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Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
So shall Beth-el do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
