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He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.

They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.

Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?

Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.

A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.

My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.

We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD’s house.

Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.

In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.

And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:

And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.

The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:

The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;

Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.

O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.

They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.

The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD return unto him.

Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.

Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.

O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!

I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.

In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying,

Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.

And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.

And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.

And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.

No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: