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 5; Exodus 14; 1 Corinthians 1; Revelation 13; Job 3; Psalms 101; Proverbs 3; Joshua 2; Isaiah 1; Acts 27.

John 5

1	After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2	Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
3	In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
4	For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
5	And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
6	When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
7	The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
8	Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
9	And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
10	The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
11	He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
12	Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
13	And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
14	Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
15	The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
16	And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
17	But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
18	Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
19	Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
20	For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and he will show him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
21	For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
22	For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
23	That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father which hath sent him.
24	Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
25	Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
26	For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
27	And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
28	Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
29	And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
30	I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
31	If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
32	There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
33	Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
34	But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
35	He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
36	But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
37	And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
38	And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
39	Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
40	And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
41	I receive not honor from men.
42	But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
43	I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
44	How can ye believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek not the honor that cometh from God only?
45	Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
46	For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
47	But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?

Exodus 14

1	And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
2	Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
3	For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
4	And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honored upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.
5	And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?
6	And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:
7	And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
8	And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with a high hand.
9	But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
10	And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.
11	And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
12	Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
13	And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will show to you today: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them again no more forever.
14	The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
15	And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
16	But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
17	And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
18	And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honor upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
19	And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
20	And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
21	And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
22	And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
23	And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
24	And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
25	And took off their chariot wheels, that they drove them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
26	And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
27	And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
28	And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
29	But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
30	Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
31	And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.

1 Corinthians 1

1	Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
2	Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
3	Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
4	I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;
5	That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;
6	Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
7	So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
8	Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9	God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
10	Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
11	For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
12	Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
13	Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
14	I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
15	Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
16	And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
17	For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
18	For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
19	For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
20	Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
21	For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
22	For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
23	But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
24	But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
25	Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
26	For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
27	But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
28	And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to naught things that are:
29	That no flesh should glory in his presence.
30	But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
31	That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

Revelation 13

1	And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2	And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3	And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
4	And they worshiped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshiped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
5	And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
6	And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
7	And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8	And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
9	If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10	He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
11	And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12	And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13	And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14	And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15	And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16	And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17	And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18	Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

Job 3

1	After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
2	And Job spoke, and said,
3	Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
4	Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
5	Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
6	As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
7	Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
8	Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
9	Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
10	Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
11	Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
12	Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
13	For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
14	With kings and counselors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
15	Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
16	Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
17	There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
18	There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
19	The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
20	Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
21	Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
22	Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
23	Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
24	For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
25	For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
26	I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.

Psalms 101

1	A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
2	I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
3	I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
4	A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
5	Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I cut off: him that hath a high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
6	Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
7	He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
8	I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

Proverbs 3

1	My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
2	For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
3	Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
4	So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
5	Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6	In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7	Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
8	It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
9	Honor the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
10	So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
11	My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
12	For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
13	Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
14	For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
15	She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
16	Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor.
17	Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
18	She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
19	The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
20	By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
21	My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
22	So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
23	Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
24	When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
25	Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
26	For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
27	Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
28	Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
29	Devise not evil against thy neighbor, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
30	Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
31	Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
32	For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
33	The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
34	Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
35	The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

Joshua 2

1	And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into a harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
2	And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither tonight of the children of Israel to search out the country.
3	And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.
4	And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I knew not whence they were:
5	And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I know not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
6	But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
7	And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
8	And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
9	And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
10	For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
11	And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
12	Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have showed you kindness, that ye will also show kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:
13	And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
14	And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
15	Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
16	And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
17	And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
18	Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.
19	And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.
20	And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
21	And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
22	And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
23	So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:
24	And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.

Isaiah 1

1	The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
2	Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
3	The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
4	Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
5	Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
6	From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrefying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
7	Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
8	And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
9	Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
10	Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
11	To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
12	When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
13	Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
14	Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
15	And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
16	Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
17	Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
18	Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
19	If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
20	But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
21	How is the faithful city become a harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
22	Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
23	Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
24	Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
25	And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
26	And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counselors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
27	Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
28	And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
29	For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
30	For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
31	And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

Acts 27

1	And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.
2	And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.
3	And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.
4	And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
5	And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
6	And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.
7	And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;
8	And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.
9	Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them,
10	And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives.
11	Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.
12	And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the southwest and northwest.
13	And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.
14	But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.
15	And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.
16	And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
17	Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, struck sail, and so were driven.
18	And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
19	And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
20	And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
21	But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
22	And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.
23	For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
24	saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
25	Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
26	Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
27	But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;
28	And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
29	Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
30	And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under color as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
31	Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
32	Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
33	And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
34	Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.
35	And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.
36	Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.
37	And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
38	And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
39	And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
40	And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoisted up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
41	And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmovable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.
42	And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
43	But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
44	And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.

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