The Holy Bible by Thomas Nelson

The Holy Bible

Christianity, Religion
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12/7/24

  • - King James Version

  • - Authorized Version

  • - Old Testament

  • - The First Book of Moses, called Genesis

  • - In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

  • - God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created him; male and female created them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and gage dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that nicety upon the earth.

  • - And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. {2:3} And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

  • - And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: {2:17} But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

  • - And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. {2:23} And Adam said, This [is] now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. {2:24} Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. {2:25} And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

  • - And he said, Who told thee that thou [wast] naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

  • - Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy concep-tion; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

  • - And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life; {3:18} Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; {3:19} In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art,] and unto dust shalt thou return.

  • - {4:1} And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. {4:2} And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. {4:3} And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. {4:4} And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: {4:5} But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. {4:6} And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? {4:7} If thou doest well, shalt thou not be ac-cepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee [shall be] his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. {4:8} And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

  • - {6:5} And GOD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually. {6:6} And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. {6:7} And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. {6:8} But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

  • - {6:9, These [are] the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man [and] perfect in his generations, [and] Noah walked with God. {6:10} And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. {6:11} The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. {6:12} And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. {6:13} And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

  • - {6:14) Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. {6:15} And this [is the fashion] which thou shalt make it [of:] The length of the ark [shall bel three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. {6:16} A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; [with] lower, second, and third [stories) shalt thou make it. {6:17} And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life, from under heaven; [and] every thing that [is] in the earth shall die. {6:1 8} But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. {6:19} And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every (sort) shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep [them] alive with thee; they shall be male and female. {6:20} Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every [sort] shall come unto thee, to keep [them] alive. {6:21} And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather [it] to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. {6:22} Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

  • - {7:1} And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. {7:2} Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that (are] not clean by two, the male and his female. {7:3} Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. {7:4} For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. {7:5} And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. {7:6} And Noah [was] six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

  • - (8:131 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first (month,l the first (dayl of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. (8:14) And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. (8:15) And God spake unto Noah, saying. (8:16) Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. (8:17) Bring forth with thee every living thing that (is) with thee, of all flesh, (both] of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. (8:18) And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: (8:19) Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, (and) whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.

  • - {9:1} And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. (9:2} And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth (upon] the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. 19:3} Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. {9:4} But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. (9:5} And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. {9:6} Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. 19:7} And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

  • - God [is] with thee in all that thou doest

  • - Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

  • - {39:2} And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. {39:3} And his master saw that the LORD [was] with him, and that the LORD made all (that] he did to prosper in his hand.

  • - And Joseph was [a] goodly [person,] and we’ll favoured.

  • - [Do] not interpretations [belong] to God?

  • - The Second Book of Moses, called Exodus

  • - {4:11} And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? {4:12) Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

  • - {16:26} Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, [which is] the sabbath, in it there shall be none.

  • - {18:23) If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee [so,] then thou shalt be able to endure,

  • - {20:7) Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

  • - (20:8) Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. {20:9) Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: {20:10) But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidser-vant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates: (20:11} For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is,] and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

  • - (20:12) Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. {20:13} Thou shalt not kill. {20:14) Thou shalt not commit adultery. {20:15) Thou shalt not steal. {20:16} Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. {20:17) Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour's.

  • - (21:12) He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

  • - {21:15} And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

  • - {21:17) And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

  • - {21:22} If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart [from her,] and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges [determine. ]{21:23} And if [any] mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, {21:24} Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, (21:25} Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

  • - Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. {23:13} And in all [things] that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

  • - Of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.

  • - {30:13) This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel [is] twenty gerahs:) an half shekel [shall be] the offering of the LORD. {30:14} Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD. {30:15} The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when (they] give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. {30:16} And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congrega-tion; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

  • - {31:13} Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I [am] the LORD that doth sanctify you. {31:14} Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it [is] holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth [any] work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. {31:15} Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth [any] work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. {31:16} Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, [for] a perpetual covenant. {31:17} It [is] a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

  • - {34:14) For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name [is] Jealous, [is] a jealous God:

  • - {34:28) And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

  • - The Third Book of Moses, called Leviticus oil

  • - Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.

  • - {10:8} And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying, {10:9} Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations: {10:10} And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; {10:11} And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.

  • - Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God [am] holy.

  • - {19:11) Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

  • - {19:12} And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] the LORD.

  • - {19:15} Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: [but] in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

  • - (19:18) Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I [am] the LORD.

  • - {19:27) Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. {19:28] Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I [am] the LORD.

  • - {24:17} And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. {24:18} And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast. {24:19} And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him; {24:20} Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him (again. ]{24:21} And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

  • - The Fourth Book of Moses, called Numbers

  • - {19:11} He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

  • - {19:14} This [is] the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that [is] in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. (19:15) And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, [is] unclean. {19:16) And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

  • - Blessed [is] he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

  • - If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. {27:9} And if he have no daugh-ter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. {27:10} And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren. {27:11} And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it:

  • - {30:2} If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

  • - {31:17) Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. {31:18) But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. (31:19) And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify (both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day. {31:20} And purify all [your] raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' [hair,) and all things made of wood.

  • - The Fifth Book of Moses, called Deuteronomy

  • - {1:17) Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; [but lye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment [is ]God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring lit Junto me, and I will hear it. {1:18} And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.

  • - (1:21) Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up [and] possess [it,] as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.

  • - {4:7} For what nation [is there so] great, who [hath] God [so] nigh unto them, as the LORD our God [is] in all [things that] we call upon him [for? ]

  • - {4:29} But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find [him,] if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. (4:30) When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, [even] in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; {4:31} (For the LORD thy God [is] a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

  • - {5:11} Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold [him] guiltless that taketh his name in vain. {5:12} Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee. {5:13} Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: {5:14} But the seventh day is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daugh-ter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.

  • - {5:16) Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. {5:17) Thou shalt not kill. {5:18} Neither shalt thou commit adultery. {5:19} Neither shalt thou steal. {5:20} Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour. {5:21} Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any (thing] that [is thy neighbour's.

  • - {5:32) Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. (5:33) Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and [that it may be] well with you, and [that] ye may prolong lyour days in the land which ye shall possess.

  • - {6:18} And thou shalt do [that which is] right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, {6:19} To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.

  • - {7:5} But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. {7:6} For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that [are] upon the face of the earth.

  • - {8:18) But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for [it is] he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as [it is] this day.

  • - {10:12} And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, {10:13} To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?

  • - {11:16) Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

  • - {14:3) Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. {14:4} These [are] the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, {14:5} The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. {14:6) And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. {14:7) Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; [as] the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; [therefore] they [are] unclean unto you. {14:8} And the swine, because it divi-deth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.

  • - {14:9) These ye shall eat of all that [are] in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat: {14:10} And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it [is] unclean unto you.

  • - {14:11} [Of] all clean birds ye shall eat. {14:12} But these [are they] of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and ossi frage, and the ospray, {14:13} And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind, {14:14} And every raven after his kind, {14:15} And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, {14:16} The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, {14:17} And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant, {14:18} And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. {14:19} And every creeping thing that flieth [is] unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten. {14:20} [But of] all clean fowls ye may eat.

  • - Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

  • - {16:19} Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. {16:20} That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

  • - (22:4) Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift [them] up again.

  • - (22:5) The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's gar-ment: for all that do so [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God.

  • - (22:11} Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, [as] of woollen and linen together.

  • - {24:1} When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give [it] in her hand, and send her out of his house. {24:2} And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's [wife. ]{24:3} And [if] the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth [it] in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to (be] his wife; {24:4} Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that [is] abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance.

  • - The Book of Joshua

  • - Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God [is] with thee whithersoever thou goest.

  • - Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he [is] an holy God; he [is] a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. {24:20} If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.

  • - The Book of Judges

  • - {8:23} And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.

  • - Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye go.

  • - {21:25} In those days [there was] no king in Israel: every man did [that which was] right in his own eyes.

  • - The Book of Ruth

  • - (2:4) And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD [be] with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.

  • - The First Book of Samuel Otherwise Called the First Book of the Kings

  • - Do all that [is] in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I [am] with thee according to thy heart.

  • - Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice, [and] to hearken than the fat of rams. {15:23) 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.

  • - {15:24} And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. {15:25} Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD. {15:26) And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.

  • - {19:4) And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works [have been] to thee-ward very good:

  • - (24:15} The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.

  • - The Second Book of Samuel Otherwise Called the Second Book of Kings

  • - the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.

  • - {22:2} And he said, The LORD [is] my rock, and my fort-ress, and my deliverer; {22:3} The God of my rock; in him will I trust: [he is] my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. {22:4} I will call on the LORD, [who is] worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine en-emies. (22:5} When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; {22:6) The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; (22:7} In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry [did enter] into his ears.

  • - (22:18} He delivered me from my strong enemy, land] from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. (22:19} They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. {22:20} He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me. (22:21} The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. {22:22} For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. (22:23} For all his judgments [were] before me: and (as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. {22:24) I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity. (22:25) Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.

  • - (22:29) For thou [art] my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. {22:30} For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. {22:31} [As for] God, his way [is] per-fect; the word of the LORD [is] tried: he [is] a buckler to all them that trust in him. {22:32} For who [is] God, save the LORD? and who [is] a rock, save our God? (22:33) God [is] my strength [and] power: and he maketh my way perfect.

  • - {23:3} The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men [must bel just, ruling in the fear of God.

  • - The First Book of the Kings Commonly Called the Third Book of the Kings

  • - {3:9) Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? {3:10} And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. {3:11} And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment; (3:12} Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. {3:13} And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. {3:14} And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

  • - {3:24) And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. {3:25} And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. {3:26) Then spake the woman whose the living child [was] unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, [but] divide [it. 1{3:27} Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she [is] the mother thereof. (3:28} And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God [was] in him, to do judgment.

  • - The Second Book of the Kings Commonly Called the Fourth Book of the Kings

  • - {17:35} With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: {17:36) But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. {17:37} And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the com-mandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods. {17:29} Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put [them] in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.

  • - The First Book of the Chronicles Zavan, [and] Jakan. The Songs of Dishan; Uz, and Aran

  • - {16:11} Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually. {16:12} Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

  • - The Second Book of the Cronicles

  • - {1:10} Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, [that is so] great? (1:11} And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king: {1:12} Wisdom and knowledge [is) granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that [have been] before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.

  • - Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.

  • - Ezra

  • - The Book of Nehemiah

  • - The Book of Esther

  • - The Book of Job

  • - (8:20} Behold, God will not cast away a perfect [man,] neither will he help the evil doers:

  • - The fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.

  • - {36:10} He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity. (36:11} If they obey and serve (him,] they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. {36:12} But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

  • - The Book of Psalms

  • - (19:7) The law of the LORD (is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD [is) sure, making wise the simple. {19:8) The statutes of the LORD [are] right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD (is] pure, enlightening the eyes. {19:9) The fear of the LORD [is] clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD [are] true (and] righteous al-together. {19:10) More to be desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honey-comb. {19:11) Moreover by them is thy servant warned: (and) in keeping of them (there is great reward. {19:12) Who can understand [his) errors? cleanse thou me from secret [faults. ]{19:13) Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous [sins;] let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgres-sion. {19:14) Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

  • - Psalm 23 A Psalm of David. (23:1) The LORD [is] my shep-herd; I shall not want. {23:2) He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. (23:3) He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. (23:4) 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. (23:5) Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. (23:6) 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.

  • - {24:3) Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? (24:4) He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceit-fully. (24:5) He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

  • - (25:1) Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. (25:2) 0 my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. (25:3) Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. (25:4) Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. (25:5) Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou [art) the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. (25:6) Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they (have been] ever of old. {25:7) Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my trans-gressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD. (25:8) Good and upright [is] the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. (25:9) The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way. (25:10} All the paths of the LORD (are) mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. (25:11) For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine ini-quity; for it (is) great. (25:12) What man [is] he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way [that] he shall choose. (25:13) His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth. (25:14) The secret of the LORD [is] with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant. (25:15} Mine eyes [are] ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. (25:16} Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for 1[am) desolate and afflicted. (25:17) The troubles of my heart are enlarged: [O| bring thou me out of my distresses. (25:18) Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins. (25:19) Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. {25:20) O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee. (25:21) Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for 1 wait on thee. (25:22) Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

  • - (27:1) 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? (27:2) When the wicked, [even] mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. {27:3) Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this (will] I [be] confident. (27:4) One (thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple. {27:5) For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. (27:6) And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. (27:7} Hear, O LORD, [when] 1 cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. {27:8) [When thou saidst,] Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. (27:9) 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. (27:10) When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. {27:11) Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. (27:12) Deliver me not over unto the will of mine en-emies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. (27:13) [I had fainted,] unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. (27:14) Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

  • - Psalm 31 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. {31:1) In thee, O LORD, do 1 put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. (31:2) Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. (31:3) For thou (art] my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me. {31:4) Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou (art] my strength. {31:5} Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth. {31:6) I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD. {31:7) I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in ad-versities; {31:8) And hast not shut me up into the hand of the en-emy: thou hast set my feet in a large room. {31:9) Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, [yea,] my soul and my belly. {31:10} For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

  • - Psalm 37 A [Psalm] of David. {37:1} Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. (37:2) For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. {37:3) Trust in the LORD, and do good; [so] shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. {37:4) Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. (37:5) Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring [it) to pass. {37:6) And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. [37:7) Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. (37:8) Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. {37:9) For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. (37:10) For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be:] yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be. 1{37:11} But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. (37:12) The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. {37:13) The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. {37:14) The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, [and] to slay such as be of upright conversation. (37:15) Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. (37:16) A little that a righteous man hath [is] better than the riches of many wicked. (37:17) For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous. (37:18) The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever. (37:19) They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. {37:20} But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD [shall be] as the fat of lambs: they shall con-sume; into smoke shall they consume away. {37:21) The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth. {37:22) For [such as be] blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and [they that be] cursed of him shall be cut off. {37:23) The steps of a [good] man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. {37:24} Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with] his hand. {37:25) I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. {37:26) [He is| ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed [is] blessed. {37:27) Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for ever-more. (37:28) For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. {37:29) The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. {37:30) The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. (37:31) The law of his God [is] in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. {37:32) The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. (37:33) The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. {37:34) Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see fit. 1{37:35] I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. {37:36) Yet he passed away, and, lo, he [was) not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. {37:37) Mark the perfect (man,] and behold the upright: for the end of [that] man [is) peace. (37:38] But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. {37:39) But the salvation of the righteous [is] of the LORD: (he is] their strength in the time of trouble. (37:40) And the LORD shall help them and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

  • - Psalm 91 {91:1) He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. (91:2) I will say of the LORD, [He is] my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. {91:3) Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, [and] from the noisome pestilence. (91:4) He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth [shall be thy] shield and buckler.

