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 Luke 10; Numbers 17; Romans 9; Revelation 18; Job 11; Psalms 21; Proverbs 11; 1 Samuel 23; Jeremiah 5; Acts 13.

Luke 10

1	After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
2	Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest.
3	Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
4	Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
5	And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
6	And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
7	And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
8	And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:
9	And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
10	But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,
11	Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
12	But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
13	Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
14	But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.
15	And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.
16	He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
17	And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
18	And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
19	Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
20	Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
21	In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
22	All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
23	And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:
24	For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
25	And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
26	He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
27	And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.
28	And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
29	But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
30	And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
31	And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32	And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
33	But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
34	And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
35	And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
36	Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves?
37	And he said, He that showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
38	Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
39	And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
40	But Martha was encumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
41	And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:
42	But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

Numbers 17

1	And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
2	Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.
3	And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
4	And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
5	And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
6	And Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
7	And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
8	And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
9	And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
10	And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
11	And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.
12	And the children of Israel spoke unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
13	Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?

Romans 9

1	I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
2	That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
3	For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
4	Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
5	Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.
6	Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
7	Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8	That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
9	For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10	And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
11	(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
12	It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13	As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14	What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15	For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
16	So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy.
17	For the Scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
18	Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
19	Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
20	Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
21	Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?
22	What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
23	And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
24	Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
25	As he saith also in Hosea, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
26	And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
27	Isaiah also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
28	For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
29	And as Isaiah said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and been made like unto Gomorrah.
30	What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
31	But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
32	Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
33	As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumblingstone and rock of offense: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

Revelation 18

1	And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
2	And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
3	For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
4	And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
5	For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
6	Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
7	How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
8	Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
9	And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
10	Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
11	And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
12	The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
13	And cinnamon, and odors, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
14	And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
15	The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
16	And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
17	For in one hour so great riches is come to naught. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
18	And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
19	And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
20	Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
21	And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
22	And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
23	And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
24	And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

Job 11

1	Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2	Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
3	Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
4	For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
5	But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
6	And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
7	Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
8	It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
9	The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10	If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
11	For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
12	For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
13	If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
14	If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
15	For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear:
16	Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
17	And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
18	And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
19	Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
20	But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

Psalms 21

1	To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
2	Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.
3	For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
4	He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days forever and ever.
5	His glory is great in thy salvation: honor and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
6	For thou hast made him most blessed forever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
7	For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
8	Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
9	Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
10	Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
11	For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
12	Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
13	Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.

Proverbs 11

1	A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
2	When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
3	The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
4	Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
5	The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
6	The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
7	When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
8	The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
9	A hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbor: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
10	When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
11	By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
12	He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
13	A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
14	Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
15	He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
16	A gracious woman retaineth honor: and strong men retain riches.
17	The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
18	The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
19	As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
20	They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
21	Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
22	As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
23	The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
24	There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
25	The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
26	He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
27	He that diligently seeketh good procureth favor: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
28	He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
29	He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
30	The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
31	Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

1 Samuel 23

1	Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
2	Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
3	And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
4	Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
5	So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
6	And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
7	And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
8	And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
9	And David knew that Saul secretly practiced mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
10	Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
11	Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.
12	Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.
13	Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbore to go forth.
14	And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
15	And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
16	And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
17	And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.
18	And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
19	Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
20	Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.
21	And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
22	Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtlely.
23	See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
24	And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
25	Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
26	And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
27	But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.
28	Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.~~5555(~~ ~~4256)~~
29	And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strongholds at En-gedi.

Jeremiah 5

1	Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
2	And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
3	O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
4	Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
5	I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
6	Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
7	How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots houses.
8	They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbor's wife.
9	Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10	Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD's.
11	For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.
12	They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
13	And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
14	Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
15	Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
16	Their quiver is as an open sepulcher, they are all mighty men.
17	And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
18	Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
19	And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
20	Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
21	Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
22	Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
23	But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
24	Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
25	Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good things from you.
26	For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
27	As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
28	They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
29	Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30	A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
31	The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

Acts 13

1	Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
2	As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
3	And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
4	So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
5	And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.
6	And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:
7	Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
8	But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
9	Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,
10	And said, O full of all subtlety and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
11	And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
12	Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
13	Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
14	But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
15	And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
16	Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
17	The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm brought he them out of it.
18	And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
19	And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
20	And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
21	And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
22	And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
23	Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Savior, Jesus:
24	When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
25	And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
26	Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
27	For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
28	And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
29	And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulcher.
30	But God raised him from the dead:
31	And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.
32	And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
33	God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
34	And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
35	Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
36	For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
37	But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
38	Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
39	And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
40	Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
41	Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
42	And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
43	Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
44	And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
45	But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
46	Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
47	For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
48	And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
49	And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.
50	But the Jews stirred up the devout and honorable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
51	But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.
52	And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.

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