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And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place.
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:
For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.
Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;
And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.
Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
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:
And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
