me in righteousness
and in truth unto the end.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:5
%
Great shall be their reward and eternal shall be their glory.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:6
%
And to them will I reveal all mysteries, yea, all the hidden mysteries
of my kingdom from days of old, and for ages to come, will I make known
unto them the good pleasure of my will concerning all things pertaining
to my kingdom.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:7
%
Yea, even the wonders of eternity shall they know, and things to come
will I show them, even the things of many generations.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:8
%
And their wisdom shall be great, and their understanding reach to heaven;
and before them the wisdom of the wise shall perish, and the understanding
of the prudent shall come to naught.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:9
%
For by my Spirit will I enlighten them, and by my power will I make
known unto them the secrets of my will--yea, even those things which
eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor yet entered into the heart of man.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:10
%
We, Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney Rigdon, being in the Spirit on the
sixteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-two--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:11
%
By the power of the Spirit our eyes were opened and our understandings
were enlightened, so as to see and understand the things of God--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:12
%
Even those things which were from the beginning before the world was,
which were ordained of the Father, through his Only Begotten Son, who
was in the bosom of the Father, even from the beginning;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:13
%
Of whom we bear record; and the record which we bear is the fulness of
the gospel of Jesus Christ, who is the Son, whom we saw and with whom
we conversed in the heavenly vision.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:14
%
For while we were doing the work of translation, which the Lord had
appointed unto us, we came to the twenty-ninth verse of the fifth chapter
of John, which was given unto us as follows--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:15
%
Speaking of the resurrection of the dead, concerning those who shall
hear the voice of the Son of Man:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:16
%
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.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:17
%
Now this caused us to marvel, for it was given unto us of the Spirit.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:18
%
And while we meditated upon these things, the Lord touched the eyes of
our understandings and they were opened, and the glory of the Lord shone
round about.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:19
%
And we beheld the glory of the Son, on the right hand of the Father,
and received of his fulness;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:20
%
And saw the holy angels, and them who are sanctified before his throne,
worshiping God, and the Lamb, who worship him forever and ever.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:21
%
And now, after the many testimonies which have been given of him, this
is the testimony, last of all, which we give of him: That he lives!
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:22
%
For we saw him, even on the right hand of God; and we heard the voice
bearing record that he is the Only Begotten of the Father--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:23
%
That by him, and through him, and of him, the worlds are and were created,
and the inhabitants thereof are begotten sons and daughters unto God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:24
%
And this we saw also, and bear record, that an angel of God who was in
authority in the presence of God, who rebelled against the Only Begotten
Son whom the Father loved and who was in the bosom of the Father, was
thrust down from the presence of God and the Son,
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:25
%
And was called Perdition, for the heavens wept over him--he was Lucifer,
a son of the morning.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:26
%
And we beheld, and lo, he is fallen!  is fallen, even a son of the
morning!
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:27
%
And while we were yet in the Spirit, the Lord commanded us that we should
write the vision; for we beheld Satan, that old serpent, even the devil,
who rebelled against God, and sought to take the kingdom of our God and
his Christ--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:28
%
Wherefore, he maketh war with the saints of God, and encompasseth them
round about.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:29
%
And we saw a vision of the sufferings of those with whom he made war
and overcame, for thus came the voice of the Lord unto us:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:30
%
Thus saith the Lord concerning all those who know my power, and have
been made partakers thereof, and suffered themselves through the power
of the devil to be overcome, and to deny the truth and defy my power--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:31
%
They are they who are the sons of perdition, of whom I say that it had
been better for them never to have been born;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:32
%
For they are vessels of wrath, doomed to suffer the wrath of God, with
the devil and his angels in eternity;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:33
%
Concerning whom I have said there is no forgiveness in this world nor
in the world to come--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:34
%
Having denied the Holy Spirit after having received it, and having denied
the Only Begotten Son of the Father, having crucified him unto themselves
and put him to an open shame.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:35
%
These are they who shall go away into the lake of fire and brimstone,
with the devil and his angels--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:36
%
And the only ones on whom the second death shall have any power;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:37
%
Yea, verily, the only ones who shall not be redeemed in the due time of
the Lord, after the sufferings of his wrath.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:38
%
For all the rest shall be brought forth by the resurrection of the dead,
through the triumph and the glory of the Lamb, who was slain, who was
in the bosom of the Father before the worlds were made.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:39
%
And this is the gospel, the glad tidings, which the voice out of the
heavens bore record unto us--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:40
%
That he came into the world, even Jesus, to be crucified for the world,
and to bear the sins of the world, and to sanctify the world, and to
cleanse it from all unrighteousness;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:41
%
That through him all might be saved whom the Father had put into his
power and made by him;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:42
%
Who glorifies the Father, and saves all the works of his hands, except
those sons of perdition who deny the Son after the Father has revealed
him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:43
%
Wherefore, he saves all except them--they shall go away into everlasting
punishment, which is endless punishment, which is eternal punishment,
to reign with the devil and his angels in eternity, where their worm
dieth not, and the fire is not quenched, which is their torment--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:44
%
And the end thereof, neither the place thereof, nor their torment,
no man knows;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:45
%
Neither was it revealed, neither is, neither will be revealed unto man,
except to them who are made partakers thereof;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:46
%
Nevertheless, I, the Lord, show it by vision unto many, but straightway
shut it up again;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:47
%
Wherefore, the end, the width, the height, the depth, and the misery
thereof, they understand not, neither any man except those who are
ordained unto this condemnation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:48
%
And we heard the voice, saying: Write the vision, for lo, this is the
end of the vision of the sufferings of the ungodly.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:49
%
And again we bear record--for we saw and heard, and this is the testimony
of the gospel of Christ concerning them who shall come forth in the
resurrection of the just--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:50
%
They are they who received the testimony of Jesus, and believed on his
name and were baptized after the manner of his burial, being buried in
the water in his name, and this according to the commandment which he
has given--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:51
%
That by keeping the commandments they might be washed and cleansed from
all their sins, and receive the Holy Spirit by the laying on of the
hands of him who is ordained and sealed unto this power;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:52
%
And who overcome by faith, and are sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise,
which the Father sheds forth upon all those who are just and true.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:53
%
They are they who are the church of the Firstborn.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:54
%
They are they into whose hands the Father has given all things--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:55
%
They are they who are priests and kings, who have received of his fulness,
and of his glory;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:56
%
And are priests of the Most High, after the order of Melchizedek,
which was after the order of Enoch, which was after the order of the
Only Begotten Son.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:57
%
Wherefore, as it is written, they are gods, even the sons of God--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:58
%
Wherefore, all things are theirs, whether life or death, or things
present, or things to come, all are theirs and they are Christ's, and
Christ is God's.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:59
%
And they shall overcome all things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:60
%
Wherefore, let no man glory in man, but rather let him glory in God,
who shall subdue all enemies under his feet.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:61
%
These shall dwell in the presence of God and his Christ forever and ever.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:62
%
These are they whom he shall bring with him, when he shall come in the
clouds of heaven to reign on the earth over his people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:63
%
These are they who shall have part in the first resurrection.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:64
%
These are they who shall come forth in the resurrection of the just.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:65
%
These are they who are come unto Mount Zion, and unto the city of the
living God, the heavenly place, the holiest of all.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:66
%
These are they who have come to an innumerable company of angels, to
the general assembly and church of Enoch, and of the Firstborn.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:67
%
These are they whose names are written in heaven, where God and Christ
are the judge of all.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:68
%
These are they who are just men made perfect through Jesus the mediator
of the new covenant, who wrought out this perfect atonement through the
shedding of his own blood.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:69
%
These are they whose bodies are celestial, whose glory is that of the
sun, even the glory of God, the highest of all, whose glory the sun of
the firmament is written of as being typical.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:70
%
And again, we saw the terrestrial world, and behold and lo, these are
they who are of the terrestrial, whose glory differs from that of the
church of the Firstborn who have received the fulness of the Father,
even as that of the moon differs from the sun in the firmament.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:71
%
Behold, these are they who died without law;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:72
%
And also they who are the spirits of men kept in prison, whom the Son
visited, and preached the gospel unto them, that they might be judged
according to men in the flesh;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:73
%
Who received not the testimony of Jesus in the flesh, but afterwards
received it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:74
%
These are they who are honorable men of the earth, who were blinded by
the craftiness of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:75
%
These are they who receive of his glory, but not of his fulness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:76
%
These are they who receive of the presence of the Son, but not of the
fulness of the Father.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:77
%
Wherefore, they are bodies terrestrial, and not bodies celestial, and
differ in glory as the moon differs from the sun.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:78
%
These are they who are not valiant in the testimony of Jesus; wherefore,
they obtain not the crown over the kingdom of our God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:79
%
And now this is the end of the vision which we saw of the terrestrial,
that the Lord commanded us to write while we were yet in the Spirit.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:80
%
And again, we saw the glory of the telestial, which glory is that of the
lesser, even as the glory of the stars differs from that of the glory
of the moon in the firmament.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:81
%
These are they who received not the gospel of Christ, neither the
testimony of Jesus.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:82
%
These are they who deny not the Holy Spirit.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:83
%
These are they who are thrust down to hell.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:84
%
These are they who shall not be redeemed from the devil until the last
resurrection, until the Lord, even Christ the Lamb, shall have finished
his work.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:85
%
These are they who receive not of his fulness in the eternal world,
but of the Holy Spirit through the ministration of the terrestrial;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:86
%
And the terrestrial through the ministration of the celestial.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:87
%
And also the telestial receive it of the administering of angels who are
appointed to minister for them, or who are appointed to be ministering
spirits for them; for they shall be heirs of salvation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:88
%
And thus we saw, in the heavenly vision, the glory of the telestial,
which surpasses all understanding;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:89
%
And no man knows it except him to whom God has revealed it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:90
%
And thus we saw the glory of the terrestrial which excels in all things
the glory of the telestial, even in glory, and in power, and in might,
and in dominion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:91
%
And thus we saw the glory of the celestial, which excels in all
things--where God, even the Father, reigns upon his throne forever
and ever;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:92
%
Before whose throne all things bow in humble reverence, and give him
glory forever and ever.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:93
%
They who dwell in his presence are the church of the Firstborn; and
they see as they are seen, and know as they are known, having received
of his fulness and of his grace;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:94
%
And he makes them equal in power, and in might, and in dominion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:95
%
And the glory of the celestial is one, even as the glory of the sun
is one.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:96
%
And the glory of the terrestrial is one, even as the glory of the moon
is one.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:97
%
And the glory of the telestial is one, even as the glory of the stars is
one; for as one star differs from another star in glory, even so differs
one from another in glory in the telestial world;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:98
%
For these are they who are of Paul, and of Apollos, and of Cephas.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:99
%
These are they who say they are some of one and some of another--some
of Christ and some of John, and some of Moses, and some of Elias, and
some of Esaias, and some of Isaiah, and some of Enoch;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:100
%
But received not the gospel, neither the testimony of Jesus, neither
the prophets, neither the everlasting covenant.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:101
%
Last of all, these all are they who will not be gathered with the saints,
to be caught up unto the church of the Firstborn, and received into
the cloud.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:102
%
These are they who are liars, and sorcerers, and adulterers, and
whoremongers, and whosoever loves and makes a lie.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:103
%
These are they who suffer the wrath of God on earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:104
%
These are they who suffer the vengeance of eternal fire.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:105
%
These are they who are cast down to hell and suffer the wrath of Almighty
God, until the fulness of times, when Christ shall have subdued all
enemies under his feet, and shall have perfected his work;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:106
%
When he shall deliver up the kingdom, and present it unto the Father,
spotless, saying: I have overcome and have trodden the wine-press alone,
even the wine-press of the fierceness of the wrath of Almighty God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:107
%
Then shall he be crowned with the crown of his glory, to sit on the
throne of his power to reign forever and ever.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:108
%
But behold, and lo, we saw the glory and the inhabitants of the telestial
world, that they were as innumerable as the stars in the firmament of
heaven, or as the sand upon the seashore;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:109
%
And heard the voice of the Lord saying: These all shall bow the knee,
and every tongue shall confess to him who sits upon the throne forever
and ever;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:110
%
For they shall be judged according to their works, and every man shall
receive according to his own works, his own dominion, in the mansions
which are prepared;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:111
%
And they shall be servants of the Most High; but where God and Christ
dwell they cannot come, worlds without end.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:112
%
This is the end of the vision which we saw, which we were commanded to
write while we were yet in the Spirit.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:113
%
But great and marvelous are the works of the Lord, and the mysteries of
his kingdom which he showed unto us, which surpass all understanding in
glory, and in might, and in dominion;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:114
%
Which he commanded us we should not write while we were yet in the Spirit,
and are not lawful for man to utter;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:115
%
Neither is man capable to make them known, for they are only to be seen
and understood by the power of the Holy Spirit, which God bestows on
those who love him, and purify themselves before him;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:116
%
To whom he grants this privilege of seeing and knowing for themselves;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:117
%
That through the power and manifestation of the Spirit, while in the
flesh, they may be able to bear his presence in the world of glory.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:118
%
And to God and the Lamb be glory, and honor, and dominion forever
and ever.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 76:119
%
Q. What is the sea of glass spoken of by John, 4th chapter, and 6th
verse of the Revelation?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 77:1
%
Q. What are we to understand by the four beasts, spoken of in the
same verse?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 77:2
%
Q. Are the four beasts limited to individual beasts, or do they represent
classes or orders?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 77:3
%
Q. What are we to understand by the eyes and wings, which the beasts had?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 77:4
%
Q. What are we to understand by the four and twenty elders, spoken of
by John?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 77:5
%
Q. What are we to understand by the book which John saw, which was sealed
on the back with seven seals?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 77:6
%
Q. What are we to understand by the seven seals with which it was sealed?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 77:7
%
Q. What are we to understand by the four angels, spoken of in the 7th
chapter and 1st verse of Revelation?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 77:8
%
Q. What are we to understand by the angel ascending from the east,
Revelation 7th chapter and 2nd verse?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 77:9
%
Q. What time are the things spoken of in this chapter to be accomplished?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 77:10
%
Q. What are we to understand by sealing the one hundred and forty-four
thousand, out of all the tribes of Israel--twelve thousand out of
every tribe?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 77:11
%
Q. What are we to understand by the sounding of the trumpets, mentioned
in the 8th chapter of Revelation?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 77:12
%
Q. When are the things to be accomplished, which are written in the 9th
chapter of Revelation?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 77:13
%
Q. What are we to understand by the little book which was eaten by John,
as mentioned in the 10th chapter of Revelation?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 77:14
%
Q. What is to be understood by the two witnesses, in the eleventh chapter
of Revelation?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 77:15
%
THE Lord spake unto Joseph Smith, Jun., saying: Hearken unto me, saith
the Lord your God, who are ordained unto the high priesthood of my church,
who have assembled yourselves together;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 78:1
%
And listen to the counsel of him who has ordained you from on high, who
shall speak in your ears the words of wisdom, that salvation may be unto
you in that thing which you have presented before me, saith the Lord God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 78:2
%
For verily I say unto you, the time has come, and is now at hand; and
behold, and lo, it must needs be that there be an organization of my
people, in regulating and establishing the affairs of the storehouse
for the poor of my people, both in this place and in the land of Zion--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 78:3
%
For a permanent and everlasting establishment and order unto my church,
to advance the cause, which ye have espoused, to the salvation of man,
and to the glory of your Father who is in heaven;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 78:4
%
That you may be equal in the bonds of heavenly things, yea, and earthly
things also, for the obtaining of heavenly things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 78:5
%
For if ye are not equal in earthly things ye cannot be equal in obtaining
heavenly things;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 78:6
%
For if you will that I give unto you a place in the celestial world,
you must prepare yourselves by doing the things which I have commanded
you and required of you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 78:7
%
And now, verily thus saith the Lord, it is expedient that all things be
done unto my glory, by you who are joined together in this order;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 78:8
%
Or, in other words, let my servant Newel K. Whitney and my servant Joseph
Smith, Jun., and my servant Sidney Rigdon sit in council with the saints
which are in Zion;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 78:9
%
Otherwise Satan seeketh to turn their hearts away from the truth, that
they become blinded and understand not the things which are prepared
for them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 78:10
%
Wherefore, a commandment I give unto you, to prepare and organize
yourselves by a bond or everlasting covenant that cannot be broken.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 78:11
%
And he who breaketh it shall lose his office and standing in the church,
and shall be delivered over to the buffetings of Satan until the day
of redemption.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 78:12
%
Behold, this is the preparation wherewith I prepare you, and the
foundation, and the ensample which I give unto you, whereby you may
accomplish the commandments which are given you;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 78:13
%
That through my providence, notwithstanding the tribulation which shall
descend upon you, that the church may stand independent above all other
creatures beneath the celestial world;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 78:14
%
That you may come up unto the crown prepared for you, and be made rulers
over many kingdoms, saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Zion, who hath
established the foundations of Adam-ondi-Ahman;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 78:15
%
Who hath appointed Michael your prince, and established his feet, and
set him upon high, and given unto him the keys of salvation under the
counsel and direction of the Holy One, who is without beginning of days
or end of life.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 78:16
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, ye are little children, and ye have not
as yet understood how great blessings the Father hath in his own hands
and prepared for you;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 78:17
%
And ye cannot bear all things now; nevertheless, be of good cheer, for
I will lead you along.	The kingdom is yours and the blessings thereof
are yours, and the riches of eternity are yours.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 78:18
%
And he who receiveth all things with thankfulness shall be made glorious;
and the things of this earth shall be added unto him, even an hundred
fold, yea, more.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 78:19
%
Wherefore, do the things which I have commanded you, saith your Redeemer,
even the Son Ahman, who prepareth all things before he taketh you;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 78:20
%
For ye are the church of the Firstborn, and he will take you up in a
cloud, and appoint every man his portion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 78:21
%
And he that is a faithful and wise steward shall inherit all things.
Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 78:22
%
VERILY I say unto you, that it is my will that my servant Jared Carter
should go again into the eastern countries, from place to place, and
from city to city, in the power of the ordination wherewith he has been
ordained, proclaiming glad tidings of great joy, even the everlasting
gospel.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 79:1
%
And I will send upon him the Comforter, which shall teach him the truth
and the way whither he shall go;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 79:2
%
And inasmuch as he is faithful, I will crown him again with sheaves.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 79:3
%
Wherefore, let your heart be glad, my servant Jared Carter, and fear not,
saith your Lord, even Jesus Christ.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 79:4
%
VERILY, thus saith the Lord unto you my servant Stephen Burnett: Go ye,
go ye into the world and preach the gospel to every creature that cometh
under the sound of your voice.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 80:1
%
And inasmuch as you desire a companion, I will give unto you my servant
Eden Smith.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 80:2
%
Wherefore, go ye and preach my gospel, whether to the north or to the
south, to the east or to the west, it mattereth not, for ye cannot
go amiss.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 80:3
%
Therefore, declare the things which ye have heard, and verily believe,
and know to be true.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 80:4
%
Behold, this is the will of him who hath called you, your Redeemer,
even Jesus Christ.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 80:5
%
VERILY, verily, I say unto you my servant Frederick G. Williams: Listen
to the voice of him who speaketh, to the word of the Lord your God,
and hearken to the calling wherewith you are called, even to be a high
priest in my church, and a counselor unto my servant Joseph Smith, Jun.;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 81:1
%
Unto whom I have given the keys of the kingdom, which belong always unto
the Presidency of the High Priesthood:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 81:2
%
Therefore, verily I acknowledge him and will bless him, and also thee,
inasmuch as thou art faithful in counsel, in the office which I have
appointed unto you, in prayer always, vocally and in thy heart, in public
and in private, also in thy ministry in proclaiming the gospel in the
land of the living, and among thy brethren.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 81:3
%
And in doing these things thou wilt do the greatest good unto thy fellow
beings, and wilt promote the glory of him who is your Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 81:4
%
Wherefore, be faithful; stand in the office which I have appointed unto
you; succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen
the feeble knees.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 81:5
%
And if thou art faithful unto the end thou shalt have a crown of
immortality, and eternal life in the mansions which I have prepared in
the house of my Father.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 81:6
%
Behold, and lo, these are the words of Alpha and Omega, even Jesus Christ.
Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 81:7
%
VERILY, verily, I say unto you, my servants, that inasmuch as you have
forgiven one another your trespasses, even so I, the Lord, forgive you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 82:1
%
Nevertheless, there are those among you who have sinned exceedingly;
yea, even all of you have sinned; but verily I say unto you, beware
from henceforth, and refrain from sin, lest sore judgments fall upon
your heads.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 82:2
%
For of him unto whom much is given much is required; and he who sins
against the greater light shall receive the greater condemnation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 82:3
%
Ye call upon my name for revelations, and I give them unto you; and
inasmuch as ye keep not my sayings, which I give unto you, ye become
transgressors; and justice and judgment are the penalty which is affixed
unto my law.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 82:4
%
Therefore, what I say unto one I say unto all: Watch, for the adversary
spreadeth his dominions, and darkness reigneth;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 82:5
%
And the anger of God kindleth against the inhabitants of the earth;
and none doeth good, for all have gone out of the way.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 82:6
%
And now, verily I say unto you, I, the Lord, will not lay any sin to
your charge; go your ways and sin no more; but unto that soul who sinneth
shall the former sins return, saith the Lord your God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 82:7
%
And again, I say unto you, I give unto you a new commandment, that you
may understand my will concerning you;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 82:8
%
Or, in other words, I give unto you directions how you may act before me,
that it may turn to you for your salvation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 82:9
%
I, the Lord, am bound when ye do what I say; but when ye do not what I
say, ye have no promise.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 82:10
%
Therefore, verily I say unto you, that it is expedient for my servants
Edward Partridge and Newel K. Whitney, A. Sidney Gilbert and Sidney
Rigdon, and my servant Joseph Smith, and John Whitmer and Oliver Cowdery,
and W. W. Phelps and Martin Harris to be bound together by a bond and
covenant that cannot be broken by transgression, except judgment shall
immediately follow, in your several stewardships--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 82:11
%
To manage the affairs of the poor, and all things pertaining to the
bishopric both in the land of Zion and in the land of Kirtland;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 82:12
%
For I have consecrated the land of Kirtland in mine own due time for
the benefit of the saints of the Most High, and for a stake to Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 82:13
%
For Zion must increase in beauty, and in holiness; her borders must be
enlarged; her stakes must be strengthened; yea, verily I say unto you,
Zion must arise and put on her beautiful garments.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 82:14
%
Therefore, I give unto you this commandment, that ye bind yourselves by
this covenant, and it shall be done according to the laws of the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 82:15
%
Behold, here is wisdom also in me for your good.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 82:16
%
And you are to be equal, or in other words, you are to have equal claims
on the properties, for the benefit of managing the concerns of your
stewardships, every man according to his wants and his needs, inasmuch
as his wants are just--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 82:17
%
And all this for the benefit of the church of the living God, that every
man may improve upon his talent, that every man may gain other talents,
yea, even an hundred fold, to be cast into the Lord's storehouse, to
become the common property of the whole church--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 82:18
%
Every man seeking the interest of his neighbor, and doing all things
with an eye single to the glory of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 82:19
%
This order I have appointed to be an everlasting order unto you, and
unto your successors, inasmuch as you sin not.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 82:20
%
And the soul that sins against this covenant, and hardeneth his heart
against it, shall be dealt with according to the laws of my church,
and shall be delivered over to the buffetings of Satan until the day
of redemption.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 82:21
%
And now, verily I say unto you, and this is wisdom, make unto yourselves
friends with the mammon of unrighteousness, and they will not destroy you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 82:22
%
Leave judgment alone with me, for it is mine and I will repay.	Peace be
with you; my blessings continue with you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 82:23
%
For even yet the kingdom is yours, and shall be forever, if you fall
not from your steadfastness.  Even so.	Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 82:24
%
VERILY, thus saith the Lord, in addition to the laws of the church
concerning women and children, those who belong to the church, who have
lost their husbands or fathers:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 83:1
%
Women have claim on their husbands for their maintenance, until their
husbands are taken; and if they are not found transgressors they shall
have fellowship in the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 83:2
%
And if they are not faithful they shall not have fellowship in the
church; yet they may remain upon their inheritances according to the
laws of the land.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 83:3
%
All children have claim upon their parents for their maintenance until
they are of age.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 83:4
%
And after that, they have claim upon the church, or in other words
upon the Lord's storehouse, if their parents have not wherewith to give
them inheritances.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 83:5
%
And the storehouse shall be kept by the consecrations of the church;
and widows and orphans shall be provided for, as also the poor.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 83:6
%
A REVELATION of Jesus Christ unto his servant Joseph Smith, Jun., and
six elders, as they united their hearts and lifted their voices on high.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:1
%
Yea, the word of the Lord concerning his church, established in the last
days for the restoration of his people, as he has spoken by the mouth
of his prophets, and for the gathering of his saints to stand upon Mount
Zion, which shall be the city of New Jerusalem.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:2
%
Which city shall be built, beginning at the temple lot, which is appointed
by the finger of the Lord, in the western boundaries of the State of
Missouri, and dedicated by the hand of Joseph Smith, Jun., and others
with whom the Lord was well pleased.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:3
%
Verily this is the word of the Lord, that the city New Jerusalem shall
be built by the gathering of the saints, beginning at this place, even
the place of the temple, which temple shall be reared in this generation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:4
%
For verily this generation shall not all pass away until an house shall
be built unto the Lord, and a cloud shall rest upon it, which cloud
shall be even the glory of the Lord, which shall fill the house.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:5
%
And the sons of Moses, according to the Holy Priesthood which he received
under the hand of his father-in-law, Jethro;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:6
%
And Jethro received it under the hand of Caleb;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:7
%
And Caleb received it under the hand of Elihu;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:8
%
And Elihu under the hand of Jeremy;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:9
%
And Jeremy under the hand of Gad;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:10
%
And Gad under the hand of Esaias;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:11
%
And Esaias received it under the hand of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:12
%
Esaias also lived in the days of Abraham, and was blessed of him--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:13
%
Which Abraham received the priesthood from Melchizedek, who received it
through the lineage of his fathers, even till Noah;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:14
%
And from Noah till Enoch, through the lineage of their fathers;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:15
%
And from Enoch to Abel, who was slain by the conspiracy of his brother,
who received the priesthood by the commandments of God, by the hand of
his father Adam, who was the first man--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:16
%
Which priesthood continueth in the church of God in all generations,
and is without beginning of days or end of years.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:17
%
And the Lord confirmed a priesthood also upon Aaron and his seed,
throughout all their generations, which priesthood also continueth and
abideth forever with the priesthood which is after the holiest order
of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:18
%
And this greater priesthood administereth the gospel and holdeth the
key of the mysteries of the kingdom, even the key of the knowledge of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:19
%
Therefore, in the ordinances thereof, the power of godliness is manifest.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:20
%
And without the ordinances thereof, and the authority of the priesthood,
the power of godliness is not manifest unto men in the flesh;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:21
%
For without this no man can see the face of God, even the Father,
and live.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:22
%
Now this Moses plainly taught to the children of Israel in the wilderness,
and sought diligently to sanctify his people that they might behold the
face of God;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:23
%
But they hardened their hearts and could not endure his presence;
therefore, the Lord in his wrath, for his anger was kindled against them,
swore that they should not enter into his rest while in the wilderness,
which rest is the fulness of his glory.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:24
%
Therefore, he took Moses out of their midst, and the Holy Priesthood also;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:25
%
And the lesser priesthood continued, which priesthood holdeth the key
of the ministering of angels and the preparatory gospel;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:26
%
Which gospel is the gospel of repentance and of baptism, and the remission
of sins, and the law of carnal commandments, which the Lord in his wrath
caused to continue with the house of Aaron among the children of Israel
until John, whom God raised up, being filled with the Holy Ghost from
his mother's womb.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:27
%
For he was baptized while he was yet in his childhood, and was ordained
by the angel of God at the time he was eight days old unto this power,
to overthrow the kingdom of the Jews, and to make straight the way of
the Lord before the face of his people, to prepare them for the coming
of the Lord, in whose hand is given all power.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:28
%
And again, the offices of elder and bishop are necessary appendages
belonging unto the high priesthood.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:29
%
And again, the offices of teacher and deacon are necessary appendages
belonging to the lesser priesthood, which priesthood was confirmed upon
Aaron and his sons.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:30
%
Therefore, as I said concerning the sons of Moses--for the sons of
Moses and also the sons of Aaron shall offer an acceptable offering and
sacrifice in the house of the Lord, which house shall be built unto the
Lord in this generation, upon the consecrated spot as I have appointed--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:31
%
And the sons of Moses and of Aaron shall be filled with the glory of
the Lord, upon Mount Zion in the Lord's house, whose sons are ye; and
also many whom I have called and sent forth to build up my church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:32
%
For whoso is faithful unto the obtaining these two priesthoods of which
I have spoken, and the magnifying their calling, are sanctified by the
Spirit unto the renewing of their bodies.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:33
%
They become the sons of Moses and of Aaron and the seed of Abraham,
and the church and kingdom, and the elect of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:34
%
And also all they who receive this priesthood receive me, saith the Lord;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:35
%
For he that receiveth my servants receiveth me;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:36
%
And he that receiveth me receiveth my Father;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:37
%
And he that receiveth my Father receiveth my Father's kingdom; therefore
all that my Father hath shall be given unto him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:38
%
And this is according to the oath and covenant which belongeth to the
priesthood.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:39
%
Therefore, all those who receive the priesthood, receive this oath and
covenant of my Father, which he cannot break, neither can it be moved.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:40
%
But whoso breaketh this covenant after he hath received it, and altogether
turneth therefrom, shall not have forgiveness of sins in this world nor
in the world to come.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:41
%
And wo unto all those who come not unto this priesthood which ye have
received, which I now confirm upon you who are present this day, by mine
own voice out of the heavens; and even I have given the heavenly hosts
and mine angels charge concerning you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:42
%
And I now give unto you a commandment to beware concerning yourselves,
to give diligent heed to the words of eternal life.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:43
%
For you shall live by every word that proceedeth forth from the mouth
of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:44
%
For the word of the Lord is truth, and whatsoever is truth is light,
and whatsoever is light is Spirit, even the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:45
%
And the Spirit giveth light to every man that cometh into the world;
and the Spirit enlighteneth every man through the world, that hearkeneth
to the voice of the Spirit.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:46
%
And every one that hearkeneth to the voice of the Spirit cometh unto God,
even the Father.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:47
%
And the Father teacheth him of the covenant which he has renewed and
confirmed upon you, which is confirmed upon you for your sakes, and not
for your sakes only, but for the sake of the whole world.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:48
%
And the whole world lieth in sin, and groaneth under darkness and under
the bondage of sin.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:49
%
And by this you may know they are under the bondage of sin, because they
come not unto me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:50
%
For whoso cometh not unto me is under the bondage of sin.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:51
%
And whoso receiveth not my voice is not acquainted with my voice, and
is not of me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:52
%
And by this you may know the righteous from the wicked, and that the
whole world groaneth under sin and darkness even now.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:53
%
And your minds in times past have been darkened because of unbelief,
and because you have treated lightly the things you have received--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:54
%
Which vanity and unbelief have brought the whole church under
condemnation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:55
%
And this condemnation resteth upon the children of Zion, even all.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:56
%
And they shall remain under this condemnation until they repent and
remember the new covenant, even the Book of Mormon and the former
commandments which I have given them, not only to say, but to do according
to that which I have written--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:57
%
That they may bring forth fruit meet for their Father's kingdom; otherwise
there remaineth a scourge and judgment to be poured out upon the children
of Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:58
%
For shall the children of the kingdom pollute my holy land?  Verily,
I say unto you, Nay.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:59
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you who now hear my words, which are my voice,
blessed are ye inasmuch as you receive these things;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:60
%
For I will forgive you of your sins with this commandment--that you
remain steadfast in your minds in solemnity and the spirit of prayer, in
bearing testimony to all the world of those things which are communicated
unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:61
%
Therefore, go ye into all the world; and unto whatsoever place ye cannot
go ye shall send, that the testimony may go from you into all the world
unto every creature.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:62
%
And as I said unto mine apostles, even so I say unto you, for you are
mine apostles, even God's high priests; ye are they whom my Father hath
given me; ye are my friends;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:63
%
Therefore, as I said unto mine apostles I say unto you again, that
every soul who believeth on your words, and is baptized by water for
the remission of sins, shall receive the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:64
%
And these signs shall follow them that believe--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:65
%
In my name they shall do many wonderful works;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:66
%
In my name they shall cast out devils;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:67
%
In my name they shall heal the sick;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:68
%
In my name they shall open the eyes of the blind, and unstop the ears
of the deaf;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:69
%
And the tongue of the dumb shall speak;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:70
%
And if any man shall administer poison unto them it shall not hurt them;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:71
%
And the poison of a serpent shall not have power to harm them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:72
%
But a commandment I give unto them, that they shall not boast themselves
of these things, neither speak them before the world; for these things
are given unto you for your profit and for salvation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:73
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, they who believe not on your words, and
are not baptized in water in my name, for the remission of their sins,
that they may receive the Holy Ghost, shall be damned, and shall not
come into my Father's kingdom where my Father and I am.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:74
%
And this revelation unto you, and commandment, is in force from this
very hour upon all the world, and the gospel is unto all who have not
received it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:75
%
But, verily I say unto all those to whom the kingdom has been given--from
you it must be preached unto them, that they shall repent of their
former evil works; for they are to be upbraided for their evil hearts
of unbelief, and your brethren in Zion for their rebellion against you
at the time I sent you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:76
%
And again I say unto you, my friends, for from henceforth I shall call
you friends, it is expedient that I give unto you this commandment, that
ye become even as my friends in days when I was with them, traveling to
preach the gospel in my power;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:77
%
For I suffered them not to have purse or scrip, neither two coats.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:78
%
Behold, I send you out to prove the world, and the laborer is worthy of
his hire.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:79
%
And any man that shall go and preach this gospel of the kingdom, and
fail not to continue faithful in all things, shall not be weary in mind,
neither darkened, neither in body, limb, nor joint; and a hair of his head
shall not fall to the ground unnoticed.  And they shall not go hungry,
neither athirst.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:80
%
Therefore, take ye no thought for the morrow, for what ye shall eat,
or what ye shall drink, or wherewithal ye shall be clothed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:81
%
For, consider the lilies of the field, how they grow, they toil not,
neither do they spin; and the kingdoms of the world, in all their glory,
are not arrayed like one of these.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:82
%
For your Father, who is in heaven, knoweth that you have need of all
these things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:83
%
Therefore, let the morrow take thought for the things of itself.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:84
%
Neither take ye thought beforehand what ye shall say; but treasure up
in your minds continually the words of life, and it shall be given you
in the very hour that portion that shall be meted unto every man.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:85
%
Therefore, let no man among you, for this commandment is unto all the
faithful who are called of God in the church unto the ministry, from
this hour take purse or scrip, that goeth forth to proclaim this gospel
of the kingdom.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:86
%
Behold, I send you out to reprove the world of all their unrighteous
deeds, and to teach them of a judgment which is to come.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:87
%
And whoso receiveth you, there I will be also, for I will go before
your face.  I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit
shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:88
%
Whoso receiveth you receiveth me; and the same will feed you, and clothe
you, and give you money.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:89
%
And he who feeds you, or clothes you, or gives you money, shall in nowise
lose his reward.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:90
%
And he that doeth not these things is not my disciple; by this you may
know my disciples.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:91
%
He that receiveth you not, go away from him alone by yourselves, and
cleanse your feet even with water, pure water, whether in heat or in
cold, and bear testimony of it unto your Father which is in heaven,
and return not again unto that man.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:92
%
And in whatsoever village or city ye enter, do likewise.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:93
%
Nevertheless, search diligently and spare not; and wo unto that house,
or that village or city that rejecteth you, or your words, or your
testimony concerning me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:94
%
Wo, I say again, unto that house, or that village or city that rejecteth
you, or your words, or your testimony of me;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:95
%
For I, the Almighty, have laid my hands upon the nations, to scourge
them for their wickedness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:96
%
And plagues shall go forth, and they shall not be taken from the
earth until I have completed my work, which shall be cut short in
righteousness--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:97
%
Until all shall know me, who remain, even from the least unto the
greatest, and shall be filled with the knowledge of the Lord, and shall
see eye to eye, and shall lift up their voice, and with the voice together
sing this new song, saying:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:98
%
The Lord hath brought again Zion;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:99
%
The Lord hath redeemed his people;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:100
%
The earth hath travailed and brought forth her strength;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:101
%
Glory, and honor, and power, and might,
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:102
%
And again, verily, verily, I say unto you, it is expedient that every man
who goes forth to proclaim mine everlasting gospel, that inasmuch as they
have families, and receive money by gift, that they should send it unto
them or make use of it for their benefit, as the Lord shall direct them,
for thus it seemeth me good.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:103
%
And let all those who have not families, who receive money, send it
up unto the bishop in Zion, or unto the bishop in Ohio, that it may be
consecrated for the bringing forth of the revelations and the printing
thereof, and for establishing Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:104
%
And if any man shall give unto any of you a coat, or a suit, take the
old and cast it unto the poor, and go on your way rejoicing.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:105
%
And if any man among you be strong in the Spirit, let him take with him
him that is weak, that he may be edified in all meekness, that he may
become strong also.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:106
%
Therefore, take with you those who are ordained unto the lesser
priesthood, and send them before you to make appointments, and to
prepare the way, and to fill appointments that you yourselves are not
able to fill.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:107
%
Behold, this is the way that mine apostles, in ancient days, built up
my church unto me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:108
%
Therefore, let every man stand in his own office, and labor in his own
calling; and let not the head say unto the feet it hath no need of the
feet; for without the feet how shall the body be able to stand?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:109
%
Also the body hath need of every member, that all may be edified together,
that the system may be kept perfect.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:110
%
And behold, the high priests should travel, and also the elders, and also
the lesser priests; but the deacons and teachers should be appointed to
watch over the church, to be standing ministers unto the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:111
%
And the bishop, Newel K. Whitney, also should travel round about and
among all the churches, searching after the poor to administer to their
wants by humbling the rich and the proud.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:112
%
He should also employ an agent to take charge and to do his secular
business as he shall direct.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:113
%
Nevertheless, let the bishop go unto the city of New York, also to the
city of Albany, and also to the city of Boston, and warn the people of
those cities with the sound of the gospel, with a loud voice, of the
desolation and utter abolishment which await them if they do reject
these things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:114
%
For if they do reject these things the hour of their judgment is nigh,
and their house shall be left unto them desolate.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:115
%
Let him trust in me and he shall not be confounded; and a hair of his
head shall not fall to the ground unnoticed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:116
%
And verily I say unto you, the rest of my servants, go ye forth as your
circumstances shall permit, in your several callings, unto the great
and notable cities and villages, reproving the world in righteousness
of all their unrighteous and ungodly deeds, setting forth clearly and
understandingly the desolation of abomination in the last days.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:117
%
For, with you saith the Lord Almighty, I will rend their kingdoms;
I will not only shake the earth, but the starry heavens shall tremble.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:118
%
For I, the Lord, have put forth my hand to exert the powers of heaven;
ye cannot see it now, yet a little while and ye shall see it, and know
that I am, and that I will come and reign with my people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:119
%
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 84:120
%
IT is the duty of the Lord's clerk, whom he has appointed, to keep a
history, and a general church record of all things that transpire in Zion,
and of all those who consecrate properties, and receive inheritances
legally from the bishop;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 85:1
%
And also their manner of life, their faith, and works; and also of the
apostates who apostatize after receiving their inheritances.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 85:2
%
It is contrary to the will and commandment of God that those who receive
not their inheritance by consecration, agreeable to his law, which he
has given, that he may tithe his people, to prepare them against the
day of vengeance and burning, should have their names enrolled with the
people of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 85:3
%
Neither is their genealogy to be kept, or to be had where it may be
found on any of the records or history of the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 85:4
%
Their names shall not be found, neither the names of the fathers,
nor the names of the children written in the book of the law of God,
saith the Lord of Hosts.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 85:5
%
Yea, thus saith the still small voice, which whispereth through and
pierceth all things, and often times it maketh my bones to quake while
it maketh manifest, saying:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 85:6
%
And it shall come to pass that I, the Lord God, will send one mighty
and strong, holding the scepter of power in his hand, clothed with light
for a covering, whose mouth shall utter words, eternal words; while his
bowels shall be a fountain of truth, to set in order the house of God,
and to arrange by lot the inheritances of the saints whose names are
found, and the names of their fathers, and of their children, enrolled
in the book of the law of God;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 85:7
%
While that man, who was called of God and appointed, that putteth forth
his hand to steady the ark of God, shall fall by the shaft of death,
like as a tree that is smitten by the vivid shaft of lightning.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 85:8
%
And all they who are not found written in the book of remembrance
shall find none inheritance in that day, but they shall be cut asunder,
and their portion shall be appointed them among unbelievers, where are
wailing and gnashing of teeth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 85:9
%
These things I say not of myself; therefore, as the Lord speaketh,
he will also fulfil.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 85:10
%
And they who are of the High Priesthood, whose names are not found written
in the book of the law, or that are found to have apostatized, or to
have been cut off from the church, as well as the lesser priesthood,
or the members, in that day shall not find an inheritance among the
saints of the Most High;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 85:11
%
Therefore, it shall be done unto them as unto the children of the priest,
as will be found recorded in the second chapter and sixty-first and
second verses of Ezra.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 85:12
%
VERILY, thus saith the Lord unto you my servants, concerning the parable
of the wheat and of the tares:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 86:1
%
Behold, verily I say, the field was the world, and the apostles were
the sowers of the seed;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 86:2
%
And after they have fallen asleep the great persecutor of the church,
the apostate, the whore, even Babylon, that maketh all nations to drink of
her cup, in whose hearts the enemy, even Satan, sitteth to reign--behold
he soweth the tares; wherefore, the tares choke the wheat and drive the
church into the wilderness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 86:3
%
But behold, in the last days, even now while the Lord is beginning to
bring forth the word, and the blade is springing up and is yet tender--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 86:4
%
Behold, verily I say unto you, the angels are crying unto the Lord day and
night, who are ready and waiting to be sent forth to reap down the fields;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 86:5
%
But the Lord saith unto them, pluck not up the tares while the blade
is yet tender (for verily your faith is weak), lest you destroy the
wheat also.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 86:6
%
Therefore, let the wheat and the tares grow together until the harvest
is fully ripe; then ye shall first gather out the wheat from among the
tares, and after the gathering of the wheat, behold and lo, the tares
are bound in bundles, and the field remaineth to be burned.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 86:7
%
Therefore, thus saith the Lord unto you, with whom the priesthood hath
continued through the lineage of your fathers--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 86:8
%
For ye are lawful heirs, according to the flesh, and have been hid from
the world with Christ in God--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 86:9
%
Therefore your life and the priesthood have remained, and must needs
remain through you and your lineage until the restoration of all things
spoken by the mouths of all the holy prophets since the world began.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 86:10
%
Therefore, blessed are ye if ye continue in my goodness, a light unto the
Gentiles, and through this priesthood, a savior unto my people Israel.
The Lord hath said it.	Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 86:11
%
VERILY, thus saith the Lord concerning the wars that will shortly come to
pass, beginning at the rebellion of South Carolina, which will eventually
terminate in the death and misery of many souls;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 87:1
%
And the time will come that war will be poured out upon all nations,
beginning at this place.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 87:2
%
For behold, the Southern States shall be divided against the Northern
States, and the Southern States will call on other nations, even the
nation of Great Britain, as it is called, and they shall also call upon
other nations, in order to defend themselves against other nations;
and then war shall be poured out upon all nations.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 87:3
%
And it shall come to pass, after many days, slaves shall rise up against
their masters, who shall be marshaled and disciplined for war.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 87:4
%
And it shall come to pass also that the remnants who are left of the
land will marshal themselves, and shall become exceedingly angry, and
shall vex the Gentiles with a sore vexation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 87:5
%
And thus, with the sword and by bloodshed the inhabitants of the earth
shall mourn; and with famine, and plague, and earthquake, and the thunder
of heaven, and the fierce and vivid lightning also, shall the inhabitants
of the earth be made to feel the wrath, and indignation, and chastening
hand of an Almighty God, until the consumption decreed hath made a full
end of all nations;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 87:6
%
That the cry of the saints, and of the blood of the saints, shall cease
to come up into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth, from the earth, to be
avenged of their enemies.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 87:7
%
Wherefore, stand ye in holy places, and be not moved, until the day of
the Lord come; for behold, it cometh quickly, saith the Lord.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 87:8
%
VERILY, thus saith the Lord unto you who have assembled yourselves
together to receive his will concerning you:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:1
%
Behold, this is pleasing unto your Lord, and the angels rejoice over
you; the alms of your prayers have come up into the ears of the Lord of
Sabaoth, and are recorded in the book of the names of the sanctified,
even them of the celestial world.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:2
%
Wherefore, I now send upon you another Comforter, even upon you my
friends, that it may abide in your hearts, even the Holy Spirit of
promise; which other Comforter is the same that I promised unto my
disciples, as is recorded in the testimony of John.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:3
%
This Comforter is the promise which I give unto you of eternal life,
even the glory of the celestial kingdom;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:4
%
Which glory is that of the church of the Firstborn, even of God, the
holiest of all, through Jesus Christ his Son--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:5
%
He that ascended up on high, as also he descended below all things,
in that he comprehended all things, that he might be in all and through
all things, the light of truth;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:6
%
Which truth shineth.  This is the light of Christ.  As also he is in the
sun, and the light of the sun, and the power thereof by which it was made.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:7
%
As also he is in the moon, and is the light of the moon, and the power
thereof by which it was made;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:8
%
As also the light of the stars, and the power thereof by which they
were made;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:9
%
And the earth also, and the power thereof, even the earth upon which
you stand.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:10
%
And the light which shineth, which giveth you light, is through him
who enlighteneth your eyes, which is the same light that quickeneth
your understandings;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:11
%
Which light proceedeth forth from the presence of God to fill the
immensity of space--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:12
%
The light which is in all things, which giveth life to all things,
which is the law by which all things are governed, even the power of
God who sitteth upon his throne, who is in the bosom of eternity, who
is in the midst of all things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:13
%
Now, verily I say unto you, that through the redemption which is made
for you is brought to pass the resurrection from the dead.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:14
%
And the spirit and the body are the soul of man.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:15
%
And the resurrection from the dead is the redemption of the soul.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:16
%
And the redemption of the soul is through him that quickeneth all things,
in whose bosom it is decreed that the poor and the meek of the earth
shall inherit it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:17
%
Therefore, it must needs be sanctified from all unrighteousness, that
it may be prepared for the celestial glory;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:18
%
For after it hath filled the measure of its creation, it shall be crowned
with glory, even with the presence of God the Father;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:19
%
That bodies who are of the celestial kingdom may possess it forever and
ever; for, for this intent was it made and created, and for this intent
are they sanctified.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:20
%
And they who are not sanctified through the law which I have given unto
you, even the law of Christ, must inherit another kingdom, even that of
a terrestrial kingdom, or that of a telestial kingdom.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:21
%
For he who is not able to abide the law of a celestial kingdom cannot
abide a celestial glory.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:22
%
And he who cannot abide the law of a terrestrial kingdom cannot abide
a terrestrial glory.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:23
%
And he who cannot abide the law of a telestial kingdom cannot abide
a telestial glory; therefore he is not meet for a kingdom of glory.
