I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel; and you shall hear a word from My mouth, and shall threaten them from Me.

But if you warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, and from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, and you shall deliver your soul.

But if you warn the righteous not to sin, and he sin not, the righteous shall surely live, because you have warned him; and you shall deliver your own soul.

The watchmen who go their rounds in the city found me. I [said], Have you seen him whom my soul loves?

The watchman that make their rounds in the city found me, they struck me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

And on your walls, O Jerusalem, have I set watchmen all day and all night, who shall never cease making mention of the Lord.

I have caused you to be tried among tried nations, and you shall know Me when I have tested their way.

For it is a day when those that plead on the mountains of Ephraim shall call, [saying], Arise, and go up to Zion to the Lord your God.

therefore I will take away their goods as a devouring moth, and as one who acts by a [rigid] rule in a day of visitation. Woe, woe, your times of vengeance have come; now shall be their lamentations.

And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,

Obey your leaders, and submit to [them], for they keep watch over your souls, as giving an account, in order that they may do this with joy and not groaning, for this [would be] unprofitable for you.

And you shall speak My words to them, whether they will hear or fear; for they are a provoking house.

And you, son of man, hear Him that speaks to you; be not provoking, as the provoking house: open your mouth, and eat what I give you.

And Micaiah said, [As] the Lord lives, whatsoever the Lord shall say to me, that will I speak.

And the king said to him, How often must I adjure you, that you speak truth to me in the name of the Lord?

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Did I not say to you that this man does not prophesy good to me, for [he speaks] nothing but evil?

And the Lord said, Who will deceive Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall in Ramoth Gilead? And one spoke one way, and another [spoke] another way.

And the Lord said to him, In what way? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, You shall deceive him; yea, and you shall prevail: go forth, and do so.

And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, What sort of a spirit of the Lord [has] spoken in you?

And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and take him away to Semer the keeper of the city;

And Micaiah said, If you ever return in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me.

Whatsoever man of your brethren that dwell in their cities [shall bring] the cause that comes before you, between blood [and] blood, and between precept and commandment, and ordinances and judgments, you shall even decide for them; so they shall not sin against the Lord, and there shall not be wrath upon you, and upon your brethren. Thus you shall do, and you shall not sin.

Gird up your loins, and stand up, and speak all [the words] that I shall command you. Be not afraid of their face, neither be alarmed before them; for I am with you, to deliver you, says the Lord.

The prophet who has a dream, let him tell his dream; and [he] in whom is My word [spoken] to him, let him tell My word truly. What is the chaff to the wheat? So are My words, says the Lord.

Thus said the Lord; Stand in the court of the Lord's house, and you shall declare to all the Jews, and to all that come to worship in the house of the Lord, all the words which I commanded you to speak to them; do not leave out one word.

"Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this life."

how I kept back nothing that was profitable, but declared it to you, teaching you publicly and from house to house,

Therefore I testify to you this very day, that I am innocent of all blood.

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

For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered unto you: that the Lord Jesus, during the night in which He was betrayed, took bread;

For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

whom we proclaim, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;

for which I also labor, striving according to His working which is working in me with power.

Finally then, brothers, we request of you and exhort [you] in the Lord Jesus, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you should abound more.

For you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.