Thursday, January 6, 2011

1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.Log in to add notes

2And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.Log in to add notes

3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.Log in to add notes

4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.Log in to add notes

5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.Log in to add notes

6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.Log in to add notes

7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.Log in to add notes

8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.Log in to add notes

9And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.Log in to add notes

10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.Log in to add notes

11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.Log in to add notes

12And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.Log in to add notes

13And the evening and the morning were the third day.Log in to add notes

3And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:Log in to add notes

5How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!Log in to add notes

6As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river’s side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.Log in to add notes

7He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.Log in to add notes

8God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.Log in to add notes

9He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.Log in to add notes

17I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.Log in to add notes

18And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.Log in to add notes

6In that day, saith the Lord, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;Log in to add notes

7And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the Lord shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.Log in to add notes

2But thou, Beth–lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.Log in to add notes

3Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.Log in to add notes

4And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.Log in to add notes

1And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:Log in to add notes

2And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;Log in to add notes

3And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:Log in to add notes

4But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.Log in to add notes

5And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.Log in to add notes

6The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.Log in to add notes

7And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.Log in to add notes

8And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.Log in to add notes

9They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.Log in to add notes

10And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.Log in to add notes

3:35This is our God, and there shall none other be accounted of in comparison of himLog in to add notes

3:36He hath found out all the way of knowledge, and hath given it unto Jacob his servant, and to Israel his beloved.Log in to add notes

3:37Afterward did he shew himself upon earth, and conversed with men.Log in to add notes

4:1This is the book of the commandments of God, and the law that endureth for ever: all they that keep it shall come to life; but such as leave it shall die.Log in to add notes

4:2Turn thee, O Jacob, and take hold of it: walk in the presence of the light thereof, that thou mayest be illuminated.Log in to add notes

4:3Give not thine honour to another, nor the things that are profitable unto thee to a strange nation.Log in to add notes

4:4O Israel, happy are we: for things that are pleasing to God are made known unto us.Log in to add notes

31Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.Log in to add notes

32This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,Log in to add notes

33His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.Log in to add notes

34Thou 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.Log in to add notes

35Then 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.Log in to add notes

36This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.Log in to add notes

44And 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.Log in to add notes

45Forasmuch 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.Log in to add notes

6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.Log in to add notes

7Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.Log in to add notes

10Moreover the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying,Log in to add notes

11Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.Log in to add notes

12But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.Log in to add notes

13And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?Log in to add notes

14Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.Log in to add notes

15Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.Log in to add notes

16For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.Log in to add notes

1Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Maher–shalal–hash–baz.Log in to add notes

2And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.Log in to add notes

3And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Maher–shalal–hash–baz.Log in to add notes

4For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.Log in to add notes

9Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.Log in to add notes

10Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.Log in to add notes

1:5For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:Log in to add notes

1:6If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.Log in to add notes

1:7For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;Log in to add notes

1:8But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;Log in to add notes

1:9Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.Log in to add notes

1:10For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:Log in to add notes

1:11Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.Log in to add notes

1:12One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.Log in to add notes

1:13This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;Log in to add notes

1:14Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.Log in to add notes

1:15Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.Log in to add notes

1:16They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.Log in to add notes

2:1But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:Log in to add notes

17And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?Log in to add notes

18And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.Log in to add notes

19Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.Log in to add notes

20And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.Log in to add notes

21Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.Log in to add notes

22And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.Log in to add notes

23And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!Log in to add notes

24And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!Log in to add notes

25It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.Log in to add notes

26And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?Log in to add notes

27And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.Log in to add notes