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 20; Leviticus 19; 1 Corinthians 15; Revelation 1; Ecclesiastes 5; Psalms 109; Proverbs 16; 1 Kings 5; Jeremiah 43; Acts 25.

Matthew 20

1	For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, which went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.
2	And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
3	And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
4	And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
5	Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
6	And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
7	They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.
8	So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the laborers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
9	And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
10	But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
11	And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,
12	Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
13	But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
14	Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
15	Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
16	So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
17	And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,
18	Behold, we go up to Jerusalem: and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
19	And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
20	Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshiping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
21	And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.
22	But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
23	And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
24	And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.
25	But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
26	But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
27	And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
28	Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
29	And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
30	And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.
31	And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.
32	And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?
33	They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
34	So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

Leviticus 19

1	And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
2	Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
3	Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
4	Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
5	And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will.
6	It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if aught remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.
7	And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.
8	Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
9	And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
10	And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.
11	Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
12	And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
13	Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
14	Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
15	Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.
16	Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am the LORD.
17	Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him.
18	Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am the LORD.
19	Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle engender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woolen come upon thee.
20	And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
21	And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.
22	And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.
23	And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.
24	But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal.
25	And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.
26	Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
27	Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
28	Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
29	Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
30	Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
31	Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
32	Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
33	And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
34	But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
35	Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
36	Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
37	Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.

1 Corinthians 15

1	Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2	By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3	For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures;
4	And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures:
5	And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
6	After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
7	After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
8	And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
9	For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
10	But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
11	Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
12	Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13	But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
14	And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
15	Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
16	For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
17	And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
18	Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
19	If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
20	But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
21	For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22	For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
23	But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
24	Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
25	For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
26	The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
27	For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.
28	And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
29	Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?
30	And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
31	I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
32	If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die.
33	Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
34	Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
35	But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
36	Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
37	And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
38	But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
39	All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
40	There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
41	There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
42	So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
43	It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
44	It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
45	And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
46	Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47	The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
48	As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49	And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50	Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51	Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52	In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53	For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54	So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55	O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
56	The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
57	But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58	Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Revelation 1

1	The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
2	Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
3	Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
4	John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
5	And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
6	And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
7	Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
8	I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
9	I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
10	I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
11	saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
12	And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
13	And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
14	His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
15	And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
16	And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
17	And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
18	I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
19	Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
20	The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.

Ecclesiastes 5

1	Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
2	Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
3	For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
4	When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
5	Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
6	Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
7	For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
8	If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
9	Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
10	He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
11	When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
12	The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
13	There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
14	But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
15	As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labor, which he may carry way in his hand.
16	And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath labored for the wind?
17	All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
18	Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
19	Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.
20	For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

Psalms 109

1	To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
2	For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3	They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
4	For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
5	And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6	Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
7	When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
8	Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
9	Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10	Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
11	Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labor.
12	Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children.
13	Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
14	Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15	Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
16	Because that he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
17	As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
18	As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
19	Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
20	Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
21	But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
22	For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
23	I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
24	My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
25	I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
26	Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
27	That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.
28	Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
29	Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
30	I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
31	For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

Proverbs 16

1	The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
2	All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
3	Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
4	The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
5	Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
6	By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
7	When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
8	Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
9	A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
10	A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
11	A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of the bag are his work.
12	It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
13	Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
14	The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
15	In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.
16	How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
17	The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
18	Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
19	Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
20	He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
21	The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
22	Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
23	The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
24	Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25	There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
26	He that laboreth laboreth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
27	An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
28	A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
29	A violent man enticeth his neighbor, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
30	He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
31	The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
32	He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
33	The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.

1 Kings 5

1	And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
2	And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
3	Thou knowest how that David my father could not build a house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
4	But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
5	And, behold, I purpose to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build a house unto my name.
6	Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.
7	And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.
8	And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
9	My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
10	So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.
11	And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.
12	And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.
13	And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
14	And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.
15	And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bore burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
16	Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
17	And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
18	And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

Jeremiah 43

1	And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these words,
2	Then spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
3	But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.
4	So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah.
5	But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;
6	Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
7	So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.
8	Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
9	Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;
10	And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.
11	And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword.
12	And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.
13	He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.

Acts 25

1	Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
2	Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,
3	And desired favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
4	But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.
5	Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.
6	And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.
7	And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.
8	While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.
9	But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?
10	Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.
11	For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
12	Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.
13	And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus.
14	And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:
15	About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him.
16	To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have license to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
17	Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth.
18	Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed:
19	But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
20	And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.
21	But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.
22	Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. Tomorrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
23	And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth.
24	And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.
25	But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.
26	Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and especially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.
27	For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.

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