Job 27 1 Moreover Job continued
his parable, and said,
2 As God
liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the
Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
3 All the while my
breath is in me, and the spirit of God is
in my nostrils;
4 My lips shall not
speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
5 God forbid that I
should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine
integrity from me.
6 My righteousness
I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not
reproach me so long as I live.
7 Let mine enemy be
as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the
unrighteous.
8 For what is
the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when
God taketh away his soul?
9 Will God hear his
cry when trouble cometh upon him?
10 Will he delight
himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
11 I will teach you
by the hand of God: that which is with the
Almighty will I not conceal.
12 Behold, all ye
yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus
altogether vain?
13 This is
the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of
oppressors, which they shall receive of the
Almighty.
14 If his children
be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his
offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
15 Those that
remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows
shall not weep.
16 Though he heap
up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
17 He may prepare it,
but the just shall put it on, and the innocent
shall divide the silver.
18 He buildeth his
house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper
maketh.
19 The rich man
shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth
his eyes, and he is not.
20 Terrors take
hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the
night.
21 The east wind
carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm
hurleth him out of his place.
22 For God
shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee
out of his hand.
23 Men shall
clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his
place.
Job 28 1 Surely there is a vein
for the silver, and a place for gold where they
fine it.
2 Iron is taken out
of the earth, and brass is molten out of
the stone.
3 He setteth an end
to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones
of darkness, and the shadow of death.
4 The flood
breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters
forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone
away from men.
5 As for the
earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up
as it were fire.
6 The stones of it are
the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
7 There is a
path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye
hath not seen:
8 The lion's whelps
have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed
by it.
9 He putteth forth
his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by
the roots.
10 He cutteth out
rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious
thing.
11 He bindeth the
floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid
bringeth he forth to light.
12 But where shall
wisdom be found? and where is the place of
understanding?
13 Man knoweth not
the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the
living.
14 The depth saith,
It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is
not with me.
15 It cannot be
gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for
the price thereof.
16 It cannot be
valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or
the sapphire.
17 The gold and the
crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall
not be for jewels of fine gold.
18 No mention shall
be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is
above rubies.
19 The topaz of
Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued
with pure gold.
20 Whence then
cometh wisdom? and where is the place of
understanding?
21 Seeing it is hid
from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the
fowls of the air.
22 Destruction and
death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
23 God
understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place
thereof.
24 For he looketh
to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the
whole heaven;
25 To make the
weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by
measure.
26 When he made a
decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the
thunder:
27 Then did he see
it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it
out.
28 And unto man he
said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is
wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
THE
ACTS
OF THE APOSTLES
Acts 1 1 The former treatise
have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began
both to do and teach,
2 Until the day in
which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy
Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he
had chosen:
3 To whom also he
shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible
proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of
the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
4 And, being
assembled together with them, commanded them that
they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the
promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have
heard of me.
5 For John truly
baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the
Holy Ghost not many days hence.
6 When they
therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying,
Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to
Israel?
7 And he said unto
them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons,
which the Father hath put in his own power.
8 But ye shall
receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon
you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem,
and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost
part of the earth.
9 And when he had
spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up;
and a cloud received him out of their sight.
10 And while they
looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold,
two men stood by them in white apparel;
11 Which also said,
Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?
this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven,
shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into
heaven.
12 Then returned
they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which
is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
13 And when they
were come in, they went up into an upper room, where
abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew,
Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the
son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the
brother of James.
14 These all
continued with one accord in prayer and supplication,
with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with
his brethren.
15 ¶ And in those
days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and
said, (the number of names together were about an hundred
and twenty,)
16 Men and
brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled,
which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before
concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took
Jesus.
17 For he was
numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
18 Now this man
purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and
falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all
his bowels gushed out.
19 And it was known
unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that
field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is
to say, The field of blood.
20 For it is
written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be
desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his
bishoprick let another take.
