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And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:
And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.
Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:
The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
And Abraham said, I will swear.
Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
