Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.

A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.

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

But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;

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.

And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.

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.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.

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

Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.

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.

In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

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

And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.

And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:

Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.

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

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

For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;

He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

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.

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 at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:

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;

Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

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

The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.

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

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

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

And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.

Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.

And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.

Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.

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

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

And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.

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

Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

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

To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

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

And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.

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

I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.

To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.

Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.

And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee.

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

And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

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 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 therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.

If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.

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

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

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

Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.

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 by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

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.

Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:

But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.

And the Lord shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.

For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

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

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

And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

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

Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

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

And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.

And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

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

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.

And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

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

And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

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:

He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

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

And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?

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

But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.

Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy mercy:

Huram said moreover, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the Lord, and an house for his kingdom.

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

And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.

For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

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.

And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?

And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the Lord.

Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.

Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.

What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

And David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.

Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;

And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.

But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,

If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,

And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.

And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

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

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.

And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.

And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:

The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.

Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

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

But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

To offer burnt offerings unto the Lord upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the Lord, which he commanded Israel;

Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;

And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever;

None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.

And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.

But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben–hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.

Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Lord, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.

And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.

For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.

Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

And the Lord said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.

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.

And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

For thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.

Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?

And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;

For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.

And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them:

And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the Lord hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.

One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.