21 Wherefore of
these men which have companied with us all the time that
the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
22 Beginning from
the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken
up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us
of his resurrection.
23 And they
appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed
Justus, and Matthias.
24 And they prayed,
and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men,
shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
25 That he may take
part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas
by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
26 And they gave
forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he
was numbered with the eleven apostles.
Acts 2 1 And when the day of
Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord
in one place.
2 And suddenly
there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty
wind, and it filled all the house where they were
sitting.
3 And there
appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it
sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all
filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other
tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 And there were
dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every
nation under heaven.
6 Now when this was
noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were
confounded, because that every man heard them speak in
his own language.
7 And they were all
amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are
not all these which speak Galileans?
8 And how hear we
every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
9 Parthians, and
Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and
in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
10 Phrygia, and
Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about
Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
11 Cretes and
Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the
wonderful works of God.
12 And they were
all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another,
What meaneth this?
13 Others mocking
said, These men are full of new wine.
14 ¶ But Peter,
standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and
said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that
dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken
to my words:
15 For these are
not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the
third hour of the day.
16 But this is that
which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
17 And it shall
come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out
of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your
daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see
visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
18 And on my
servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those
days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
19 And I will shew
wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath;
blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
20 The sun shall be
turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before
that great and notable day of the Lord come:
21 And it shall
come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the
name of the Lord shall be saved.
22 Ye men of
Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man
approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and
signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye
yourselves also know:
23 Him, being
delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of
God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified
and slain:
24 Whom God hath
raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it
was not possible that he should be holden of it.
25 For David
speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before
my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be
moved:
26 Therefore did my
heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my
flesh shall rest in hope:
27 Because thou
wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer
thine Holy One to see corruption.
28 Thou hast made
known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of
joy with thy countenance.
29 Men and
brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch
David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre
is with us unto this day.
30 Therefore being
a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to
him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the
flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
31 He seeing this
before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul
was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see
corruption.
32 This Jesus hath
God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
33 Therefore being
by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of
the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed
forth this, which ye now see and hear.
34 For David is not
ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit
thou on my right hand,
35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know
assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye
have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
37 ¶ Now when they heard this, they were
pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the
rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall
we do?
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be
baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for
the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of
the Holy Ghost.
39 For the promise is unto you, and to your
children, and to all that are afar off, even as
many as the Lord our God shall call.
40 And with many other words did he testify and
exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward
generation.
41 ¶ Then they that gladly received his word were
baptized: and the same day there were added unto them
about three thousand souls.
42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles'
doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in
prayers.
43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders
and signs were done by the apostles.
44 And all that believed were together, and had all
things common;
45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted
them to all men, as every man had need.
46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in
the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did
eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
47 Praising God, and having favour with all the
people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as
should be saved.
Acts 3 1 Now Peter and John went up together into the
temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb
was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the
temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them
that entered into the temple;
3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the
temple asked an alms.
4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with
John, said, Look on us.
5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive
something of them.
6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none;
but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus
Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him
up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received
strength.
8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered
with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and
praising God.
9 And all the people saw him walking and praising
God:
10 And they knew that it was he which sat for alms
at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled
with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto
him.
11 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter
and John, all the people ran together unto them in the
porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
12 ¶ And when Peter saw it, he answered unto
the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or
why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own
power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob,
the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus;
whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of
Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and
desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath
raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
16 And his name through faith in his name hath made
this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith
which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in
the presence of you all.
17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance
ye did it, as did also your rulers.
18 But those things, which God before had shewed by
the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer,
he hath so fulfilled.
19 ¶ Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that
your sins may be blotted out, when the times of
refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was
preached unto you:
21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of
restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the
mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet
shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your
brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things
whatsoever he shall say unto you.
23 And it shall come to pass, that every
soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be
destroyed from among the people.
24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those
that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise
foretold of these days.
25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the
covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto
Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the
earth be blessed.
26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son
Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one
of you from his iniquities.
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