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There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel.
He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?
So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.
And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.
Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.
And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.
And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.
For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.
And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
