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Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
For I 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.
And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:
And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.
Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.
I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
