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 24; Genesis 24; 1 Corinthians 8; James 2; Job 24; Psalms 24; Proverbs 24; Joshua 24; Isaiah 24; Acts 24.

Matthew 24

1	And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to show him the buildings of the temple.
2	And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3	And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
4	And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5	For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
6	And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7	For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8	All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9	Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
10	And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
11	And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
12	And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
13	But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
14	And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
15	When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand: )
16	Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains:
17	Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
18	Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
19	And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
20	But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
21	For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22	And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
23	Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
24	For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25	Behold, I have told you before.
26	Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
27	For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
28	For wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
29	Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30	And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31	And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
32	Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
33	So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
34	Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
35	Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
36	But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
37	But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38	For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
39	And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40	Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41	Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42	Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43	But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44	Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45	Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46	Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47	Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48	But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49	And shall begin to smite his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50	The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51	And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Genesis 24

1	And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
2	And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
3	And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
4	But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
5	And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
6	And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
7	The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spoke unto me, and that swore unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
8	And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
9	And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning that matter.
10	And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
11	And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
12	And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham.
13	Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
14	And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast showed kindness unto my master.
15	And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
16	And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
17	And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
18	And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
19	And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
20	And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
21	And the man wondering at her held his peace, to know whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
22	And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
23	And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?
24	And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bore unto Nahor.
25	She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
26	And the man bowed down his head, and worshiped the LORD.
27	And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.
28	And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.
29	And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
30	And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spoke the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
31	And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
32	And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him.
33	And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
34	And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
35	And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
36	And Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
37	And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
38	But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
39	And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
40	And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house:
41	Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
42	And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
43	Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
44	And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's son.
45	And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
46	And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
47	And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
48	And I bowed down my head, and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.
49	And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
50	Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
51	Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.
52	And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshiped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
53	And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
54	And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.
55	And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
56	And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
57	And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.
58	And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.
59	And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
60	And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
61	And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
62	And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country.
63	And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
64	And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
65	For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a veil, and covered herself.
66	And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
67	And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

1 Corinthians 8

1	Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
2	And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
3	But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
4	As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
5	For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
6	But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
7	Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
8	But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
9	But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
10	For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
11	And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
12	But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
13	Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

James 2

1	My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
2	For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
3	And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
4	Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
5	Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
6	But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
7	Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
8	If ye fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:
9	But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
10	For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
11	For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
12	So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
13	For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath showed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
14	What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
15	If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
16	And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
17	Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
18	Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works.
19	Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
20	But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
21	Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
22	Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
23	And the Scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
24	Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
25	Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
26	For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Job 24

1	Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
2	Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
3	They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
4	They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
5	Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising quickly for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
6	They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
7	They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
8	They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
9	They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
10	They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
11	Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12	Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
13	They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
14	The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
15	The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
16	In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
17	For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
18	He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
19	Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
20	The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
21	He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
22	He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
23	Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
24	They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
25	And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

Psalms 24

1	A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD's, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
2	For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
3	Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
4	He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
5	He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6	This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
7	Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
8	Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
9	Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
10	Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.

Proverbs 24

1	Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
2	For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
3	Through wisdom is a house built; and by understanding it is established:
4	And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
5	A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
6	For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counselors there is safety.
7	Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
8	He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
9	The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
10	If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
11	If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
12	If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
13	My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
14	So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
15	Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
16	For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
17	Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
18	Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
19	Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
20	For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
21	My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
22	For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
23	These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
24	He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
25	But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
26	Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.
27	Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
28	Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
29	Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
30	I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31	And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32	Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
33	Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
34	So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth; and thy want as an armed man.

Joshua 24

1	And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
2	And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
3	And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
4	And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
5	I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
6	And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.
7	And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.
8	And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
9	Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
10	But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
11	And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
12	And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
13	And I have given you a land for which ye did not labor, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
14	Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
15	And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
16	And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
17	For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:
18	And the LORD drove out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.
19	And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
20	If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
21	And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.
22	And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
23	Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
24	And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
25	So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
26	And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.
27	And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spoke unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
28	So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
29	And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being a hundred and ten years old.
30	And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
31	And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.
32	And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
33	And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.

Isaiah 24

1	Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
2	And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
3	The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
4	The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
5	The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
6	Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
7	The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
8	The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
9	They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
10	The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
11	There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
12	In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
13	When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.
14	They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
15	Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
16	From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.
17	Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18	And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19	The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20	The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21	And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22	And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23	Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

Acts 24

1	And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
2	And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,
3	We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.
4	Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.
5	For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
6	Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
7	But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
8	Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.
9	And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.
10	Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:
11	Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.
12	And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
13	Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
14	But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
15	And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
16	And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offense toward God, and toward men.
17	Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.
18	Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.
19	Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had aught against me.
20	Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,
21	Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.
22	And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttmost of your matter.
23	And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.
24	And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
25	And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
26	He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the more often, and communed with him.
27	But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to show the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.

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