Therefore he must abide a kingdom which is not a kingdom of glory.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:24
%
And again, verily I say unto you, the earth abideth the law of a celestial
kingdom, for it filleth the measure of its creation, and transgresseth
not the law--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:25
%
Wherefore, it shall be sanctified; yea, notwithstanding it shall die,
it shall be quickened again, and shall abide the power by which it is
quickened, and the righteous shall inherit it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:26
%
For notwithstanding they die, they also shall rise again, a spiritual
body.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:27
%
They who are of a celestial spirit shall receive the same body which
was a natural body; even ye shall receive your bodies, and your glory
shall be that glory by which your bodies are quickened.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:28
%
Ye who are quickened by a portion of the celestial glory shall then
receive of the same, even a fulness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:29
%
And they who are quickened by a portion of the terrestrial glory shall
then receive of the same, even a fulness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:30
%
And also they who are quickened by a portion of the telestial glory
shall then receive of the same, even a fulness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:31
%
And they who remain shall also be quickened; nevertheless, they shall
return again to their own place, to enjoy that which they are willing
to receive, because they were not willing to enjoy that which they might
have received.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:32
%
For what doth it profit a man if a gift is bestowed upon him, and he
receive not the gift?  Behold, he rejoices not in that which is given
unto him, neither rejoices in him who is the giver of the gift.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:33
%
And again, verily I say unto you, that which is governed by law is also
preserved by law and perfected and sanctified by the same.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:34
%
That which breaketh a law, and abideth not by law, but seeketh to become
a law unto itself, and willeth to abide in sin, and altogether abideth in
sin, cannot be sanctified by law, neither by mercy, justice, nor judgment.
Therefore, they must remain filthy still.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:35
%
All kingdoms have a law given;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:36
%
And there are many kingdoms; for there is no space in the which there
is no kingdom; and there is no kingdom in which there is no space,
either a greater or a lesser kingdom.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:37
%
And unto every kingdom is given a law; and unto every law there are
certain bounds also and conditions.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:38
%
All beings who abide not in those conditions are not justified.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:39
%
For intelligence cleaveth unto intelligence; wisdom receiveth wisdom;
truth embraceth truth; virtue loveth virtue; light cleaveth unto light;
mercy hath compassion on mercy and claimeth her own; justice continueth
its course and claimeth its own; judgment goeth before the face of him
who sitteth upon the throne and governeth and executeth all things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:40
%
He comprehendeth all things, and all things are before him, and all
things are round about him; and he is above all things, and in all things,
and is through all things, and is round about all things; and all things
are by him, and of him, even God, forever and ever.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:41
%
And again, verily I say unto you, he hath given a law unto all things,
by which they move in their times and their seasons;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:42
%
And their courses are fixed, even the courses of the heavens and the
earth, which comprehend the earth and all the planets.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:43
%
And they give light to each other in their times and in their seasons,
in their minutes, in their hours, in their days, in their weeks, in their
months, in their years--all these are one year with God, but not with man.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:44
%
The earth rolls upon her wings, and the sun giveth his light by day, and
the moon giveth her light by night, and the stars also give their light,
as they roll upon their wings in their glory, in the midst of the power
of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:45
%
Unto what shall I liken these kingdoms, that ye may understand?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:46
%
Behold, all these are kingdoms, and any man who hath seen any or the
least of these hath seen God moving in his majesty and power.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:47
%
I say unto you, he hath seen him; nevertheless, he who came unto his
own was not comprehended.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:48
%
The light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not;
nevertheless, the day shall come when you shall comprehend even God,
being quickened in him and by him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:49
%
Then shall ye know that ye have seen me, that I am, and that I am the
true light that is in you, and that you are in me; otherwise ye could
not abound.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:50
%
Behold, I will liken these kingdoms unto a man having a field, and he
sent forth his servants into the field to dig in the field.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:51
%
And he said unto the first: Go ye and labor in the field, and in the first
hour I will come unto you, and ye shall behold the joy of my countenance.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:52
%
And he said unto the second: Go ye also into the field, and in the second
hour I will visit you with the joy of my countenance.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:53
%
And also unto the third, saying: I will visit you;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:54
%
And unto the fourth, and so on unto the twelfth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:55
%
And the lord of the field went unto the first in the first hour, and
tarried with him all that hour, and he was made glad with the light of
the countenance of his lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:56
%
And then he withdrew from the first that he might visit the second also,
and the third, and the fourth, and so on unto the twelfth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:57
%
And thus they all received the light of the countenance of their lord,
every man in his hour, and in his time, and in his season--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:58
%
Beginning at the first, and so on unto the last, and from the last unto
the first, and from the first unto the last;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:59
%
Every man in his own order, until his hour was finished, even according
as his lord had commanded him, that his lord might be glorified in him,
and he in his lord, that they all might be glorified.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:60
%
Therefore, unto this parable I will liken all these kingdoms, and the
inhabitants thereof--every kingdom in its hour, and in its time, and in
its season, even according to the decree which God hath made.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:61
%
And again, verily I say unto you, my friends, I leave these sayings with
you to ponder in your hearts, with this commandment which I give unto you,
that ye shall call upon me while I am near--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:62
%
Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you; seek me diligently
and ye shall find me; ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be
opened unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:63
%
Whatsoever ye ask the Father in my name it shall be given unto you,
that is expedient for you;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:64
%
And if ye ask anything that is not expedient for you, it shall turn unto
your condemnation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:65
%
Behold, that which you hear is as the voice of one crying in the
wilderness--in the wilderness, because you cannot see him--my voice,
because my voice is Spirit; my Spirit is truth; truth abideth and hath
no end; and if it be in you it shall abound.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:66
%
And if your eye be single to my glory, your whole bodies shall be filled
with light, and there shall be no darkness in you; and that body which
is filled with light comprehendeth all things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:67
%
Therefore, sanctify yourselves that your minds become single to God,
and the days will come that you shall see him; for he will unveil his
face unto you, and it shall be in his own time, and in his own way,
and according to his own will.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:68
%
Remember the great and last promise which I have made unto you; cast
away your idle thoughts and your excess of laughter far from you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:69
%
Tarry ye, tarry ye in this place, and call a solemn assembly, even of
those who are the first laborers in this last kingdom.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:70
%
And let those whom they have warned in their traveling call on the Lord,
and ponder the warning in their hearts which they have received, for a
little season.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:71
%
Behold, and lo, I will take care of your flocks, and will raise up elders
and send unto them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:72
%
Behold, I will hasten my work in its time.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:73
%
And I give unto you, who are the first laborers in this last kingdom,
a commandment that you assemble yourselves together, and organize
yourselves, and prepare yourselves, and sanctify yourselves; yea,
purify your hearts, and cleanse your hands and your feet before me,
that I may make you clean;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:74
%
That I may testify unto your Father, and your God, and my God, that you
are clean from the blood of this wicked generation; that I may fulfil
this promise, this great and last promise, which I have made unto you,
when I will.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:75
%
Also, I give unto you a commandment that ye shall continue in prayer
and fasting from this time forth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:76
%
And I give unto you a commandment that you shall teach one another the
doctrine of the kingdom.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:77
%
Teach ye diligently and my grace shall attend you, that you may be
instructed more perfectly in theory, in principle, in doctrine, in the
law of the gospel, in all things that pertain unto the kingdom of God,
that are expedient for you to understand;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:78
%
Of things both in heaven and in the earth, and under the earth; things
which have been, things which are, things which must shortly come to
pass; things which are at home, things which are abroad; the wars and
the perplexities of the nations, and the judgments which are on the land;
and a knowledge also of countries and of kingdoms--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:79
%
That ye may be prepared in all things when I shall send you again to
magnify the calling whereunto I have called you, and the mission with
which I have commissioned you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:80
%
Behold, I sent you out to testify and warn the people, and it becometh
every man who hath been warned to warn his neighbor.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:81
%
Therefore, they are left without excuse, and their sins are upon their
own heads.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:82
%
He that seeketh me early shall find me, and shall not be forsaken.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:83
%
Therefore, tarry ye, and labor diligently, that you may be perfected in
your ministry to go forth among the Gentiles for the last time, as many
as the mouth of the Lord shall name, to bind up the law and seal up the
testimony, and to prepare the saints for the hour of judgment which is
to come;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:84
%
That their souls may escape the wrath of God, the desolation of
abomination which awaits the wicked, both in this world and in the world
to come.  Verily, I say unto you, let those who are not the first elders
continue in the vineyard until the mouth of the Lord shall call them,
for their time is not yet come; their garments are not clean from the
blood of this generation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:85
%
Abide ye in the liberty wherewith ye are made free; entangle not
yourselves in sin, but let your hands be clean, until the Lord comes.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:86
%
For not many days hence and the earth shall tremble and reel to and fro
as a drunken man; and the sun shall hide his face, and shall refuse to
give light; and the moon shall be bathed in blood; and the stars shall
become exceedingly angry, and shall cast themselves down as a fig that
falleth from off a fig-tree.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:87
%
And after your testimony cometh wrath and indignation upon the people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:88
%
For after your testimony cometh the testimony of earthquakes, that shall
cause groanings in the midst of her, and men shall fall upon the ground
and shall not be able to stand.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:89
%
And also cometh the testimony of the voice of thunderings, and the voice
of lightnings, and the voice of tempests, and the voice of the waves of
the sea heaving themselves beyond their bounds.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:90
%
And all things shall be in commotion; and surely, men's hearts shall
fail them; for fear shall come upon all people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:91
%
And angels shall fly through the midst of heaven, crying with a loud
voice, sounding the trump of God, saying: Prepare ye, prepare ye, O
inhabitants of the earth; for the judgment of our God is come.	Behold,
and lo, the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:92
%
And immediately there shall appear a great sign in heaven, and all people
shall see it together.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:93
%
And another angel shall sound his trump, saying: That great church,
the mother of abominations, that made all nations drink of the wine
of the wrath of her fornication, that persecuteth the saints of God,
that shed their blood--she who sitteth upon many waters, and upon the
islands of the sea--behold, she is the tares of the earth; she is bound
in bundles; her bands are made strong, no man can loose them; therefore,
she is ready to be burned.  And he shall sound his trump both long and
loud, and all nations shall hear it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:94
%
And there shall be silence in heaven for the space of half an hour;
and immediately after shall the curtain of heaven be unfolded, as a
scroll is unfolded after it is rolled up, and the face of the Lord shall
be unveiled;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:95
%
And the saints that are upon the earth, who are alive, shall be quickened
and be caught up to meet him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:96
%
And they who have slept in their graves shall come forth, for their
graves shall be opened; and they also shall be caught up to meet him in
the midst of the pillar of heaven--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:97
%
They are Christ's, the first fruits, they who shall descend with him
first, and they who are on the earth and in their graves, who are first
caught up to meet him; and all this by the voice of the sounding of the
trump of the angel of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:98
%
And after this another angel shall sound, which is the second trump;
and then cometh the redemption of those who are Christ's at his coming;
who have received their part in that prison which is prepared for them,
that they might receive the gospel, and be judged according to men in
the flesh.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:99
%
And again, another trump shall sound, which is the third trump; and
then come the spirits of men who are to be judged, and are found under
condemnation;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:100
%
And these are the rest of the dead; and they live not again until the
thousand years are ended, neither again, until the end of the earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:101
%
And another trump shall sound, which is the fourth trump, saying: There
are found among those who are to remain until that great and last day,
even the end, who shall remain filthy still.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:102
%
And another trump shall sound, which is the fifth trump, which is the
fifth angel who committeth the everlasting gospel--flying through the
midst of heaven, unto all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:103
%
And this shall be the sound of his trump, saying to all people, both in
heaven and in earth, and that are under the earth--for every ear shall
hear it, and every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess, while
they hear the sound of the trump, saying: Fear God, and give glory to
him who sitteth upon the throne, forever and ever; for the hour of his
judgment is come.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:104
%
And again, another angel shall sound his trump, which is the sixth angel,
saying: She is fallen who made all nations drink of the wine of the
wrath of her fornication; she is fallen, is fallen!
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:105
%
And again, another angel shall sound his trump, which is the seventh
angel, saying: It is finished; it is finished!	The Lamb of God hath
overcome and trodden the wine-press alone, even the wine-press of the
fierceness of the wrath of Almighty God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:106
%
And then shall the angels be crowned with the glory of his might, and
the saints shall be filled with his glory, and receive their inheritance
and be made equal with him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:107
%
And then shall the first angel again sound his trump in the ears of all
living, and reveal the secret acts of men, and the mighty works of God
in the first thousand years.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:108
%
And then shall the second angel sound his trump, and reveal the secret
acts of men, and the thoughts and intents of their hearts, and the mighty
works of God in the second thousand years--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:109
%
And so on, until the seventh angel shall sound his trump; and he shall
stand forth upon the land and upon the sea, and swear in the name of
him who sitteth upon the throne, that there shall be time no longer;
and Satan shall be bound, that old serpent, who is called the devil,
and shall not be loosed for the space of a thousand years.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:110
%
And then he shall be loosed for a little season, that he may gather
together his armies.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:111
%
And Michael, the seventh angel, even the archangel, shall gather together
his armies, even the hosts of heaven.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:112
%
And the devil shall gather together his armies; even the hosts of hell,
and shall come up to battle against Michael and his armies.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:113
%
And then cometh the battle of the great God; and the devil and his armies
shall be cast away into their own place, that they shall not have power
over the saints any more at all.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:114
%
For Michael shall fight their battles, and shall overcome him who seeketh
the throne of him who sitteth upon the throne, even the Lamb.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:115
%
This is the glory of God, and the sanctified; and they shall not any
more see death.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:116
%
Therefore, verily I say unto you, my friends, call your solemn assembly,
as I have commanded you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:117
%
And as all have not faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another
words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom;
seek learning, even by study and also by faith.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:118
%
Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house,
even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house
of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:119
%
That your incomings may be in the name of the Lord; that your outgoings
may be in the name of the Lord; that all your salutations may be in the
name of the Lord, with uplifted hands unto the Most High.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:120
%
Therefore, cease from all your light speeches, from all laughter, from
all your lustful desires, from all your pride and light-mindedness,
and from all your wicked doings.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:121
%
Appoint among yourselves a teacher, and let not all be spokesmen at
once; but let one speak at a time and let all listen unto his sayings,
that when all have spoken that all may be edified of all, and that every
man may have an equal privilege.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:122
%
See that ye love one another; cease to be covetous; learn to impart one
to another as the gospel requires.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:123
%
Cease to be idle; cease to be unclean; cease to find fault one with
another; cease to sleep longer than is needful; retire to thy bed early,
that ye may not be weary; arise early, that your bodies and your minds
may be invigorated.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:124
%
And above all things, clothe yourselves with the bond of charity, as
with a mantle, which is the bond of perfectness and peace.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:125
%
Pray always, that ye may not faint, until I come.  Behold, and lo,
I will come quickly, and receive you unto myself.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:126
%
And again, the order of the house prepared for the presidency of the
school of the prophets, established for their instruction in all things
that are expedient for them, even for all the officers of the church,
or in other words, those who are called to the ministry in the church,
beginning at the high priests, even down to the deacons--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:127
%
And this shall be the order of the house of the presidency of the school:
He that is appointed to be president, or teacher, shall be found standing
in his place, in the house which shall be prepared for him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:128
%
Therefore, he shall be first in the house of God, in a place that the
congregation in the house may hear his words carefully and distinctly,
not with loud speech.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:129
%
And when he cometh into the house of God, for he should be first in the
house--behold, this is beautiful, that he may be an example--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:130
%
Let him offer himself in prayer upon his knees before God, in token or
remembrance of the everlasting covenant.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:131
%
And when any shall come in after him, let the teacher arise, and, with
uplifted hands to heaven, yea, even directly, salute his brother or
brethren with these words:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:132
%
Art thou a brother or brethren?  I salute you in the name of the Lord
Jesus Christ, in token or remembrance of the everlasting covenant, in
which covenant I receive you to fellowship, in a determination that is
fixed, immovable, and unchangeable, to be your friend and brother through
the grace of God in the bonds of love, to walk in all the commandments
of God blameless, in thanksgiving, forever and ever.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:133
%
And he that is found unworthy of this salutation shall not have place
among you; for ye shall not suffer that mine house shall be polluted
by him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:134
%
And he that cometh in and is faithful before me, and is a brother, or if
they be brethren, they shall salute the president or teacher with uplifted
hands to heaven, with this same prayer and covenant, or by saying Amen,
in token of the same.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:135
%
Behold, verily, I say unto you, this is an ensample unto you for a
salutation to one another in the house of God, in the school of the
prophets.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:136
%
And ye are called to do this by prayer and thanksgiving, as the Spirit
shall give utterance in all your doings in the house of the Lord, in the
school of the prophets, that it may become a sanctuary, a tabernacle of
the Holy Spirit to your edification.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:137
%
And ye shall not receive any among you into this school save he is clean
from the blood of this generation;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:138
%
And he shall be received by the ordinance of the washing of feet, for
unto this end was the ordinance of the washing of feet instituted.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:139
%
And again, the ordinance of washing feet is to be administered by the
president, or presiding elder of the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:140
%
It is to be commenced with prayer; and after partaking of bread and wine,
he is to gird himself according to the pattern given in the thirteenth
chapter of John's testimony concerning me.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 88:141
%
A WORD OF WISDOM, for the benefit of the council of high priests,
assembled in Kirtland, and the church, and also the saints in Zion--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 89:1
%
To be sent greeting; not by commandment or constraint, but by revelation
and the word of wisdom, showing forth the order and will of God in the
temporal salvation of all saints in the last days--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 89:2
%
Given for a principle with promise, adapted to the capacity of the weak
and the weakest of all saints, who are or can be called saints.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 89:3
%
Behold, verily, thus saith the Lord unto you: In consequence of evils
and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of conspiring men in
the last days, I have warned you, and forewarn you, by giving unto you
this word of wisdom by revelation--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 89:4
%
That inasmuch as any man drinketh wine or strong drink among you,
behold it is not good, neither meet in the sight of your Father, only
in assembling yourselves together to offer up your sacraments before him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 89:5
%
And, behold, this should be wine, yea, pure wine of the grape of the vine,
of your own make.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 89:6
%
And, again, strong drinks are not for the belly, but for the washing of
your bodies.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 89:7
%
And again, tobacco is not for the body, neither for the belly, and is
not good for man, but is an herb for bruises and all sick cattle, to be
used with judgment and skill.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 89:8
%
And again, hot drinks are not for the body or belly.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 89:9
%
And again, verily I say unto you, all wholesome herbs God hath ordained
for the constitution, nature, and use of man--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 89:10
%
Every herb in the season thereof, and every fruit in the season thereof;
all these to be used with prudence and thanksgiving.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 89:11
%
Yea, flesh also of beasts and of the fowls of the air, I, the Lord,
have ordained for the use of man with thanksgiving; nevertheless they
are to be used sparingly;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 89:12
%
And it is pleasing unto me that they should not be used, only in times
of winter, or of cold, or famine.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 89:13
%
All grain is ordained for the use of man and of beasts, to be the staff
of life, not only for man but for the beasts of the field, and the fowls
of heaven, and all wild animals that run or creep on the earth;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 89:14
%
And these hath God made for the use of man only in times of famine and
excess of hunger.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 89:15
%
All grain is good for the food of man; as also the fruit of the vine;
that which yieldeth fruit, whether in the ground or above the ground--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 89:16
%
Nevertheless, wheat for man, and corn for the ox, and oats for the horse,
and rye for the fowls and for swine, and for all beasts of the field, and
barley for all useful animals, and for mild drinks, as also other grain.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 89:17
%
And all saints who remember to keep and do these sayings, walking in
obedience to the commandments, shall receive health in their navel and
marrow to their bones;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 89:18
%
And shall find wisdom and great treasures of knowledge, even hidden
treasures;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 89:19
%
And shall run and not be weary, and shall walk and not faint.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 89:20
%
And I, the Lord, give unto them a promise, that the destroying angel
shall pass by them, as the children of Israel, and not slay them.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 89:21
%
THUS saith the Lord, verily, verily I say unto you my son, thy sins
are forgiven thee, according to thy petition, for thy prayers and the
prayers of thy brethren have come up into my ears.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:1
%
Therefore, thou art blessed from henceforth that bear the keys of the
kingdom given unto you; which kingdom is coming forth for the last time.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:2
%
Verily I say unto you, the keys of this kingdom shall never be taken
from you, while thou art in the world, neither in the world to come;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:3
%
Nevertheless, through you shall the oracles be given to another, yea,
even unto the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:4
%
And all they who receive the oracles of God, let them beware how they
hold them lest they are accounted as a light thing, and are brought
under condemnation thereby, and stumble and fall when the storms descend,
and the winds blow, and the rains descend, and beat upon their house.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:5
%
And again, verily I say unto thy brethren, Sidney Rigdon and Frederick
G. Williams, their sins are forgiven them also, and they are accounted
as equal with thee in holding the keys of this last kingdom;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:6
%
As also through your administration the keys of the school of the
prophets, which I have commanded to be organized;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:7
%
That thereby they may be perfected in their ministry for the salvation
of Zion, and of the nations of Israel, and of the Gentiles, as many as
will believe;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:8
%
That through your administration they may receive the word, and through
their administration the word may go forth unto the ends of the earth,
unto the Gentiles first, and then, behold, and lo, they shall turn unto
the Jews.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:9
%
And then cometh the day when the arm of the Lord shall be revealed in
power in convincing the nations, the heathen nations, the house of Joseph,
of the gospel of their salvation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:10
%
For it shall come to pass in that day, that every man shall hear the
fulness of the gospel in his own tongue, and in his own language,
through those who are ordained unto this power, by the administration
of the Comforter, shed forth upon them for the revelation of Jesus Christ.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:11
%
And now, verily I say unto you, I give unto you a commandment that you
continue in the ministry and presidency.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:12
%
And when you have finished the translation of the prophets, you shall
from thenceforth preside over the affairs of the church and the school;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:13
%
And from time to time, as shall be manifested by the Comforter, receive
revelations to unfold the mysteries of the kingdom;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:14
%
And set in order the churches, and study and learn, and become acquainted
with all good books, and with languages, tongues, and people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:15
%
And this shall be your business and mission in all your lives, to preside
in council, and set in order all the affairs of this church and kingdom.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:16
%
Be not ashamed, neither confounded; but be admonished in all your
high-mindedness and pride, for it bringeth a snare upon your souls.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:17
%
Set in order your houses; keep slothfulness and uncleanness far from you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:18
%
Now, verily I say unto you, let there be a place provided, as soon as it
is possible, for the family of thy counselor and scribe, even Frederick
G. Williams.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:19
%
And let mine aged servant, Joseph Smith, Sen., continue with his family
upon the place where he now lives; and let it not be sold until the
mouth of the Lord shall name.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:20
%
And let my counselor, even Sidney Rigdon, remain where he now resides
until the mouth of the Lord shall name.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:21
%
And let the bishop search diligently to obtain an agent, and let him be
a man who has got riches in store--a man of God, and of strong faith--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:22
%
That thereby he may be enabled to discharge every debt; that the
storehouse of the Lord may not be brought into disrepute before the eyes
of the people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:23
%
Search diligently, pray always, and be believing, and all things shall
work together for your good, if ye walk uprightly and remember the
covenant wherewith ye have covenanted one with another.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:24
%
Let your families be small, especially mine aged servant Joseph Smith's,
Sen., as pertaining to those who do not belong to your families;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:25
%
That those things that are provided for you, to bring to pass my work,
be not taken from you and given to those that are not worthy--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:26
%
And thereby you be hindered in accomplishing those things which I have
commanded you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:27
%
And again, verily I say unto you, it is my will that my handmaid Vienna
Jaques should receive money to bear her expenses, and go up unto the
land of Zion;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:28
%
And the residue of the money may be consecrated unto me, and she be
rewarded in mine own due time.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:29
%
Verily I say unto you, that it is meet in mine eyes that she should go
up unto the land of Zion, and receive an inheritance from the hand of
the bishop;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:30
%
That she may settle down in peace inasmuch as she is faithful, and not
be idle in her days from thenceforth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:31
%
And behold, verily I say unto you, that ye shall write this commandment,
and say unto your brethren in Zion, in love greeting, that I have called
you also to preside over Zion in mine own due time.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:32
%
Therefore, let them cease wearying me concerning this matter.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:33
%
Behold, I say unto you that your brethren in Zion begin to repent,
and the angels rejoice over them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:34
%
Nevertheless, I am not well pleased with many things; and I am not well
pleased with my servant William E. McLellin, neither with my servant
Sidney Gilbert; and the bishop also, and others have many things to
repent of.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:35
%
But verily I say unto you, that I, the Lord, will contend with Zion,
and plead with her strong ones, and chasten her until she overcomes and
is clean before me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:36
%
For she shall not be removed out of her place.	I, the Lord, have
spoken it.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 90:37
%
VERILY, thus saith the Lord unto you concerning the Apocrypha--There are
many things contained therein that are true, and it is mostly translated
correctly;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 91:1
%
There are many things contained therein that are not true, which are
interpolations by the hands of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 91:2
%
Verily, I say unto you, that it is not needful that the Apocrypha should
be translated.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 91:3
%
Therefore, whoso readeth it, let him understand, for the Spirit
manifesteth truth;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 91:4
%
And whoso is enlightened by the Spirit shall obtain benefit therefrom;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 91:5
%
And whoso receiveth not by the Spirit, cannot be benefited.  Therefore it
is not needful that it should be translated.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 91:6
%
VERILY, thus saith the Lord, I give unto the united order, organized
agreeable to the commandment previously given, a revelation and
commandment concerning my servant Frederick G. Williams, that ye shall
receive him into the order.  What I say unto one I say unto all.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 92:1
%
And again, I say unto you my servant Frederick G. Williams, you shall
be a lively member in this order; and inasmuch as you are faithful in
keeping all former commandments you shall be blessed forever.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 92:2
%
VERILY, thus saith the Lord: It shall come to pass that every soul
who forsaketh his sins and cometh unto me, and calleth on my name,
and obeyeth my voice, and keepeth my commandments, shall see my face
and know that I am;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:1
%
And that I am the true light that lighteth every man that cometh into
the world;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:2
%
And that I am in the Father, and the Father in me, and the Father and
I are one--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:3
%
The Father because he gave me of his fulness, and the Son because I was in
the world and made flesh my tabernacle, and dwelt among the sons of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:4
%
I was in the world and received of my Father, and the works of him were
plainly manifest.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:5
%
And John saw and bore record of the fulness of my glory, and the fulness
of John's record is hereafter to be revealed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:6
%
And he bore record, saying: I saw his glory, that he was in the beginning,
before the world was;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:7
%
Therefore, in the beginning the Word was, for he was the Word, even the
messenger of salvation--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:8
%
The light and the Redeemer of the world; the Spirit of truth, who came
into the world, because the world was made by him, and in him was the
life of men and the light of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:9
%
The worlds were made by him; men were made by him; all things were made
by him, and through him, and of him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:10
%
And I, John, bear record that I beheld his glory, as the glory of the
Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth, even the Spirit
of truth, which came and dwelt in the flesh, and dwelt among us.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:11
%
And I, John, saw that he received not of the fulness at the first,
but received grace for grace;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:12
%
And he received not of the fulness at first, but continued from grace
to grace, until he received a fulness;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:13
%
And thus he was called the Son of God, because he received not of the
fulness at the first.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:14
%
And I, John, bear record, and lo, the heavens were opened, and the Holy
Ghost descended upon him in the form of a dove, and sat upon him, and
there came a voice out of heaven saying: This is my beloved Son.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:15
%
And I, John, bear record that he received a fulness of the glory of
the Father;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:16
%
And he received all power, both in heaven and on earth, and the glory
of the Father was with him, for he dwelt in him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:17
%
And it shall come to pass, that if you are faithful you shall receive
the fulness of the record of John.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:18
%
I give unto you these sayings that you may understand and know how to
worship, and know what you worship, that you may come unto the Father
in my name, and in due time receive of his fulness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:19
%
For if you keep my commandments you shall receive of his fulness, and
be glorified in me as I am in the Father; therefore, I say unto you,
you shall receive grace for grace.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:20
%
And now, verily I say unto you, I was in the beginning with the Father,
and am the Firstborn;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:21
%
And all those who are begotten through me are partakers of the glory of
the same, and are the church of the Firstborn.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:22
%
Ye were also in the beginning with the Father; that which is Spirit,
even the Spirit of truth;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:23
%
And truth is knowledge of things as they are, and as they were, and as
they are to come;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:24
%
And whatsoever is more or less than this is the spirit of that wicked
one who was a liar from the beginning.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:25
%
The Spirit of truth is of God.	I am the Spirit of truth, and John
bore record of me, saying: He received a fulness of truth, yea, even of
all truth;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:26
%
And no man receiveth a fulness unless he keepeth his commandments.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:27
%
He that keepeth his commandments receiveth truth and light, until he is
glorified in truth and knoweth all things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:28
%
Man was also in the beginning with God.  Intelligence, or the light of
truth, was not created or made, neither indeed can be.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:29
%
All truth is independent in that sphere in which God has placed it, to
act for itself, as all intelligence also; otherwise there is no existence.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:30
%
Behold, here is the agency of man, and here is the condemnation of man;
because that which was from the beginning is plainly manifest unto them,
and they receive not the light.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:31
%
And every man whose spirit receiveth not the light is under condemnation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:32
%
For man is spirit.  The elements are eternal, and spirit and element,
inseparably connected, receive a fulness of joy;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:33
%
And when separated, man cannot receive a fulness of joy.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:34
%
The elements are the tabernacle of God; yea, man is the tabernacle of
God, even temples; and whatsoever temple is defiled, God shall destroy
that temple.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:35
%
The glory of God is intelligence, or, in other words, light and truth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:36
%
Light and truth forsake that evil one.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:37
%
Every spirit of man was innocent in the beginning; and God having
redeemed man from the fall, men became again, in their infant state,
innocent before God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:38
%
And that wicked one cometh and taketh away light and truth, through
disobedience, from the children of men, and because of the tradition of
their fathers.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:39
%
But I have commanded you to bring up your children in light and truth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:40
%
But verily I say unto you, my servant Frederick G. Williams, you have
continued under this condemnation;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:41
%
You have not taught your children light and truth, according to the
commandments; and that wicked one hath power, as yet, over you, and this
is the cause of your affliction.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:42
%
And now a commandment I give unto you--if you will be delivered you
shall set in order your own house, for there are many things that are
not right in your house.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:43
%
Verily, I say unto my servant Sidney Rigdon, that in some things he hath
not kept the commandments concerning his children; therefore, first set
in order thy house.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:44
%
Verily, I say unto my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., or in other words,
I will call you friends, for you are my friends, and ye shall have an
inheritance with me--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:45
%
I called you servants for the world's sake, and ye are their servants
for my sake--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:46
%
And now, verily I say unto Joseph Smith, Jun.--You have not kept the
commandments, and must needs stand rebuked before the Lord;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:47
%
Your family must needs repent and forsake some things, and give more
earnest heed unto your sayings, or be removed out of their place.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:48
%
What I say unto one I say unto all; pray always lest that wicked one
have power in you, and remove you out of your place.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:49
%
My servant Newel K. Whitney also, a bishop of my church, hath need to
be chastened, and set in order his family, and see that they are more
diligent and concerned at home, and pray always, or they shall be removed
out of their place.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:50
%
Now, I say unto you, my friends, let my servant Sidney Rigdon go on
his journey, and make haste, and also proclaim the acceptable year of
the Lord, and the gospel of salvation, as I shall give him utterance;
and by your prayer of faith with one consent I will uphold him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:51
%
And let my servants Joseph Smith, Jun., and Frederick G. Williams make
haste also, and it shall be given them even according to the prayer of
faith; and inasmuch as you keep my sayings you shall not be confounded
in this world, nor in the world to come.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:52
%
And, verily I say unto you, that it is my will that you should hasten
to translate my scriptures, and to obtain a knowledge of history, and
of countries, and of kingdoms, of laws of God and man, and all this for
the salvation of Zion.	Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 93:53
%
AND again, verily I say unto you, my friends, a commandment I give
unto you, that ye shall commence a work of laying out and preparing a
beginning and foundation of the city of the stake of Zion, here in the
land of Kirtland, beginning at my house.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 94:1
%
And behold, it must be done according to the pattern which I have given
unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 94:2
%
And let the first lot on the south be consecrated unto me for the
building of a house for the presidency, for the work of the presidency, in
obtaining revelations; and for the work of the ministry of the presidency,
in all things pertaining to the church and kingdom.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 94:3
%
Verily I say unto you, that it shall be built fifty-five by sixty-five
feet in the width thereof and in the length thereof, in the inner court.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 94:4
%
And there shall be a lower court and a higher court, according to the
pattern which shall be given unto you hereafter.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 94:5
%
And it shall be dedicated unto the Lord from the foundation thereof,
according to the order of the priesthood, according to the pattern which
shall be given unto you hereafter.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 94:6
%
And it shall be wholly dedicated unto the Lord for the work of the
presidency.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 94:7
%
And ye shall not suffer any unclean thing to come in unto it; and my
glory shall be there, and my presence shall be there.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 94:8
%
But if there shall come into it any unclean thing, my glory shall not
be there; and my presence shall not come into it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 94:9
%
And again, verily I say unto you, the second lot on the south shall be
dedicated unto me for the building of a house unto me, for the work
of the printing of the translation of my scriptures, and all things
whatsoever I shall command you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 94:10
%
And it shall be fifty-five by sixty-five feet in the width thereof and
the length thereof, in the inner court; and there shall be a lower and
a higher court.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 94:11
%
And this house shall be wholly dedicated unto the Lord from the foundation
thereof, for the work of the printing, in all things whatsoever I shall
command you, to be holy, undefiled, according to the pattern in all
things as it shall be given unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 94:12
%
And on the third lot shall my servant Hyrum Smith receive his inheritance.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 94:13
%
And on the first and second lots on the north shall my servants Reynolds
Cahoon and Jared Carter receive their inheritances--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 94:14
%
That they may do the work which I have appointed unto them, to be a
committee to build mine houses, according to the commandment, which I,
the Lord God, have given unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 94:15
%
These two houses are not to be built until I give unto you a commandment
concerning them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 94:16
%
And now I give unto you no more at this time.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 94:17
%
VERILY, thus saith the Lord unto you whom I love, and whom I love I
also chasten that their sins may be forgiven, for with the chastisement
I prepare a way for their deliverance in all things out of temptation,
and I have loved you--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 95:1
%
Wherefore, ye must needs be chastened and stand rebuked before my face;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 95:2
%
For ye have sinned against me a very grievous sin, in that ye have not
considered the great commandment in all things, that I have given unto
you concerning the building of mine house;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 95:3
%
For the preparation wherewith I design to prepare mine apostles to prune
my vineyard for the last time, that I may bring to pass my strange act,
that I may pour out my Spirit upon all flesh--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 95:4
%
But behold, verily I say unto you, that there are many who have been
ordained among you, whom I have called but few of them are chosen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 95:5
%
They who are not chosen have sinned a very grievous sin, in that they
are walking in darkness at noon-day.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 95:6
%
And for this cause I gave unto you a commandment that you should call
your solemn assembly, that your fastings and your mourning might come
up into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth, which is by interpretation,
the creator of the first day, the beginning and the end.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 95:7
%
Yea, verily I say unto you, I gave unto you a commandment that you should
build a house, in the which house I design to endow those whom I have
chosen with power from on high;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 95:8
%
For this is the promise of the Father unto you; therefore I command you
to tarry, even as mine apostles at Jerusalem.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 95:9
%
Nevertheless, my servants sinned a very grievous sin; and contentions
arose in the school of the prophets; which was very grievous unto me,
saith your Lord; therefore I sent them forth to be chastened.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 95:10
%
Verily I say unto you, it is my will that you should build a house.
If you keep my commandments you shall have power to build it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 95:11
%
If you keep not my commandments, the love of the Father shall not continue
with you, therefore you shall walk in darkness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 95:12
%
Now here is wisdom, and the mind of the Lord--let the house be built,
not after the manner of the world, for I give not unto you that ye shall
live after the manner of the world;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 95:13
%
Therefore, let it be built after the manner which I shall show unto
three of you, whom ye shall appoint and ordain unto this power.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 95:14
%
And the size thereof shall be fifty and five feet in width, and let it
be sixty-five feet in length, in the inner court thereof.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 95:15
%
And let the lower part of the inner court be dedicated unto me for your
sacrament offering, and for your preaching, and your fasting, and your
praying, and the offering up of your most holy desires unto me, saith
your Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 95:16
%
And let the higher part of the inner court be dedicated unto me for the
school of mine apostles, saith Son Ahman; or, in other words, Alphus;
or, in other words, Omegus; even Jesus Christ your Lord.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 95:17
%
BEHOLD, I say unto you, here is wisdom, whereby ye may know how to act
concerning this matter, for it is expedient in me that this stake that
I have set for the strength of Zion should be made strong.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 96:1
%
Therefore, let my servant Newel K. Whitney take charge of the place
which is named among you, upon which I design to build mine holy house.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 96:2
%
And again, let it be divided into lots, according to wisdom, for the
benefit of those who seek inheritances, as it shall be determined in
council among you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 96:3
%
Therefore, take heed that ye see to this matter, and that portion that
is necessary to benefit mine order, for the purpose of bringing forth
my word to the children of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 96:4
%
For behold, verily I say unto you, this is the most expedient in me,
that my word should go forth unto the children of men, for the purpose of
subduing the hearts of the children of men for your good.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 96:5
%
And again, verily I say unto you, it is wisdom and expedient in me,
that my servant John Johnson whose offering I have accepted, and whose
prayers I have heard, unto whom I give a promise of eternal life inasmuch
as he keepeth my commandments from henceforth--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 96:6
%
For he is a descendant of Joseph and a partaker of the blessings of the
promise made unto his fathers--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 96:7
%
Verily I say unto you, it is expedient in me that he should become a
member of the order, that he may assist in bringing forth my word unto
the children of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 96:8
%
Therefore ye shall ordain him unto this blessing, and he shall seek
diligently to take away incumbrances that are upon the house named among
you, that he may dwell therein.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 96:9
%
VERILY I say unto you my friends, I speak unto you with my voice, even
the voice of my Spirit, that I may show unto you my will concerning
your brethren in the land of Zion, many of whom are truly humble and
are seeking diligently to learn wisdom and to find truth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:1
%
Verily, verily I say unto you, blessed are such, for they shall obtain;
for I, the Lord, show mercy unto all the meek, and upon all whomsoever
I will, that I may be justified when I shall bring them unto judgment.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:2
%
Behold, I say unto you, concerning the school in Zion, I, the Lord,
am well pleased that there should be a school in Zion, and also with my
servant Parley P. Pratt, for he abideth in me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:3
%
And inasmuch as he continueth to abide in me he shall continue to preside
over the school in the land of Zion until I shall give unto him other
commandments.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:4
%
And I will bless him with a multiplicity of blessings, in expounding
all scriptures and mysteries to the edification of the school, and of
the church in Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:5
%
And to the residue of the school, I, the Lord, am willing to show mercy;
nevertheless, there are those that must needs be chastened, and their
works shall be made known.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:6
%
The ax is laid at the root of the trees; and every tree that bringeth
not forth good fruit shall be hewn down and cast into the fire.  I,
the Lord, have spoken it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:7
%
Verily I say unto you, all among them who know their hearts are honest,
and are broken, and their spirits contrite, and are willing to observe
their covenants by sacrifice--yea, every sacrifice which I, the Lord,
shall command--they are accepted of me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:8
%
For I, the Lord, will cause them to bring forth as a very fruitful tree
which is planted in a goodly land, by a pure stream, that yieldeth much
precious fruit.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:9
%
Verily I say unto you, that it is my will that a house should be built
unto me in the land of Zion, like unto the pattern which I have given you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:10
%
Yea, let it be built speedily, by the tithing of my people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:11
%
Behold, this is the tithing and the sacrifice which I, the Lord, require
at their hands, that there may be a house built unto me for the salvation
of Zion--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:12
%
For a place of thanksgiving for all saints, and for a place of instruction
for all those who are called to the work of the ministry in all their
several callings and offices;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:13
%
That they may be perfected in the understanding of their ministry,
in theory, in principle, and in doctrine, in all things pertaining to
the kingdom of God on the earth, the keys of which kingdom have been
conferred upon you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:14
%
And inasmuch as my people build a house unto me in the name of the Lord,
and do not suffer any unclean thing to come into it, that it be not
defiled, my glory shall rest upon it;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:15
%
Yea, and my presence shall be there, for I will come into it, and all
the pure in heart that shall come into it shall see God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:16
%
But if it be defiled I will not come into it, and my glory shall not be
there; for I will not come into unholy temples.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:17
%
And, now, behold, if Zion do these things she shall prosper, and spread
herself and become very glorious, very great, and very terrible.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:18
%
And the nations of the earth shall honor her, and shall say: Surely Zion
is the city of our God, and surely Zion cannot fall, neither be moved
out of her place, for God is there, and the hand of the Lord is there;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:19
%
And he hath sworn by the power of his might to be her salvation and her
high tower.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:20
%
Therefore, verily, thus saith the Lord, let Zion rejoice, for this is
Zion--THE PURE IN HEART; therefore, let Zion rejoice, while all the
wicked shall mourn.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:21
%
For behold, and lo, vengeance cometh speedily upon the ungodly as the
whirlwind; and who shall escape it?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:22
%
The Lord's scourge shall pass over by night and by day, and the report
thereof shall vex all people; yea, it shall not be stayed until the
Lord come;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:23
%
For the indignation of the Lord is kindled against their abominations
and all their wicked works.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:24
%
Nevertheless, Zion shall escape if she observe to do all things whatsoever
I have commanded her.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:25
%
But if she observe not to do whatsoever I have commanded her, I will visit
her according to all her works, with sore affliction, with pestilence,
with plague, with sword, with vengeance, with devouring fire.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:26
%
Nevertheless, let it be read this once to her ears, that I, the Lord,
have accepted of her offering; and if she sin no more none of these
things shall come upon her;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:27
%
And I will bless her with blessings, and multiply a multiplicity of
blessings upon her, and upon her generations forever and ever, saith
the Lord your God.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 97:28
%
VERILY I say unto you my friends, fear not, let your hearts be comforted;
yea, rejoice evermore, and in everything give thanks;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:1
%
Waiting patiently on the Lord, for your prayers have entered into the ears
of the Lord of Sabaoth, and are recorded with this seal and testament--the
Lord hath sworn and decreed that they shall be granted.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:2
%
Therefore, he giveth this promise unto you, with an immutable covenant
that they shall be fulfilled; and all things wherewith you have been
afflicted shall work together for your good, and to my name's glory,
saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:3
%
And now, verily I say unto you concerning the laws of the land, it is
my will that my people should observe to do all things whatsoever I
command them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:4
%
And that law of the land which is constitutional, supporting that
principle of freedom in maintaining rights and privileges, belongs to
all mankind, and is justifiable before me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:5
%
Therefore, I, the Lord, justify you, and your brethren of my church,
in befriending that law which is the constitutional law of the land;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:6
%
And as pertaining to law of man, whatsoever is more or less than this,
cometh of evil.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:7
%
I, the Lord God, make you free, therefore ye are free indeed; and the
law also maketh you free.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:8
%
Nevertheless, when the wicked rule the people mourn.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:9
%
Wherefore, honest men and wise men should be sought for diligently, and
good men and wise men ye should observe to uphold; otherwise whatsoever
is less than these cometh of evil.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:10
%
And I give unto you a commandment, that ye shall forsake all evil and
cleave unto all good, that ye shall live by every word which proceedeth
forth out of the mouth of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:11
%
For he will give unto the faithful line upon line, precept upon precept;
and I will try you and prove you herewith.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:12
%
And whoso layeth down his life in my cause, for my name's sake, shall
find it again, even life eternal.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:13
%
Therefore, be not afraid of your enemies, for I have decreed in my heart,
saith the Lord, that I will prove you in all things, whether you will
abide in my covenant, even unto death, that you may be found worthy.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:14
%
For if ye will not abide in my covenant ye are not worthy of me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:15
%
Therefore, renounce war and proclaim peace, and seek diligently to
turn the hearts of the children to their fathers, and the hearts of the
fathers to the children;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:16
%
And again, the hearts of the Jews unto the prophets, and the prophets
unto the Jews; lest I come and smite the whole earth with a curse,
and all flesh be consumed before me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:17
%
Let not your hearts be troubled; for in my Father's house are many
mansions, and I have prepared a place for you; and where my Father and
I am, there ye shall be also.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:18
%
Behold, I, the Lord, am not well pleased with many who are in the church
at Kirtland;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:19
%
For they do not forsake their sins, and their wicked ways, the pride of
their hearts, and their covetousness, and all their detestable things, and
observe the words of wisdom and eternal life which I have given unto them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:20
%
Verily I say unto you, that I, the Lord, will chasten them and will do
whatsoever I list, if they do not repent and observe all things whatsoever
I have said unto them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:21
%
And again I say unto you, if ye observe to do whatsoever I command you,
I, the Lord, will turn away all wrath and indignation from you, and the
gates of hell shall not prevail against you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:22
%
Now, I speak unto you concerning your families--if men will smite you,
or your families, once, and ye bear it patiently and revile not against
them, neither seek revenge, ye shall be rewarded;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:23
%
But if ye bear it not patiently, it shall be accounted unto you as being
meted out as a just measure unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:24
%
And again, if your enemy shall smite you the second time, and you revile
not against your enemy, and bear it patiently, your reward shall be an
hundred fold.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:25
%
And again, if he shall smite you the third time, and ye bear it patiently,
your reward shall be doubled unto you four-fold;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:26
%
And these three testimonies shall stand against your enemy if he repent
not, and shall not be blotted out.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:27
%
And now, verily I say unto you, if that enemy shall escape my vengeance,
that he be not brought into judgment before me, then ye shall see to
it that ye warn him in my name, that he come no more upon you, neither
upon your family, even your children's children unto the third and
fourth generation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:28
%
And then, if he shall come upon you or your children, or your children's
children unto the third and fourth generation, I have delivered thine
enemy into thine hands;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:29
%
And then if thou wilt spare him, thou shalt be rewarded for thy
righteousness; and also thy children and thy children's children unto
the third and fourth generation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:30
%
Nevertheless, thine enemy is in thine hands; and if thou rewardest him
according to his works thou art justified; if he has sought thy life,
and thy life is endangered by him, thine enemy is in thine hands and
thou art justified.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:31
%
Behold, this is the law I gave unto my servant Nephi, and thy fathers,
Joseph, and Jacob, and Isaac, and Abraham, and all mine ancient prophets
and apostles.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:32
%
And again, this is the law that I gave unto mine ancients, that they
should not go out unto battle against any nation, kindred, tongue,
or people, save I, the Lord, commanded them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:33
%
And if any nation, tongue, or people should proclaim war against them,
they should first lift a standard of peace unto that people, nation,
or tongue;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:34
%
And if that people did not accept the offering of peace, neither the
second nor the third time, they should bring these testimonies before
the Lord;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:35
%
Then I, the Lord, would give unto them a commandment, and justify them
in going out to battle against that nation, tongue, or people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:36
%
And I, the Lord, would fight their battles, and their children's battles,
and their children's children's, until they had avenged themselves on
all their enemies, to the third and fourth generation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:37
%
Behold, this is an ensample unto all people, saith the Lord your God,
for justification before me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:38
%
And again, verily I say unto you, if after thine enemy has come upon thee
the first time, he repent and come unto thee praying thy forgiveness,
thou shalt forgive him, and shalt hold it no more as a testimony against
thine enemy--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:39
%
And so on unto the second and third time; and as oft as thine enemy
repenteth of the trespass wherewith he has trespassed against thee,
thou shalt forgive him, until seventy times seven.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:40
%
And if he trespass against thee and repent not the first time,
nevertheless thou shalt forgive him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:41
%
And if he trespass against thee the second time, and repent not,
nevertheless thou shalt forgive him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:42
%
And if he trespass against thee the third time, and repent not, thou
shalt also forgive him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:43
%
But if he trespass against thee the fourth time thou shalt not forgive
him, but shalt bring these testimonies before the Lord; and they shall
not be blotted out until he repent and reward thee four-fold in all
things wherewith he has trespassed against thee.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:44
%
And if he do this, thou shalt forgive him with all thine heart; and if he
do not this, I, the Lord, will avenge thee of thine enemy an hundred-fold;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:45
%
And upon his children, and upon his children's children of all them that
hate me, unto the third and fourth generation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:46
%
But if the children shall repent, or the children's children, and turn to
the Lord their God, with all their hearts and with all their might, mind,
and strength, and restore four-fold for all their trespasses wherewith
they have trespassed, or wherewith their fathers have trespassed, or
their fathers' fathers, then thine indignation shall be turned away;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:47
%
And vengeance shall no more come upon them, saith the Lord thy God, and
their trespasses shall never be brought any more as a testimony before
the Lord against them.	Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 98:48
%
BEHOLD, thus saith the Lord unto my servant John Murdock--thou art called
to go into the eastern countries from house to house, from village to
village, and from city to city, to proclaim mine everlasting gospel unto
the inhabitants thereof, in the midst of persecution and wickedness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 99:1
%
And who receiveth you receiveth me; and you shall have power to declare
my word in the demonstration of my Holy Spirit.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 99:2
%
And who receiveth you as a little child, receiveth my kingdom; and
blessed are they, for they shall obtain mercy.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 99:3
%
And whoso rejecteth you shall be rejected of my Father and his house;
and you shall cleanse your feet in the secret places by the way for a
testimony against them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 99:4
%
And behold, and lo, I come quickly to judgment, to convince all of their
ungodly deeds which they have committed against me, as it is written of
me in the volume of the book.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 99:5
%
And now, verily I say unto you, that it is not expedient that you should
go until your children are provided for, and sent up kindly unto the
bishop of Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 99:6
%
And after a few years, if thou desirest of me, thou mayest go up also
unto the goodly land, to possess thine inheritance;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 99:7
%
Otherwise thou shalt continue proclaiming my gospel until thou be taken.
Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 99:8
%
VERILY, thus saith the Lord unto you, my friends Sidney and Joseph,
your families are well; they are in mine hands, and I will do with them
as seemeth me good; for in me there is all power.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 100:1
%
Therefore, follow me, and listen to the counsel which I shall give
unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 100:2
%
Behold, and lo, I have much people in this place, in the regions round
about; and an effectual door shall be opened in the regions round about
in this eastern land.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 100:3
%
Therefore, I, the Lord, have suffered you to come unto this place;
for thus it was expedient in me for the salvation of souls.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 100:4
%
Therefore, verily I say unto you, lift up your voices unto this people;
speak the thoughts that I shall put into your hearts, and you shall not
be confounded before men;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 100:5
%
For it shall be given you in the very hour, yea, in the very moment,
what ye shall say.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 100:6
%
But a commandment I give unto you, that ye shall declare whatsoever thing
ye declare in my name, in solemnity of heart, in the spirit of meekness,
in all things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 100:7
%
And I give unto you this promise, that inasmuch as ye do this the Holy
Ghost shall be shed forth in bearing record unto all things whatsoever
ye shall say.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 100:8
%
And it is expedient in me that you, my servant Sidney, should be a
spokesman unto this people; yea, verily, I will ordain you unto this
calling, even to be a spokesman unto my servant Joseph.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 100:9
%
And I will give unto him power to be mighty in testimony.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 100:10
%
And I will give unto thee power to be mighty in expounding all scriptures,
that thou mayest be a spokesman unto him, and he shall be a revelator
unto thee, that thou mayest know the certainty of all things pertaining
to the things of my kingdom on the earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 100:11
%
Therefore, continue your journey and let your hearts rejoice; for behold,
and lo, I am with you even unto the end.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 100:12
%
And now I give unto you a word concerning Zion.  Zion shall be redeemed,
although she is chastened for a little season.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 100:13
%
Thy brethren, my servants Orson Hyde and John Gould, are in my hands;
and inasmuch as they keep my commandments they shall be saved.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 100:14
%
Therefore, let your hearts be comforted; for all things shall work
together for good to them that walk uprightly, and to the sanctification
of the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 100:15
%
For I will raise up unto myself a pure people, that will serve me in
righteousness;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 100:16
%
And all that call upon the name of the Lord, and keep his commandments,
shall be saved.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 100:17
%
VERILY I say unto you, concerning your brethren who have been afflicted,
and persecuted, and cast out from the land of their inheritance--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:1
%
I, the Lord, have suffered the affliction to come upon them, wherewith
they have been afflicted, in consequence of their transgressions;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:2
%
Yet I will own them, and they shall be mine in that day when I shall
come to make up my jewels.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:3
%
Therefore, they must needs be chastened and tried, even as Abraham,
who was commanded to offer up his only son.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:4
%
For all those who will not endure chastening, but deny me, cannot be
sanctified.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:5
%
Behold, I say unto you, there were jarrings, and contentions, and
envyings, and strifes, and lustful and covetous desires among them;
therefore by these things they polluted their inheritances.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:6
%
They were slow to hearken unto the voice of the Lord their God; therefore,
the Lord their God is slow to hearken unto their prayers, to answer them
in the day of their trouble.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:7
%
In the day of their peace they esteemed lightly my counsel; but, in the
day of their trouble, of necessity they feel after me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:8
%
Verily I say unto you, notwithstanding their sins, my bowels are filled
with compassion towards them.  I will not utterly cast them off; and in
the day of wrath I will remember mercy.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:9
%
I have sworn, and the decree hath gone forth by a former commandment which
I have given unto you, that I would let fall the sword of mine indignation
in behalf of my people; and even as I have said, it shall come to pass.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:10
%
Mine indignation is soon to be poured out without measure upon all
nations; and this will I do when the cup of their iniquity is full.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:11
%
And in that day all who are found upon the watch-tower, or in other words,
all mine Israel, shall be saved.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:12
%
And they that have been scattered shall be gathered.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:13
%
And all they who have mourned shall be comforted.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:14
%
And all they who have given their lives for my name shall be crowned.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:15
%
Therefore, let your hearts be comforted concerning Zion; for all flesh
is in mine hands; be still and know that I am God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:16
%
Zion shall not be moved out of her place, notwithstanding her children
are scattered.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:17
%
They that remain, and are pure in heart, shall return, and come to their
inheritances, they and their children, with songs of everlasting joy,
to build up the waste places of Zion--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:18
%
And all these things that the prophets might be fulfilled.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:19
%
And, behold, there is none other place appointed than that which I have
appointed; neither shall there be any other place appointed than that
which I have appointed, for the work of the gathering of my saints--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:20
%
Until the day cometh when there is found no more room for them; and then
I have other places which I will appoint unto them, and they shall be
called stakes, for the curtains or the strength of Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:21
%
Behold, it is my will, that all they who call on my name, and worship
me according to mine everlasting gospel, should gather together, and
stand in holy places;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:22
%
And prepare for the revelation which is to come, when the veil of the
covering of my temple, in my tabernacle, which hideth the earth, shall
be taken off, and all flesh shall see me together.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:23
%
And every corruptible thing, both of man, or of the beasts of the field,
or of the fowls of the heavens, or of the fish of the sea, that dwells
upon all the face of the earth, shall be consumed;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:24
%
And also that of element shall melt with fervent heat; and all things
shall become new, that my knowledge and glory may dwell upon all the
earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:25
%
And in that day the enmity of man, and the enmity of beasts, yea, the
enmity of all flesh, shall cease from before my face.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:26
%
And in that day whatsoever any man shall ask, it shall be given unto him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:27
%
And in that day Satan shall not have power to tempt any man.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:28
%
And there shall be no sorrow because there is no death.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:29
%
In that day an infant shall not die until he is old; and his life shall
be as the age of a tree;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:30
%
And when he dies he shall not sleep, that is to say in the earth, but
shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye, and shall be caught up,
and his rest shall be glorious.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:31
%
Yea, verily I say unto you, in that day when the Lord shall come, he
shall reveal all things--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:32
%
Things which have passed, and hidden things which no man knew, things
of the earth, by which it was made, and the purpose and the end thereof--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:33
%
Things most precious, things that are above, and things that are beneath,
things that are in the earth, and upon the earth, and in heaven.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:34
%
And all they who suffer persecution for my name, and endure in faith,
though they are called to lay down their lives for my sake yet shall
they partake of all this glory.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:35
%
Wherefore, fear not even unto death; for in this world your joy is not
full, but in me your joy is full.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:36
%
Therefore, care not for the body, neither the life of the body; but care
for the soul, and for the life of the soul.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:37
%
And seek the face of the Lord always, that in patience ye may possess
your souls, and ye shall have eternal life.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:38
%
When men are called unto mine everlasting gospel, and covenant with an
everlasting covenant, they are accounted as the salt of the earth and
the savor of men;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:39
%
They are called to be the savor of men; therefore, if that salt of the
earth lose its savor, behold, it is thenceforth good for nothing only
to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:40
%
Behold, here is wisdom concerning the children of Zion, even many,
but not all; they were found transgressors, therefore they must needs
be chastened--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:41
%
He that exalteth himself shall be abased, and he that abaseth himself
shall be exalted.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:42
%
And now, I will show unto you a parable, that you may know my will
concerning the redemption of Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:43
%
A certain nobleman had a spot of land, very choice; and he said unto
his servants: Go ye unto my vineyard, even upon this very choice piece
of land, and plant twelve olive-trees;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:44
%
And set watchmen round about them, and build a tower, that one may
overlook the land round about, to be a watchman upon the tower, that
mine olive-trees may not be broken down when the enemy shall come to
spoil and take upon themselves the fruit of my vineyard.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:45
%
Now, the servants of the nobleman went and did as their lord commanded
them, and planted the olive-trees, and built a hedge round about, and
set watchmen, and began to build a tower.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:46
%
And while they were yet laying the foundation thereof, they began to
say among themselves: And what need hath my lord of this tower?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:47
%
And consulted for a long time, saying among themselves: What need hath
my lord of this tower, seeing this is a time of peace?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:48
%
Might not this money be given to the exchangers?  For there is no need
of these things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:49
%
And while they were at variance one with another they became very
slothful, and they hearkened not unto the commandments of their lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:50
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And the enemy came by night, and broke down the hedge; and the servants of
the nobleman arose and were affrighted, and fled; and the enemy destroyed
their works, and broke down the olive-trees.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:51
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Now, behold, the nobleman, the lord of the vineyard, called upon his
servants, and said unto them, Why! what is the cause of this great evil?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:52
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Ought ye not to have done even as I commanded you, and--after ye had
planted the vineyard, and built the hedge round about, and set watchmen
upon the walls thereof--built the tower also, and set a watchman upon
the tower, and watched for my vineyard, and not have fallen asleep,
lest the enemy should come upon you?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:53
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And behold, the watchman upon the tower would have seen the enemy while
he was yet afar off; and then ye could have made ready and kept the
enemy from breaking down the hedge thereof, and saved my vineyard from
the hands of the destroyer.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:54
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And the lord of the vineyard said unto one of his servants: Go and gather
together the residue of my servants, and take all the strength of mine
house, which are my warriors, my young men, and they that are of middle
age also among all my servants, who are the strength of mine house,
save those only whom I have appointed to tarry;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:55
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And go ye straightway unto the land of my vineyard, and redeem my
vineyard; for it is mine; I have bought it with money.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:56
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Therefore, get ye straightway unto my land; break down the walls of mine
enemies; throw down their tower, and scatter their watchmen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:57
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And inasmuch as they gather together against you, avenge me of mine
enemies, that by and by I may come with the residue of mine house and
possess the land.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:58
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And the servant said unto his lord: When shall these things be?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:59
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And he said unto his servant: When I will; go ye straightway, and do
all things whatsoever I have commanded you;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:60
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And this shall be my seal and blessing upon you--a faithful and wise
steward in the midst of mine house, a ruler in my kingdom.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:61
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And his servant went straightway, and did all things whatsoever his lord
commanded him; and after many days all things were fulfilled.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:62
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Again, verily I say unto you, I will show unto you wisdom in me concerning
all the churches, inasmuch as they are willing to be guided in a right
and proper way for their salvation--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:63
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That the work of the gathering together of my saints may continue,
that I may build them up unto my name upon holy places; for the time of
harvest is come, and my word must needs be fulfilled.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:64
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Therefore, I must gather together my people, according to the parable of
the wheat and the tares, that the wheat may be secured in the garners to
possess eternal life, and be crowned with celestial glory, when I shall
come in the kingdom of my Father to reward every man according as his
work shall be;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:65
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While the tares shall be bound in bundles, and their bands made strong,
that they may be burned with unquenchable fire.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:66
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Therefore, a commandment I give unto all the churches, that they shall
continue to gather together unto the places which I have appointed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:67
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Nevertheless, as I have said unto you in a former commandment, let not
your gathering be in haste, nor by flight; but let all things be prepared
before you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:68
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And in order that all things be prepared before you, observe the
commandment which I have given concerning these things--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:69
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Which saith, or teacheth, to purchase all the lands with money, which can
be purchased for money, in the region round about the land which I have
appointed to be the land of Zion, for the beginning of the gathering of
my saints;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:70
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All the land which can be purchased in Jackson county, and the counties
round about, and leave the residue in mine hand.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:71
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Now, verily I say unto you, let all the churches gather together all
their moneys; let these things be done in their time, but not in haste;
and observe to have all things prepared before you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:72
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And let honorable men be appointed, even wise men, and send them to
purchase these lands.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:73
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And the churches in the eastern countries, when they are built up,
if they will hearken unto this counsel they may buy lands and gather
together upon them; and in this way they may establish Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:74
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There is even now already in store sufficient, yea, even an abundance,
to redeem Zion, and establish her waste places, no more to be thrown
down, were the churches, who call themselves after my name, willing to
hearken to my voice.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:75
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And again I say unto you, those who have been scattered by their enemies,
it is my will that they should continue to importune for redress, and
redemption, by the hands of those who are placed as rulers and are in
authority over you--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:76
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According to the laws and constitution of the people, which I have
suffered to be established, and should be maintained for the rights and
protection of all flesh, according to just and holy principles;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:77
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That every man may act in doctrine and principle pertaining to futurity,
according to the moral agency which I have given unto him, that every
man may be accountable for his own sins in the day of judgment.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:78
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Therefore, it is not right that any man should be in bondage one to
another.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:79
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And for this purpose have I established the Constitution of this land,
by the hands of wise men whom I raised up unto this very purpose, and
redeemed the land by the shedding of blood.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:80
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Now, unto what shall I liken the children of Zion?  I will liken them
unto the parable of the woman and the unjust judge, for men ought always
to pray and not to faint, which saith--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:81
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There was in a city a judge which feared not God, neither regarded man.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:82
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And there was a widow in that city, and she came unto him, saying:
Avenge me of mine adversary.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:83
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And he would not for a while, but afterward he said within himself:
Though I fear not God, nor regard man, yet because this widow troubleth
me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:84
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Thus will I liken the children of Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:85
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Let them importune at the feet of the judge;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:86
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And if he heed them not, let them importune at the feet of the governor;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:87
%
And if the governor heed them not, let them importune at the feet of
the president;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:88
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And if the president heed them not, then will the Lord arise and come
forth out of his hiding place, and in his fury vex the nation;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:89
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And in his hot displeasure, and in his fierce anger, in his time, will
cut off those wicked, unfaithful, and unjust stewards, and appoint them
their portion among hypocrites, and unbelievers;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:90
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Even in outer darkness, where there is weeping, and wailing, and gnashing
of teeth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:91
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Pray ye, therefore, that their ears may be opened unto your cries, that
I may be merciful unto them, that these things may not come upon them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:92
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What I have said unto you must needs be, that all men may be left
without excuse;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:93
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That wise men and rulers may hear and know that which they have never
considered;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:94
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That I may proceed to bring to pass my act, my strange act, and perform
my work, my strange work, that men may discern between the righteous
and the wicked, saith your God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:95
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And again, I say unto you, it is contrary to my commandment and my will
that my servant Sidney Gilbert should sell my storehouse, which I have
appointed unto my people, into the hands of mine enemies.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:96
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Let not that which I have appointed be polluted by mine enemies, by the
consent of those who call themselves after my name;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:97
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For this is a very sore and grievous sin against me, and against my
people, in consequence of those things which I have decreed and which
are soon to befall the nations.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:98
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Therefore, it is my will that my people should claim, and hold claim
upon that which I have appointed unto them, though they should not be
permitted to dwell thereon.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:99
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Nevertheless, I do not say they shall not dwell thereon; for inasmuch
as they bring forth fruit and works meet for my kingdom they shall
dwell thereon.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:100
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They shall build, and another shall not inherit it; they shall plant
vineyards, and they shall eat the fruit thereof.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 101:101
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THIS day a general council of twenty-four high priests assembled at the
house of Joseph Smith, Jun., by revelation, and proceeded to organize
the high council of the church of Christ, which was to consist of twelve
high priests, and one or three presidents as the case might require.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:1
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The high council was appointed by revelation for the purpose of settling
important difficulties which might arise in the church, which could not
be settled by the church or the bishop's council to the satisfaction of
the parties.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:2
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Joseph Smith, Jun., Sidney Rigdon and Frederick G. Williams were
acknowledged presidents by the voice of the council; and Joseph Smith,
Sen., John Smith, Joseph Coe, John Johnson, Martin Harris, John S. Carter,
Jared Carter, Oliver Cowdery, Samuel H. Smith, Orson Hyde, Sylvester
Smith, and Luke Johnson, high priests, were chosen to be a standing
council for the church, by the unanimous voice of the council.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:3
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The above-named councilors were then asked whether they accepted their
appointments, and whether they would act in that office according to
the law of heaven, to which they all answered that they accepted their
appointments, and would fill their offices according to the grace of
God bestowed upon them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:4
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The number composing the council, who voted in the name and for the church
in appointing the above-named councilors were forty-three, as follows:
nine high priests, seventeen elders, four priests, and thirteen members.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:5
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Voted: that the high council cannot have power to act without seven
of the above-named councilors, or their regularly appointed successors
are present.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:6
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These seven shall have power to appoint other high priests, whom they
may consider worthy and capable to act in the place of absent councilors.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:7
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Voted: that whenever any vacancy shall occur by the death, removal from
office for transgression, or removal from the bounds of this church
government, of any one of the above-named councilors, it shall be filled
by the nomination of the president or presidents, and sanctioned by the
voice of a general council of high priests, convened for that purpose,
to act in the name of the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:8
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The president of the church, who is also the president of the council,
is appointed by revelation, and acknowledged in his administration by
the voice of the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:9
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And it is according to the dignity of his office that he should preside
over the council of the church; and it is his privilege to be assisted
by two other presidents, appointed after the same manner that he himself
was appointed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:10
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And in case of the absence of one or both of those who are appointed to
assist him, he has power to preside over the council without an assistant;
and in case he himself is absent, the other presidents have power to
preside in his stead, both or either of them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:11
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Whenever a high council of the church of Christ is regularly organized,
according to the foregoing pattern, it shall be the duty of the twelve
councilors to cast lots by numbers, and thereby ascertain who of the
twelve shall speak first, commencing with number one and so in succession
to number twelve.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:12
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Whenever this council convenes to act upon any case, the twelve councilors
shall consider whether it is a difficult one or not; if it is not,
two only of the councilors shall speak upon it, according to the form
above written.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:13
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But if it is thought to be difficult, four shall be appointed; and if more
difficult, six; but in no case shall more than six be appointed to speak.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:14
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The accused, in all cases, has a right to one-half of the council,
to prevent insult or injustice.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:15
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And the councilors appointed to speak before the council are to present
the case, after the evidence is examined, in its true light before the
council; and every man is to speak according to equity and justice.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:16
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Those councilors who draw even numbers, that is, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and
12, are the individuals who are to stand up in behalf of the accused,
and prevent insult and injustice.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:17
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In all cases the accuser and the accused shall have a privilege of
speaking for themselves before the council, after the evidences are heard
and the councilors who are appointed to speak on the case have finished
their remarks.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:18
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After the evidences are heard, the councilors, accuser and accused have
spoken, the president shall give a decision according to the understanding
which he shall have of the case, and call upon the twelve councilors to
sanction the same by their vote.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:19
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But should the remaining councilors, who have not spoken, or any one of
them, after hearing the evidences and pleadings impartially, discover
an error in the decision of the president, they can manifest it, and
the case shall have a re-hearing.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:20
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And if, after a careful re-hearing, any additional light is shown upon
the case, the decision shall be altered accordingly.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:21
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But in case no additional light is given, the first decision shall stand,
the majority of the council having power to determine the same.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:22
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In case of difficulty respecting doctrine or principle, if there is not
a sufficiency written to make the case clear to the minds of the council,
the president may inquire and obtain the mind of the Lord by revelation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:23
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The high priests, when abroad, have power to call and organize a council
after the manner of the foregoing, to settle difficulties, when the
parties or either of them shall request it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:24
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And the said council of high priests shall have power to appoint one of
their own number to preside over such council for the time being.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:25
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It shall be the duty of said council to transmit, immediately, a copy of
their proceedings, with a full statement of the testimony accompanying
their decision, to the high council of the seat of the First Presidency
of the Church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:26
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Should the parties or either of them be dissatisfied with the decision
of said council, they may appeal to the high council of the seat of the
First Presidency of the Church, and have a re-hearing, which case shall
there be conducted, according to the former pattern written, as though
no such decision had been made.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:27
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This council of high priests abroad is only to be called on the most
difficult cases of church matters; and no common or ordinary case is to
be sufficient to call such council.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:28
%
The traveling or located high priests abroad have power to say whether
it is necessary to call such a council or not.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:29
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There is a distinction between the high council or traveling high priests
abroad, and the traveling high council composed of the twelve apostles,
in their decisions.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:30
%
From the decision of the former there can be an appeal; but from the
decision of the latter there cannot.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:31
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The latter can only be called in question by the general authorities of
the church in case of transgression.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:32
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Resolved: that the president or presidents of the seat of the First
Presidency of the Church shall have power to determine whether any such
case, as may be appealed, is justly entitled to a re-hearing, after
examining the appeal and the evidences and statements accompanying it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:33
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The twelve councilors then proceeded to cast lots or ballot, to ascertain
who should speak first, and the following was the result, namely: 1,
Oliver Cowdery; 2, Joseph Coe; 3, Samuel H. Smith; 4, Luke Johnson; 5,
John S. Carter; 6, Sylvester Smith; 7, John Johnson; 8, Orson Hyde; 9,
Jared Carter; 10, Joseph Smith, Sen.; 11, John Smith; 12, Martin Harris.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 102:34
%
VERILY I say unto you, my friends, behold, I will give unto you a
revelation and commandment, that you may know how to act in the discharge
of your duties concerning the salvation and redemption of your brethren,
who have been scattered on the land of Zion;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:1
%
Being driven and smitten by the hands of mine enemies, on whom I will
pour out my wrath without measure in mine own time.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:2
%
For I have suffered them thus far, that they might fill up the measure
of their iniquities, that their cup might be full;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:3
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And that those who call themselves after my name might be chastened for
a little season with a sore and grievous chastisement, because they did
not hearken altogether unto the precepts and commandments which I gave
unto them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:4
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But verily I say unto you, that I have decreed a decree which my people
shall realize, inasmuch as they hearken from this very hour unto the
counsel which I, the Lord their God, shall give unto them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:5
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Behold they shall, for I have decreed it, begin to prevail against mine
enemies from this very hour.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:6
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And by hearkening to observe all the words which I, the Lord their God,
shall speak unto them, they shall never cease to prevail until the
kingdoms of the world are subdued under my feet, and the earth is given
unto the saints, to possess it forever and ever.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:7
%
But inasmuch as they keep not my commandments, and hearken not to observe
all my words, the kingdoms of the world shall prevail against them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:8
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For they were set to be a light unto the world, and to be the saviors
of men;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:9
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And inasmuch as they are not the saviors of men, they are as salt that
has lost its savor, and is thenceforth good for nothing but to be cast
out and trodden under foot of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:10
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But verily I say unto you, I have decreed that your brethren which
have been scattered shall return to the lands of their inheritances,
and shall build up the waste places of Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:11
%
For after much tribulation, as I have said unto you in a former
commandment, cometh the blessing.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:12
%
Behold, this is the blessing which I have promised after your
tribulations, and the tribulations of your brethren--your redemption,
and the redemption of your brethren, even their restoration to the land
of Zion, to be established, no more to be thrown down.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:13
%
Nevertheless, if they pollute their inheritances they shall be thrown
down; for I will not spare them if they pollute their inheritances.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:14
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Behold, I say unto you, the redemption of Zion must needs come by power;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:15
%
Therefore, I will raise up unto my people a man, who shall lead them
like as Moses led the children of Israel.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:16
%
For ye are the children of Israel, and of the seed of Abraham, and ye
must needs be led out of bondage by power, and with a stretched-out arm.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:17
%
And as your fathers were led at the first, even so shall the redemption
of Zion be.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:18
%
Therefore, let not your hearts faint, for I say not unto you as I said
unto your fathers: Mine angel shall go up before you, but not my presence.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:19
%
But I say unto you: Mine angels shall go up before you, and also my
presence, and in time ye shall possess the goodly land.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:20
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Verily, verily I say unto you, that my servant Joseph Smith, Jun. is
the man to whom I likened the servant to whom the Lord of the vineyard
spake in the parable which I have given unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:21
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Therefore let my servant Joseph Smith, Jun. say unto the strength of my
house, my young men and the middle aged--Gather yourselves together unto
the land of Zion, upon the land which I have bought with money that has
been consecrated unto me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:22
%
And let all the churches send up wise men with their moneys, and purchase
lands even as I have commanded them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:23
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And inasmuch as mine enemies come against you to drive you from my goodly
land, which I have consecrated to be the land of Zion, even from your own
lands after these testimonies, which ye have brought before me against
them, ye shall curse them;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:24
%
And whomsoever ye curse, I will curse, and ye shall avenge me of mine
enemies.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:25
%
And my presence shall be with you even in avenging me of mine enemies,
unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:26
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Let no man be afraid to lay down his life for my sake; for whoso layeth
down his life for my sake shall find it again.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:27
%
And whoso is not willing to lay down his life for my sake is not my
disciple.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:28
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It is my will that my servant Sidney Rigdon shall lift up his voice in
the congregations in the eastern countries, in preparing the churches
to keep the commandments which I have given unto them concerning the
restoration and redemption of Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:29
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It is my will that my servant Parley P. Pratt and my servant Lyman Wight
should not return to the land of their brethren, until they have obtained
companies to go up unto the land of Zion, by tens, or by twenties, or
by fifties, or by an hundred, until they have obtained to the number of
five hundred of the strength of my house.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:30
%
Behold this is my will; ask and ye shall receive; but men do not always
do my will.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:31
%
Therefore, if you cannot obtain five hundred, seek diligently that
peradventure you may obtain three hundred.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:32
%
And if ye cannot obtain three hundred, seek diligently that peradventure
ye may obtain one hundred.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:33
%
But verily I say unto you, a commandment I give unto you, that ye shall
not go up unto the land of Zion until you have obtained a hundred of
the strength of my house, to go up with you unto the land of Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:34
%
Therefore, as I said unto you, ask and ye shall receive; pray earnestly
that peradventure my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., may go with you, and
preside in the midst of my people, and organize my kingdom upon the
consecrated land, and establish the children of Zion upon the laws and
commandments which have been and which shall be given unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:35
%
All victory and glory is brought to pass unto you through your diligence,
faithfulness, and prayers of faith.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:36
%
Let my servant Parley P. Pratt journey with my servant Joseph Smith, Jun.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:37
%
Let my servant Lyman Wight journey with my servant Sidney Rigdon.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:38
%
Let my servant Hyrum Smith journey with my servant Frederick G. Williams.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:39
%
Let my servant Orson Hyde journey with my servant Orson Pratt,
whithersoever my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., shall counsel them, in
obtaining the fulfilment of these commandments which I have given unto
you, and leave the residue in my hands.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 103:40
%
VERILY I say unto you, my friends, I give unto you counsel, and a
commandment, concerning all the properties which belong to the order which
I commanded to be organized and established, to be a united order, and
an everlasting order for the benefit of my church, and for the salvation
of men until I come--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:1
%
With promise immutable and unchangeable, that inasmuch as those whom
I commanded were faithful they should be blessed with a multiplicity
of blessings;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:2
%
But inasmuch as they were not faithful they were nigh unto cursing.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:3
%
Therefore, inasmuch as some of my servants have not kept the commandment,
but have broken the covenant through covetousness, and with feigned words,
I have cursed them with a very sore and grievous curse.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:4
%
For I, the Lord, have decreed in my heart, that inasmuch as any man
belonging to the order shall be found a transgressor, or, in other words,
shall break the covenant with which ye are bound, he shall be cursed in
his life, and shall be trodden down by whom I will;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:5
%
For I, the Lord, am not to be mocked in these things--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:6
%
And all this that the innocent among you may not be condemned with
the unjust; and that the guilty among you may not escape; because I,
the Lord, have promised unto you a crown of glory at my right hand.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:7
%
Therefore, inasmuch as you are found transgressors, you cannot escape
my wrath in your lives.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:8
%
Inasmuch as ye are cut off for transgression, ye cannot escape the
buffetings of Satan until the day of redemption.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:9
%
And I now give unto you power from this very hour, that if any man
among you, of the order, is found a transgressor and repenteth not of
the evil, that ye shall deliver him over unto the buffetings of Satan;
and he shall not have power to bring evil upon you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:10
%
It is wisdom in me; therefore, a commandment I give unto you, that ye
shall organize yourselves and appoint every man his stewardship;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:11
%
That every man may give an account unto me of the stewardship which is
appointed unto him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:12
%
For it is expedient that I, the Lord, should make every man accountable,
as a steward over earthly blessings, which I have made and prepared for
my creatures.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:13
%
I, the Lord, stretched out the heavens, and built the earth, my very
handiwork; and all things therein are mine.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:14
%
And it is my purpose to provide for my saints, for all things are mine.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:15
%
But it must needs be done in mine own way; and behold this is the way
that I, the Lord, have decreed to provide for my saints, that the poor
shall be exalted, in that the rich are made low.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:16
%
For the earth is full, and there is enough and to spare; yea, I prepared
all things, and have given unto the children of men to be agents unto
themselves.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:17
%
Therefore, if any man shall take of the abundance which I have made,
and impart not his portion, according to the law of my gospel, unto the
poor and the needy, he shall, with the wicked, lift up his eyes in hell,
being in torment.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:18
%
And now, verily I say unto you, concerning the properties of the order--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:19
%
Let my servant Sidney Rigdon have appointed unto him the place where
he now resides, and the lot of the tannery for his stewardship, for
his support while he is laboring in my vineyard, even as I will, when
I shall command him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:20
%
And let all things be done according to the counsel of the order, and
united consent or voice of the order, which dwell in the land of Kirtland.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:21
%
And this stewardship and blessing, I, the Lord, confer upon my servant
Sidney Rigdon for a blessing upon him, and his seed after him;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:22
%
And I will multiply blessings upon him, inasmuch as he will be humble
before me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:23
%
And again, let my servant Martin Harris have appointed unto him, for his
stewardship, the lot of land which my servant John Johnson obtained in
exchange for his former inheritance, for him and his seed after him;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:24
%
And inasmuch as he is faithful, I will multiply blessings upon him and
his seed after him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:25
%
And let my servant Martin Harris devote his moneys for the proclaiming
of my words, according as my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., shall direct.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:26
%
And again, let my servant Frederick G. Williams have the place upon
which he now dwells.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:27
%
And let my servant Oliver Cowdery have the lot which is set off joining
the house, which is to be for the printing office, which is lot number
one, and also the lot upon which his father resides.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:28
%
And let my servants Frederick G. Williams and Oliver Cowdery have the
printing office and all things that pertain unto it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:29
%
And this shall be their stewardship which shall be appointed unto them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:30
%
And inasmuch as they are faithful, behold I will bless, and multiply
blessings upon them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:31
%
And this is the beginning of the stewardship which I have appointed them,
for them and their seed after them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:32
%
And, inasmuch as they are faithful, I will multiply blessings upon them
and their seed after them, even a multiplicity of blessings.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:33
%
And again, let my servant John Johnson have the house in which he lives,
and the inheritance, all save the ground which has been reserved for
the building of my houses, which pertains to that inheritance, and those
lots which have been named for my servant Oliver Cowdery.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:34
%
And inasmuch as he is faithful, I will multiply blessings upon him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:35
%
And it is my will that he should sell the lots that are laid off for
the building up of the city of my saints, inasmuch as it shall be made
known to him by the voice of the Spirit, and according to the counsel
of the order, and by the voice of the order.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:36
%
And this is the beginning of the stewardship which I have appointed unto
him, for a blessing unto him and his seed after him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:37
%
And inasmuch as he is faithful, I will multiply a multiplicity of
blessings upon him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:38
%
And again, let my servant Newel K. Whitney have appointed unto him the
houses and lot where he now resides, and the lot and building on which
the mercantile establishment stands, and also the lot which is on the
corner south of the mercantile establishment, and also the lot on which
the ashery is situated.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:39
%
And all this I have appointed unto my servant Newel K. Whitney for
his stewardship, for a blessing upon him and his seed after him, for
the benefit of the mercantile establishment of my order which I have
established for my stake in the land of Kirtland.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:40
%
Yea, verily, this is the stewardship which I have appointed unto my
servant N. K. Whitney, even this whole mercantile establishment, him
and his agent, and his seed after him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:41
%
And inasmuch as he is faithful in keeping my commandments, which I have
given unto him, I will multiply blessings upon him and his seed after him,
even a multiplicity of blessings.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:42
%
And again, let my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., have appointed unto him
the lot which is laid off for the building of my house, which is forty
rods long and twelve wide, and also the inheritance upon which his father
now resides;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:43
%
And this is the beginning of the stewardship which I have appointed unto
him, for a blessing upon him, and upon his father.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:44
%
For behold, I have reserved an inheritance for his father, for his
support; therefore he shall be reckoned in the house of my servant Joseph
Smith, Jun.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:45
%
And I will multiply blessings upon the house of my servant Joseph Smith,
Jun., inasmuch as he is faithful, even a multiplicity of blessings.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:46
%
And now, a commandment I give unto you concerning Zion, that you shall
no longer be bound as a united order to your brethren of Zion, only on
this wise--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:47
%
After you are organized, you shall be called the United Order of the
Stake of Zion, the City of Kirtland.  And your brethren, after they are
organized, shall be called the United Order of the City of Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:48
%
And they shall be organized in their own names, and in their own name; and
they shall do their business in their own name, and in their own names;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:49
%
And you shall do your business in your own name, and in your own names.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:50
%
And this I have commanded to be done for your salvation, and also for
their salvation, in consequence of their being driven out and that which
is to come.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:51
%
The covenants being broken through transgression, by covetousness and
feigned words--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:52
%
Therefore, you are dissolved as a united order with your brethren,
that you are not bound only up to this hour unto them, only on this
wise, as I said, by loan as shall be agreed by this order in council,
as your circumstances will admit and the voice of the council direct.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:53
%
And again, a commandment I give unto you concerning your stewardship
which I have appointed unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:54
%
Behold, all these properties are mine, or else your faith is vain, and
ye are found hypocrites, and the covenants which ye have made unto me
are broken;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:55
%
And if the properties are mine, then ye are stewards; otherwise ye are
no stewards.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:56
%
But, verily I say unto you, I have appointed unto you to be stewards
over mine house, even stewards indeed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:57
%
And for this purpose I have commanded you to organize yourselves, even
to print my words, the fulness of my scriptures, the revelations which
I have given unto you, and which I shall, hereafter, from time to time
give unto you--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:58
%
For the purpose of building up my church and kingdom on the earth,
and to prepare my people for the time when I shall dwell with them,
which is nigh at hand.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:59
%
And ye shall prepare for yourselves a place for a treasury, and consecrate
it unto my name.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:60
%
And ye shall appoint one among you to keep the treasury, and he shall
be ordained unto this blessing.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:61
%
And there shall be a seal upon the treasury, and all the sacred things
shall be delivered into the treasury; and no man among you shall call
it his own, or any part of it, for it shall belong to you all with
one accord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:62
%
And I give it unto you from this very hour; and now see to it, that ye
go to and make use of the stewardship which I have appointed unto you,
exclusive of the sacred things, for the purpose of printing these sacred
things as I have said.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:63
%
And the avails of the sacred things shall be had in the treasury, and
a seal shall be upon it; and it shall not be used or taken out of the
treasury by any one, neither shall the seal be loosed which shall be
placed upon it, only by the voice of the order, or by commandment.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:64
%
And thus shall ye preserve the avails of the sacred things in the
treasury, for sacred and holy purposes.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:65
%
And this shall be called the sacred treasury of the Lord; and a seal
shall be kept upon it that it may be holy and consecrated unto the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:66
%
And again, there shall be another treasury prepared, and a treasurer
appointed to keep the treasury, and a seal shall be placed upon it;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:67
%
And all moneys that you receive in your stewardships, by improving upon
the properties which I have appointed unto you, in houses, or in lands,
or in cattle, or in all things save it be the holy and sacred writings,
which I have reserved unto myself for holy and sacred purposes, shall
be cast into the treasury as fast as you receive moneys, by hundreds,
or by fifties, or by twenties, or by tens, or by fives.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:68
%
Or in other words, if any man among you obtain five dollars let him
cast them into the treasury; or if he obtain ten, or twenty, or fifty,
or an hundred, let him do likewise;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:69
%
And let not any among you say that it is his own; for it shall not be
called his, nor any part of it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:70
%
And there shall not any part of it be used, or taken out of the treasury,
only by the voice and common consent of the order.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:71
%
And this shall be the voice and common consent of the order--that any
man among you say to the treasurer: I have need of this to help me in
my stewardship--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:72
%
If it be five dollars, or if it be ten dollars, or twenty, or fifty, or
a hundred, the treasurer shall give unto him the sum which he requires
to help him in his stewardship--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:73
%
Until he be found a transgressor, and it is manifest before the council
of the order plainly that he is an unfaithful and an unwise steward.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:74
%
But so long as he is in full fellowship, and is faithful and wise in
his stewardship, this shall be his token unto the treasurer that the
treasurer shall not withhold.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:75
%
But in case of transgression, the treasurer shall be subject unto the
council and voice of the order.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:76
%
And in case the treasurer is found an unfaithful and an unwise steward,
he shall be subject to the council and voice of the order, and shall be
removed out of his place, and another shall be appointed in his stead.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:77
%
And again, verily I say unto you, concerning your debts--behold it is
my will that you shall pay all your debts.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:78
%
And it is my will that you shall humble yourselves before me, and obtain
this blessing by your diligence and humility and the prayer of faith.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:79
%
And inasmuch as you are diligent and humble, and exercise the prayer of
faith, behold, I will soften the hearts of those to whom you are in debt,
until I shall send means unto you for your deliverance.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:80
%
Therefore write speedily to New York and write according to that which
shall be dictated by my Spirit; and I will soften the hearts of those
to whom you are in debt, that it shall be taken away out of their minds
to bring affliction upon you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:81
%
And inasmuch as ye are humble and faithful and call upon my name, behold,
I will give you the victory.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:82
%
I give unto you a promise, that you shall be delivered this once out of
your bondage.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:83
%
Inasmuch as you obtain a chance to loan money by hundreds, or thousands,
even until you shall loan enough to deliver yourself from bondage,
it is your privilege.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:84
%
And pledge the properties which I have put into your hands, this once,
by giving your names by common consent or otherwise, as it shall seem
good unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:85
%
I give unto you this privilege, this once; and behold, if you proceed to
do the things which I have laid before you, according to my commandments,
all these things are mine, and ye are my stewards, and the master will
not suffer his house to be broken up.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 104:86
%
VERILY I say unto you who have assembled yourselves together that you
may learn my will concerning the redemption of mine afflicted people--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:1
%
Behold, I say unto you, were it not for the transgressions of my people,
speaking concerning the church and not individuals, they might have been
redeemed even now.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:2
%
But behold, they have not learned to be obedient to the things which I
required at their hands, but are full of all manner of evil, and do not
impart of their substance, as becometh saints, to the poor and afflicted
among them;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:3
%
And are not united according to the union required by the law of the
celestial kingdom;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:4
%
And Zion cannot be built up unless it is by the principles of the law
of the celestial kingdom; otherwise I cannot receive her unto myself.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:5
%
And my people must needs be chastened until they learn obedience, if it
must needs be, by the things which they suffer.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:6
%
I speak not concerning those who are appointed to lead my people,
who are the first elders of my church, for they are not all under this
condemnation;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:7
%
But I speak concerning my churches abroad--there are many who will say:
Where is their God?  Behold, he will deliver them in time of trouble,
otherwise we will not go up unto Zion, and will keep our moneys.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:8
%
Therefore, in consequence of the transgressions of my people, it is
expedient in me that mine elders should wait for a little season for
the redemption of Zion--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:9
%
That they themselves may be prepared, and that my people may be taught
more perfectly, and have experience, and know more perfectly concerning
their duty, and the things which I require at their hands.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:10
%
And this cannot be brought to pass until mine elders are endowed with
power from on high.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:11
%
For behold, I have prepared a great endowment and blessing to be poured
out upon them, inasmuch as they are faithful and continue in humility
before me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:12
%
Therefore it is expedient in me that mine elders should wait for a little
season, for the redemption of Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:13
%
For behold, I do not require at their hands to fight the battles of Zion;
for, as I said in a former commandment, even so will I fulfil--I will
fight your battles.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:14
%
Behold, the destroyer I have sent forth to destroy and lay waste mine
enemies; and not many years hence they shall not be left to pollute
mine heritage, and to blaspheme my name upon the lands which I have
consecrated for the gathering together of my saints.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:15
%
Behold, I have commanded my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., to say unto the
strength of my house, even my warriors, my young men, and middle-aged,
to gather together for the redemption of my people, and throw down the
towers of mine enemies, and scatter their watchmen;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:16
%
But the strength of mine house have not hearkened unto my words.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:17
%
But inasmuch as there are those who have hearkened unto my words, I have
prepared a blessing and an endowment for them, if they continue faithful.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:18
%
I have heard their prayers, and will accept their offering; and it is
expedient in me that they should be brought thus far for a trial of
their faith.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:19
%
And now, verily I say unto you, a commandment I give unto you, that as
many as have come up hither, that can stay in the region round about,
let them stay;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:20
%
And those that cannot stay, who have families in the east, let them
tarry for a little season, inasmuch as my servant Joseph shall appoint
unto them;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:21
%
For I will counsel him concerning this matter, and all things whatsoever
he shall appoint unto them shall be fulfilled.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:22
%
And let all my people who dwell in the regions round about be very
faithful, and prayerful, and humble before me, and reveal not the things
which I have revealed unto them, until it is wisdom in me that they
should be revealed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:23
%
Talk not of judgments, neither boast of faith nor of mighty works, but
carefully gather together, as much in one region as can be, consistently
with the feelings of the people;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:24
%
And behold, I will give unto you favor and grace in their eyes, that
you may rest in peace and safety, while you are saying unto the people:
Execute judgment and justice for us according to law, and redress us of
our wrongs.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:25
%
Now, behold, I say unto you, my friends, in this way you may find favor
in the eyes of the people, until the army of Israel becomes very great.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:26
%
And I will soften the hearts of the people, as I did the heart of Pharaoh,
from time to time, until my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., and mine elders,
whom I have appointed, shall have time to gather up the strength of
my house,
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:27
%
And to have sent wise men, to fulfil that which I have commanded
concerning the purchasing of all the lands in Jackson county that can
be purchased, and in the adjoining counties round about.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:28
%
For it is my will that these lands should be purchased; and after they
are purchased that my saints should possess them according to the laws
of consecration which I have given.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:29
%
And after these lands are purchased, I will hold the armies of Israel
guiltless in taking possession of their own lands, which they have
previously purchased with their moneys, and of throwing down the towers
of mine enemies that may be upon them, and scattering their watchmen,
and avenging me of mine enemies unto the third and fourth generation of
them that hate me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:30
%
But first let my army become very great, and let it be sanctified before
me, that it may become fair as the sun, and clear as the moon, and that
her banners may be terrible unto all nations;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:31
%
That the kingdoms of this world may be constrained to acknowledge that
the kingdom of Zion is in very deed the kingdom of our God and his Christ;
therefore, let us become subject unto her laws.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:32
%
Verily I say unto you, it is expedient in me that the first elders
of my church should receive their endowment from on high in my house,
which I have commanded to be built unto my name in the land of Kirtland.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:33
%
And let those commandments which I have given concerning Zion and her
law be executed and fulfilled, after her redemption.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:34
%
There has been a day of calling, but the time has come for a day of
choosing; and let those be chosen that are worthy.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:35
%
And it shall be manifest unto my servant, by the voice of the Spirit,
those that are chosen; and they shall be sanctified;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:36
%
And inasmuch as they follow the counsel which they receive, they shall
have power after many days to accomplish all things pertaining to Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:37
%
And again I say unto you, sue for peace, not only to the people that
have smitten you, but also to all people;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:38
%
And lift up an ensign of peace, and make a proclamation of peace unto
the ends of the earth;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:39
%
And make proposals for peace unto those who have smitten you, according
to the voice of the Spirit which is in you, and all things shall work
together for your good.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:40
%
Therefore, be faithful; and behold, and lo, I am with you even unto
the end.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 105:41
%
IT is my will that my servant Warren A. Cowdery should be appointed and
ordained a presiding high priest over my church, in the land of Freedom
and the regions round about;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 106:1
%
And should preach my everlasting gospel, and lift up his voice and warn
the people, not only in his own place, but in the adjoining counties;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 106:2
%
And devote his whole time to this high and holy calling, which I now give
unto him, seeking diligently the kingdom of heaven and its righteousness,
and all things necessary shall be added thereunto; for the laborer is
worthy of his hire.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 106:3
%
And again, verily I say unto you, the coming of the Lord draweth nigh,
and it overtaketh the world as a thief in the night--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 106:4
%
Therefore, gird up your loins, that you may be the children of light,
and that day shall not overtake you as a thief.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 106:5
%
And again, verily I say unto you, there was joy in heaven when my servant
Warren bowed to my scepter, and separated himself from the crafts of men;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 106:6
%
Therefore, blessed is my servant Warren, for I will have mercy on him;
and, notwithstanding the vanity of his heart, I will lift him up inasmuch
as he will humble himself before me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 106:7
%
And I will give him grace and assurance wherewith he may stand; and if
he continue to be a faithful witness and a light unto the church I have
prepared a crown for him in the mansions of my Father.	Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 106:8
%
THERE are, in the church, two priesthoods, namely, the Melchizedek and
Aaronic, including the Levitical Priesthood.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:1
%
Why the first is called the Melchizedek Priesthood is because Melchizedek
was such a great high priest.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:2
%
Before his day it was called the Holy Priesthood, after the Order of
the Son of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:3
%
But out of respect or reverence to the name of the Supreme Being,
to avoid the too frequent repetition of his name, they, the church,
in ancient days, called that priesthood after Melchizedek, or the
Melchizedek Priesthood.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:4
%
All other authorities or offices in the church are appendages to this
priesthood.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:5
%
But there are two divisions or grand heads--one is the Melchizedek
Priesthood, and the other is the Aaronic or Levitical Priesthood.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:6
%
The office of an elder comes under the priesthood of Melchizedek.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:7
%
The Melchizedek Priesthood holds the right of presidency, and has power
and authority over all the offices in the church in all ages of the world,
to administer in spiritual things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:8
%
The Presidency of the High Priesthood, after the order of Melchizedek,
have a right to officiate in all the offices in the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:9
%
High priests after the order of the Melchizedek Priesthood have a right to
officiate in their own standing, under the direction of the presidency,
in administering spiritual things, and also in the office of an elder,
priest (of the Levitical order), teacher, deacon, and member.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:10
%
An elder has a right to officiate in his stead when the high priest is
not present.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:11
%
The high priest and elder are to administer in spiritual things, agreeable
to the covenants and commandments of the church; and they have a right
to officiate in all these offices of the church when there are no higher
authorities present.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:12
%
The second priesthood is called the Priesthood of Aaron, because it was
conferred upon Aaron and his seed, throughout all their generations.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:13
%
Why it is called the lesser priesthood is because it is an appendage to
the greater, or the Melchizedek Priesthood, and has power in administering
outward ordinances.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:14
%
The bishopric is the presidency of this priesthood, and holds the keys
or authority of the same.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:15
%
No man has a legal right to this office, to hold the keys of this
priesthood, except he be a literal descendant of Aaron.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:16
%
But as a high priest of the Melchizedek Priesthood has authority to
officiate in all the lesser offices, he may officiate in the office of
bishop when no literal descendant of Aaron can be found, provided he is
called and set apart and ordained unto this power by the hands of the
Presidency of the Melchizedek Priesthood.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:17
%
The power and authority of the higher, or Melchizedek Priesthood, is to
hold the keys of all the spiritual blessings of the church--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:18
%
To have the privilege of receiving the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven,
to have the heavens opened unto them, to commune with the general assembly
and church of the Firstborn, and to enjoy the communion and presence of
God the Father, and Jesus the mediator of the new covenant.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:19
%
The power and authority of the lesser, or Aaronic Priesthood, is to
hold the keys of the ministering of angels, and to administer in outward
ordinances, the letter of the gospel, the baptism of repentance for the
remission of sins, agreeable to the covenants and commandments.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:20
%
Of necessity there are presidents, or presiding officers growing out
of, or appointed of or from among those who are ordained to the several
offices in these two priesthoods.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:21
%
Of the Melchizedek Priesthood, three Presiding High Priests, chosen
by the body, appointed and ordained to that office, and upheld by
the confidence, faith, and prayer of the church, form a quorum of the
Presidency of the Church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:22
%
The twelve traveling councilors are called to be the Twelve Apostles, or
special witnesses of the name of Christ in all the world--thus differing
from other officers in the church in the duties of their calling.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:23
%
And they form a quorum, equal in authority and power to the three
presidents previously mentioned.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:24
%
The Seventy are also called to preach the gospel, and to be especial
witnesses unto the Gentiles and in all the world--thus differing from
other officers in the church in the duties of their calling.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:25
%
And they form a quorum, equal in authority to that of the Twelve special
witnesses or Apostles just named.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:26
%
And every decision made by either of these quorums must be by the
unanimous voice of the same; that is, every member in each quorum must
be agreed to its decisions, in order to make their decisions of the same
power or validity one with the other--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:27
%
A majority may form a quorum when circumstances render it impossible to
be otherwise--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:28
%
Unless this is the case, their decisions are not entitled to the same
blessings which the decisions of a quorum of three presidents were
anciently, who were ordained after the order of Melchizedek, and were
righteous and holy men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:29
%
The decisions of these quorums, or either of them, are to be made in
all righteousness, in holiness, and lowliness of heart, meekness and
long suffering, and in faith, and virtue, and knowledge, temperance,
patience, godliness, brotherly kindness and charity;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:30
%
Because the promise is, if these things abound in them they shall not
be unfruitful in the knowledge of the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:31
%
And in case that any decision of these quorums is made in unrighteousness,
it may be brought before a general assembly of the several quorums,
which constitute the spiritual authorities of the church; otherwise
there can be no appeal from their decision.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:32
%
The Twelve are a Traveling Presiding High Council, to officiate in the
name of the Lord, under the direction of the Presidency of the Church,
agreeable to the institution of heaven; to build up the church, and
regulate all the affairs of the same in all nations, first unto the
Gentiles and secondly unto the Jews.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:33
%
The Seventy are to act in the name of the Lord, under the direction of
the Twelve or the traveling high council, in building up the church and
regulating all the affairs of the same in all nations, first unto the
Gentiles and then to the Jews;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:34
%
The Twelve being sent out, holding the keys, to open the door by the
proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and first unto the Gentiles
and then unto the Jews.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:35
%
The standing high councils, at the stakes of Zion, form a quorum equal
in authority in the affairs of the church, in all their decisions,
to the quorum of the presidency, or to the traveling high council.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:36
%
The high council in Zion form a quorum equal in authority in the affairs
of the church, in all their decisions, to the councils of the Twelve at
the stakes of Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:37
%
It is the duty of the traveling high council to call upon the Seventy,
when they need assistance, to fill the several calls for preaching and
administering the gospel, instead of any others.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:38
%
It is the duty of the Twelve, in all large branches of the church,
to ordain evangelical ministers, as they shall be designated unto them
by revelation--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:39
%
The order of this priesthood was confirmed to be handed down from father
to son, and rightly belongs to the literal descendants of the chosen seed,
to whom the promises were made.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:40
%
This order was instituted in the days of Adam, and came down by lineage
in the following manner:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:41
%
From Adam to Seth, who was ordained by Adam at the age of sixty-nine
years, and was blessed by him three years previous to his (Adam's) death,
and received the promise of God by his father, that his posterity should
be the chosen of the Lord, and that they should be preserved unto the
end of the earth;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:42
%
Because he (Seth) was a perfect man, and his likeness was the express
likeness of his father, insomuch that he seemed to be like unto his
father in all things, and could be distinguished from him only by his age.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:43
%
Enos was ordained at the age of one hundred and thirty-four years and
four months, by the hand of Adam.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:44
%
God called upon Cainan in the wilderness in the fortieth year of his
age; and he met Adam in journeying to the place Shedolamak.  He was
eighty-seven years old when he received his ordination.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:45
%
Mahalaleel was four hundred and ninety-six years and seven days old when
he was ordained by the hand of Adam, who also blessed him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:46
%
Jared was two hundred years old when he was ordained under the hand of
Adam, who also blessed him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:47
%
Enoch was twenty-five years old when he was ordained under the hand of
Adam; and he was sixty-five and Adam blessed him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:48
%
And he saw the Lord, and he walked with him, and was before his face
continually; and he walked with God three hundred and sixty-five years,
making him four hundred and thirty years old when he was translated.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:49
%
Methuselah was one hundred years old when he was ordained under the hand
of Adam.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:50
%
Lamech was thirty-two years old when he was ordained under the hand
of Seth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:51
%
Noah was ten years old when he was ordained under the hand of Methuselah.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:52
%
Three years previous to the death of Adam, he called Seth, Enos, Cainan,
Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, and Methuselah, who were all high priests,
with the residue of his posterity who were righteous, into the valley
of Adam-ondi-Ahman, and there bestowed upon them his last blessing.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:53
%
And the Lord appeared unto them, and they rose up and blessed Adam,
and called him Michael, the prince, the archangel.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:54
%
And the Lord administered comfort unto Adam, and said unto him: I have
set thee to be at the head; a multitude of nations shall come of thee,
and thou art a prince over them forever.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:55
%
And Adam stood up in the midst of the congregation; and, notwithstanding
he was bowed down with age, being full of the Holy Ghost, predicted
whatsoever should befall his posterity unto the latest generation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:56
%
These things were all written in the book of Enoch, and are to be
testified of in due time.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:57
%
It is the duty of the Twelve, also, to ordain and set in order all the
other officers of the church, agreeable to the revelation which says:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:58
%
To the church of Christ in the land of Zion, in addition to the church
laws respecting church business--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:59
%
Verily, I say unto you, saith the Lord of Hosts, there must needs be
presiding elders to preside over those who are of the office of an elder;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:60
%
And also priests to preside over those who are of the office of a priest;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:61
%
And also teachers to preside over those who are of the office of a
teacher, in like manner, and also the deacons--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:62
%
Wherefore, from deacon to teacher, and from teacher to priest, and
from priest to elder, severally as they are appointed, according to the
covenants and commandments of the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:63
%
Then comes the High Priesthood, which is the greatest of all.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:64
%
Wherefore, it must needs be that one be appointed of the High Priesthood
to preside over the priesthood, and he shall be called President of the
High Priesthood of the Church;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:65
%
Or, in other words, the Presiding High Priest over the High Priesthood
of the Church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:66
%
From the same comes the administering of ordinances and blessings upon
the church, by the laying on of the hands.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:67
%
Wherefore, the office of a bishop is not equal unto it; for the office
of a bishop is in administering all temporal things;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:68
%
Nevertheless a bishop must be chosen from the High Priesthood, unless
he is a literal descendant of Aaron;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:69
%
For unless he is a literal descendant of Aaron he cannot hold the keys
of that priesthood.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:70
%
Nevertheless, a high priest, that is, after the order of Melchizedek,
may be set apart unto the ministering of temporal things, having a
knowledge of them by the Spirit of truth;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:71
%
And also to be a judge in Israel, to do the business of the church, to
sit in judgment upon transgressors upon testimony as it shall be laid
before him according to the laws, by the assistance of his counselors,
whom he has chosen or will choose among the elders of the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:72
%
This is the duty of a bishop who is not a literal descendant of Aaron, but
has been ordained to the High Priesthood after the order of Melchizedek.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:73
%
Thus shall he be a judge, even a common judge among the inhabitants of
Zion, or in a stake of Zion, or in any branch of the church where he
shall be set apart unto this ministry, until the borders of Zion are
enlarged and it becomes necessary to have other bishops or judges in
Zion or elsewhere.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:74
%
And inasmuch as there are other bishops appointed they shall act in the
same office.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:75
%
But a literal descendant of Aaron has a legal right to the presidency
of this priesthood, to the keys of this ministry, to act in the office
of bishop independently, without counselors, except in a case where
a President of the High Priesthood, after the order of Melchizedek,
is tried, to sit as a judge in Israel.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:76
%
And the decision of either of these councils, agreeable to the commandment
which says:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:77
%
Again, verily, I say unto you, the most important business of the church,
and the most difficult cases of the church, inasmuch as there is not
satisfaction upon the decision of the bishop or judges, it shall be
handed over and carried up unto the council of the church, before the
Presidency of the High Priesthood.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:78
%
And the Presidency of the council of the High Priesthood shall have
power to call other high priests, even twelve, to assist as counselors;
and thus the Presidency of the High Priesthood and its counselors shall
have power to decide upon testimony according to the laws of the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:79
%
And after this decision it shall be had in remembrance no more before
the Lord; for this is the highest council of the church of God, and a
final decision upon controversies in spiritual matters.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:80
%
There is not any person belonging to the church who is exempt from this
council of the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:81
%
And inasmuch as a President of the High Priesthood shall transgress,
he shall be had in remembrance before the common council of the church,
who shall be assisted by twelve counselors of the High Priesthood;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:82
%
And their decision upon his head shall be an end of controversy
concerning him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:83
%
Thus, none shall be exempted from the justice and the laws of God, that
all things may be done in order and in solemnity before him, according
to truth and righteousness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:84
%
And again, verily I say unto you, the duty of a president over the office
of a deacon is to preside over twelve deacons, to sit in council with
them, and to teach them their duty, edifying one another, as it is given
according to the covenants.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:85
%
And also the duty of the president over the office of the teachers is
to preside over twenty-four of the teachers, and to sit in council with
them, teaching them the duties of their office, as given in the covenants.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:86
%
Also the duty of the president over the Priesthood of Aaron is to preside
over forty-eight priests, and sit in council with them, to teach them
the duties of their office, as is given in the covenants--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:87
%
This president is to be a bishop; for this is one of the duties of
this priesthood.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:88
%
Again, the duty of the president over the office of elders is to preside
over ninety-six elders, and to sit in council with them, and to teach
them according to the covenants.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:89
%
This presidency is a distinct one from that of the seventy, and is
designed for those who do not travel into all the world.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:90
%
And again, the duty of the President of the office of the High Priesthood
is to preside over the whole church, and to be like unto Moses--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:91
%
Behold, here is wisdom; yea, to be a seer, a revelator, a translator,
and a prophet, having all the gifts of God which he bestows upon the
head of the church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:92
%
And it is according to the vision showing the order of the Seventy,
that they should have seven presidents to preside over them, chosen out
of the number of the seventy;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:93
%
And the seventh president of these presidents is to preside over the six;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:94
%
And these seven presidents are to choose other seventy besides the first
seventy to whom they belong, and are to preside over them;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:95
%
And also other seventy, until seven times seventy, if the labor in the
vineyard of necessity requires it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:96
%
And these seventy are to be traveling ministers, unto the Gentiles first
and also unto the Jews.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:97
%
Whereas other officers of the church, who belong not unto the Twelve,
neither to the Seventy, are not under the responsibility to travel among
all nations, but are to travel as their circumstances shall allow,
notwithstanding they may hold as high and responsible offices in the
church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:98
%
Wherefore, now let every man learn his duty, and to act in the office
in which he is appointed, in all diligence.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:99
%
He that is slothful shall not be counted worthy to stand, and he that
learns not his duty and shows himself not approved shall not be counted
worthy to stand.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 107:100
%
VERILY thus saith the Lord unto you, my servant Lyman: Your sins are
forgiven you, because you have obeyed my voice in coming up hither this
morning to receive counsel of him whom I have appointed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 108:1
%
Therefore, let your soul be at rest concerning your spiritual standing,
and resist no more my voice.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 108:2
%
And arise up and be more careful henceforth in observing your vows,
which you have made and do make, and you shall be blessed with exceeding
great blessings.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 108:3
%
Wait patiently until the solemn assembly shall be called of my servants,
then you shall be remembered with the first of mine elders, and receive
right by ordination with the rest of mine elders whom I have chosen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 108:4
%
Behold, this is the promise of the Father unto you if you continue
faithful.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 108:5
%
And it shall be fulfilled upon you in that day that you shall have right
to preach my gospel wheresoever I shall send you, from henceforth from
that time.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 108:6
%
Therefore, strengthen your brethren in all your conversation, in all
your prayers, in all your exhortations, and in all your doings.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 108:7
%
And behold, and lo, I am with you to bless you and deliver you forever.
Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 108:8
%
THANKS be to thy name, O Lord God of Israel, who keepest covenant and
showest mercy unto thy servants who walk uprightly before thee, with
all their hearts--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:1
%
Thou who hast commanded thy servants to build a house to thy name in
this place [Kirtland].
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:2
%
And now thou beholdest, O Lord, that thy servants have done according
to thy commandment.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:3
%
And now we ask thee, Holy Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, the
Son of thy bosom, in whose name alone salvation can be administered to
the children of men, we ask thee, O Lord, to accept of this house, the
workmanship of the hands of us, thy servants, which thou didst command
us to build.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:4
%
For thou knowest that we have done this work through great tribulation;
and out of our poverty we have given of our substance to build a house
to thy name, that the Son of Man might have a place to manifest himself
to his people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:5
%
And as thou hast said in a revelation, given to us, calling us thy
friends, saying--Call your solemn assembly, as I have commanded you;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:6
%
And as all have not faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another
words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom,
seek learning even by study and also by faith;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:7
%
Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing, and establish a house,
even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house
of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:8
%
That your incomings may be in the name of the Lord, that your outgoings
may be in the name of the Lord, that all your salutations may be in the
name of the Lord, with uplifted hands unto the Most High--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:9
%
And now, Holy Father, we ask thee to assist us, thy people, with thy
grace, in calling our solemn assembly, that it may be done to thine
honor and to thy divine acceptance;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:10
%
And in a manner that we may be found worthy, in thy sight, to secure
a fulfilment of the promises which thou hast made unto us, thy people,
in the revelations given unto us;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:11
%
That thy glory may rest down upon thy people, and upon this thy house,
which we now dedicate to thee, that it may be sanctified and consecrated
to be holy, and that thy holy presence may be continually in this house;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:12
%
And that all people who shall enter upon the threshold of the Lord's
house may feel thy power, and feel constrained to acknowledge that thou
hast sanctified it, and that it is thy house, a place of thy holiness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:13
%
And do thou grant, Holy Father, that all those who shall worship in this
house may be taught words of wisdom out of the best books, and that they
may seek learning even by study, and also by faith, as thou hast said;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:14
%
And that they may grow up in thee, and receive a fulness of the Holy
Ghost, and be organized according to thy laws, and be prepared to obtain
every needful thing;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:15
%
And that this house may be a house of prayer, a house of fasting,
a house of faith, a house of glory and of God, even thy house;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:16
%
That all the incomings of thy people, into this house, may be in the
name of the Lord;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:17
%
That all their outgoings from this house may be in the name of the Lord;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:18
%
And that all their salutations may be in the name of the Lord, with holy
hands, uplifted to the Most High;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:19
%
And that no unclean thing shall be permitted to come into thy house to
pollute it;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:20
%
And when thy people transgress, any of them, they may speedily repent
and return unto thee, and find favor in thy sight, and be restored to
the blessings which thou hast ordained to be poured out upon those who
shall reverence thee in thy house.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:21
%
And we ask thee, Holy Father, that thy servants may go forth from this
house armed with thy power, and that thy name may be upon them, and thy
glory be round about them, and thine angels have charge over them;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:22
%
And from this place they may bear exceedingly great and glorious tidings,
in truth, unto the ends of the earth, that they may know that this is
thy work, and that thou hast put forth thy hand, to fulfil that which
thou hast spoken by the mouths of the prophets, concerning the last days.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:23
%
We ask thee, Holy Father, to establish the people that shall worship, and
honorably hold a name and standing in this thy house, to all generations
and for eternity;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:24
%
That no weapon formed against them shall prosper; that he who diggeth
a pit for them shall fall into the same himself;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:25
%
That no combination of wickedness shall have power to rise up and prevail
over thy people upon whom thy name shall be put in this house;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:26
%
And if any people shall rise against this people, that thine anger be
kindled against them;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:27
%
And if they shall smite this people thou wilt smite them; thou wilt
fight for thy people as thou didst in the day of battle, that they may
be delivered from the hands of all their enemies.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:28
%
We ask thee, Holy Father, to confound, and astonish, and to bring to
shame and confusion, all those who have spread lying reports abroad,
over the world, against thy servant or servants, if they will not repent,
when the everlasting gospel shall be proclaimed in their ears;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:29
%
And that all their works may be brought to naught, and be swept away by
the hail, and by the judgments which thou wilt send upon them in thine
anger, that there may be an end to lyings and slanders against thy people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:30
%
For thou knowest, O Lord, that thy servants have been innocent before thee
in bearing record of thy name, for which they have suffered these things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:31
%
Therefore we plead before thee for a full and complete deliverance from
under this yoke;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:32
%
Break it off, O Lord; break it off from the necks of thy servants, by
thy power, that we may rise up in the midst of this generation and do
thy work.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:33
%
O Jehovah, have mercy upon this people, and as all men sin forgive the
transgressions of thy people, and let them be blotted out forever.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:34
%
Let the anointing of thy ministers be sealed upon them with power from
on high.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:35
%
Let it be fulfilled upon them, as upon those on the day of Pentecost;
let the gift of tongues be poured out upon thy people, even cloven
tongues as of fire, and the interpretation thereof.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:36
%
And let thy house be filled, as with a rushing mighty wind, with thy
glory.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:37
%
Put upon thy servants the testimony of the covenant, that when they go out
and proclaim thy word they may seal up the law, and prepare the hearts of
thy saints for all those judgments thou art about to send, in thy wrath,
upon the inhabitants of the earth, because of their transgressions,
that thy people may not faint in the day of trouble.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:38
%
And whatsoever city thy servants shall enter, and the people of that city
receive their testimony, let thy peace and thy salvation be upon that
city; that they may gather out of that city the righteous, that they may
come forth to Zion, or to her stakes, the places of thine appointment,
with songs of everlasting joy;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:39
%
And until this be accomplished, let not thy judgments fall upon that city.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:40
%
And whatsoever city thy servants shall enter, and the people of that city
receive not the testimony of thy servants, and thy servants warn them to
save themselves from this untoward generation, let it be upon that city
according to that which thou hast spoken by the mouths of thy prophets.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:41
%
But deliver thou, O Jehovah, we beseech thee, thy servants from their
hands, and cleanse them from their blood.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:42
%
O Lord, we delight not in the destruction of our fellow men; their souls
are precious before thee;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:43
%
But thy word must be fulfilled.  Help thy servants to say, with thy
grace assisting them: Thy will be done, O Lord, and not ours.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:44
%
We know that thou hast spoken by the mouth of thy prophets terrible
things concerning the wicked, in the last days--that thou wilt pour out
thy judgments, without measure;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:45
%
Therefore, O Lord, deliver thy people from the calamity of the wicked;
enable thy servants to seal up the law, and bind up the testimony,
that they may be prepared against the day of burning.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:46
%
We ask thee, Holy Father, to remember those who have been driven by
the inhabitants of Jackson county, Missouri, from the lands of their
inheritance, and break off, O Lord, this yoke of affliction that has
been put upon them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:47
%
Thou knowest, O Lord, that they have been greatly oppressed and afflicted
by wicked men; and our hearts flow out with sorrow because of their
grievous burdens.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:48
%
O Lord, how long wilt thou suffer this people to bear this affliction,
and the cries of their innocent ones to ascend up in thine ears, and
their blood come up in testimony before thee, and not make a display of
thy testimony in their behalf?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:49
%
Have mercy, O Lord, upon the wicked mob, who have driven thy people,
that they may cease to spoil, that they may repent of their sins if
repentance is to be found;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:50
%
But if they will not, make bare thine arm, O Lord, and redeem that which
thou didst appoint a Zion unto thy people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:51
%
And if it cannot be otherwise, that the cause of thy people may not
fail before thee may thine anger be kindled, and thine indignation
fall upon them, that they may be wasted away, both root and branch,
from under heaven;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:52
%
But inasmuch as they will repent, thou art gracious and merciful, and wilt
turn away thy wrath when thou lookest upon the face of thine Anointed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:53
%
Have mercy, O Lord, upon all the nations of the earth; have mercy upon
the rulers of our land; may those principles, which were so honorably
and nobly defended, namely, the Constitution of our land, by our fathers,
be established forever.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:54
%
Remember the kings, the princes, the nobles, and the great ones of the
earth, and all people, and the churches, all the poor, the needy, and
afflicted ones of the earth;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:55
%
That their hearts may be softened when thy servants shall go out from thy
house, O Jehovah, to bear testimony of thy name; that their prejudices
may give way before the truth, and thy people may obtain favor in the
sight of all;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:56
%
That all the ends of the earth may know that we, thy servants, have
heard thy voice, and that thou hast sent us;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:57
%
That from among all these, thy servants, the sons of Jacob, may gather
out the righteous to build a holy city to thy name, as thou hast
commanded them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:58
%
We ask thee to appoint unto Zion other stakes besides this one which
thou hast appointed, that the gathering of thy people may roll on in
great power and majesty, that thy work may be cut short in righteousness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:59
%
Now these words, O Lord, we have spoken before thee, concerning the
revelations and commandments which thou hast given unto us, who are
identified with the Gentiles.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:60
%
But thou knowest that thou hast a great love for the children of Jacob,
who have been scattered upon the mountains for a long time, in a cloudy
and dark day.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:61
%
We therefore ask thee to have mercy upon the children of Jacob, that
Jerusalem, from this hour, may begin to be redeemed;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:62
%
And the yoke of bondage may begin to be broken off from the house
of David;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:63
%
And the children of Judah may begin to return to the lands which thou
didst give to Abraham, their father.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:64
%
And cause that the remnants of Jacob, who have been cursed and smitten
because of their transgression, be converted from their wild and savage
condition to the fulness of the everlasting gospel;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:65
%
That they may lay down their weapons of bloodshed, and cease their
rebellions.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:66
%
And may all the scattered remnants of Israel, who have been driven to
the ends of the earth, come to a knowledge of the truth, believe in the
Messiah, and be redeemed from oppression, and rejoice before thee.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:67
%
O Lord, remember thy servant, Joseph Smith, Jun., and all his afflictions
and persecutions--how he has covenanted with Jehovah, and vowed to thee,
O Mighty God of Jacob--and the commandments which thou hast given unto
him, and that he hath sincerely striven to do thy will.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:68
%
Have mercy, O Lord, upon his wife and children, that they may be exalted
in thy presence, and preserved by thy fostering hand.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:69
%
Have mercy upon all their immediate connections, that their prejudices may
be broken up and swept away as with a flood; that they may be converted
and redeemed with Israel, and know that thou art God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:70
%
Remember, O Lord, the presidents, even all the presidents of thy church,
that thy right hand may exalt them, with all their families, and their
immediate connections, that their names may be perpetuated and had in
everlasting remembrance from generation to generation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:71
%
Remember all thy church, O Lord, with all their families, and all their
immediate connections, with all their sick and afflicted ones, with all
the poor and meek of the earth; that the kingdom, which thou hast set
up without hands, may become a great mountain and fill the whole earth;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:72
%
That thy church may come forth out of the wilderness of darkness, and
shine forth fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army
with banners;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:73
%
And be adorned as a bride for that day when thou shalt unveil the heavens,
and cause the mountains to flow down at thy presence, and the valleys
to be exalted, the rough places made smooth; that thy glory may fill
the earth;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:74
%
That when the trump shall sound for the dead, we shall be caught up in
the cloud to meet thee, that we may ever be with the Lord;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:75
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That our garments may be pure, that we may be clothed upon with robes
of righteousness, with palms in our hands, and crowns of glory upon our
heads, and reap eternal joy for all our sufferings.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:76
%
O Lord God Almighty, hear us in these our petitions, and answer us from
heaven, thy holy habitation, where thou sittest enthroned, with glory,
honor, power, majesty, might, dominion, truth, justice, judgment, mercy,
and an infinity of fulness, from everlasting to everlasting.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:77
%
O hear, O hear, O hear us, O Lord!  And answer these petitions, and
accept the dedication of this house unto thee, the work of our hands,
which we have built unto thy name;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:78
%
And also this church, to put upon it thy name.	And help us by the power
of thy Spirit, that we may mingle our voices with those bright, shining
seraphs around thy throne, with acclamations of praise, singing Hosanna
to God and the Lamb!
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:79
%
And let these, thine anointed ones, be clothed with salvation, and thy
saints shout aloud for joy.  Amen, and Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 109:80
%
THE veil was taken from our minds, and the eyes of our understanding
were opened.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 110:1
%
We saw the Lord standing upon the breastwork of the pulpit, before us;
and under his feet was a paved work of pure gold, in color like amber.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 110:2
%
His eyes were as a flame of fire; the hair of his head was white like
the pure snow; his countenance shone above the brightness of the sun;
and his voice was as the sound of the rushing of great waters, even the
voice of Jehovah, saying:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 110:3
%
I am the first and the last; I am he who liveth, I am he who was slain;
I am your advocate with the Father.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 110:4
%
Behold, your sins are forgiven you; you are clean before me; therefore,
lift up your heads and rejoice.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 110:5
%
Let the hearts of your brethren rejoice, and let the hearts of all my
people rejoice, who have, with their might, built this house to my name.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 110:6
%
For behold, I have accepted this house, and my name shall be here;
and I will manifest myself to my people in mercy in this house.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 110:7
%
Yea, I will appear unto my servants, and speak unto them with mine own
voice, if my people will keep my commandments, and do not pollute this
holy house.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 110:8
%
Yea the hearts of thousands and tens of thousands shall greatly rejoice in
consequence of the blessings which shall be poured out, and the endowment
with which my servants have been endowed in this house.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 110:9
%
And the fame of this house shall spread to foreign lands; and this is
the beginning of the blessing which shall be poured out upon the heads
of my people.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 110:10
%
After this vision closed, the heavens were again opened unto us; and
Moses appeared before us, and committed unto us the keys of the gathering
of Israel from the four parts of the earth, and the leading of the ten
tribes from the land of the north.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 110:11
%
After this, Elias appeared, and committed the dispensation of the gospel
of Abraham, saying that in us and our seed all generations after us
should be blessed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 110:12
%
After this vision had closed, another great and glorious vision burst
upon us; for Elijah the prophet, who was taken to heaven without tasting
death, stood before us, and said:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 110:13
%
Behold, the time has fully come, which was spoken of by the mouth of
Malachi--testifying that he [Elijah] should be sent, before the great
and dreadful day of the Lord come--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 110:14
%
To turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the children to
the fathers, lest the whole earth be smitten with a curse--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 110:15
%
Therefore, the keys of this dispensation are committed into your hands;
and by this ye may know that the great and dreadful day of the Lord is
near, even at the doors.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 110:16
%
I, THE Lord your God, am not displeased with your coming this journey,
notwithstanding your follies.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 111:1
%
I have much treasure in this city for you, for the benefit of Zion,
and many people in this city, whom I will gather out in due time for
the benefit of Zion, through your instrumentality.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 111:2
%
Therefore, it is expedient that you should form acquaintance with men
in this city, as you shall be led, and as it shall be given you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 111:3
%
And it shall come to pass in due time that I will give this city into
your hands, that you shall have power over it, insomuch that they shall
not discover your secret parts; and its wealth pertaining to gold and
silver shall be yours.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 111:4
%
Concern not yourselves about your debts, for I will give you power to
pay them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 111:5
%
Concern not yourselves about Zion, for I will deal mercifully with her.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 111:6
%
Tarry in this place, and in the regions round about;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 111:7
%
And the place where it is my will that you should tarry, for the main,
shall be signalized unto you by the peace and power of my Spirit, that
shall flow unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 111:8
%
This place you may obtain by hire.  And inquire diligently concerning
the more ancient inhabitants and founders of this city;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 111:9
%
For there are more treasures than one for you in this city.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 111:10
%
Therefore, be ye as wise as serpents and yet without sin; and I will order
all things for your good, as fast as ye are able to receive them.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 111:11
%
VERILY thus saith the Lord unto you my servant Thomas: I have heard thy
prayers; and thine alms have come up as a memorial before me, in behalf
of those, thy brethren, who were chosen to bear testimony of my name
and to send it abroad among all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people,
and ordained through the instrumentality of my servants,
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:1
%
Verily I say unto you, there have been some few things in thine heart
and with thee with which I, the Lord, was not well pleased.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:2
%
Nevertheless, inasmuch as thou hast abased thyself thou shalt be exalted;
therefore, all thy sins are forgiven thee.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:3
%
Let thy heart be of good cheer before my face; and thou shalt bear
record of my name, not only unto the Gentiles, but also unto the Jews;
and thou shalt send forth my word unto the ends of the earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:4
%
Contend thou, therefore, morning by morning; and day after day let thy
warning voice go forth; and when the night cometh let not the inhabitants
of the earth slumber, because of thy speech.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:5
%
Let thy habitation be known in Zion, and remove not thy house; for I,
the Lord, have a great work for thee to do, in publishing my name among
the children of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:6
%
Therefore, gird up thy loins for the work.  Let thy feet be shod also,
for thou art chosen, and thy path lieth among the mountains, and among
many nations.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:7
%
And by thy word many high ones shall be brought low, and by thy word
many low ones shall be exalted.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:8
%
Thy voice shall be a rebuke unto the transgressor; and at thy rebuke
let the tongue of the slanderer cease its perverseness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:9
%
Be thou humble; and the Lord thy God shall lead thee by the hand, and
give thee answer to thy prayers.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:10
%
I know thy heart, and have heard thy prayers concerning thy brethren.
Be not partial towards them in love above many others, but let thy love
be for them as for thyself; and let thy love abound unto all men, and
unto all who love my name.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:11
%
And pray for thy brethren of the Twelve.  Admonish them sharply for my
name's sake, and let them be admonished for all their sins, and be ye
faithful before me unto my name.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:12
%
And after their temptations, and much tribulation, behold, I, the Lord,
will feel after them, and if they harden not their hearts, and stiffen
not their necks against me, they shall be converted, and I will heal them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:13
%
Now, I say unto you, and what I say unto you, I say unto all the Twelve:
Arise and gird up your loins, take up your cross, follow me, and feed
my sheep.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:14
%
Exalt not yourselves; rebel not against my servant Joseph; for verily
I say unto you, I am with him, and my hand shall be over him; and the
keys which I have given unto him, and also to youward, shall not be
taken from him till I come.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:15
%
Verily I say unto you, my servant Thomas, thou art the man whom I have
chosen to hold the keys of my kingdom, as pertaining to the Twelve,
abroad among all nations--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:16
%
That thou mayest be my servant to unlock the door of the kingdom in all
places where my servant Joseph, and my servant Sidney, and my servant
Hyrum, cannot come;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:17
%
For on them have I laid the burden of all the churches for a little
season.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:18
%
Wherefore, whithersoever they shall send you, go ye, and I will be with
you; and in whatsoever place ye shall proclaim my name an effectual door
shall be opened unto you, that they may receive my word.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:19
%
Whosoever receiveth my word receiveth me, and whosoever receiveth me,
receiveth those, the First Presidency, whom I have sent, whom I have
made counselors for my name's sake unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:20
%
And again, I say unto you, that whosoever ye shall send in my name, by
the voice of your brethren, the Twelve, duly recommended and authorized
by you, shall have power to open the door of my kingdom unto any nation
whithersoever ye shall send them--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:21
%
Inasmuch as they shall humble themselves before me, and abide in my word,
and hearken to the voice of my Spirit.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:22
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, darkness covereth the earth, and gross
darkness the minds of the people, and all flesh has become corrupt before
my face.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:23
%
Behold, vengeance cometh speedily upon the inhabitants of the earth,
a day of wrath, a day of burning, a day of desolation, of weeping, of
mourning, and of lamentation; and as a whirlwind it shall come upon all
the face of the earth, saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:24
%
And upon my house shall it begin, and from my house shall it go forth,
saith the Lord;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:25
%
First among those among you, saith the Lord, who have professed to know
my name and have not known me, and have blasphemed against me in the
midst of my house, saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:26
%
Therefore, see to it that ye trouble not yourselves concerning the
affairs of my church in this place, saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:27
%
But purify your hearts before me; and then go ye into all the world,
and preach my gospel unto every creature who has not received it;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:28
%
And he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, and he that
believeth not, and is not baptized, shall be damned.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:29
%
For unto you, the Twelve, and those, the First Presidency, who are
appointed with you to be your counselors and your leaders, is the power
of this priesthood given, for the last days and for the last time,
in the which is the dispensation of the fulness of times.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:30
%
Which power you hold, in connection with all those who have received a
dispensation at any time from the beginning of the creation;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:31
%
For verily I say unto you, the keys of the dispensation, which ye have
received, have come down from the fathers, and last of all, being sent
down from heaven unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:32
%
Verily I say unto you, behold how great is your calling. Cleanse your
hearts and your garments, lest the blood of this generation be required
at your hands.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:33
%
Be faithful until I come, for I come quickly; and my reward is with
me to recompense every man according as his work shall be.  I am Alpha
and Omega.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 112:34
%
WHO is the Stem of Jesse spoken of in the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th
verses of the 11th chapter of Isaiah?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 113:1
%
Verily thus saith the Lord: It is Christ.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 113:2
%
What is the rod spoken of in the first verse of the 11th chapter of
Isaiah, that should come of the Stem of Jesse?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 113:3
%
Behold, thus saith the Lord: It is a servant in the hands of Christ,
who is partly a descendant of Jesse as well as of Ephraim, or of the
house of Joseph, on whom there is laid much power.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 113:4
%
What is the root of Jesse spoken of in the 10th verse of the 11th chapter?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 113:5
%
Behold, thus saith the Lord, it is a descendant of Jesse, as well as
of Joseph, unto whom rightly belongs the priesthood, and the keys of
the kingdom, for an ensign, and for the gathering of my people in the
last days.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 113:6
%
Questions by Elias Higbee: What is meant by the command in Isaiah, 52d
chapter, 1st verse, which saith: Put on thy strength, O Zion--and what
people had Isaiah reference to?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 113:7
%
He had reference to those whom God should call in the last days,
who should hold the power of priesthood to bring again Zion, and
the redemption of Israel; and to put on her strength is to put on the
authority of the priesthood, which she, Zion, has a right to by lineage;
also to return to that power which she had lost.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 113:8
%
What are we to understand by Zion loosing herself from the bands of her
neck; 2d verse?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 113:9
%
We are to understand that the scattered remnants are exhorted to return
to the Lord from whence they have fallen; which if they do, the promise
of the Lord is that he will speak to them, or give them revelation.
See the 6th, 7th, and 8th verses.  The bands of her neck are the curses
of God upon her, or the remnants of Israel in their scattered condition
among the Gentiles.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 113:10
%
VERILY thus saith the Lord: It is wisdom in my servant David W. Patten,
that he settle up all his business as soon as he possibly can, and make
a disposition of his merchandise, that he may perform a mission unto
me next spring, in company with others, even twelve including himself,
to testify of my name and bear glad tidings unto all the world.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 114:1
%
For verily thus saith the Lord, that inasmuch as there are those among
you who deny my name, others shall be planted in their stead and receive
their bishopric.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 114:2
%
VERILY thus saith the Lord unto you, my servant Joseph Smith, Jun.,
and also my servant Sidney Rigdon, and also my servant Hyrum Smith,
and your counselors who are and shall be appointed hereafter;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 115:1
%
And also unto you, my servant Edward Partridge, and his counselors;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 115:2
%
And also unto my faithful servants who are of the high council of my
church in Zion, for thus it shall be called, and unto all the elders
and people of my Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, scattered
abroad in all the world;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 115:3
%
For thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 115:4
%
Verily I say unto you all: Arise and shine forth, that thy light may be
a standard for the nations;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 115:5
%
And that the gathering together upon the land of Zion, and upon her
stakes, may be for a defense, and for a refuge from the storm, and from
wrath when it shall be poured out without mixture upon the whole earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 115:6
%
Let the city, Far West, be a holy and consecrated land unto me; and
it shall be called most holy, for the ground upon which thou standest
is holy.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 115:7
%
Therefore, I command you to build a house unto me, for the gathering
together of my saints, that they may worship me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 115:8
%
And let there be a beginning of this work, and a foundation, and a
preparatory work, this following summer;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 115:9
%
And let the beginning be made on the fourth day of July next; and from
that time forth let my people labor diligently to build a house unto
my name;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 115:10
%
And in one year from this day let them re-commence laying the foundation
of my house.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 115:11
%
Thus let them from that time forth labor diligently until it shall be
finished, from the corner stone thereof unto the top thereof, until
there shall not anything remain that is not finished.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 115:12
%
Verily I say unto you, let not my servant Joseph, neither my servant
Sidney, neither my servant Hyrum, get in debt any more for the building
of a house unto my name;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 115:13
%
But let a house be built unto my name according to the pattern which I
will show unto them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 115:14
%
And if my people build it not according to the pattern which I shall
show unto their presidency, I will not accept it at their hands.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 115:15
%
But if my people do build it according to the pattern which I shall
show unto their presidency, even my servant Joseph and his counselors,
then I will accept it at the hands of my people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 115:16
%
And again, verily I say unto you, it is my will that the city of Far
West should be built up speedily by the gathering of my saints;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 115:17
%
And also that other places should be appointed for stakes in the regions
round about, as they shall be manifested unto my servant Joseph, from
time to time.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 115:18
%
For behold, I will be with him, and I will sanctify him before the
people; for unto him have I given the keys of this kingdom and ministry.
Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 115:19
%
SPRING Hill is named by the Lord Adam-ondi-Ahman, because, said he, it
is the place where Adam shall come to visit his people, or the Ancient
of Days shall sit, as spoken of by Daniel the prophet.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 116:1
%
VERILY thus saith the Lord unto my servant William Marks, and also unto
my servant Newel K. Whitney, let them settle up their business speedily
and journey from the land of Kirtland, before I, the Lord, send again
the snows upon the earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 117:1
%
Let them awake, and arise, and come forth, and not tarry, for I, the Lord,
command it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 117:2
%
Therefore, if they tarry it shall not be well with them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 117:3
%
Let them repent of all their sins, and of all their covetous desires,
before me, saith the Lord; for what is property unto me? saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 117:4
%
Let the properties of Kirtland be turned out for debts, saith the Lord.
Let them go, saith the Lord, and whatsoever remaineth, let it remain in
your hands, saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 117:5
%
For have I not the fowls of heaven, and also the fish of the sea, and
the beasts of the mountains?  Have I not made the earth?  Do I not hold
the destinies of all the armies of the nations of the earth?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 117:6
%
Therefore, will I not make solitary places to bud and to blossom, and
to bring forth in abundance? saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 117:7
%
Is there not room enough on the mountains of Adam-ondi-Ahman, and on the
plains of Olaha Shinehah, or the land where Adam dwelt, that you should
covet that which is but the drop, and neglect the more weighty matters?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 117:8
%
Therefore, come up hither unto the land of my people, even Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 117:9
%
Let my servant William Marks be faithful over a few things, and he shall
be a ruler over many.  Let him preside in the midst of my people in the
city of Far West, and let him be blessed with the blessings of my people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 117:10
%
Let my servant Newel K. Whitney be ashamed of the Nicolaitane band and
of all their secret abominations, and of all his littleness of soul
before me, saith the Lord, and come up to the land of Adam-ondi-Ahman,
and be a bishop unto my people, saith the Lord, not in name but in deed,
saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 117:11
%
And again, I say unto you, I remember my servant Oliver Granger; behold,
verily I say unto him that his name shall be had in sacred remembrance
from generation to generation, forever and ever, saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 117:12
%
Therefore, let him contend earnestly for the redemption of the First
Presidency of my Church, saith the Lord; and when he falls he shall rise
again, for his sacrifice shall be more sacred unto me than his increase,
saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 117:13
%
Therefore, let him come up hither speedily, unto the land of Zion; and
in the due time he shall be made a merchant unto my name, saith the Lord,
for the benefit of my people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 117:14
%
Therefore let no man despise my servant Oliver Granger, but let the
blessings of my people be on him forever and ever.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 117:15
%
And again, verily I say unto you, let all my servants in the land of
Kirtland remember the Lord their God, and mine house also, to keep and
preserve it holy, and to overthrow the moneychangers in mine own due time,
saith the Lord.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 117:16
%
VERILY, thus saith the Lord: Let a conference be held immediately; let
the Twelve be organized; and let men be appointed to supply the place
of those who are fallen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 118:1
%
Let my servant Thomas remain for a season in the land of Zion, to publish
my word.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 118:2
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Let the residue continue to preach from that hour, and if they
will do this in all lowliness of heart, in meekness and humility,
and long-suffering, I, the Lord, give unto them a promise that I will
provide for their families; and an effectual door shall be opened for
them, from henceforth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 118:3
%
And next spring let them depart to go over the great waters, and there
promulgate my gospel, the fulness thereof, and bear record of my name.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 118:4
%
Let them take leave of my saints in the city of Far West, on the
twenty-sixth day of April next, on the building-spot of my house, saith
the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 118:5
%
Let my servant John Taylor, and also my servant John E. Page, and also
my servant Wilford Woodruff, and also my servant Willard Richards, be
appointed to fill the places of those who have fallen, and be officially
notified of their appointment.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 118:6
%
VERILY, thus saith the Lord, I require all their surplus property to be
put into the hands of the bishop of my church in Zion,
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 119:1
%
For the building of mine house, and for the laying of the foundation
of Zion and for the priesthood, and for the debts of the Presidency of
my Church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 119:2
%
And this shall be the beginning of the tithing of my people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 119:3
%
And after that, those who have thus been tithed shall pay one-tenth of
all their interest annually; and this shall be a standing law unto them
forever, for my holy priesthood, saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 119:4
%
Verily I say unto you, it shall come to pass that all those who gather
unto the land of Zion shall be tithed of their surplus properties,
and shall observe this law, or they shall not be found worthy to abide
among you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 119:5
%
And I say unto you, if my people observe not this law, to keep it holy,
and by this law sanctify the land of Zion unto me, that my statutes
and my judgments may be kept thereon, that it may be most holy, behold,
verily I say unto you, it shall not be a land of Zion unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 119:6
%
And this shall be an ensample unto all the stakes of Zion.  Even so.
Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 119:7
%
VERILY, thus saith the Lord, the time is now come, that it shall be
disposed of by a council, composed of the First Presidency of my Church,
and of the bishop and his council, and by my high council; and by mine
own voice unto them, saith the Lord.  Even so.	Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 120:1
%
O GOD, where art thou?	And where is the pavilion that covereth thy
hiding place?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:1
%
How long shall thy hand be stayed, and thine eye, yea thy pure eye,
behold from the eternal heavens the wrongs of thy people and of thy
servants, and thine ear be penetrated with their cries?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:2
%
Yea, O Lord, how long shall they suffer these wrongs and unlawful
oppressions, before thine heart shall be softened toward them, and thy
bowels be moved with compassion toward them?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:3
%
O Lord God Almighty, maker of heaven, earth, and seas, and of all things
that in them are, and who controllest and subjectest the devil, and the
dark and benighted dominion of Sheol--stretch forth thy hand; let thine
eye pierce; let thy pavilion be taken up; let thy hiding place no longer
be covered; let thine ear be inclined; let thine heart be softened,
and thy bowels moved with compassion toward us.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:4
%
Let thine anger be kindled against our enemies; and, in the fury of
thine heart, with thy sword avenge us of our wrongs.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:5
%
Remember thy suffering saints, O our God; and thy servants will rejoice
in thy name forever.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:6
%
My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions
shall be but a small moment;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:7
%
And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high; thou
shalt triumph over all thy foes.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:8
%
Thy friends do stand by thee, and they shall hail thee again with warm
hearts and friendly hands.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:9
%
Thou art not yet as Job; thy friends do not contend against thee,
neither charge thee with transgression, as they did Job.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:10
%
And they who do charge thee with transgression, their hope shall be
blasted, and their prospects shall melt away as the hoar frost melteth
before the burning rays of the rising sun;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:11
%
And also that God hath set his hand and seal to change the times and
seasons, and to blind their minds, that they may not understand his
marvelous workings; that he may prove them also and take them in their
own craftiness;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:12
%
Also because their hearts are corrupted, and the things which they are
willing to bring upon others, and love to have others suffer, may come
upon themselves to the very uttermost;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:13
%
That they may be disappointed also, and their hopes may be cut off;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:14
%
And not many years hence, that they and their posterity shall be swept
from under heaven, saith God, that not one of them is left to stand by
the wall.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:15
%
Cursed are all those that shall lift up the heel against mine anointed,
saith the Lord, and cry they have sinned when they have not sinned before
me, saith the Lord, but have done that which was meet in mine eyes,
and which I commanded them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:16
%
But those who cry transgression do it because they are the servants of
sin, and are the children of disobedience themselves.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:17
%
And those who swear falsely against my servants, that they might bring
them into bondage and death--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:18
%
Wo unto them; because they have offended my little ones they shall be
severed from the ordinances of mine house.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:19
%
Their basket shall not be full, their houses and their barns shall perish,
and they themselves shall be despised by those that flattered them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:20
%
They shall not have right to the priesthood, nor their posterity after
them from generation to generation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:21
%
It had been better for them that a millstone had been hanged about their
necks, and they drowned in the depth of the sea.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:22
%
Wo unto all those that discomfort my people, and drive, and murder, and
testify against them, saith the Lord of Hosts; a generation of vipers
shall not escape the damnation of hell.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:23
%
Behold, mine eyes see and know all their works, and I have in reserve
a swift judgment in the season thereof, for them all;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:24
%
For there is a time appointed for every man, according as his works
shall be.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:25
%
God shall give unto you knowledge by his Holy Spirit, yea, by the
unspeakable gift of the Holy Ghost, that has not been revealed since
the world was until now;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:26
%
Which our forefathers have awaited with anxious expectation to be
revealed in the last times, which their minds were pointed to by the
angels, as held in reserve for the fulness of their glory;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:27
%
A time to come in the which nothing shall be withheld, whether there be
one God or many gods, they shall be manifest.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:28
%
All thrones and dominions, principalities and powers, shall be revealed
and set forth upon all who have endured valiantly for the gospel of
Jesus Christ.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:29
%
And also, if there be bounds set to the heavens or to the seas, or to
the dry land, or to the sun, moon, or stars--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:30
%
All the times of their revolutions, all the appointed days, months,
and years, and all the days of their days, months, and years, and all
their glories, laws, and set times, shall be revealed in the days of
the dispensation of the fulness of times--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:31
%
According to that which was ordained in the midst of the Council of
the Eternal God of all other gods before this world was, that should be
reserved unto the finishing and the end thereof, when every man shall
enter into his eternal presence and into his immortal rest.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:32
%
How long can rolling waters remain impure?  What power shall stay
the heavens?  As well might man stretch forth his puny arm to stop the
Missouri river in its decreed course, or to turn it up stream, as to
hinder the Almighty from pouring down knowledge from heaven upon the
heads of the Latter-day Saints.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:33
%
Behold, there are many called, but few are chosen.  And why are they
not chosen?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:34
%
Because their hearts are set so much upon the things of this world,
and aspire to the honors of men, that they do not learn this one lesson--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:35
%
That the rights of the priesthood are inseparably connected with the
powers of heaven, and that the powers of heaven cannot be controlled
nor handled only upon the principles of righteousness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:36
%
That they may be conferred upon us, it is true; but when we undertake
to cover our sins, or to gratify our pride, our vain ambition, or to
exercise control or dominion or compulsion upon the souls of the children
of men, in any degree of unrighteousness, behold, the heavens withdraw
themselves; the Spirit of the Lord is grieved; and when it is withdrawn,
Amen to the priesthood or the authority of that man.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:37
%
Behold, ere he is aware, he is left unto himself, to kick against the
pricks, to persecute the saints, and to fight against God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:38
%
We have learned by sad experience that it is the nature and disposition of
almost all men, as soon as they get a little authority, as they suppose,
they will immediately begin to exercise unrighteous dominion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:39
%
Hence many are called, but few are chosen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:40
%
No power or influence can or ought to be maintained by virtue of the
priesthood, only by persuasion, by long-suffering, by gentleness and
meekness, and by love unfeigned;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:41
%
By kindness, and pure knowledge, which shall greatly enlarge the soul
without hypocrisy, and without guile--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:42
%
Reproving betimes with sharpness, when moved upon by the Holy Ghost;
and then showing forth afterwards an increase of love toward him whom
thou hast reproved, lest he esteem thee to be his enemy;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:43
%
That he may know that thy faithfulness is stronger than the cords
of death.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:44
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Let thy bowels also be full of charity towards all men, and to the
household of faith, and let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then
shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God; and the doctrine
of the priesthood shall distil upon thy soul as the dews from heaven.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:45
%
The Holy Ghost shall be thy constant companion, and thy scepter an
unchanging scepter of righteousness and truth; and thy dominion shall
be an everlasting dominion, and without compulsory means it shall flow
unto thee forever and ever.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 121:46
%
THE ends of the earth shall inquire after thy name, and fools shall have
thee in derision, and hell shall rage against thee;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 122:1
%
While the pure in heart, and the wise, and the noble, and the virtuous,
shall seek counsel, and authority, and blessings constantly from under
thy hand.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 122:2
%
And thy people shall never be turned against thee by the testimony
of traitors.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 122:3
%
And although their influence shall cast thee into trouble, and into
bars and walls, thou shalt be had in honor; and but for a small moment
and thy voice shall be more terrible in the midst of thine enemies than
the fierce lion, because of thy righteousness; and thy God shall stand
by thee forever and ever.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 122:4
%
If thou art called to pass through tribulation; if thou art in perils
among false brethren; if thou art in perils among robbers; if thou art
in perils by land or by sea;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 122:5
%
If thou art accused with all manner of false accusations; if thine enemies
fall upon thee; if they tear thee from the society of thy father and
mother and brethren and sisters; and if with a drawn sword thine enemies
tear thee from the bosom of thy wife, and of thine offspring, and thine
elder son, although but six years of age, shall cling to thy garments,
and shall say, My father, my father, why can't you stay with us?  O,
my father, what are the men going to do with you? and if then he shall
be thrust from thee by the sword, and thou be dragged to prison, and
thine enemies prowl around thee like wolves for the blood of the lamb;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 122:6
%
And if thou shouldst be cast into the pit, or into the hands of murderers,
and the sentence of death passed upon thee; if thou be cast into the deep;
if the billowing surge conspire against thee; if fierce winds become
thine enemy; if the heavens gather blackness, and all the elements
combine to hedge up the way; and above all, if the very jaws of hell
shall gape open the mouth wide after thee, know thou, my son, that all
these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 122:7
%
The Son of Man hath descended below them all.  Art thou greater than he?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 122:8
%
Therefore, hold on thy way, and the priesthood shall remain with thee;
for their bounds are set, they cannot pass.  Thy days are known, and thy
years shall not be numbered less; therefore, fear not what man can do,
for God shall be with you forever and ever.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 122:9
%
AND again, we would suggest for your consideration the propriety of all
the saints gathering up a knowledge of all the facts, and sufferings
and abuses put upon them by the people of this State;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 123:1
%
And also of all the property and amount of damages which they have
sustained, both of character and personal injuries, as well as real
property;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 123:2
%
And also the names of all persons that have had a hand in their
oppressions, as far as they can get hold of them and find them out.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 123:3
%
And perhaps a committee can be appointed to find out these things, and
to take statements and affidavits; and also to gather up the libelous
publications that are afloat;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 123:4
%
And all that are in the magazines, and in the encyclopedias, and all
the libelous histories that are published, and are writing, and by whom,
and present the whole concatenation of diabolical rascality and nefarious
and murderous impositions that have been practised upon this people--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 123:5
%
That we may not only publish to all the world, but present them to the
heads of government in all their dark and hellish hue, as the last effort
which is enjoined on us by our Heavenly Father, before we can fully and
completely claim that promise which shall call him forth from his hiding
place; and also that the whole nation may be left without excuse before
he can send forth the power of his mighty arm.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 123:6
%
It is an imperative duty that we owe to God, to angels, with whom we shall
be brought to stand, and also to ourselves, to our wives and children, who
have been made to bow down with grief, sorrow, and care, under the most
damning hand of murder, tyranny, and oppression, supported and urged on
and upheld by the influence of that spirit which hath so strongly riveted
the creeds of the fathers, who have inherited lies, upon the hearts of
the children, and filled the world with confusion, and has been growing
stronger and stronger, and is now the very mainspring of all corruption,
and the whole earth groans under the weight of its iniquity.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 123:7
%
It is an iron yoke, it is a strong band; they are the very handcuffs,
and chains, and shackles, and fetters of hell.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 123:8
%
Therefore it is an imperative duty that we owe, not only to our own
wives and children, but to the widows and fatherless, whose husbands
and fathers have been murdered under its iron hand;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 123:9
%
Which dark and blackening deeds are enough to make hell itself shudder,
and to stand aghast and pale, and the hands of the very devil to tremble
and palsy.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 123:10
%
And also it is an imperative duty that we owe to all the rising
generation, and to all the pure in heart--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 123:11
%
For there are many yet on the earth among all sects, parties, and
denominations, who are blinded by the subtle craftiness of men, whereby
they lie in wait to deceive, and who are only kept from the truth because
they know not where to find it--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 123:12
%
Therefore, that we should waste and wear out our lives in bringing to
light all the hidden things of darkness, wherein we know them; and they
are truly manifest from heaven--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 123:13
%
These should then be attended to with great earnestness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 123:14
%
Let no man count them as small things; for there is much which lieth in
futurity, pertaining to the saints, which depends upon these things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 123:15
%
You know, brethren, that a very large ship is benefited very much by a
very small helm in the time of a storm, by being kept workways with the
wind and the waves.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 123:16
%
Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that
lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance,
to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 123:17
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VERILY, thus saith the Lord unto you, my servant Joseph Smith, I am well
pleased with your offering and acknowledgments, which you have made;
for unto this end have I raised you up, that I might show forth my wisdom
through the weak things of the earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:1
%
Your prayers are acceptable before me; and in answer to them I say unto
you, that you are now called immediately to make a solemn proclamation
of my gospel, and of this stake which I have planted to be a cornerstone
of Zion, which shall be polished with the refinement which is after the
similitude of a palace.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:2
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This proclamation shall be made to all the kings of the world, to the four
corners thereof, to the honorable president-elect, and the high-minded
governors of the nation in which you live, and to all the nations of
the earth scattered abroad.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:3
%
Let it be written in the spirit of meekness and by the power of the Holy
Ghost, which shall be in you at the time of the writing of the same;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:4
%
For it shall be given you by the Holy Ghost to know my will concerning
those kings and authorities, even what shall befall them in a time
to come.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:5
%
For, behold, I am about to call upon them to give heed to the light and
glory of Zion, for the set time has come to favor her.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:6
%
Call ye, therefore, upon them with loud proclamation, and with your
testimony, fearing them not, for they are as grass, and all their glory
as the flower thereof which soon falleth, that they may be left also
without excuse--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:7
%
And that I may visit them in the day of visitation, when I shall unveil
the face of my covering, to appoint the portion of the oppressor among
hypocrites, where there is gnashing of teeth, if they reject my servants
and my testimony which I have revealed unto them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:8
%
And again, I will visit and soften their hearts, many of them for your
good, that ye may find grace in their eyes, that they may come to the
light of truth, and the Gentiles to the exaltation or lifting up of Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:9
%
For the day of my visitation cometh speedily, in an hour when ye think
not of; and where shall be the safety of my people, and refuge for those
who shall be left of them?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:10
%
Awake, O kings of the earth!  Come ye, O, come ye, with your gold and your
silver, to the help of my people, to the house of the daughters of Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:11
%
And again, verily I say unto you, let my servant Robert B. Thompson
help you to write this proclamation, for I am well pleased with him,
and that he should be with you;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:12
%
Let him, therefore, hearken to your counsel, and I will bless him with
a multiplicity of blessings; let him be faithful and true in all things
from henceforth, and he shall be great in mine eyes;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:13
%
But let him remember that his stewardship will I require at his hands.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:14
%
And again, verily I say unto you, blessed is my servant Hyrum Smith;
for I, the Lord, love him because of the integrity of his heart, and
because he loveth that which is right before me, saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:15
%
Again, let my servant John C. Bennett help you in your labor in sending
my word to the kings and people of the earth, and stand by you, even
you my servant Joseph Smith, in the hour of affliction; and his reward
shall not fail if he receive counsel.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:16
%
And for his love he shall be great, for he shall be mine if he do this,
saith the Lord.  I have seen the work which he hath done, which I accept
if he continue, and will crown him with blessings and great glory.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:17
%
And again, I say unto you that it is my will that my servant Lyman
Wight should continue in preaching for Zion, in the spirit of meekness,
confessing me before the world; and I will bear him up as on eagles'
wings; and he shall beget glory and honor to himself and unto my name.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:18
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That when he shall finish his work I may receive him unto myself, even as
I did my servant David Patten, who is with me at this time, and also my
servant Edward Partridge, and also my aged servant Joseph Smith, Sen.,
who sitteth with Abraham at his right hand, and blessed and holy is he,
for he is mine.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:19
%
And again, verily I say unto you, my servant George Miller is without
guile; he may be trusted because of the integrity of his heart; and for
the love which he has to my testimony I, the Lord, love him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:20
%
I therefore say unto you, I seal upon his head the office of a
bishopric, like unto my servant Edward Partridge, that he may receive
the consecrations of mine house, that he may administer blessings upon
the heads of the poor of my people, saith the Lord.  Let no man despise
my servant George, for he shall honor me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:21
%
Let my servant George, and my servant Lyman, and my servant John Snider,
and others, build a house unto my name, such a one as my servant Joseph
shall show unto them, upon the place which he shall show unto them also.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:22
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And it shall be for a house for boarding, a house that strangers may come
from afar to lodge therein; therefore let it be a good house, worthy
of all acceptation, that the weary traveler may find health and safety
while he shall contemplate the word of the Lord; and the corner-stone
I have appointed for Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:23
%
This house shall be a healthful habitation if it be built unto my name,
and if the governor which shall be appointed unto it shall not suffer
any pollution to come upon it.	It shall be holy, or the Lord your God
will not dwell therein.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:24
%
And again, verily I say unto you, let all my saints come from afar.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:25
%
And send ye swift messengers, yea, chosen messengers, and say unto
them: Come ye, with all your gold, and your silver, and your precious
stones, and with all your antiquities; and with all who have knowledge
of antiquities, that will come, may come, and bring the box-tree, and
the fir-tree, and the pine-tree, together with all the precious trees
of the earth;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:26
%
And with iron, with copper, and with brass, and with zinc, and with
all your precious things of the earth; and build a house to my name,
for the Most High to dwell therein.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:27
%
For there is not a place found on earth that he may come to and restore
again that which was lost unto you, or which he hath taken away, even
the fulness of the priesthood.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:28
%
For a baptismal font there is not upon the earth, that they, my saints,
may be baptized for those who are dead--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:29
%
For this ordinance belongeth to my house, and cannot be acceptable to
me, only in the days of your poverty, wherein ye are not able to build
a house unto me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:30
%
But I command you, all ye my saints, to build a house unto me; and I
grant unto you a sufficient time to build a house unto me; and during
this time your baptisms shall be acceptable unto me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:31
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But behold, at the end of this appointment your baptisms for your dead
shall not be acceptable unto me; and if you do not these things at the
end of the appointment ye shall be rejected as a church, with your dead,
saith the Lord your God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:32
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For verily I say unto you, that after you have had sufficient time
to build a house to me, wherein the ordinance of baptizing for the
dead belongeth, and for which the same was instituted from before the
foundation of the world, your baptisms for your dead cannot be acceptable
unto me;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:33
%
For therein are the keys of the holy priesthood ordained, that you may
receive honor and glory.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:34
%
And after this time, your baptisms for the dead, by those who are
scattered abroad, are not acceptable unto me, saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:35
%
For it is ordained that in Zion, and in her stakes, and in Jerusalem,
those places which I have appointed for refuge, shall be the places for
your baptisms for your dead.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:36
%
And again, verily I say unto you, how shall your washings be acceptable
unto me, except ye perform them in a house which you have built to
my name?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:37
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For, for this cause I commanded Moses that he should build a tabernacle,
that they should bear it with them in the wilderness, and to build a
house in the land of promise, that those ordinances might be revealed
which had been hid from before the world was.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:38
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Therefore, verily I say unto you, that your anointings, and your
washings, and your baptisms for the dead, and your solemn assemblies,
and your memorials for your sacrifices by the sons of Levi, and for your
oracles in your most holy places wherein you receive conversations,
and your statutes and judgments, for the beginning of the revelations
and foundation of Zion, and for the glory, honor, and endowment of all
her municipals, are ordained by the ordinance of my holy house, which
my people are always commanded to build unto my holy name.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:39
%
And verily I say unto you, let this house be built unto my name, that
I may reveal mine ordinances therein unto my people;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:40
%
For I deign to reveal unto my church things which have been kept hid
from before the foundation of the world, things that pertain to the
dispensation of the fulness of times.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:41
%
And I will show unto my servant Joseph all things pertaining to this
house, and the priesthood thereof, and the place whereon it shall
be built.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:42
%
And ye shall build it on the place where you have contemplated building
it, for that is the spot which I have chosen for you to build it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:43
%
If ye labor with all your might, I will consecrate that spot that it
shall be made holy.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:44
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And if my people will hearken unto my voice, and unto the voice of my
servants whom I have appointed to lead my people, behold, verily I say
unto you, they shall not be moved out of their place.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:45
%
But if they will not hearken to my voice, nor unto the voice of these
men whom I have appointed, they shall not be blest, because they pollute
mine holy grounds, and mine holy ordinances, and charters, and my holy
words which I give unto them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:46
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And it shall come to pass that if you build a house unto my name, and
do not do the things that I say, I will not perform the oath which I
make unto you, neither fulfil the promises which ye expect at my hands,
saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:47
%
For instead of blessings, ye, by your own works, bring cursings, wrath,
indignation, and judgments upon your own heads, by your follies, and by
all your abominations, which you practise before me, saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:48
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, that when I give a commandment to any of
the sons of men to do a work unto my name, and those sons of men go with
all their might and with all they have to perform that work, and cease not
their diligence, and their enemies come upon them and hinder them from
performing that work, behold, it behooveth me to require that work no
more at the hands of those sons of men, but to accept of their offerings.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:49
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And the iniquity and transgression of my holy laws and commandments
I will visit upon the heads of those who hindered my work, unto the
third and fourth generation, so long as they repent not, and hate me,
saith the Lord God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:50
%
Therefore, for this cause have I accepted the offerings of those whom I
commanded to build up a city and a house unto my name, in Jackson county,
Missouri, and were hindered by their enemies, saith the Lord your God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:51
%
And I will answer judgment, wrath, and indignation, wailing, and
anguish, and gnashing of teeth upon their heads, unto the third and
fourth generation, so long as they repent not, and hate me, saith the
Lord your God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:52
%
And this I make an example unto you, for your consolation concerning
all those who have been commanded to do a work and have been hindered
by the hands of their enemies, and by oppression, saith the Lord your God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:53
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For I am the Lord your God, and will save all those of your brethren who
have been pure in heart, and have been slain in the land of Missouri,
saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:54
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And again, verily I say unto you, I command you again to build a house
to my name, even in this place, that you may prove yourselves unto me
that ye are faithful in all things whatsoever I command you, that I may
bless you, and crown you with honor, immortality, and eternal life.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:55
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And now I say unto you, as pertaining to my boarding house which I have
commanded you to build for the boarding of strangers, let it be built
unto my name, and let my name be named upon it, and let my servant Joseph
and his house have place therein, from generation to generation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:56
%
For this anointing have I put upon his head, that his blessing shall
also be put upon the head of his posterity after him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:57
%
And as I said unto Abraham concerning the kindreds of the earth, even so
I say unto my servant Joseph: In thee and in thy seed shall the kindred
of the earth be blessed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:58
%
Therefore, let my servant Joseph and his seed after him have place in that
house, from generation to generation, forever and ever, saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:59
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And let the name of that house be called Nauvoo House; and let it be a
delightful habitation for man, and a resting-place for the weary traveler,
that he may contemplate the glory of Zion, and the glory of this, the
corner-stone thereof;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:60
%
That he may receive also the counsel from those whom I have set to be
as plants of renown, and as watchmen upon her walls.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:61
%
Behold, verily I say unto you, let my servant George Miller, and my
servant Lyman Wight, and my servant John Snider, and my servant Peter
Haws, organize themselves, and appoint one of them to be a president
over their quorum for the purpose of building that house.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:62
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And they shall form a constitution, whereby they may receive stock for
the building of that house.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:63
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And they shall not receive less than fifty dollars for a share of stock
in that house, and they shall be permitted to receive fifteen thousand
dollars from any one man for stock in that house.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:64
%
But they shall not be permitted to receive over fifteen thousand dollars
stock from any one man.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:65
%
And they shall not be permitted to receive under fifty dollars for a
share of stock from any one man in that house.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:66
%
And they shall not be permitted to receive any man, as a stockholder in
this house, except the same shall pay his stock into their hands at the
time he receives stock;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:67
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And in proportion to the amount of stock he pays into their hands he
shall receive stock in that house; but if he pays nothing into their
hands he shall not receive any stock in that house.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:68
%
And if any pay stock into their hands it shall be for stock in that
house, for himself, and for his generation after him, from generation
to generation, so long as he and his heirs shall hold that stock, and
do not sell or convey the stock away out of their hands by their own
free will and act, if you will do my will, saith the Lord your God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:69
%
And again, verily I say unto you, if my servant George Miller, and my
servant Lyman Wight, and my servant John Snider, and my servant Peter
Haws, receive any stock into their hands, in moneys, or in properties
wherein they receive the real value of moneys, they shall not appropriate
any portion of that stock to any other purpose, only in that house.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:70
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And if they do appropriate any portion of that stock anywhere else,
only in that house, without the consent of the stockholder, and do not
repay fourfold for the stock which they appropriate anywhere else, only
in that house, they shall be accursed, and shall be moved out of their
place, saith the Lord God; for I, the Lord, am God, and cannot be mocked
in any of these things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:71
%
Verily I say unto you, let my servant Joseph pay stock into their hands
for the building of that house, as seemeth him good; but my servant
Joseph cannot pay over fifteen thousand dollars stock in that house,
nor under fifty dollars; neither can any other man, saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:72
%
And there are others also who wish to know my will concerning them,
for they have asked it at my hands.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:73
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Therefore, I say unto you concerning my servant Vinson Knight, if he
will do my will let him put stock into that house for himself, and for
his generation after him, from generation to generation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:74
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And let him lift up his voice long and loud, in the midst of the people,
to plead the cause of the poor and the needy; and let him not fail,
neither let his heart faint; and I will accept of his offerings, for
they shall not be unto me as the offerings of Cain, for he shall be mine,
saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:75
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Let his family rejoice and turn away their hearts from affliction; for
I have chosen him and anointed him, and he shall be honored in the midst
of his house, for I will forgive all his sins, saith the Lord.	Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:76
%
Verily I say unto you, let my servant Hyrum put stock into that house
as seemeth him good, for himself and his generation after him, from
generation to generation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:77
%
Let my servant Isaac Galland put stock into that house; for I, the Lord,
love him for the work he hath done, and will forgive all his sins;
therefore, let him be remembered for an interest in that house from
generation to generation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:78
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Let my servant Isaac Galland be appointed among you, and be ordained by
my servant William Marks, and be blessed of him, to go with my servant
Hyrum to accomplish the work that my servant Joseph shall point out to
them, and they shall be greatly blessed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:79
%
Let my servant William Marks pay stock into that house, as seemeth him
good, for himself and his generation, from generation to generation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:80
%
Let my servant Henry G. Sherwood pay stock into that house, as seemeth him
good, for himself and his seed after him, from generation to generation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:81
%
Let my servant William Law pay stock into that house, for himself and
his seed after him, from generation to generation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:82
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If he will do my will let him not take his family unto the eastern lands,
even unto Kirtland; nevertheless, I, the Lord, will build up Kirtland,
but I, the Lord, have a scourge prepared for the inhabitants thereof.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:83
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And with my servant Almon Babbitt, there are many things with which I am
not pleased; behold, he aspireth to establish his counsel instead of the
counsel which I have ordained, even that of the Presidency of my Church;
and he setteth up a golden calf for the worship of my people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:84
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Let no man go from this place who has come here essaying to keep my
commandments.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:85
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If they live here let them live unto me; and if they die let them die
unto me; for they shall rest from all their labors here, and shall
continue their works.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:86
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Therefore, let my servant William put his trust in me, and cease to fear
concerning his family, because of the sickness of the land.  If ye love
me, keep my commandments; and the sickness of the land shall redound to
your glory.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:87
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Let my servant William go and proclaim my everlasting gospel with a loud
voice, and with great joy, as he shall be moved upon by my Spirit, unto
the inhabitants of Warsaw, and also unto the inhabitants of Carthage, and
also unto the inhabitants of Burlington, and also unto the inhabitants
of Madison, and await patiently and diligently for further instructions
at my general conference, saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:88
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If he will do my will let him from henceforth hearken to the counsel of
my servant Joseph, and with his interest support the cause of the poor,
and publish the new translation of my holy word unto the inhabitants of
the earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:89
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And if he will do this I will bless him with a multiplicity of blessings,
that he shall not be forsaken, nor his seed be found begging bread.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:90
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And again, verily I say unto you, let my servant William be appointed,
ordained, and anointed, as counselor unto my servant Joseph, in the
room of my servant Hyrum, that my servant Hyrum may take the office of
Priesthood and Patriarch, which was appointed unto him by his father,
by blessing and also by right;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:91
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That from henceforth he shall hold the keys of the patriarchal blessings
upon the heads of all my people,
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:92
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That whoever he blesses shall be blessed, and whoever he curses shall be
cursed; that whatsoever he shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven;
and whatsoever he shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:93
%
And from this time forth I appoint unto him that he may be a prophet,
and a seer, and a revelator unto my church, as well as my servant Joseph;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:94
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That he may act in concert also with my servant Joseph; and that he shall
receive counsel from my servant Joseph, who shall show unto him the keys
whereby he may ask and receive, and be crowned with the same blessing,
and glory, and honor, and priesthood, and gifts of the priesthood,
that once were put upon him that was my servant Oliver Cowdery;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:95
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That my servant Hyrum may bear record of the things which I shall
show unto him, that his name may be had in honorable remembrance from
generation to generation, forever and ever.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:96
%
Let my servant William Law also receive the keys by which he may ask and
receive blessings; let him be humble before me, and be without guile, and
he shall receive of my Spirit, even the Comforter, which shall manifest
unto him the truth of all things, and shall give him, in the very hour,
what he shall say.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:97
%
And these signs shall follow him--he shall heal the sick, he shall cast
out devils, and shall be delivered from those who would administer unto
him deadly poison;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:98
%
And he shall be led in paths where the poisonous serpent cannot lay hold
upon his heel, and he shall mount up in the imagination of his thoughts
as upon eagles' wings.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:99
%
And what if I will that he should raise the dead, let him not withhold
his voice.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:100
%
Therefore, let my servant William cry aloud and spare not, with joy and
rejoicing, and with hosannas to him that sitteth upon the throne forever
and ever, saith the Lord your God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:101
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Behold, I say unto you, I have a mission in store for my servant William,
and my servant Hyrum, and for them alone; and let my servant Joseph tarry
at home, for he is needed.  The remainder I will show unto you hereafter.
Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:102
%
And again, verily I say unto you, if my servant Sidney will serve me
and be counselor unto my servant Joseph, let him arise and come up and
stand in the office of his calling, and humble himself before me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:103
%
And if he will offer unto me an acceptable offering, and acknowledgments,
and remain with my people, behold, I, the Lord your God, will heal him
that he shall be healed; and he shall lift up his voice again on the
mountains, and be a spokesman before my face.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:104
%
Let him come and locate his family in the neighborhood in which my
servant Joseph resides.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:105
%
And in all his journeyings let him lift up his voice as with the sound of
a trump, and warn the inhabitants of the earth to flee the wrath to come.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:106
%
Let him assist my servant Joseph, and also let my servant William Law
assist my servant Joseph, in making a solemn proclamation unto the kings
of the earth, even as I have before said unto you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:107
%
If my servant Sidney will do my will, let him not remove his family
unto the eastern lands, but let him change their habitation, even as I
have said.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:108
%
Behold, it is not my will that he shall seek to find safety and refuge
out of the city which I have appointed unto you, even the city of Nauvoo.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:109
%
Verily I say unto you, even now, if he will hearken unto my voice,
it shall be well with him.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:110
%
And again, verily I say unto you, let my servant Amos Davies pay stock
into the hands of those whom I have appointed to build a house for
boarding, even the Nauvoo House.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:111
%
This let him do if he will have an interest; and let him hearken unto
the counsel of my servant Joseph, and labor with his own hands that he
may obtain the confidence of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:112
%
And when he shall prove himself faithful in all things that shall be
entrusted unto his care, yea, even a few things, he shall be made ruler
over many;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:113
%
Let him therefore abase himself that he may be exalted. Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:114
%
And again, verily I say unto you, if my servant Robert D. Foster will
obey my voice, let him build a house for my servant Joseph, according
to the contract which he has made with him, as the door shall be open
to him from time to time.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:115
%
And let him repent of all his folly, and clothe himself with charity;
and cease to do evil, and lay aside all his hard speeches;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:116
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And pay stock also into the hands of the quorum of the Nauvoo House, for
himself and for his generation after him, from generation to generation;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:117
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And hearken unto the counsel of my servants Joseph, and Hyrum, and William
Law, and unto the authorities which I have called to lay the foundation
of Zion; and it shall be well with him forever and ever.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:118
%
And again, verily I say unto you, let no man pay stock to the quorum of
the Nauvoo House unless he shall be a believer in the Book of Mormon,
and the revelations I have given unto you, saith the Lord your God;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:119
%
For that which is more or less than this cometh of evil, and shall
be attended with cursings and not blessings, saith the Lord your God.
Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:120
%
And again, verily I say unto you, let the quorum of the Nauvoo House
have a just recompense of wages for all their labors which they do in
building the Nauvoo House; and let their wages be as shall be agreed
among themselves, as pertaining to the price thereof.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:121
%
And let every man who pays stock bear his proportion of their wages, if it
must needs be, for their support, saith the Lord; otherwise, their labors
shall be accounted unto them for stock in that house.  Even so.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:122
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Verily I say unto you, I now give unto you the officers belonging to my
Priesthood, that ye may hold the keys thereof, even the Priesthood which
is after the order of Melchizedek, which is after the order of mine Only
Begotten Son.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:123
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First, I give unto you Hyrum Smith to be a patriarch unto you, to hold
the sealing blessings of my church, even the Holy Spirit of promise,
whereby ye are sealed up unto the day of redemption, that ye may not
fall notwithstanding the hour of temptation that may come upon you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:124
%
I give unto you my servant Joseph to be a presiding elder over all my
church, to be a translator, a revelator, a seer, and prophet.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:125
%
I give unto him for counselors my servant Sidney Rigdon and my servant
William Law, that these may constitute a quorum and First Presidency,
to receive the oracles for the whole church.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:126
%
I give unto you my servant Brigham Young to be a president over the
Twelve traveling council;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:127
%
Which Twelve hold the keys to open up the authority of my kingdom upon
the four corners of the earth, and after that to send my word to every
creature.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:128
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They are Heber C. Kimball, Parley P. Pratt, Orson Pratt, Orson Hyde,
William Smith, John Taylor, John E. Page, Wilford Woodruff, Willard
Richards, George A. Smith;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:129
%
David Patten I have taken unto myself; behold, his priesthood no man
taketh from him; but, verily I say unto you, another may be appointed
unto the same calling.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:130
%
And again, I say unto you, I give unto you a high council, for the
corner-stone of Zion--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:131
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Namely, Samuel Bent, Henry G. Sherwood, George W. Harris, Charles C. Rich,
Thomas Grover, Newel Knight, David Dort, Dunbar Wilson--Seymour Brunson I
have taken unto myself; no man taketh his priesthood, but another may be
appointed unto the same priesthood in his stead; and verily I say unto
you, let my servant Aaron Johnson be ordained unto this calling in his
stead--David Fullmer, Alpheus Cutler, William Huntington.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:132
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And again, I give unto you Don C. Smith to be a president over a quorum
of high priests;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:133
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Which ordinance is instituted for the purpose of qualifying those who
shall be appointed standing presidents or servants over different stakes
scattered abroad;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:134
%
And they may travel also if they choose, but rather be ordained for
standing presidents; this is the office of their calling, saith the Lord
your God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:135
%
I give unto him Amasa Lyman and Noah Packard for counselors, that they
may preside over the quorum of high priests of my church, saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:136
%
And again, I say unto you, I give unto you John A. Hicks, Samuel Williams,
and Jesse Baker, which priesthood is to preside over the quorum of elders,
which quorum is instituted for standing ministers; nevertheless they
may travel, yet they are ordained to be standing ministers to my church,
saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:137
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And again, I give unto you Joseph Young, Josiah Butterfield, Daniel Miles,
Henry Herriman, Zera Pulsipher, Levi Hancock, James Foster, to preside
over the quorum of seventies;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:138
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Which quorum is instituted for traveling elders to bear record of my name
in all the world, wherever the traveling high council, mine apostles,
shall send them to prepare a way before my face.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:139
%
The difference between this quorum and the quorum of elders is that one
is to travel continually, and the other is to preside over the churches
from time to time; the one has the responsibility of presiding from
time to time, and the other has no responsibility of presiding, saith
the Lord your God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:140
%
And again, I say unto you, I give unto you Vinson Knight, Samuel H. Smith,
and Shadrach Roundy, if he will receive it, to preside over the bishopric;
a knowledge of said bishopric is given unto you in the book of Doctrine
and Covenants.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:141
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And again, I say unto you, Samuel Rolfe and his counselors for priests,
and the president of the teachers and his counselors, and also the
president of the deacons and his counselors, and also the president of
the stake and his counselors.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:142
%
The above offices I have given unto you, and the keys thereof, for helps
and for governments, for the work of the ministry and the perfecting of
my saints.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:143
%
And a commandment I give unto you, that you should fill all these offices
and approve of those names which I have mentioned, or else disapprove
of them at my general conference;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:144
%
And that ye should prepare rooms for all these offices in my house when
you build it unto my name, saith the Lord your God. Even so. Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 124:145
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WHAT is the will of the Lord concerning the saints in the Territory
of Iowa?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 125:1
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Verily, thus saith the Lord, I say unto you, if those who call themselves
by my name and are essaying to be my saints, if they will do my will and
keep my commandments concerning them, let them gather themselves together
unto the places which I shall appoint unto them by my servant Joseph,
and build up cities unto my name, that they may be prepared for that
which is in store for a time to come.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 125:2
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Let them build up a city unto my name upon the land opposite the city
of Nauvoo, and let the name of Zarahemla be named upon it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 125:3
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And let all those who come from the east, and the west, and the north, and
the south, that have desires to dwell therein, take up their inheritance
in the same, as well as in the city of Nashville, or in the city of
Nauvoo, and in all the stakes which I have appointed, saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 125:4
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DEAR and well-beloved brother, Brigham Young, verily thus saith the Lord
unto you: My servant Brigham, it is no more required at your hand to
leave your family as in times past, for your offering is acceptable to me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 126:1
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I have seen your labor and toil in journeyings for my name.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 126:2
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I therefore command you to send my word abroad, and take especial care
of your family from this time, henceforth and forever.	Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 126:3
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FORASMUCH as the Lord has revealed unto me that my enemies, both in
Missouri and this State, were again in the pursuit of me; and inasmuch as
they pursue me without a cause, and have not the least shadow or coloring
of justice or right on their side in the getting up of their prosecutions
against me; and inasmuch as their pretensions are all founded in falsehood
of the blackest dye, I have thought it expedient and wisdom in me to
leave the place for a short season, for my own safety and the safety
of this people.  I would say to all those with whom I have business,
that I have left my affairs with agents and clerks who will transact
all business in a prompt and proper manner, and will see that all my
debts are canceled in due time, by turning out property, or otherwise,
as the case may require, or as the circumstances may admit of.	When I
learn that the storm is fully blown over, then I will return to you again.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 127:1
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And as for the perils which I am called to pass through, they seem but a
small thing to me, as the envy and wrath of man have been my common lot
all the days of my life; and for what cause it seems mysterious, unless I
was ordained from before the foundation of the world for some good end, or
bad, as you may choose to call it.  Judge ye for yourselves.  God knoweth
all these things, whether it be good or bad.  But nevertheless, deep water
is what I am wont to swim in.  It all has become a second nature to me;
and I feel, like Paul, to glory in tribulation; for to this day has the
God of my fathers delivered me out of them all, and will deliver me from
henceforth; for behold, and lo, I shall triumph over all my enemies,
for the Lord God hath spoken it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 127:2
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Let all the saints rejoice, therefore, and be exceedingly glad; for
Israel's God is their God, and he will mete out a just recompense of
reward upon the heads of all their oppressors.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 127:3
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And again, verily thus saith the Lord: Let the work of my temple, and
all the works which I have appointed unto you, be continued on and not
cease; and let your diligence, and your perseverance, and patience,
and your works be redoubled, and you shall in nowise lose your reward,
saith the Lord of Hosts.  And if they persecute you, so persecuted they
the prophets and righteous men that were before you.  For all this there
is a reward in heaven.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 127:4
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And again, I give unto you a word in relation to the baptism for your
dead.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 127:5
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Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you concerning your dead: When any of
you are baptized for your dead, let there be a recorder, and let him be
eye-witness of your baptisms; let him hear with his ears, that he may
testify of a truth, saith the Lord;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 127:6
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That in all your recordings it may be recorded in heaven; whatsoever you
bind on earth, may be bound in heaven; whatsoever you loose on earth,
may be loosed in heaven;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 127:7
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For I am about to restore many things to the earth, pertaining to the
priesthood, saith the Lord of Hosts.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 127:8
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And again, let all the records be had in order, that they may be put in
the archives of my holy temple, to be held in remembrance from generation
to generation, saith the Lord of Hosts.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 127:9
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I will say to all the saints, that I desired, with exceedingly great
desire, to have addressed them from the stand on the subject of baptism
for the dead, on the following Sabbath.  But inasmuch as it is out of
my power to do so, I will write the word of the Lord from time to time,
on that subject, and send it to you by mail, as well as many other things.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 127:10
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I now close my letter for the present, for the want of more time; for
the enemy is on the alert, and as the Savior said, the prince of this
world cometh, but he hath nothing in me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 127:11
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Behold, my prayer to God is that you all may be saved.	And I subscribe
myself your servant in the Lord, prophet and seer of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 127:12
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AS I stated to you in my letter before I left my place, that I would
write to you from time to time and give you information in relation to
many subjects, I now resume the subject of the baptism for the dead, as
that subject seems to occupy my mind, and press itself upon my feelings
the strongest, since I have been pursued by my enemies.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 128:1
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I wrote a few words of revelation to you concerning a recorder.
I have had a few additional views in relation to this matter, which I
now certify.  That is, it was declared in my former letter that there
should be a recorder, who should be eye-witness, and also to hear with
his ears, that he might make a record of a truth before the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 128:2
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Now, in relation to this matter, it would be very difficult for one
recorder to be present at all times, and to do all the business.
To obviate this difficulty, there can be a recorder appointed in each
ward of the city, who is well qualified for taking accurate minutes; and
let him be very particular and precise in taking the whole proceedings,
certifying in his record that he saw with his eyes, and heard with his
ears, giving the date, and names, and so forth, and the history of the
whole transaction; naming also some three individuals that are present,
if there be any present, who can at any time when called upon certify
to the same, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may
be established.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 128:3
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Then, let there be a general recorder, to whom these other records can
be handed, being attended with certificates over their own signatures,
certifying that the record they have made is true.  Then the general
church recorder can enter the record on the general church book, with
the certificates and all the attending witnesses, with his own statement
that he verily believes the above statement and records to be true,
from his knowledge of the general character and appointment of those
men by the church.  And when this is done on the general church book,
the record shall be just as holy, and shall answer the ordinance just
the same as if he had seen with his eyes and heard with his ears, and
made a record of the same on the general church book.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 128:4
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You may think this order of things to be very particular; but let me
tell you that it is only to answer the will of God, by conforming to the
ordinance and preparation that the Lord ordained and prepared before
the foundation of the world, for the salvation of the dead who should
die without a knowledge of the gospel.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 128:5
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And further, I want you to remember that John the Revelator was
contemplating this very subject in relation to the dead, when he declared,
as you will find recorded in Revelation 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.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 128:6
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You will discover in this quotation that the books were opened; and
another book was opened, which was the book of life; but the dead were
judged out of those things which were written in the books, according
to their works; consequently, the books spoken of must be the books
which contained the record of their works, and refer to the records
which are kept on the earth.  And the book which was the book of life
is the record which is kept in heaven; the principle agreeing precisely
with the doctrine which is commanded you in the revelation contained in
the letter which I wrote to you previous to my leaving my place--that
in all your recordings it may be recorded in heaven.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 128:7
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Now, the nature of this ordinance consists in the power of the priesthood,
by the revelation of Jesus Christ, wherein it is granted that whatsoever
you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever you loose
on earth shall be loosed in heaven.  Or, in other words, taking
a different view of the translation, whatsoever you record on earth
shall be recorded in heaven, and whatsoever you do not record on earth
shall not be recorded in heaven; for out of the books shall your dead
be judged, according to their own works, whether they themselves have
attended to the ordinances in their own propria persona, or by the means
of their own agents, according to the ordinance which God has prepared
for their salvation from before the foundation of the world, according
to the records which they have kept concerning their dead.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 128:8
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It may seem to some to be a very bold doctrine that we talk of--a power
which records or binds on earth and binds in heaven.  Nevertheless,
in all ages of the world, whenever the Lord has given a dispensation
of the priesthood to any man by actual revelation, or any set of men,
this power has always been given.  Hence, whatsoever those men did in
authority, in the name of the Lord, and did it truly and faithfully,
and kept a proper and faithful record of the same, it became a law on
earth and in heaven, and could not be annulled, according to the decrees
of the great Jehovah.  This is a faithful saying.  Who can hear it?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 128:9
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And again, for the precedent, Matthew 16: 18, 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.  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.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 128:10
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Now the great and grand secret of the whole matter, and the summum bonum
of the whole subject that is lying before us, consists in obtaining the
powers of the Holy Priesthood.	For him to whom these keys are given
there is no difficulty in obtaining a knowledge of facts in relation to
the salvation of the children of men, both as well for the dead as for
the living.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 128:11
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Herein is glory and honor, and immortality and eternal life--The ordinance
of baptism by water, to be immersed therein in order to answer to the
likeness of the dead, that one principle might accord with the other;
to be immersed in the water and come forth out of the water is in the
likeness of the resurrection of the dead in coming forth out of their
graves; hence, this ordinance was instituted to form a relationship with
the ordinance of baptism for the dead, being in likeness of the dead.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 128:12
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Consequently, the baptismal font was instituted as a similitude of the
grave, and was commanded to be in a place underneath where the living
are wont to assemble, to show forth the living and the dead, and that
all things may have their likeness, and that they may accord one with
another--that which is earthly conforming to that which is heavenly,
as Paul hath declared, 1 Corinthians 15: 46, 47, and 48:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 128:13
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Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural;
and afterward that which is spiritual.	The first man is of the earth,
earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.  As is the earthy, such
are they also that are earthy; and as is the heavenly, such are they also
that are heavenly.  And as are the records on the earth in relation to
your dead, which are truly made out, so also are the records in heaven.
This, therefore, is the sealing and binding power, and, in one sense of
the word, the keys of the kingdom, which consist in the key of knowledge.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 128:14
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And now, my dearly beloved brethren and sisters, let me assure you that
these are principles in relation to the dead and the living that cannot be
lightly passed over, as pertaining to our salvation.  For their salvation
is necessary and essential to our salvation, as Paul says concerning
the fathers--that they without us cannot be made perfect--neither can
we without our dead be made perfect.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 128:15
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And now, in relation to the baptism for the dead, I will give you another
quotation of Paul, 1 Corinthians 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?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 128:16
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And again, in connection with this quotation I will give you a quotation
from one of the prophets, who had his eye fixed on the restoration of
the priesthood, the glories to be revealed in the last days, and in
an especial manner this most glorious of all subjects belonging to the
everlasting gospel, namely, the baptism for the dead; for Malachi says,
last chapter, verses 5th and 6th: Behold, I will send you Elijah the
prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: 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.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 128:17
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I might have rendered a plainer translation to this, but it is
sufficiently plain to suit my purpose as it stands.  It is sufficient to
know, in this case, that the earth will be smitten with a curse unless
there is a welding link of some kind or other between the fathers and the
children, upon some subject or other--and behold what is that subject?
It is the baptism for the dead.  For we without them cannot be made
perfect; neither can they without us be made perfect.  Neither can they
nor we be made perfect without those who have died in the gospel also;
for it is necessary in the ushering in of the dispensation of the fulness
of times, which dispensation is now beginning to usher in, that a whole
and complete and perfect union, and welding together of dispensations,
and keys, and powers, and glories should take place, and be revealed from
the days of Adam even to the present time.  And not only this, but those
things which never have been revealed from the foundation of the world,
but have been kept hid from the wise and prudent, shall be revealed unto
babes and sucklings in this, the dispensation of the fulness of times.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 128:18
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Now, what do we hear in the gospel which we have received?  A voice
of gladness!  A voice of mercy from heaven; and a voice of truth out
of the earth; glad tidings for the dead; a voice of gladness for the
living and the dead; glad tidings of great joy.  How beautiful upon the
mountains are the feet of those that bring glad tidings of good things,
and that say unto Zion: Behold, thy God reigneth!  As the dews of Carmel,
so shall the knowledge of God descend upon them!
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 128:19
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And again, what do we hear?  Glad tidings from Cumorah!  Moroni,
an angel from heaven, declaring the fulfilment of the prophets--the
book to be revealed.  A voice of the Lord in the wilderness of Fayette,
Seneca county, declaring the three witnesses to bear record of the book!
The voice of Michael on the banks of the Susquehanna, detecting the
devil when he appeared as an angel of light!  The voice of Peter, James,
and John in the wilderness between Harmony, Susquehanna county, and
Colesville, Broome county, on the Susquehanna river, declaring themselves
as possessing the keys of the kingdom, and of the dispensation of the
fulness of times!
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 128:20
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And again, the voice of God in the chamber of old Father Whitmer,
in Fayette, Seneca county, and at sundry times, and in divers places
through all the travels and tribulations of this Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints!  And the voice of Michael, the archangel; the voice
of Gabriel, and of Raphael, and of divers angels, from Michael or Adam
down to the present time, all declaring their dispensation, their rights,
their keys, their honors, their majesty and glory, and the power of their
priesthood; giving line upon line, precept upon precept; here a little,
and there a little; giving us consolation by holding forth that which
is to come, confirming our hope!
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 128:21
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Brethren, shall we not go on in so great a cause?  Go forward and not
backward.  Courage, brethren; and on, on to the victory!  Let your hearts
rejoice, and be exceedingly glad.  Let the earth break forth into singing.
Let the dead speak forth anthems of eternal praise to the King Immanuel,
who hath ordained, before the world was, that which would enable us to
redeem them out of their prison; for the prisoners shall go free.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 128:22
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Let the mountains shout for joy, and all ye valleys cry aloud; and all ye
seas and dry lands tell the wonders of your Eternal King!  And ye rivers,
and brooks, and rills, flow down with gladness.  Let the woods and all
the trees of the field praise the Lord; and ye solid rocks weep for joy!
And let the sun, moon, and the morning stars sing together, and let all
the sons of God shout for joy!	And let the eternal creations declare his
name forever and ever!	And again I say, how glorious is the voice we hear
from heaven, proclaiming in our ears, glory, and salvation, and honor,
and immortality, and eternal life; kingdoms, principalities, and powers!
