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Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,
And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.
And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.
Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
