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And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.
When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
And this will we do, if God permit.
If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.
Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;
That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house.
Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
