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And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;
Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.
They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.
For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.
He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair.
So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.
Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.
If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
