Thursday, April 8, 2027

^28:14Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, ye afflicted men, and ye princes of this people that is in Jerusalem. ¹⁵Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with Hades, and agreements with death; if the rushing storm should pass, it shall not come upon us: we have made falsehood our hope, and by falsehood shall we be protected: ¹⁶therefore thus saith the Lord, even the Lord, Behold, I lay for the foundations of Sion a costly stone, a choice, a corner-stone, a precious stone, for its foundations; and he that believes on him shall by no means be ashamed. ¹⁷And I will cause judgment to be for hope, and my compassion shall be for just measures, and ye that trust vainly in falsehood shall fall: for the storm shall by no means pass by you, ¹⁸except it also take away your covenant of death, and your trust in Hades shall by no means stand: if the rushing storm should come upon you, ye shall be beaten down by it. ¹⁹Whenever it shall pass by, it shall take you; morning by morning it shall pass by in the day, and in the night there shall be an evil hope. Learn to hear, ²⁰ye that are distressed; we cannot fight, but we are ourselves too weak for you to be gathered. ²¹The Lord shall rise up as a mountain of ungodly men, and shall be in the valley of Gabaon; he shall perform his works with wrath, even a work of bitterness, and his wrath shall deal strangely, and his destruction shall be strange. ²²Therefore do not ye rejoice, neither let your bands be made strong; for I have heard of works finished and cut short by the Lord of hosts, which he will execute upon all the earth.

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^10:32These are the tribes of the sons of Noe, according to their generations, according to their nations: of them were the islands of the Gentiles scattered over the earth after the flood. ^11:1And all the earth was one lip, and there was one language to all. ²And it came to pass as they moved from the east, they found a plain in the land of Senaar, and they dwelt there. ³And a man said to his neighbour, Come, let us make bricks and bake them with fire. And the brick was to them for stone, and their mortar was bitumen. ⁴And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth. ⁵And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men built. ⁶And the Lord said, Behold, there is one race, and one lip of all, and they have begun to do this, and now nothing shall fail from them of all that they may have undertaken to do. ⁷Come, and having gone down let us there confound their tongue, that they may not understand each the voice of his neighbour. ⁸And the Lord scattered them thence over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city and the tower. ⁹On this account its name was called Confusion, because there the Lord confounded the languages of all the earth, and thence the Lord scattered them upon the face of all the earth.

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^13:19The desires of the godly gladden the soul, but the works of the ungodly are far from knowledge. ²⁰If thou walkest with wise men thou shalt be wise: but he that walks with fools shall be known. ²¹Evil shall pursue sinners; but good shall overtake the righteous. ²²A good man shall inherit children's children; and the wealth of ungodly men is laid up for the just. ²³The righteous shall spend many years in wealth: but the unrighteous shall perish suddenly. ²⁴He that spares the rod hates his son: but he that loves, carefully chastens him. ²⁵A just man eats and satisfies his soul: but the souls of the ungodly are in want. ^14:1Wise women build houses: but a foolish one digs hers down with her hands. ²He that walks uprightly fears the Lord; but he that is perverse in his ways shall be dishonoured. ³Out of the mouth of fools comes a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise preserve them. ⁴Where no oxen are, the cribs are clean; but where there is abundant produce, the strength of the ox is apparent. ⁵A faithful witness does not lie; but an unjust witness kindles falsehoods. ⁶Thou shalt seek wisdom with bad men, and shalt not find it; but discretion is easily available with the prudent.

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