And Caleb quieted the people from speaking before Moses, and said to him, Nay, but we will go up by all means, and will inherit it, for we shall surely prevail against them!

Now set your hearts and souls to seek after the Lord your God; arise, and build a sanctuary to your God, to carry in the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the Lord.

And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong, and of good courage, and do [it]: fear not, neither be terrified; for the Lord my God [is] with you; He will not forsake you, and will not fail you, until you have finished all the work of the service of the house of the Lord. And behold the pattern of the temple, even His house, and its treasury, and the upper chambers, and the inner store rooms, and the place of propitiation, and the plan of the house of the Lord.

I have prepared according to all [my] might for the house of my God, gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, onyx stones, and costly and variegated stones for setting, and every precious stone, and much Parian [marble].

Moreover, because I took pleasure in the house of my God, I have gold and silver which I have procured for myself, and behold, I have given them to the house of my God over and above, beyond what I have prepared for the holy house.

And Hezekiah did so through all Judah, and did that which was good and right before the Lord his God.

And in every work which he began in service in the house of the Lord, and in the law, and in the ordinances, he sought his God with all his soul, and wrought, and prospered.

And the elders of the Jews and the Levites built, at the prophecy of Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo; and they built up, and finished [it], by the decree of the God of Israel, and by the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of the Persians.

And they finished this house by the third day of the month [of] Adar, which is the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

And I rose up by night, I and a few men with me; and I told no man what God put into my heart to do with Israel; and there was no beast with me, except the beast which I rode upon.

And I passed on to the Fountain Gate, and to the king's pool; and there was no room for the beast to pass under me.

And the sentinels knew not why I went, nor what I was doing; and until that time I told [it] not to the Jews, or to the priests, or to the nobles, or to the captains, or to the rest [of the men] who did the work.

And I told them of the hand of God which was good upon me, also about the words of the king which he spoke to me. And I said, Let us arise and build. And their hands were strengthened for the good [work].

And I answered them, and said to them, The God of heaven, He shall prosper us, and we His servants are pure, and we will build; but you have no part, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and built the Sheep Gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even to the Tower of the Hundred they sanctified [it], to the Tower of Hananel.

And the sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate; they roofed it, and covered in its doors, and bolts, and bars.

And next to them the Tekoites took [their] place; but the Adorim did not put their shoulders to their service.

And next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, made repairs to the throne of the governor on this side the river.

And next to them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half the district round about Jerusalem.

And next [to him] repaired Malchijah son of Harim, and Hashub son of Pahath-Moab, even to the Tower of the Ovens.

Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the gate of the valley; they built it, and set up its doors, and its bolts, and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Refuse Gate.

But Shallun the son of Col-Hozeh repaired the gate of the fountain, the ruler of part of Mizpah. He built it, and covered it, and set up its doors and its bars, and the wall of the pool of the skins by the meadow of the king, and as far as the steps that lead down from the City of David.

And he said before his brothers (that is, the army of the Samaritans), [Is it true] that these Jews are building their city? Do they indeed offer sacrifices? Will they prevail? And will they this day restore the stones, after they have been burned and made a heap of rubbish?

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So we prayed to our God and set watchmen against them day and night, because of them.

And they that afflicted us said, They shall not know, and they shall not see, until we come into the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.

So I set [men] in the lowest part of the place behind the wall in the secret places, I even set the people according to their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

even of them that were building the wall. And those who carried the burdens [were] under arms: [each] with one hand performing his work, and with the other held his weapon.

And I said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work [is] great and abundant, and we are dispersed upon the wall, each at a great distance from his brother.

So we [continued] laboring at the work. And half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.

And I was [there], and the watchmen behind me, and there was not a man of us that put off his garments.

And it appeared very evil to me; so I cast forth all the furniture of the house of Tobiah from the treasury.

And I understood that the portion of the Levites had not been given; and they had fled everyone to his field, the Levites and the singers doing the work.

And all Judah brought a tithe of the wheat and the wine and the oil into the treasuries,

Remember me, O God, in this, and let not my kindness be forgotten which I have wrought in [regard to] the house of the Lord God.

And I testified in the day of their sale. Also there dwelt in it [men] bringing fish, and selling every [kind of] merchandise to the children of Judah and in Jerusalem on the Sabbath.

Did not your fathers [commit] this same [trespass,] and our God brought upon them and upon us and upon this city all these evils? And do you bring additional wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath?

So all [the merchants] lodged, and carried on traffic outside of Jerusalem once or twice.

And I told the Levites who were purifying themselves, and came and kept the gates, that they should sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember me, O God, for these things, and spare me according to the abundance of Your mercy.

And their children spoke half in the language of Ashdod, and did not know how to speak in the Jewish language.

Did not Solomon king of Israel sin thus? Yet there was no king like him among many nations, and he was beloved of God, and God made him king over all Israel; yet strange women turned him aside.

And Elishub the high priest, [one] of the sons of Joiada, son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite, I chased away from me.

So I purged them from all foreign connection, and established courses for the priests and the Levites, [every] man according to his work.

My mouth shall declare Your righteousness openly, [and] Your salvation all the day; for I am not acquainted with the affairs [of men].

O God, You have taught me from my youth, and until now will I declare Your wonders;

for you shall seek Me with your whole heart.

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.

not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ did not work out through me, in word and deed, for the obedience of [the] Gentiles--

And so eagerly striving to evangelize not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon the foundation of another,

Do you not know that those running in a stadium all run, but one receives the prize? So run, in order that you may win.

Therefore I run thus: not as without a goal, thus I box: not as one beating the air.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than them all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

Now if Timothy comes, see to it that he may be with you without fear; for he does the work of the Lord, as I also [do].

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

And whatever you may do, work [it] from your soul, as to the Lord and not to men,

Therefore I shall not neglect to constantly remind you concerning these things, although you know and have been established in the present truth.

knowing that the putting off of my tent is soon, just as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

For the living will know that they shall die; but the dead know nothing, and there is no longer any reward to them, for their memory is lost.

Also their love and their hatred and their envy have now perished. Yea, there is no portion for them anymore, forever in all that is done under the sun.

If the clouds are filled with rain, they pour [it] out upon the earth; and if a tree fall southward, or if it fall northward, in the place where the tree shall fall, there it shall be.

For there is hope for a tree, even if it should be cut down, [that] it shall blossom again, and its branch shall not fail.

it will blossom from the scent of water, and will produce a crop, as one newly planted.

For the sea wastes in [length of] time, and a river fails, and is dried up.

For in death no man remembers You; and who will give You thanks in Hades?

Will You work wonders for the dead? Or shall physicians raise [them] up, that they shall praise You?

Shall Your wonders be known in darkness? And Your righteousness in a forgotten land?

For they that are in the grave shall not praise You, neither shall the dead bless You, neither shall they that are in Hades hope for Your mercy.

The living shall bless You, as I also [do]; for from this day shall I beget children, who shall declare Your righteousness,

I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work.

And now behold, now I know that you all, among whom I have passed through preaching the kingdom of God, will no longer see my face.

For I did not draw back from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

For I know this, that savage wolves will come in after my departure, not sparing the flock.

Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years, night and day I did not cease, with tears, exhorting each one.