After this Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became friends with Ahaziah, king of Israel, who did much evil:
And their father gave them much silver and gold and things of great value, as well as walled towns in Judah; but the kingdom he gave to Jehoram, because he was the oldest.
So when the chest was taken to the king's servants by the Levites, and they saw that there was much money in it, the king's scribe and the chief priest's servant took the money out, and put the chest back in its place. They did this day by day, and got together a great amount of money.
Then Amaziah said to the man of God, But what is to be done about the hundred talents which I have given for the armed band of Israel? And the man of God in answer said, God is able to give you much more than this.
And he put up towers in the waste land and made places for storing water, for he had much cattle, in the low hills and in the table land; and he had farmers and vine-keepers in the mountains and in the fertile land, for he was a lover of farming.
He put up the higher doorway of the house of the Lord, and did much building on the wall of the Ophel.
So they got together a great number of people, and had all the water-springs and the stream flowing through the land stopped up, saying, Why let the kings of Assyria come and have much water?
So do not be tricked by Hezekiah or let him get you to do this, and do not put any faith in what he says: for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to keep his people safe from my hands, or the hands of my fathers: how much less will your God keep you safe from my hands!
And he made towns for himself, and got together much property in flocks and herds: for God had given him great wealth.
More than this, he made his children go through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he made use of secret arts, and signs for reading the future, and unnatural powers, and gave positions to those who had control of spirits and to wonder-workers: he did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath.
But the number of people is great, and it is a time of much rain; it is not possible for us to go on waiting outside, and this is not a thing which may be done in one day or even two: for our sin in this business is great.
And Judah said, The strength of the workmen is giving way, and there is much waste material; it is impossible for us to put up the wall.
And they said much before me of the good he had done, and gave him accounts of my words. And Tobiah sent letters with the purpose of causing me fear.
Even when they had made for themselves an ox of metal, and said, This is your God who took you up out of Egypt, and had done so much to make you angry;
But they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority, turning their backs on your law, and putting to death your prophets, who gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you, and they did much to make you angry.
And it gives much increase to the kings whom you have put over us because of our sins: and they have power over our bodies and over our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great trouble.
And the wives of the captains of Persia and Media, hearing what the queen has done, will say the same to all the king's captains. So there will be much shame and wrath.
How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;
How much less may I give an answer to him, using the right words in argument with him?
With us are men who are grey-haired and full of years, much older than your father.
How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!
If I say what is in my mind, my pain becomes no less: and if I keep quiet, how much of it goes from me?
How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!
How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.
And the Lord made up to Job for all his losses, after he had made prayer for his friends: and all Job had before was increased by the Lord twice as much.
More to be desired are they than gold, even than much shining gold; sweeter than the dropping honey.
I have taken as much delight in the way of your unchanging word, as in all wealth.
But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house.
Where there is much talk there will be no end to sin, but he who keeps his mouth shut does wisely.
He who makes himself responsible for a strange man will undergo much loss; but the hater of such undertakings will be safe.
If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!
He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.
There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.
Where there are no oxen, their food-place is clean; but much increase comes through the strength of the ox.
Before the Lord are the underworld and destruction: how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men!
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.
Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler.
All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...
Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.
The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!
If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.
It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.
An angry man is the cause of fighting, and a man given to wrath does much wrong.
Who may make discovery of a woman of virtue? For her price is much higher than jewels.
I said to my heart, See, I have become great and am increased in wisdom more than any who were before me in Jerusalem--yes, my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.
Because in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow.
Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.
As a dream comes from much business, so the voice of a foolish man comes with words in great number.
Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you.
The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.
All his days are in the dark, and he has much sorrow, pain, disease, and trouble.
He will not give much thought to the days of his life; because God lets him be taken up with the joy of his heart.
Be not given overmuch to righteousness and be not over-wise. Why let destruction come on you?
Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?
Wisdom is better than instruments of war, but one sinner is the destruction of much good.
And further, my son, take note of this: of the making of books there is no end, and much learning is a weariness to the flesh.
