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And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?
And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon;
All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