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 128:23
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Behold, the great day of the Lord is at hand; and who can abide the day
of his coming, and who can stand when he appeareth?  For he is like a
refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap; 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.  Let us, therefore, as a church and a people, and as
Latter-day Saints, offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness; and
let us present in his holy temple, when it is finished, a book containing
the records of our dead, which shall be worthy of all acceptation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 128:24
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Brethren, I have many things to say to you on the subject; but shall
now close for the present, and continue the subject another time.  I am,
as ever, your humble servant and never deviating friend,
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 128:25
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THERE are two kinds of beings in heaven, namely: Angels, who are
resurrected personages, having bodies of flesh and bones--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 129:1
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For instance, Jesus said: Handle me and see, for a spirit hath not flesh
and bones, as ye see me have.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 129:2
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Secondly: the spirits of just men made perfect, they who are not
resurrected, but inherit the same glory.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 129:3
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When a messenger comes saying he has a message from God, offer him your
hand and request him to shake hands with you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 129:4
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If he be an angel he will do so, and you will feel his hand.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 129:5
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If he be the spirit of a just man made perfect he will come in his glory;
for that is the only way he can appear--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 129:6
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Ask him to shake hands with you, but he will not move, because it is
contrary to the order of heaven for a just man to deceive; but he will
still deliver his message.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 129:7
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If it be the devil as an angel of light, when you ask him to shake
hands he will offer you his hand, and you will not feel anything; you
may therefore detect him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 129:8
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These are three grand keys whereby you may know whether any administration
is from God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 129:9
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WHEN the Savior shall appear we shall see him as he is.  We shall see
that he is a man like ourselves.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 130:1
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And that same sociality which exists among us here will exist among us
there, only it will be coupled with eternal glory, which glory we do
not now enjoy.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 130:2
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John 14: 23--The appearing of the Father and the Son, in that verse,
is a personal appearance; and the idea that the Father and the Son dwell
in a man's heart is an old sectarian notion, and is false.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 130:3
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In answer to the question--Is not the reckoning of God's time, angel's
time, prophet's time, and man's time, according to the planet on which
they reside?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 130:4
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I answer, Yes.	But there are no angels who minister to this earth but
those who do belong or have belonged to it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 130:5
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The angels do not reside on a planet like this earth;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 130:6
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But they reside in the presence of God, on a globe like a sea of glass
and fire, where all things for their glory are manifest, past, present,
and future, and are continually before the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 130:7
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The place where God resides is a great Urim and Thummim.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 130:8
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This earth, in its sanctified and immortal state, will be made like unto
crystal and will be a Urim and Thummim to the inhabitants who dwell
thereon, whereby all things pertaining to an inferior kingdom, or all
kingdoms of a lower order, will be manifest to those who dwell on it;
and this earth will be Christ's.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 130:9
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Then the white stone mentioned in Revelation 2: 17, will become a Urim
and Thummim to each individual who receives one, whereby things pertaining
to a higher order of kingdoms will be made known;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 130:10
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And a white stone is given to each of those who come into the celestial
kingdom, whereon is a new name written, which no man knoweth save he
that receiveth it.  The new name is the key word.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 130:11
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I prophesy, in the name of the Lord God, that the commencement of the
difficulties which will cause much bloodshed previous to the coming of
the Son of Man will be in South Carolina.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 130:12
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It may probably arise through the slave question.  This a voice declared
to me, while I was praying earnestly on the subject, December 25th, 1832.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 130:13
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I was once praying very earnestly to know the time of the coming of the
Son of Man, when I heard a voice repeat the following:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 130:14
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Joseph, my son, if thou livest until thou art eighty-five years old,
thou shalt see the face of the Son of Man; therefore let this suffice,
and trouble me no more on this matter.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 130:15
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I was left thus, without being able to decide whether this coming referred
to the beginning of the millennium or to some previous appearing, or
whether I should die and thus see his face.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 130:16
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I believe the coming of the Son of Man will not be any sooner than
that time.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 130:17
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Whatever principle of intelligence we attain unto in this life, it will
rise with us in the resurrection.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 130:18
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And if a person gains more knowledge and intelligence in this life
through his diligence and obedience than another, he will have so much
the advantage in the world to come.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 130:19
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There is a law, irrevocably decreed in heaven before the foundations of
this world, upon which all blessings are predicated--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 130:20
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And when we obtain any blessing from God, it is by obedience to that
law upon which it is predicated.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 130:21
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The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man's; the Son
also; but the Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones, but is a
personage of Spirit.  Were it not so, the Holy Ghost could not dwell
in us.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 130:22
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A man may receive the Holy Ghost, and it may descend upon him and not
tarry with him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 130:23
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IN the celestial glory there are three heavens or degrees;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 131:1
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And in order to obtain the highest, a man must enter into this order of
the priesthood [meaning the new and everlasting covenant of marriage];
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 131:2
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And if he does not, he cannot obtain it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 131:3
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He may enter into the other, but that is the end of his kingdom; he
cannot have an increase.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 131:4
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(May 17th, 1843.) The more sure word of prophecy means a man's knowing
that he is sealed up unto eternal life, by revelation and the spirit of
prophecy, through the power of the Holy Priesthood.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 131:5
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It is impossible for a man to be saved in ignorance.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 131:6
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There is no such thing as immaterial matter.  All spirit is matter,
but it is more fine or pure, and can only be discerned by purer eyes;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 131:7
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We cannot see it; but when our bodies are purified we shall see that it
is all matter.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 131:8
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VERILY, thus saith the Lord unto you my servant Joseph, that inasmuch
as you have inquired of my hand to know and understand wherein I, the
Lord, justified my servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as also Moses,
David and Solomon, my servants, as touching the principle and doctrine
of their having many wives and concubines--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:1
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Behold, and lo, I am the Lord thy God, and will answer thee as touching
this matter.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:2
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Therefore, prepare thy heart to receive and obey the instructions which
I am about to give unto you; for all those who have this law revealed
unto them must obey the same.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:3
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For behold, I reveal unto you a new and an everlasting covenant; and if
ye abide not that covenant, then are ye damned; for no one can reject
this covenant and be permitted to enter into my glory.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:4
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For all who will have a blessing at my hands shall abide the law which
was appointed for that blessing, and the conditions thereof, as were
instituted from before the foundation of the world.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:5
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And as pertaining to the new and everlasting covenant, it was instituted
for the fulness of my glory; and he that receiveth a fulness thereof
must and shall abide the law, or he shall be damned, saith the Lord God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:6
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And verily I say unto you, that the conditions of this law are these:
All covenants, contracts, bonds, obligations, oaths, vows, performances,
connections, associations, or expectations, that are not made and entered
into and sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, of him who is anointed,
both as well for time and for all eternity, and that too most holy,
by revelation and commandment through the medium of mine anointed, whom
I have appointed on the earth to hold this power (and I have appointed
unto my servant Joseph to hold this power in the last days, and there
is never but one on the earth at a time on whom this power and the keys
of this priesthood are conferred), are of no efficacy, virtue, or force
in and after the resurrection from the dead; for all contracts that are
not made unto this end have an end when men are dead.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:7
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Behold, mine house is a house of order, saith the Lord God, and not a
house of confusion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:8
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Will I accept of an offering, saith the Lord, that is not made in my name?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:9
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Or will I receive at your hands that which I have not appointed?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:10
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And will I appoint unto you, saith the Lord, except it be by law, even
as I and my Father ordained unto you, before the world was?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:11
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I am the Lord thy God; and I give unto you this commandment--that no
man shall come unto the Father but by me or by my word, which is my law,
saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:12
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And everything that is in the world, whether it be ordained of men, by
thrones, or principalities, or powers, or things of name, whatsoever
they may be, that are not by me or by my word, saith the Lord, shall
be thrown down, and shall not remain after men are dead, neither in nor
after the resurrection, saith the Lord your God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:13
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For whatsoever things remain are by me; and whatsoever things are not
by me shall be shaken and destroyed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:14
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Therefore, if a man marry him a wife in the world, and he marry her not
by me nor by my word, and he covenant with her so long as he is in the
world and she with him, their covenant and marriage are not of force
when they are dead, and when they are out of the world; therefore,
they are not bound by any law when they are out of the world.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:15
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Therefore, when they are out of the world they neither marry nor are
given in marriage; but are appointed angels in heaven, which angels are
ministering servants, to minister for those who are worthy of a far more,
and an exceeding, and an eternal weight of glory.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:16
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For these angels did not abide my law; therefore, they cannot be enlarged,
but remain separately and singly, without exaltation, in their saved
condition, to all eternity; and from henceforth are not gods, but are
angels of God forever and ever.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:17
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And again, verily I say unto you, if a man marry a wife, and make a
covenant with her for time and for all eternity, if that covenant is
not by me or by my word, which is my law, and is not sealed by the Holy
Spirit of promise, through him whom I have anointed and appointed unto
this power, then it is not valid neither of force when they are out of
the world, because they are not joined by me, saith the Lord, neither
by my word; when they are out of the world it cannot be received there,
because the angels and the gods are appointed there, by whom they cannot
pass; they cannot, therefore, inherit my glory; for my house is a house
of order, saith the Lord God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:18
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And again, verily I say unto you, if a man marry a wife by my word, which
is my law, and by the new and everlasting covenant, and it is sealed
unto them by the Holy Spirit of promise, by him who is anointed, unto
whom I have appointed this power and the keys of this priesthood; and it
shall be said unto them--Ye shall come forth in the first resurrection;
and if it be after the first resurrection, in the next resurrection; and
shall inherit thrones, kingdoms, principalities, and powers, dominions,
all heights and depths--then shall it be written in the Lamb's Book of
Life, that he shall commit no murder whereby to shed innocent blood,
and if ye abide in my covenant, and commit no murder whereby to shed
innocent blood, it shall be done unto them in all things whatsoever my
servant hath put upon them, in time, and through all eternity; and shall
be of full force when they are out of the world; and they shall pass by
the angels, and the gods, which are set there, to their exaltation and
glory in all things, as hath been sealed upon their heads, which glory
shall be a fulness and a continuation of the seeds forever and ever.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:19
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Then shall they be gods, because they have no end; therefore shall they be
from everlasting to everlasting, because they continue; then shall they be
above all, because all things are subject unto them.  Then shall they be
gods, because they have all power, and the angels are subject unto them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:20
%
Verily, verily, I say unto you, except ye abide my law ye cannot attain
to this glory.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:21
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For strait is the gate, and narrow the way that leadeth unto the
exaltation and continuation of the lives, and few there be that find it,
because ye receive me not in the world neither do ye know me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:22
%
But if ye receive me in the world, then shall ye know me, and shall
receive your exaltation; that where I am ye shall be also.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:23
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This is eternal lives--to know the only wise and true God, and Jesus
Christ, whom he hath sent.  I am he.  Receive ye, therefore, my law.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:24
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Broad is the gate, and wide the way that leadeth to the deaths; and many
there are that go in thereat, because they receive me not, neither do
they abide in my law.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:25
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Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man marry a wife according to my
word, and they are sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, according to mine
appointment, and he or she shall commit any sin or transgression of the
new and everlasting covenant whatever, and all manner of blasphemies, and
if they commit no murder wherein they shed innocent blood, yet they shall
come forth in the first resurrection, and enter into their exaltation;
but they shall be destroyed in the flesh, and shall be delivered unto
the buffetings of Satan unto the day of redemption, saith the Lord God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:26
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The blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, which shall not be forgiven in
the world nor out of the world, is in that ye commit murder wherein ye
shed innocent blood, and assent unto my death, after ye have received my
new and everlasting covenant, saith the Lord God; and he that abideth
not this law can in nowise enter into my glory, but shall be damned,
saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:27
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I am the Lord thy God, and will give unto thee the law of my Holy
Priesthood, as was ordained by me and my Father before the world was.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:28
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Abraham received all things, whatsoever he received, by revelation
and commandment, by my word, saith the Lord, and hath entered into his
exaltation and sitteth upon his throne.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:29
%
Abraham received promises concerning his seed, and of the fruit of his
loins--from whose loins ye are, namely, my servant Joseph--which were to
continue so long as they were in the world; and as touching Abraham and
his seed, out of the world they should continue; both in the world and
out of the world should they continue as innumerable as the stars; or,
if ye were to count the sand upon the seashore ye could not number them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:30
%
This promise is yours also, because ye are of Abraham, and the promise
was made unto Abraham; and by this law is the continuation of the works
of my Father, wherein he glorifieth himself.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:31
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Go ye, therefore, and do the works of Abraham; enter ye into my law and
ye shall be saved.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:32
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But if ye enter not into my law ye cannot receive the promise of my
Father, which he made unto Abraham.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:33
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God commanded Abraham, and Sarah gave Hagar to Abraham to wife.
And why did she do it?	Because this was the law; and from Hagar sprang
many people.  This, therefore, was fulfilling, among other things,
the promises.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:34
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Was Abraham, therefore, under condemnation?  Verily I say unto you, Nay;
for I, the Lord, commanded it.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:35
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Abraham was commanded to offer his son Isaac; nevertheless, it was
written: Thou shalt not kill.  Abraham, however, did not refuse, and it
was accounted unto him for righteousness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:36
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Abraham received concubines, and they bore him children; and it was
accounted unto him for righteousness, because they were given unto him,
and he abode in my law; as Isaac also and Jacob did none other things
than that which they were commanded; and because they did none other
things than that which they were commanded, they have entered into
their exaltation, according to the promises, and sit upon thrones,
and are not angels but are gods.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:37
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David also received many wives and concubines, and also Solomon and
Moses my servants, as also many others of my servants, from the beginning
of creation until this time; and in nothing did they sin save in those
things which they received not of me.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:38
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David's wives and concubines were given unto him of me, by the hand of
Nathan, my servant, and others of the prophets who had the keys of this
power; and in none of these things did he sin against me save in the case
of Uriah and his wife; and, therefore he hath fallen from his exaltation,
and received his portion; and he shall not inherit them out of the world,
for I gave them unto another, saith the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:39
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I am the Lord thy God, and I gave unto thee, my servant Joseph, an
appointment, and restore all things.  Ask what ye will, and it shall be
given unto you according to my word.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:40
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And as ye have asked concerning adultery, verily, verily, I say unto
you, if a man receiveth a wife in the new and everlasting covenant,
and if she be with another man, and I have not appointed unto her by
the holy anointing, she hath committed adultery and shall be destroyed.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:41
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If she be not in the new and everlasting covenant, and she be with
another man, she has committed adultery.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:42
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And if her husband be with another woman, and he was under a vow, he
hath broken his vow and hath committed adultery.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:43
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And if she hath not committed adultery, but is innocent and hath not
broken her vow, and she knoweth it, and I reveal it unto you, my servant
Joseph, then shall you have power, by the power of my Holy Priesthood,
to take her and give her unto him that hath not committed adultery but
hath been faithful; for he shall be made ruler over many.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:44
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For I have conferred upon you the keys and power of the priesthood,
wherein I restore all things, and make known unto you all things in
due time.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:45
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And verily, verily, I say unto you, that whatsoever you seal on earth
shall be sealed in heaven; and whatsoever you bind on earth, in my
name and by my word, saith the Lord, it shall be eternally bound in
the heavens; and whosesoever sins you remit on earth shall be remitted
eternally in the heavens; and whosesoever sins you retain on earth shall
be retained in heaven.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:46
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And again, verily I say, whomsoever you bless I will bless, and whomsoever
you curse I will curse, saith the Lord; for I, the Lord, am thy God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:47
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And again, verily I say unto you, my servant Joseph, that whatsoever
you give on earth, and to whomsoever you give any one on earth, by my
word and according to my law, it shall be visited with blessings and
not cursings, and with my power, saith the Lord, and shall be without
condemnation on earth and in heaven.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:48
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For I am the Lord thy God, and will be with thee even unto the end of
the world, and through all eternity; for verily I seal upon you your
exaltation, and prepare a throne for you in the kingdom of my Father,
with Abraham your father.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:49
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Behold, I have seen your sacrifices, and will forgive all your sins;
I have seen your sacrifices in obedience to that which I have told you.
Go, therefore, and I make a way for your escape, as I accepted the
offering of Abraham of his son Isaac.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:50
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Verily, I say unto you: A commandment I give unto mine handmaid, Emma
Smith, your wife, whom I have given unto you, that she stay herself and
partake not of that which I commanded you to offer unto her; for I did
it, saith the Lord, to prove you all, as I did Abraham, and that I might
require an offering at your hand, by covenant and sacrifice.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:51
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And let mine handmaid, Emma Smith, receive all those that have been
given unto my servant Joseph, and who are virtuous and pure before me;
and those who are not pure, and have said they were pure, shall be
destroyed, saith the Lord God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:52
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For I am the Lord thy God, and ye shall obey my voice; and I give unto
my servant Joseph that he shall be made ruler over many things; for
he hath been faithful over a few things, and from henceforth I will
strengthen him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:53
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And I command mine handmaid, Emma Smith, to abide and cleave unto
my servant Joseph, and to none else.  But if she will not abide this
commandment she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord; for I am the Lord
thy God, and will destroy her if she abide not in my law.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:54
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But if she will not abide this commandment, then shall my servant Joseph
do all things for her, even as he hath said; and I will bless him and
multiply him and give unto him an hundredfold in this world, of fathers
and mothers, brothers and sisters, houses and lands, wives and children,
and crowns of eternal lives in the eternal worlds.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:55
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And again, verily I say, let mine handmaid forgive my servant Joseph
his trespasses; and then shall she be forgiven her trespasses, wherein
she has trespassed against me; and I, the Lord thy God, will bless her,
and multiply her, and make her heart to rejoice.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:56
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And again, I say, let not my servant Joseph put his property out of his
hands, lest an enemy come and destroy him; for Satan seeketh to destroy;
for I am the Lord thy God, and he is my servant; and behold, and lo, I
am with him, as I was with Abraham, thy father, even unto his exaltation
and glory.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:57
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Now, as touching the law of the priesthood, there are many things
pertaining thereunto.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:58
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Verily, if a man be called of my Father, as was Aaron, by mine own voice,
and by the voice of him that sent me, and I have endowed him with the
keys of the power of this priesthood, if he do anything in my name,
and according to my law and by my word, he will not commit sin, and I
will justify him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:59
%
Let no one, therefore, set on my servant Joseph; for I will justify
him; for he shall do the sacrifice which I require at his hands for his
transgressions, saith the Lord your God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:60
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And again, as pertaining to the law of the priesthood--if any man espouse
a virgin, and desire to espouse another, and the first give her consent,
and if he espouse the second, and they are virgins, and have vowed to no
other man, then is he justified; he cannot commit adultery for they are
given unto him; for he cannot commit adultery with that that belongeth
unto him and to no one else.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:61
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And if he have ten virgins given unto him by this law, he cannot commit
adultery, for they belong to him, and they are given unto him; therefore
is he justified.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:62
%
But if one or either of the ten virgins, after she is espoused, shall be
with another man, she has committed adultery, and shall be destroyed; for
they are given unto him to multiply and replenish the earth, according to
my commandment, and to fulfil the promise which was given by my Father
before the foundation of the world, and for their exaltation in the
eternal worlds, that they may bear the souls of men; for herein is the
work of my Father continued, that he may be glorified.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:63
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And again, verily, verily, I say unto you, if any man have a wife,
who holds the keys of this power, and he teaches unto her the law of my
priesthood, as pertaining to these things, then shall she believe and
administer unto him, or she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord your God;
for I will destroy her; for I will magnify my name upon all those who
receive and abide in my law.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:64
%
Therefore, it shall be lawful in me, if she receive not this law, for
him to receive all things whatsoever I, the Lord his God, will give unto
him, because she did not believe and administer unto him according to
my word; and she then becomes the transgressor; and he is exempt from
the law of Sarah, who administered unto Abraham according to the law
when I commanded Abraham to take Hagar to wife.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:65
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And now, as pertaining to this law, verily, verily, I say unto you,
I will reveal more unto you, hereafter; therefore, let this suffice for
the present.  Behold, I am Alpha and Omega.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 132:66
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HEARKEN, O ye people of my church, saith the Lord your God, and hear
the word of the Lord concerning you--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:1
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The Lord who shall suddenly come to his temple; the Lord who shall come
down upon the world with a curse to judgment; yea, upon all the nations
that forget God, and upon all the ungodly among you.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:2
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For he shall make bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations,
and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of their God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:3
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Wherefore, prepare ye, prepare ye, O my people; sanctify yourselves;
gather ye together, O ye people of my church, upon the land of Zion,
all you that have not been commanded to tarry.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:4
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Go ye out from Babylon.  Be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:5
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Call your solemn assemblies, and speak often one to another.  And let
every man call upon the name of the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:6
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Yea, verily I say unto you again, the time has come when the voice of
the Lord is unto you: Go ye out of Babylon; gather ye out from among
the nations, from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:7
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Send forth the elders of my church unto the nations which are afar off;
unto the islands of the sea; send forth unto foreign lands; call upon
all nations, first upon the Gentiles, and then upon the Jews.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:8
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And behold, and lo, this shall be their cry, and the voice of the Lord
unto all people: Go ye forth unto the land of Zion, that the borders
of my people may be enlarged, and that her stakes may be strengthened,
and that Zion may go forth unto the regions round about.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:9
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Yea, let the cry go forth among all people: Awake and arise and go forth
to meet the Bridegroom; behold and lo, the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out
to meet him.  Prepare yourselves for the great day of the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:10
%
Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:11
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Let them, therefore, who are among the Gentiles flee unto Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:12
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And let them who be of Judah flee unto Jerusalem, unto the mountains of
the Lord's house.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:13
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Go ye out from among the nations, even from Babylon, from the midst of
wickedness, which is spiritual Babylon.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:14
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But verily, thus saith the Lord, let not your flight be in haste, but
let all things be prepared before you; and he that goeth, let him not
look back lest sudden destruction shall come upon him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:15
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Hearken and hear, O ye inhabitants of the earth.  Listen, ye elders of
my church together, and hear the voice of the Lord; for he calleth upon
all men, and he commandeth all men everywhere to repent.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:16
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For behold, the Lord God hath sent forth the angel crying through the
midst of heaven, saying: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, and make his
paths straight, for the hour of his coming is nigh--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:17
%
When the Lamb shall stand upon Mount Zion, and with him a hundred and
forty-four thousand, having his Father's name written on their foreheads.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:18
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Wherefore, prepare ye for the coming of the Bridegroom; go ye, go ye
out to meet him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:19
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For behold, he shall stand upon the mount of Olivet, and upon the mighty
ocean, even the great deep, and upon the islands of the sea, and upon
the land of Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:20
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And he shall utter his voice out of Zion, and he shall speak from
Jerusalem, and his voice shall be heard among all people;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:21
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And it shall be a voice as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of
a great thunder, which shall break down the mountains, and the valleys
shall not be found.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:22
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He shall command the great deep, and it shall be driven back into the
north countries, and the islands shall become one land;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:23
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And the land of Jerusalem and the land of Zion shall be turned back into
their own place, and the earth shall be like as it was in the days before
it was divided.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:24
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And the Lord, even the Savior, shall stand in the midst of his people,
and shall reign over all flesh.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:25
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And they who are in the north countries shall come in remembrance before
the Lord; and their prophets shall hear his voice, and shall no longer
stay themselves; and they shall smite the rocks, and the ice shall flow
down at their presence.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:26
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And an highway shall be cast up in the midst of the great deep.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:27
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Their enemies shall become a prey unto them,
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:28
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And in the barren deserts there shall come forth pools of living water;
and the parched ground shall no longer be a thirsty land.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:29
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And they shall bring forth their rich treasures unto the children of
Ephraim, my servants.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:30
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And the boundaries of the everlasting hills shall tremble at their
presence.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:31
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And there shall they fall down and be crowned with glory, even in Zion,
by the hands of the servants of the Lord, even the children of Ephraim.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:32
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And they shall be filled with songs of everlasting joy.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:33
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Behold, this is the blessing of the everlasting God upon the tribes of
Israel, and the richer blessing upon the head of Ephraim and his fellows.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:34
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And they also of the tribe of Judah, after their pain, shall be sanctified
in holiness before the Lord, to dwell in his presence day and night,
forever and ever.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:35
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And now, verily saith the Lord, that these things might be known among
you, O inhabitants of the earth, I have sent forth mine angel flying
through the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel, who hath
appeared unto some and hath committed it unto man, who shall appear unto
many that dwell on the earth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:36
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And this gospel shall be preached unto every nation, and kindred, and
tongue, and people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:37
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And the servants of God shall go forth, saying with a loud voice: Fear
God and give glory to him, for the hour of his judgment is come;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:38
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And worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the
fountains of waters--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:39
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Calling upon the name of the Lord day and night, saying: O that thou
wouldst rend the heavens, that thou wouldst come down, that the mountains
might flow down at thy presence.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:40
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And it shall be answered upon their heads; for the presence of the Lord
shall be as the melting fire that burneth, and as the fire which causeth
the waters to boil.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:41
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O Lord, thou shalt come down to make thy name known to thine adversaries,
and all nations shall tremble at thy presence--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:42
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When thou doest terrible things, things they look not for;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:43
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Yea, when thou comest down, and the mountains flow down at thy presence,
thou shalt meet him who rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, who
remembereth thee in thy ways.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:44
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For since the beginning of the world have not men heard nor perceived
by the ear, neither hath any eye seen, O God, besides thee, how great
things thou hast prepared for him that waiteth for thee.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:45
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And it shall be said: Who is this that cometh down from God in heaven
with dyed garments; yea, from the regions which are not known, clothed
in his glorious apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:46
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And he shall say: I am he who spake in righteousness, mighty to save.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:47
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And the Lord shall be red in his apparel, and his garments like him that
treadeth in the wine-vat.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:48
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And so great shall be the glory of his presence that the sun shall hide
his face in shame, and the moon shall withhold its light, and the stars
shall be hurled from their places.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:49
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And his voice shall be heard: I have trodden the wine-press alone,
and have brought judgment upon all people; and none were with me;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:50
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And I have trampled them in my fury, and I did tread upon them in mine
anger, and their blood have I sprinkled upon my garments, and stained
all my raiment; for this was the day of vengeance which was in my heart.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:51
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And now the year of my redeemed is come; and they shall mention the loving
kindness of their Lord, and all that he has bestowed upon them according
to his goodness, and according to his loving kindness, forever and ever.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:52
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In all their afflictions he was afflicted.  And the angel of his presence
saved them; and in his love, and in his pity, he redeemed them, and bore
them, and carried them all the days of old;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:53
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Yea, and Enoch also, and they who were with him; the prophets who were
before him; and Noah also, and they who were before him; and Moses also,
and they who were before him;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:54
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And from Moses to Elijah, and from Elijah to John, who were with Christ in
his resurrection, and the holy apostles, with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
shall be in the presence of the Lamb.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:55
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And the graves of the saints shall be opened; and they shall come forth
and stand on the right hand of the Lamb, when he shall stand upon Mount
Zion, and upon the holy city, the New Jerusalem; and they shall sing
the song of the Lamb, day and night forever and ever.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:56
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And for this cause, that men might be made partakers of the glories
which were to be revealed, the Lord sent forth the fulness of his gospel,
his everlasting covenant, reasoning in plainness and simplicity--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:57
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To prepare the weak for those things which are coming on the earth, and
for the Lord's errand in the day when the weak shall confound the wise,
and the little one become a strong nation, and two shall put their tens
of thousands to flight.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:58
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And by the weak things of the earth the Lord shall thrash the nations
by the power of his Spirit.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:59
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And for this cause these commandments were given; they were commanded
to be kept from the world in the day that they were given, but now are
to go forth unto all flesh--
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:60
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And this according to the mind and will of the Lord, who ruleth over
all flesh.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:61
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And unto him that repenteth and sanctifieth himself before the Lord
shall be given eternal life.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:62
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And upon them that hearken not to the voice of the Lord shall be fulfilled
that which was written by the prophet Moses, that they should be cut
off from among the people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:63
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And also that which was written by the prophet Malachi: 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.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:64
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Wherefore, this shall be the answer of the Lord unto them:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:65
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In that day when I came unto mine own, no man among you received me,
and you were driven out.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:66
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When I called again there was none of you to answer; yet my arm was not
shortened at all that I could not redeem, neither my power to deliver.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:67
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Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea.	I make the rivers a wilderness;
their fish stink, and die for thirst.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:68
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I clothe the heavens with blackness, and make sackcloth their covering.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:69
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And this shall ye have of my hand--ye shall lie down in sorrow.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:70
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Behold, and lo, there are none to deliver you; for ye obeyed not my voice
when I called to you out of the heavens; ye believed not my servants,
and when they were sent unto you ye received them not.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:71
%
Wherefore, they sealed up the testimony and bound up the law, and ye
were delivered over unto darkness.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:72
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These shall go away into outer darkness, where there is weeping, and
wailing, and gnashing of teeth.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:73
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Behold the Lord your God hath spoken it.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 133:74
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WE believe that governments were instituted of God for the benefit of man;
and that he holds men accountable for their acts in relation to them, both
in making laws and administering them, for the good and safety of society.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 134:1
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We believe that no government can exist in peace, except such laws are
framed and held inviolate as will secure to each individual the free
exercise of conscience, the right and control of property, and the
protection of life.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 134:2
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We believe that all governments necessarily require civil officers
and magistrates to enforce the laws of the same; and that such as will
administer the law in equity and justice should be sought for and upheld
by the voice of the people if a republic, or the will of the sovereign.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 134:3
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We believe that religion is instituted of God; and that men are amenable
to him, and to him only, for the exercise of it, unless their religious
opinions prompt them to infringe upon the rights and liberties of
others; but we do not believe that human law has a right to interfere
in prescribing rules of worship to bind the consciences of men, nor
dictate forms for public or private devotion; that the civil magistrate
should restrain crime, but never control conscience; should punish guilt,
but never suppress the freedom of the soul.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 134:4
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We believe that all men are bound to sustain and uphold the respective
governments in which they reside, while protected in their inherent and
inalienable rights by the laws of such governments; and that sedition
and rebellion are unbecoming every citizen thus protected, and should
be punished accordingly; and that all governments have a right to enact
such laws as in their own judgments are best calculated to secure the
public interest; at the same time, however, holding sacred the freedom
of conscience.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 134:5
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We believe that every man should be honored in his station, rulers and
magistrates as such, being placed for the protection of the innocent and
the punishment of the guilty; and that to the laws all men show respect
and deference, as without them peace and harmony would be supplanted by
anarchy and terror; human laws being instituted for the express purpose of
regulating our interests as individuals and nations, between man and man;
and divine laws given of heaven, prescribing rules on spiritual concerns,
for faith and worship, both to be answered by man to his Maker.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 134:6
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We believe that rulers, states, and governments have a right, and
are bound to enact laws for the protection of all citizens in the free
exercise of their religious belief; but we do not believe that they have
a right in justice to deprive citizens of this privilege, or proscribe
them in their opinions, so long as a regard and reverence are shown to the
laws and such religious opinions do not justify sedition nor conspiracy.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 134:7
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We believe that the commission of crime should be punished according to
the nature of the offense; that murder, treason, robbery, theft, and
the breach of the general peace, in all respects, should be punished
according to their criminality and their tendency to evil among men,
by the laws of that government in which the offense is committed; and
for the public peace and tranquility all men should step forward and
use their ability in bringing offenders against good laws to punishment.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 134:8
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We do not believe it just to mingle religious influence with civil
government, whereby one religious society is fostered and another
proscribed in its spiritual privileges, and the individual rights of
its members, as citizens, denied.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 134:9
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We believe that all religious societies have a right to deal with their
members for disorderly conduct, according to the rules and regulations
of such societies; provided that such dealings be for fellowship and good
standing; but we do not believe that any religious society has authority
to try men on the right of property or life, to take from them this
world's goods, or to put them in jeopardy of either life or limb, or to
inflict any physical punishment upon them.  They can only excommunicate
them from their society, and withdraw from them their fellowship.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 134:10
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We believe that men should appeal to the civil law for redress of
all wrongs and grievances, where personal abuse is inflicted or the
right of property or character infringed, where such laws exist as will
protect the same; but we believe that all men are justified in defending
themselves, their friends, and property, and the government, from the
unlawful assaults and encroachments of all persons in times of exigency,
where immediate appeal cannot be made to the laws, and relief afforded.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 134:11
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We believe it just to preach the gospel to the nations of the earth,
and warn the righteous to save themselves from the corruption of the
world; but we do not believe it right to interfere with bond-servants,
neither preach the gospel to, nor baptize them contrary to the will and
wish of their masters, nor to meddle with or influence them in the least
to cause them to be dissatisfied with their situations in this life,
thereby jeopardizing the lives of men; such interference we believe to
be unlawful and unjust, and dangerous to the peace of every government
allowing human beings to be held in servitude.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 134:12
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TO seal the testimony of this book and the Book of Mormon, we announce
the martyrdom of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and Hyrum Smith the Patriarch.
They were shot in Carthage jail, on the 27th of June, 1844, about five
o'clock p.m., by an armed mob--painted black--of from 150 to 200 persons.
Hyrum was shot first and fell calmly, exclaiming: I am a dead man!
Joseph leaped from the window, and was shot dead in the attempt,
exclaiming: O Lord my God!  They were both shot after they were dead,
in a brutal manner, and both received four balls.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 135:1
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John Taylor and Willard Richards, two of the Twelve, were the only persons
in the room at the time; the former was wounded in a savage manner with
four balls, but has since recovered; the latter, through the providence
of God, escaped, without even a hole in his robe.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 135:2
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Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer of the Lord, has done more, save Jesus
only, for the salvation of men in this world, than any other man that
ever lived in it.  In the short space of twenty years, he has brought
forth the Book of Mormon, which he translated by the gift and power
of God, and has been the means of publishing it on two continents;
has sent the fulness of the everlasting gospel, which it contained,
to the four quarters of the earth; has brought forth the revelations
and commandments which compose this book of Doctrine and Covenants,
and many other wise documents and instructions for the benefit of the
children of men; gathered many thousands of the Latter-day Saints,
founded a great city, and left a fame and name that cannot be slain.
He lived great, and he died great in the eyes of God and his people;
and like most of the Lord's anointed in ancient times, has sealed his
mission and his works with his own blood; and so has his brother Hyrum.
In life they were not divided, and in death they were not separated!
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 135:3
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When Joseph went to Carthage to deliver himself up to the pretended
requirements of the law, two or three days previous to his assassination,
he said: "I am going like a lamb to the slaughter; but I am calm as
a summer's morning; I have a conscience void of offense towards God,
and towards all men.  I SHALL DIE INNOCENT, AND IT SHALL YET BE SAID
OF ME--HE WAS MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD."--The same morning, after Hyrum
had made ready to go--shall it be said to the slaughter? yes, for so
it was--he read the following paragraph, near the close of the twelfth
chapter of Ether, in the Book of Mormon, and turned down the leaf upon it:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 135:4
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And it came to pass that I prayed unto the Lord that he would give unto
the Gentiles grace, that they might have charity.  And it came to pass
that the Lord said unto me: If they have not charity it mattereth not unto
thee, thou hast been faithful; wherefore thy garments shall be made clean.
And because thou hast seen thy weakness, thou shalt be made strong,
even unto the sitting down in the place which I have prepared in the
mansions of my Father.	And now I . . . bid farewell unto the Gentiles;
yea, and also unto my brethren whom I love, until we shall meet before
the judgment-seat of Christ, where all men shall know that my garments
are not spotted with your blood.  The testators are now dead, and their
testament is in force.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 135:5
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Hyrum Smith was forty-four years old in February, 1844, and Joseph Smith
was thirty-eight in December, 1843; and henceforward their names will
be classed among the martyrs of religion; and the reader in every nation
will be reminded that the Book of Mormon, and this book of Doctrine and
Covenants of the church, cost the best blood of the nineteenth century
to bring them forth for the salvation of a ruined world; and that if the
fire can scathe a green tree for the glory of God, how easy it will burn
up the dry trees to purify the vineyard of corruption.	They lived for
glory; they died for glory; and glory is their eternal reward.	From age
to age shall their names go down to posterity as gems for the sanctified.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 135:6
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They were innocent of any crime, as they had often been proved before, and
were only confined in jail by the conspiracy of traitors and wicked men;
and their innocent blood on the floor of Carthage jail is a broad seal
affixed to "Mormonism" that cannot be rejected by any court on earth,
and their innocent blood on the escutcheon of the State of Illinois,
with the broken faith of the State as pledged by the governor, is a
witness to the truth of the everlasting gospel that all the world cannot
impeach; and their innocent blood on the banner of liberty, and on the
magna charta of the United States, is an ambassador for the religion of
Jesus Christ, that will touch the hearts of honest men among all nations;
and their innocent blood, with the innocent blood of all the martyrs
under the altar that John saw, will cry unto the Lord of Hosts till he
avenges that blood on the earth.  Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 135:7
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THE Word and Will of the Lord concerning the Camp of Israel in their
journeyings to the West:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:1
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Let all the people of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and
those who journey with them, be organized into companies, with a covenant
and promise to keep all the commandments and statutes of the Lord our God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:2
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Let the companies be organized with captains of hundreds, captains of
fifties, and captains of tens, with a president and his two counselors
at their head, under the direction of the Twelve Apostles.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:3
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And this shall be our covenant--that we will walk in all the ordinances
of the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:4
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Let each company provide themselves with all the teams, wagons,
provisions, clothing, and other necessaries for the journey, that
they can.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:5
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When the companies are organized let them go to with their might, to
prepare for those who are to tarry.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:6
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Let each company, with their captains and presidents, decide how many
can go next spring; then choose out a sufficient number of able-bodied
and expert men, to take teams, seeds, and farming utensils, to go as
pioneers to prepare for putting in spring crops.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:7
%
Let each company bear an equal proportion, according to the dividend
of their property, in taking the poor, the widows, the fatherless,
and the families of those who have gone into the army, that the cries
of the widow and the fatherless come not up into the ears of the Lord
against this people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:8
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Let each company prepare houses, and fields for raising grain, for those
who are to remain behind this season; and this is the will of the Lord
concerning his people.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:9
%
Let every man use all his influence and property to remove this people
to the place where the Lord shall locate a stake of Zion.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:10
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And if ye do this with a pure heart, in all faithfulness, ye shall be
blessed; you shall be blessed in your flocks, and in your herds, and in
your fields, and in your houses, and in your families.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:11
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Let my servants Ezra T. Benson and Erastus Snow organize a company.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:12
%
And let my servants Orson Pratt and Wilford Woodruff organize a company.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:13
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Also, let my servants Amasa Lyman and George A. Smith organize a company.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:14
%
And appoint presidents, and captains of hundreds, and of fifties, and
of tens.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:15
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And let my servants that have been appointed go and teach this, my will,
to the saints, that they may be ready to go to a land of peace.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:16
%
Go thy way and do as I have told you, and fear not thine enemies; for
they shall not have power to stop my work.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:17
%
Zion shall be redeemed in mine own due time.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:18
%
And if any man shall seek to build up himself, and seeketh not my counsel,
he shall have no power, and his folly shall be made manifest.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:19
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Seek ye; and keep all your pledges one with another; and covet not that
which is thy brother's.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:20
%
Keep yourselves from evil to take the name of the Lord in vain, for I
am the Lord your God, even the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham
and of Isaac and of Jacob.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:21
%
I am he who led the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; and my
arm is stretched out in the last days, to save my people Israel.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:22
%
Cease to contend one with another; cease to speak evil one of another.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:23
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Cease drunkenness; and let your words tend to edifying one another.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:24
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If thou borrowest of thy neighbor, thou shalt restore that which thou
hast borrowed; and if thou canst not repay then go straightway and tell
thy neighbor, lest he condemn thee.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:25
%
If thou shalt find that which thy neighbor has lost, thou shalt make
diligent search till thou shalt deliver it to him again.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:26
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Thou shalt be diligent in preserving what thou hast, that thou mayest
be a wise steward; for it is the free gift of the Lord thy God, and thou
art his steward.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:27
%
If thou art merry, praise the Lord with singing, with music, with dancing,
and with a prayer of praise and thanksgiving.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:28
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If thou art sorrowful, call on the Lord thy God with supplication,
that your souls may be joyful.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:29
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Fear not thine enemies, for they are in mine hands and I will do my
pleasure with them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:30
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My people must be tried in all things, that they may be prepared to
receive the glory that I have for them, even the glory of Zion; and he
that will not bear chastisement is not worthy of my kingdom.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:31
%
Let him that is ignorant learn wisdom by humbling himself and calling
upon the Lord his God, that his eyes may be opened that he may see,
and his ears opened that he may hear;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:32
%
For my Spirit is sent forth into the world to enlighten the humble and
contrite, and to the condemnation of the ungodly.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:33
%
Thy brethren have rejected you and your testimony, even the nation that
has driven you out;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:34
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And now cometh the day of their calamity, even the days of sorrow, like
a woman that is taken in travail; and their sorrow shall be great unless
they speedily repent, yea, very speedily.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:35
%
For they killed the prophets, and them that were sent unto them; and
they have shed innocent blood, which crieth from the ground against them.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:36
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Therefore, marvel not at these things, for ye are not yet pure; ye can
not yet bear my glory; but ye shall behold it if ye are faithful in
keeping all my words that I have given you, from the days of Adam to
Abraham, from Abraham to Moses, from Moses to Jesus and his apostles,
and from Jesus and his apostles to Joseph Smith, whom I did call upon
by mine angels, my ministering servants, and by mine own voice out of
the heavens, to bring forth my work;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:37
%
Which foundation he did lay, and was faithful; and I took him to myself.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:38
%
Many have marveled because of his death; but it was needful that he
should seal his testimony with his blood, that he might be honored and
the wicked might be condemned.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:39
%
Have I not delivered you from your enemies, only in that I have left a
witness of my name?
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:40
%
Now, therefore, hearken, O ye people of my church; and ye elders listen
together; you have received my kingdom.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:41
%
Be diligent in keeping all my commandments, lest judgments come upon you,
and your faith fail you, and your enemies triumph over you.  So no more
at present.  Amen and Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 136:42
%
THE heavens were opened upon us, and I beheld the celestial kingdom of
God, and the glory thereof, whether in the body or out I cannot tell.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 137:1
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I saw the transcendent beauty of the gate through which the heirs of
that kingdom will enter, which was like unto circling flames of fire;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 137:2
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Also the blazing throne of God, whereon was seated the Father and the Son.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 137:3
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I saw the beautiful streets of that kingdom, which had the appearance
of being paved with gold.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 137:4
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I saw Father Adam and Abraham; and my father and my mother; my brother
Alvin, that has long since slept;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 137:5
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And marveled how it was that he had obtained an inheritance in that
kingdom, seeing that he had departed this life before the Lord had set
his hand to gather Israel the second time, and had not been baptized
for the remission of sins.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 137:6
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Thus came the voice of the Lord unto me, saying: All who have died without
a knowledge of this gospel, who would have received it if they had been
permitted to tarry, shall be heirs of the celestial kingdom of God;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 137:7
%
Also all that shall die henceforth without a knowledge of it, who would
have received it with all their hearts, shall be heirs of that kingdom;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 137:8
%
For I, the Lord, will judge all men according to their works, according
to the desire of their hearts.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 137:9
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And I also beheld that all children who die before they arrive at the
years of accountability are saved in the celestial kingdom of heaven.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 137:10
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ON the third of October, in the year nineteen hundred and eighteen,
I sat in my room pondering over the scriptures;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:1
%
And reflecting upon the great atoning sacrifice that was made by the
Son of God, for the redemption of the world;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:2
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And the great and wonderful love made manifest by the Father and the
Son in the coming of the Redeemer into the world;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:3
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That through his atonement, and by obedience to the principles of the
gospel, mankind might be saved.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:4
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While I was thus engaged, my mind reverted to the writings of the apostle
Peter, to the primitive saints scattered abroad throughout Pontus,
Galatia, Cappadocia, and other parts of Asia, where the gospel had been
preached after the crucifixion of the Lord.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:5
%
I opened the Bible and read the third and fourth chapters of the first
epistle of Peter, and as I read I was greatly impressed, more than I
had ever been before, with the following passages:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:6
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"For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust,
that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but
quickened by the Spirit:
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:7
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"By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:8
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"Which sometime were disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God
waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few,
that is, eight souls were saved by water." (1 Peter 3: 18--20.)
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:9
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"For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead,
that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live
according to God in the spirit." (1 Peter 4: 6.)
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:10
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As I pondered over these things which are written, the eyes of my
understanding were opened, and the Spirit of the Lord rested upon me,
and I saw the hosts of the dead, both small and great.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:11
%
And there were gathered together in one place an innumerable company
of the spirits of the just, who had been faithful in the testimony of
Jesus while they lived in mortality;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:12
%
And who had offered sacrifice in the similitude of the great sacrifice
of the Son of God, and had suffered tribulation in their Redeemer's name.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:13
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All these had departed the mortal life, firm in the hope of a glorious
resurrection, through the grace of God the Father and his Only Begotten
Son, Jesus Christ.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:14
%
I beheld that they were filled with joy and gladness, and were rejoicing
together because the day of their deliverance was at hand.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:15
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They were assembled awaiting the advent of the Son of God into the spirit
world, to declare their redemption from the bands of death.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:16
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Their sleeping dust was to be restored unto its perfect frame, bone to
his bone, and the sinews and the flesh upon them, the spirit and the
body to be united never again to be divided, that they might receive a
fulness of joy.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:17
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While this vast multitude waited and conversed, rejoicing in the hour
of their deliverance from the chains of death, the Son of God appeared,
declaring liberty to the captives who had been faithful;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:18
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And there he preached to them the everlasting gospel, the doctrine of
the resurrection and the redemption of mankind from the fall, and from
individual sins on conditions of repentance.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:19
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But unto the wicked he did not go, and among the ungodly and the
unrepentant who had defiled themselves while in the flesh, his voice
was not raised;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:20
%
Neither did the rebellious who rejected the testimonies and the warnings
of the ancient prophets behold his presence, nor look upon his face.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:21
%
Where these were, darkness reigned, but among the righteous there
was peace;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:22
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And the saints rejoiced in their redemption, and bowed the knee and
acknowledged the Son of God as their Redeemer and Deliverer from death
and the chains of hell.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:23
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Their countenances shone, and the radiance from the presence of the Lord
rested upon them, and they sang praises unto his holy name.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:24
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I marveled, for I understood that the Savior spent about three years in
his ministry among the Jews and those of the house of Israel, endeavoring
to teach them the everlasting gospel and call them unto repentance;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:25
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And yet, notwithstanding his mighty works, and miracles, and proclamation
of the truth, in great power and authority, there were but few who
hearkened to his voice, and rejoiced in his presence, and received
salvation at his hands.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:26
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But his ministry among those who were dead was limited to the brief time
intervening between the crucifixion and his resurrection;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:27
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And I wondered at the words of Peter--wherein he said that the Son of
God preached unto the spirits in prison, who sometime were disobedient,
when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah--and
how it was possible for him to preach to those spirits and perform the
necessary labor among them in so short a time.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:28
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And as I wondered, my eyes were opened, and my understanding quickened,
and I perceived that the Lord went not in person among the wicked and
the disobedient who had rejected the truth, to teach them;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:29
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But behold, from among the righteous, he organized his forces and
appointed messengers, clothed with power and authority, and commissioned
them to go forth and carry the light of the gospel to them that were
in darkness, even to all the spirits of men; and thus was the gospel
preached to the dead.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:30
%
And the chosen messengers went forth to declare the acceptable day of
the Lord and proclaim liberty to the captives who were bound, even unto
all who would repent of their sins and receive the gospel.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:31
%
Thus was the gospel preached to those who had died in their sins,
without a knowledge of the truth, or in transgression, having rejected
the prophets.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:32
%
These were taught faith in God, repentance from sin, vicarious baptism
for the remission of sins, the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on
of hands,
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:33
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And all other principles of the gospel that were necessary for them to
know in order to qualify themselves that they might be judged according
to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:34
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And so it was made known among the dead, both small and great, the
unrighteous as well as the faithful, that redemption had been wrought
through the sacrifice of the Son of God upon the cross.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:35
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Thus was it made known that our Redeemer spent his time during his sojourn
in the world of spirits, instructing and preparing the faithful spirits
of the prophets who had testified of him in the flesh;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:36
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That they might carry the message of redemption unto all the dead,
unto whom he could not go personally, because of their rebellion and
transgression, that they through the ministration of his servants might
also hear his words.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:37
%
Among the great and mighty ones who were assembled in this vast
congregation of the righteous were Father Adam, the Ancient of Days and
father of all,
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:38
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And our glorious Mother Eve, with many of her faithful daughters who
had lived through the ages and worshiped the true and living God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:39
%
Abel, the first martyr, was there, and his brother Seth, one of the
mighty ones, who was in the express image of his father, Adam.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:40
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Noah, who gave warning of the flood; Shem, the great high priest; Abraham,
the father of the faithful; Isaac, Jacob, and Moses, the great law-giver
of Israel;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:41
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And Isaiah, who declared by prophecy that the Redeemer was anointed
to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and the opening of the prison to them that were bound, were also there.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:42
%
Moreover, Ezekiel, who was shown in vision the great valley of dry bones,
which were to be clothed upon with flesh, to come forth again in the
resurrection of the dead, living souls;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:43
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Daniel, who foresaw and foretold the establishment of the kingdom of God
in the latter days, never again to be destroyed nor given to other people;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:44
%
Elias, who was with Moses on the Mount of Transfiguration;
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:45
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And Malachi, the prophet who testified of the coming of Elijah--of
whom also Moroni spake to the Prophet Joseph Smith, declaring that he
should come before the ushering in of the great and dreadful day of the
Lord--were also there.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:46
%
The Prophet Elijah was to plant in the hearts of the children the promises
made to their fathers,
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:47
%
Foreshadowing the great work to be done in the temples of the Lord in the
dispensation of the fulness of times, for the redemption of the dead,
and the sealing of the children to their parents, lest the whole earth
be smitten with a curse and utterly wasted at his coming.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:48
%
All these and many more, even the prophets who dwelt among the Nephites
and testified of the coming of the Son of God, mingled in the vast
assembly and waited for their deliverance,
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:49
%
For the dead had looked upon the long absence of their spirits from
their bodies as a bondage.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:50
%
These the Lord taught, and gave them power to come forth, after his
resurrection from the dead, to enter into his Father's kingdom, there
to be crowned with immortality and eternal life,
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:51
%
And continue thenceforth their labor as had been promised by the Lord,
and be partakers of all blessings which were held in reserve for them
that love him.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:52
%
The Prophet Joseph Smith, and my father, Hyrum Smith, Brigham Young, John
Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, and other choice spirits who were reserved to
come forth in the fulness of times to take part in laying the foundations
of the great latter-day work,
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:53
%
Including the building of the temples and the performance of ordinances
therein for the redemption of the dead, were also in the spirit world.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:54
%
I observed that they were also among the noble and great ones who were
chosen in the beginning to be rulers in the Church of God.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:55
%
Even before they were born, they, with many others, received their first
lessons in the world of spirits and were prepared to come forth in the
due time of the Lord to labor in his vineyard for the salvation of the
souls of men.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:56
%
I beheld that the faithful elders of this dispensation, when they depart
from mortal life, continue their labors in the preaching of the gospel
of repentance and redemption, through the sacrifice of the Only Begotten
Son of God, among those who are in darkness and under the bondage of
sin in the great world of the spirits of the dead.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:57
%
The dead who repent will be redeemed, through obedience to the ordinances
of the house of God,
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:58
%
And after they have paid the penalty of their transgressions, and are
washed clean, shall receive a reward according to their works, for they
are heirs of salvation.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:59
%
Thus was the vision of the redemption of the dead revealed to me, and I
bear record, and I know that this record is true, through the blessing
of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, even so.	Amen.
