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 John 19; Deuteronomy 23; 1 Corinthians 4; Revelation 3; Ecclesiastes 10; Psalms 26; Proverbs 21; 1 Chronicles 25; Daniel 5; Acts 8.

John 19

1	Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
2	And the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
3	And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
4	Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
5	Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
6	When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
7	The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
8	When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
9	And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
10	Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
11	Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
12	And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
13	When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
14	And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
15	But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
16	Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
17	And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
18	Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
19	And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
20	This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
21	Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The king of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
22	Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
23	Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
24	They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
25	Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
26	When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
27	Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
28	After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
29	Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
30	When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
31	The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was a high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
32	Then came the soldiers, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
33	But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they broke not his legs:
34	But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
35	And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
36	For these things were done, that the Scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
37	And again another Scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
38	And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
39	And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pound weight.
40	Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
41	Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulcher, wherein was never man yet laid.
42	There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulcher was nigh at hand.

Deuteronomy 23

1	He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
2	A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
3	An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD forever:
4	Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
5	Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
6	Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days forever.
7	Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
8	The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.
9	When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.
10	If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:
11	But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.
12	Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
13	And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:
14	For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
15	Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
16	He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.
17	There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
18	Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
19	Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
20	Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
21	When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
22	But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
23	That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
24	When thou comest into thy neighbor's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.
25	When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbor, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbor's standing corn.

1 Corinthians 4

1	Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
2	Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
3	But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
4	For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
5	Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
6	And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
7	For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
8	Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
9	For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
10	We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honorable, but we are despised.
11	Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place;
12	And labor, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
13	Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
14	I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
15	For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
16	Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
17	For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
18	Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
19	But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
20	For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
21	What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?

Revelation 3

1	And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
2	Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
3	Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
4	Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
5	He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
6	He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
7	And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
8	I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
9	Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
10	Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
11	Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
12	Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
13	He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
14	And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
15	I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16	So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth.
17	Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18	I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that thou mayest see.
19	As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
20	Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
21	To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
22	He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Ecclesiastes 10

1	Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savor: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor.
2	A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
3	Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
4	If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offenses.
5	There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
6	Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
7	I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
8	He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
9	Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
10	If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
11	Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
12	The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
13	The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
14	A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
15	The labor of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
16	Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
17	Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
18	By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
19	A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
20	Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

Psalms 26

1	A Psalm of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
2	Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
3	For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
4	I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
5	I have hated the congregation of evildoers; and will not sit with the wicked.
6	I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
7	That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
8	LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honor dwelleth.
9	Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
10	In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
11	But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
12	My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.

Proverbs 21

1	The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
2	Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
3	To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
4	A high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
5	The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
6	The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
7	The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
8	The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
9	It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
10	The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes.
11	When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
12	The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
13	Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
14	A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
15	It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
16	The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
17	He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
18	The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
19	It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
20	There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
21	He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honor.
22	A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
23	Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
24	Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
25	The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labor.
26	He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
27	The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
28	A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
29	A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
30	There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
31	The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 25

1	Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
2	Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.
3	Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
4	Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:
5	All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
6	All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
7	So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
8	And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
9	Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:
10	The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
11	The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
12	The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
13	The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
14	The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
15	The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
16	The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
17	The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
18	The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
19	The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
20	The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
21	The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
22	The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
23	The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
24	The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
25	The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
26	The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
27	The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
28	The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
29	The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
30	The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
31	The four and twentieth to Romamti-ezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.

Daniel 5

1	Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
2	Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
3	Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
4	They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
5	In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
6	Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
7	The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spoke, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and show me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
8	Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
9	Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonished.
10	Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spoke and said, O king, live forever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:
11	There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
12	Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.
13	Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spoke and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry?
14	I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
15	And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not show the interpretation of the thing:
16	And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
17	Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
18	O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honor:
19	And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
20	But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
21	And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
22	And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
23	But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
24	Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
25	And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
26	This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
27	TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
28	PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
29	Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
30	In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
31	And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.

Acts 8

1	And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
2	And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
3	As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
4	Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
5	Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
6	And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
7	For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
8	And there was great joy in that city.
9	But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
10	To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
11	And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
12	But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
13	Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
14	Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
15	Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
16	(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
17	Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
18	And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
19	saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
20	But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
21	Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
22	Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
23	For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
24	Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
25	And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
26	And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
27	And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
28	Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Isaiah the prophet.
29	Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
30	And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Isaiah, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
31	And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
32	The place of the Scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
33	In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
34	And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
35	Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same Scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
36	And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
37	And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
38	And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
39	And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
40	But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.

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