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But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.
Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;
And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good.
I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.
Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.
And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
