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Numbers
32
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1 ¶Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very
great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer,
and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for
cattle; 2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and
spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes
of the congregation, saying, 3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and
Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
4 Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation
of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle: 5
Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this
land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not
over Jordan. 6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the
children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye
sit here? 7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children
of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given
them? 8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea
to see the land. 9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol,
and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of
Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had
given them. 10 And the LORD'S anger was kindled the same time, and
he sware, saying, 11 Surely none of the men that came up out of
Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which
I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have
not wholly followed me: 12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite,
and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.
13 And the LORD'S anger was kindled against Israel, and he made
them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation,
that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed. 14 And,
behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful
men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them
in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
16 ¶And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds
here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: 17 But we ourselves
will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have
brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in
the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land. 18 We
will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have
inherited every man his inheritance. 19 For we will not inherit
with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance
is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward. 20 And Moses said
unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before
the LORD to war, 21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before
the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,
22 And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall
return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and
this land shall be your possession before the LORD. 23 But if ye
will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be
sure your sin will find you out. 24 Build you cities for your little
ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded
out of your mouth. 25 And the children of Gad and the children of
Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord
commandeth. 26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our
cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead: 27 But thy servants
will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle,
as my lord saith.
28 ¶So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua
the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children
of Israel: 29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and
the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man
armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued
before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have
possessions among you in the land of Canaan. 31 And the children
of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD
hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. 32 We will pass over
armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession
of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours. 33 And Moses
gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children
of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph,
the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og
king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts,
even the cities of the country round about. 34 And the children
of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, 35 And Atroth, Shophan,
and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, 36 And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced
cities: and folds for sheep. 37 And the children of Reuben built
Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, 38 And Nebo, and Baalmeon,
(their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto
the cities which they builded. 39 And the children of Machir the
son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the
Amorite which was in it. 40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the
son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein. 41 And Jair the son of Manasseh
went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.
42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and
called it Nobah, after his own name.
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Proverbs
23
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1 ¶When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what
is before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man
given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are
deceitful meat.
4 ¶Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. 5 Wilt thou
set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make
themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
6 ¶Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither
desire thou his dainty meats: 7 For as he thinketh in his heart,
so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not
with thee. 8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up,
and lose thy sweet words.
9 ¶Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom
of thy words.
10 ¶Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of
the fatherless: 11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead
their cause with thee.
12 ¶Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words
of knowledge. 13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if
thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 14 Thou shalt beat
him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. 15 My son,
if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. 16 Yea,
my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
17 ¶Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of
the LORD all the day long. 18 For surely there is an end; and thine
expectation shall not be cut off.
19 ¶Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the
way. 20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness
shall clothe a man with rags. 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat
thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. 23 Buy the truth,
and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that
begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. 25 Thy father and
thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow
pit. 28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the
transgressors among men.
29 ¶Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath
babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed
wine. 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth
his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. 32 At the last
it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. 33 Thine eyes
shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse
things. 34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst
of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. 35 They
have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have
beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it
yet again.
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John
5
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1 ¶After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to
Jerusalem. 2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool,
which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt,
withered, waiting for the moving of the water. 4 For an angel went
down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water:
whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in
was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. 5 And a certain man
was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. 6 When
Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in
that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? 7 The impotent
man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled,
to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth
down before me. 8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and
walk. 9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his
bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath. 10 The Jews
therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it
is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. 11 He answered them, He
that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and
walk. 12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee,
Take up thy bed, and walk? 13 And he that was healed wist not who
it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in
that place. 14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said
unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse
thing come unto thee. 15 The man departed, and told the Jews that
it was Jesus, which had made him whole. 16 And therefore did the
Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done
these things on the sabbath day.
17 ¶But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not
only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father,
making himself equal with God. 19 Then answered Jesus and said unto
them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of
himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever
he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. 20 For the Father loveth
the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will
shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. 21 For as
the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the
Son quickeneth whom he will. 22 For the Father judgeth no man, but
hath committed all judgment unto the Son: 23 That all men should
honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth
not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. 24 Verily,
verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on
him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into
condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. 25 Verily, verily,
I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall
hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the
Son to have life in himself; 27 And hath given him authority to
execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. 28 Marvel not
at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the
graves shall hear his voice, 29 And shall come forth; they that
have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have
done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. 30 I can of mine
own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just;
because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which
hath sent me.
31 ¶If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 32 There
is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness
which he witnesseth of me is true. 33 Ye sent unto John, and he
bare witness unto the truth. 34 But I receive not testimony from
man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved. 35 He was a
burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to
rejoice in his light. 36 But I have greater witness than that of
John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the
same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent
me. 37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness
of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his
shape. 38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath
sent, him ye believe not. 39 Search the scriptures; for in them
ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of
me. 40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. 41 I
receive not honour from men. 42 But I know you, that ye have not
the love of God in you. 43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye
receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will
receive. 44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another,
and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? 45 Do not think
that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth
you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. 46 For had ye believed Moses,
ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. 47 But if ye believe
not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
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