The One Year Bible KJV (229 page)
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Authors: Tyndale
14
 Wherefore, my [Paul's] dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
15
 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
16
 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
17
 For we
being
many are one bread,
and
one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
18
 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
19
 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
20
 But
I say,
that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
21
 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
22
 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
23
 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
24
 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's
wealth.
25
 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles,
that
eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
26
 for the earth
is
the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
27
 If any of them that believe not bid you
to a feast,
and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
28
 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth
is
the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:
29
 conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another
man's
conscience?
30
 For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
31
 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
32
 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
33
 even as I please all
men
in all
things,
not seeking mine own profit, but the
profit
of many, that they may be saved.
11
 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the L
ORD
.
12
 What man
is he that
desireth life,
and
loveth
many
days, that he may see good?
13
 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
14
 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
15
 The eyes of the L
ORD
are
upon the righteous, and his ears
are open
unto their cry.
16
 The face of the L
ORD
is
against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
17
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The righteous
cry, and the L
ORD
heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
18
 The L
ORD
is
nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
19
 Many
are
the afflictions of the righteous: but the L
ORD
delivereth him out of them all.
20
 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
21
 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
22
 The L
ORD
redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
14
 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
15
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It is
joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction
shall be
to the workers of iniquity.
16
 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
27
 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they [the leaders of Israel] sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing,
with
cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
28
 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;
29
 also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.
30
 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
31
 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great
companies of them that gave
thanks,
whereof one
went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:
32
 and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,
33
 and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
34
 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
35
 and
certain
of the priests' sons with trumpets;
namely,
Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:
36
 and his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.
37
 And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.
38
 And the other
company of them that gave
thanks went over against
them,
and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;
39
 and from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
40
 So stood the two
companies of them that gave
thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:
41
 and the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah,
and
Hananiah, with trumpets;
42
 and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah
their
overseer.
43
 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
44
 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
45
 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David,
and
of Solomon his son.
46
 For in the days of David and Asaph of old
there were
chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
47
 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified
holy things
unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified
them
unto the children of Aaron.
13:
1
 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;
2
 because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
3
 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
4
 And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God,
was
allied unto Tobiah:
5
 and he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded
to be given
to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.
6
 But in all this
time
was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king:
7
 and I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
8
 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.
9
 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense.
10
 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given
them:
for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.
11
 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
12
 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries.
13
 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them
was
Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office
was
to distribute unto their brethren.
14
 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.
15
 In those days saw I in Judah
some
treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all
manner of
burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified
against them
in the day wherein they sold victuals.
16
 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
17
 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing
is
this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
18
 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.
19
 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and
some
of my servants set I at the gates,
that
there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
20
 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.
21
 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do
so
again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no
more
on the sabbath.
22
 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and
that
they should come
and
keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day.
Remember me, O my God,
concerning
this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.
23
 In those days also saw I Jews
that
had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon,
and
of Moab:
24
 and their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.
25
 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God,
saying,
Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
26
 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
27
 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
28
 And
one
of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest,
was
son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
29
 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
30
 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;
31
 and for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits.
Remember me, O my God, for good.