How fair is your love, my sister! How much better is your love than wine, and the smell of your oils than any perfume!
Much water may not put out love, or the deep waters overcome it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be judged a price not great enough.
And they will give so much milk that he will be able to have butter for his food: for butter and honey will be the food of all who are still living in the land.
For a place of fire has long been ready; yes, it has been made ready for the king; he has made it deep and wide: it is massed with fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of fire, puts a light to it.
In not much more than a year, you, who are not looking for evil, will be troubled: for the produce of the vine-gardens will be cut off, and there will be no getting in of the grapes.
Your cords have become loose; they were not able to make strong the support of their sails, the sail was not stretched out: then the blind will take much property, the feeble-footed will make division of the goods of war.
The sword of the Lord is full of blood, it is fat with the best of the meat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the best parts of the sheep: for the Lord has a feast in Bozrah, and much cattle will be put to death in the land of Edom.
Seeing much, but keeping nothing in mind; his ears are open, but there is no hearing.
And you went to Melech with oil and much perfume, and you sent your representatives far off, and went as low as the underworld.
As they had twice as much grief, and marks of shame were their heritage, so in their land they will be rewarded twice over, and will have eternal joy.
For even if you are washed with soda and take much soap, still your evil-doing is marked before me, says the Lord God.
Why do you go about so much for the purpose of changing your way? you will be shamed on account of Egypt, as you were shamed on account of Assyria.
For this is what the Lord has said: How much more when I send my four bitter punishments on Jerusalem, the sword and need of food and evil beasts and disease, cutting off from it man and beast?
Truly, before it was cut down, it was not used for any purpose: how much less, when the fire has made a meal of it and it is burned, will it be made into anything?
Take the best of the flock, put much wood under it: see that its bits are boiling well; let the bones be cooked inside it.
Put on much wood, heating up the fire, boiling the flesh well, and making the soup thick, and let the bones be burned.
And it will come about that every living and moving thing, wherever their streams come, will have life; and there will be very much fish because these waters have come there and have been made sweet: and everything wherever the river comes will have life.
Young men who were strong and healthy, good-looking, and trained in all wisdom, having a good education and much knowledge, and able to take positions in the king's house; and to have them trained in the writing and language of the Chaldaeans.
Its leaves were fair and it had much fruit, and in it was food enough for all: the beasts of the field had shade under it, and the birds of heaven were resting in its branches, and it gave food to all living things.
Which had fair leaves and much fruit, and had in it food for all; under which the beasts of the field were living, and in the branches of which the birds of heaven had their resting-places:
And I saw another beast, like a bear, and it was lifted up on one side, and three side-bones were in its mouth, between its teeth: and they said to it, Up! take much flesh.
And now I will make clear to you what is true. There are still three kings to come in Persia, and the fourth will have much greater wealth than all of them: and when he has become strong through his wealth, he will put his forces in motion against all the kingdoms of Greece.
And again the king of the north will get together an army greater than the first; and he will make an attack on him at the end of years, with a great army and much wealth.
And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me.
See, I have made you small among the nations: you are much looked down on.
And am I not to have mercy on Nineveh, that great town, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons without the power of judging between right and left, as well as much cattle?
For this reason he makes an offering to his net, burning perfume to his fishing-net; because by them he gets much food and his meat is fat.
Much has been planted, but little got in; you take food, but have not enough; you take drink, but are not full; you are clothed, but no one is warm; and he who gets payment for his work, gets it to put it into a bag full of holes.
You were looking for much, and it came to little; and when you got it into your house, I took it away with a breath. Why? says the Lord of armies. Because of my house which is a waste, while every man takes care of the house which is his.
And they will come back to you, O daughter of Zion, as prisoners of hope: today I say to you that I will give you back twice as much;
Whose owners put them to death and have no sense of sin; and those who get a price for them say, May the Lord be praised for I have much wealth: and the keepers of the flock have no pity for them.
See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?
