Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;

And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.

So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:

Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.

I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

So David waxed greater and greater: for the Lord of hosts was with him.

For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the Lord God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.

So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.

Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.

And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.

And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer–sheba.

Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.

The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.

She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

For the kingdom is the Lord’s: and he is the governor among the nations.

And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.

And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;

The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

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

If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.

And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.

I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.

And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,

And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.

But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.

At that time the Lord said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

And they departed from Rimmon–parez, and pitched in Libnah.

Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we might enquire of him?

For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth;

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the Lord hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us.

O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.

Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.

And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the Lord refuseth to give me leave to go with you.

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.

Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

And they two made a covenant before the Lord: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.

I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

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.

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

I cried to thee, O Lord; and unto the Lord I made supplication.

And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?

And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.

What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:

I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.

And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it:

And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim.

That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the Lord hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.

Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?

And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go.

And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.

And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?

But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.

And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!

Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

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

Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.

And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.

Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.

And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.

When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:

My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.

I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:

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.

Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Maher–shalal–hash–baz.

And said, O Lord God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?

And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.

And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.

Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.

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

For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:

And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:

And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

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

And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.

And Moses said unto the Lord, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.

And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.

Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless?

And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:

In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.

And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the Lord, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.

Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.

His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.

Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.

Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.

And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.

And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah.

And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!

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

Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.

Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.

And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.

I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth–shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.

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

Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.

And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.

And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.

And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

And the Lord said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:

I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.

Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:

Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;

Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.

My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.

Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

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.

And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perez–uzzah to this day.

Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.