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And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.
And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,
And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.
And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?
Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:
Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
