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So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
