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O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.
Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.
And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.
At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.
My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.
Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.
And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