		 -- Doctrine and Covenants 138:60
%
THE words of God, which he spake unto Moses at a time when Moses was
caught up into an exceedingly high mountain,
		 -- Moses 1:1
%
And he saw God face to face, and he talked with him, and the glory of
God was upon Moses; therefore Moses could endure his presence.
		 -- Moses 1:2
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And God spake unto Moses, saying: Behold, I am the Lord God Almighty,
and Endless is my name; for I am without beginning of days or end of
years; and is not this endless?
		 -- Moses 1:3
%
And, behold, thou art my son; wherefore look, and I will show thee the
workmanship of mine hands; but not all, for my works are without end,
and also my words, for they never cease.
		 -- Moses 1:4
%
Wherefore, no man can behold all my works, except he behold all my glory;
and no man can behold all my glory, and afterwards remain in the flesh
on the earth.
		 -- Moses 1:5
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And I have a work for thee, Moses, my son; and thou art in the similitude
of mine Only Begotten; and mine Only Begotten is and shall be the Savior,
for he is full of grace and truth; but there is no God beside me, and
all things are present with me, for I know them all.
		 -- Moses 1:6
%
And now, behold, this one thing I show unto thee, Moses, my son, for
thou art in the world, and now I show it unto thee.
		 -- Moses 1:7
%
And it came to pass that Moses looked, and beheld the world upon which
he was created; and Moses beheld the world and the ends thereof, and
all the children of men which are, and which were created; of the same
he greatly marveled and wondered.
		 -- Moses 1:8
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And the presence of God withdrew from Moses, that his glory was not upon
Moses; and Moses was left unto himself.  And as he was left unto himself,
he fell unto the earth.
		 -- Moses 1:9
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And it came to pass that it was for the space of many hours before Moses
did again receive his natural strength like unto man; and he said unto
himself: Now, for this cause I know that man is nothing, which thing I
never had supposed.
		 -- Moses 1:10
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But now mine own eyes have beheld God; but not my natural, but my
spiritual eyes, for my natural eyes could not have beheld; for I should
have withered and died in his presence; but his glory was upon me;
and I beheld his face, for I was transfigured before him.
		 -- Moses 1:11
%
And it came to pass that when Moses had said these words, behold, Satan
came tempting him, saying: Moses, son of man, worship me.
		 -- Moses 1:12
%
And it came to pass that Moses looked upon Satan and said: Who art thou?
For behold, I am a son of God, in the similitude of his Only Begotten;
and where is thy glory, that I should worship thee?
		 -- Moses 1:13
%
For behold, I could not look upon God, except his glory should come
upon me, and I were transfigured before him.  But I can look upon thee
in the natural man.  Is it not so, surely?
		 -- Moses 1:14
%
Blessed be the name of my God, for his Spirit hath not altogether
withdrawn from me, or else where is thy glory, for it is darkness unto me?
And I can judge between thee and God; for God said unto me: Worship God,
for him only shalt thou serve.
		 -- Moses 1:15
%
Get thee hence, Satan; deceive me not; for God said unto me: Thou art
after the similitude of mine Only Begotten.
		 -- Moses 1:16
%
And he also gave me commandments when he called unto me out of the
burning bush, saying: Call upon God in the name of mine Only Begotten,
and worship me.
		 -- Moses 1:17
%
And again Moses said: I will not cease to call upon God, I have other
things to inquire of him: for his glory has been upon me, wherefore I
can judge between him and thee.  Depart hence, Satan.
		 -- Moses 1:18
%
And now, when Moses had said these words, Satan cried with a loud voice,
and ranted upon the earth, and commanded, saying: I am the Only Begotten,
worship me.
		 -- Moses 1:19
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And it came to pass that Moses began to fear exceedingly; and as he began
to fear, he saw the bitterness of hell. Nevertheless, calling upon God,
he received strength, and he commanded, saying: Depart from me, Satan,
for this one God only will I worship, which is the God of glory.
		 -- Moses 1:20
%
And now Satan began to tremble, and the earth shook; and Moses received
strength, and called upon God, saying: In the name of the Only Begotten,
depart hence, Satan.
		 -- Moses 1:21
%
And it came to pass that Satan cried with a loud voice, with weeping,
and wailing, and gnashing of teeth; and he departed hence, even from
the presence of Moses, that he beheld him not.
		 -- Moses 1:22
%
And now of this thing Moses bore record; but because of wickedness it
is not had among the children of men.
		 -- Moses 1:23
%
And it came to pass that when Satan had departed from the presence of
Moses, that Moses lifted up his eyes unto heaven, being filled with the
Holy Ghost, which beareth record of the Father and the Son;
		 -- Moses 1:24
%
And calling upon the name of God, he beheld his glory again, for it was
upon him; and he heard a voice, saying: Blessed art thou, Moses, for I,
the Almighty, have chosen thee, and thou shalt be made stronger than
many waters; for they shall obey thy command as if thou wert God.
		 -- Moses 1:25
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And lo, I am with thee, even unto the end of thy days; for thou shalt
deliver my people from bondage, even Israel my chosen.
		 -- Moses 1:26
%
And it came to pass, as the voice was still speaking, Moses cast his eyes
and beheld the earth, yea, even all of it; and there was not a particle
of it which he did not behold, discerning it by the spirit of God.
		 -- Moses 1:27
%
And he beheld also the inhabitants thereof, and there was not a soul
which he beheld not; and he discerned them by the Spirit of God; and
their numbers were great, even numberless as the sand upon the sea shore.
		 -- Moses 1:28
%
And he beheld many lands; and each land was called earth, and there were
inhabitants on the face thereof.
		 -- Moses 1:29
%
And it came to pass that Moses called upon God, saying: Tell me, I pray
thee, why these things are so, and by what thou madest them?
		 -- Moses 1:30
%
And behold, the glory of the Lord was upon Moses, so that Moses stood
in the presence of God, and talked with him face to face.  And the Lord
God said unto Moses: For mine own purpose have I made these things.
Here is wisdom and it remaineth in me.
		 -- Moses 1:31
%
And by the word of my power, have I created them, which is mine Only
Begotten Son, who is full of grace and truth.
		 -- Moses 1:32
%
And worlds without number have I created; and I also created them for mine
own purpose; and by the Son I created them, which is mine Only Begotten.
		 -- Moses 1:33
%
And the first man of all men have I called Adam, which is many.
		 -- Moses 1:34
%
But only an account of this earth, and the inhabitants thereof, give I
unto you.  For behold, there are many worlds that have passed away by the
word of my power.  And there are many that now stand, and innumerable
are they unto man; but all things are numbered unto me, for they are
mine and I know them.
		 -- Moses 1:35
%
And it came to pass that Moses spake unto the Lord, saying: Be merciful
unto thy servant, O God, and tell me concerning this earth, and the
inhabitants thereof, and also the heavens, and then thy servant will
be content.
		 -- Moses 1:36
%
And the Lord God spake unto Moses, saying: The heavens, they are many,
and they cannot be numbered unto man; but they are numbered unto me,
for they are mine.
		 -- Moses 1:37
%
And as one earth shall pass away, and the heavens thereof even so shall
another come, and there is no end to my works, neither to my words.
		 -- Moses 1:38
%
For behold, this is my work and my glory--to bring to pass the immortality
and eternal life of man.
		 -- Moses 1:39
%
And now, Moses, my son, I will speak unto thee concerning this earth upon
which thou standest; and thou shalt write the things which I shall speak.
		 -- Moses 1:40
%
And in a day when the children of men shall esteem my words as naught
and take many of them from the book which thou shalt write, behold,
I will raise up another like unto thee; and they shall be had again
among the children of men--among as many as shall believe.
		 -- Moses 1:41
%
(These words were spoken unto Moses in the mount, the name of which shall
not be known among the children of men.  And now they are spoken unto you.
Show them not unto any except them that believe.  Even so.  Amen.)
		 -- Moses 1:42
%
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.  I am the Beginning and the End, the Almighty God;
by mine Only Begotten I created these things; yea, in the beginning I
created the heaven, and the earth upon which thou standest.
		 -- Moses 2:1
%
And the earth was without form, and void; and I caused darkness to come
up upon the face of the deep; and my Spirit moved upon the face of the
water; for I am God.
		 -- Moses 2:2
%
And I, God, said: Let there be light; and there was light.
		 -- Moses 2:3
%
And I, God, saw the light; and that light was good.  And I, God, divided
the light from the darkness.
		 -- Moses 2:4
%
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.
		 -- Moses 2:5
%
And again, I, God, said: Let there be a firmament in the midst of the
water, and it was so, even as I spake; and I said: Let it divide the
waters from the waters; and it was done;
		 -- Moses 2:6
%
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.
		 -- Moses 2:7
%
And I, God, called the firmament Heaven; and the evening and the morning
were the second day.
		 -- Moses 2:8
%
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.
		 -- Moses 2:9
%
And I, God, called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of
the waters, called I the Sea; and I, God, saw that all things which I
had made were good.
		 -- Moses 2:10
%
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.
		 -- Moses 2:11
%
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; and I, God, saw that all things which I had made were good;
		 -- Moses 2:12
%
And the evening and the morning were the third day.
		 -- Moses 2:13
%
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;
		 -- Moses 2:14
%
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light
upon the earth; and it was so.
		 -- Moses 2:15
%
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; and the stars also were made
even according to my word.
		 -- Moses 2:16
%
And I, God, set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon
the earth,
		 -- Moses 2:17
%
And the sun to rule over the day, and the moon to rule over the night,
and to divide the light from the darkness; and I, God, saw that all
things which I had made were good;
		 -- Moses 2:18
%
And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
		 -- Moses 2:19
%
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.
		 -- Moses 2:20
%
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; and I, God, saw that all things which I had
created were good.
		 -- Moses 2:21
%
And I, God, blessed them, saying: Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill
the waters in the sea; and let fowl multiply in the earth;
		 -- Moses 2:22
%
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
		 -- Moses 2:23
%
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;
		 -- Moses 2:24
%
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.
		 -- Moses 2:25
%
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.  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.
		 -- Moses 2:26
%
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.
		 -- Moses 2:27
%
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.
		 -- Moses 2:28
%
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.
		 -- Moses 2:29
%
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.
		 -- Moses 2:30
%
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.
		 -- Moses 2:31
%
THUS the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
		 -- Moses 3:1
%
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;
		 -- Moses 3:2
%
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.
		 -- Moses 3:3
%
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,
		 -- Moses 3:4
%
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb
of the field before it grew.  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.	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;
		 -- Moses 3:5
%
But I, the Lord God, spake, and there went up a mist from the earth,
and watered the whole face of the ground.
		 -- Moses 3:6
%
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; nevertheless, all
things were before created; but spiritually were they created and made
according to my word.
		 -- Moses 3:7
%
And I, the Lord God, planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there I put
the man whom I had formed.
		 -- Moses 3:8
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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.  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.
		 -- Moses 3:9
%
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.
		 -- Moses 3:10
%
And I, the Lord God, called the name of the first Pison, and it compasseth
the whole land of Havilah, where I, the Lord God, created much gold;
		 -- Moses 3:11
%
And the gold of that land was good, and there was bdellium and the
onyx stone.
		 -- Moses 3:12
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And the name of the second river was called Gihon; the same that
compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
		 -- Moses 3:13
%
And the name of the third river was Hiddekel; that which goeth toward
the east of Assyria.  And the fourth river was the Euphrates.
		 -- Moses 3:14
%
And I, the Lord God, took the man, and put him into the Garden of Eden,
to dress it, and to keep it.
		 -- Moses 3:15
%
And I, the Lord God, commanded the man, saying: Of every tree of the
garden thou mayest freely eat,
		 -- Moses 3:16
%
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat
of it, nevertheless, thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given
unto thee; but, remember that I forbid it, for in the day thou eatest
thereof thou shalt surely die.
		 -- Moses 3:17
%
And I, the Lord God, said unto mine Only Begotten, that it was not good
that the man should be alone; wherefore, I will make an help meet for him.
		 -- Moses 3:18
%
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; 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.
		 -- Moses 3:19
%
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 an help
meet for him.
		 -- Moses 3:20
%
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;
		 -- Moses 3:21
%
And the rib which I, the Lord God, had taken from man, made I a woman,
and brought her unto the man.
		 -- Moses 3:22
%
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.
		 -- Moses 3:23
%
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave
unto his wife; and they shall be one flesh.
		 -- Moses 3:24
%
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
		 -- Moses 3:25
%
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, and he came before me, saying--Behold, here am 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.
		 -- Moses 4:1
%
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.
		 -- Moses 4:2
%
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;
		 -- Moses 4:3
%
And he became Satan, 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.
		 -- Moses 4:4
%
And now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which I,
the Lord God, had made.
		 -- Moses 4:5
%
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.
		 -- Moses 4:6
%
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.)
		 -- Moses 4:7
%
And the woman said unto the serpent: We may eat of the fruit of the
trees of the garden;
		 -- Moses 4:8
%
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.
		 -- Moses 4:9
%
And the serpent said unto the woman: Ye shall not surely die;
		 -- Moses 4:10
%
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.
		 -- Moses 4:11
%
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 also gave unto her
husband with her, and he did eat.
		 -- Moses 4:12
%
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.
		 -- Moses 4:13
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And they heard the voice of the Lord God, as they were walking in the
garden, in the cool of the day; and Adam and his wife went to hide
themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of
the garden.
		 -- Moses 4:14
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And I, the Lord God, called unto Adam, and said unto him: Where goest
thou?
		 -- Moses 4:15
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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.
		 -- Moses 4:16
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And I, the Lord God, said unto Adam: Who told thee thou wast naked?
Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst
not eat, if so thou shouldst surely die?
		 -- Moses 4:17
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And the man said: The woman thou gavest me, and commandest that she
should remain with me, she gave me of the fruit of the tree and I did eat.
		 -- Moses 4:18
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And I, the Lord God, said unto the woman: What is this thing which thou
hast done?  And the woman said: The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
		 -- Moses 4:19
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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;
		 -- Moses 4:20
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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.
		 -- Moses 4:21
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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.
		 -- Moses 4:22
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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.
		 -- Moses 4:23
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Thorns also, and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt
eat the herb of the field.
		 -- Moses 4:24
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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.
		 -- Moses 4:25
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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.
		 -- Moses 4:26
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Unto Adam, and also unto his wife, did I, the Lord God, make coats of
skins, and clothed them.
		 -- Moses 4:27
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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,
		 -- Moses 4:28
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Therefore I, the Lord God, will send him forth from the Garden of Eden,
to till the ground from whence he was taken;
		 -- Moses 4:29
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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.
		 -- Moses 4:30
%
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.
		 -- Moses 4:31
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(And these are the words which I spake unto my servant Moses, and they are
true even as I will; and I have spoken them unto you.  See thou show them
unto no man, until I command you, except to them that believe.	Amen.)
		 -- Moses 4:32
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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.
		 -- Moses 5:1
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And Adam knew his wife, and she bare unto him sons and daughters, and
they began to multiply and to replenish the earth.
		 -- Moses 5:2
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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.
		 -- Moses 5:3
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And Adam and Eve, his wife, called upon the name of the Lord, and they
heard the voice of the Lord from the way toward the Garden of Eden,
speaking unto them, and they saw him not; for they were shut out from
his presence.
		 -- Moses 5:4
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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.  And Adam was obedient unto the commandments of
the Lord.
		 -- Moses 5:5
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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.
		 -- Moses 5:6
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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.
		 -- Moses 5:7
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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.
		 -- Moses 5:8
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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.
		 -- Moses 5:9
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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.
		 -- Moses 5:10
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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.
		 -- Moses 5:11
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And Adam and Eve blessed the name of God, and they made all things known
unto their sons and their daughters.
		 -- Moses 5:12
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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.
		 -- Moses 5:13
%
And the Lord God called upon men by the Holy Ghost everywhere and
commanded them that they should repent;
		 -- Moses 5:14
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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.
		 -- Moses 5:15
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And Adam and Eve, his wife, ceased not to call upon God. 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,
Cain hearkened not, saying: Who is the Lord that I should know him?
		 -- Moses 5:16
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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.
		 -- Moses 5:17
%
And Cain loved Satan more than God.  And Satan commanded him, saying:
Make an offering unto the Lord.
		 -- Moses 5:18
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And in process of time it came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit
of the ground an offering unto the Lord.
		 -- Moses 5:19
%
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;
		 -- Moses 5:20
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But unto Cain, and to his offering, he had not respect.  Now Satan knew
this, and it pleased him.  And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance
fell.
		 -- Moses 5:21
%
And the Lord said unto Cain: Why art thou wroth?  Why is thy countenance
fallen?
		 -- Moses 5:22
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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;
		 -- Moses 5:23
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For from this time forth thou shalt be the father of his lies; thou
shalt be called Perdition; for thou wast also before the world.
		 -- Moses 5:24
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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.
		 -- Moses 5:25
%
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.
		 -- Moses 5:26
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And Adam and his wife mourned before the Lord, because of Cain and
his brethren.
		 -- Moses 5:27
%
And it came to pass that Cain took one of his brothers' daughters to wife,
and they loved Satan more than God.
		 -- Moses 5:28
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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.
		 -- Moses 5:29
%
And Satan sware unto Cain that he would do according to his commands.
And all these things were done in secret.
		 -- Moses 5:30
%
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.
		 -- Moses 5:31
%
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.
		 -- Moses 5:32
%
And Cain gloried in that which he had done, saying: I am free; surely
the flocks of my brother falleth into my hands.
		 -- Moses 5:33
%
And the Lord said unto Cain: Where is Abel, thy brother?  And he said:
I know not.  Am I my brother's keeper?
		 -- Moses 5:34
%
And the Lord said: What hast thou done?  The voice of thy brother's
blood cries unto me from the ground.
		 -- Moses 5:35
%
And now thou shalt be cursed from the earth which hath opened her mouth
to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
		 -- Moses 5:36
%
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.
		 -- Moses 5:37
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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; my punishment is greater than I can bear.
		 -- Moses 5:38
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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.
		 -- Moses 5:39
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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.
		 -- Moses 5:40
%
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.
		 -- Moses 5:41
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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.
		 -- Moses 5:42
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And unto Enoch was born Irad, and other sons and daughters. And Irad begat
Mahujael, and other sons and daughters.  And Mahujael begat Methusael,
and other sons and daughters.  And Methusael begat Lamech.
		 -- Moses 5:43
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And Lamech took unto himself two wives; the name of one being Adah,
and the name of the other, Zillah.
		 -- Moses 5:44
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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.
		 -- Moses 5:45
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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.
		 -- Moses 5:46
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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.
		 -- Moses 5:47
%
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech shall be seventy and
seven fold;
		 -- Moses 5:48
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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; and Irad, the son of Enoch,
having known their secret, began to reveal it unto the sons of Adam;
		 -- Moses 5:49
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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.
		 -- Moses 5:50
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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.
		 -- Moses 5:51
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Wherefore the Lord cursed Lamech, and his house, and all them that
had covenanted with Satan; for they kept not the commandments of God,
and it displeased God, and he ministered not unto them, and their works
were abominations, and began to spread among all the sons of men. And
it was among the sons of men.
		 -- Moses 5:52
%
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;
		 -- Moses 5:53
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Wherefore Lamech was despised, and cast out, and came not among the sons
of men, lest he should die.
		 -- Moses 5:54
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And thus the works of darkness began to prevail among all the sons of men.
		 -- Moses 5:55
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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;
		 -- Moses 5:56
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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.
		 -- Moses 5:57
%
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.
		 -- Moses 5:58
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And thus all things were confirmed unto Adam, by an 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.
		 -- Moses 5:59
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AND Adam hearkened unto the voice of God, and called upon his sons
to repent.
		 -- Moses 6:1
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And Adam knew his wife again, and she bare a son, and he called his
name Seth.  And Adam glorified the name of God; for he said: God hath
appointed me another seed, instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
		 -- Moses 6:2
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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.
		 -- Moses 6:3
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And then began these men to call upon the name of the Lord, and the Lord
blessed them;
		 -- Moses 6:4
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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;
		 -- Moses 6:5
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And by them their children were taught to read and write, having a
language which was pure and undefiled.
		 -- Moses 6:6
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Now this same Priesthood, which was in the beginning, shall be in the
end of the world also.
		 -- Moses 6:7
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Now this prophecy Adam spake, as he was moved upon by the Holy Ghost,
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;
		 -- Moses 6:8
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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.
		 -- Moses 6:9
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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.
		 -- Moses 6:10
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And the days of Adam, after he had begotten Seth, were eight hundred
years, and he begat many sons and daughters;
		 -- Moses 6:11
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And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years,
and he died.
		 -- Moses 6:12
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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.
		 -- Moses 6:13
%
And Seth lived, after he begat Enos, eight hundred and seven years,
and begat many sons and daughters.
		 -- Moses 6:14
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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; and a man's hand
was against his own brother, in administering death, because of secret
works, seeking for power.
		 -- Moses 6:15
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All the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.
		 -- Moses 6:16
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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.
		 -- Moses 6:17
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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.
		 -- Moses 6:18
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And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel; 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.
		 -- Moses 6:19
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And Mahalaleel lived sixty-five years, and begat Jared; 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.
		 -- Moses 6:20
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And Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and begat Enoch; 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.
		 -- Moses 6:21
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And this is the genealogy of the sons of Adam, who was the son of God,
with whom God, himself, conversed.
		 -- Moses 6:22
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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.
		 -- Moses 6:23
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And it came to pass that all the days of Jared were nine hundred and
sixty-two years, and he died.
		 -- Moses 6:24
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And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begat Methuselah.
		 -- Moses 6:25
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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.
		 -- Moses 6:26
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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;
		 -- Moses 6:27
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And for these many generations, ever 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.
		 -- Moses 6:28
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Wherefore, they have foresworn themselves, and, by their oaths, they
have brought upon themselves death; and a hell I have prepared for them,
if they repent not;
		 -- Moses 6:29
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And this is a decree, which I have sent forth in the beginning of the
world, from my 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 ends thereof.
		 -- Moses 6:30
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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?
		 -- Moses 6:31
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And the Lord said unto Enoch: Go forth and do as I have commanded thee,
and no man shall pierce thee.  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.
		 -- Moses 6:32
%
Say unto this people: Choose ye this day, to serve the Lord God who
made you.
		 -- Moses 6:33
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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.
		 -- Moses 6:34
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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.
		 -- Moses 6:35
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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.
		 -- Moses 6:36
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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; and all men were offended because of him.
		 -- Moses 6:37
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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.
		 -- Moses 6:38
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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.
		 -- Moses 6:39
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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?
		 -- Moses 6:40
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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.
		 -- Moses 6:41
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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.
		 -- Moses 6:42
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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?
		 -- Moses 6:43
%
The heavens he made; the earth is his footstool; and the foundation
thereof is his.  Behold, he laid it, an host of men hath he brought in
upon the face thereof.
		 -- Moses 6:44
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And death hath come upon our fathers; nevertheless we know them, and
cannot deny, and even the first of all we know, even Adam.
		 -- Moses 6:45
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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.
		 -- Moses 6:46
%
And as Enoch spake forth the words of God, the people trembled, and
could not stand in his presence.
		 -- Moses 6:47
%
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.
		 -- Moses 6:48
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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.
		 -- Moses 6:49
%
But God hath made known unto our fathers that all men must repent.
		 -- Moses 6:50
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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.
		 -- Moses 6:51
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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, 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.
		 -- Moses 6:52
%
And our father Adam spake unto the Lord, and said: Why is it that men
must repent and be baptized in water?  And the Lord said unto Adam:
Behold I have forgiven thee thy transgression in the Garden of Eden.
		 -- Moses 6:53
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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.
		 -- Moses 6:54
%
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.
		 -- Moses 6:55
%
And it is given unto them to know good from evil; wherefore they are
agents unto themselves, and I have given unto you another law and
commandment.
		 -- Moses 6:56
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Wherefore teach it unto your children, that all men, everywhere, must
repent, or they can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God, 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.
		 -- Moses 6:57
%
Therefore I give unto you a commandment, to teach these things freely
unto your children, saying:
		 -- Moses 6:58
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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 became of dust a living soul,
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 might 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;
		 -- Moses 6:59
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For by the water ye keep the commandment; by the Spirit ye are justified,
and by the blood ye are sanctified;
		 -- Moses 6:60
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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.
		 -- Moses 6:61
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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.
		 -- Moses 6:62
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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.
		 -- Moses 6:63
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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.
		 -- Moses 6:64
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And thus he was baptized, and the Spirit of God descended upon him,
and thus he was born of the Spirit, and became quickened in the inner man.
		 -- Moses 6:65
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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;
		 -- Moses 6:66
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And thou art after the order of him who was without beginning of days
or end of years, from all eternity to all eternity.
		 -- Moses 6:67
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Behold, thou art one in me, a son of God; and thus may all become my sons.
Amen.
		 -- Moses 6:68
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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.
		 -- Moses 7:1
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And from that time forth Enoch began to prophesy, saying unto the people,
that: As I was journeying, and stood upon 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.
		 -- Moses 7:2
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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;
		 -- Moses 7:3
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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.
		 -- Moses 7:4
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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.
		 -- Moses 7:5
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And again the Lord said unto me: Look; and I looked towards the north,
and I beheld the people of Canaan, which dwelt in tents.
		 -- Moses 7:6
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And the Lord said unto me: Prophesy; and I prophesied, saying: Behold
the people of Canaan, which are numerous, shall go forth in battle array
against the people of Shum, and shall slay them that they shall utterly be
destroyed; and the people of Canaan 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 Canaan;
		 -- Moses 7:7
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For behold, the Lord shall curse the land with much heat, and the
barrenness thereof shall go forth forever; and there was a blackness came
upon all the children of Canaan, that they were despised among all people.
		 -- Moses 7:8
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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;
		 -- Moses 7:9
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And the Lord said unto me: Go to this people, and say unto them--Repent,
lest I come out and smite them with a curse, and they die.
		 -- Moses 7:10
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And he gave unto me a commandment that I should baptize in the name of
the Father, and of the Son, which is full of grace and truth, and of
the Holy Ghost, which beareth record of the Father and the Son.
		 -- Moses 7:11
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And it came to pass that Enoch continued to call upon all the people,
save it were the people of Canaan, to repent;
		 -- Moses 7:12
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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; and the rivers of water were turned out of their course; and
the roar of the lions was heard out of the wilderness; 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.
		 -- Moses 7:13
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There also came up a land out of the depth 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 depth of the sea.
		 -- Moses 7:14
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And the giants of the land, also, stood afar off; and there went forth
a curse upon all people that fought against God;
		 -- Moses 7:15
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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.
		 -- Moses 7:16
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The fear of the Lord was upon all nations, so great was the glory of
the Lord, which was upon his people.  And the Lord blessed the land,
and they were blessed upon the mountains, and upon the high places,
and did flourish.
		 -- Moses 7:17
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And the Lord called his people ZION, because they were of one heart and
one mind, and dwelt in righteousness; and there was no poor among them.
		 -- Moses 7:18
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And Enoch continued his preaching in righteousness unto the people of God.
And it came to pass in his days, that he built a city that was called
the City of Holiness, even ZION.
		 -- Moses 7:19
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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.
		 -- Moses 7:20
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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.  And the Lord said unto Enoch: Behold mine abode forever.
		 -- Moses 7:21
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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 was the seed
of Cain, for the seed of Cain were black, and had not place among them.
		 -- Moses 7:22
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And after that Zion was taken up into heaven, Enoch beheld, and lo,
all the nations of the earth were before him;
		 -- Moses 7:23
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And there came generation upon generation; and Enoch was high and lifted
up, even in the bosom of the Father, and of the Son of Man; and behold,
the power of Satan was upon all the face of the earth.
		 -- Moses 7:24
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And he saw angels descending out of heaven; and he heard a loud voice
saying: Wo, wo be unto the inhabitants of the earth.
		 -- Moses 7:25
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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.
		 -- Moses 7:26
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And Enoch beheld angels descending out of heaven, bearing testimony
of the Father and Son; and the Holy Ghost fell on many, and they were
caught up by the powers of heaven into Zion.
		 -- Moses 7:27
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And it came to pass that the God of heaven looked upon the residue of
the people, and he 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?
		 -- Moses 7:28
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And Enoch said unto the Lord: How is it that thou canst weep, seeing
thou art holy, and from all eternity to all eternity?
		 -- Moses 7:29
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And were it possible that man could number the particles of the earth,
yea, millions of earths like this, it would not be a beginning to the
number of thy creations; and thy curtains are stretched out still;
and yet thou art there, and thy bosom is there; and also thou art just;
thou art merciful and kind forever;
		 -- Moses 7:30
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And 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 thou canst weep?
		 -- Moses 7:31
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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 I created them; and in the Garden of Eden, gave I unto man
his agency;
		 -- Moses 7:32
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And unto thy brethren have I said, and also given commandment, that they
should love one another, and that they should choose me, their Father;
but behold, they are without affection, and they hate their own blood;
		 -- Moses 7:33
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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.
		 -- Moses 7:34
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Behold, I am God; Man of Holiness is my name; Man of Counsel is my name;
and Endless and Eternal is my name, also.
		 -- Moses 7:35
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Wherefore, I can stretch forth mine hands and hold all the creations
which I have made; and mine eye can pierce them also, and among all
the workmanship of mine hands there has not been so great wickedness as
among thy brethren.
		 -- Moses 7:36
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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 mine hands;
wherefore should not the heavens weep, seeing these shall suffer?
		 -- Moses 7:37
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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.
		 -- Moses 7:38
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And That which I have chosen hath pled before my face.	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;
		 -- Moses 7:39
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Wherefore, for this shall the heavens weep, yea, and all the workmanship
of mine hands.
		 -- Moses 7:40
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And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto Enoch, and told Enoch all
the doings of the children of men; 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.
		 -- Moses 7:41
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And Enoch also saw Noah, and his family; that the posterity of all the
sons of Noah should be saved with a temporal salvation;
		 -- Moses 7:42
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Wherefore Enoch saw that Noah built an ark; and that the Lord smiled upon
it, and held it in his own hand; but upon the residue of the wicked the
floods came and swallowed them up.
		 -- Moses 7:43
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And as Enoch saw this, he had bitterness of soul, and wept over his
brethren, and said unto the heavens: I will refuse to be comforted;
but the Lord said unto Enoch: Lift up your heart, and be glad; and look.
		 -- Moses 7:44
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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?
		 -- Moses 7:45
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And the Lord said: It shall be in the meridian of time, in the days of
wickedness and vengeance.
		 -- Moses 7:46
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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.
		 -- Moses 7:47
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And it came to pass that Enoch looked upon the earth; and he heard a
voice from the bowels thereof, saying: Wo, wo 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 is gone
forth out of me?  When will my Creator sanctify me, that I may rest,
and righteousness for a season abide upon my face?
		 -- Moses 7:48
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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?
		 -- Moses 7:49
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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.
		 -- Moses 7:50
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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;
		 -- Moses 7:51
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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;
		 -- Moses 7:52
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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; whoso cometh in at the gate and climbeth up by
me shall never fall; wherefore, blessed are they of whom I have spoken,
for they shall come forth with songs of everlasting joy.
		 -- Moses 7:53
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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.
		 -- Moses 7:54
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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;
		 -- Moses 7:55
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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;
		 -- Moses 7:56
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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.
		 -- Moses 7:57
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And again Enoch wept and cried unto the Lord, saying: When shall the
earth rest?
		 -- Moses 7:58
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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?
Forasmuch 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.
		 -- Moses 7:59
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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 fulfil the oath which
I have made unto you concerning the children of Noah;
		 -- Moses 7:60
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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; and great tribulations
shall be among the children of men, but my people will I preserve;
		 -- Moses 7:61
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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;
and righteousness and truth will I cause to sweep the earth as with
a flood, to gather out mine elect from the four quarters of the earth,
unto a place which I shall prepare, an 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.
		 -- Moses 7:62
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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;
		 -- Moses 7:63
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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 the earth shall rest.
		 -- Moses 7:64
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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;
		 -- Moses 7:65
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But before that day he saw great tribulations 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 judgments of the Almighty God, which
should come upon the wicked.
		 -- Moses 7:66
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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 fulness of joy;
		 -- Moses 7:67
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And all the days of Zion, in the days of Enoch, were three hundred and
sixty-five years.
		 -- Moses 7:68
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And Enoch and all his people walked with God, and he dwelt in the midst
of Zion; 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.
		 -- Moses 7:69
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AND all the days of Enoch were four hundred and thirty years.
		 -- Moses 8:1
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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.
		 -- Moses 8:2
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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.
		 -- Moses 8:3
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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.
		 -- Moses 8:4
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And it came to pass that Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven
years, and begat Lamech;
		 -- Moses 8:5
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And Methuselah lived, after he begat Lamech, seven hundred and eighty-two
years, and begat sons and daughters;
		 -- Moses 8:6
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And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years,
and he died.
		 -- Moses 8:7
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And Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and begat a son,
		 -- Moses 8:8
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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.
		 -- Moses 8:9
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And Lamech lived, after he begat Noah, five hundred and ninety-five years,
and begat sons and daughters;
		 -- Moses 8:10
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And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years,
and he died.
		 -- Moses 8:11
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And Noah was four hundred and fifty years old, and begat Japheth; and
forty-two years afterward he begat Shem of her who was the mother of
Japheth, and when he was five hundred years old he begat Ham.
		 -- Moses 8:12
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And Noah and his sons hearkened unto the Lord, and gave heed, and they
were called the sons of God.
		 -- Moses 8:13
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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 those daughters
were fair, and they took them wives, even as they chose.
		 -- Moses 8:14
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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.
		 -- Moses 8:15
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And it came to pass that Noah prophesied, and taught the things of God,
even as it was in the beginning.
		 -- Moses 8:16
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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 an
hundred and twenty years; and if men do not repent, I will send in the
floods upon them.
		 -- Moses 8:17
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And in those days there were giants on the earth, and they sought Noah
to take away his life; but the Lord was with Noah, and the power of the
Lord was upon him.
		 -- Moses 8:18
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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.
		 -- Moses 8:19
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And it came to pass that Noah called upon the children of men that they
should repent; but they hearkened not unto his words;
		 -- Moses 8:20
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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
giving in marriage?  And our wives bear unto us children, and the same
are mighty men, which are like unto men of old, men of great renown.
And they hearkened not unto the words of Noah.
		 -- Moses 8:21
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And God saw that the wickedness of men 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.
		 -- Moses 8:22
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And it came to pass that Noah continued his preaching unto the people,
saying: Hearken, and give heed unto my words;
		 -- Moses 8:23
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Believe and repent of your sins and be baptized in the name of Jesus
Christ, the Son of God, even as our fathers, and ye shall receive the
Holy Ghost, that ye may have all things made manifest; and if ye do not
this, the floods will come in upon you; nevertheless they hearkened not.
		 -- Moses 8:24
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And it repented Noah, and his heart was pained that the Lord had made
man on the earth, and it grieved him at the heart.
		 -- Moses 8:25
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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; 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.
		 -- Moses 8:26
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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, as did also
his three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
		 -- Moses 8:27
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The earth was corrupt before God, and it was filled with violence.
		 -- Moses 8:28
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And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt, for all
flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.
		 -- Moses 8:29
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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.
		 -- Moses 8:30
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IN the land of the Chaldeans, at the residence of my fathers, I, Abraham,
saw that it was needful for me to obtain another place of residence;
		 -- Abraham 1:1
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And, finding there was greater happiness and peace and rest for me,
I sought for the blessings of the fathers, and the right whereunto I
should be ordained to administer the same; having been myself a follower
of righteousness, desiring also to be one who possessed great knowledge,
and to be a greater follower of righteousness, and to possess a greater
knowledge, and to be a father of many nations, a prince of peace, and
desiring to receive instructions, and to keep the commandments of God,
I became a rightful heir, a High Priest, holding the right belonging to
the fathers.
		 -- Abraham 1:2
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It was conferred upon me from the fathers; it came down from the fathers,
from the beginning of time, yea, even from the beginning, or before the
foundation of the earth, down to the present time, even the right of
the firstborn, or the first man, who is Adam, or first father, through
the fathers unto me.
		 -- Abraham 1:3
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I sought for mine appointment unto the Priesthood according to the
appointment of God unto the fathers concerning the seed.
		 -- Abraham 1:4
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My fathers having turned from their righteousness, and from the holy
commandments which the Lord their God had given unto them, unto the
worshiping of the gods of the heathen, utterly refused to hearken to
my voice;
		 -- Abraham 1:5
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For their hearts were set to do evil, and were wholly turned to the god
of Elkenah, and the god of Libnah, and the god of Mahmackrah, and the
god of Korash, and the god of Pharaoh, king of Egypt;
		 -- Abraham 1:6
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Therefore they turned their hearts to the sacrifice of the heathen in
offering up their children unto these dumb idols, and hearkened not unto
my voice, but endeavored to take away my life by the hand of the priest
of Elkenah.  The priest of Elkenah was also the priest of Pharaoh.
		 -- Abraham 1:7
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Now, at this time it was the custom of the priest of Pharaoh, the king of
Egypt, to offer up upon the altar which was built in the land of Chaldea,
for the offering unto these strange gods, men, women, and children.
		 -- Abraham 1:8
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And it came to pass that the priest made an offering unto the god of
Pharaoh, and also unto the god of Shagreel, even after the manner of
the Egyptians.	Now the god of Shagreel was the sun.
		 -- Abraham 1:9
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Even the thank-offering of a child did the priest of Pharaoh offer upon
the altar which stood by the hill called Potiphar's Hill, at the head
of the plain of Olishem.
		 -- Abraham 1:10
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Now, this priest had offered upon this altar three virgins at one time,
who were the daughters of Onitah, one of the royal descent directly from
the loins of Ham.  These virgins were offered up because of their virtue;
they would not bow down to worship gods of wood or of stone, therefore
they were killed upon this altar, and it was done after the manner of
the Egyptians.
		 -- Abraham 1:11
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And it came to pass that the priests laid violence upon me, that they
might slay me also, as they did those virgins upon this altar; and
that you may have a knowledge of this altar, I will refer you to the
representation at the commencement of this record.
		 -- Abraham 1:12
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It was made after the form of a bedstead, such as was had among the
Chaldeans, and it stood before the gods of Elkenah, Libnah, Mahmackrah,
Korash, and also a god like unto that of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
		 -- Abraham 1:13
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That you may have an understanding of these gods, I have given you the
fashion of them in the figures at the beginning, which manner of figures
is called by the Chaldeans Rahleenos, which signifies hieroglyphics.
		 -- Abraham 1:14
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And as they lifted up their hands upon me, that they might offer me up
and take away my life, behold, I lifted up my voice unto the Lord my God,
and the Lord hearkened and heard, and he filled me with the vision of
the Almighty, and the angel of his presence stood by me, and immediately
unloosed my bands;
		 -- Abraham 1:15
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And his voice was unto me: Abraham, Abraham, behold, my name is Jehovah,
and I have heard thee, and have come down to deliver thee, and to take
thee away from thy father's house, and from all thy kinsfolk, into a
strange land which thou knowest not of;
		 -- Abraham 1:16
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And this because they have turned their hearts away from me, to worship
the god of Elkenah, and the god of Libnah, and the god of Mahmackrah,
and the god of Korash, and the god of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; therefore
I have come down to visit them, and to destroy him who hath lifted up
his hand against thee, Abraham, my son, to take away thy life.
		 -- Abraham 1:17
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Behold, I will lead thee by my hand, and I will take thee, to put upon
thee my name, even the Priesthood of thy father, and my power shall be
over thee.
		 -- Abraham 1:18
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As it was with Noah so shall it be with thee; but through thy ministry
my name shall be known in the earth forever, for I am thy God.
		 -- Abraham 1:19
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Behold, Potiphar's Hill was in the land of Ur, of Chaldea.  And the
Lord broke down the altar of Elkenah, and of the gods of the land, and
utterly destroyed them, and smote the priest that he died; and there
was great mourning in Chaldea, and also in the court of Pharaoh; which
Pharaoh signifies king by royal blood.
		 -- Abraham 1:20
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Now this king of Egypt was a descendant from the loins of Ham, and was
a partaker of the blood of the Canaanites by birth.
		 -- Abraham 1:21
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From this descent sprang all the Egyptians, and thus the blood of the
Canaanites was preserved in the land.
		 -- Abraham 1:22
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The land of Egypt being first discovered by a woman, who was the daughter
of Ham, and the daughter of Egyptus, which in the Chaldean signifies
Egypt, which signifies that which is forbidden;
		 -- Abraham 1:23
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When this woman discovered the land it was under water, who afterward
settled her sons in it; and thus, from Ham, sprang that race which
preserved the curse in the land.
		 -- Abraham 1:24
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Now the first government of Egypt was established by Pharaoh, the eldest
son of Egyptus, the daughter of Ham, and it was after the manner of the
government of Ham, which was patriarchal.
		 -- Abraham 1:25
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Pharaoh, being a righteous man, established his kingdom and judged his
people wisely and justly all his days, seeking earnestly to imitate that
order established by the fathers in the first generations, in the days of
the first patriarchal reign, even in the reign of Adam, and also of Noah,
his father, who blessed him with the blessings of the earth, and with
the blessings of wisdom, but cursed him as pertaining to the Priesthood.
		 -- Abraham 1:26
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Now, Pharaoh being of that lineage by which he could not have the right
of Priesthood, notwithstanding the Pharaohs would fain claim it from Noah,
through Ham, therefore my father was led away by their idolatry;
		 -- Abraham 1:27
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But I shall endeavor, hereafter, to delineate the chronology running
back from myself to the beginning of the creation, for the records have
come into my hands, which I hold unto this present time.
		 -- Abraham 1:28
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Now, after the priest of Elkenah was smitten that he died, there came a
fulfilment of those things which were said unto me concerning the land
of Chaldea, that there should be a famine in the land.
		 -- Abraham 1:29
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Accordingly a famine prevailed throughout all the land of Chaldea, and
my father was sorely tormented because of the famine, and he repented
of the evil which he had determined against me, to take away my life.
		 -- Abraham 1:30
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But the records of the fathers, even the patriarchs, concerning the right
of Priesthood, the Lord my God preserved in mine own hands; therefore a
knowledge of the beginning of the creation, and also of the planets, and
of the stars, as they were made known unto the fathers, have I kept even
unto this day, and I shall endeavor to write some of these things upon
this record, for the benefit of my posterity that shall come after me.
		 -- Abraham 1:31
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NOW the Lord God caused the famine to wax sore in the land of Ur,
insomuch that Haran, my brother, died; but Terah, my father, yet lived
in the land of Ur, of the Chaldees.
		 -- Abraham 2:1
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And it came to pass that I, Abraham, took Sarai to wife, and Nahor,
my brother, took Milcah to wife, who was the daughter of Haran.
		 -- Abraham 2:2
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Now the Lord had said unto me: Abraham, get thee out of thy country,
and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I
will show thee.
		 -- Abraham 2:3
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Therefore I left the land of Ur, of the Chaldees, to go into the land
of Canaan; and I took Lot, my brother's son, and his wife, and Sarai
my wife; and also my father followed after me, unto the land which we
denominated Haran.
		 -- Abraham 2:4
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And the famine abated; and my father tarried in Haran and dwelt there,
as there were many flocks in Haran; and my father turned again unto his
idolatry, therefore he continued in Haran.
		 -- Abraham 2:5
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But I, Abraham, and Lot, my brother's son, prayed unto the Lord, and the
Lord appeared unto me, and said unto me: Arise, and take Lot with thee;
for I have purposed to take thee away out of Haran, and to make of thee a
minister to bear my name in a strange land which I will give unto thy seed
after thee for an everlasting possession, when they hearken to my voice.
		 -- Abraham 2:6
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For I am the Lord thy God; I dwell in heaven; the earth is my footstool;
I stretch my hand over the sea, and it obeys my voice; I cause the wind
and the fire to be my chariot; I say to the mountains--Depart hence--and
behold, they are taken away by a whirlwind, in an instant, suddenly.
		 -- Abraham 2:7
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My name is Jehovah, and I know the end from the beginning; therefore my
hand shall be over thee.
		 -- Abraham 2:8
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And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee above
measure, and make thy name great among all nations, and thou shalt be a
blessing unto thy seed after thee, that in their hands they shall bear
this ministry and Priesthood unto all nations;
		 -- Abraham 2:9
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And I will bless them through thy name; for as many as receive this
Gospel shall be called after thy name, and shall be accounted thy seed,
and shall rise up and bless thee, as their father;
		 -- Abraham 2:10
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And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee;
and in thee (that is, in thy Priesthood) and in thy seed (that is,
thy Priesthood), for I give unto thee a promise that this right shall
continue in thee, and in thy seed after thee (that is to say, the literal
seed, or the seed of the body) shall all the families of the earth be
blessed, even with the blessings of the Gospel, which are the blessings
of salvation, even of life eternal.
		 -- Abraham 2:11
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Now, after the Lord had withdrawn from speaking to me, and withdrawn his
face from me, I said in my heart: Thy servant has sought thee earnestly;
now I have found thee;
		 -- Abraham 2:12
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Thou didst send thine angel to deliver me from the gods of Elkenah,
and I will do well to hearken unto thy voice, therefore let thy servant
rise up and depart in peace.
		 -- Abraham 2:13
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So I, Abraham, departed as the Lord had said unto me, and Lot with me;
and I, Abraham, was sixty and two years old when I departed out of Haran.
		 -- Abraham 2:14
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And I took Sarai, whom I took to wife when I was in Ur, in Chaldea,
and Lot, my brother's son, and all our substance that we had gathered,
and the souls that we had won in Haran, and came forth in the way to
the land of Canaan, and dwelt in tents as we came on our way;
		 -- Abraham 2:15
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Therefore, eternity was our covering and our rock and our salvation, as we
journeyed from Haran by the way of Jershon, to come to the land of Canaan.
