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And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses. 4And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not. 5And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. 6And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go. 7Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we? 8And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. 9(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.) 10Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was.</div><div class="p"> 11 And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here? 12And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place: 13as soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him. 14And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place.</div><div class="p"> 15Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying, 16To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me. 17And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people. 18Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is. 19And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart. 20And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house? 21And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?</div><div class="p"> 22And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons. 23And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee. 24And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.</div><div class="p"> 25And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. 26And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad. 27And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.</div>
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 <div class="q1">34They did not destroy the nations,</div><div class="q2">Concerning whom the LORD commanded them:</div><div class="q1"> 35But were mingled among</div><div class="q2">the heathen, and learned their works.</div><div class="q1"> 36And they served their idols: Which were a snare unto them.</div><div class="q2"> 37Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,</div><div class="q1"> 38And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,</div><div class="q2">Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: And the land was polluted with blood.</div><div class="q1"> 39Thus were they defiled with their own works,</div><div class="q2">And went a whoring with their own inventions.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 40Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people,</div><div class="q2">Insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.</div><div class="q1"> 41And he gave them into the hand of the heathen;</div><div class="q2">And they that hated them ruled over them.</div><div class="q1"> 42Their enemies also oppressed them,</div><div class="q2">And they were brought into subjection under their hand.</div><div class="q1"> 43Many times did he deliver them;</div><div class="q2">But they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 44Nevertheless he regarded their affliction,</div><div class="q2">When he heard their cry:</div><div class="q1"> 45And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.</div><div class="q2"> 46He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 47Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen,</div><div class="q2">To give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 48Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting:</div><div class="q2">And let all the people say, Amen.</div><div class="qr">Praise ye the LORD.</div>
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 <div class="label">8</div><div class="s2">Wisdom and Folly</div><div class="q1"> 1Doth not wisdom cry?</div><div class="q2">And understanding put forth her voice?</div><div class="q1"> 2She standeth in the top of high places, by the way</div><div class="q2">In the places of the paths.</div><div class="q1"> 3She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city,</div><div class="q2">At the coming in at the doors.</div><div class="q1"> 4Unto you, O men, I call;</div><div class="q2">And my voice is to the sons of man.</div><div class="q1"> 5O ye simple, understand wisdom:</div><div class="q2">And, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.</div><div class="q1"> 6Hear; for I will speak of excellent things;</div><div class="q2">And the opening of my lips shall be right things.</div><div class="q1"> 7For my mouth shall speak truth;</div><div class="q2">And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.</div><div class="q1"> 8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness;</div><div class="q2"> There is nothing froward or perverse in them.</div><div class="q1"> 9They are all plain to him that understandeth,</div><div class="q2">And right to them that find knowledge.</div><div class="q1"> 10Receive my instruction, and not silver;</div><div class="q2">And knowledge rather than choice gold.</div><div class="q1"> 11For wisdom is better than rubies;</div><div class="q2">And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.</div><div class="q1"> 12I wisdom dwell with prudence,</div><div class="q2">And find out knowledge of witty inventions.</div><div class="q1"> 13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil:</div><div class="q1">Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way,</div><div class="q2">And the froward mouth, do I hate.</div><div class="q1"> 14Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom:</div><div class="q2">I am understanding; I have strength.</div><div class="q1"> 15By me kings reign,</div><div class="q2">And princes decree justice.</div><div class="q1"> 16By me princes rule,</div><div class="q2">And nobles, even all the judges of the earth.</div><div class="q1"> 17I love them that love me;</div><div class="q2">And those that seek me early shall find me.</div><div class="q1"> 18Riches and honour are with me;</div><div class="q2"> Yea, durable riches and righteousness.</div><div class="q1"> 19My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold;</div><div class="q2">And my revenue than choice silver.</div><div class="q1"> 20I lead in the way of righteousness,</div><div class="q2">In the midst of the paths of judgment:</div><div class="q1"> 21That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance;</div><div class="q2">And I will fill their treasures.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 22The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way,</div><div class="q2">Before his works of old.</div><div class="q1"> 23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning,</div><div class="q2">Or ever the earth was.</div><div class="q1"> 24When there were no depths, I was brought forth;</div><div class="q2">When there were no fountains abounding with water.</div><div class="q1"> 25Before the mountains were settled,</div><div class="q2">Before the hills was I brought forth:</div><div class="q1"> 26While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields,</div><div class="q2">Nor the highest part of the dust of the world.</div><div class="q1"> 27When he prepared the heavens, I was there:</div><div class="q2">When he set a compass upon the face of the depth:</div><div class="q1"> 28When he established the clouds above:</div><div class="q2">When he strengthened the fountains of the deep:</div><div class="q1"> 29When he gave to the sea his decree,</div><div class="q2">That the waters should not pass his commandment:</div><div class="q1">When he appointed the foundations of the earth:</div><div class="q2"> 30Then I was by him, as one brought up with him:</div><div class="q1">And I was daily his delight,</div><div class="q2">Rejoicing always before him;</div><div class="q1"> 31Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth;</div><div class="q2">And my delights were with the sons of men.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 32Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children:</div><div class="q2">For blessed are they that keep my ways.</div><div class="q1"> 33Hear instruction, and be wise,</div><div class="q2">And refuse it not.</div><div class="q1"> 34Blessed is the man that heareth me,</div><div class="q2">Watching daily at my gates,</div><div class="q2">Waiting at the posts of my doors.</div><div class="q1"> 35For whoso findeth me findeth life,</div><div class="q2">And shall obtain favour of the LORD.</div><div class="q1"> 36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul:</div><div class="q2">All they that hate me love death.</div><div class="b"></div>
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And he said, Of a child. 22And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us. 23Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. 24And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. 25When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. 26And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. 27But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose. 28And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? 29And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.</div><div class="p"> 30And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it. 31For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. 32But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.</div><div class="s2">Capernaum</div><div class="p"> 33And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way? 34But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest. 35And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all. 36And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, 37Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.</div><div class="p"> 38And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. 39But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. 40For he that is not against us is on our part. 41For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. 42And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. 43And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: 44where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 45And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: 46where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 47And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: 48where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 49For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. 50Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? 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 <div class="p">10According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. 11For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. 14If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 15If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.</div><div class="p"> 16Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.</div><div class="p"> 18Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. 19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. 20And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. 21Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's; 22whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's; 23and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.</div>
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