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 9; Deuteronomy 4; 1 Corinthians 16; Titus 1; Job 34; Psalms 44; Proverbs 3; 2 Samuel 15; Jeremiah 28; Acts 8.

John 9

1	And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
2	And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind
3	Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
4	I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
5	As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
6	When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
7	And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
8	The neighbors therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
9	Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.
10	Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?
11	He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.
12	Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.
13	They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.
14	And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
15	Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.
16	Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
17	They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
18	But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.
19	And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?
20	His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
21	But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.
22	These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
23	Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.
24	Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.
25	He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
26	Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?
27	He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?
28	Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.
29	We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.
30	The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvelous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.
31	Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshiper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
32	Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.
33	If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
34	They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
35	Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
36	He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?
37	And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
38	And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshiped him.
39	And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
40	And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words and said unto him, Are we blind also?
41	Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.

Deuteronomy 4

1	Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.
2	Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish aught from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
3	Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.
4	But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.
5	Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
6	Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
7	For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
8	And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
9	Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
10	Especially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
11	And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
12	And the LORD spoke unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.
13	And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
14	And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
15	Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spoke unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
16	Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17	The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
18	The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
19	And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
20	But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
21	Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
22	But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
23	Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.
24	For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
25	When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:
26	I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
27	And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.
28	And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
29	But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
30	When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
31	(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he swore unto them.
32	For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
33	Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
34	Or hath God attempted to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
35	Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
36	Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he showed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
37	And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
38	To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.
39	Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
40	Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, forever.
41	Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
42	That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
43	Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
44	And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
45	These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
46	On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
47	And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
48	From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Zion, which is Hermon,
49	And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.

1 Corinthians 16

1	Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.
2	Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
3	And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.
4	And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.
5	Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia.
6	And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.
7	For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
8	But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
9	For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.
10	Now if Timothy come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.
11	Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren.
12	As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.
13	Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
14	Let all your things be done with charity.
15	I beseech you, brethren, ye (know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
16	That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboreth.
17	I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied.
18	For they have refreshed my spirit and yours: therefore acknowledge ye them that are such.
19	The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.
20	All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with a holy kiss.
21	The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand.
22	If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
23	The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
24	My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.

Titus 1

1	Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
2	In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
3	But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Savior;
4	To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
5	For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
6	If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
7	For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
8	But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
9	Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
10	For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision:
11	Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
12	One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
13	This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
14	Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
15	Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
16	They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

Job 34

1	Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
2	Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
3	For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
4	Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
5	For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
6	Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
7	What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
8	Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
9	For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
10	Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
11	For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
12	Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
13	Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
14	If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
15	All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
16	If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
17	Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
18	Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
19	How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
20	In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
21	For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
22	There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23	For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
24	He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
25	Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
26	He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
27	Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
28	So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
29	When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
30	That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
31	Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
32	That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
33	Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
34	Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
35	Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
36	My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.
37	For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.

Psalms 44

1	To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
2	How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
3	For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favor unto them.
4	Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
5	Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6	For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7	But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
8	In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name forever. Selah.
9	But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
10	Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
11	Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
12	Thou sellest thy people for naught, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
13	Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
14	Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
15	My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
16	For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
17	All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
18	Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
19	Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20	If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
21	Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22	Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23	Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off forever.
24	Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
25	For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
26	Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.

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.

2 Samuel 15

1	And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
2	And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
3	And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
4	Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!
5	And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
6	And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
7	And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.
8	For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.
9	And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.
10	But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.
11	And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.
12	And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
13	And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
14	And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
15	And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.
16	And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.
17	And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.
18	And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
19	Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.
20	Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.
21	And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.
22	And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.
23	And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
24	And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.
25	And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation:
26	But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
27	The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
28	See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.
29	Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there.
30	And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
31	And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
32	And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshiped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:
33	Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me:
34	But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.
35	And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
36	Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's son, and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear.
37	So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 28

1	And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spoke unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
2	Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
3	Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:
4	And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
5	Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the LORD,
6	Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD's house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.
7	Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people;
8	The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
9	The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him.
10	Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it.
11	And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
12	Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
13	Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
14	For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.
15	Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
16	Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD.
17	So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.

Acts 8

1	And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
2	And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
3	As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
4	Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
5	Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
6	And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
7	For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
8	And there was great joy in that city.
9	But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
10	To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
11	And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
12	But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
13	Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
14	Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
15	Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
16	(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
17	Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
18	And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
19	saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
20	But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
21	Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
22	Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
23	For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
24	Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
25	And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
26	And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
27	And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
28	Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Isaiah the prophet.
29	Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
30	And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Isaiah, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
31	And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
32	The place of the Scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
33	In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
34	And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
35	Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same Scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
36	And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
37	And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
38	And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
39	And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
40	But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.

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