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Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.
Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.
Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.
And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?
And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.
And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
