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I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.
And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.
And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar.
Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;
The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth-el, one;
