The One Year Bible KJV (248 page)
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Authors: Tyndale
8
 For though I [Paul] made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though
it were
but for a season.
9
 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
10
 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
11
 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea,
what
clearing of yourselves, yea,
what
indignation, yea,
what
fear, yea,
what
vehement desire, yea,
what
zeal, yea,
what
revenge! In all
things
ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
12
 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you,
I did it
not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.
13
 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.
14
 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which
I made
before Titus, is found a truth.
15
 And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
16
 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all
things.
A Song
and
Psalm for the sons of Korah.
1
 Great
is
the L
ORD
, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God,
in
the mountain of his holiness.
2
 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth,
is
mount Zion,
on
the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
3
 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
4
 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
5
 They saw
it, and
so they marvelled; they were troubled,
and
hasted away.
6
 Fear took hold upon them there,
and
pain, as of a woman in travail.
7
 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
8
 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the L
ORD
of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
9
 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
10
 According to thy name, O God, so
is
thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
11
 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
12
 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
13
 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell
it
to the generation following.
14
 For this God
is
our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide
even
unto death.
17
 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
18
 For
it is
a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
19
 That thy trust may be in the L
ORD
, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
1
 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour:
so doth
a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom
and
honour.
2
 A wise man's heart
is
at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
3
 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth
him,
and he saith to every one
that
he
is
a fool.
4
 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
5
 There is an evil
which
I have seen under the sun, as an error
which
proceedeth from the ruler:
6
 folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
7
 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
8
 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
9
 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith;
and
he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
10
 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom
is
profitable to direct.
11
 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
12
 The words of a wise man's mouth
are
gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
13
 The beginning of the words of his mouth
is
foolishness: and the end of his talk
is
mischievous madness.
14
 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
15
 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
16
 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king
is
a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
17
 Blessed
art
thou, O land, when thy king
is
the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
18
 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
19
 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all
things.
20
 Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
11:
1
 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
2
 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
3
 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty
themselves
upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
4
 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
5
 As thou knowest not what
is
the way of the spirit,
nor
how the bones
do grow
in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
6
 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both
shall be
alike good.
7
 Truly the light
is
sweet, and a pleasant
thing it is
for the eyes to behold the sun:
8
 but if a man live many years,
and
rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh
is
vanity.
9
 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these
things
God will bring thee into judgment.
10
 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth
are
vanity.
12:
1
 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
2
 while the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
3
 in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
4
 and the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
5
 also
when
they shall be afraid of
that which is
high, and fears
shall be
in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
6
 or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
7
 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
8
 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all
is
vanity.
9
 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out,
and
set in order many proverbs.
10
 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and
that which was
written
was
upright,
even
words of truth.
11
 The words of the wise
are
as goads, and as nails fastened
by
the masters of assemblies,
which
are given from one shepherd.
12
 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books
there is
no end; and much study
is
a weariness of the flesh.
13
 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this
is
the whole
duty
of man.
14
 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether
it be
good, or whether
it be
evil.
1
 Moreover, brethren, we [Paul and his coworkers] do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
2
 how that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
3
 For to
their
power, I bear record, yea, and beyond
their
power
they were
willing of themselves;
4
 praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and
take upon us
the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
5
 And
this they did,
not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
6
 Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.
7
 Therefore, as ye abound in every
thing, in
faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and
in
all diligence, and
in
your love to us,
see
that ye abound in this grace also.
8
 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
9
 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
10
 And herein I give
my
advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.
11
 Now therefore perform the doing
of it;
that as
there was
a readiness to will, so
there may be
a performance also out of that which ye have.
12
 For if there be first a willing mind,
it is
accepted according to that a man hath,
and
not according to that he hath not.
13
 For
I mean
not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
14
 but by an equality,
that
now at this time your abundance
may be a supply
for their want, that their abundance also may be
a supply
for your want: that there may be equality:
15
 as it is written, He that
had gathered
much had nothing over; and he that
had gathered
little had no lack.