And I said, The thing which you do is not good; you will not so walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the Gentiles our enemies.

For they hated wisdom, and did not choose the word of the Lord:

For this they willingly forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and [the] earth, consisting out of water and through water,

And the Lord God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they struck him; and Israel inherited all the land of the Amorite who dwelt in that land,

And now the Lord God of Israel has removed the Amorite from before His people Israel, and shall you inherit his [land]?

I have made the earth by My great power, and by My outstretched arm, and I will give it to whomsoever it shall seem [good] in My eyes.

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and they shall drive you forth from men, and your dwelling shall be with the wild beasts, and they shall feed you with grass like an ox, and you shall have your lodging under the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High is Lord of the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses.

Therefore, O king, let my counsel please you, and atone for your sins by alms, and [your] iniquities by compassion on the poor; [perhaps] God will be longsuffering toward your trespasses.

After the twelfth month, as he walked in his palace in Babylon,

While the word was yet in the king's mouth, there came a voice from heaven, [saying], King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken, The kingdom has departed from you.

O king, the Most High God gave to your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, and majesty, and honor, and glory.

And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I will send you to Jesse, to Bethlehem; for I have seen among his sons a king for Me.

And he sent and fetched him. And he was ruddy, with beautiful eyes, and very good looking. And the Lord said to Samuel, Arise, and anoint David, for he is good.

And it shall come to pass when your days have been fulfilled, and you sleep with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, even from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.

I will be to him a father, and he shall be to Me a son. And when he happens to transgress, then will I chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the sons of men.

And his house shall be made sure, and his kingdom forever before Me, and his throne shall be established forever.

And the Lord has confirmed the word that He spoke, and I have risen up in the place of my father David, and I have sat down on the throne of Israel, as the Lord spoke, and I have built the house to the name of the Lord God of Israel.

And it shall come to pass when your days shall be fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, which shall be of your loins, and I will establish his kingdom.

And I will establish him in My house and in his kingdom forever; and his throne shall be set up forever.

Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me out of the whole house of my father to be king over Israel forever; and He chose Judah as the kingly [house], and out of the house of Judah [He chose] the house of my father; and among the sons of my father He preferred me, that I should be king over all Israel.

And of all my sons, (for the Lord has given me many sons) He has chosen Solomon my son, to set him on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

Then You spoke in a vision to Your children, and said, I have laid help on a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of My people.

For My hand shall support him; and My arm shall strengthen him.

And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him.

And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

And I will make him [My] firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

And I will establish his seed forever and ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

if they should profane My ordinances, and not keep My commandments;

But My mercy I will not utterly remove from him, nor wrong My truth.

Once have I sworn by My holiness, that I will not lie to David.

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And behold, you shall conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS.

And He shall reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there shall be no end."

And every gift of your sacrifice shall be seasoned with salt; omit not the salt of the covenant of the Lord from your sacrifices: on every gift of yours you shall offer salt to the Lord your God.

Every special offering of the holy things, whatsoever the children of Israel shall specially offer to the Lord, I have given to you and to your sons and to your daughters with you, a perpetual ordinance; it is a covenant of salt forever before the Lord, for you and your seed after you.

And you shall offer [them] before the Lord, and the priests shall sprinkle salt upon them, and shall offer them up [as] whole burnt offerings to the Lord.

"For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.

Salt is good, but if the salt becomes unsalty, by what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."