And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets [declare] good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak [that which is] good.
And he said unto them, What manner of man [was he] which came up to meet you, and told you these words?
And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that [is] in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, [he had] sackcloth within upon his flesh.
Thou sayest, (but [they are but] vain words), [I have] counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? [hath he] not [sent me] to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which [was] over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with [their] clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up [thy] prayer for the remnant that are left.
And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.
Go ye, inquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great [is] the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, [even] all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read:
But to the king of Judah which sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, [As touching] the words which thou hast heard;
And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.
And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all [their] heart and all [their] soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
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.
Moreover the [workers with] familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
For by the last words of David the Levites [were] numbered from twenty years old and above:
All these [were] the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen [it]: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: [for] thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.
Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that [was] before the porch of the LORD.
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.
And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
With him [is] an arm of flesh; but with us [is] the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they [are written] in the book of the kings of Israel.
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
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.
And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel [concerning] the words which thou hast heard;
Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard [thee] also, saith the LORD.
And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.
And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till [there was] no remedy.
Now this [is] the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, [even] a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned [certain] days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
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].
And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
Wherein [was] written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith [it, that] thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.
And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, [There is] a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.
Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. [And] Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
And Nehemiah, which [is] the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day [is] holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.
And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give [it, I say], to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou [art] righteous:
And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.
Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and [of that] which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
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,
Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, [which are] as wind?
How long wilt thou speak these [things]? and [how long shall] the words of thy mouth [be like] a strong wind?
Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
How much less shall I answer him, [and] choose out my words [to reason] with him?
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest [such] words go out of thy mouth?
Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
I also could speak as ye [do]: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
How long [will it be ere] ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].
To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, [there was] none of you that convinced Job, [or] that answered his words:
Now he hath not directed [his] words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
My words [shall be of] the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
If thou canst answer me, set [thy words] in order before me, stand up.
Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of [thy] words, [saying],
Hear my words, O ye wise [men]; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
Job|hath spoken without knowledge, and his words [were] without wisdom.
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth [his hands] among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
For truly my words [shall] not [be] false: he that is perfect in knowledge [is] with thee.
Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft [words] unto thee?
And it was [so], that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me [the thing that is] right, as my servant Job [hath].
To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
The words of the LORD [are] pure words: [as] silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring?
The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
Thou lovest all devouring words, O [thou] deceitful tongue.
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
[The words] of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war [was] in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet [were] they drawn swords.
Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts [are] against me for evil.
[For] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying [which] they speak.
Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:
Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, [to] my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
CHETH. [Thou art] my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, [saying],
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;
He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness; [there is] nothing froward or perverse in them.
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.
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