Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?

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.

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.

The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

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.

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.

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:

And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

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;

To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

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.

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.

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.

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.

The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

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?

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.

And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.

Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

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.

Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.

Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

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.)

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.

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.

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?

Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.

Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?

And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king.

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.

Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king.

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;

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:

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.

Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.

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.

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.

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.

Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

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.

They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

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.

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.

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.

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

(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.

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.

My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.

The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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.

And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.

Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

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.

And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?

And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.

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.

Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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.

For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

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.

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.

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;

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.

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.

I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:

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.

(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.

And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.

If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.

And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;

Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

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.

We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

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.

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:

Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

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.

Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;

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.

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

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.

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.

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.

For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

(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;

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.

Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;

Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the Lord hath set a king over you.

Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.

With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness.

And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.

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.

Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

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.

And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.

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.

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.

And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.

So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

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.

Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

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.

And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

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.

Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

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.

Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.

And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?

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.

Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

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.

And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.

So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.

We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

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.

Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.

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:

The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;

I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

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.

I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

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?

Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?

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.

Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.

For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

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.

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.

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?

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.

I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

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.