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There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.
For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.
And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.
Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.
Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.
And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
