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These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;
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.
Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure.
For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.
This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.
And Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez;
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.
Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
