In the day of prosperity be happy,
But in the day of adversity consider—
God has made the one as well as the other
So that man will not discover anything that will be after him.

but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to be healed of the wounds which the Arameans had inflicted on him when he fought with Hazael king of Aram. So Jehu said, “If this is your mind, then let no one escape or leave the city to go tell it in Jezreel.”

Yet Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

For indeed what had glory, in this case has no glory because of the glory that surpasses it.

If then you regard me a partner, accept him as you would me.

They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man well spoken of by the entire nation of the Jews, was divinely directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and hear a message from you.”

do not despise prophetic utterances.

But the exiles did so. And Ezra the priest selected men who were heads of fathers’ households for each of their father’s households, all of them by name. So they convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter.

It was at this time that Moses was born; and he was lovely in the sight of God, and he was nurtured three months in his father’s home.

“For this, put on sackcloth,
Lament and wail;
For the fierce anger of the Lord
Has not turned back from us.”

After they had mocked Him, they took the purple robe off Him and put His own garments on Him. And they *led Him out to crucify Him.

They *came to Jesus and *observed the man who had been demon-possessed sitting down, clothed and in his right mind, the very man who had had the “legion”; and they became frightened.

O my God, incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not presenting our supplications before You on account of any merits of our own, but on account of Your great compassion.

Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death and could not do so;

So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David who is with the flock.”

But if you are afraid to go down, go with Purah your servant down to the camp,

Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad became the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael became the father of Methushael, and Methushael became the father of Lamech.

The Lord will answer and say to His people,
“Behold, I am going to send you grain, new wine and oil,
And you will be satisfied in full with them;
And I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.

In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf;

So I entered and looked, and behold, every form of creeping things and beasts and detestable things, with all the idols of the house of Israel, were carved on the wall all around.

Let your father and your mother be glad,
And let her rejoice who gave birth to you.

For He who requires blood remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

and the two shall become one flesh; so they are no longer two, but one flesh.

Put them in fear, O Lord;
Let the nations know that they are but men. Selah.

Now this is the copy of the decree which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, learned in the words of the commandments of the Lord and His statutes to Israel:

For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven,

All that generation also were gathered to their fathers; and there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord, nor yet the work which He had done for Israel.

In the wilderness He fed you manna which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do good for you in the end.

Then they hurried and each man took his garment and placed it under him on the bare steps, and blew the trumpet, saying, “Jehu is king!”

So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord; and He could bear the misery of Israel no longer.

The sons of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Asheroth.

then you shall say to your son, ‘We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord brought us from Egypt with a mighty hand.

There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

for some have already turned aside to follow Satan.

Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir; Hushim was the son of Aher.

their numbered men of the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400.

Lamech said to his wives,
“Adah and Zillah,
Listen to my voice,
You wives of Lamech,
Give heed to my speech,
For I have killed a man for wounding me;
And a boy for striking me;

“I descended to the roots of the mountains.
The earth with its bars was around me forever,
But You have brought up my life from the pit, O Lord my God.

And it was reported to Him, “Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wishing to see You.”

The sun and moon grow dark
And the stars lose their brightness.

He has bent His bow like an enemy;
He has set His right hand like an adversary
And slain all that were pleasant to the eye;
In the tent of the daughter of Zion
He has poured out His wrath like fire.

Though they bring up their children,
Yet I will bereave them until not a man is left.
Yes, woe to them indeed when I depart from them!

Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were before the king said, “Behold indeed, the gallows standing at Haman’s house fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai who spoke good on behalf of the king!” And the king said, “Hang him on it.”

Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

“Since we have heard that some of our number to whom we gave no instruction have disturbed you with their words, unsettling your souls,

O Lord, for Your servant’s sake, and according to Your own heart, You have wrought all this greatness, to make known all these great things.

And He said, “Come!” And Peter got out of the boat, and walked on the water and came toward Jesus.

Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah; these were the sons of Ishmael.

And the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took the ark of the Lord and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the Lord.

“So are the paths of all who forget God;
And the hope of the godless will perish,

So Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on account of their despondency and cruel bondage.

He spoke to Him yet again and said, “Suppose forty are found there?” And He said, “I will not do it on account of the forty.”

It came about while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David that Abner was making himself strong in the house of Saul.

I mean not your own conscience, but the other man’s; for why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience?

