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 6; Deuteronomy 1; 1 Corinthians 13; 2 Timothy 2; Job 31; Psalms 41; Proverbs 31; 2 Samuel 12; Jeremiah 25; Acts 5.

John 6

1	After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
2	And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.
3	And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
4	And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
5	When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
6	And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
7	Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
8	One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,
9	There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
10	And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11	And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
12	When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
13	Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
14	Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
15	When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
16	And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,
17	And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
18	And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.
19	So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.
20	But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.
21	Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.
22	The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;
23	(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks: )
24	When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.
25	And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
26	Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
27	Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
28	Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
29	Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
30	They said therefore unto him, What sign showest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
31	Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
32	Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
33	For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
34	Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
35	And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
36	But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
37	All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
38	For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
39	And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
40	And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
41	The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
42	And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
43	Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
44	No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
45	It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
46	Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
47	Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
48	I am that bread of life.
49	Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
50	This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
51	I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
52	The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
53	Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
54	Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
55	For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
56	He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
57	As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
58	This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live forever.
59	These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
60	Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it?
61	When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
62	What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
63	It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
64	But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
65	And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
66	From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
67	Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
68	Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
69	And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
70	Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
71	He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.

Deuteronomy 1

1	These be the words which Moses spoke unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
2	(There are eleven days journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.)
3	And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;
4	After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
5	On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
6	The LORD our God spoke unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
7	Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
8	Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
9	And I spoke unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
10	The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
11	(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
12	How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
13	Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
14	And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
15	So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
16	And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
17	Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
18	And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
19	And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
20	And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.
21	Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.
22	And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.
23	And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
24	And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
25	And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.
26	Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:
27	And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
28	Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.
29	Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
30	The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
31	And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bore thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.
32	Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,
33	Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.
34	And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and swore, saying,
35	Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I swore to give unto your fathers,
36	Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD.
37	Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.
38	But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
39	Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
40	But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
41	Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.
42	And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
43	So I spoke unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill.
44	And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
45	And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
46	So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.

1 Corinthians 13

1	Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
2	And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
3	And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
4	Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5	Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6	Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7	Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8	Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
9	For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10	But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
11	When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12	For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
13	And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

2 Timothy 2

1	Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
2	And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
3	Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4	No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
5	And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
6	The husbandman that laboreth must be first partaker of the fruits.
7	Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
8	Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:
9	Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
10	Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
11	It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
12	If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
13	If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
14	Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
15	Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
16	But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
17	And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
18	Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
19	Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
20	But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honor, and some to dishonor.
21	If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
22	Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
23	But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do engender strifes.
24	And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
25	In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
26	And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

Job 31

1	I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
2	For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
3	Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
4	Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
5	If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
6	Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
7	If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
8	Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
9	If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;
10	Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
11	For this is a heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
12	For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
13	If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
14	What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
15	Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
16	If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
17	Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
18	(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
19	If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
20	If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21	If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
22	Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
23	For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
24	If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
25	If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
26	If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
27	And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
28	This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
29	If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
30	Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
31	If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
32	The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveler.
33	If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
34	Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
35	Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
36	Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
37	I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
38	If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
39	If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
40	Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

Psalms 41

1	To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
2	The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
3	The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
4	I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
5	Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
6	And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
7	All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
8	An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
9	Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
10	But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
11	By this I know that thou favorest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
12	And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face forever.
13	Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

Proverbs 31

1	The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
2	What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
3	Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
4	It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
5	Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
6	Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
7	Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
8	Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
9	Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
10	Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
11	The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
12	She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
13	She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
14	She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
15	She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
16	She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
17	She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
18	She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
19	She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
20	She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
21	She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22	She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
23	Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
24	She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
25	Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
26	She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
27	She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
28	Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
29	Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
30	Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
31	Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

2 Samuel 12

1	And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
2	The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
3	But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
4	And there came a traveler unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
5	And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:
6	And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
7	And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
8	And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
9	Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
10	Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
11	Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
12	For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
13	And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
14	Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
15	And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bore unto David, and it was very sick.
16	David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
17	And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
18	And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?
19	But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
20	Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshiped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
21	Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
22	And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
23	But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
24	And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.
25	And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
26	And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
27	And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
28	Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.
29	And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
30	And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.
31	And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 25

1	The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon;
2	The which Jeremiah the prophet spoke unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
3	From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
4	And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.
5	They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers forever and ever:
6	And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
7	Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.
8	Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words,
9	Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
10	Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
11	And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
12	And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.
13	And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.
14	For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.
15	For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
16	And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
17	Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:
18	To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;
19	Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
20	And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
21	Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
22	And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,
23	Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,
24	And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,
25	And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
26	And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
27	Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
28	And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.
29	For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.
30	Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
31	A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
32	Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
33	And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.
34	Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
35	And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
36	A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture.
37	And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
38	He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.

Acts 5

1	But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
2	And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
3	But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
4	While it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
5	And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.
6	And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.
7	And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.
8	And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.
9	Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
10	Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.
11	And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
12	And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.
13	And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.
14	And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
15	Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
16	There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.
17	Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
18	And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
19	But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
20	Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
21	And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
22	But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,
23	saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
24	Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.
25	Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
26	Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
27	And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
28	saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
29	Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
30	The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
31	Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
32	And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
33	When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
34	Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;
35	And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.
36	For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to naught.
37	After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.
38	And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:
39	But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
40	And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
41	And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
42	And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.

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