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 and he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not your's, but God's. 

 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:

He leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul:

He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

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.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:

Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

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.

The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?

The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.   

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding:

But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

A soft answer turneth away wrath:

But grievous words stir up anger.

 but I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. 

 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:  

 neither give place to the devil. 

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:

According unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Wash me throughly from mine iniquity,

And cleanse me from my sin.

For I acknowledge my transgressions:

And my sin is ever before me.

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight:

That thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings,

And will not be ashamed.

 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. 

 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. 

 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 

 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. 

 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 

 and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 

 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 

 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 

 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.  

 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. 

 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!  

 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,  

 and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. 

 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 

 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. 

 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:  

 and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: 

 for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.  

 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.  

 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. 

 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. 

 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. 

 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:  

 but as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. 

 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.  

 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. 

 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 

 and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. 

 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: 

 looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;  

 lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.  

 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. 

 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.  

 Pray without ceasing. 

The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart;

And saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

He healeth the broken in heart,

And bindeth up their wounds.

 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;  

 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening. 

 And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even? 

 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God: 

 when they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. 

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

 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. 

 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:  

 and thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. 

 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: 

 and let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee. 

 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace. 

 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said. 

 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.  

 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.  

 but they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. 

 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  

 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.  

 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. 

 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. 

 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.  

Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction:

But he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

The ear that heareth the reproof of life

Abideth among the wise.

He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul:

But he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. 

 sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you. 

 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 

 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. 

 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. 

 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. 

 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. 

 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.  

 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.  

 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.  

 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God. 

 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? 

 hy art thou cast down, O my soul?

And why art thou disquieted in me?

Hope thou in God:

For I shall yet praise him For the help of his countenance.

O my God, my soul is cast down within me:

Therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.

Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts:

All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. 

Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime,

And in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

I will say unto God my rock, why hast thou forgotten me?

Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

As with a sword in my bones,

Mine enemies reproach me;

While they say daily unto me,

Where is thy God?

Why art thou cast down, O my soul?

And why art thou disquieted within me?

Hope thou in God;

For I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. 

 lord, hear my voice:

Let thine ears be attentive

To the voice of my supplications.

If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities,

O Lord, who shall stand?

But there is forgiveness with thee,

That thou mayest be feared.

I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait,

And in his word do I hope.

My soul waiteth for the Lord

More than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

Let Israel hope in the LORD: For with the LORD there is mercy,

And with him is plenteous redemption.

And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

 to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. 

For surely there is an end;

And thine expectation shall not be cut off.

 and patience, experience; and experience, hope: 

 and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. 

Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture,

Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious:

And he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

 And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed. 

 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood. 

 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.  

And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children,

My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord,

Nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth,

And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, 

 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. 

 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. 

 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.  

 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. 

 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? 

 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. 

 And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things. 

 And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?  

 When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? 

 And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.   

 hen Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached. 

 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. 

 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. 

 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. 

 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. 

 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. 

 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. 

 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. 

 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 

 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 

 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 

 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. 

 Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;  

 it came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. 

 And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.  

 And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also. 

 And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead? 

 And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.  

 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I. 

 And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.  

 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me. 

 So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord. 

 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: 

 and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. 

 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,  

 that Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. 

 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. 

 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, 

 and said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments: 

 let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned. 

 We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses. 

 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations: 

 but if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.  

 Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.  

 O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer. 

 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:

He leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul:

He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

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.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:

Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

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 my life is spent with grief,

And my years with sighing:

My strength faileth because of mine iniquity,

And my bones are consumed.

But I trusted in thee, O LORD:

I said, Thou art my God.

 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, 

 and said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. 

 Jesus wept. 

 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. 

 casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 

 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 

 even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:  

 for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;  

 being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 

 whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 

 to declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. 

 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. 

 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. 

 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:  

 seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. 

 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law. 

 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 

 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 

 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 

 that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.  

 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 

 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 

 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 

 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.  

 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.  

 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.   

 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.  

 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.  

 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. 

 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 

 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.  

 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:  

 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. 

 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. 

 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 

 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 

 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. 

 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.  

 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. 

 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. 

 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. 

 bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.  

 Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; 

 and sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:  

 that no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. 

 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know. 

 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain. 

 But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you: 

 therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith: 

 for now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.  

 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;  

 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. 

 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.  

 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.  

 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. 

 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.   

 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. 

 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.  

 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.  

 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 

 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield,  

The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?

The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

God is our refuge and strength,

A very present help in trouble.

Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed,

And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled,

Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.  

 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 

 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. 

1  But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 

 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.  

 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. 

 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 

 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.  

  Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 

 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. 

 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. 

 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. 

 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. 

 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.  

 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. 

  And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee. 

  And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God. 

  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? 

  And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.  

  And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: 

  and after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. 

  And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? 

  And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 

  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: 

  and Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. 

  And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. 

  Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. 

God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out those which are bound with chains:

But the rebellious dwell in a dry land. 

 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? 

 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.  

Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. 

 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:  

 of sin, because they believe not on me;  

 of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;  

 of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.  

  I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.   

 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.  

 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.  

 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.   

  not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. 

 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.  

And Samuel said,

Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,

As in obeying the voice of the LORD?

Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,

And to hearken than the fat of rams.

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft,

And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.

Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD,

He hath also rejected thee from being king.

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself;

But the simple pass on, and are punished. 

  For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:  

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.

When my father and my mother forsake me,

Then the LORD will take me up.

Cried unto God with my voice,

Even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord:

My sore ran in the night, and ceased not: My soul refused to be comforted.

I remembered God, and was troubled:

I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed.

Thou holdest mine eyes waking:

I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

I have considered the days of old,

The years of ancient times.

I call to remembrance my song in the night:

I commune with mine own heart: And my spirit made diligent search.

Will the Lord cast off for ever?

And will he be favourable no more?

Is his mercy clean gone for ever?

Doth his promise fail for evermore?

Hath God forgotten to be gracious?

Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies?

And I said, This is my infirmity:

But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.

I will remember the works of the LORD:

Surely I will remember thy wonders of old.

I will meditate also of all thy work,

And talk of thy doings.

And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him.

And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.

But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.

And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.

And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.

And Hannah answered and said, No my lord, I am a woman of sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.

Count nott thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I soken hitherto.

Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.

And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the womanw went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, ad send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.

And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted in me? Hope thou God: For I shall yet praise him For the help of his countenance.

O my God, my soul is cast down within me: Therefore will remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.

Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

 Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, And in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

I will say unto God my rock, why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

As with a sword in my bones, Mine enemies reproached me; While they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; For I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people" and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.

And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto evening?

And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:

when they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

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

Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.

Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:

and thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them,  to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

and let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.

If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be abe to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.

So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.

And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard cuases they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

Truly my soul waiteth upon God: From him cometh my salvation.

He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? Ye shall be slain all of you: As a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: They delight in lies: They bless with their mouth, but they curse unwardly.

My soul, wiat thou only upon God; For my expectation is from him.

He only is my rock and my salvation: He is my defence; I shall not be moved.

In God is my salvation and my glory: The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

Trust in him at all times; ye people. Pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

But he answered an said, It is written, Man shall nt live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,

and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: And in their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest at any time thou dash they foot against a stone.

Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and glory of them;

and saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the fesh is weak.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

Give thanks unto LORD, call upon his name, Make known his deeds among the people.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual sonds, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

And whatsoever ye do in the word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving.

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.