The One Year Bible KJV (226 page)
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Authors: Tyndale
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 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
2
 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
3
 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
4
 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol
is
nothing in the world, and that
there is
none other God but one.
5
 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
6
 but to us
there is but
one God, the Father, of whom
are
all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom
are
all things, and we by him.
7
 Howbeit
there is
not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat
it
as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
8
 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
9
 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
10
 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
11
 and through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
12
 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
13
 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
1
 Rejoice in the L
ORD
, O ye righteous:
for
praise is comely for the upright.
2
 Praise the L
ORD
with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery
and
an instrument of ten strings.
3
 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
4
 For the word of the L
ORD
is
right; and all his works
are done
in truth.
5
 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the L
ORD
.
6
 By the word of the L
ORD
were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
7
 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
8
 Let all the earth fear the L
ORD
: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
9
 For he spake, and it was
done;
he commanded, and it stood fast.
10
 The L
ORD
bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
11
 The counsel of the L
ORD
standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
8
 The way of man
is
froward and strange: but
as for
the pure, his work
is
right.
9
Â
It is
better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
10
 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
1
 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that
was
before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the L
ORD
had commanded to Israel.
2
 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
3
 And he read therein before the street that
was
before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people
were attentive
unto the book of the law.
4
 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah,
and
Meshullam.
5
 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
6
 and Ezra blessed the L
ORD
, the great God.
And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the L
ORD
with
their
faces to the ground.
7
 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people
stood
in their place.
8
 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused
them
to understand the reading.
9
 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 L
ORD
your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
10
 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for
this
day
is
holy unto our L
ORD
: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the L
ORD
is your strength.
11
 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day
is
holy; neither be ye grieved.
12
 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.
13
 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.
14
 And they found written in the law which the L
ORD
had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month:
15
 and that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as
it is
written.
16
 So the people went forth, and brought
them,
and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.
17
 And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.
18
 Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day
was
a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.
9:
1
 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
2
 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
3
 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the L
ORD
their God
one
fourth part of the day; and
another
fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the L
ORD
their God.
4
 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani,
and
Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the L
ORD
their God.
5
 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah,
and
Pethahiah, said, Stand up
and
bless the L
ORD
your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
6
 Thou,
even
thou,
art
L
ORD
alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all
things
that
are
therein, the seas, and all that
is
therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
7
 Thou
art
the L
ORD
the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
8
 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:
9
 And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;
10
 And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as
it is
this day.
11
 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
12
 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
13
 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
14
 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
15
 And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
16
 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
17
 And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou
art
a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
18
 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This
is
thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
19
 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
20
 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
21
 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness,
so that
they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.