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And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.
And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.
And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
