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And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.
And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.
They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch;
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
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.
And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