But if God gives such clothing to the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is put into the oven, will he not much more give you clothing, O you of little faith?
If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him?
Then he said to his disciples, There is much grain but not enough men to get it in.
It is enough for the disciple that he may be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have given the name Beelzebub to the master of the house, how much more to those of his house!
Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! For this reason it is right to do good on the Sabbath day.
And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:
And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.
And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.
And Jesus says to them, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes, and some small fishes.
From that time Jesus went on to make clear to his disciples how he would have to go up to Jerusalem, and undergo much at the hands of those in authority and the chief priests and scribes, and be put to death, and the third day come again from the dead.
But hearing these words the young man went away sorrowing: for he had much property.
And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, It is hard for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of heaven.
And again I say to you, It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of God.
And everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will be given a hundred times as much, and have eternal life.
A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
For we might have got much money for this and given it to the poor.
And while he was on the judge's seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do with that upright man, for I have had much trouble this day in a dream because of him.
And when they had come together with those in authority, and had made their decision, they gave much money to the watchmen, saying,
And some went on the stones, where it had not much earth; and it came up straight away, because the earth was not deep:
And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, coming up and increasing, and giving thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much.
And these are they who were planted on the good earth; such as give ear to the word, and take it into their hearts, and give fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundred times as much.
And had undergone much at the hands of a number of medical men, and had given all she had, and was no better, but even worse,
For Herod was in fear of John, being conscious that he was an upright and holy man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he was much troubled; and he gave ear to him gladly.
And he said to them, How much bread have you? go and see. And when they had seen, they said, Five cakes of bread and two fishes.
And he gave them orders not to give news of it to anyone; but the more he made this request, so much the more they made it public.
And he put the question, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes.
And teaching them, he said that the Son of man would have to undergo much, and be hated by those in authority, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be put to death, and after three days come back from the dead.
And he said to them, Truly, Elijah does come first, and puts all things in order; and how is it said in the Writings that the Son of man will go through much sorrow and be made as nothing?
But his face became sad at the saying, and he went away sorrowing: for he was one who had much property.
Who will not get a hundred times as much now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land--though with great troubles; and, in the world to come, eternal life.
And to have love for him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to have the same love for his neighbour as for himself, is much more than all forms of offerings.
And he took a seat by the place where the money was kept, and saw how the people put money into the boxes: and a number who had wealth put in much.
And Pilate again put a question, Do you say nothing in answer? see how much evil they say you have done.
And fear came on all those who were living round about them: and there was much talk about all these things in all the hill-country of Judaea.
But Mary kept all these words in her heart, and gave much thought to them.
And there was much talk about him in all the places round about.
And if you let those have the use of your money, from whom you are hoping to get it back, what credit is it to you? even sinners do so to sinners, hoping to get back as much as they gave.
And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear.
Saying, The Son of man will undergo much and be put on one side by the rulers and the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and be put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life.
And he said to them, There is much grain ready to be cut, but not enough workers: so make prayer to the Lord of the grain-fields that he will send workers to get in the grain.
I say to you, Though he will not get up and give to him, because he is his friend, still, if he keeps on making his request, he will get up and give him as much as he has need of.
If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your father in heaven give the Holy spirit to those who make request to him?
And he said, A curse is on you, teachers of the law! for while other men are crushed under the weight of the rules you make for them, you yourselves do not put so much as one finger to them.
Give thought to the ravens; they do not put seeds into the earth, or get together grain; they have no store-houses or buildings; and God gives them their food: of how much greater value are you than the birds!
But if God gives such clothing to the grass in the field, which today is living, and tomorrow will be burned in the oven, how much more will he give clothing to you, O men of little faith?
And do not give overmuch thought to your food and drink, and let not your mind be full of doubts.
But if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long time coming; and goes about giving blows to the men-servants and the women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine;
But he who, without knowledge, did things for which punishment is given, will get only a small number of blows. The man to whom much is given, will have to give much; if much is given into his care, of him more will be requested.
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