“They refused to listen,
And did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You had performed among them;
So they became stubborn and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt.
But You are a God of forgiveness,
Gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness;
And You did not forsake them.

If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry with Me because I made an entire man well on the Sabbath?

And all who heard it wondered at the things which were told them by the shepherds.

“He has brought down rulers from their thrones,
And has exalted those who were humble.

A time to tear apart and a time to sew together;
A time to be silent and a time to speak.

Proclaim on the citadels in Ashdod and on the citadels in the land of Egypt and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria and see the great tumults within her and the oppressions in her midst.

Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe and all kinds of music, all the peoples, nations and men of every language fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

Even though they hire allies among the nations,
Now I will gather them up;
And they will begin to diminish
Because of the burden of the king of princes.

And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also.

that they may offer acceptable sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons.

So give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?”

He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing.

“Like a lily among the thorns,
So is my darling among the maidens.”

“To the sons of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they perform, the service of the tent of meeting.

Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and assign men by it to guard them,

It was told Joshua, saying, “The five kings have been found hidden in the cave at Makkedah.”

Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him, but Mary stayed at the house.

For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;

And Jesus answering them said, “Have you not even read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him,

He said, “No; rather I indeed come now as captain of the host of the Lord.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and bowed down, and said to him, “What has my lord to say to his servant?”

no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

The vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.

Then the men of Judah raised a war cry, and when the men of Judah raised the war cry, then it was that God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she rose and destroyed all the royal offspring.

Then the king of the North will come, cast up a siege ramp and capture a well-fortified city; and the forces of the South will not stand their ground, not even their choicest troops, for there will be no strength to make a stand.

and there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.

But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.

All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

Hence God led the people around by the way of the wilderness to the Red Sea; and the sons of Israel went up in martial array from the land of Egypt.

and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope;

In the Law it is written, “By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to Me,” says the Lord.

“I called to my lovers, but they deceived me;
My priests and my elders perished in the city
While they sought food to restore their strength themselves.

“It is the Lord of hosts whom you should regard as holy.
And He shall be your fear,
And He shall be your dread.

but his disciples took him by night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a large basket.

And it will be, like people, like priest;
So I will punish them for their ways
And repay them for their deeds.

For assuredly He does not give help to angels, but He gives help to the descendant of Abraham.

He said, “What are these cities which you have given me, my brother?” So they were called the land of Cabul to this day.

Now when they had finished circumcising all the nation, they remained in their places in the camp until they were healed.

Also some of the Asiarchs who were friends of his sent to him and repeatedly urged him not to venture into the theater.

He who trusts in his riches will fall,
But the righteous will flourish like the green leaf.

“But he who listens to me shall live securely
And will be at ease from the dread of evil.”

You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to take it into Your hand.
The unfortunate commits himself to You;
You have been the helper of the orphan.

that He will give the rain for your land in its season, the early and late rain, that you may gather in your grain and your new wine and your oil.

When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

Thus says the Lord,
“Just as the shepherd snatches from the lion’s mouth a couple of legs or a piece of an ear,
So will the sons of Israel dwelling in Samaria be snatched away—
With the corner of a bed and the cover of a couch!

‘Now these were the visions in my mind as I lay on my bed: I was looking, and behold, there was a tree in the midst of the earth and its height was great.

For I,’ declares the Lord, ‘will be a wall of fire around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.’”

“While it is still green and not cut down,
Yet it withers before any other plant.

He said, “I cannot return with you, nor go with you, nor will I eat bread or drink water with you in this place.

But Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the sons of Ammon,

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

until there arose another king over Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph.

When Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly gathering, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You deaf and mute spirit, I command you, come out of him and do not enter him again.”

So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. Now Joram with all Israel was defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram,

Thus I will spend My wrath on the wall and on those who have plastered it over with whitewash; and I will say to you, ‘The wall is gone and its plasterers are gone,

As for all the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, who were not of the sons of Israel,

He said, “Come with me and see my zeal for the Lord.” So he made him ride in his chariot.

For perhaps he was for this reason separated from you for a while, that you would have him back forever,

For your gods are as many as your cities, O Judah; and as many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to the shameful thing, altars to burn incense to Baal.

“I say to you, get up, pick up your pallet and go home.”

From there they sailed to Antioch, from which they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had accomplished.

