The One Year Bible KJV (330 page)
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Authors: Tyndale
8
 Finally,
be ye
all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren,
be
pitiful,
be
courteous:
9
 not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
10
 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
11
 let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
12
 For the eyes of the Lord
are
over the righteous, and his ears
are open
unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord
is
against them that do evil.
13
 And who
is
he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
14
 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy
are ye:
and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
15
 but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and
be
ready always to
give
an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
16
 having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
17
 For
it is
better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
18
 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
19
 by which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
20
 which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
21
 The like figure whereunto
even
baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
22
 who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
4:
1
 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
2
 that he no longer should live the rest of
his
time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
3
 For the time past of
our
life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
4
 wherein they think it strange that ye run not with
them
to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of
you:
5
 who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.
6
 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
65
 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O L
ORD
, according unto thy word.
66
 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
67
 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
68
 Thou
art
good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
69
 The proud have forged a lie against me:
but
I will keep thy precepts with
my
whole heart.
70
 Their heart is as fat as grease;
but
I delight in thy law.
71
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It is
good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
72
 The law of thy mouth
is
better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
73
 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
74
 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
75
 I know, O L
ORD
, that thy judgments
are
right, and
that
thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
76
 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
77
 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law
is
my delight.
78
 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause:
but
I will meditate in thy precepts.
79
 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
80
 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
14
 Happy
is
the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
24
 Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise
men
of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise
men
of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.
25
 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.
26
 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name
was
Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?
27
 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise
men,
the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
28
 but there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
29
 as for thee, O king, thy thoughts came
into thy mind
upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.
30
 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for
any
wisdom that I have more than any living, but for
their
sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
31
 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness
was
excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof
was
terrible.
32
 This image's head
was
of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
33
 his legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
34
 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet
that were
of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
35
 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
36
 This
is
the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
37
 Thou, O king,
art
a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38
 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou
art
this head of gold.
39
 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
40
 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all
things:
and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
41
 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potter's clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
42
 And
as
the toes of the feet
were
part of iron, and part of clay,
so
the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
43
 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
44
 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people,
but
it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
45
 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream
is
certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
46
 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.
47
 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth
it is,
that your God
is
a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.
48
 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise
men
of Babylon.
49
 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel
sat
in the gate of the king.
3:
1
 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height
was
threescore cubits,
and
the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
2
 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
3
 Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
4
 Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,
5
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that
at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
6
 and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
7
 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down
and
worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
8
 Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
9
 They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
10
 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
11
 and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth,
that
he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
12
 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
13
 Then Nebuchadnezzar in
his
rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king.
14
 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them,
Is it
true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
15
 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made;
well:
but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who
is
that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
16
 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we
are
not careful to answer thee in this matter.
17
 If it be
so,
our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver
us
out of thine hand, O king.
18
 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
19
 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego:
therefore
he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
20
 And he commanded the most mighty men that
were
in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego,
and
to cast
them
into the burning fiery furnace.
21
 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their
other
garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
22
 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.
23
 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
24
 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste,
and
spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?
They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
25
 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
26
 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace,
and
spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come
hither.
Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire.
27
 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
28
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Then
Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed
be
the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
29
 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
30
 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.