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For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.
Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.
And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.
O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