My tent is destroyed,
And all my ropes are broken;
My sons have gone from me and are no more.
There is no one to stretch out my tent again
Or to set up my curtains.

Who is the wise man that may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord has spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined, laid waste like a desert, so that no one passes through?

The cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath; and Israel delivered their territory from the hand of the Philistines. So there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land; but Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua.

Consider the work of God,
For who is able to straighten what He has bent?

Also men of Tyre were living there who imported fish and all kinds of merchandise, and sold them to the sons of Judah on the sabbath, even in Jerusalem.

David went out to meet them, and said to them, “If you come peacefully to me to help me, my heart shall be united with you; but if to betray me to my adversaries, since there is no wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers look on it and decide.”

“Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate
Behind your veil.

Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the forced labor, and all Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

and in the wilderness where you saw how the Lord your God carried you, just as a man carries his son, in all the way which you have walked until you came to this place.’

yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.

Now the people of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley, and they raised their eyes and saw the ark and were glad to see it.

The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Prisca greet you heartily in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.

Then you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”

They arose from Midian and came to Paran; and they took men with them from Paran and came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave him a house and assigned him food and gave him land.

and Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and he had other sons and daughters.

Therefore even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood.

And we know that the judgment of God rightly falls upon those who practice such things.

But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble by the instruction; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says the Lord of hosts.

The faith which you have, have as your own conviction before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves.

and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and gold multiply, and all that you have multiplies,

But on the next day, wishing to know for certain why he had been accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and all the Council to assemble, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

“For cross to the coastlands of Kittim and see,
And send to Kedar and observe closely
And see if there has been such a thing as this!

“The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—

And the four living creatures kept saying, “Amen.” And the elders fell down and worshiped.

for even in Thessalonica you sent a gift more than once for my needs.

But the Lord said to my father David, ‘Because it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was in your heart.

So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for a man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be merry, and this will stand by him in his toils throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

The naive inherit foolishness,
But the sensible are crowned with knowledge.

“For though I were right, I could not answer;
I would have to implore the mercy of my judge.

The Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the box that was with it, in which were the articles of gold, and put them on the large stone; and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices that day to the Lord.

He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab became his wife; and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

When Saul and his men went to seek him, they told David, and he came down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard it, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.

But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God:

Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

But Naaman was furious and went away and said, “Behold, I thought, ‘He will surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper.’

Then he called for Moses and Aaron at night and said, “Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the sons of Israel; and go, worship the Lord, as you have said.

The seers will be ashamed
And the diviners will be embarrassed.
Indeed, they will all cover their mouths
Because there is no answer from God.

that if you do not make the dream known to me, there is only one decree for you. For you have agreed together to speak lying and corrupt words before me until the situation is changed; therefore tell me the dream, that I may know that you can declare to me its interpretation.”

So David and all the house of Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord with shouting and the sound of the trumpet.

Blow the horn in Gibeah,
The trumpet in Ramah.
Sound an alarm at Beth-aven:
“Behind you, Benjamin!”

No harm befalls the righteous,
But the wicked are filled with trouble.

And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise.

Now the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

In the daytime (for there will be no night there) its gates will never be closed;

“He loosens the bond of kings
And binds their loins with a girdle.

Now Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and he stood on it, knelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.

so that you will behave properly toward outsiders and not be in any need.

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down,
But a good word makes it glad.

When they moved, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went; but they followed in the direction which they faced, without turning as they went.

Then Balaam arose and departed and returned to his place, and Balak also went his way.

Our mouth has spoken freely to you, O Corinthians, our heart is opened wide.

and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also follow in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham which he had while uncircumcised.

I have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may know about us, and that he may comfort your hearts.

For the churning of milk produces butter,
And pressing the nose brings forth blood;
So the churning of anger produces strife.

“These who pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the helpless
Also turn aside the way of the humble;
And a man and his father resort to the same girl
In order to profane My holy name.

“Son of man, say to her, ‘You are a land that is not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.’

“Let those curse it who curse the day,
Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.

“Then you would trust, because there is hope;
And you would look around and rest securely.

and the light of a lamp will not shine in you any longer; and the voice of the bridegroom and bride will not be heard in you any longer; for your merchants were the great men of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.

‘Now if a man has a seminal emission, he shall bathe all his body in water and be unclean until evening.

