The One Year Bible KJV (220 page)
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Authors: Tyndale
A Psalm
of David.
1
 Unto thee will I cry, O L
ORD
my rock; be not silent to me: lest,
if
thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
2
 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
3
 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief
is
in their hearts.
4
 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
5
 Because they regard not the works of the L
ORD
, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
6
 Blessed
be
the L
ORD
, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
7
 The L
ORD
is
my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
8
 The L
ORD
is
their strength, and he
is
the saving strength of his anointed.
9
 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
24
 Man's goings
are
of the L
ORD
; how can a man then understand his own way?
25
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It is
a snare to the man
who
devoureth
that which is
holy, and after vows to make inquiry.
24
 Then ceased the work of the house of God which
is
at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
5:
1
 Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that
were
in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel,
even
unto them.
2
 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which
is
at Jerusalem: and with them
were
the prophets of God helping them.
3
 At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?
4
 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?
5
 But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this
matter.
6
 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which
were
on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:
7
 they sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace.
8
 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
9
 Then asked we those elders,
and
said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
10
 We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that
were
the chief of them.
11
 And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.
12
 But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
13
 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon
the same
king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
14
 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that
was
in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto
one,
whose name
was
Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;
15
 and said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that
is
in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place.
16
 Then came the same Sheshbazzar,
and
laid the foundation of the house of God which
is
in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and
yet
it is not finished.
17
 Now therefore, if
it seem
good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which
is
there at Babylon, whether it be
so,
that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
6:
1
 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
2
 And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that
is
in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein
was
a record thus written:
3
 In the first year of Cyrus the king
the same
Cyrus the king made a decree
concerning
the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits,
and
the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
4
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with
three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house:
5
 and also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which
is
at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which
is
at Jerusalem,
every one
to his place, and place
them
in the house of God.
6
 Now
therefore,
Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which
are
beyond the river, be ye far from thence:
7
 let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place.
8
 Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods,
even
of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.
9
 And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which
are
at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:
10
 that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
11
 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.
12
 And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter
and
to destroy this house of God which
is
at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.
13
 Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.
14
 And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished
it,
according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
15
 And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
16
 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,
17
 and offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
18
 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which
is
at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.
19
 And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth
day
of the first month.
20
 For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them
were
pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
21
 And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the L
ORD
God of Israel, did eat,
22
 and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the L
ORD
had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
5
 Who then is Paul, and who
is
Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
6
 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
7
 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
8
 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
9
 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry,
ye are
God's building.
10
 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
11
 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12
 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
13
 every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
14
 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15
 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
16
 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and
that
the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
17
 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which
temple
ye are.
18
 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
19
 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
20
 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
21
 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
22
 whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
23
 and ye are Christ's; and Christ
is
God's.