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So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.
And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.
Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer-sheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.
And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)
For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.
For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the LORD thy God.
As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
