15-EZRA
15-1:1 Now
in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the
mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus
king of Persia, that he made a proclamation
throughout all his kingdom, and put it also
in writing, saying,
15-1:2 Thus
saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the
kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to
build him an house at Jerusalem, which is
in Judah.
15-1:3 Who
is there among you of all his people?
his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the
God,) which is in Jerusalem.
15-1:4 And
whosoever remaineth in any place where he
sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and
with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God
that is in Jerusalem.
15-3:11 And
they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD;
because he
is good, for his mercy endureth for
ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they
praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
15-5:12 But
after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king
of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away
into Babylon.
15-5:14 And
the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar
took out of the temple that was in
Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the
king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made
governor;
15-6:17 And
offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred
rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of
Israel.
15-7:6 This
Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which
the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request,
according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.
15-7:8 And
he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
15-7:9 For
upon the first day of the first month
began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first
day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God
upon him.
15-8:23 So
we fasted and besought our God for this: and he
was intreated of us.
15-8:31 Then
we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our
God was upon us, and he delivered us from the
hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
15-8:35 Also the children of those that had been
carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings
unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams,
seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.
15-10:1 Now
when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed,
weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto
him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for
the people wept very sore.
15-10:6 Then
Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan
the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did
eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned
because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.
16-NEHEMIAH
16-1:2 That
Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them
concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and
concerning Jerusalem.
16-2:8 And
a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of
the palace which appertained to the
house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into.
And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
16-2:18 Then
I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s
words that he had spoken unto me. And they said,
Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
16-2:20 Then
answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build:
but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
16-3:12 And
next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part
of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
16-3:14 But
the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of
Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors
thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
16-3:15 But
the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of
part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and
set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall
of the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs that go down
from the city of David.
16-4:1 But
it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked
the Jews.
16-4:2 And
he spake before his brethren and the army of
Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves?
will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the
stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
16-4:3 Now
Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
16-4:18 For
the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he
that sounded the trumpet was by me.
16-5:13 Also
I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from
his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation
said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
16-6:10 Afterward
I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who
was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God,
within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come
to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.
16-6:12 And,
lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he
pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
16-6:13 Therefore
was he
hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for
an evil report, that they might reproach me.
16-6:18 For
there were many in Judah sworn unto
him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son
Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
16-7:2 That
I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over
Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
16-8:3 And
he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the
morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could
understand; and the ears of all the people were
attentive unto the book of the law.
16-8:5 And
Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
16-8:10 Then
he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and
drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD
is your strength.
16-8:18 Also
day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he
read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on
the eighth day was a solemn assembly,
according unto the manner.
16-9:29 And
testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet
they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against
thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live
in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not
hear.
16-12:8 Moreover
the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over
the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
16-13:2 Because
they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam
against them, that he should curse them: howbeit
our God turned the curse into a blessing.
16-13:5 And
he had prepared for him a great chamber, where
aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and
the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the
singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.
17-ESTHER
17-1:3 In
the third year of his reign, he made a feast
unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the
nobles and princes of the provinces, being
before him:
17-1:4 When
he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and
the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even and hundred and fourscore days.
17-1:10 On
the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and
Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence
of Ahasuerus the king,
17-1:20 And
when the king’s decree which he shall make shall
be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall
give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.
17-1:22 For
he sent letters into all the king’s provinces,
into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after
their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the
language of every people.
17-2:1 After
these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what
was decreed against her.
17-2:4 And
let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the
thing pleased the king; and he did so.
17-2:7 And
he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for
she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother
were dead, took for his own daughter.
17-2:9 And
the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with
such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king’s house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.
17-2:17 And
the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in
his sight more than all the virgins; so that he
set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
17-2:18 Then
the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts,
according to the state of the king.
17-3:4 Now
it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he
hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s
matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a
Jew.
17-3:6 And
he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone;
for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to
destroy all the Jews that were throughout
the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the
people of Mordecai.
17-4:4 So
Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent
raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
17-4:5 Then
called Esther for Hatach, one of the
king’s chamberlains, whom he had appointed to
attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.
17-4:8 Also
he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree
that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it
unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make
supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
17-4:11 All
the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that
whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court,
who is not called, there is one law
of his to put him to death, except
such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in
unto the king these thirty days.
17-5:5 Then
the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he
may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that
Esther had prepared.
17-5:9 Then
went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw
Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he stood not
up, nor moved for him, he was full of
indignation against Mordecai.
17-5:10 Nevertheless
Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his
wife.
17-5:11 And
Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children,
and all the things wherein the king
had promoted him, and how he had advanced him
above the princes and servants of the king.
17-5:14 Then
said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of
fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be
hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the
thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows
to be made.
17-6:1 On
that night could not the king sleep, and he
commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read
before the king.
17-6:4 And
the king said, Who is in the court?
Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king’s house, to speak unto
the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he
had prepared for him.
17-7:5 Then
the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he,
that durst presume in his heart to do so?
17-7:7 And
the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for
his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that
there was evil determined against him by the king.
17-7:8 Then
the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of
wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he
force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s
mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
17-7:10 So
they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had
prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
17-8:1 On
that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto
Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto
her.
17-8:2 And
the king took off his ring, which he had taken
from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house
of Haman.
17-8:3 And
Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought
him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device
that he had devised against the Jews.
