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Forsake me not, O Lord my God: depart not from me.

the king of Maredoth, the king of Jecom of Chermel,

And the woman went in to all the people, and she spoke to all the city in her wisdom; and they took off the head of Sabee the son of Bochori; and took it away and threw it to Joab: and he blew the trumpet, and the people separated from the city away from him, every man to his tent: and Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

And they pitched a tent for Abessalom on the roof, and Abessalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

And it was so, that every one who saw it said, Such a day as this has not happened nor has been seen from the day of the going up of the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt until this day: take ye counsel concerning it, and speak.

But Anna did not go up with him, for she said to her husband, I will not go up until the child goes up, when I have weaned him, and he shall be presented before the Lord, and he shall abide there continually.

And David answered and said, Behold, the spear of the king: let one of the servants come over and take it.

And Samuel said, Does the Lord take pleasure in whole-burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in hearing the words of the Lord? behold, obedience is better than a good sacrifice, and hearkening than the fat of rams.

Thou shalt laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless: and thou shalt not be afraid of wild beasts.

And let all darkness wait for him: a fire that burns not out shall consume him; and let a stranger plague his house.

And the messenger of Joab went to the king to Jerusalem, and he came and reported to David all that Joab told him, all the affairs of the war. And David was very angry with Joab, and said to the messenger, Why did ye draw nigh to the wall to fight? knew ye not that ye would be wounded from off the wall? Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerobaal? did not a woman cast upon him a piece of millstone from the wall, and he died in Thamasi? why did ye draw near to the wall?

And the sons of Joseph, they also went up to Baethel; and the Lord was with them.

And let them offer to him the sacrifice of praise, and proclaim this works with exultation.

The gladness of the heart is the life of man, and the joyfulness of a man prolongeth his days.

For wisdom, which is the worker of all things, taught me: for in her is an understanding spirit holy, one only, manifold, subtil, lively, clear, undefiled, plain, not subject to hurt, loving the thing that is good quick, which cannot be letted, ready to do good,

For Ezekias had done the thing that pleased the Lord, and was strong in the ways of David his father, as Esay the prophet, who was great and faithful in his vision, had commanded him.

There is an exquisite subtilty, and the same is unjust; and there is one that turneth aside to make judgment appear; and there is a wise man that justifieth in judgment.

Moreover this was not enough for them, that they erred in the knowledge of God; but whereas they lived in the great war of ignorance, those so great plagues called they peace.

Be not curious in unnecessary matters: for more things are shewed unto thee than men understand.

Again, say not, I have enough, and possess many things, and what evil shall I have hereafter?

Now therefore bless ye the God of all, which only doeth wondrous things every where, which exalteth our days from the womb, and dealeth with us according to his mercy.

Howbeit in the land of the people he had no inheritance, neither had he any portion among the people: for the Lord himself is his portion and inheritance.

Thus shall it go also with the wife that leaveth her husband, and bringeth in an heir by another.

And hailstones full of wrath shall be cast as out of a stone bow, and the water of the sea shall rage against them, and the floods shall cruelly drown them.

He that winketh with the eyes worketh evil: and he that knoweth him will depart from him.

My son, hearken unto me, and learn knowledge, and mark my words with thy heart.

There is that destroyeth his own soul through bashfulness, and by accepting of persons overthroweth himself.

For my hope is in the Everlasting, that he will save you; and joy is come unto me from the Holy One, because of the mercy which shall soon come unto you from the Everlasting our Saviour.

It is not meet to despise the poor man that hath understanding; neither is it convenient to magnify a sinful man.

Thine eye desireth favour and beauty: but more than both corn while it is green.

So he overcame the destroyer, not with strength of body, nor force of arms, but with a word subdued him that punished, alleging the oaths and covenants made with the fathers.

Better is the life of a poor man in a mean cottage, than delicate fare in another man's house.

Then said Ozias to them, Brethren, be of good courage, let us yet endure five days, in the which space the Lord our God may turn his mercy toward us; for he will not forsake us utterly.

So they shewed him of her; and he came out before his tent with silver lamps going before him.

All these things are the book of the covenant of the most high God, even the law which Moses commanded for an heritage unto the congregations of Jacob.

Then Susanna sighed, and said, I am straitened on every side: for if I do this thing, it is death unto me: and if I do it not I cannot escape your hands.

Before thou prayest, prepare thyself; and be not as one that tempteth the Lord.

But if ye will not hear the voice of the Lord, to serve the king of Babylon,

Accept no person against thy soul, and let not the reverence of any man cause thee to fall.

For wisdom is according to her name, and she is not manifest unto many.

But the Lord will never leave off his mercy, neither shall any of his works perish, neither will he abolish the posterity of his elect, and the seed of him that loveth him he will not take away: wherefore he gave a remnant unto Jacob, and out of him a root unto David.

The Lord hath given me a tongue for my reward, and I will praise him therewith.

With Isaac did he establish likewise for Abraham his father's sake the blessing of all men, and the covenant,

His blessing covered the dry land as a river, and watered it as a flood.

A wicked woman abateth the courage, maketh an heavy countenance and a wounded heart: a woman that will not comfort her husband in distress maketh weak hands and feeble knees.

Another is wise to himself; and the fruits of understanding are commendable in his mouth.

Likewise Holofernes said unto her. God hath done well to send thee before the people, that strength might be in our hands and destruction upon them that lightly regard my lord.

It hath not been heard of in Chanaan, neither hath it been seen in Theman.

And the slaughter of our brethren, and the captivity of the country, and the desolation of our inheritance, will he turn upon our heads among the Gentiles, wheresoever we shall be in bondage; and we shall be an offence and a reproach to all them that possess us.

