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 27; Genesis 18; Galatians 4; 1 Timothy 2; Job 19; Psalms 55; Proverbs 19; 2 Chronicles 25; Amos 5; Acts 9.

Matthew 27

1	When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
2	And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
3	Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
4	saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
5	And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
6	And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
7	And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
8	Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
9	Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;
10	And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
11	And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.
12	And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
13	Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?
14	And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marveled greatly.
15	Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
16	And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
17	Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
18	For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
19	When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
20	But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
21	The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.
22	Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
23	And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
24	When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
25	Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
26	Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
27	Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
28	And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
29	And when they had plaited a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
30	And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
31	And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.
32	And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
33	And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
34	They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
35	And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
36	And sitting down they watched him there;
37	And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
38	Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
39	And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
40	And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
41	Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
42	He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
43	He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
44	The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
45	Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
46	And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
47	Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elijah.
48	And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
49	The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.
50	Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
51	And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
52	And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
53	And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
54	Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
55	And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:
56	Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.
57	When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:
58	He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
59	And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
60	And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, and departed.
61	And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulcher.
62	Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
63	saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
64	Command therefore that the sepulcher be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
65	Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
66	So they went, and made the sepulcher sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

Genesis 18

1	And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
2	And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
3	And said, My Lord, if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
4	Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
5	And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
6	And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
7	And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
8	And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
9	And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
10	And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
11	Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
12	Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
13	And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
14	Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
15	Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
16	And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
17	And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
18	Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
19	For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
20	And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
21	I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
22	And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
23	And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
24	Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
25	That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
26	And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
27	And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
28	Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
29	And he spoke unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.
30	And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
31	And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.
32	And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
33	And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

Galatians 4

1	Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
2	But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
3	Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
4	But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
5	To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
6	And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
7	Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
8	Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
9	But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
10	Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
11	I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labor in vain.
12	Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.
13	Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.
14	And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
15	Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
16	Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
17	They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
18	But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
19	My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
20	I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
21	Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
22	For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
23	But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
24	Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which engendereth to bondage, which is Hagar.
25	For this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
26	But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
27	For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not; for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath a husband.
28	Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
29	But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
30	Nevertheless what saith the Scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
31	So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.

1 Timothy 2

1	I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2	For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
3	For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;
4	Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
5	For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
6	Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
7	Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
8	I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
9	In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array.
10	But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
11	Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
12	But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
13	For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
14	And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
15	Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

Job 19

1	Then Job answered and said,
2	How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
3	These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
4	And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
5	If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
6	Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
7	Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
8	He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
9	He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
10	He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
11	He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
12	His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
13	He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
14	My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
15	They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
16	I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I entreated him with my mouth.
17	My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the children's sake of mine own body.
18	Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spoke against me.
19	All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
20	My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
21	Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
22	Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
23	Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
24	That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock forever!
25	For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
26	And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
27	Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
28	But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
29	Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

Psalms 55

1	To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
2	Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
3	Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
4	My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5	Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
6	And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7	Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
8	I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
9	Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10	Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
11	Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
12	For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
13	But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
14	We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
15	Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
16	As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
17	Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
18	He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
19	God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
20	He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
21	The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
22	Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
23	But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

Proverbs 19

1	Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
2	Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
3	The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
4	Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbor.
5	A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
6	Many will entreat the favor of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
7	All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
8	He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
9	A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
10	Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11	The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
12	The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favor is as dew upon the grass.
13	A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
14	House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
15	Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
16	He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
17	He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
18	Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
19	A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
20	Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
21	There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
22	The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
23	The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
24	A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
25	Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
26	He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
27	Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
28	An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
29	Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

2 Chronicles 25

1	Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
2	And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
3	Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.
4	But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
5	Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
6	He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.
7	But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim.
8	But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
9	And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.
10	Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.
11	And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
12	And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
13	But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.
14	Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.
15	Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?
16	And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbore, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
17	Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face.
18	And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle.
19	Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
20	But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom.
21	So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
22	And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.
23	And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
24	And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
25	And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
26	Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
27	Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.
28	And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.

Amos 5

1	Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
2	The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
3	For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave a hundred, and that which went forth by a hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.
4	For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
5	But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to naught.
6	Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
7	Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
8	Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
9	That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
10	They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
11	Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
12	For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
13	Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
14	Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
15	Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
16	Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skillful of lamentation to wailing.
17	And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.
18	Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
19	As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
20	Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
21	I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
22	Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
23	Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
24	But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
25	Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
26	But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
27	Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.

Acts 9

1	And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
2	And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
3	And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
4	And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
5	And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
6	And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
7	And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
8	And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.
9	And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
10	And there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.
11	And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,
12	And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.
13	Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
14	And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
15	But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
16	For I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
17	And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
18	And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
19	And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
20	And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
21	But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?
22	But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
23	And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:
24	But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
25	Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
26	And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.
27	But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
28	And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.
29	And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
30	Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
31	Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
32	And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.
33	And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.
34	And Peter said unto him, Aeneas Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.
35	And all that dwelt at Lydda and Sharon saw him, and turned to the Lord.
36	Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.
37	And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.
38	And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them.
39	Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
40	But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
41	And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.
42	And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.
43	And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.

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