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And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:
Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.
For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.
But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.
