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And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.
For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.
He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
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:
Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
