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Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.
And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.
Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.
I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
But wisdom is justified of all her children.
Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth;
Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)
