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 <div class="label">50</div><div class="d">A Psalm of Asaph.</div><div class="q1"> 1The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken,</div><div class="q2">And called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.</div><div class="q1"> 2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,</div><div class="q2">God hath shined.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 3Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence:</div><div class="q2">A fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.</div><div class="q1"> 4He shall call to the heavens from above,</div><div class="q2">And to the earth, that he may judge his people.</div><div class="q1"> 5Gather my saints together unto me;</div><div class="q2">Those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness:</div><div class="q2">For God is judge himself. Selah.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 7Hear, O my people, and I will speak;</div><div class="q2">O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.</div><div class="q1"> 8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices</div><div class="q2">Or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.</div><div class="q1"> 9I will take no bullock out of thy house,</div><div class="q2"> Nor he goats out of thy folds.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 10For every beast of the forest is mine,</div><div class="q2"> And the cattle upon a thousand hills.</div><div class="q1"> 11I know all the fowls of the mountains:</div><div class="q2">And the wild beasts of the field are mine.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee:</div><div class="q2">For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.</div><div class="q1"> 13Will I eat the flesh of bulls,</div><div class="q2">Or drink the blood of goats?</div><div class="q1"> 14Offer unto God thanksgiving;</div><div class="q2">And pay thy vows unto the most High:</div><div class="q1"> 15And call upon me in the day of trouble:</div><div class="q2">I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 16But unto the wicked God saith,</div><div class="q2">What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?</div><div class="q1"> 17Seeing thou hatest instruction,</div><div class="q2">And castest my words behind thee.</div><div class="q1"> 18When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him,</div><div class="q2">And hast been partaker with adulterers.</div><div class="q1"> 19Thou givest thy mouth to evil,</div><div class="q2">And thy tongue frameth deceit.</div><div class="q1"> 20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother;</div><div class="q2">Thou slanderest thine own mother's son.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence;</div><div class="q2">Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself:</div><div class="q1"> But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.</div><div class="q1"> 22Now consider this, ye that forget God,</div><div class="q2">Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 23Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me:</div><div class="q2">And to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.</div><div class="b"></div>
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 <div class="label">25</div><div class="s1">Proverbs of Solomon</div><div class="p"> 1These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.</div><div class="q1"> 2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing:</div><div class="q2">But the honour of kings is to search out a matter.</div><div class="q1"> 3The heaven for height, and the earth for depth,</div><div class="q2">And the heart of kings is unsearchable.</div><div class="q1"> 4Take away the dross from the silver,</div><div class="q2">And there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.</div><div class="q1"> 5Take away the wicked from before the king,</div><div class="q2">And his throne shall be established in righteousness.</div><div class="q1"> 6Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king,</div><div class="q2">And stand not in the place of great men:</div><div class="q1"> 7For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither;</div><div class="q2">Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince</div><div class="q2">Whom thine eyes have seen.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 8Go not forth hastily to strive,</div><div class="q2">Lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof,</div><div class="q2">When thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.</div><div class="q1"> 9Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself;</div><div class="q2">And discover not a secret to another:</div><div class="q1"> 10Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame,</div><div class="q2">And thine infamy turn not away.</div><div class="q1"> 11A word fitly spoken</div><div class="q2"> Is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.</div><div class="q1"> 12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold,</div><div class="q2"> So is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.</div><div class="q1"> 13As the cold of snow in the time of harvest,</div><div class="q2"> So is a faithful messenger to them that send him:</div><div class="q2">For he refresheth the soul of his masters.</div><div class="q1"> 14Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift</div><div class="q2"> Is like clouds and wind without rain.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 15By long forbearing is a prince persuaded,</div><div class="q2">And a soft tongue breaketh the bone.</div><div class="q1"> 16Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee,</div><div class="q2">Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.</div><div class="q1"> 17Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house;</div><div class="q2">Lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.</div><div class="q1"> 18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour</div><div class="q2"> Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.</div><div class="q1"> 19Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble</div><div class="q2"> Is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.</div><div class="q1"> 20 As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre,</div><div class="q2">So is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.</div><div class="q1"> 21If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat;</div><div class="q2">And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:</div><div class="q1"> 22For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head,</div><div class="q2">And the LORD shall reward thee.</div><div class="q1"> 23The north wind driveth away rain:</div><div class="q2">So doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.</div><div class="q1"> 24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,</div><div class="q2">Than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.</div><div class="q1"> 25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul,</div><div class="q2">So is good news from a far country.</div><div class="q1"> 26A righteous man falling down before the wicked</div><div class="q2"> Is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.</div><div class="q1"> 27 It is not good to eat much honey:</div><div class="q2">So for men to search their own glory is not glory.</div><div class="q1"> 28He that hath no rule over his own spirit</div><div class="q2"> Is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.</div><div class="b"></div>
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 <div class="label">11</div><div class="s2">The Lord's Prayer</div><div class="p"> 1And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. 2And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. 3Give us day by day our daily bread. 4And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.</div><div class="p"> 5And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; 6for a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? 7And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. 8I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. 9And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 10For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 11If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? 12Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?</div><div class="s2">An Evil Generation</div><div class="p"> 14And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered. 15But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. 16And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.</div><div class="p"> 17But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against an house falleth. 18If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. 19And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. 20But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. 21When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: 22but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. 23He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. 24When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. 25And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. 26Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.</div><div class="p"> 27And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. 28But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.</div><div class="p"> 29And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. 30For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. 31The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. 32The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.</div><div class="p"> 33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. 34The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.</div><div class="p"> 35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. 36If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.</div><div class="s2">In a Pharisee's House</div><div class="p"> 37And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. 38And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. 39And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. 40Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? 41But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. 42But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 43Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. 44Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.</div><div class="p"> 45Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also. 46And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. 47Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. 49Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: 50that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; 51from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation. 52Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.</div><div class="p"> 53And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: 54laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.</div>
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 <div class="p">16Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. 17Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. 18Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. 19And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)</div><div class="s2">Paul's Address</div><div class="p"> 22Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said,</div><div class="p"> Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. 23For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. 24God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 25neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; 26and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; 27that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: 28for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. 29Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. 30And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: 31because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.</div><div class="p"> 32And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter. 33So Paul departed from among them. 34Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.</div>
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