The One Year Bible KJV (191 page)

Acts 26:1-32

1
 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself.

Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:
2
 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:
3
 especially
because I know
thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

4
 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
5
 which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
6
 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
7
 unto which
promise
our twelve tribes, instantly serving
God
day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
8
 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?

9
 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10
 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against
them.
11
 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled
them
to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted
them
even unto strange cities.

12
 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
13
 at midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.
14
 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue,
Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
it is
hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

15
 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said,
I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
16
 
But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
17
 
delivering thee from the people, and
from
the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
18
 
to open their eyes,
and
to turn
them
from darkness to light, and
from
the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

19
 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
20
 but shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and
then
to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
21
 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill
me.
22
 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
23
 that Christ should suffer,
and
that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

24
 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.

25
 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.
26
 For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.
27
 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.

28
 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

29
 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

30
 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
31
 and when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

32
 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.

Psalm 6:1-10

To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.

1
 O L
ORD
, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

2
 Have mercy upon me, O L
ORD
; for I
am
weak: O L
ORD
, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

3
 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O L
ORD
, how long?

4
 Return, O L
ORD
, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.

5
 For in death
there is
no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

6
 I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

7
 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

8
 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the L
ORD
hath heard the voice of my weeping.

9
 The L
ORD
hath heard my supplication; the L
ORD
will receive my prayer.

10
 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return
and
be ashamed suddenly.

Proverbs 18:20-21

20
 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth;
and
with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

21
 Death and life
are
in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

July 9

1 Chronicles 7:1–8:40

Acts 27:1-20

Psalm 7:1-17

Proverbs 18:22

1 Chronicles 7:1–8:40

1
 Now the sons of Issachar
were,
Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimrom, four.
2
 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house,
to wit,
of Tola:
they were
valiant men of might in their generations; whose number
was
in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
3
 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.
4
 And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers,
were
bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand
men:
for they had many wives and sons.
5
 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar
were
valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.

6
 
The sons
of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
7
 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of
their
fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
8
 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these
are
the sons of Becher.
9
 And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour,
was
twenty thousand and two hundred.
10
 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
11
 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour,
were
seventeen thousand and two hundred
soldiers,
fit to go out for war
and
battle.
12
 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir,
and
Hushim, the sons of Aher.

13
 The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

14
 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (
but
his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
15
 and Machir took to wife
the sister
of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name
was
Maachah;) and the name of the second
was
Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
16
 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother
was
Sheresh; and his sons
were
Ulam and Rakem.
17
 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These
were
the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
18
 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
19
 And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

20
 And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
21
 and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath
that were
born in
that
land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.
22
 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
23
 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
24
 (And his daughter
was
Sherah, who built Beth-horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.)
25
 And Rephah
was
his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,
26
 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
27
 Non his son, Jehoshuah his son.

28
 And their possessions and habitations
were,
Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:
29
 and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.

30
 The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
31
 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who
is
the father of Birzavith.
32
 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
33
 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These
are
the children of Japhlet.
34
 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
35
 And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
36
 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,
37
 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
38
 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
39
 And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.
40
 All these
were
the children of Asher, heads of
their
father's house, choice
and
mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war
and
to battle
was
twenty and six thousand men.

8:
1
 Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
2
 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
3
 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
4
 and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
5
 and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
6
 And these
are
the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:
7
 and Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud.
8
 And Shaharaim begat
children
in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara
were
his wives.
9
 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,
10
 and Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These
were
his sons, heads of the fathers.
11
 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.
12
 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:
13
 Beriah also, and Shema, who
were
heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
14
 and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
15
 and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,
16
 and Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;
17
 and Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,
18
 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;
19
 and Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
20
 and Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,
21
 and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;
22
 and Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,
23
 and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
24
 and Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,
25
 and Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;
26
 and Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
27
 and Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
28
 These
were
heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief
men.
These dwelt in Jerusalem.

29
 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name
was
Maachah:
30
 and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
31
 and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.
32
 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.

33
 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
34
 And the son of Jonathan
was
Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.
35
 And the sons of Micah
were,
Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.
36
 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,
37
 and Moza begat Binea: Rapha
was
his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son:
38
 and Azel had six sons, whose names
are
these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these
were
the sons of Azel.
39
 And the sons of Eshek his brother
were,
Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
40
 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these
are
of the sons of Benjamin.