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Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:
Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;
But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.
