Bible on The Divine

And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:

And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?

And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.

I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.

Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s seed in Edom.

And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.

And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.

So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.

In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him.

And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.

Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:

The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD.

Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.

And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,

And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:

He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.

And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.

And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.

And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,

And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their LORD.

Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.

Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.

And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.