And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, [is it] not because [there is] no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
So he set [it] before them, and they did eat, and left [thereof], according to the word of the LORD.
And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time [shall] a measure of fine flour [be sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was [sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take [and] cast him into the plat [of ground], according to the word of the LORD.
Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This [is] the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done [that] which he spake by his servant Elijah.
He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which [was] of Gathhepher.
This [was] the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth [generation]. And so it came to pass.
Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:
But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
This [is] the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, [and] laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.
Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good [is] the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, [Is it] not [good], if peace and truth be in my days?
And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.
Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that [were] there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned [them] upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.
And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.
So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, [even] against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking [counsel] of [one that had] a familiar spirit, to inquire [of it];
Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
These also [are] the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, [and] with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.
And these [are] the numbers of the bands [that were] ready armed to the war, [and] came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.
And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.
Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word [which] he commanded to a thousand generations;
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?
Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh [thee]; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; [therefore] I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets [declare] good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.
Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and [on] his left.
Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do [it].
Go, inquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great [is] the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.
Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.
So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that [they] may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: [for] as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD [spoken] by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, 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,
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,
Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.
Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, [If] ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
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.
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that [his] grief was very great.
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept [me from] the paths of the destroyer.
[As for] God, his way [is] perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he [is] a buckler to all those that trust in him.
For the word of the LORD [is] right; and all his works [are done] in truth.
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
In God will I praise [his] word: in the LORD will I praise [his] word.
The Lord gave the word: great [was] the company of those that published [it].
Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word [which] he commanded to a thousand generations.
Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered [them] from their destructions.
BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, [that] I may live, and keep thy word.
DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who [is devoted] to thy fear.
VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, [even] thy salvation, according to thy word.
So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
This [is] my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
I entreated thy favour with [my] whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy word.
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
NUN. Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
Thou [art] my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Thy word [is] very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
Mine eyes prevent the [night] watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
Thy word [is] true [from] the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments [endureth] for ever.
SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments [are] righteousness.
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
For [there is] not a word in my tongue, [but], lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
He sendeth forth his commandment [upon] earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, [and] the waters flow.
He showeth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent [man] looketh well to his going.
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word [spoken] in due season, how good [is it]!
A word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Every word of God [is] pure: he [is] a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Where the word of a king [is, there is] power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, [so] their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God [is] with us.
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them.
The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
This [is] the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.
The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, [and] there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which [is] in Jerusalem.
That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This [is] the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
This [is] the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, [and] laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,
Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts:
Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good [is] the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
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