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Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.
And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,
The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