“Tell me, O you whom my soul loves,
Where do you pasture your flock,
Where do you make it lie down at noon?
For why should I be like one who veils herself
Beside the flocks of your companions?”

‘I know where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is; and you hold fast My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

He was with David at Pasdammim when the Philistines were gathered together there to battle, and there was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled before the Philistines.

Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth

Now Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel after him.

The demons implored Him, saying, “Send us into the swine so that we may enter them.”

But he became angry and was not willing to go in; and his father came out and began pleading with him.

Then they approached and spoke before the king about the king’s injunction, “Did you not sign an injunction that any man who makes a petition to any god or man besides you, O king, for thirty days, is to be cast into the lions’ den?” The king replied, “The statement is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked.”

And He came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near;

So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Is this not the man whom they are seeking to kill?

By the fury of the Lord of hosts the land is burned up,
And the people are like fuel for the fire;
No man spares his brother.

And so it was, that when the bearers of the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling.

Then David came to Saul and attended him; and Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armor bearer.

When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek out David; and when David heard of it, he went down to the stronghold.

I am afraid that when I come again my God may humiliate me before you, and I may mourn over many of those who have sinned in the past and not repented of the impurity, immorality and sensuality which they have practiced.

So he said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send and take him.” And it was told him, saying, “Behold, he is in Dothan.”

Another one said, ‘I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot come.’

and if it happens that the king’s wrath rises and he says to you, ‘Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall?

It came about when Joshua and the sons of Israel had finished slaying them with a very great slaughter, until they were destroyed, and the survivors who remained of them had entered the fortified cities,

Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to his inheritance.

When she had said this, she went away and called Mary her sister, saying secretly, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”

Because of the lightness of her harlotry, she polluted the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.

“Your words have been arrogant against Me,” says the Lord. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’

Then he said, “Listen now, O house of David! Is it too slight a thing for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God as well?

but he received a rebuke for his own transgression, for a mute donkey, speaking with a voice of a man, restrained the madness of the prophet.

‘The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine,’ declares the Lord of hosts.

A poor yet wise lad is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive instruction.

Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.

He spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

All the people who were in the court, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and may you achieve wealth in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem.

What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel without charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.

“She will place on your head a garland of grace;
She will present you with a crown of beauty.”

These are they who served the king, apart from those whom the king put in the fortified cities through all Judah.

As for your donkeys which were lost three days ago, do not set your mind on them, for they have been found. And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you and for all your father’s household?”

The priest shall also put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense which is before the Lord in the tent of meeting; and all the blood of the bull he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering which is at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

O Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble;
You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your ear

You shall eat it, moreover, in a holy place, because it is your due and your sons’ due out of the Lord’s offerings by fire; for thus I have been commanded.

How long? Is there anything in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, even these prophets of the deception of their own heart,

‘But if a man dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his dedicated head of hair, then he shall shave his head on the day when he becomes clean; he shall shave it on the seventh day.

and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.

Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you,
When I restore the fortunes of My people.

For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and captured Gezer and burned it with fire, and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and had given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

But when they stretched him out with thongs, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?”

“God will not turn back His anger;
Beneath Him crouch the helpers of Rahab.

Jehu met the relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and said, “Who are you?” And they answered, “We are the relatives of Ahaziah; and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and the sons of the queen mother.”

When he had left the crowd and entered the house, His disciples questioned Him about the parable.

But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save me!”

crying out, “Men of Israel, come to our aid! This is the man who preaches to all men everywhere against our people and the Law and this place; and besides he has even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”

Now Hadad found great favor before Pharaoh, so that he gave him in marriage the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.

When many days had elapsed, the Jews plotted together to do away with him,

Now a day before Saul’s coming, the Lord had revealed this to Samuel saying,

‘What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring forth the top stone with shouts of “Grace, grace to it!”’”

and you grumbled in your tents and said, ‘Because the Lord hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us.

The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil.

But he who comes against him will do as he pleases, and no one will be able to withstand him; he will also stay for a time in the Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand.

and Shallum became the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah became the father of Azariah,

Therefore His brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples also may see Your works which You are doing.

The rich man’s wealth is his fortress,
The ruin of the poor is their poverty.

They *said to Him, “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end, and will rent out the vineyard to other vine-growers who will pay him the proceeds at the proper seasons.”

Then Pharaoh hurriedly called for Moses and Aaron, and he said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you.

