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And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
Do not err, my beloved brethren.
