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And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,
Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.
In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