“So You made known to them Your holy sabbath,
And laid down for them commandments, statutes and law,
Through Your servant Moses.

Moreover, they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hand they gave the money to pay to those who did the work, for they dealt faithfully.

For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great,
You who distress the righteous and accept bribes
And turn aside the poor in the gate.

Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, “I see a company.” And Joram said, “Take a horseman and send him to meet them and let him say, ‘Is it peace?’”

Samson’s wife wept before him and said, “You only hate me, and you do not love me; you have propounded a riddle to the sons of my people, and have not told it to me.” And he said to her, “Behold, I have not told it to my father or mother; so should I tell you?”

and of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan and 110 males with him;

Then his servants said to him, “What is this thing that you have done? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept; but when the child died, you arose and ate food.”

But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all.

The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

“In that day you will feel no shame
Because of all your deeds
By which you have rebelled against Me;
For then I will remove from your midst
Your proud, exulting ones,
And you will never again be haughty
On My holy mountain.

“I smote you with scorching wind and mildew;
And the caterpillar was devouring
Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees and olive trees;
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.

“New gods were chosen;
Then war was in the gates.
Not a shield or a spear was seen
Among forty thousand in Israel.

Then Joab sent and reported to David all the events of the war.

For speaking out arrogant words of vanity they entice by fleshly desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error,

“But I will remove the northern army far from you,
And I will drive it into a parched and desolate land,
And its vanguard into the eastern sea,
And its rear guard into the western sea.
And its stench will arise and its foul smell will come up,
For it has done great things.”

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.

“For the waywardness of the naive will kill them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

“About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over My people Israel; and he will deliver My people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have regarded My people, because their cry has come to Me.”

and they shall lay a covering of porpoise skin on it, and shall spread over it a cloth of pure blue, and shall insert its poles.

But now, I pray, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have declared,

And he said to them, “Collect no more than what you have been ordered to.”

Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,

Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, “What is your name, so that when your words come to pass, we may honor you?”

Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts, the Lord,
“There is wailing in all the plazas,
And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
They also call the farmer to mourning
And professional mourners to lamentation.

Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanite was then in the land.

For I testify for him that he has a deep concern for you and for those who are in Laodicea and Hierapolis.

“See, O Lord, for I am in distress;
My spirit is greatly troubled;
My heart is overturned within me,
For I have been very rebellious.
In the street the sword slays;
In the house it is like death.

Whose confidence is fragile,
And whose trust a spider’s web.

So the common man will be humbled and the man of importance abased,
The eyes of the proud also will be abased.

Her ways are pleasant ways
And all her paths are peace.

Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure!

From the algum trees the king made steps for the house of the Lord and for the king’s palace, and lyres and harps for the singers; and none like that was seen before in the land of Judah.

David had a craving and said, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”

So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the house of the Lord. But Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.

What is desirable in a man is his kindness,
And it is better to be a poor man than a liar.

Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. And they have even taken some of the things under the ban and have both stolen and deceived. Moreover, they have also put them among their own things.

and know His will and approve the things that are essential, being instructed out of the Law,

He charged the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling all the events of the war to the king,

The Lord your God who goes before you will Himself fight on your behalf, just as He did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

Jesus then *answered, “That is the one for whom I shall dip the morsel and give it to him.” So when He had dipped the morsel, He *took and *gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.

Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her long-sleeved garment which was on her; and she put her hand on her head and went away, crying aloud as she went.

You shall eat, not one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days,

Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and make supplication to the Lord your God, that He would only remove this death from me.”

And they were seeking to seize Him, and yet they feared the people, for they understood that He spoke the parable against them. And so they left Him and went away.

They went out of the prison and entered the house of Lydia, and when they saw the brethren, they encouraged them and departed.

“I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree,
I will take hold of its fruit stalks.’
Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
And the fragrance of your breath like apples,

Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?

You shall not eat anything leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.’”

So Esther replied, “My petition and my request is:

Hodiah, Bani, Beninu.

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief ministers.

Meanwhile David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to David.

and with him Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of your number. They will inform you about the whole situation here.

He struck down some of the men of Beth-shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the Lord. He struck down of all the people, 50,070 men, and the people mourned because the Lord had struck the people with a great slaughter.

He drank of the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent.

For you tolerate it if anyone enslaves you, anyone devours you, anyone takes advantage of you, anyone exalts himself, anyone hits you in the face.

