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And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:
For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.
And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.
And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.
Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:
The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.