  • - {91:14) Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. (91:15) He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I [will be] with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and hon-our him. (91:16) With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

  • - (92:11) Mine eye also shall see (my desire) on mine en-emies, (and) mine ears shall hear (my desire) of the wicked that rise up against me. (92:12) The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. (92:13] Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. (92:14) They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; (92:15) To shew that the LORD (is] upright: [he is] my rock, and [there is] no unrighteousness in him.

  • - (94:9) He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? 194:10) He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he cor-rect? he that teacheth man knowledge, (shall not he know? 94:11) The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they (are) vanity. (94:12) Blessed (is) the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; (94:13) That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. (94:14) For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. (94:15) But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. {94:16) Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? (or) who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? (94:17) Unless the LORD (had been] my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. (94:18) When 1 said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. (94:19) In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. (94:20) Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? (94:21) They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. (94:22) But the LORD is my defence; and my God [is] the rock of my refuge.

  • {94:23} And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; [yea,] the LORD our God shall cut them off.

  • - Psalm 112 {112:1) Praise ye the LORD. Blessed (is] the man [that] feareth the LORD, [that] delighteth greatly in his commandments. {112:2) His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. {112:3] Wealth and riches [shall be] in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever. {112:4) Unto the upright there ariseth light in the dark-ness: [he is] gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. {112:5) A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion. {112:6) Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. {112:7) He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD. {112:8) His heart [is] established, he shall not be afraid, until he see [his desire] upon his enemies. (112:9) He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour. {112:10} The wicked shall see [it,] and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

  • - Psalm 143 A Psalm of David. {143:1) Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplica-tions: in thy faithfulness answer me, (and) in thy right-eousness. (143:2) And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. {143:3) For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. (143:4) Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. {143:5] 1 remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands. {143:6) I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul (thirsteth] after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. (143:7) Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. (143:8) Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morn-ing; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. (143:9) Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. (143:10) Teach me to do thy will; for thou [art] my God: thy spirit [is] good; lead me into the land of uprightness. {143:11) Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. (143:12) And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I (am] thy servant.

  • - The Proverbs

  • - (1:5) A wise (man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

  • - {1:7) The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of know-ledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.

  • - (1:10) My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

  • - [1:15) My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: [1:16) For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

  • - {3:5} Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. (3:6) In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

  • - {3:7) Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

  • - [10:5) He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.

  • - {10:14) Wise [men] lay up know-ledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.

  • - {10:18) He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.

  • - {10:23) [It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

  • - {10:24) The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

  • - (11:2) [When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom.

  • - {11:12) He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neigh-bour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

  • - {11:17) The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but [he that is] cruel troubleth his own flesh.

  • - (12:4) A virtuous woman [is) a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed (is] as rottenness in his bones.

  • - [12:21} There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mis-chief.

  • - {12:22} Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.

  • - {13:11] Wealth [got-ten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

  • - {13:20} He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  • - {14:21} He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy [is] he.

  • - {14:26) In the fear of the LORD [is] strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

  • - [14-29) [He that is slow to wrath [is] of great understanding: but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

  • - {14:31) He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

  • - {16:17) The highway of the upright [is] to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way pre-serveth his soul.

  • - {16:32} [He that is] slow to anger [is] better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

  • - {21:17) He that loveth pleasure [shall bel a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

  • - (24:3) Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: {24:4) And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. [24:5} A wise man is| strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

  • - {24:8) He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person. (24:9) The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men.

  • - {24:16) For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

  • - {27:1) Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

  • - {27:2) Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

  • - ]{28:6} Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.

  • - {28:26} He that trus-teth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

  • - {28:27} He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

  • - {29:11) A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise (man] keepeth it in till afterwards.

  • - (29:12) If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants [are] wicked.

  • - (29:17) Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

  • - {29:18] Where [there is] no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy [is] he.

  • - Ecclesiastesor, the Preacher

  • - {1:4} [Onel generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

  • - {1:7} All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

  • - {1:8) All things [are] full of labour; man cannot utter [it:] the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. {1:9} The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done [is] that which shall be done: and [there is] no new [thing] under the sun.

  • - {1:17) And I gave my heart to know wis-dom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. {1:18} For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

  • - (3:1) To every (thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: (3:2} A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted; {3:3] A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; (3:4} A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; {3:5) A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; (3:6) A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; {3:7) A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; {3:8] A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

  • - [3:13} And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it [is] the gift of God.

  • - {10:19} A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all [things.

  • - 1{10:20} Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

  • - {12:13) Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this (is) the whole [duty] of man. [12:14) For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether [it bel good, or whether (it be] evil.

  • - The Song of Solomon

  • - The Book of the Prophet Isaiah

  • - {40:29} He giveth power to the faint; and to [them that have] no might he in-creaseth strength. {40:30} Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: {40:31} 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.

  • - {41:10} Fear thou not; for 1 [am] with thee: be not dis-mayed; for 1 [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, 1 will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. {41:11} Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. {41:12} Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, [even] them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. {41:13} For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

  • - {45:5} I [am] the LORD, and [there is] none else, [there is] no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: {45:6} That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that [there is] none beside me. 1[am] the LORD, and [there is] none else. {45:7} I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these [things. ]{45:8} Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down right-eousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth sal-vation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.

  • - {50:10} Who [is] among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh (in] dark-ness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God. {50:11} Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass [yourselves] about with sparks [that] ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

  • - {54:17} No weapon that is formed against thee shall pros-per; and every tongue [that] shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This [is] the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness [is] of me, saith the LORD.

  • - {55:6) Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: {55:7} Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

  • - {56:13 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation [is] near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. {56:2} Blessed [is] the man [that] doeth this, and the son of man [that] layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

  • - {57:18} I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. {57:19} I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to [him that is] far off, and to [him that is] near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him. {57:20} But the wicked [are] like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. {57:21} [There is] no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

  • - {58:13} If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, [from] doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking [thine own] words: {58:14} Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken [it.]

  • - The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah

  • - 1{9:23} Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise [man] glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty [man] glory in his might, let not the rich [man] glory in his riches: (9:24} But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understan-deth and knoweth me, that I [am] the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these [things] I delight, saith the LORD.

  • - LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

  • - {23:23} [Am] I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? {23:24} Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.

