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Give the water no passage; neither a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad.

That he would confirm his mercy with us, and deliver us at his time!

Like as now the neighbours of Sion have seen your captivity: so shall they see shortly your salvation from our God which shall come upon you with great glory, and brightness of the Everlasting.

When thou hast enough, remember the time of hunger: and when thou art rich, think upon poverty and need.

For wisdom is more moving than any motion: she passeth and goeth through all things by reason of her pureness.

And put thy feet into her fetters, and thy neck into her chain.

The things wherein there is no breath are bought for a most high price.

Brethren and help are against time of trouble: but alms shall deliver more than them both.

She shall be brought out into the congregation, and inquisition shall be made of her children.

For in the long garment was the whole world, and in the four rows of the stones was the glory of the fathers graven, and thy Majesty upon the diadem of his head.

For thou lovest all the things that are, and abhorrest nothing which thou hast made: for never wouldest thou have made any thing, if thou hadst hated it.

And their sins were multiplied exceedingly, that they were driven out of the land.

For it is an easy thing unto the Lord in the day of death to reward a man according to his ways.

Casting down his countenance, and making as if he heard not: where he is not known, he will do thee a mischief before thou be aware.

Wherefore are ye slow, and what say ye to these things, seeing your souls are very thirsty?

He maketh the understanding to abound like Euphrates, and as Jordan in the time of the harvest.

For it becometh not our age, said he, in any wise to dissemble, whereby many young persons might think that Eleazar, being fourscore years old and ten, were now gone to a strange religion;

I have hated many things, but nothing like him; for the Lord will hate him.

As his ways are plain unto the holy; so are they stumblingblocks unto the wicked.

He that doth lodge near her house shall also fasten a pin in her walls.

He will hide his words for a time, and the lips of many shall declare his wisdom.

Nevertheless through envy of the devil came death into the world: and they that do hold of his side do find it.

The works of the Lord are done in judgment from the beginning: and from the time he made them he disposed the parts thereof.

O Israel, how great is the house of God! and how large is the place of his possession!

A lie is a foul blot in a man, yet it is continually in the mouth of the untaught.

For by speech wisdom shall be known: and learning by the word of the tongue.

For it is a miserable life to go from house to house: for where thou art a stranger, thou darest not open thy mouth.

Now therefore, O brethren, let us shew an example to our brethren, because their hearts depend upon us, and the sanctuary, and the house, and the altar, rest upon us.

The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise.

Envy and wrath shorten the life, and carefulness bringeth age before the time.

Thanksgiving perisheth from the dead, as from one that is not: the living and sound in heart shall praise the Lord.

They kept neither lives nor marriages any longer undefiled: but either one slew another traitorously, or grieved him by adultery.

A wise man shall be filled with blessing; and all they that see him shall count him happy.

And they answered Joshua, saying, It was reported to us what the Lord thy God charged his servant Moses, to give you this land, and to destroy us and all that dwelt on it from before you; and we feared very much for our lives because of you, and therefore we did this thing.

And the archers shot at thy servants from off the wall, and some of the king's servants died, and thy servant Urias the Chettite is dead also.

And Adoniram was over the tribute: and Josaphath the son of Achiluth was recorder.

Then shalt thou know that thy house shall be at peace, and the provision for thy tabernacle shall not fail.

Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth and with all your heart, for ye see what great things he has wrought with you.

And she went up with him to Selom with a calf of three years old, and loaves, and an ephah of fine flour, and a bottle of wine: and she entered into the house of the Lord in Selom, and the child with them.

these men have seen the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

Blessed among women be Jael wife of Chaber the Kenite; let her be blessed above women in tents.

And the king of Israel said to Josaphat king of Juda, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle, and do thou put on my raiment. So the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.

How great are thy works, O Lord! in wisdom hast thou wrought them all: the earth is filled with thy creation.

And David comforted Bersabee his wife, and he went in to her, and lay with her; and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his named Solomon, and the Lord loved him.

And the spies looked, and behold, a man went out of the city, and they took him; and they said to him, Shew us the way into the city, and we will deal mercifully with thee.

And the hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin king of Chanaan, until they utterly destroyed Jabin king of Chanaan.

And Samuel said to all the people, Have ye seen whom the Lord has chosen to himself, that there is none like to him among you all? And all the people took notice, and said, Let the king live!

and Carapha, and Cephira, and Moni, and Gabaa, twelve cities and their villages:

even to his feet, and said, On me, my lord, be my wrong: let, I pray thee, thy servant speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy servant.

