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For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,
And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
