And Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they that had escaped of Ephraim said, You [are] of Gilead in the midst of Ephraim and in the midst of Manasseh.

Then they said to him, Say now Stachys. And he did not correctly pronounce it. So they took him, and killed him at the fords of the Jordan; and there fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand.

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are older than you, we have also an interest in David above you: and why have you thus insulted us, and why was not our advice taken before that of Judah, to bring back our king? And the speech of the men of Judah was sharper than the speech of the men of Israel.

And there was a transgressor there, and his name was Sheba, a Benjamite, the son of Bichri: and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we [any] inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel!

And the king answered harshly. And King Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

And the king hearkened not to the people, for there was a change [of their minds] from God, saying, The Lord has confirmed His word, which he spoke by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and [concerning] all Israel;

And Abijah and his people struck them with a great slaughter; and there fell slain of Israel five hundred thousand mighty men.

who have sharpened their tongues as a sword; they have bent their bow maliciously;

They have sharpened their tongue as [the tongue] of a serpent; the poison of asps is under their lips. Pause.

Anger slays even wise men, yet a submissive answer turns away wrath; but a grievous word stirs up anger.

But the perverse bears destruction upon his own mouth: a foolish man digs up evil for himself, and treasures fire on his own lips.

With much wood fire increases, but where there is not a double-minded man, strife ceases.

A hearth for coals, and wood for fire, and a railing man for the tumult of strife.

Behold, the name of the Lord comes after a [long] time, burning wrath; the word of His lips is with glory, a word full of anger, and the anger of His wrath shall devour like fire.

Do they not blaspheme the noble name by which you are called?

[ 3:5] And the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die!

[ 3:7] And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes to look upon and beautiful to contemplate, and having taken of its fruit she ate, and she gave to her husband also with her, and they ate.

And the son of the Israelite woman named THE NAME and cursed; and they brought him to Moses. And his mother's name was Shelomith, daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.

And they called them to the sacrifices of their idols; and the people ate of their sacrifices, and worshipped their idols.

For they were [the occasion] to the children of Israel by the word of Balaam of their revolting and despising the word of the Lord, because of Peor. And there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord.

And if your brother by your father or mother, or your son, or daughter, or your wife in your bosom, or friend who is equal to your own soul, entreat you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known,

And Delilah said to Sampson, How can you say I love you, when your heart is not with me? This [is the] third time you have deceived me, and have not told me where your great strength [lies].

Then he told her all his heart, and said to her, A razor has not come upon my head, because I have been holy to God from my mother's womb; if then I should be shaven, my strength will depart from me, and I shall be weak, and I shall be as all other men.

And Delilah made Sampson sleep upon her knees. And she called a man, and he shaved the seven locks of his head, and she began to humble him, and his strength departed from him.

And Doeg the Syrian who was over the mules of Saul answered and said, I saw the son of Jesse as he came to Nob, to Abimelech son of Ahitub the priest.

And the king sent to call Abimelech son of Ahitub and all his father's sons, the priests that were in Nob; and they all came to the king.

And Saul said to him, Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me, that you should give him bread and a sword, and should inquire of God for him, to raise him up against me as an enemy, as he is this day?

Have I begun today to inquire of God for him? By no means: let not the king bring a charge against his servant, and against any of my father's house, for your servant knew not in all these matters anything great or small.

And the king said to the footmen that attended on him, Come here and kill the priests of the Lord, because their hand is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and they did not inform me. But the servants of the king would not lift their hands to fall upon the priest of the Lord.

And Absalom said to him, And if not, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with you?

And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Take notice when the heart of Amnon shall be merry with wine, and I shall say to you, Smite Amnon, and kill him: fear not; for is it not I that command you? Be courageous, and be valiant.

And Absalom rose early, and stood by the side of the way of the gate. And it came to pass that every man who had a cause came to the king for judgment. And Absalom cried to him, and said to him, Of what city are you? And he said, Your servant [is] of one of the tribes of Israel.

And Absalom said, O that one would make me a judge in the land; then every man who had a dispute or a cause would come to me, and I would judge him!

And Absalom did after this manner to all Israel that came to the king for judgment; and Absalom gained the hearts of the men of Israel.

And Absalom said to Ahithophel, Deliberate among yourselves concerning what we should do.

And they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose out for myself twelve thousand men, and I will arise and follow after David this night.