A furious man cannot be justified; for the sway of his fury shall be his destruction.

By this ye may know that they are no gods: therefore fear them not.

Therefore, whereas thou dost chasten us, thou scourgest our enemies a thousand times more, to the intent that, when we judge, we should carefully think of thy goodness, and when we ourselves are judged, we should look for mercy.

As for the mysteries of God, they knew them not: neither hoped they for the wages of righteousness, nor discerned a reward for blameless souls.

And weigh thy words in a balance, and make a door and bar for thy mouth.

When a rich man speaketh, every man holdeth his tongue, and, look, what he saith, they extol it to the clouds: but if the poor man speak, they say, What fellow is this? and if he stumble, they will help to overthrow him.

For the whole world before thee is as a little grain of the balance, yea, as a drop of the morning dew that falleth down upon the earth.

A foolish man's foot is soon in his neighbour's house: but a man of experience is ashamed of him.

Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee.

A present remedy of all is a mist coming speedily, a dew coming after heat refresheth.

Then they confessed the great and wonderful works of God, and how the angel of the Lord had appeared unto them.

Oh how desirable are all his works! and that a man may see even to a spark.

But every man followed the imagination of his own wicked heart, to serve strange gods, and to do evil in the sight of the Lord our God.

As for wisdom, what she is, and how she came up, I will tell you, and will not hide mysteries from you: but will seek her out from the beginning of her nativity, and bring the knowledge of her into light, and will not pass over the truth.

The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance, and a man loveth nothing better.

As the vapour and smoke of a furnace goeth before the fire; so reviling before blood.

Remember my judgment: for thine also shall be so; yesterday for me, and to day for thee.

Go after her as one that traceth, and lie in wait in her ways.

But snow and ice endured the fire, and melted not, that they might know that fire burning in the hail, and sparkling in the rain, did destroy the fruits of the enemies.

Turn again to the most High, and turn away from iniquity: for he will lead thee out of darkness into the light of health, and hate thou abomination vehemently.

I cannot tell how ye came into my womb: for I neither gave you breath nor life, neither was it I that formed the members of every one of you;

That in so doing he might be delivered from death, and for the old friendship with them find favour.

Or to be overbusy with his maid, and come not near her bed; or of upbraiding speeches before friends; and after thou hast given, upbraid not;

And the Lord could no longer bear you, because of the wickedness of your doings, and because of your abominations which ye wrought; and so your land became a desolation and a waste, and a curse, as at this day;

This is beyond all thy fornication, and thou didst not remember thine infancy, when thou wast naked and bare, and didst live though defiled in thy blood.

They shall by no means build, and others inhabit; and they shall by no means plant, and others eat: for as the days of the tree of life shall be the days of my people, they shall long enjoy the fruits of their labours.

For behold, I have blotted out as a cloud thy transgressions, and thy sin as darkness: turn to me, and I will redeem thee.

And the Lord shall smite the Egyptians with a stroke, and shall completely heal them: and they shall return to the Lord, and he shall hear them, and thoroughly heal them.

There are Assur and all his company: all his slain have been laid there:

For thou hast indeed rejected us; thou hast been very wroth against us.

And the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God, from this day and onwards.

As an ornament in a swine's snout, so is beauty to an ill-minded women.

For they will suddenly punish the ungodly, and who can know the vengeance inflicted by both? [A son that keeps the commandment shall escape destruction; for such an one has fully received it. Let no falsehood be spoken by the king from the tongue; yea, let no falsehood proceed from his tongue. The king's tongue is a sword, and not one of flesh; and whosoever shall be given up to it shall be destroyed: for if his wrath should be provoked, he destroys men with cords, and devours men's bones, and burns them up as a flame, so that they are not even fit to be eaten by the young eagles. My son, reverence my words, and receive them, and repent.]

But the Lord was my refuge; and my God the helper of my hope.

yet, behold, there shall be men left in it, the escaped thereof, who shall lead forth of it sons and daughters: behold, they shall go forth to you, and ye shall see their ways and their thoughts: and ye shall mourn over the evils which I have brought upon Jerusalem, even all the evils which I have brought upon it.

And I saw that there was no good, but that wherein a man shall rejoice in his works, for it is his portion, for who shall bring him to see any thing of that which shall be after him?

And Heliakim the son of Chelcias, the steward, and Somnas the military scribe, and Joach the son of Asaph, the recorder, came in to Ezekias, having their garments rent, and they reported to him the words of Rabsaces.

Damascus is utterly weakened, she is put to flight; trembling has seized upon her.

Turn ye to me, and ye shall be saved, ye that come from the end of the earth: I am God, and there is none other.

And I will give him the glory of David; and he shall rule, and there shall be none to speak against him: and I will give him the key of the house of David upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and there shall be none to shut; and he shall shut, and there shall be none to open.

And there was a gate to the inner court looking toward the north gate, after the manner of the gate looking toward the east; and he measured the court from gate to gate, a hundred cubits.

HETH. It is the mercies of the Lord, that he has not failed me, because his compassions are not exhausted. Pity us, O Lord, early every month: for we are not brought to an end, because his compassions are not exhausted.

There is no joy, saith the Lord, to the ungodly.

Lying lips are a abomination to the Lord; but he that deals faithfully is accepted with him.

Iniquities ensnare a man, and every one is bound in the chains of his own sins.

Your silver is worthless, thy wine merchants mix the wine with water.

THAU. Let all their wickedness come before thy face; and strip them, as they have made a gleaning for all my sins: for my groans are many, and my heart is grieved.

So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: but the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, having become ungodly have hated knowledge, and are become subject to reproofs.

The ways of a man who unjustly receives gifts in his bosom do not prosper; and an ungodly man perverts the ways of righteousness.