So David hides himself in the field, and the new month arrives, and the king comes to the table to eat.

But as it seems, the words of a true man are vain, because I do not ask strength of you.

he will support him, that he should not perish, and will restore his body as fresh plaster upon a wall; and he will fill his bones with morrow.

And if too I was glad at the fall of mine enemies, and mine heart said, Aha!

And Abessalom came to the king, and said, Behold, thy servant has a sheep-shearing; let now the king and his servants go with thy servant.

And he was yet more afraid of David.

And the fifth lot came out to Aser according to their families.

And David passed over to Manaim: and Abessalom crossed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

and see if there is any way of iniquity in me, and lead me in an everlasting way.

And Saul committed a great trespass of ignorance in that day, and he lays a curse on the people, saying, Cursed is the man who shall eat bread before the evening; so I will avenge myself on my enemy: and none of the people tasted bread, though all the land was dining.

But my life is swifter than a post: my days have fled away, and they knew it not.

And the Lord shall recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands before his eyes.

and Aelon and its suburbs; and Getheremmon and its suburbs: four cities.

Nay my sons, for the report which I hear is not good; do not so, for the reports which I hear are not good, so that the people do not serve God.

When he falls, he shall not be ruined: for the Lord supports his hand.

Asael Joab's brother; he was among the thirty. Eleanan son of Dudi his uncle in Bethleem.

Awake, wherefore sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and do not cast us off for ever.

He answered him in the way of his strength: tell me the fewness of my days.

Let destruction bring his house to an end; let a day of wrath come upon him.

And Joshua said to them, Do not fear them, neither be cowardly; be courageous and strong, for thus the Lord will do to all your enemies, against whom ye fight.

Love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord seeks for truth, and renders a reward to them that deal very proudly.

The heaven of heavens belongs to the Lord: but he has given the earth to the sons of men.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin.

My knees are weakened through fasting, and my flesh is changed by reason of the want of oil.

And Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Jobel, and he was very angry.

Wherefore hidest thou thyself from me, and deemest me thine enemy?

And the Ziphites arose, and went before Saul: and David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, westward, to the right of Jessaemon.

And the king said, Let him return to his house, and not see my face. And Abessalom returned to his house, and saw not the king's face.

Wilt thou not inherit those possessions which Chamos thy god shall cause thee to inherit; and shall not we inherit the land of all those whom the Lord our God has removed from before you?

But we have done this for the sake of precaution concerning this thing, saying, Lest hereafter your sons should say to our sons, What have ye to do with the Lord God of Israel?

And whence proceeds the frost? or whence is the south wind dispersed over the whole world under heaven?

And the king said to Orna, Nay, but I will surely buy it of thee at a fair price, and I will not offer to the Lord my God a whole-burnt-offering for nothing. So David purchased the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

And all the men of Israel when they saw the man ed from before him, and they were greatly terrified.

Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart; and the unjust one blesses himself.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin.

And the woman brought forth a son, and she called his name Sampson; and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.

But thou, O God, shalt bring them down to the pit of destruction; bloody and crafty men shall not live out half their days; but I will hope in thee, O Lord.

Now the cook had boiled the shoulder, and he set it before Saul; and Samuel said to Saul, Behold that which is left: set before thee, an eat; for it is set thee for a testimony in preference to the others; take of it: and Saul ate with Samuel on that day.

Judge me, O Lord, according to thy righteousness, O Lord my God; and let them not rejoice against me.

And the king said to Semei, Thou shalt not die: and the king swore to him.

And the children of Israel advanced against the children of Benjamin on the second day.

Moreover also my tongue shall dwell all the day upon thy righteousness; when they shall be ashamed and confounded that seek my hurt.

and Balmaenan, and their villages,

So I know you, that ye presumptuously attack me:

Moreover they set at nought the desirable land, and believed not his word.

Let their eyes be darkened that they should not see; and bow down their back continually.

And I shall be blameless before him, and will keep myself from my iniquity.

Because the wise in heart shall say this, and a wise man listens to my word.

And it shall come to pass when thou hearest the sound of a clashing together from the grove of weeping, then thou shalt go down to them, for then the Lord shall go forth before thee to make havoc in the battle with the Philistines.

And Joab went in to the king, and said, What is this that thou hast done? behold, Abenner came to thee; and why hast thou let him go, and he has departed in peace?

For he has lifted his hands against the Lord, and he has hardened his neck against the Almighty Lord.