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Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.
Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.
There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.
Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.
And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.
And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