Peter went down to the men and said, “Behold, I am the one you are looking for; what is the reason for which you have come?”

“Behold, I am against you,” declares the Lord of hosts;
“And I will lift up your skirts over your face,
And show to the nations your nakedness
And to the kingdoms your disgrace.

Their little ones also will be dashed to pieces
Before their eyes;
Their houses will be plundered
And their wives ravished.

So Hiram gave Solomon as much as he desired of the cedar and cypress timber.

David was then in the stronghold, while the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

“He pours contempt on nobles
And loosens the belt of the strong.

‘But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself from uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the Lord; the water for impurity has not been sprinkled on him, he is unclean.

and you will hear what they say; and afterward your hands will be strengthened that you may go down against the camp.” So he went with Purah his servant down to the outposts of the army that was in the camp.

and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Rephaim

If you make an altar of stone for Me, you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you wield your tool on it, you will profane it.

saying, “I will surely bless you and I will surely multiply you.”

And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

She is more precious than jewels;
And nothing you desire compares with her.

and they took their daughters for themselves as wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

So with many other exhortations he preached the gospel to the people.

The fear of the Lord leads to life,
So that one may sleep satisfied, untouched by evil.

So the king consulted, and made two golden calves, and he said to them, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

He made 300 shields of beaten gold, using three minas of gold on each shield, and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,

Jehoash king of Judah took all the sacred things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred things and all the gold that was found among the treasuries of the house of the Lord and of the king’s house, and sent them to Hazael king of Aram. Then he went away from Jerusalem.

All the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces thoroughly, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the Lord.

But both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth; and let men call on God earnestly that each may turn from his wicked way and from the violence which is in his hands.

The watchman reported, “He came even to them, and he did not return; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously.”

Thus the ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-edom and all his household.

Thus Solomon finished the house of the Lord and the king’s palace, and successfully completed all that he had planned on doing in the house of the Lord and in his palace.

Then Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and made peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.

And in the same way he sprinkled both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry with the blood.

and present the Levites before the Lord; and the sons of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites.

“People will stagger from sea to sea
And from the north even to the east;
They will go to and fro to seek the word of the Lord,
But they will not find it.

To whom shall I speak and give warning
That they may hear?
Behold, their ears are closed
And they cannot listen.
Behold, the word of the Lord has become a reproach to them;
They have no delight in it.

Then the sons of Ammon were summoned and they camped in Gilead. And the sons of Israel gathered together and camped in Mizpah.

And I heard the voice of a man between the banks of Ulai, and he called out and said, “Gabriel, give this man an understanding of the vision.”

Nor grumble, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

and Rabbith and Kishion and Ebez,

Gaius, host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer greets you, and Quartus, the brother.

Their appearance is blacker than soot,
They are not recognized in the streets;
Their skin is shriveled on their bones,
It is withered, it has become like wood.

(for they indeed became priests without an oath, but He with an oath through the One who said to Him,
“The Lord has sworn
And will not change His mind,
‘You are a priest forever’”);

For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

“Let the stars of its twilight be darkened;
Let it wait for light but have none,
And let it not see the breaking dawn;

“You would lie down and none would disturb you,
And many would entreat your favor.

“Now you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed; he also shed the blood of war in peace. And he put the blood of war on his belt about his waist, and on his sandals on his feet.

But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

So Solomon rebuilt Gezer and the lower Beth-horon

Then he went and sent word to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?” And he said, “I will go up; I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”

for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.

And how has it happened to me, that the mother of my Lord would come to me?

When they had seen this, they made known the statement which had been told them about this Child.

So they were seeking to seize Him; and no man laid his hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

But the people took some of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the choicest of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”

“At the sound of the cry of your pilots
The pasture lands will shake.

A wicked messenger falls into adversity,
But a faithful envoy brings healing.

So show your love for the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the gates of the prison, and taking them out he said,

But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
He is their strength in time of trouble.

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor,
But he who seeks evil, evil will come to him.

But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them in the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof.

Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

Before I go—and I shall not return—
To the land of darkness and deep shadow,

Those who have believers as their masters must not be disrespectful to them because they are brethren, but must serve them all the more, because those who partake of the benefit are believers and beloved. Teach and preach these principles.

But Manasseh did not take possession of Beth-shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; so the Canaanites persisted in living in that land.