		 -- Abraham 2:16
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Now I, Abraham, built an altar in the land of Jershon, and made an
offering unto the Lord, and prayed that the famine might be turned away
from my father's house, that they might not perish.
		 -- Abraham 2:17
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And then we passed from Jershon through the land unto the place of
Sechem; it was situated in the plains of Moreh, and we had already come
into the borders of the land of the Canaanites, and I offered sacrifice
there in the plains of Moreh, and called on the Lord devoutly, because
we had already come into the land of this idolatrous nation.
		 -- Abraham 2:18
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And the Lord appeared unto me in answer to my prayers, and said unto me:
Unto thy seed will I give this land.
		 -- Abraham 2:19
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And I, Abraham, arose from the place of the altar which I had built unto
the Lord, and removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel,
and pitched my tent there, Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east;
and there I built another altar unto the Lord, and called again upon
the name of the Lord.
		 -- Abraham 2:20
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And I, Abraham, journeyed, going on still towards the south; and there
was a continuation of a famine in the land; and I, Abraham, concluded to
go down into Egypt, to sojourn there, for the famine became very grievous.
		 -- Abraham 2:21
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And it came to pass when I was come near to enter into Egypt, the Lord
said unto me: Behold, Sarai, thy wife, is a very fair woman to look upon;
		 -- Abraham 2:22
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Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see her, they
will say--She is his wife; and they will kill you, but they will save
her alive; therefore see that ye do on this wise:
		 -- Abraham 2:23
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Let her say unto the Egyptians, she is thy sister, and thy soul shall
live.
		 -- Abraham 2:24
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And it came to pass that I, Abraham, told Sarai, my wife, all that the
Lord had said unto me--Therefore say unto them, I pray thee, thou art
my sister, that it may be well with me for thy sake, and my soul shall
live because of thee.
		 -- Abraham 2:25
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AND I, Abraham, had the Urim and Thummim, which the Lord my God had
given unto me, in Ur of the Chaldees;
		 -- Abraham 3:1
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And I saw the stars, that they were very great, and that one of them
was nearest unto the throne of God; and there were many great ones which
were near unto it;
		 -- Abraham 3:2
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And the Lord said unto me: These are the governing ones; and the name of
the great one is Kolob, because it is near unto me, for I am the Lord
thy God: I have set this one to govern all those which belong to the
same order as that upon which thou standest.
		 -- Abraham 3:3
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And the Lord said unto me, by the Urim and Thummim, that Kolob was
after the manner of the Lord, according to its times and seasons in the
revolutions thereof; that one revolution was a day unto the Lord, after
his manner of reckoning, it being one thousand years according to the
time appointed unto that whereon thou standest.  This is the reckoning
of the Lord's time, according to the reckoning of Kolob.
		 -- Abraham 3:4
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And the Lord said unto me: The planet which is the lesser light, lesser
than that which is to rule the day, even the night, is above or greater
than that upon which thou standest in point of reckoning, for it moveth
in order more slow; this is in order because it standeth above the earth
upon which thou standest, therefore the reckoning of its time is not so
many as to its number of days, and of months, and of years.
		 -- Abraham 3:5
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And the Lord said unto me: Now, Abraham, these two facts exist, behold
thine eyes see it; it is given unto thee to know the times of reckoning,
and the set time, yea, the set time of the earth upon which thou standest,
and the set time of the greater light which is set to rule the day,
and the set time of the lesser light which is set to rule the night.
		 -- Abraham 3:6
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Now the set time of the lesser light is a longer time as to its reckoning
than the reckoning of the time of the earth upon which thou standest.
		 -- Abraham 3:7
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And where these two facts exist, there shall be another fact above them,
that is, there shall be another planet whose reckoning of time shall be
longer still;
		 -- Abraham 3:8
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And thus there shall be the reckoning of the time of one planet above
another, until thou come nigh unto Kolob, which Kolob is after the
reckoning of the Lord's time; which Kolob is set nigh unto the throne
of God, to govern all those planets which belong to the same order as
that upon which thou standest.
		 -- Abraham 3:9
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And it is given unto thee to know the set time of all the stars that
are set to give light, until thou come near unto the throne of God.
		 -- Abraham 3:10
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Thus I, Abraham, talked with the Lord, face to face, as one man talketh
with another; and he told me of the works which his hands had made;
		 -- Abraham 3:11
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And he said unto me: My son, my son (and his hand was stretched out),
behold I will show you all these.  And he put his hand upon mine eyes,
and I saw those things which his hands had made, which were many; and
they multiplied before mine eyes, and I could not see the end thereof.
		 -- Abraham 3:12
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And he said unto me: This is Shinehah, which is the sun.  And he said unto
me: Kokob, which is star.  And he said unto me: Olea, which is the moon.
And he said unto me: Kokaubeam, which signifies stars, or all the great
lights, which were in the firmament of heaven.
		 -- Abraham 3:13
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And it was in the night time when the Lord spake these words unto me:
I will multiply thee, and thy seed after thee, like unto these; and if
thou canst count the number of sands, so shall be the number of thy seeds.
		 -- Abraham 3:14
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And the Lord said unto me: Abraham, I show these things unto thee before
ye go into Egypt, that ye may declare all these words.
		 -- Abraham 3:15
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If two things exist, and there be one above the other, there shall be
greater things above them; therefore Kolob is the greatest of all the
Kokaubeam that thou hast seen, because it is nearest unto me.
		 -- Abraham 3:16
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Now, if there be two things, one above the other, and the moon be above
the earth, then it may be that a planet or a star may exist above it;
and there is nothing that the Lord thy God shall take in his heart to
do but what he will do it.
		 -- Abraham 3:17
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Howbeit that he made the greater star; as, also, if there be two spirits,
and one shall be more intelligent than the other, yet these two spirits,
notwithstanding one is more intelligent than the other, have no beginning;
they existed before, they shall have no end, they shall exist after,
for they are gnolaum, or eternal.
		 -- Abraham 3:18
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And the Lord said unto me: These two facts do exist, that there are
two spirits, one being more intelligent than the other; there shall be
another more intelligent than they; I am the Lord thy God, I am more
intelligent than they all.
		 -- Abraham 3:19
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The Lord thy God sent his angel to deliver thee from the hands of the
priest of Elkenah.
		 -- Abraham 3:20
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I dwell in the midst of them all; I now, therefore, have come down unto
thee to declare unto thee the works which my hands have made, wherein my
wisdom excelleth them all, for I rule in the heavens above, and in the
earth beneath, in all wisdom and prudence, over all the intelligences
thine eyes have seen from the beginning; I came down in the beginning
in the midst of all the intelligences thou hast seen.
		 -- Abraham 3:21
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Now the Lord had shown unto me, Abraham, the intelligences that were
organized before the world was; and among all these there were many of
the noble and great ones;
		 -- Abraham 3:22
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And God saw these souls that they were good, and he stood in the midst of
them, and he said: These I will make my rulers; for he stood among those
that were spirits, and he saw that they were good; and he said unto me:
Abraham, thou art one of them; thou wast chosen before thou wast born.
		 -- Abraham 3:23
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And there stood one among them that was like unto God, and he said unto
those who were with him: We will go down, for there is space there,
and we will take of these materials, and we will make an earth whereon
these may dwell;
		 -- Abraham 3:24
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And we will prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things
whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them;
		 -- Abraham 3:25
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And they who keep their first estate shall be added upon; and they who
keep not their first estate shall not have glory in the same kingdom
with those who keep their first estate; and they who keep their second
estate shall have glory added upon their heads for ever and ever.
		 -- Abraham 3:26
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And the Lord said: Whom shall I send?  And one answered like unto the Son
of Man: Here am I, send me.  And another answered and said: Here am I,
send me.  And the Lord said: I will send the first.
		 -- Abraham 3:27
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And the second was angry, and kept not his first estate; and, at that day,
many followed after him.
		 -- Abraham 3:28
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AND then the Lord said: Let us go down.  And they went down at the
beginning, and they, that is the Gods, organized and formed the heavens
and the earth.
		 -- Abraham 4:1
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And the earth, after it was formed, was empty and desolate, because
they had not formed anything but the earth; and darkness reigned upon
the face of the deep, and the Spirit of the Gods was brooding upon the
face of the waters.
		 -- Abraham 4:2
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And they (the Gods) said: Let there be light; and there was light.
		 -- Abraham 4:3
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And they (the Gods) comprehended the light, for it was bright; and they
divided the light, or caused it to be divided, from the darkness.
		 -- Abraham 4:4
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And the Gods called the light Day, and the darkness they called Night.
And it came to pass that from the evening until morning they called
night; and from the morning until the evening they called day; and this
was the first, or the beginning, of that which they called day and night.
		 -- Abraham 4:5
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And the Gods also said: Let there be an expanse in the midst of the
waters, and it shall divide the waters from the waters.
		 -- Abraham 4:6
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And the Gods ordered the expanse, so that it divided the waters which
were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse;
and it was so, even as they ordered.
		 -- Abraham 4:7
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And the Gods called the expanse, Heaven.  And it came to pass that it
was from evening until morning that they called night; and it came to
pass that it was from morning until evening that they called day; and
this was the second time that they called night and day.
		 -- Abraham 4:8
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And the Gods ordered, saying: Let the waters under the heaven be gathered
together unto one place, and let the earth come up dry; and it was so
as they ordered;
		 -- Abraham 4:9
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And the Gods pronounced the dry land, Earth; and the gathering together
of the waters, pronounced they, Great Waters; and the Gods saw that they
were obeyed.
		 -- Abraham 4:10
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And the Gods said: Let us prepare the earth to bring forth grass; the
herb yielding seed; the fruit tree yielding fruit, after his kind, whose
seed in itself yieldeth its own likeness upon the earth; and it was so,
even as they ordered.
		 -- Abraham 4:11
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And the Gods organized the earth to bring forth grass from its own seed,
and the herb to bring forth herb from its own seed, yielding seed after
his kind; and the earth to bring forth the tree from its own seed,
yielding fruit, whose seed could only bring forth the same in itself,
after his kind; and the Gods saw that they were obeyed.
		 -- Abraham 4:12
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And it came to pass that they numbered the days; from the evening until
the morning they called night; and it came to pass, from the morning
until the evening they called day; and it was the third time.
		 -- Abraham 4:13
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And the Gods organized the lights in the expanse of the heaven, and
caused them to divide the day from the night; and organized them to be
for signs and for seasons, and for days and for years;
		 -- Abraham 4:14
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And organized them to be for lights in the expanse of the heaven to give
light upon the earth; and it was so.
		 -- Abraham 4:15
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And the Gods organized the two great lights, the greater light to rule
the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; with the lesser light
they set the stars also;
		 -- Abraham 4:16
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And the Gods set them in the expanse of the heavens, to give light upon
the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to cause to
divide the light from the darkness.
		 -- Abraham 4:17
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And the Gods watched those things which they had ordered until they
obeyed.
		 -- Abraham 4:18
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And it came to pass that it was from evening until morning that it was
night; and it came to pass that it was from morning until evening that
it was day; and it was the fourth time.
		 -- Abraham 4:19
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And the Gods said: Let us prepare the waters to bring forth abundantly
the moving creatures that have life; and the fowl, that they may fly
above the earth in the open expanse of heaven.
		 -- Abraham 4:20
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And the Gods prepared the waters that they might bring forth great whales,
and every living creature that moveth, which the waters were to bring
forth abundantly after their kind; and every winged fowl after their kind.
And the Gods saw that they would be obeyed, and that their plan was good.
		 -- Abraham 4:21
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And the Gods said: We will bless them, and cause them to be fruitful
and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas or great waters; and cause
the fowl to multiply in the earth.
		 -- Abraham 4:22
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And it came to pass that it was from evening until morning that they
called night; and it came to pass that it was from morning until evening
that they called day; and it was the fifth time.
		 -- Abraham 4:23
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And the Gods prepared the earth to bring forth the living creature
after his kind, cattle and creeping things, and beasts of the earth
after their kind; and it was so, as they had said.
		 -- Abraham 4:24
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And the Gods organized the earth to bring forth the beasts after their
kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon
the earth after its kind; and the Gods saw they would obey.
		 -- Abraham 4:25
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And the Gods took counsel among themselves and said: Let us go down
and form man in our image, after our likeness; and we will give them
dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and
over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing
that creepeth upon the earth.
		 -- Abraham 4:26
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So the Gods went down to organize man in their own image, in the image
of the Gods to form they him, male and female to form they them.
		 -- Abraham 4:27
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And the Gods said: We will bless them.	And the Gods said: We will cause
them to be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it,
and to 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.
		 -- Abraham 4:28
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And the Gods said: Behold, we will give them every herb bearing seed
that shall come upon the face of all the earth, and every tree which
shall have fruit upon it; yea, the fruit of the tree yielding seed to
them we will give it; it shall be for their meat.
		 -- Abraham 4:29
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And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to
every thing that creepeth upon the earth, behold, we will give them life,
and also we will give to them every green herb for meat, and all these
things shall be thus organized.
		 -- Abraham 4:30
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And the Gods said: We will do everything that we have said, and organize
them; and behold, they shall be very obedient.	And it came to pass
that it was from evening until morning they called night; and it came
to pass that it was from morning until evening that they called day;
and they numbered the sixth time.
		 -- Abraham 4:31
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AND thus we will finish the heavens and the earth, and all the hosts
of them.
		 -- Abraham 5:1
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And the Gods said among themselves: On the seventh time we will end our
work, which we have counseled; and we will rest on the seventh time from
all our work which we have counseled.
		 -- Abraham 5:2
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And the Gods concluded upon the seventh time, because that on the
seventh time they would rest from all their works which they (the Gods)
counseled among themselves to form; and sanctified it.	And thus were
their decisions at the time that they counseled among themselves to form
the heavens and the earth.
		 -- Abraham 5:3
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And the Gods came down and formed these the generations of the heavens
and of the earth, when they were formed in the day that the Gods formed
the earth and the heavens,
		 -- Abraham 5:4
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According to all that which they had said concerning every plant of the
field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it
grew; for the Gods had not caused it to rain upon the earth when they
counseled to do them, and had not formed a man to till the ground.
		 -- Abraham 5:5
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But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of
the ground.
		 -- Abraham 5:6
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And the Gods formed man from the dust of the ground, and took his spirit
(that is, the man's spirit), and put it into him; and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
		 -- Abraham 5:7
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And the Gods planted a garden, eastward in Eden, and there they put the
man, whose spirit they had put into the body which they had formed.
		 -- Abraham 5:8
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And out of the ground made the Gods to grow every tree that is pleasant
to the sight and good for food; the tree of life, also, in the midst of
the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
		 -- Abraham 5:9
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There was a river running out of Eden, to water the garden, and from
thence it was parted and became into four heads.
		 -- Abraham 5:10
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And the Gods took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden, to dress
it and to keep it.
		 -- Abraham 5:11
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And the Gods commanded the man, saying: Of every tree of the garden thou
mayest freely eat,
		 -- Abraham 5:12
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But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it;
for in the time that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die.  Now I,
Abraham, saw that it was after the Lord's time, which was after the time
of Kolob; for as yet the Gods had not appointed unto Adam his reckoning.
		 -- Abraham 5:13
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And the Gods said: Let us make an help meet for the man, for it is not
good that the man should be alone, therefore we will form an help meet
for him.
		 -- Abraham 5:14
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And the Gods caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam; and he slept, and
they took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in the stead thereof;
		 -- Abraham 5:15
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And of the rib which the Gods had taken from man, formed they a woman,
and brought her unto the man.
		 -- Abraham 5:16
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And Adam said: This was bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; now
she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of man;
		 -- Abraham 5:17
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Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave
unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
		 -- Abraham 5:18
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And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
		 -- Abraham 5:19
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And out of the ground the Gods formed every beast of the field, and every
fowl of the air, and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call
them; and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that should be
the name thereof.
		 -- Abraham 5:20
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And Adam gave names to all cattle, to the fowl of the air, to every
beast of the field; and for Adam, there was found an help meet for him.
		 -- Abraham 5:21
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FOR I say unto you, that ye shall not see me henceforth and know that I
am he of whom it is written by the prophets, until ye shall say: Blessed
is he who cometh in the name of the Lord, in the clouds of heaven, and
all the holy angels with him.  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.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:1
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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.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:2
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And Jesus said unto them: See ye not all these things, and do ye 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.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:3
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And Jesus left them, and went upon the Mount of Olives.  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?
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:4
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And Jesus answered, and said unto them: Take heed that no man deceive you;
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:5
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For many shall come in my name, saying--I am Christ--and shall deceive
many;
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:6
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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;
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:7
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And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall
hate one another;
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:8
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And many false prophets shall arise, and shall deceive many;
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:9
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And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold;
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:10
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But he that remaineth steadfast and is not overcome, the same shall
be saved.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:11
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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.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:12
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Then let them who are in Judea flee into the mountains;
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:13
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Let him who is on the housetop flee, and not return to take anything
out of his house;
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:14
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Neither let him who is in the field return back to take his clothes;
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:15
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And wo unto them that are with child, and unto them that give suck in
those days;
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:16
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Therefore, pray ye the Lord that your flight be not in the winter,
neither on the Sabbath day;
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:17
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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 until this time; no, nor
ever shall be sent again upon Israel.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:18
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All things which have befallen them are only the beginning of the sorrows
which shall come upon them.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:19
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And except those days should be shortened, there should none of their
flesh be saved; but for the elect's sake, according to the covenant,
those days shall be shortened.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:20
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Behold, these things I have spoken unto you concerning the Jews;
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;
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:21
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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.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:22
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Behold, I speak these things unto you for the elect's sake; 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.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:23
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Behold, I have told you before;
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:24
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Wherefore, if they shall say unto you: Behold, he is in the desert;
go not forth: Behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not;
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:25
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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.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:26
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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.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:27
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And they shall hear of wars, and rumors of wars.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:28
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Behold I speak for mine elect's sake; for nation shall rise against
nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there shall be famines, and
pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:29
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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.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:30
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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;
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:31
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And again shall the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the
prophet, be fulfilled.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:32
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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.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:33
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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.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:34
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Although, the days will come, that heaven and earth shall pass away;
yet my words shall not pass away, but all shall be fulfilled.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:35
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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;
and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven, with
power and great glory;
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:36
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And whoso treasureth up my word, shall not be deceived, 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.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:37
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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;
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:38
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So likewise, mine elect, when they shall see all these things, they
shall know that he is near, even at the doors;
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:39
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But of that day, and hour, no one knoweth; no, not the angels of God in
heaven, but my Father only.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:40
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But as it was in the days of Noah, so it shall be also at the coming of
the Son of Man;
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:41
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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;
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:42
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And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also
the coming of the Son of Man be.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:43
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Then shall be fulfilled that which is written, that in the last days,
two shall be in the field, the one shall be taken, and the other left;
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:44
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Two shall be grinding at the mill, the one shall be taken, and the
other left;
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:45
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And what I say unto one, I say unto all men; watch, therefore, for you
know not at what hour your Lord doth come.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:46
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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.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:47
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Therefore be ye also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not, the
Son of Man cometh.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:48
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Who, then, is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler
over his household, to give them meat in due season?
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:49
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Blessed is that servant whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so
doing; and verily I say unto you, he shall make him ruler over all
his goods.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:50
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But if that evil servant shall say in his heart: My lord delayeth
his coming,
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:51
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And shall begin to smite his fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with
the drunken,
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:52
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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,
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:53
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And shall cut him asunder, and shall appoint him his portion with the
hypocrites; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:54
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And thus cometh the end of the wicked, according to the prophecy of Moses,
saying: They shall be cut off from among the people; but the end of the
earth is not yet, but by and by.
		 -- Joseph Smith--Matthew 1:55
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OWING to the many reports which have been put in circulation by
evil-disposed and designing persons, in relation to the rise and progress
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, all of which have been
designed by the authors thereof to militate against its character as a
Church and its progress in the world--I have been induced to write this
history, to disabuse the public mind, and put all inquirers after truth
in possession of the facts, as they have transpired, in relation both
to myself and the Church, so far as I have such facts in my possession.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:1
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In this history I shall present the various events in relation to this
Church, in truth and righteousness, as they have transpired, or as they
at present exist, being now [1838] the eighth year since the organization
of the said Church.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:2
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I was born in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five,
on the twenty-third day of December, in the town of Sharon, Windsor
county, State of Vermont . . . My father, Joseph Smith, Sen., left the
State of Vermont, and moved to Palmyra, Ontario (now Wayne) county,
in the State of New York, when I was in my tenth year, or thereabouts.
In about four years after my father's arrival in Palmyra, he moved with
his family into Manchester in the same county of Ontario--
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:3
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His family consisting of eleven souls, namely, my father, Joseph Smith;
my mother, Lucy Smith (whose name, previous to her marriage, was Mack,
daughter of Solomon Mack); my brothers, Alvin (who died November 19th,
1823, in the 26th year of his age), Hyrum, myself, Samuel Harrison,
William, Don Carlos; and my sisters, Sophronia, Catherine, and Lucy.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:4
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Some time in the second year after our removal to Manchester, there was in
the place where we lived an unusual excitement on the subject of religion.
It commenced with the Methodists, but soon became general among all the
sects in that region of country.  Indeed, the whole district of country
seemed affected by it, and great multitudes united themselves to the
different religious parties, which created no small stir and division
amongst the people, some crying, "Lo, here!" and others, "Lo, there!"
Some were contending for the Methodist faith, some for the Presbyterian,
and some for the Baptist.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:5
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For, notwithstanding the great love which the converts to these different
faiths expressed at the time of their conversion, and the great zeal
manifested by the respective clergy, who were active in getting up and
promoting this extraordinary scene of religious feeling, in order to
have everybody converted, as they were pleased to call it, let them
join what sect they pleased; yet when the converts began to file off,
some to one party and some to another, it was seen that the seemingly
good feelings of both the priests and the converts were more pretended
than real; for a scene of great confusion and bad feeling ensued--priest
contending against priest, and convert against convert; so that all their
good feelings one for another, if they ever had any, were entirely lost
in a strife of words and a contest about opinions.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:6
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I was at this time in my fifteenth year.  My father's family was
proselyted to the Presbyterian faith, and four of them joined that church,
namely, my mother, Lucy; my brothers Hyrum and Samuel Harrison; and my
sister Sophronia.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:7
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During this time of great excitement my mind was called up to serious
reflection and great uneasiness; but though my feelings were deep and
often poignant, still I kept myself aloof from all these parties, though
I attended their several meetings as often as occasion would permit.
In process of time my mind became somewhat partial to the Methodist
sect, and I felt some desire to be united with them; but so great were
the confusion and strife among the different denominations, that it was
impossible for a person young as I was, and so unacquainted with men and
things, to come to any certain conclusion who was right and who was wrong.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:8
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My mind at times was greatly excited, the cry and tumult were so great
and incessant.	The Presbyterians were most decided against the Baptists
and Methodists, and used all the powers of both reason and sophistry
to prove their errors, or, at least, to make the people think they were
in error.  On the other hand, the Baptists and Methodists in their turn
were equally zealous in endeavoring to establish their own tenets and
disprove all others.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:9
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In the midst of this war of words and tumult of opinions, I often said
to myself: What is to be done?	Who of all these parties are right; or,
are they all wrong together?  If any one of them be right, which is it,
and how shall I know it?
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:10
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While I was laboring under the extreme difficulties caused by the
contests of these parties of religionists, I was one day reading the
Epistle of James, first chapter and fifth verse, which reads: 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.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:11
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Never did any passage of scripture come with more power to the heart of
man than this did at this time to mine.  It seemed to enter with great
force into every feeling of my heart.  I reflected on it again and again,
knowing that if any person needed wisdom from God, I did; for how to
act I did not know, and unless I could get more wisdom than I then had,
I would never know; for the teachers of religion of the different sects
understood the same passages of scripture so differently as to destroy
all confidence in settling the question by an appeal to the Bible.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:12
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At length I came to the conclusion that I must either remain in darkness
and confusion, or else I must do as James directs, that is, ask of God.
I at length came to the determination to "ask of God," concluding that
if he gave wisdom to them that lacked wisdom, and would give liberally,
and not upbraid, I might venture.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:13
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So, in accordance with this, my determination to ask of God, I retired
to the woods to make the attempt.  It was on the morning of a beautiful,
clear day, early in the spring of eighteen hundred and twenty.	It was
the first time in my life that I had made such an attempt, for amidst
all my anxieties I had never as yet made the attempt to pray vocally.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:14
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After I had retired to the place where I had previously designed to go,
having looked around me, and finding myself alone, I kneeled down and
began to offer up the desires of my heart to God.  I had scarcely done
so, when immediately I was seized upon by some power which entirely
overcame me, and had such an astonishing influence over me as to bind
my tongue so that I could not speak.  Thick darkness gathered around me,
and it seemed to me for a time as if I were doomed to sudden destruction.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:15
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But, exerting all my powers to call upon God to deliver me out of the
power of this enemy which had seized upon me, and at the very moment when
I was ready to sink into despair and abandon myself to destruction--not
to an imaginary ruin, but to the power of some actual being from the
unseen world, who had such marvelous power as I had never before felt in
any being--just at this moment of great alarm, I saw a pillar of light
exactly over my head, above the brightness of the sun, which descended
gradually until it fell upon me.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:16
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It no sooner appeared than I found myself delivered from the enemy which
held me bound.	When the light rested upon me I saw two Personages, whose
brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me in the air.
One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the
other--This is My Beloved Son.	Hear Him!
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:17
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My object in going to inquire of the Lord was to know which of all the
sects was right, that I might know which to join.  No sooner, therefore,
did I get possession of myself, so as to be able to speak, than I asked
the Personages who stood above me in the light, which of all the sects
was right (for at this time it had never entered into my heart that all
were wrong)--and which I should join.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:18
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I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all wrong;
and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an
abomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt; that:
"they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from
me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of
godliness, but they deny the power thereof."
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:19
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He again forbade me to join with any of them; and many other things
did he say unto me, which I cannot write at this time.	When I came to
myself again, I found myself lying on my back, looking up into heaven.
When the light had departed, I had no strength; but soon recovering in
some degree, I went home.  And as I leaned up to the fireplace, mother
inquired what the matter was.  I replied, "Never mind, all is well--I am
well enough off."  I then said to my mother, "I have learned for myself
that Presbyterianism is not true."  It seems as though the adversary was
aware, at a very early period of my life, that I was destined to prove a
disturber and an annoyer of his kingdom; else why should the powers of
darkness combine against me?  Why the opposition and persecution that
arose against me, almost in my infancy?
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:20
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Some few days after I had this vision, I happened to be in company
with one of the Methodist preachers, who was very active in the
before mentioned religious excitement; and, conversing with him on
the subject of religion, I took occasion to give him an account of
the vision which I had had.  I was greatly surprised at his behavior;
he treated my communication not only lightly, but with great contempt,
saying it was all of the devil, that there were no such things as visions
or revelations in these days; that all such things had ceased with the
apostles, and that there would never be any more of them.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:21
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I soon found, however, that my telling the story had excited a great
deal of prejudice against me among professors of religion, and was the
cause of great persecution, which continued to increase; and though
I was an obscure boy, only between fourteen and fifteen years of age,
and my circumstances in life such as to make a boy of no consequence
in the world, yet men of high standing would take notice sufficient
to excite the public mind against me, and create a bitter persecution;
and this was common among all the sects--all united to persecute me.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:22
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It caused me serious reflection then, and often has since, how very
strange it was that an obscure boy, of a little over fourteen years
of age, and one, too, who was doomed to the necessity of obtaining a
scanty maintenance by his daily labor, should be thought a character
of sufficient importance to attract the attention of the great ones of
the most popular sects of the day, and in a manner to create in them a
spirit of the most bitter persecution and reviling.  But strange or not,
so it was, and it was often the cause of great sorrow to myself.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:23
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However, it was nevertheless a fact that I had beheld a vision.  I have
thought since, that I felt much like Paul, when he made his defense before
King Agrippa, and related the account of the vision he had when he saw a
light, and heard a voice; but still there were but few who believed him;
some said he was dishonest, others said he was mad; and he was ridiculed
and reviled.  But all this did not destroy the reality of his vision.
He had seen a vision, he knew he had, and all the persecution under
heaven could not make it otherwise; and though they should persecute
him unto death, yet he knew, and would know to his latest breath, that
he had both seen a light and heard a voice speaking unto him, and all
the world could not make him think or believe otherwise.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:24
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So it was with me.  I had actually seen a light, and in the midst of
that light I saw two Personages, and they did in reality speak to me;
and though I was hated and persecuted for saying that I had seen a
vision, yet it was true; and while they were persecuting me, reviling
me, and speaking all manner of evil against me falsely for so saying,
I was led to say in my heart: Why persecute me for telling the truth?
I have actually seen a vision; and who am I that I can withstand God,
or why does the world think to make me deny what I have actually seen?
For I had seen a vision; I knew it, and I knew that God knew it, and
I could not deny it, neither dared I do it; at least I knew that by so
doing I would offend God, and come under condemnation.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:25
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I had now got my mind satisfied so far as the sectarian world was
concerned--that it was not my duty to join with any of them, but to
continue as I was until further directed.  I had found the testimony
of James to be true--that a man who lacked wisdom might ask of God,
and obtain, and not be upbraided.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:26
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I continued to pursue my common vocations in life until the twenty--first
of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, all the
time suffering severe persecution at the hands of all classes of men,
both religious and irreligious, because I continued to affirm that I
had seen a vision.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:27
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During the space of time which intervened between the time I had the
vision and the year eighteen hundred and twenty-three--having been
forbidden to join any of the religious sects of the day, and being of
very tender years, and persecuted by those who ought to have been my
friends and to have treated me kindly, and if they supposed me to be
deluded to have endeavored in a proper and affectionate manner to have
reclaimed me--I was left to all kinds of temptations; and, mingling
with all kinds of society, I frequently fell into many foolish errors,
and displayed the weakness of youth, and the foibles of human nature;
which, I am sorry to say, led me into divers temptations, offensive
in the sight of God.  In making this confession, no one need suppose
me guilty of any great or malignant sins.  A disposition to commit
such was never in my nature.  But I was guilty of levity, and sometimes
associated with jovial company, etc., not consistent with that character
which ought to be maintained by one who was called of God as I had been.
But this will not seem very strange to any one who recollects my youth,
and is acquainted with my native cheery temperament.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:28
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In consequence of these things, I often felt condemned for my weakness and
imperfections; when, on the evening of the above-mentioned twenty-first
of September, after I had retired to my bed for the night, I betook
myself to prayer and supplication to Almighty God for forgiveness of all
my sins and follies, and also for a manifestation to me, that I might
know of my state and standing before him; for I had full confidence in
obtaining a divine manifestation, as I previously had one.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:29
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While I was thus in the act of calling upon God, I discovered a light
appearing in my room, which continued to increase until the room was
lighter than at noonday, when immediately a personage appeared at my
bedside, standing in the air, for his feet did not touch the floor.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:30
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He had on a loose robe of most exquisite whiteness.  It was a whiteness
beyond anything earthly I had ever seen; nor do I believe that any
earthly thing could be made to appear so exceedingly white and brilliant.
His hands were naked, and his arms also, a little above the wrist; so,
also, were his feet naked, as were his legs, a little above the ankles.
His head and neck were also bare.  I could discover that he had no
other clothing on but this robe, as it was open, so that I could see
into his bosom.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:31
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Not only was his robe exceedingly white, but his whole person was
glorious beyond description, and his countenance truly like lightning.
The room was exceedingly light, but not so very bright as immediately
around his person.  When I first looked upon him, I was afraid; but the
fear soon left me.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:32
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He called me by name, and said unto me that he was a messenger sent from
the presence of God to me, and that his name was Moroni; that God had
a work for me to do; and that my name should be had for good and evil
among all nations, kindreds, and tongues, or that it should be both good
and evil spoken of among all people.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:33
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He said there was a book deposited, written upon gold plates, giving an
account of the former inhabitants of this continent, and the source from
whence they sprang.  He also said that the fulness of the everlasting
Gospel was contained in it, as delivered by the Savior to the ancient
inhabitants;
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:34
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Also, that there were two stones in silver bows--and these stones,
fastened to a breastplate, constituted what is called the Urim and
Thummim--deposited with the plates; and the possession and use of these
stones were what constituted "seers" in ancient or former times; and
that God had prepared them for the purpose of translating the book.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:35
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After telling me these things, he commenced quoting the prophecies of
the Old Testament.  He first quoted part of the third chapter of Malachi;
and he quoted also the fourth or last chapter of the same prophecy, though
with a little variation from the way it reads in our Bibles.  Instead of
quoting the first verse as it reads in our books, he quoted it thus:
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:36
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For behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven, and all the
proud, yea, and all that do wickedly shall burn as stubble; for they
that come shall burn them, saith the Lord of Hosts, that it shall leave
them neither root nor branch.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:37
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And again, he quoted the fifth verse thus: Behold, I will reveal unto
you the Priesthood, by the hand of Elijah the prophet, before the coming
of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:38
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He also quoted the next verse differently: And he shall plant in the
hearts of the children the promises made to the fathers, and the hearts
of the children shall turn to their fathers.  If it were not so, the
whole earth would be utterly wasted at his coming.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:39
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In addition to these, he quoted the eleventh chapter of Isaiah, saying
that it was about to be fulfilled.  He quoted also the third chapter of
Acts, twenty-second and twenty-third verses, precisely as they stand in
our New Testament.  He said that that prophet was Christ; but the day
had not yet come when "they who would not hear his voice should be cut
off from among the people," but soon would come.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:40
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He also quoted the second chapter of Joel, from the twenty-eighth verse
to the last.  He also said that this was not yet fulfilled, but was soon
to be.	And he further stated that the fulness of the Gentiles was soon
to come in.  He quoted many other passages of scripture, and offered
many explanations which cannot be mentioned here.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:41
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Again, he told me, that when I got those plates of which he had
spoken--for the time that they should be obtained was not yet fulfilled--I
should not show them to any person; neither the breastplate with the Urim
and Thummim; only to those to whom I should be commanded to show them;
if I did I should be destroyed. While he was conversing with me about
the plates, the vision was opened to my mind that I could see the place
where the plates were deposited, and that so clearly and distinctly that
I knew the place again when I visited it.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:42
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After this communication, I saw the light in the room begin to gather
immediately around the person of him who had been speaking to me, and it
continued to do so until the room was again left dark, except just around
him; when, instantly I saw, as it were, a conduit open right up into
heaven, and he ascended till he entirely disappeared, and the room was
left as it had been before this heavenly light had made its appearance.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:43
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I lay musing on the singularity of the scene, and marveling greatly
at what had been told to me by this extraordinary messenger; when,
in the midst of my meditation, I suddenly discovered that my room was
again beginning to get lighted, and in an instant, as it were, the same
heavenly messenger was again by my bedside.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:44
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He commenced, and again related the very same things which he had done
at his first visit, without the least variation; which having done,
he informed me of great judgments which were coming upon the earth,
with great desolations by famine, sword, and pestilence; and that
these grievous judgments would come on the earth in this generation.
Having related these things, he again ascended as he had done before.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:45
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By this time, so deep were the impressions made on my mind, that sleep
had fled from my eyes, and I lay overwhelmed in astonishment at what I
had both seen and heard.  But what was my surprise when again I beheld
the same messenger at my bedside, and heard him rehearse or repeat over
again to me the same things as before; and added a caution to me, telling
me that Satan would try to tempt me (in consequence of the indigent
circumstances of my father's family), to get the plates for the purpose
of getting rich.  This he forbade me, saying that I must have no other
object in view in getting the plates but to glorify God, and must not
be influenced by any other motive than that of building his kingdom;
otherwise I could not get them.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:46
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After this third visit, he again ascended into heaven as before, and I was
again left to ponder on the strangeness of what I had just experienced;
when almost immediately after the heavenly messenger had ascended from me
for the third time, the cock crowed, and I found that day was approaching,
so that our interviews must have occupied the whole of that night.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:47
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I shortly after arose from my bed, and, as usual, went to the necessary
labors of the day; but, in attempting to work as at other times, I found
my strength so exhausted as to render me entirely unable.  My father,
who was laboring along with me, discovered something to be wrong with me,
and told me to go home.  I started with the intention of going to the
house; but, in attempting to cross the fence out of the field where we
were, my strength entirely failed me, and I fell helpless on the ground,
and for a time was quite unconscious of anything.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:48
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The first thing that I can recollect was a voice speaking unto me, calling
me by name.  I looked up, and beheld the same messenger standing over my
head, surrounded by light as before.  He then again related unto me all
that he had related to me the previous night, and commanded me to go to my
father and tell him of the vision and commandments which I had received.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:49
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I obeyed; I returned to my father in the field, and rehearsed the whole
matter to him.	He replied to me that it was of God, and told me to go
and do as commanded by the messenger. I left the field, and went to the
place where the messenger had told me the plates were deposited; and
owing to the distinctness of the vision which I had had concerning it,
I knew the place the instant that I arrived there.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:50
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Convenient to the village of Manchester, Ontario county, New York,
stands a hill of considerable size, and the most elevated of any in the
neighborhood.  On the west side of this hill, not far from the top, under
a stone of considerable size, lay the plates, deposited in a stone box.
This stone was thick and rounding in the middle on the upper side, and
thinner towards the edges, so that the middle part of it was visible
above the ground, but the edge all around was covered with earth.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:51
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Having removed the earth, I obtained a lever, which I got fixed under the
edge of the stone, and with a little exertion raised it up.  I looked
in, and there indeed did I behold the plates, the Urim and Thummim,
and the breastplate, as stated by the messenger.  The box in which
they lay was formed by laying stones together in some kind of cement.
In the bottom of the box were laid two stones crossways of the box,
and on these stones lay the plates and the other things with them.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:52
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I made an attempt to take them out, but was forbidden by the messenger,
and was again informed that the time for bringing them forth had not yet
arrived, neither would it, until four years from that time; but he told
me that I should come to that place precisely in one year from that time,
and that he would there meet with me, and that I should continue to do
so until the time should come for obtaining the plates.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:53
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Accordingly, as I had been commanded, I went at the end of each year, and
at each time I found the same messenger there, and received instruction
and intelligence from him at each of our interviews, respecting what the
Lord was going to do, and how and in what manner his kingdom was to be
conducted in the last days.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:54
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As my father's worldly circumstances were very limited, we were under
the necessity of laboring with our hands, hiring out by day's work and
otherwise, as we could get opportunity.  Sometimes we were at home,
and sometimes abroad, and by continuous labor were enabled to get a
comfortable maintenance.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:55
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In the year 1823 my father's family met with a great affliction by
the death of my eldest brother, Alvin.	In the month of October, 1825,
I hired with an old gentleman by the name of Josiah Stoal, who lived
in Chenango county, State of New York.	He had heard something of a
silver mine having been opened by the Spaniards in Harmony, Susquehanna
county, State of Pennsylvania; and had, previous to my hiring to him,
been digging, in order, if possible, to discover the mine.  After I
went to live with him, he took me, with the rest of his hands, to dig
for the silver mine, at which I continued to work for nearly a month,
without success in our undertaking, and finally I prevailed with the
old gentleman to cease digging after it.  Hence arose the very prevalent
story of my having been a money-digger.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:56
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During the time that I was thus employed, I was put to board with a
Mr. Isaac Hale, of that place; it was there I first saw my wife (his
daughter), Emma Hale.  On the 18th of January, 1827, we were married,
while I was yet employed in the service of Mr. Stoal.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:57
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Owing to my continuing to assert that I had seen a vision, persecution
still followed me, and my wife's father's family were very much opposed to
our being married.  I was, therefore, under the necessity of taking her
elsewhere; so we went and were married at the house of Squire Tarbill,
in South Bainbridge, Chenango county, New York.  Immediately after my
marriage, I left Mr. Stoal's, and went to my father's, and farmed with
him that season.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:58
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At length the time arrived for obtaining the plates, the Urim and Thummim,
and the breastplate.  On the twenty-second day of September, one thousand
eight hundred and twenty-seven, having gone as usual at the end of another
year to the place where they were deposited, the same heavenly messenger
delivered them up to me with this charge: that I should be responsible
for them; that if I should let them go carelessly, or through any neglect
of mine, I should be cut off; but that if I would use all my endeavors
to preserve them, until he, the messenger, should call for them, they
should be protected.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:59
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I soon found out the reason why I had received such strict charges to
keep them safe, and why it was that the messenger had said that when I
had done what was required at my hand, he would call for them.	For no
sooner was it known that I had them, than the most strenuous exertions
were used to get them from me.	Every stratagem that could be invented
was resorted to for that purpose.  The persecution became more bitter
and severe than before, and multitudes were on the alert continually to
get them from me if possible.  But by the wisdom of God, they remained
safe in my hands, until I had accomplished by them what was required at
my hand.  When, according to arrangements, the messenger called for them,
I delivered them up to him; and he has them in his charge until this day,
being the second day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:60
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The excitement, however, still continued, and rumor with her thousand
tongues was all the time employed in circulating falsehoods about my
father's family, and about myself.  If I were to relate a thousandth part
of them, it would fill up volumes.  The persecution, however, became so
intolerable that I was under the necessity of leaving Manchester, and
going with my wife to Susquehanna county, in the State of Pennsylvania.
While preparing to start--being very poor, and the persecution so heavy
upon us that there was no probability that we would ever be otherwise--in
the midst of our afflictions we found a friend in a gentleman by the name
of Martin Harris, who came to us and gave me fifty dollars to assist us
on our journey.  Mr. Harris was a resident of Palmyra township, Wayne
county, in the State of New York, and a farmer of respectability.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:61
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By this timely aid was I enabled to reach the place of my destination
in Pennsylvania; and immediately after my arrival there I commenced
copying the characters off the plates.	I copied a considerable number
of them, and by means of the Urim and Thummim I translated some of them,
which I did between the time I arrived at the house of my wife's father,
in the month of December, and the February following.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:62
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Sometime in this month of February, the aforementioned Mr. Martin Harris
came to our place, got the characters which I had drawn off the plates,
and started with them to the city of New York.	For what took place
relative to him and the characters, I refer to his own account of the
circumstances, as he related them to me after his return, which was
as follows:
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:63
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"I went to the city of New York, and presented the characters which
had been translated, with the translation thereof, to Professor
Charles Anthon, a gentleman celebrated for his literary attainments.
Professor Anthon stated that the translation was correct, more so than
any he had before seen translated from the Egyptian.  I then showed him
those which were not yet translated, and he said that they were Egyptian,
Chaldaic, Assyriac, and Arabic; and he said they were true characters.
He gave me a certificate, certifying to the people of Palmyra that they
were true characters, and that the translation of such of them as had
been translated was also correct.  I took the certificate and put it
into my pocket, and was just leaving the house, when Mr. Anthon called
me back, and asked me how the young man found out that there were gold
plates in the place where he found them.  I answered that an angel of
God had revealed it unto him.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:64
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"He then said to me, 'Let me see that certificate.' I accordingly took
it out of my pocket and gave it to him, when he took it and tore it to
pieces, saying that there was no such thing now as ministering of angels,
and that if I would bring the plates to him he would translate them.
I informed him that part of the plates were sealed, and that I was
forbidden to bring them.  He replied, 'I cannot read a sealed book.' I
left him and went to Dr. Mitchell, who sanctioned what Professor Anthon
had said respecting both the characters and the translation."
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:65
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On the 5th day of April, 1829, Oliver Cowdery came to my house, until
which time I had never seen him.  He stated to me that having been
teaching school in the neighborhood where my father resided, and my
father being one of those who sent to the school, he went to board for
a season at his house, and while there the family related to him the
circumstances of my having received the plates, and accordingly he had
come to make inquiries of me.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:66
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Two days after the arrival of Mr. Cowdery (being the 7th of April)
I commenced to translate the Book of Mormon, and he began to write for me.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:67
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We still continued the work of translation, when, in the ensuing month
(May, 1829), we on a certain day went into the woods to pray and inquire
of the Lord respecting baptism for the remission of sins, that we found
mentioned in the translation of the plates.  While we were thus employed,
praying and calling upon the Lord, a messenger from heaven descended in a
cloud of light, and having laid his hands upon us, he ordained us, saying:
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:68
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Upon you my fellow servants, in the name of Messiah, I confer the
Priesthood of Aaron, which holds the keys of the ministering of angels,
and of the gospel of repentance, and of baptism by immersion for the
remission of sins; and this shall never be taken again from the earth
until the sons of Levi do offer again an offering unto the Lord in
righteousness.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:69
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He said this Aaronic Priesthood had not the power of laying on hands
for the gift of the Holy Ghost, but that this should be conferred on
us hereafter; and he commanded us to go and be baptized, and gave us
directions that I should baptize Oliver Cowdery, and that afterwards he
should baptize me.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:70
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Accordingly we went and were baptized. I baptized him first, and
afterwards he baptized me--after which I laid my hands upon his head and
ordained him to the Aaronic Priesthood, and afterwards he laid his hands
on me and ordained me to the same Priesthood--for so we were commanded.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:71
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The messenger who visited us on this occasion and conferred this
Priesthood upon us, said that his name was John, the same that is called
John the Baptist in the New Testament, and that he acted under the
direction of Peter, James and John, who held the keys of the Priesthood
of Melchizedek, which Priesthood, he said, would in due time be conferred
on us, and that I should be called the first Elder of the Church, and he
(Oliver Cowdery) the second.  It was on the fifteenth day of May, 1829,
that we were ordained under the hand of this messenger, and baptized.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:72
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Immediately on our coming up out of the water after we had been baptized,
we experienced great and glorious blessings from our Heavenly Father.
No sooner had I baptized Oliver Cowdery, than the Holy Ghost fell upon
him, and he stood up and prophesied many things which should shortly come
to pass.  And again, so soon as I had been baptized by him, I also had
the spirit of prophecy, when, standing up, I prophesied concerning the
rise of this Church, and many other things connected with the Church,
and this generation of the children of men.  We were filled with the
Holy Ghost, and rejoiced in the God of our salvation.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:73
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Our minds being now enlightened, we began to have the scriptures laid open
to our understandings, and the true meaning and intention of their more
mysterious passages revealed unto us in a manner which we never could
attain to previously, nor ever before had thought of.  In the meantime
we were forced to keep secret the circumstances of having received the
Priesthood and our having been baptized, owing to a spirit of persecution
which had already manifested itself in the neighborhood.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:74
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We had been threatened with being mobbed, from time to time, and this,
too, by professors of religion.  And their intentions of mobbing us were
only counteracted by the influence of my wife's father's family (under
Divine providence), who had become very friendly to me, and who were
opposed to mobs, and were willing that I should be allowed to continue
the work of translation without interruption; and therefore offered
and promised us protection from all unlawful proceedings, as far as in
them lay.
		 -- Joseph Smith--History 1:75
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WE believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ,
and in the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Articles of Faith 1:1
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We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for
Adam's transgression.
		 -- Articles of Faith 1:2
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We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved,
by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.
		 -- Articles of Faith 1:3
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We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are:
first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism
by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for
the gift of the Holy Ghost.
		 -- Articles of Faith 1:4
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We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the
laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel
and administer in the ordinances thereof.
		 -- Articles of Faith 1:5
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We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church,
namely, apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth.
		 -- Articles of Faith 1:6
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We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing,
interpretation of tongues, and so forth.
		 -- Articles of Faith 1:7
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We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated
correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.
		 -- Articles of Faith 1:8
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We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal,
and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things
pertaining to the Kingdom of God.
		 -- Articles of Faith 1:9
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We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of
the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the
American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth;
and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.
		 -- Articles of Faith 1:10
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We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the
dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege,
let them worship how, where, or what they may.
		 -- Articles of Faith 1:11
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We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates,
in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.
		 -- Articles of Faith 1:12
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We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in
doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition
of Paul--We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured
many things, and hope to be able to endure all things.	If there is
anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek
after these things.
		 -- Articles of Faith 1:13
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