  • - {42:11} Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for 1 [am] with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

  • - The Lamentations of Jeremiah

  • - {3:22} [It is of] the LORD'S mercies that we are not con-sumed, because his compassions fail not. {3:23} [They are new every morning: great [is] thy faithfulness. {3:24} The LORD [is] my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. {3:25} The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him. {3:26} [It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. {3:27} [It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. {3:28} He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him. {3:29} He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. {3:30} He giveth [his] cheek to him that smi-teth him: he is filled full with reproach. {3:31} For the Lord will not cast off for ever: {3:32} But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. {3:33} For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. {3:34} To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, {3:35} To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, {3:36} To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

  • - {3:55} I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. {3:56} Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. {3:57} Thou drewest near in the day [that] I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not. {3:58} O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life. {3:59} O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.

  • - The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel

  • - {18:5} But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right, {18:6} [And] hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman, {18:7} And hath not oppressed any, [but] hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment; (18:8} He [that] hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, [that] hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man, {18:9} Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he [is] just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

  • - {36:25} Then will 1 sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. {36:26} A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. {36:27} And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do [them. ]{36:28} And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. {36:29} I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you. {36:30} And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen. {36:31} Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that [were] not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.

  • - {39:8) Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this [is] the day whereof I have spoken. {39:9} And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the hand-staves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: {39:10} So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down [any] out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.

  • - The Book of Daniel

  • - {5:17} Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

  • - Hosea

  • - {4:11} Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

  • - {6:1} Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. {6:2} After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. {6:3} Then shall we know, lif] we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter [and] former rain unto the earth.

  • - Joel

  • - {2:12} Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye [even] to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: {2:13} And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he [is] gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

  • - Amos

  • - {5:14} Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.

  • - Obadiah

  • - Jonah

  • - Micah

  • - {6:8} He hath shewed thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

  • - {7:2} The good [man] is perished out of the earth: and [there is] none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

  • - {7:5} Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. {7:6} For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies (are] the men of his own house. {7:7} Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

  • - {7:8} Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD [shall be] a light unto me. {7:9} I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, [and] I shall behold his righteousness.

  • - Nahum

  • - {1:2] God [is] jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and [is) furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he re-serveth [wrath] for his enemies. {1:3} The LORD [is] slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit (the wicked:] the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds [are] the dust of his feet.

  • - Habakkuk

  • - Zephaniah

  • - {2:3} Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.

  • - Haggai

  • - Zechariah

  • - {5:3} Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off [as] on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off [as] on that side according to it.

  • - {7:4} Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, {7:5} Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh (month,] even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, [even] to me? {7:6} And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat [for yourselves,] and drink [for yourselves?]

  • - {8:7} Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country; {8:8} And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.

  • - {8:9} Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which [were] in the day [that] the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built. {8:10} For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither [was there anyl peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour. {8:11} But now I [will] not [be] unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts. {8:12} For the seed [shall bel prosper-ous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these [things. ]{8:13} And it shall come to pass, [that] as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, [but] let your hands be strong. {8:14} For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not: {8:1 5} So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

  • - {8:16} These [are] the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: {8:17} And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neigh-bour; and love no false oath: for all these [are things] that I hate, saith the LORD.

  • - {8:22} Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. {8:23} Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days [it shall come to pass,] that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard [that] God [is] with you.

  • - {9:9} Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he [is] just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

  • - {12:1} The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. {12:2} Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah [and] against Jerusalem. {12:3} And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. {12:4} In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonish-ment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness. {12:5} And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem [shall be] my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.

  • - {12:9} And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

  • - Malachi

  • - {2:10} Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

  • - {2:17} Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied [him?] When ye say, Every one that doeth evil [is] good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where [is] the God of judg-ment?

  • - New Testament

  • - The Gospel According to St. Matthew

  • - {1:18} Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. {1:19} Then Joseph her husband, being a just (man,] and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. {1:20} But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. {1:21} And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

  • - {2:1} Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, {2:2} Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

  • - {3:16} And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: {3:17} And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

  • - (4:1] Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. (4:2] And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. (4:3) And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. [4:4} But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. (4:5] Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, (4:6} 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 thy foot against a stone. {4:7} Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. (4:8) Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; {4:9} And saith unto him, All these things will 1 give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. (4:10} 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. (4:11} Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

  • - {4:18} And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. {4:19} And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. {4:20} And they straightway left (their] nets, and followed him. {4:21} And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James [the son] of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. {4:22} And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.

  • - {4:23} And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. {4:24} And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.

  • - (5:2} And he opened his mouth, and taught them, say-ing, (5:3} Blessed [are] the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. {5:4] Blessed [are] they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. {5:5} Blessed (are] the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. {5:6) Blessed (are] they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. {5:7} Blessed [are] the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. (5:8} Blessed (are] the pure in heart: for they shall see God. {5:9] Blessed [are] the peace-makers: for they shall be called the children of God. {5:10} Blessed [are] they which are persecuted for righteousness sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. [5:11} Blessed are ye, when (men] shall revile you, and persecute (you,] and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. (5:12) Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great (is) your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

  • - {5:13) Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. {5:14) Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. {5:15} Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. (5:16} Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

  • - [5:18} For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. {5:19] Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach [them,] the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. [5:20) For 1 say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed (the righteousness] of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

  • - {5:21} Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: {5:22} 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 coun-cil: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. [5:23} Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; {5:24} Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. (5:25} Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. (5:26] Verily 1 say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

  • - {5:27) Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: [5:28] But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. (5:29) And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast (it] from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not [that] thy whole body should be cast into hell. [5:30} And if thy right hand offend thee, cut if off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not [that] thy whole body should be cast into hell. {5:31} It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: {5:32} But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

  • - {5:43} Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. {5:44} But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; {5:45} That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. {5:46} For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? {5:47} And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more [than others?] do not even the publicans so? {5:48} Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

  • - {6:5} And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites [are:] for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. {6:6} But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. {6:7} But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen [do:] for they think that they shall be heard for their much speak-ing. {6:8} Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. {6:9} After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. {6:10} Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as [it is] in heaven. {6:11} Give us this day our daily bread. {6:12} And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 16:13} And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. {6:14} For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: {6:15} But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

  • - {6:16} Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. {6:17} But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; {6:18} That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

  • - {6:19} Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: {6:20} But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: {6:21} For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. {6:22} The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. {6:23} But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great [is] that darkness!

  • - {6:24} No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. {6:253 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? {6:26} Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? {6:27} Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? {6:28} And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: {6:29} And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. {6:30} Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, [shall he] not much more [clothel you, O ye of little faith? {6:31} Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? {6:32} (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. {6:33} But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his right-eousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. {6:34} Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof.

  • - 17:1} Judge not, that ye be not judged. {7:2} For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. {7:3} And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? {7:4} Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam [is] in thine own eye? {7:5} Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

  • - {7:7} Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: {7:8} For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. {7:9} Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? {7:10} Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? {7:11} If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? {7:12} Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

  • - 17:13} Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: {7:14} Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

  • - {7:15} Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. {7:16} Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? {7:17} Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. {7:18} A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither [can] a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. {7:19} Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. {7:20} Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

  • - 17:21} Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. (7:22} Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? {7:23} And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

  • - {7:24} Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: {7:25} And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. {7:26} And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: {7:27} And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. {7:28} And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: {7:29} For he taught them as [one] having authority, and not as the scribes.

