The One Year Bible KJV (231 page)
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Authors: Tyndale
17
 Now in this that I [Paul] declare
unto you
I praise
you
not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
18
 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
19
 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
20
 When ye come together therefore into one place,
this
is not to eat the Lord's supper.
21
 For in eating every one taketh before
other
his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
22
 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise
you
not.
23
 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the
same
night in which he was betrayed took bread:
24
 and when he had given thanks, he brake
it,
and said,
Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
25
 After the same manner also
he took
the cup, when he had supped, saying,
This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink
it,
in remembrance of me.
26
 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
27
 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink
this
cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
28
 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of
that
bread, and drink of
that
cup.
29
 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
30
 For this cause many
are
weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
31
 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
32
 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
33
 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.
34
 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.
17
 L
ORD
, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
18
 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
19
 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me:
neither
let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
20
 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against
them that are
quiet in the land.
21
 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me,
and
said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen
it.
22
Â
This
thou hast seen, O L
ORD
: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
23
 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment,
even
unto my cause, my God and my L
ORD
.
24
 Judge me, O L
ORD
my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
25
 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
26
 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify
themselves
against me.
27
 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the L
ORD
be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
28
 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness
and
of thy praise all the day long.
19
Â
It is
better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
20
Â
There is
treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
1
 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
2
 and came even before the king's gate: for none
might
enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
3
 And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came,
there was
great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
4
 So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told
it
her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received
it
not.
5
 Then called Esther for Hatach,
one
of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it
was,
and why it
was.
6
 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which
was
before the king's gate.
7
 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
8
 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew
it
unto Esther, and to declare
it
unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
9
 And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
10
 Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;
11
 all the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called,
there is
one law of his to put
him
to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
12
 And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.
13
 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
14
 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time,
then
shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for
such
a time as this?
15
 Then Esther bade
them
return Mordecai
this answer,
16
 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which
is
not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
17
 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
5:
1
 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on
her
royal
apparel,
and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
2
 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court,
that
she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that
was
in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
3
 Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what
is
thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
4
 And Esther answered, If
it seem
good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
5
 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
6
 And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What
is
thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what
is
thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
7
 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request
is;
8
 if I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow as the king hath said.
9
 Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.
10
 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
11
 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all
the things
wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
12
 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and tomorrow am I invited unto her also with the king.
13
 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
14
 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and tomorrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
6:
1
 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
2
 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
3
 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this?
Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.
4
 And the king said, Who
is
in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
5
 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court.
And the king said, Let him come in.
6
 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour?
Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?
7
 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
8
 let the royal apparel be brought which the king
useth
to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
9
 and let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man
withal
whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
10
 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste,
and
take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
11
 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
12
 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
13
 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every
thing
that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai
be
of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
14
 And while they
were
yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
7:
1
 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
2
 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What
is
thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what
is
thy request? and it shall be performed,
even
to the half of the kingdom.
3
 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
4
 for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
5
 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
6
 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy
is
this wicked Haman.
Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
7
 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath
went
into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
8
 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther
was.
Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
9
 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman.
Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
10
 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.