I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and don't go after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your ear, nor listened to me.
However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, don't do this abominable thing that I hate.
Therefore now thus says the LORD, the God of Armies, the God of Israel: Why do you commit great evil against your own souls, to cut off from yourselves man and woman, infant and nursing child out of the midst of Judah, to leave yourselves none remaining;
He made many to stumble, yes, they fell one on another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.
Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn everyone to his people, and they shall flee everyone to his own land.
Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for joy over Babylon; for the destroyers shall come to her from the north, says the LORD.
They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
He sings before men, and says, 'I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn't profit me.
Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to the LORD, your God.
Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.
The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God's will remains forever.
and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words. Not content with this, neither does he himself receive the brothers, and those who would, he forbids and throws out of the assembly.
He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn't left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him."
Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away."
It happened, when they were done circumcising all the nation, that they stayed in their places in the camp until they were healed.
Afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
She said, "Give me a blessing. Because you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water." He gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
She said to him, "Give me a blessing; for that you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water." Then Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
"Hear, you kings! Give ear, you princes! I, [even] I, will sing to the LORD. I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.
Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people who were therein, how they lived in security, in the way of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing authority, that might put [them] to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with any man.
He said to him, "We are passing from Bethlehem Judah to the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim. I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem Judah. I am going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man who takes me into his house.
You see their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.
The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst: The young children ask bread, and no man breaks it to them.
Aaron spoke to Moses, "Behold, this day they have offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things as these have happened to me: and if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been pleasing in the sight of the LORD?"
When Moses heard that, it was pleasing in his sight.
"When a man shall have a rising in his body's skin, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes in the skin of his body the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons, the priests:
But if the scab spreads on the skin, after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall show himself to the priest again.
and the priest shall examine him. Behold, if there is a white rising in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the rising,
and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot, reddish-white, then it shall be shown to the priest;
But if the itch spreads in the skin after his cleansing,
Then the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the rising of the plague is reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh,
"This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest,
"On the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, before the LORD.
This is the law for him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to afford the sacrifice for his cleansing.
and for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot;
"'When he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then he shall count to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
then I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for the three years.
His mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.
Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God, and saying,
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told them.
"Now you are releasing your servant, Master, according to your word, in peace;
and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, "Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.
but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day's journey, and they looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances.
But he, passing through the midst of them, went his way.
He commanded him to tell no one, "But go your way, and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing according to what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."
Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams, and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely.
In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, "I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight."
He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens.
It happened as he was on his way to Jerusalem, that he was passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee.
They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.
He entered and was passing through Jericho.
"So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
The chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.
Herod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him. Dressing him in luxurious clothing, they sent him back to Pilate.
and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations," says the LORD of Armies.
If you will not listen, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name," says the LORD of Armies, "then will I send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this," says the LORD of Armies, "if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.
All the country of Judea and all those of Jerusalem went out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins.
Passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
and said to him, "See you say nothing to anybody, but go show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."
Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some brought forth thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much."
His disciples said to him, "You see the multitude pressing against you, and you say, 'Who touched me?'"
They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the "rising from the dead" meant.
They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross.
They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.
Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!"
and said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" Jesus said to them, "Yes. Did you never read, 'Out of the mouth of babes and nursing babies you have perfected praise?'"
But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days!
You drive the women of my people out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away my blessing forever.
For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab. You walk in their counsels, that I may make you a ruin, and her inhabitants a hissing; And you will bear the reproach of my people."
So we worked in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.
There were also some who said, "We have borrowed money for the king's tribute using our fields and our vineyards as collateral.
Now it happened, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
The singers: the children of Asaph, one hundred forty-eight.
besides their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and they had two hundred forty-five singing men and singing women.
So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, lived in their cities. When the seventh month was come, the children of Israel were in their cities.
Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, [and] Pethahiah, said, "Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting! Bessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise!
The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinim, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge, and understanding--
For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the wave offering of the grain, of the new wine, and of the oil, to the rooms, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests who minister, and the porters, and the singers. We will not forsake the house of our God.
The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the business of the house of God.
For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as every day required.
At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with giving thanks, and with singing, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and with harps.
The sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain around Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites;
also from Beth Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had built them villages around Jerusalem.
and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. The singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
They performed the duty of their God, and the duty of the purification, and [so did] the singers and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
All Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, as every day required: and they set apart [that which was] for the Levites; and the Levites set apart [that which was] for the sons of Aaron.
because they didn't meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: however our God turned the curse into a blessing.
had prepared for him a great room, where before they laid the meal offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the wave offerings for the priests.
I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them; so that the Levites and the singers, who did the work, had fled everyone to his field.
then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall tell the woman, "the LORD make you a curse and an oath among your people, when the LORD allows your thigh to fall away, and your body to swell;
"'If any man dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles the head of his separation; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing. On the seventh day he shall shave it.
You shall do this to them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of cleansing on them, let them shave their whole bodies with a razor, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.
Have I conceived all this people? Have I brought them forth, that you should tell me, 'Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which you swore to their fathers?'
Then sang Israel this song: "Spring up, well; sing to it:
But I have all things, and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God.
passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
the LORD's blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.
By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.
the LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.
It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.
the LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.
As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad.
the greyhound, the male goat also; and the king against whom there is no rising up.
Salvation belongs to the LORD. Your blessing be on your people. Selah. For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm by David.
I will give thanks to the LORD according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High. For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David.
I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
I will sing to the LORD, because he has been good to me. For the Chief Musician. By David.
Therefore I will give thanks to you, the LORD, among the nations, and will sing praises to your name.
For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head.
Be exalted, the LORD, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power. For the Chief Musician; set to "The Doe of the Morning." A Psalm by David.
He shall receive a blessing from the LORD, righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me. I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.
Sing praise to the LORD, you saints of his. Give thanks to his holy name.
To the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. the LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever! For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre. Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.
Sing to him a new song. Play skillfully with a shout of joy!
Sing praise to God, sing praises. Sing praises to our King, sing praises.
For God is the King of all the earth. Sing praises with understanding.
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
My heart is steadfast, God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises.
I will give thanks to you, Lord, among the peoples. I will sing praises to you among the nations.
But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress.
To you, my strength, I will sing praises. For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lily of the Covenant." A teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram Naharaim and with Aram Zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.
So I will sing praise to your name forever, that I may fulfill my vows daily. For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthan. A Psalm by David.
The pastures are covered with flocks. The valleys also are clothed with grain. They shout for joy! They also sing. For the Chief Musician. A song. A Psalm.
Sing to the glory of his name! Offer glory and praise!
All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to your name." Selah.
Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth. Selah.
Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Extol him who rides on the clouds: to Yah, his name! Rejoice before him!
God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, in the midst of the ladies playing with tambourines,
Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth! Sing praises to the Lord! Selah.
I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God. I sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.
My lips shall shout for joy! My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you!
But I will declare this forever: I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!
Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah.
Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
Those who sing as well as those who dance say, "All my springs are in you." A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Suffering of Affliction." A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite.
I will sing of the loving kindness of the LORD forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
It is a good thing to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, Most High;
Oh come, let's sing to the LORD. Let's shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!
Sing to the LORD a new song! Sing to the LORD, all the earth.
Sing to the LORD! Bless his name! Proclaim his salvation from day to day!
Let the field and all that is in it exult! Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy
Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand, and his holy arm, have worked salvation for him.
Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises!
Sing praises to the LORD with the harp, with the harp and the voice of melody.
Let the rivers clap their hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together.
Let them sing before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
Serve the LORD with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.
I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, the LORD, I will sing praises.
The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.
I will sing to the LORD as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.
He brought forth his people with joy, his chosen with singing.
Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with singing.
My heart is steadfast, God. I will sing and I will make music with my soul.
I will give thanks to you, the LORD, among the nations. I will sing praises to you among the peoples.
Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.
From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, the LORD's name is to be praised.
Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness.
Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, "the LORD has done great things for them."
Neither do those who go by say, "The blessing of the LORD be on you. We bless you in the name of the LORD." A Song of Ascents.
like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion: for there the LORD gives the blessing, even life forevermore. A Song of Ascents.
Praise Yah, for the LORD is good. Sing praises to his name, for that is pleasant.
For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"
How can we sing the LORD's song in a foreign land?
I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.
Yes, they will sing of the ways of the LORD; for great is the LORD's glory.
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