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Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.
And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.
And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.
But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