And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, “I am full of fear and trembling.”

God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?

We have sent with them our brother, whom we have often tested and found diligent in many things, but now even more diligent because of his great confidence in you.

Then Aaron shall lay both of his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over it all the iniquities of the sons of Israel and all their transgressions in regard to all their sins; and he shall lay them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who stands in readiness.

Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love.

For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, recognizing neither Him nor the utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him.

“I will also plant them on their land,
And they will not again be rooted out from their land
Which I have given them,”
Says the Lord your God.

Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil,
But counselors of peace have joy.

The mouth of the righteous flows with wisdom,
But the perverted tongue will be cut out.

And strangers will be filled with your strength
And your hard-earned goods will go to the house of an alien;

Thus says the Lord, “Take heed for yourselves, and do not carry any load on the sabbath day or bring anything in through the gates of Jerusalem.

So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the Lord, because of the word of the Lord which he did not keep; and also because he asked counsel of a medium, making inquiry of it,

Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine lashes.

Moreover, the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel stood with him from all their districts.

The Lord heard the voice of Elijah, and the life of the child returned to him and he revived.

Be glad in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For in the same way their fathers used to treat the prophets.

and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief officer of the house of God;

Then he said to the king of Israel, “Put your hand on the bow.” And he put his hand on it, then Elisha laid his hands on the king’s hands.

Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he was king for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.

their numbered men of the tribe of Judah were 74,600.

And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?”

“Behold, let that night be barren;
Let no joyful shout enter it.

Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and carpenters and stonemasons; and they built a house for David.

Now a mediator is not for one party only; whereas God is only one.

These are springs without water and mists driven by a storm, for whom the black darkness has been reserved.

He will protest on that day, saying,
“I will not be your healer,
For in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;
You should not appoint me ruler of the people.”

“For she does not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the new wine and the oil,
And lavished on her silver and gold,
Which they used for Baal.

The sower sows the word.

On the other hand I am filled with power—
With the Spirit of the Lord—
And with justice and courage
To make known to Jacob his rebellious act,
Even to Israel his sin.

of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;

So Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering and offered it on the rock to the Lord, and He performed wonders while Manoah and his wife looked on.

He took the captains of hundreds and the Carites and the guards and all the people of the land; and they brought the king down from the house of the Lord, and came by the way of the gate of the guards to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

For if the inheritance is based on law, it is no longer based on a promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by means of a promise.

It will be a day when they will come to you
From Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
From Egypt even to the Euphrates,
Even from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.

What the wicked fears will come upon him,
But the desire of the righteous will be granted.

from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name,

The house which I am about to build will be great, for greater is our God than all the gods.

‘As for you, son of man, will it not be on the day when I take from them their stronghold, the joy of their pride, the desire of their eyes and their heart’s delight, their sons and their daughters,

Now the ark of the Lord had been in the country of the Philistines seven months.

But when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Send me away, that I may go to my own country.”

Then Samuel said to the people, “Come and let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there.”

As for you, let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.

He said, “What is the word that He spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. May God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the words that He spoke to you.”

Throw out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel go.

Then Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, “Go, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be detained. Even your little ones may go with you.”

Harlotry, wine and new wine take away the understanding.

I know Him, because I am from Him, and He sent Me.”

And while they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men;

You shall not follow other gods, any of the gods of the peoples who surround you,

Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast,
The nation of the Cherethites!
The word of the Lord is against you,
O Canaan, land of the Philistines;
And I will destroy you
So that there will be no inhabitant.

“Therefore I will not restrain my mouth;
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit,
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

[The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.]

For the land has become defiled, therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, so the land has spewed out its inhabitants.

and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

I will dwell among the sons of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel.”

Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, who was the chief of the thirty, and he said,
“We are yours, O David,
And with you, O son of Jesse!
Peace, peace to you,
And peace to him who helps you;
Indeed, your God helps you!”
Then David received them and made them captains of the band.

their numbered men of the tribe of Issachar were 54,400.

“But if the wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed and observes all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

For the Lord of hosts will have a day of reckoning
Against everyone who is proud and lofty
And against everyone who is lifted up,
That he may be abased.

They offer sacrifices on the tops of the mountains
And burn incense on the hills,
Under oak, poplar and terebinth,
Because their shade is pleasant.
Therefore your daughters play the harlot
And your brides commit adultery.