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When I called upon him, the God of my righteousness heard me: thou hast made room for me in tribulation; pity me, and hearken to my prayer.

and apply thine hand, knowing that it behoves thee to prepare such meats: but if thou art very insatiable,

Let thy neighbour, and not thine own mouth, praise thee; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

And Abraam said to his servant the elder of his house, who had rule over all his possessions, Put thy hand under my thigh,

O Lord, why are they that afflict me multiplied? many rise up against me.

And thou shalt make holy apparel for Aaron thy brother, for honour and glory.

The rich and the poor meet together; but the Lord made them both.

And they brought Joab word, saying, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Abessalom.

Hearken to my words, O Lord, attend to my cry.

And the fountains of the deep were closed up, and the flood-gates of heaven, and the rain from heaven was withheld.

This is the constitution of the law, as the Lord has commanded, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, and let them take for thee a red heifer without spot, which has no spot on her, and on which no yoke has been put.

The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; and he that provokes him sins against his own soul.

And David sent away the people, the third part under the hand of Joab, and the third part under the hand of Abessa the son of Saruia, the brother of Joab, and the third part under the hand of Ethi the Gittite. And David said to the people, I also will surely go out with you.

Wealth acquires many friends; but the poor is deserted even of the friend he has.

thou shalt separate for thyself three cities in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God gives thee.

speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whatsoever man or woman shall specially vow a vow to separate oneself with purity to the Lord,

The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, and his word was upon my tongue.

Give orders to the children of Israel, and they shall give to the Levites cities to dwell in from the lot of their possession, and they shall give to the Levites the suburbs of the cities round about them.

And all the men of Israel went up from following David after Sabee the son of Bochori: but the men of Juda adhered to their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.

And Sarrha died in the city of Arboc, which is in the valley, this is Chebron in the land of Chanaan; and Abraam came to lament for Sarrha and to mourn.

The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers gathered themselves together, against the Lord, and against his Christ;

And take to thyself thy brethren the tribe of Levi, the family of thy father, and let them be joined to thee, and let them minister to thee; and thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.

But his pleasure is in the law of the Lord; and in his law will he meditate day and night.

In the Lord I have put my trust: how will ye say to my soul,

A senseless man feels no need of wisdom, for he is rather led by folly.

Every man seems to himself righteous; but the Lord directs the hearts.

By reason of the sins of ungodly men quarrels arise; but a wise man will quell them.

Vanity is in all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good, and to the bad; both to the pure, and to the impure; both to him that sacrifices, and to him that sacrifice not: as is the good, so is the sinner: as is the swearer, even so is he that fears an oath.

He that walks uprightly fears the Lord; but he that is perverse in his ways shall be dishonoured.

Or who will resist me, and abide, since the whole world under heaven is mine?

A good man shall eat of the fruits of righteousness: but the lives of transgressors shall perish before their time.

The tongue of the wise knows what is good: but the mouth of the foolish tells out evil things.

Then will I confess that thy right hand can save thee.

And they said, What one man is there of the tribes of Israel, who went not up to the Lord to Massephath? and, behold, no man came to the camp from Jabis Galaad to the assembly.

He that has found favour with the Lord is made better; but a transgressor shall be passed over in silence.

And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord himself is his portion, as he said to him.

Wherever pride enters, there will be also disgrace: but the mouth of the lowly meditates wisdom.

And Abessalom rose early, and stood by the side of the way of the gate: and it came to pass that every man who had a cause, came to the king for judgment, and Abessalom cried to him, and said to him, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

(for I am weighed in a just balance, and the Lord knows my innocence:)

and if thou has hast numbered the full months of their being with young, and if thou hast relieved their pangs:

Charge the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Ye are entering into the land of Chanaan: it shall be to you for an inheritance, the land of Chanaan with its boundaries.

And the king said to Siba, What meanest thou by these? and Siba, said, The asses are for the household of the king to sit upon, and the loaves and the dates are for the young men to eat, and the wine is for them that are faint in the wilderness to drink.

I know that thou canst do all things, and nothing is impossible with thee.

Every one that is proud in heart is unclean before God, and he that unjustly strikes hands with hand shall not be held guiltless. The beginning of a good way is to do justly; and it is more acceptable with God than to offer sacrifices. He that seeks the Lord shall find knowledge with righteousness: and they that rightly seek him shall find peace. All of the works of the Lord are done with righteousness; and the ungodly man is kept for the evil day.

For she is on lofty eminences, and stands in the midst of the ways.

commanding the snow, Be thou upon the earth, and the stormy rain, and the storm of the showers of his might.

She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine in a bowl, and prepared her table.

And he said, Take thy son, the beloved one, whom thou hast lovedIsaac, and go into the high land, and offer him there for a whole-burnt-offering on one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

Take hold of shield and buckler, and arise for my help.

