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He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead:
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