  • - {10:14} And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. {10:15} Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

  • - {10:19} But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. {10:20} For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

  • - {10:22} And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

  • - {10:37} He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. {10:38} And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. {10:39} He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

  • - {11:4; Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: {11:5} The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. {11:6} And blessed is (he,] whosoever shall not be offended in me.

  • - {11:27} All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and [he] to whomsoever the Son will reveal [him.1{11:28} Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. {11:29} 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. {11:30} For my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light.

  • - {12:11} And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift [it] out? {12:12} How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. {12:13} Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched [it] forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.

  • - {12:25} And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: {12:26} And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?

  • - {12:30} He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.

  • - {12:31} Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy [against] the [Holy] Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. {12:32} And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the [world] to come. {12:33} Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by [his] fruit. {12:34} O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. {12:35} A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. {12:36} But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. {12:37} For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

  • - {15:4} For God com-manded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

  • - [15:11} Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

  • - {15:16} And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? {15:17} Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? {15:18} But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. {15:19} For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, mur-ders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blas-phemies: {15:20} These are [the things] which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

  • - {16:24) Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any [man) will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. {16:25} For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. {16:26} For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? {16:27}

  • - {18:15) Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. {18:16} But if he will not hear (thee, then] take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. {18:17} And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell [it] unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. {18:18} Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. {18:19} Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. {18:20} For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

  • - {19:17) And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? (there is none good but one, [that is,) God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. {19:18} He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, (19:19} Honour thy father and [thy] mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

  • - {19:23} Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. {19:24} And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. {19.25] When his disciples heard [it,] they were exceedingly amazed, saying. Who then can be saved? (19:26} But Jesus beheld [them, land said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

  • - {21:42} Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the cor-ner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? {21:43} Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. {21:44} And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

  • - {22:36} Master, which [is] the great commandment in the law? {22:37} Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. {22:38} This is the first and great command-ment. {22:39} And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. {22:40} On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

  • - {26:26} And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed [it,] and brake [it,] and gave [it] to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. {26:27} And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave [it] to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; {26:28} For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

  • - {28:17} And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. {28:18} And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. {28:19} Go ye therefore, and teach all na-tions, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: {28:20} Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen.

  • - The Gospel According to St. Mark

  • - (3:24) And if a kingdom be divided against it-self, that kingdom cannot stand. {3:25} And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. (3:26} And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. {3:27} No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house. (3:28] Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: (3:29) But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation: [3:30} Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.

  • - {3:33} And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren? {3:34} And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! {3:35} For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

  • - {4:21} And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? {4:22} For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. {4:23} If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. {4:24} And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. {4:25} For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath. {4:26} And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; {4:27} And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. {4:28} For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. {4:29} But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

  • - {7:10} For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

  • - {7:20} And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. {7:21} For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, {7:22} Thefts, covet-ousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: {7:23} All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

  • - {8:34} And when he had called the people [unto him] with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. {8:35} For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. {8:36} For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? {8:37} Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? {8:38} Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

  • - {9:23} Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things [arel possible to him that believeth.

  • - {10:18} And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? [there is] none good but one, [that is,] God. {10:19} Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother. {10:20} And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth. {10:21} Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.

  • - {10:25} It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

  • - {11:24} Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive [them,] and ye shall have [them. ]{11:25} And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. {11:26} But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

  • - {12:29} And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments [is,] Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: {12:30} And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. {12:31} And the second [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

  • - {16:15} And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. {16:16} He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. {16:17} And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; {16:18} They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

  • - The Gospel According to St. Luke

  • - {1:37} For with God nothing shall be impossible.

  • - {4:3} And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. {4:4} And Jesus answered him, say-ing, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

  • - {5:30} But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? {5:31} And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. {5:32} I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

  • - {6:20} And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed [be yel poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. {6:21} Blessed [are ye] that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed [are ye] that weep now: for ye shall laugh. {6:22} Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you [from their company,] and shall reproach [you,] and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. {6:23} Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward [is] great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. {6:24} But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. {6:25} Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. {6:26} Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

  • - {6:27} But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, {6:28} Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.

  • - {6:29} And unto him that smiteth thee on the [one] cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not (to take thy] coat also. {6:30} Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask [them] not again. {6:31} And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. {6:32} For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. {6:33} And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same. {6:34} And if ye lend [to them] of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. {6:35} But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and [to] the evil. {6:36} Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. {6:37} Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: {6:38} Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. {6:39} And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? {6:40} The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. {6:41} And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? {6:42} Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye. {6:43} For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. {6:44} For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. {6:45} A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

  • - {6:48} He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. {6:49} But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

  • - {8:46} And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me. {8:47} And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him be-, fore all the people for what cause she had touched him and how she was healed immediately. {8:48} And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.

  • - {8:50} But when Jesus heard [it,] he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.

  • - {9:5} And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them. {9:6} And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where.

  • - {9:50} And Jesus said unto him, Forbid [him] not: for he that is not against us is for us.

  • - {10:27} And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

  • - {11:2} And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. {11:3} Give us day by day our daily bread. {11:4} And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temp-tation; but deliver us from evil.

  • - {11:9} And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. (11:10} For every one that as-keth receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. {11:11} If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if (he ask] a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? {11:12} Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? {11:13} If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall [your ] heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

  • - {11:17} But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house [divided] against a house falleth. {11:18} If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. {11:19} And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast [them] out? therefore shall they be your judges. {11:20} But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. {11:21; When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: {11:22} But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. {11:23} He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. {11:24} When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. {11:25} And when he cometh, he findeth [it] swept and garnished. [11:26} Then goeth he, and taketh [to him] seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last [state] of that man is worse than the first.

  • - [11:28} But he said, Yea rather, blessed [are] they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

  • - {11:34) The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when (thine eye] is evil, thy body also (is] full of darkness. {11:35] Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not dark-ness. {11:36} If thy whole body therefore [be] full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.

  • - {12:9} But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. {12:10} And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven. {12:11} And when they bring you unto the syna-gogues, and [unto] magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: {12:12} For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.

  • - {12:18} And he said, This will I do: 1 will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. {12:19} And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, [and] be merry. {12:20} But God said unto him, [Thou] fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? {12:21} So (is] he that lay-eth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

  • - {12:22} And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. {12:23} The life is more than meat, and the body lis more] than rai-ment. {12:24} Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? {12:25} And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? {12:26} If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? {12:27} Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. {12:28] If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more [will he clothe] you, O ye of little faith? {12:29} And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. {12:30} For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

  • - {12:31} But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. {12:32} Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. {12:33} Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. {12:34} For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. {12:35} Let your loins be girded about, and [your] lights burning; {12:36} And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. {12:37} Blessed (are] those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. {12:38} And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find [them] so, blessed are those ser-vants. {12:39} And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. {12:40} Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

  • - {14:12} Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor [thy] rich neigh-bours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. {14:13} But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: {14:14} And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

  • - {15:3} And he spake this parable unto them, saying, {15:4} What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wil-derness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? {15:5} And when he hath found [it,] he layeth (it] on his shoulders, rejoicing. {15:6} And when he cometh home, he calleth together (his] friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. {15:7} I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

  • - {15:8} Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find [it? ]{15:9} And when she hath found [it,] she calleth (her] friends and [her] neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. {15:10} Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

  • - {16:13} No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

  • - {17:3} Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. {17:4} And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

  • - {18:18} And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? {18:19} And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none [is] good, save one, (that is,] God. {18:20} Thou knowest the command-ments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.