17-8:5 And
said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the
thing seem right before the king, and
I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be
written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the
Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews
which are in all the king’s
provinces:
17-8:7 Then
the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold,
I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the
gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
17-8:10 And
he wrote in the king Ahasuerus’ name, and sealed
it with the king’s ring, and sent
letters by posts on horseback, and riders
on mules, camels, and young
dromedaries:
17-9:25 But
when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his
own head, and that he and his sons should be
hanged on the gallows.
17-9:30 And
he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred
twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,
18-JOB
18-1:10 Hast
not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of
his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
18-1:11 But
put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he
hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
18-1:12 And
the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he
hath is in thy power; only upon
himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the
LORD.
18-1:16 While
he was yet
speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven,
and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only
am escaped alone to tell thee.
18-1:17 While
he was yet
speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three
bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the
servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
18-1:18 While
he was yet
speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their
eldest brother’s house:
18-2:3 And
the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a
perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still
he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou
movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
18-2:4 And
Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will
he give for his life.
18-2:5 But
put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
18-2:6 And
the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
18-2:8 And
he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal;
and he sat down among the ashes.
18-2:10 But
he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the
foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and
shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
18-4:18 Behold,
he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
18-5:12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that
their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
18-5:13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the
counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
18-5:15 But
he saveth the poor from the sword, from their
mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
18-5:18 For
he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
18-5:19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven
there shall no evil touch thee.
18-5:20 In
famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in
war from the power of the sword.
18-6:5 Doth
the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth
the ox over his fodder?
18-6:9 Even
that it would please God to destroy me; that he
would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
18-6:14 To
him that is afflicted pity should be
shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the
fear of the Almighty.
18-7:9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth
away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall
come up no more.
18-7:10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall
his place know him any more.
18-8:4 If
thy children have sinned against him, and he
have cast them away for their transgression;
18-8:6 If
thou wert pure and upright; surely
now he would awake for thee, and make the
habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
18-8:15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
18-8:16 He is green
before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
18-8:18 If
he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
18-8:20 Behold,
God will not cast away a perfect man, neither
will he help the evil doers:
18-8:21 Till
he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips
with rejoicing.
18-9:3 If
he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
18-9:4 He is wise
in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
18-9:11 Lo,
he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I
perceive him not.
18-9:12 Behold,
he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say
unto him, What doest thou?
18-9:16 If
I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
18-9:17 For
he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth
my wounds without cause.
18-9:18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth
me with bitterness.
18-9:19 If
I speak of strength, lo, he is strong:
and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to
plead?
18-9:22 This
is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
18-9:23 If
the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the
trial of the innocent.
18-9:24 The
earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth
the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
18-9:32 For
he is not
a man, as I am, that I should answer
him, and we should come together in
judgment.
18-11:6 And
that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom,
that they are double to that which
is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
18-11:10 If
he cut off, and shut up, or gather together,
then who can hinder him?
18-11:11 For
he knoweth vain men: he
seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider
it?
18-12:4 I
am as one mocked of his neighbour,
who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the
just upright man is laughed to scorn.
18-12:5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp
despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
18-12:13 With
him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
18-12:14 Behold,
he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
18-12:15 Behold,
he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also
he sendeth them out, and they overturn the
earth.
18-12:17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the
judges fools.
18-12:18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins
with a girdle.
18-12:19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the
mighty.
18-12:20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh
away the understanding of the aged.
18-12:21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the
strength of the mighty.
18-12:22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and
bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
18-12:23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
18-12:24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of
the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
18-12:25 They
grope in the dark without light, and he maketh
them to stagger like a drunken man.
18-13:9 Is
it good that he should search you out? or as one
man mocketh another, do ye so mock
him?
18-13:10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept
persons.
18-13:15 Though
he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will
maintain mine own ways before him.
18-13:16 He also shall be
my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
18-13:19 Who
is he that will plead with me? for now, if I
hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
18-13:28 And
he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment
that is moth eaten.
18-14:2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
18-14:5 Seeing
his days are determined, the number
of his months are with thee, thou
hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
18-14:6 Turn
from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
18-14:10 But
man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
18-14:14 If
a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change
come.
18-14:20 Thou
prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth:
thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
18-14:21 His
sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it
not of them.
18-15:3 Should
he reason with unprofitable talk? or with
speeches wherewith he can do no good?
18-15:14 What
is man, that he
should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
18-15:15 Behold,
he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the
heavens are not clean in his sight.
18-15:22 He believeth not that he
shall return out of darkness, and he is waited
for of the sword.
18-15:23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his
hand.
18-15:25 For
he stretcheth out his hand against God, and
strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
18-15:26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon
the thick bosses of his bucklers:
18-15:27 Because
he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh
collops of fat on his flanks.
18-15:28 And
he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth,
which are ready to become heaps.
18-15:29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance
continue, neither shall he prolong the
perfection thereof upon the earth.
18-15:30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall
dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
18-15:33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and
shall cast off his flower as the olive.
18-16:7 But
now he hath made me weary: thou hast made
desolate all my company.
18-16:9 He teareth me in
his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me
with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
18-16:12 I
was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me
by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
18-16:13 His
archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my
reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth
out my gall upon the ground.
18-16:14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
18-17:3 Lay
down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is
he that
will strike hands with me?
18-17:5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
18-17:6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and
aforetime I was as a tabret.
18-17:9 The
righteous also shall hold on his way, and he
that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
18-18:4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be
forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
18-18:8 For
he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
18-18:17 His
remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he
shall have no name in the street.
18-18:18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and
chased out of the world.
18-18:19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people,
nor any remaining in his dwellings.
18-19:8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
18-19:9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.