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Deuteronomy
17
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1 ¶Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or
sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is
an abomination unto the LORD thy God. 2 If there be found among
you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee,
man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD
thy God, in transgressing his covenant, 3 And hath gone and served
other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any
of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; 4 And it be told
thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold,
it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought
in Israel: 5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman,
which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that
man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that
is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness
he shall not be put to death. 7 The hands of the witnesses shall
be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of
all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.
8 ¶If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between
blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke,
being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise,
and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;
9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the
judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew
thee the sentence of judgment: 10 And thou shalt do according to
the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose
shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that
they inform thee: 11 According to the sentence of the law which
they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they
shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the
sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the
left. 12 And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken
unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD
thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt
put away the evil from Israel. 13 And all the people shall hear,
and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
14 ¶When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth
thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say,
I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about
me; 15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD
thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set
king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which
is not thy brother. 16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself,
nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should
multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall
henceforth return no more that way. 17 Neither shall he multiply
wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he
greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. 18 And it shall be,
when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write
him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the
priests the Levites: 19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read
therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the
LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes,
to do them: 20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren,
and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand,
or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom,
he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
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Ecclesiastes
9
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1 ¶For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this,
that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand
of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before
them. 2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the
righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and
to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth
not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as
he that feareth an oath. 3 This is an evil among all things that
are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also
the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in
their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
4 ¶For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for
a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5 For the living know that
they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they
any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Also their
love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither
have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done
under the sun. 7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy
wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. 8 Let
thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the
life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all
the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and
in thy labour which thou takest under the sun. 10 Whatsoever thy
hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work,
nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou
goest.
11 ¶ I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to
the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the
wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to
men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. 12 For
man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an
evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are
the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly
upon them.
13 ¶This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great
unto me: 14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and
there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great
bulwarks against it: 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man,
and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that
same poor man. 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless
the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of
him that ruleth among fools. 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of
war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
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Acts
8
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1 ¶And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there
was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem;
and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea
and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 And devout men carried Stephen
to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. 3 As for Saul,
he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling
men and women committed them to prison.
4 ¶Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching
the word. 5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached
Christ unto them. 6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto
those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles
which he did. 7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came
out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies,
and that were lame, were healed. 8 And there was great joy in that
city. 9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime
in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria,
giving out that himself was some great one: 10 To whom they all
gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the
great power of God. 11 And to him they had regard, because that
of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries. 12 But when they
believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God,
and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he
continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and
signs which were done.
14 ¶Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria
had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might
receive the Holy Ghost: 16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of
them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 17
Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands
the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, 19 Saying, Give
me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive
the Holy Ghost. 20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with
thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased
with money. 21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for
thy heart is not right in the sight of God. 22 Repent therefore
of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of
thine heart may be forgiven thee. 23 For I perceive that thou art
in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. 24 Then
answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none
of these things which ye have spoken come upon me. 25 And they,
when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned
to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
26 ¶And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise,
and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem
unto Gaza, which is desert. 27 And he arose and went: and, behold,
a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen
of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had
come to Jerusalem for to worship, 28 Was returning, and sitting
in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. 29 Then the Spirit said
unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. 30 And Philip
ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said,
Understandest thou what thou readest? 31 And he said, How can I,
except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would
come up and sit with him. 32 The place of the scripture which he
read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like
a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: 33 In
his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare
his generation? for his life is taken from the earth. 34 And the
eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh
the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? 35 Then Philip
opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached
unto him Jesus. 36 And as they went on their way, they came unto
a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth
hinder me to be baptized? 37 And Philip said, If thou believest
with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe
that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 38 And he commanded the chariot
to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip
and the eunuch; and he baptized him. 39 And when they were come
up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip,
that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached
in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
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