Professor Horner’s Reading Plan

Read through the Bible in one year by reading 10 chapters a day from 10 different sections of the Bible using the Professor Grant Horner Bible reading plan.

Today, we are reading Matthew 14; Leviticus 13; 1 Corinthians 9; 1 John 3; Job 41; Psalms 103; Proverbs 10; 2 Samuel 23; Jeremiah 37; Acts 19.

Matthew 14

1	At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,
2	And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him.
3	For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.
4	For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
5	And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
6	But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
7	Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.
8	And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.
9	And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.
10	And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
11	And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.
12	And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.
13	When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
14	And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
15	And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
16	But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.
17	And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
18	He said, Bring them hither to me.
19	And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and broke, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
20	And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
21	And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.
22	And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
23	And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
24	But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.
25	And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
26	And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
27	But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
28	And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
29	And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
30	But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
31	And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
32	And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.
33	Then they that were in the ship came and worshiped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
34	And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.
35	And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;
36	And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

Leviticus 13

1	And the LORD spoke unto Moses and Aaron, saying,
2	When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:
3	And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
4	If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:
5	And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:
6	And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
7	But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again:
8	And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.
9	When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;
10	And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising;
11	It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean.
12	And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;
13	Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.
14	But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.
15	And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.
16	Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;
17	And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean.
18	The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,
19	And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be showed to the priest;
20	And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.
21	But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
22	And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.
23	But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
24	Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;
25	Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
26	But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
27	And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
28	And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.
29	If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;
30	Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scurf, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.
31	And if the priest look on the plague of the scurf, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scurf seven days:
32	And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scurf spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scurf be not in sight deeper than the skin;
33	He shall be shaven, but the scurf shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scurf seven days more:
34	And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scurf: and, behold, if the scurf be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
35	But if the scurf spread much in the skin after his cleansing;
36	Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scurf be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.
37	But if the scurf be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scurf is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
38	If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;
39	Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.
40	And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.
41	And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.
42	And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead.
43	Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;
44	He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.
45	And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.
46	All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.
47	The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woolen garment, or a linen garment;
48	Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woolen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;
49	And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be showed unto the priest:
50	And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days:
51	And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.
52	He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woolen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.
53	And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin;
54	Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:
55	And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his color, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without.
56	And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
57	And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire.
58	And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.
59	This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woolen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.

1 Corinthians 9

1	Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
2	If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
3	Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,
4	Have we not power to eat and to drink?
5	Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
6	Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
7	Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
8	Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
9	For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
10	Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
11	If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
12	If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
13	Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
14	Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
15	But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
16	For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
17	For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
18	What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
19	For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
20	And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
21	To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
22	To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
23	And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
24	Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
25	And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
26	I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
27	But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

1 John 3

1	Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
2	Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3	And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
4	Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
5	And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
6	Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
7	Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
8	He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9	Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
10	In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
11	For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
12	Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
13	Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
14	We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
15	Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
16	Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
17	But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
18	My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
19	And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
20	For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
21	Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
22	And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
23	And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
24	And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.

Job 41

1	Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
2	Canst thou put a hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
3	Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
4	Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant forever?
5	Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
6	Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
7	Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
8	Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
9	Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
10	None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
11	Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
12	I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
13	Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
14	Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
15	His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
16	One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
17	They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
18	By his sneezes a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19	Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
20	Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
21	His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
22	In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
23	The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
24	His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
25	When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
26	The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
27	He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
28	The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
29	Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
30	Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
31	He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
32	He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
33	Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
34	He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.

Psalms 103

1	A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
2	Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
3	Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
4	Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
5	Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
6	The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
7	He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
8	The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
9	He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger forever.
10	He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11	For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
12	As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
13	Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
14	For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
15	As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
16	For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
17	But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
18	To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
19	The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
20	Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
21	Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
22	Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.

Proverbs 10

1	The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
2	Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
3	The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
4	He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
5	He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
6	Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
7	The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
8	The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
9	He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
10	He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
11	The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
12	Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
13	In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
14	Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
15	The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
16	The labor of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
17	He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
18	He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
19	In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
20	The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
21	The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
22	The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
23	It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
24	The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
25	As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
26	As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
27	The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
28	The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
29	The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
30	The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
31	The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
32	The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

2 Samuel 23

1	Now these be the last words of David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
2	The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, and his word was in my tongue.
3	The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
4	And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
5	Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
6	But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
7	But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.
8	These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lifted up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.
9	And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:
10	He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand cleaved unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.
11	And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentils: and the people fled from the Philistines.
12	But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.
13	And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
14	And David was then in a hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
15	And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
16	And the three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
17	And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
18	And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.
19	Was he not most honorable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.
20	And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
21	And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
22	These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men.
23	He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.
24	Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
25	Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
26	Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
27	Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
28	Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
29	Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
30	Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,
31	Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
32	Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
33	Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
34	Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
35	Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
36	Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
37	Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armorbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
38	Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
39	Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.

Jeremiah 37

1	And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
2	But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.
3	And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.
4	Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.
5	Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
6	Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
7	Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.
8	And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
9	Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.
10	For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
11	And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,
12	Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.
13	And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.
14	Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.
15	Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
16	When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
17	Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
18	Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?
19	Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
20	Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
21	Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

Acts 19

1	And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
2	He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
3	And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.
4	Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
5	When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
6	And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
7	And all the men were about twelve.
8	And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
9	But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
10	And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
11	And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
12	So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
13	Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
14	And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.
15	And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
16	And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
17	And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18	And many that believed came, and confessed, and showed their deeds.
19	Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
20	So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
21	After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
22	So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timothy and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.
23	And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.
24	For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
25	Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.
26	Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
27	So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at naught; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
28	And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
29	And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theater.
30	And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.
31	And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theater.
32	Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.
33	And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defense unto the people.
34	But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
35	And when the town clerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshiper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
36	Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
37	For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
38	Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.
39	But if ye inquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly.
40	For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.
41	And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.

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