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Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised.
Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