Who is this that hides counsel from me, and confines words in his heart, and thinks to conceal them from me?

And all the tribes of Israel stood before the Lord in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.

they came all together at the same time to make war against Joshua and Israel.

then they were greatly terrified by them, for the king knew that Gabaon was a great city, as one of the chief cities, and all its men were mighty.

Wait for me yet a little while, that I may teach thee: for there is yet speech in me.

And Jothor the father-in-law of Moses, took Sepphora the wife of Moses after she had been sent away,

And Joab sent to Thecoe, and took thence a cunning woman, and said to her, Mourn, I pray thee, and put on mourning apparel, and anoint thee not with oil, and thou shalt be as a woman mourning for one that is dead thus for many days.

keep my commandments, and thou shalt live; and keep my words as the pupils of thine eyes.

Treasures shall not profit the lawless: but righteousness shall deliver from death.

And of the clean cattle take in to thee sevens, male and female, and of the unclean cattle pairs male and female.

As God lives, who has thus judge me; and the Almighty, who has embittered my soul;

And Amnon was distressed even to sickness, because of Themar his sister; for she was a virgin, and it seemed very difficult for Amnon to do anything to her.

And if there should be found in any one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God gives thee, a man or a woman who shall do that which is evil before the Lord thy God, so as to transgress his covenant,

And thou shalt do to Gai, as thou didst to Jericho and its king; and thou shalt take to thyself the spoil of its cattle; set now for thyself an ambush for the city behind.

that thou mayest keep good understanding, and the discretion of my lips gives thee a charge. Give no heed to a worthless woman;

And if the thief be found in the breach made by himself and be smitten and die, there shall not be blood shed for him.

for length of existence, and years of life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

thine ear shall hearken to wisdom; thou shalt also apply thine heart to understanding, and shalt apply it to the instruction of thy son.

In the place where they slay the whole-burnt-offering, they shall slay the ram of the trespass-offering before the Lord, and he shall pour out the blood at the bottom of the altar round about.

Charge the children of Israel, and let them send forth out of the camp every leper, and every one who has in issue of the reins, and every one who is unclean from a dead body.

Speak to the children of Israel, and take rods of them, according to the houses of their families, a rod from all their princes, according to the houses of their families, twelve rods, and write the name of each on his rod.

And the sons of Dan sent from their families five men of valour, from Saraa and from Esthaol, to spy out the land and to search it; and they said to them, Go and search out the land. And they came as far as the mount of Ephraim to the house of Michaias and they lodged there,

What is this that thou thinkest to be according to right? who art thou that thou hast said, I am righteous before the Lord?

For I give you a good gift; forsake ye not my law.

And Moses wrote their removals and their stages, by the word of the Lord: and these are the stages of their journeying.

Serve the Lord with gladness; come before his presence with exultation.

The Lord is great in Sion, and is high over all the people.

The Lord has made known his salvation, he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.

To whom dost thou attach thyself, or whom art thou going to assist? is it not he that has much strength, and he who has a strong arm?

And she conceived and bore to Abraam a son in old age, at the set time according as the Lord spoke to him.

What beginning or fear is hiseven he that makes all things in the highest?

Cloud, and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the establishment of his throne.

to know wisdom and instruction, and to perceive words of understanding;

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise to him with psalms.

If any man of you shall bring gifts to the Lord, ye shall bring your gifts of the cattle and of the oxen and of the sheep.

thine elders and thy judges shall come forth, and shall measure the distances of the cities round about the slain man:

Assemble yourselves, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in the last days. Gather yourselves together, and hear me, sons of Jacob; hear Israel, hear your father.

This is the law of the leper: in whatsoever day he shall have been cleansed, then shall he be brought to the priest.

while the ungodly have passed over the bound, carrying off the flock with the shepherd?

Sing to the Lord, bless his name: proclaim his salvation from day to day.

Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Judas,

And his concubine departed from him, and went away from him to the house of her father to Bethleem Juda, and she was there four months.

And the man's name was Elimelech, and his wife's name Noemin, and the names of his two sons Maalon and Chelaion, Ephrathites of Bethleem of Juda: and they came to the land of Moab, and remained there.

And be ready by the morning, and thou shalt go up to the mount Sina, and shalt stand there for me on the top of the mountain.

And they fulfilled forty days for him, for so are the days of embalming numbered; and Egypt mourned for him seventy days.

And Joshua sent men to Gai, which is by Baethel, saying, Spy out Gai: and the men went up and spied Gai.

Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and let them take heed concerning the holy things of the children of Israel, so they shall not profane my holy name in any of the things which they consecrate to me: I am the Lord.

And it came to pass toward evening, that David arose off his couch, and walked on the roof of the king's house, and saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt; go down thither, and buy for us a little food, that we may live, and not die.

And the rich man had very many flocks and herds.

Be thou exalted, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.