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Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
