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And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.
And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.
And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled.
For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.
For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