And I will come upon him when he [is] weary and weak-handed, and I will strike him with terror; and all the people with him shall flee, and I will smite the king alone.

And Jezebel his wife went in to him, and spoke to him, [saying], Why [is] your spirit troubled, and [why] do you eat no bread?

And Jezebel his wife said to him, Do you now thus act [this way, being] king over Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and be your own [master], and I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

And it was written in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth in a chief place among the people.

And the men of his city, the elders, and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezabel sent to them, and as it had been written in the letters which she sent to them.

And two men, sons of transgressors, came in, and sat opposite him, and bore witness against him, saying, You have 6blasphemed God and the king. And they led him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, and he died.

And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard [it], that she said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, who would not sell it to you; for Naboth is not alive, for he is dead.

[My] son, let not ungodly men lead you astray, neither shall you consent [to them].

and let us swallow him alive, as Hades would, and remove the memorial of him from the earth:

but cast in your lot with us, and let us all provide a common purse, and let us have one pouch:

An unjust witness kindles falsehoods, and brings on quarrels between brothers.

that she may keep you from the strange and wicked woman, if she should assail you with flattering words.

So with much conversation she prevailed on him to go astray, and with the snares of her lips forced him from [the right path].

and he hastens as a bird into a snare, not knowing that he is running for his life.

For I have heard the reproach of many gathering round, [saying], Conspire, and let us conspire together against him, [even] all his friends. Watch his intentions, if perhaps he shall be deceived, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall be avenged on him.

Therefore thus said the Lord: Behold, I [will] cast you off from the face of the earth- this year you shall die!

But the Pharisees, having heard, said, "This [Man] does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, ruler of the demons."

And whoever says a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age, or in the coming [one].

Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

But I say to you, that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man."

But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.

Then Peter answered and said to Him, "Explain to us this parable."

Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach, and is cast out into a latrine?

For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.

There is nothing from outside a man, that entering into him, can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that defile a man.

And He said, "That which comes out of a man, that defiles a man.

thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, arrogance, foolishness.

Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking testimony against Jesus, in order to put Him to death, but found none.

Then some stood up and were testifying falsely against Him, saying,

And they put forward false witnesses saying, "This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against the holy place and the law;

Also from among you yourselves will arise men speaking things having been distorted, [in order] to draw away the disciples after them.

"Their throat is an opened grave; with their tongues they deceived"; " [the] poison of asps is under their lips";

"Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

Now I urge you, brothers, to look out for those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.

For such [people] do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and through smooth speech and flattering, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;

neither wickedness, nor foolish talk or coarse jesting, which are not proper, but rather thanksgiving.

But now you yourselves are to put off all [these]: wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.

Do not lie to one another, since you have stripped off the old man with his practices,

and in all deception of unrighteousness among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

so that they all might be damned who did not believe the truth, but delighted in unrighteousness.

whom it is necessary to shut [their] mouths, who overturn whole households, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain.

But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master, the [One] having bought them, and bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

And many will follow after their debaucheries, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.

knowing this first: that mockers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts,

On account of this, if I come, I will call to mind his works which he does, slandering us with evil words. And not being content with that, he does not receive the brothers, and hinders those who desire to, casting them out of the church.

Likewise indeed even these [filthy] dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme glories.

But these speak blasphemously of those things which they do not know; but what they do know naturally, like unreasoning animals, they are destroyed by these things.

to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly among them about all their ungodly deeds which they have committed impiously, and about all the harsh [words] which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."

But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

But I have a few things against you, because you have there [some] who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, both to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.

Thus you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, [which] likewise [I hate].

Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a Beast coming up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads blasphemous names.

And one of his heads [was] as if it had been slain to death, and his wound of death was healed. And the whole world marveled after the Beast.

And a mouth was given to him speaking great things and blasphemy, and authority was given to him to make war for forty-two months.

And the light of a lamp shall by no means shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and of a bride shall by no means be heard in you anymore. Your merchants were the magnates of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived.

Then the Beast was apprehended, and with him the False Prophet who had performed the signs before him, by which he had deceived those who received the mark of the Beast and those who worshipped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone.

Then he cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am suffering in this flame.'

But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart [for] you to lie to the Holy Spirit, and [for] you to keep back for yourself from the price of the land?

For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.

Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

whose coming is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders,

And the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.