  • - The Gospel According to St. John

  • - {1:1} In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. {1:2} The same was in the beginning with God. {1:3} All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. (1:4} In him was life; and the life was the light of men. {1:5} And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

  • - {3:5} Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and (of] the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. {3:6} That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

  • - {3:16} For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. {3:17} For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. {3:18} He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [3:19} And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. (3:20} For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. [3:21} But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

  • - 3.27, John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

  • - 1{3:35} The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. {3:36} He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

  • - {4:13} Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: {4:14} But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

  • - {7:24} Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

  • - {8:31} Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, [then] are ye my disciples indeed; {8:32} And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

  • - (8:42) Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for 1 proceeded forth and came from God; neither came l of myself, but he sent me. (8:43] Why do ye not understand my speech? (even) because ye cannot hear my word. (8:44] Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of [your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he spea-keth of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. {8:45} And because I tell [you] the truth, ye believe me not. (8:46) Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? (8:47) He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear (them] not, because ye are not of God.

  • - The Acts of the Apostles

  • - {5:29} Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. {5:30} The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. {5:31} Him hath God exalted with his right hand [to be] a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. {5:32} And we are his witnesses of these things; and [so is] also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

  • - {11:18} When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

  • - {11:23} Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord. {11:24} For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord. {11:25} Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: {11:26} And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

  • - {13:50} But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts. {13:51} But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium. {13:52} And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.

  • - {20:32} 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. {20:33} I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. {20:34} Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. {20:35} I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and toremem-ber the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

  • - The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans

  • - {1:16} 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. {1:17} For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

  • - {1:24} Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: {1:25} Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

  • - {1:28} And even as they did not like to retain God in (their] knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; {1:29} Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, {1:30} Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, {1:31} Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: {1:32} Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

  • - {2:1} Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. {2:2} But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. {2:3} And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? (2:4} Or des-pisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? {2:5} But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; {2:6} Who will render to every man according to his deeds: (2:7} To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: {2:8} But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unright-eousness, indignation and wrath, (2:9} Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; {2:10} But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: {2:11} For there is no respect of persons with God. {2:12} For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; {2:13} (For not the hearers of the law [are] just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. {2:14} For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: {2:15} Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing wit-ness, and [their] thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) {2:16} In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

  • - {2:19} And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, {2:20} An instructor of the fool-ish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. {2:21} Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? {2:22} Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? {2:23} Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God? {2:24} For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. {2:25} For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. {2:26} Therefore if the uncircum-cision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? {2:27} And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law? {2:28} For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither [is that] circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: {2:29} But he [is] a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision [is that] of the heart, in the spirit, [and] not in the letter; whose praise [is] not of men, but of God.

  • - {4:21} And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. {4:22} And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. {4:23} Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; {4:24} But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; {4:25} Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

  • - (5:1] Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: (5:2] By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. {5:3) And not only [so,] but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; (5:4) And patience, experience; and experience, hope: [5:5] 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. (5:6) For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. (5:7) For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. {5:8) But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [5:9} Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. (5:10) For if, when we were en-emies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. (5:11} And not only [so,] but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

  • - (5:17) For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) {5:18} Therefore as by the offence of one [judgment came] upon all men to condemna-tion; even so by the righteousness of one [the free gift came] upon all men unto justification of life. [5:19) For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. (5:20} Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: [5:21] That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

  • - (6:16} Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

  • - [8:5] 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. [8:6] For to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace. [8:7) Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. (8:8} So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. (8:9] 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. (8:10} And if Christ [be] in you, the body [is] dead because of sin; but the Spirit [is] life because of righteousness. (8:11} 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.

  • - (8:24] For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? (8:25] But if we hope for that we see not, (then] do we with patience wait for [it. ][8:26} Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself ma-keth intercession for us with groanings which cannot be ut-tered. (8:27) And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what (is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to (the will of] God. [8:28} And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.

  • - [10:9] That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. [10:10) For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. [10:11] For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. (10:12) For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. (10:13} For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

  • - (12:1} I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service. [12:2} And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and ac-ceptable, and perfect, will of God. {12:3} For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think [of himself] more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. {12:4) For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: [12:5} So we, [being] many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

  • - {12:9} (Let] love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. (12:10} [Be] kindly affec-tioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; [12:11} Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; (12:12) Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; {12:13} Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. {12:14} Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. {12:15] Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. {12:16} [Be] of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. (12:17} Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. {12:18} If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. (12:19) Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. (12:20} Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. [12:21} Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

  • - (13:1) Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. {13:2} Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, re-sisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. [13:3} For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: (13:4} For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to (execute] wrath upon him that doeth evil. [13:5} Wherefore (yel must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. [13:6} For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. {13:7) Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due;] custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. [13:8) Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. {13:9} For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if [there be] any other com-mandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. (13:10} Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love [is] the fulfilling of the law. (13:11} And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed. {13:12} The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. [13:13) Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. [13:14} But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to (fulfil] the lusts [thereof.]

  • - (14:3} Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. [14:4) Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.

  • - [14:7) For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. [14:8) For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. [14:9} For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. (14:10} But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. Christ. (14:11] For it is written, [As] I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. (14:12) So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. {14:13} Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in [his] brother's way.

  • - {16:17} Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. [16:18} For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. {16:19} For your obedience is come abroad unto all (men.] I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil. (16:20} And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you. Amen.

  • - The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians

  • - (2:5) That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

  • - (6:17) But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. (6:18) Flee for-nication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. (6:19) What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? (6:20} For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

  • - [7:1) Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: [It is good for a man not to touch a woman. [7:2] Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. (7:3] Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. [7:4] The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. {7:5] Defraud ye not one the other, except [it bel with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. [7:6] But I speak this by permission, [and] not of commandment. [7:7) For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

  • - [14:34) Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but [they are com-manded] to be under obedience, as also saith the law. (14:35} And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. (14:36) What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only? (14:37) 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. (14:38) But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. [14:39) Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues. [14:40) Let all things be done decently and in order.

  • - The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians

  • - (2:1} But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. [2:2} For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?

  • - {4:1} Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; [4:2} But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. [4:3} But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: [4:4} In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. [4:5} For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. [4:6} For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • - {4:7} But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. [4:8} [We are] troubled on every side, yet not distressed; [we are per-plexed, but not in despair; [4:9} Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; [4:10} Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. {4:11} For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. {4:12} So then death worketh in us, but life in you. {4:13} We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; {4:14} Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present [us] with you. {4:15} For all things [are] for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. {4:16} For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day. {4:17} For our light afliction, which is but for a moment, wor-keth for us a far more exceeding (and] eternal weight of glory; (4:18) While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen [are] temporal; but the things which are not seen [are] eternal.

