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Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.
The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of their's. And they drank, and were merry with him.
So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon.
He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.
