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:

He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

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:

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.

Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,

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.

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.

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.

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.

Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

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.

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.

I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

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.

And certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.

Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.

The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

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.

He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. It was written to Titus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Cretians, from Nicopolis of Macedonia.

Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

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:

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,

Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

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.

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.

The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

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:

Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?

Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.

Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:

And the Lord hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings.

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?

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?

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.

His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

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:

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.

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:

Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.

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.

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.

And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.

The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

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?

And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.

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;

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.

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.

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

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.

Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?

The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.

Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

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.

Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

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:

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.

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.

For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.

Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.

Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me thy judgments.

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.

Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.

And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath–sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

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

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:

He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

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.

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.

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.

I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,

For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

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.

And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.

Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.

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.

The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son.

And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

So the people rested on the seventh day.

And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,

And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

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.

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.

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.

So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.

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?

And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?

And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.

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.

Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire.

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.

The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.

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.

And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers,

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.

And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.

And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

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.

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.

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.

And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.

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.

And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;

Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.

Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

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.

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.

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.

The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

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.

Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

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.

He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

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.

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.

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord.

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.

That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

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.

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

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:

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.

Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, for ever.

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;

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.

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.

O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

Now will I rise, saith the Lord; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.

And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

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.

For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

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.

O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

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.

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

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.

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.

Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.

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.