  • - (5:14] For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: (5:15} And [that] he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. (5:16} Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we [him] no more. (5:17} Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. {5:18} And all things (are] of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; (5:19} To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. [5:20} Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech [you] by us: we pray [you] in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. [5:21} For he hath made him (to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

  • - (6:1} We then, [as] workers together [with him,] beseech [you] also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. {6:2} (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now [is] the accepted time; behold, now [is] the day of salvation.) {6:3} Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: (6:4) But in all [things] approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in aflictions, in necessities, in distresses, [6:5} In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watch-ings, in fastings; [6:6) By pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, (6:7) By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, [6:8} By hon-our and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and [yet] true; [6:9) As unknown, and [yet] well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; [6:10} As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.

  • - (6:11} O [ye] Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. [6:12] Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. [6:13] Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto (my] children,) be ye also enlarged. {6:14} Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? {6:15} And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? {6:16} And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them;] and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. [6:17} Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing;] and I will receive you, (6:18} And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daugh-ters, saith the Lord Almighty.

  • - (7:1} Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

  • - (9:6] But this [I say,] He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

  • - {9:7} Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, (so let him give;] not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. (9:8] And God [is] able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all [things,] may abound to every good work: (9:9) (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. (9:10} Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for [your] food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;) (9:11} Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God. (9:12) For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God; (9:13) Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection into the gospel of Christ, and for (your] liberal distribution unto them, and unto all [men; 1(9:14} And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you. (9:15) Thanks [be] unto God for his unspeakable gift.

  • - [13:11} Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good com-fort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you. [13:12} Greet one another with an holy kiss.

  • - The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians

  • - (5:13} For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. {5:14) For all the law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. (5:15} But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. {5:16} [This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. {5:17) For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. (5:18} But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. {5:19} Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are (these;] Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, (5:20} Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, sedi-tions, heresies, [5:21} Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revel-lings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. [5:22} But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, (5:23} Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. (5:24) And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. {5:25] If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. (5:26) Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

  • - (6:1} Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. (6:2} Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. (6:3) For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. (6:4] But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. (6:5) For every man shall bear his own burden. (6:6} Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. [6:7) Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. (6:8] For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap cor-ruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. (6:9) And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. [6:10} As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all (men,] especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

  • - The Epistle of Paul the Apostle of the Ephesians

  • - {4:25) Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. [4:26} Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: {4:27) Neither give place to the devil. {4:28] Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with [his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. [4:29} Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may münister grace unto the hearers. [4:30) And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed anto the day of redemption. (4:31] Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: (4-32] And be ye kind one to another, ten-derhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake bath forgiven you

  • - (5:20} Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; (5:21} Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. (5:22} Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. (5:23) For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. (5:24) Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so [let] the wives [be] to their own husbands in every thing. (5:25} Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; (5:26) That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, (5:27} That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. (5:28} So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth him-self. (5:29) For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nour-isheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: (5:30) For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. (5:31} For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. [5:32) This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. [5:33] Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife (see] that she reverence [her] husband.

  • - {6:1} Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. {6:2) Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) {6:3) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. [6:4} And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. {6:5} Servants, be obedient to them that are [your] masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; [6:6] Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; [6:7] With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: [6:8} Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether [he bel bond or free. [6:9} And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threaten-ing: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

  • - (6:10] Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. [6:11] Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. (6:12} For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against princi-palities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places. ][6:13} Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. (6:14) Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; [6:15} And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; {6:16] Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. [6:17} And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: (6:18) Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; [6:19} And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, [6:20} For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

  • - The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Philippians

  • - The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians

  • - {1:10} That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; [1:11} Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; {1:12} Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: [1:13} Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated [us] into the kingdom of his dear Son: (1:14} In whom we have redemption through his blood, [even] the forgiveness of sins: [1:15} Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: (1:16} For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether (they be] thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: [1:17) And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. {1:18) And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he might have the pre-eminence. {1:19} For it pleased [the Father] that in him should all fulness dwell; [1:20} And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, (I say,] whether [they be] things in earth, or things in heaven. [1:21} And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in [your] mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled (1:22} In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: [1:23} If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and (be] not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, [and] which was preached to every creature which is under heaven;

  • - {3:18} Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. {3:19] Husbands, love [your] wives, and be not bitter against them. [3:20} Children, obey [your] parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. [3:21} Fathers, provoke not your children [to anger,] lest they be discouraged. {3:22} Servants, obey in all things [your] masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: [3:23} And whatsoever ye do, do [it] heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; {3:24} Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. {3:25} But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

  • - The First Epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians

  • - {4:1} Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort [you] by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, [so] ye would abound more and more. (4:2) For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. [4:3} For this is the will of God, [even] your sanc-tification, that ye should abstain from fornication: (4:4} That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; {4:5) Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: {4:6) That no [man] go beyond and defraud his brother in [any] matter: because that the Lord [is] the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. [4:7) For God hath not called us unto uncleaness, but unto holiness. [4:8} He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit. [4:9} But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. {4:10} And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more; (4:11} And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; {4:12) That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and [that] ye may have lack of nothing.

  • - [5:4] But ye, brethren, are not in dark-ness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. (5:5] Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. [5:6] Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober. [5:7) For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. (5:8) But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. (5:9] For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, (5:10} Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. [5:11] Wherefore comfort yourselves to-gether, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

  • - The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians

  • - [1:3) We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth; [1:4} So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: {1:5} [Which is] a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: [1:6) Seeing [it is) a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; [1:7} And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, [1:8} In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: {1:9) Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; [1:10] When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. {1:11} Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of [this] calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of [his] goodness, and the work of faith with power: (1:12) That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • - (3:6) Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us. (3:7) For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; (3:8} Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: [3:9] Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.

  • - [3:14) And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. [3:15] Yet count [him] not as an enemy, but admonish [him] as a brother. [3:16) Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord (be] with you all.

  • - The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy

  • - {3:1) This [is] a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. {3:2} A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good be-haviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; {3:3} Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; (3:4} One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; [3:5} (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) {3:6} Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. [3:7} Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

  • - [4:4) For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanks-giving: [4:5] For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. [4:6) If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. [4:7} But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself (rather] unto godliness. [4:8] For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. [4:9] This [is] a faithful saying and worthy of all accepta-tion. [4:10} For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.

  • - {4:11} These things command and teach. {4:12} Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. (4:13) Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. [4:14} Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. [4:15} Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. {4:16} Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

  • - [5:1} Rebuke not an elder, but intreat [him] as a father; [and] the younger men as brethren; {5:2} The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. [5:3) Honour widows that are widows indeed. {5:4} But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to re-quite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. {5:5} Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. {5:6) But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. {5:7} And these things give in charge, that they may be blame-less. (5:8} But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

  • - (6:6) But godliness with contentment is great gain. [6:7) For we brought nothing into (this] world, [and it is] certain we can carry nothing out. [6:8] And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. (6:9] But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and (into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. (6:10} For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. [6:11} But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godli-ness, faith, love, patience, meekness. [6:12) Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

  • - {6:17) Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; {6:18) That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distrib-ute, willing to communicate; {6:19} Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

  • - The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy

  • - [2:21} If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, [and] prepared unto every good work. (2:22] Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. (2:23} But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. [2:24} And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all (men,] apt to teach, patient, [2:25} In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; (2:26} And [that] they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

  • - The Epistle of Paul to Titus

  • - [2:1) But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: (2:2) That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. (2:3] The aged women likewise, that (they be] in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false ac-cusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; [2:4} That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, (2:5] [To be] discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. [2:6] Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. [2:7] In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine [shewing] uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, (2:8) Sound speech, that cannot be con-demned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you. [2:9] [Exhort] servants to be obedient unto their own masters, [and] to please [them] well in all [things;] not answering again; [2:10} Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. [2:11) For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, [2:12} Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; (2:13} Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; (2:14} Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. (2:15} These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

  • - [3:1} Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, {3:2} To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, [but) gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men. (3:3) For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, [and] hating one another. [3:4] But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, [3:5} Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; {3:6} Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; [3:7) That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. (3:8) [This is] a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men. [3:9} But avoid foolish questions, and ge-nealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. (3:10} A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject; [3:11) Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.

  • - The Epistle of Paul to Philemon

  • - The Epistle to the Hebrews

  • - (13:1) Let brotherly love continue. [13:2} Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. (13:3) Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; [and] them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. {13:4} Marriage (is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. (13:5} [Let your] conversation [be] without covetous-ness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. [13:6] So that we may boldly say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

  • - The General Epistle of James

  • - {1:12} Blessed [is] the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. {1:13} Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: [1:14) But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and en-ticed. [1:15} Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. [1:16] Do not err, my beloved brethren. [1:17) Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turn-ing. (1:18) Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

  • - [1:19] Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: [1:20) For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. (1:21} Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. (1:22} But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. [1:23) For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: [1:24) For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. [1:25] But whoso looketh into the perfect law of lib-erty, and continueth (therein,] he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. (1:26) If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion [is] vain. [1:27) Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their afflic-tion, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.

  • - {4:1} From whence [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your lusts that war in your members? (4:2} Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. {4:3} Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts. (4:4} Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. {4:5} Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? [4:6} But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. [4:7) Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. [4:8} Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded. [4:9} Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heavi-ness. {4:10} Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. [4:11} 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. {4:12} There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

  • - [4:14) Whereas ye know not what (shall bel on the morrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. [4:15} For that ye [ought] to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. [4:16} But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. (4:17) Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it] not, to him it is sin.

  • - (5:73 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. [5:8} Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. (5:9} Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: be-hold, the judge standeth before the door. (5:10} Take, my breth-ren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. {5:11} Be-hold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. [5:12} But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and [your] nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. (5:13) Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. {5:14} Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: [5:15} And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. (5:16} Confess [your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. {5:17} Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. (5:18} And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. [5:19} Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; [5:20} Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

  • - The First Epistle General of Peter

  • - {1:13} Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; (1:14} As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: {1:15} But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; {1:16} Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. {1:17} And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning [here] in fear: {1:18} Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, [as] silver and gold, from your vain conversation [received] by tradition from your fathers; [1:19} But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: {1:20} Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, [1:21} Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

  • - {2:1} Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hyp-ocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, [2:2} As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: {2:3} If so be ye have tasted that the Lord [is] gracious. (2:4} To whom coming, (as unto] a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, [and] precious, (2:5] Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

  • - (2:11} Dearly beloved, Ibeseech [you] as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; {2:12} Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by [your] good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. {2:13} Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. (2:15} For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: (2:16} As free, and not using [your] liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. (2:17) Honour all [men.] Love the brother-hood. Fear God. Honour the king. (2:18} Servants, (be] subject to [your] masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. {2:19} For this [is] thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrong-fully. (2:20} For what glory [is it,] if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it,] ye take it patiently, this [is] acceptable with God. {2:21} For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: (2:22} Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: (2:23} Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously: [2:24) Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. [2:25} For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

  • - [3:7) Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with [them] according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. (3:8} Fi-nally, [be ye] all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, (bel pitiful, (be] courteous: {3:9} Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. {3:10} For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: {3:11} Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. {3:12} 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.

  • - {3:13) And who [is] he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? {3:14} But and if ye suffer for right-eousness' sake, happy [are ye:] and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; [3:15} But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and [bel ready always to [give] an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: (3:16) Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. {3:17) For [it is] better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. {3:18} For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit.

  • - (4:1) Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; {4:2} That he no longer should live the rest of [his] time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. [4:3) For the time past of [our] life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, ban-quetings, and abominable idolatries: (4:4) Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with [them] to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of [you: ][4:5} Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. {4:6) For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

  • - {4:7) But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. {4:8} And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. [4:9} Use hospitality one to another without grudging. {4:10} As every man hath received the gift, [even so] minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. {4:11} 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.

  • - {4:14} 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. {4:15} But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or (as] a thief, or [as] an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. (4:16} Yet if [any man suffer] as a Chris-tian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this be-half. {4:17} For the time [is come] that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if [it] first [begin] at us, what shall the end [be] of them that obey not the gospel of God? {4:18} And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? {4:19} Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls [to him] in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

  • - {5:5} Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all [of you] be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

  • - (5:6} Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: (5:7) Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. (5:8} Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: [5:9} Whom resist sted-fast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. (5:10} 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 per-fect, stablish, strengthen, settle [you.J5:11] To him [bel glory and dominion for ever and ever, Amen.

  • - The Second Epistle General of Peter

  • - {1:1} Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: {1:2} Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, {1:3} According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that [pertain] unto life and godli-ness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: (1:4) Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. {1:5) And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; {1:6} And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; (1:7) And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. (1:8} For if these things be in you, and abound, they make [you that ye shall] neither (be] barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. (1:9} But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. [1:10} Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: {1:11} For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

  • - The First Epistle General of John

  • - [1:5} This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. (1:6} If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: [1:7) But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. [1:8} If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. {1:9] If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unright-eousness. [1:10} If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

  • - [2:9] He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. {2:10} He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. [2:11} But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in dark-ness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes. (2:12} I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. [2:13} I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little chil-dren, because ye have known the Father. [2:14] 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. (2:15} Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. {2:16) For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. [2:17) And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

  • - [2:25} And this is the promise that he hath promised us, [even] eternal life. [2:26] These [things] have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. (2:27) But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. [2:28} And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. [2:29) If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

  • - (5:21} Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

  • - The Second Epistle of John

  • - (1:9} Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. {1:10} If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into (your] house, neither bid him God speed: (1:11} For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

  • - The Third Epistle of John

  • - [1:11} Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

  • - The General Epistle of Jude

  • - The Revelation of St. John the Divine

  • - {3:7} And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; (3:8} I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

  • - [3:20} Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

  • - (14:7) Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

  • - [21:3) And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God. [21:4) And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. [21:5} And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. [21:6) And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. [21:7) He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. (21:8} But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sor-cerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God. [21:4) And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. [21:5} And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. [21:6) And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. [21:7) He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. (21:8} But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sor-cerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

  • - (22:1} And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. [22:2} In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, [was there] the tree of life, which bare twelve (manner] of fruits, [and] yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree [were] for the healing of the nations. [22:3} And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: {22:4} And they shall see his face; and his name [shall be] in their foreheads. (22:5} And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

  • - {22:11} He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. (22:12} And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward [is] with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. [22:13) I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. [22:14} Blessed [are] they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. (22:15} For without [are] dogs, and sorcerers, and whore-mongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

  • - (22:16) I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, [and] the bright and morning star. {22:17} And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. (22:18) For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: {22:19} And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and [from] the things which are written in this book. (22:20} He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

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